Streats, 5 March 2001

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    21 1 STREATS Treats for the Streets MONDAY 5 March 2001 Another quality publication of Singapore Press Holdings E-mail: sfreats@sph.com.sg MITA (P) 103/06/2000
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  • morning rush
    • Article
      Lock icon Sildenafil found in medicine
      48 1 TWO Chinese proprietary medicines Dura Tonic and Wei Loong Oral Solution have been found to contain Sildenafil. A potent drug used for the treatment of male impotence, Sildenafil has been associated with several deaths overseas. It should be taken only under a doctor’s supervision.
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      Lock icon Manufacturing down
      48 1 SINGAPORE'S manufacturing activity shrank last month after a dazzling 25 consecutive months of expansion. The key electronics sector slid to its lowest recorded point, the latest purchasing managers index shows. Contributing significantly to poor fortunes was the sixth consecutive month of decline in the electronics sector.
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      Lock icon SDS computer matching service
      52 1 THE Social Development Services (SDS) has a new computer matching service COMatch. It offers a one-time computer matching session where singles can expect a maximum of five matches. Open to all non-gradu-ate singles between 20 and 50, it costs $2O per application. Call SDS at 340-5100
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    Lock icon Two of three cops killed in crash buried Farewell
    714 1  -  by CLAIRE HILLS MAK balek (Mum’s going home), said Hajah Maisah, clutching a blue policeman’s cap her son’s to her bosom. Under different circumstances, the words might have been a fond “see you soon” between mother and son. But yesterday, at
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  • Streatsmart local
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      Lock icon HDB retailers 'must help themselves'
      253 2  -  by' YVONNE KWOK THE government can help small retailers with schemes and plans, but ultimately, shopowners must help themselves if they are to survive in the New Economy. That was the message given by Dr Ow Chin Hock, Mayor of Tanjong Pagar Community Development Council
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      Lock icon Full police honours at burial
      216 2  -  by CLAIRE HILLS LIGHTNING lit up the dark skies, but it didn’t rain on the funeral of NS Inspector Ranosasni Mohamed Salleh and NS Corporal Dzulkhair Basri yesterday when 250 police officers fell silent with their heads bowed in respect as the bodies were paraded
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      Lock icon Maersk and PSA settle dispute
      219 2 SIX months after Maersk Sealand announced it would move its Asian shipping hub from Singapore to Malaysia, the shipping giant and Singapore’s port authority have patched things up. Denmark-based Maersk and PSA Corporation said in a joint statement on Friday that PSA would provide Maersk
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      Lock icon morning smile
      90 2 A newly married man asked his wife; "Would you have married me if my father hadn't left me a fortune?" "Honey/' the woman replied sweetly, "I'd have married you NO MATTER WHO LEFT YOU A FORTUNE" Father to son after exam: "Let me see your report card." Son:
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      Lock icon Heroin most popular among first-timers
      286 3  -  by SARAH NG Arrests for Ketamine abusers last year were six times higher HEROIN was not only the main drug of abuse last year but also the most popular among firsttimers. Of those arrested, four out of five (81 per cent) took heroin. It was
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      Lock icon Despatch rider killed in crash
      186 3  -  by CLAIRE HILLS A DESPATCH rider, who lost control of his vehicle, died after a horrific crash early yesterday. Daniel Koo Chin Fatt was riding home along Holland Road in the early hours after seeing his friends when he apparently lost control of his vehicle.
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      Lock icon Fire at home: Granny panics
      215 3  -  by SARAH NG A 75-YEAR-OLD was so shaken by a fire in her flat that she forgot about opening the front door to escape the blaze. Madam Yang Yaoer was awakened from her sleep around sam yesterday when a fire broke out in her 10-floor
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      Lock icon Poly network helps needy
      410 5  -  by KHUSHWANT SINGH HIS dad passed away last year. Mum’s a housewife. So Mr Simon Ng Swee Kwang, the eldest of three brothers, thought of dropping out of Temasek Polytechnic to work and support the family. “My family had no income. My school fees are about
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      Lock icon Network helps shy students
      170 5 STUDENTS can be shy asking for money, so Temasek Polytechnic started the Campus Care Network when the polytechnic first started. So said Mr Tay, who is the CCN chairman. Each lecturer has about 20 students in his care group. By developing personal relationships with these students,
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    • Just a minute
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        84 5 Don't be surprised if you start to notice more films being shown in public places such as clubs, hospitals, hotels and religious organisations. Here's why: The Ministry of Information and the Arts (MITA) has relaxed rules for exhibiting films rated G and PG they are now exempt
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        53 5 Bus 182 which served Tuas Industrial Estate from Jurong East Interchange will now ply from Boon Lay Interchange instead. With the change, passengers can enjoy a shorter journey to Tuas. Service 182 no longer goes to Jurong East Interchange, Jurong East Central, Jurong Town Hall Road, Boon Lay Way
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        67 5 Have a picnic while you watch a great play by ACT 3, students from various schools in Singapore and Dodgy Clutch Theatre Company as they put together Get Out Of Town. To be held tomorrow at Fort Canning Gate, at 5.30 pm, this outdoor processional theatre is
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      Lock icon Our weather girl says...
      91 5 What a way to start the week! With today's islandwide showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon and early evening, you could be better off staying in bed to beat the Monday blues. But if that's not an option, make sure you take a cardigan or jacket
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      115 3 2001 Career Search ...Building Careers .job Fair e P~ k iif Career Search 200 T Imagine this 30,000 jobs locally and regionally, the freedom to roam the virtual exhibition booths without interference. JobsDß.com has found a way to make looking for a job less traumatic and more efficient... THE virtual
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      610 4 Be that sought-after d-’tulent! i T PROGRAMMER Requirements; Poly Grad/ U Grade Web Page designing, creation, maintenance HTML, PERL, CGI, Java Programming MS Access Programming, Visual Basic, Visual Foxpro, SOI interested applicants pis. fax detailed resume indicating present expected salary, contact number to: The Manager Fax; 765 4321 *3s in
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      Lock icon No universal answer to Miss Universe question
      561 6 ALL five finalists in the Miss Singapore Universe 2001 contest held at the Mediacorp Studios auditorium last Saturday not only looked alike slim, standard height, similar outfits they even sounded alike. In response to the question “What is the most pressing issue facing
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    • Article
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      102 6 Economists can always quibble about what 'recession'means. The popular definition two consecutive quarters of decline is too crude. It might make more sense to define a recession as a period when the unemployment rate rises by at least one percentage point that is, when GDP growth falls
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      676 6 COOL INSTANT RELIEF FROM INSECT BITES. i MHBH 11: ■■■111! Hi 111., P '1 o v v Mopiko not only soothes insect bites fast, but also leaves the most refreshing sensation on your skin. So keep a tube handy wherever you go. mrnim N < ■i. m wmm mmsoother. pan>
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      375 7 ADMISSION OF POLYTECHNIC GRADUATES TO COURSES AT NAN YANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY AND NATIONAL, UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE 2001 02 Applications are invited from suitably qualified graduates of polytechnics in Singapore for admission to courses at Nanyang Technological University (NTU) and National University of Singapore (NUS) in the academic year 2001-02 commencing
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      261 8 Sngapore s Ist mobile phone stared value card no bills, no subscription. hiiCard by pod is bingapore's best value mobile phone stored value card. It's easy.to see now muon more you'll be saving won hrlGafd. You can send SMS. access -ideas and top-tip via SAM ana DBS/POSB AuM machines isiancmnde.
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      Lock icon Unfriendly people
      180 9 I REFER to the letters in your newspaper, refering to Ugly Singaporeans. Well, I am a Singaporean myself, but sad to say, I am not too proud of it. First of all, Singaporeans are extremely rude. One example would be at MRT station platforms. People who are waiting
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      Lock icon Technical fault likely
      67 9 WE apologise to Mr M Idham for the confusion with the letters (“Letter mix-up”, Feb 28). As our processes are automated, this could be due to a technical fault in our mail processing machines. Mr Idham should call Mrs Kuan-Lee Ching Ching at *****49 to give us
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      Lock icon Do something about the bus drivers
      119 9 I HAVE been taking SBS buses for a long time, and often I see people running after the bus when it starts to pull away. Sometimes the driver may not have seen them, but I often notice the drivers looking at the people and
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      Lock icon Don't wait for things to collapse
      177 9 I WITNESSED an uprooted traffic light along Woodlands Ave 2 and Ave 5 falling down about a few months ago. Luckily, no one was hurt. The fallen traffic pole was replaced a few days later. However, when I passed by that location a few
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      37 9 Jioveyoursoy [Streats is pleased '.to publish your views. To be heard, •email us at streats@sph.com.sg or write to The Editor, Streats, j 82 Genting Lane, [Singapore *****7. You should include '.your name, district number and contact number.
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      Lock icon Mori expected to survive no-confidence vote
      158 10 -AFP TOKYO Japan’s Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori is expected to survive a no-confidence motion against him today but pressure is mounting to oust him. The Buddhist-backed centrist party Komeito, which has a swing vote in parliament, vowed to stick with the Liberal Democratic Party
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        Lock icon Bikers open gay parade
        102 10 Reuters SYDNEY A crowd of 400,000 let out a roar in Sydney’s gay quarter as 300 lesbian bikers revved their engines, flashed their lights and sped away to launch the 2001 Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras. The annual parade once again impressed with its exuberant
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        Lock icon Deposed Fiji PM returns
        81 10 Reuters SUVA Fiji’s deposed prime minister returned home yesterday, calling on Fijians to end racism. Mahendra Chaudhry, Fiji’s first Indian leader, said Fiji faced a moment of truth after the court invalidated an interim government. Fiji could choose to be a democracy or hand power to
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        Lock icon Fang gets stuck into sub
        89 10 AP PERTH Australian greens demanded yesterday that the visit of a French submarine be banned. The Fremantle Anti-Nuclear Group (Fang) said the nuclear submarine Pearle should be banned from the Australian navy base at Garden Island near Perth and they would mount a major protest
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        Lock icon Anwar given 'privileges'
        89 10 -AFP KUALA LUMPUR Malaysian Deputy Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi in remarks published yesterday said his jailed predecessor Anwar Ibrahim had been given special privileges over treatment for his back injury. “We are not humiliating him, the fact is that he is getting better treatment than the
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      Lock icon They wanted to kill me: Thaksin
      377 11 Wire services Looking at the wreckage the source of explosion came from where the prime minister was supposed to be seated Police General Prasarn Wongwai BANGKOK Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra had a narrow escape on Saturday when the plane that was due to
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      Lock icon Manila to block Estrada exit
      231 11 Reuters MANILA The Philippines said yesterday it had ordered police, airports and ports to block any attempt by ousted president Joseph Estrada to leave the country and avoid potential prosecution for allegedly plundering the economy. Justice Minister Hernando Perez issued the alert following a Supreme
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    • web cites
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        Lock icon Personalise your browser
        38 11 IF you are tired of using Internet Explorer, pick one from Neopianet.com. What you get is not exactly a browser, but really a shell, which you can use to customise the look of your lE.
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        Lock icon Plastic rules
        39 11 AS society grows more and more affluent, the average Singaporean holds as many as 2.7 credit cards. www.Appiy4me.com allows credit card users to fill in just one form, which can then be used for multiple card applications.
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      Lock icon Malays rally against Dr M
      111 11 AP JITRA, Malaysia More than 25,000 opposition supporters gathered in Malaysian Prime Minister Datuk Sri Dr Mahathir Mohamad’s home state Saturday, pledging to end the leader’s 19-year rule. The crowd, mostly Malay Muslims who were once Dr Mahathir’s main vote bank, gathered in a disused
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      Lock icon Unesco envoy flies to Kabul Fate of giant Buddhas unclear
      293 12 Reuters Taleban are not allowing observers to go to the area KABUL The fate of the world’s two most famous giant Buddhas was unclear yesterday with conflicting reports on whether their destruction has begun. “We have not begun destroying them
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      Lock icon MASKED WEDDING
      43 12 MASKED WEDDING: A traditional marriage ceremony takes place with the bride and bridegroom, far left, and their relatives covering their faces with masks in Siliguri, eastern India. A mysterious virus has swept the town leaving 44 dead Pic: ap Pic: AP
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      Lock icon Foot-mouth scourge attacks Europe's heart
      321 13 -AP BRUSSELS Three Belgian pigs’ blistered snouts have scared the wits out of Europe. It’s the most worrying development in Europe since the appearance of mad cow disease. The three porkers’ sufferings are evidence that foot-and-mouth disease might have landed on the Continent. Drastic measures
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      Lock icon Jack Russell suspects
      109 13 justbelieveit Two Jack Russell dogs were placed in an Irish police identity parade to try and establish which one attacked a six-year-old boy. A court heard last week there had been a number of Jack Russells in the housing estate where Adam Masterson lived, and no one
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      Lock icon Body parts sent as warning to Sri Lanka lawmaker
      130 13 Reuters COLOMBO Parcels containing body parts have been sent to relatives of a Sri Lankan opposition leader, newspapers reported yesterday. Parcels containing a head and a hand were delivered over the weekend by a man on a motorcycle to the homes
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        Lock icon Ski cops separate sexes
        95 13 Reuters TEHERAN -Iran has set up its first mountain police units to patrol the ski slopes and enforce the separation of the sexes, a daily reported. Skiing resorts close to Teheran have in recent years become a favourite venue for rich young Iranians to meet away
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        Lock icon Winnie the Pooh sold
        105 13 Reuters LONDON Winnie the Pooh has been sold for a massive £240 million ($617 million) honeypot in Britain’s biggest literary contract, The Sunday Times of London said. The sale of the rights to the loveable bear to Walt Disney this weekend has brought in 160 million
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        Lock icon Sex workers hold meet
        98 13 Reuters CALCUTTA Thousands of prostitutes gathered in Calcutta on Saturday to seek legal status for their trade, a move which social activists say could boost prostitute numbers and hasten the spread of Aids. Some 25,000 prostitutes are expected to attend the three-day Millennium Milan Mela organised
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      Lock icon Not guilty
      278 14 Report will clear Mandelson in 'cash-for-passports'affair LONDON Former Northern Ireland Secretary Peter Mandelson (left) can now afford to smile agairr. Because an inquiry into the “cash for passports” affair that has tainted his name will completely clear him of having lied. According to The Electronic Telegraph, Sir Anthony
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      Lock icon Africa, here I come
      178 14 LONDON Britain’s actionloving Prince William (left) has set off on a tour of W Africa to study conser- vation and work on i safari, British newsI papers reported yesV terday. 1 The 18-year-old ro- is enjoying a year 'off from studies before Ijr starting at St
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      Lock icon Just not cricket, Arjuna
      127 14 -AFP COLOMBO Sri Lanka’s former skipper, Arjuna Ranatunga, and his family were enraged and then engaged in a brawl with schoolboys who played their cricket ball into Ranatunga’s family home, police said yesterday. Four students from Asoka College were hospitalised after being beaten by Ranatunga, his
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      Lock icon Skydiver plans to break sound barrier
      220 14 Reuters SYDNEY An Australian adventurer plans to attempt a world-record parachute jump from the edge of space. Skydiver Rodd Millner (left) plans to fly to the edge of space using a high-altitude helium balloon then, insulated in a pressurised space suit, jump off, breaking
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      Lock icon Zouk's 10 years of fun
      468 15  -  by CARA van MIRIAH LAST Saturday, Zouk turned 10. More than just another birthday bash, Saturday night’s celebration was an indication of how Zouk has become an institution in Singapore’s dance music scene. More than 2,000 revellers packed its premises, waiting anxiously to party. And
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      Lock icon Bread lover's paradise
      318 17  -  'Sir*** two shoes by Judi Low A wall of 15 baskets of breads, ranging from organic wholemeal to sundried tomato foccacia, rye sour dough to your familiar fruit rolls greets you as you arrive this is a bread lover’s paradise. In Australia, real estate agents spray scent
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          Lock icon THE EDGE
          81 18 7pm, Channel 5 Set in the rugged Alaskan wilderness, this thriller sees Anthony Hopkins playing a crusty billionaire roughing it out in a remote mountain lodge, because he’s afraid that his young and beautiful model wife (Elle Macpherson) may have an affair with a photographer (Alec Baldwin) assigned
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          Lock icon BURNING FLAME
          80 18 7pm, Channel 8 Debut of this TVB drama about the lives and loves of some firemen and women. In the lead is Tianyou, a young man whose childhood dream has always been to be a firefighter. However his mother disapproves, so he takes up a safer job as
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          Lock icon LES MISERABLES
          51 18 10pm, Central This musical about an escaped convict who adopts a little girl is still touching enough to wring out a torrent of tears. Based on Victor Hugo’s classic novel, it has already grossed over US$l billion (Ssl.7 billion). That’s as much as Jurassic Park has earned to
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          Lock icon FIELD TRIP STARRING INSPECTOR GADGET
          84 18 6.30 pm, Disney Channel (SCV 33) Disney’s Inspector Gadget is back, and this time he’s hosting the channel’s newest educational adventure series. Presented as a video field trip and utilising live-action geographical footage, outings will no longer be confined to the local library or fire
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      Lock icon Fame, remember my name
      342 19  -  by CARA van MIRIAH TERTIARY student Sharon Lee is seeing stars. And not just because she was the second runner-up in the Miss Singapore/Universe 2001 pageant last Saturday. You see, Miss Lee could well be a real star. You know, like Zoe Tay and Fann Wong.
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      Lock icon Are smaller class sizes the way to go?
      349 23 It has been said that reducing class sizes will allow teachers pay more attention to each student. However the need to hire more teachers from a limited pool of talent to fill in more classes may reduce the quality of teaching Just
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      Lock icon A mum's Everlasting love
      188 24 HER real-life son Oscar was kidnapped last July. Now her reel-life son is dying of Aids. Taiwanese film star and director Sylvia Chang is not worried about going through a similar emotional roller coaster for her new movie, Everlasting. A tale on how a loving mother
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      Lock icon No trunks, no publicity
      208 24 TAIWANESE idol Nicky Wu is boycotting his own movie by shunning all its publicity events. Until the director “puts back his swimming trunks”, Nicky will not attend any events for the movie, Someone says Love Me, also starring Athena Chu Yan. The former member of Taiwanese
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        Lock icon Marshall's death shrouds Schumacher's win
        160 25 -AFP MELBOURNE Triple world champion Michael Schumacher won a season-open-ing Australian Formula One Grand Prix here yesterday shrouded by the death of a track marshall. The marshall was struck by debris when former world champion Jacques Villeneuve of Canada careered along a wall for some
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        Lock icon Holyfield didn't see it coming
        316 25 ap John Ruiz becomes the first Hispanic heavyweight champion LAS VEGAS Evander Holyfield was the last to know. The fighter always is. On Saturday night Holyfield learned what much of the rest of the boxing world has already known: At age 38, he is a
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        Lock icon Have self-belief, can beat Warriors
        510 26  -  I by Tan Kim Han FOUR-TIME League champion Singapore Armed Forces FC can be beaten. Even with hotshots Kiatisuk Senamuang and last season’s Golden Boot winner Mirko Grabovac in its rank-and-file. Even with Lions Nazri Nasir, Rezal Hassan, Rafi Ali, Fadzuhasny Juraimi, Dalis Supait and
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        Lock icon Tiger pipped to the title
        80 27 •Golf AP DUBAI Denmark’s Thomas Bjorn deprived Tiger Woods of his first tournament win of the season in the Dubai Deset Classic yesterday. With Bjorn going to the last hole, Woods dropped his third shot into the water and finished with a double-bogey seven. Bjorn
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        Lock icon Shag stars in Lakers' win
        119 27 •Basketball AR VANCOUVER, British Columbia Shaquille O’Neal scored 34 points and grabbed 13 rebounds on Saturday as the Los Angeles Lakers beat the Grizzlies 98-88 before 19,193 fans. It was the first sellout of the season in Vancouver. O’Neal was 13-for-19 from the field and
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        Lock icon Greene ties indoor world record
        87 27 •Athletics Reuters. ATLANTA Maurice Greene’s entire indoor season lasted 19.47 seconds and included a tied world record in the 60 metres on Saturday. He ran three 60m races at the USA Indoor Track and Field Championships, equalling his own indoor world mark of 6.39 seconds
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        Lock icon Wiltord scores a point
        460 28 Reuters LONDON Like an increasing number of modern footballers Sylvain Wiltord prefers to keep his feelings to himself and those who choose to log on to his personal website. Last month the French striker used the Internet to criticise Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger after scoring two
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        Lock icon Barca 'robbed'
        232 28 Reuters r SPANISH LEAGUE "1 L Real Madrid 2 Barcelona 2 J MADRID Spanish league heroes Raul and Rivaldo both scored twice as leader Real Madrid and Barcelona drew 2-2 at the Santiago Bernabeu stadium in the world’s most prestigious derby. Touted by many in Spain as the
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        Lock icon Chelsea to offer $73m for Salas, Nedved
        128 28 LONDON Chelsea is preparing an audacious £29 million ($72.5 million) offer for Lazio pair Pavel Nedved and striker Marcelo Salas, reports soccernet.com. Chelsea chairman Ken Bates has confirmed: “If the player is right for us, the deal’s legal and the passport in order,
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