Streats, 5 March 2002

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  • 12 1 Streats TUESDAY, MARCH 5, 2002 Hotline: 1800-844-5566 E-mail: streats@sph.com.sg MITA (P) 429/03/2001
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  • 647 1  -  Competition gets creative in chase for consumer dollar Ry_ Deepa Vijiyasingam THE liberalisation of the banking sector is paying dividends for you, the consumer. An immediate gain is choice resulting from foreign banks pushing the envelope and coming up with innovative banking products all in
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  • MORNING RUSH
    • 83 1 AP THE biomedical industry has been warned not to trade illegally in human tissue. Prof Lim Pin, chairman of the Bioethics Advisory Committee, said research projects that use purchased human material, including tissue from other countries, should be shut. The Government is setting up a database
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    • 41 1 THE A-level exam results will be released tomorrow. Examinees can collect their results from their schools at 2pm. Private candidates will be notifed by post. They can also view the results on the Education Ministry’s website at www.moe.edu.sg/exams
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  • 119 1 THE Qualifying Full Bank (QFB) licence was introduced in 1999. Today, foreign banks holding the licence can open up to 15 locations, of which up to 10 can be branches and the rest off-site ATMs. From July, they will be able to issue debit cards to customers
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  • STREATS local
    • 464 2 Terrorism, extremism, now... cyber-terrorism SINGAPORE’S banking system in chaos, Changi airport shut down, ships floundering, medical services hindered and no power or water supply. The economy crashes, rendering thousands jobless. A doomsday scenario? Yes, and this could happen if the cyber-terrorist strikes, Deputy Prime Minister
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    • 192 2  -  B y Wendy Tan STUDENTS who want to become their own bosses someday will now get help at school. From July, Ngee Ann Polytechnic will offer its new business studies students an additional specialty for their third year. The entrepreneurship specialisation will arm students with skills
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    • 176 3 Wild, wacky? No. Wary? Yes WILL staid Singapore ever have places where slightly zany habitues, like eccentrics and madcap artists, are allowed to do their own thing? Why not, asked Dr Vivian Balakrishnan, Minister of State (National Development) yesterday. He said such “little Bohemias” might well
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    • 48 3 ONE KIND ACT Michael I went to Popular bookstore on Feb 27 to buy a whiteboard, then realised that I was short 80 cents and had no cards. A kind staff member took the change out of her own pocket and gave it to me.
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    • 208 3 While they were at liberty to stretch their creativity to the fullest, they have to be aware of Singapore’s unique cultural and religious sensitivities. Dr Balakrishnan said it was pointless designating a space for civic use as it is the community which determines how these spaces would grow
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    • 197 3 IF YOU want to feel the mood of the people, forget about visiting the Speakers’ Comer in Hong Lim Park. The real speakers’ comer is your noisy neighbourhood kopi tiam, or coffee shop. There you will hear voluble views about anything and everything, expressed with candour
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    • 372 4  -  Depressed grassroots leader tortured maid By Khushwant Singh JENNICA Chow Yen Pin, 30, is a woman of two faces: To some, she was a respected grassroots leader. To her maid, she was terror incarnate who bullied, beat and even bit the maid’s nipples until one dropped off. Since
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    • 379 4  -  By_ Khushwant Singh ANTHONY Ler’s appeal to escape the hangman’s noose for the murder of his wife was dismissed yesterday. Ler, 34, a former web designer, was sentenced to death for killing Madam Annie Leong, 30, an insurance agent, to get possession of their matrimonial home and
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    • 379 4  -  By Winston Chong A DISPUTE over the design of an aluminium chair appears to be behind the fatal assault on a Dutch businessman at the Singapore Expo last Friday. Dutchman Mr Leonardus Franciscus Maria van der Storm, 48, who manned a booth at an international furniture
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    • 201 4 CRASHING into a lamp-post got her driving licence revoked. But she got it back on Jan 11, four days after she lost an application to challenge the police decision in court. On Sept 19, as housewife Charlene Kang Ngah Wei, 29, was driving
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    • 272 5 STANSFIELD SIC (2 of 3 Singapore institutions permitted by world-renowned LONDON SCHOOL of ECONOMICS to teach the Diploma) Universit of London Lead College: London School of Economics Ranked Top 3 in the UK Relevant Polytechnic Students can complete the prestigious decree 2 years! with Direct Honours UNIVERSITY OF LONDON 12
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  • STREATS financial
    • 410 6 STI: 1,808.07 86.55 Wire services SHARE prices soared 5 per cent yesterday taking their cue from Wall Street’s sharp gains on Friday, dealers said. The Straits Times Index (STI) rose 86.55 points to 1,808.07, its highest closing level since March 2001. “The institutions are
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    • 327 6 Shares at 15-month high Reuters VENTURE MANUFACTURING shares yesterday rallied a huge 20 per cent as investors bet that demand for components made by Singapore’s largest electronics contract maker would rise to build on its strong 2001 performance. Venture ended up almost 20 per cent
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    • 193 6 LONDON German carmaker BMW is planning radical changes to working practices, The Times of London reported yesterday. The new plan would give employees the option of working longer hours in order to retire early or to take extended holidays. BMW wants to extend
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    • 23 6 USS(SS per US$): 551.830 £(USS/SS per 552.597 EURO(USS/SS/E): $1,582 DM: 551.236 YEN: 5572.57 RM: 552.077 HK$: 554.262 BAHT: 5523.84 RUPIAH: 555,507
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    • 77 6 Reuters LOS ANGELES A law firm said it asked a judge to stop a vote on the proposed merger between HewlettPackard and Compaq, but HP denied such a request was made. Weiss Yourman, seeking to represent HP investors as of Jan 28, claimed that unspecified information
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    • MONEY SCAN
      • 99 6 Reuters SINGAPORE information technology services provider and distributor ECS Holdings Ltd yesterday posted a 20.5 per cent rise in 2001 net profit to $13.46 million, due to stronger performances from regional operations. The company, an associate of Solectron Corp of the US, said it expects revenue
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      • 70 6 Reuters SEMBCORP Industries Ltd yesterday said one of its units won a $l4l million water project. The project from the Public Utilities Board was to design and build a sludge drying system for the Changi Water Reclamation project in eastern Singapore. The company said its subsidiary SembCorp
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      • 56 6 Reuters SINGAPORE-BASED precision metal components supplier Seksun Corp Ltd may list some of its operations in China within 18 to 24 months. Seksun said the listing would likely be with a Chinese stock exchange, such as Shanghai, because the bulk of its manufacturing and tooling activities in
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    • 416 8 Bottom line falls 18.4% to $9.9b Wire services HONGKONG British banking giant HSBC Holdings yesterday reported an 18.4 per cent fall in its 2001 net profit to US$5.4l billion ($9.9 billion). The world’s second-largest bank by market value had a tough year as economies around the
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    • 210 8 Wire services KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia’s trade surplus rose 45.2 per cent this January to RM4.4 billion ($2.12 billion), the trade ministry said yesterday. The wider surplus was expected since demand for Malaysian exports has gradually improved, particularly for electronics, and because there were more working
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    • 309 8 UNIVERSITY OF LONDON Lead College: London School of Economics BSc (Hons) Management Accounting Finance Banking Finance Economics Management Full-time Part-time Classes Entry Requirement: ‘O’ levels ‘A’ levels Polytechnic Other Diplomas Classes Commencing: 8 April 2002 BTEC examinations! HIGHER NATIONAL DIPLOMA An award from BTEC, Business and Tech. Education Council, (UK),
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  • STREATS vocal
    • 233 10 I SUPPORT Mr David Soh’s call for human aspects to be considered in proposals drawn up by the Economic Review Committee and Remaking Singapore Committee in his letter “We must not be stupid” (Streats, March 4). While I agree with Mr Soh’s view on
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    • 66 10 I AM divorced and have legal custody of my 14-year-old daughter, but her father still has access to her at weekends. Worried because he has her passport, birth certificate and PSLE certificate, I sought advice at my MP’s office and was given unhelpful instructions. I can’t
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    • 142 10 I REFER to “ITE’s not stupid” (Streats, Feb 28). I am proud to say that I am one of the top 5 per cent of students at Institute of Technical Education (H E) dementi (CBS Secretarial Practice). Be assured that ITE motivates and encourages
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    • 136 10 IF Taiwanese ex-politician Chu Meifeng, who was at the centre of a sex scandal, is serious about starting life afresh, entering into “entertainment” is certainly not the way to do it. I have serious doubts about her sincerity, especially when I consider the way she
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    • 311 10 Have M)ur Say Streats is pleased to publish your views. To be heard, email us at streats@sph.comsg or write to The Editor, Streats, 1000 Toa Payoh North, Singapore3lB994. You should indude your name, address and contact number. NURTURING PROFESSIONALS FOR THE WORLD-CLASS MARINE INDUSTRY IN SINGAPORE A world leader in
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  • STREATS medical
    • 409 11 Ex-smokers who go two years without tobacco tend to beat habit Reuters NEW YORK Good news for ex-smokers: If you can hold out for two years you have a good chance of kicking the cancer-causing habit for good. But the temptation to light up may linger
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    • 83 11 Reuters A TOP US cancer official has reaffirmed the value of mammograms. Dr Andrew von Eschenbach, the director of the US National Cancer Institute, urged women to get regular screenings from age 40. “The weight of the evidence shows that mammograms save lives,” he said. Other
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    • 200 11 Q My friend and I have been using Teronac and Umine to keep slim for two years. What are the side effects? A Teronac (Mazindol lmg) and Umine (Phentermine 30mg) are appetite suppressants. They are usually prescribed as an aid to a low-caloric diet to treat obesity. Dry
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    • 148 12 -r W 9 -17 March, 11«« to Bpm Sento&a Farry Tarmlnai Evarjt 3s FREE!* The LARGEST dinosaur fossils have been unearthed on Sentosa! You heard it right! At 5 metres, the T-Rex model took 64 hours of painstaking folding and 50 square metres of paper to construct! With twenty other
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  • STREATS regional
    • 415 13 M’sia woos Arab students wary of the West KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia is trying to seize a post-Sept 11 opportunity to boost its declining number of foreign students. In the wake of the attacks on the US and the subsequent war on terrorism sparked by those attacks,
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    • 265 13 MANILA An operation to free hostages held by Muslim rebels in the southern Philippines is being hampered by tight controls kept on the captives, US and Philippine military officials said. The US role in the mission against the Abu Sayyaf rebel group is officially in training
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    • 185 13 afp BANGKOK The Far Eastern Economic Review agreed yesterday to apologise to the Thai government for a published article even as a controversy flared over a Thailand survey by The Economist magazine. The government had threatened to deport two Bangkok-based FEER journalists over
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    • 193 13 -AP BEIJING -A teenager besotted with a TV starlet killed himself when he ran out of cash during a failed quest to meet “and become friends with her”. The 17-year-old identified only by his surname, Zhang, was desperate to hook up with actress Vicki Zhao Wei
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  • STREATS global
    • Line in the sand
      • 401 14 afp JERUSALEM After the latest suicide bombing in Jerusalem and a sniper attack, Prime Minister Ariel Sharon’s stepped up military efforts to crush Palestinian uprising has only worsened the violence. “After a year and a half of mutual blood-letting, we know that salvation does not lie
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      • 317 14 SOME walls exist physically; others are put up in the minds of men. When the Berlin Wall came down in 1989, American ideals and perceptions flooded a unified Germany. Today, another wall has gone up and it divides America from the Arab-Muslim world. “This wall was
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      • 390 14 Wire services THE continuing violence in the Middle East could scuttle the peace initiative offered by Crown Prince Abdullah of Saudi Arabia even before talks take off. The proposal had called for Israel to withdraw to pre-1967 lines in return for full diplomatic relations, normalised
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    • 198 16 AHMEDABAD A mixed population of Hindus and Muslims in Ram-Rahim Nagar, Behrampur, have kept their peace while all round them, Gujarat burned. And this is not the first time During the violence of 1969, 1985 and 1992, the RamRahim Nagar residents did not let their different
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    • 295 16 Wire services AHMEDABAD When Aslam Pathan returned to his religiously mixed neighbourhood on Sunday, he went straight to the mosque down the street from the torched remains of his one-room house. There, he looked at the pile of ash that
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  • easy STREATS
    • 587 17  -  WeWe are constantly being pitted againstfellow Taiwanese boyband F 4. Does it bother them? By Yvonne Kwok IT WAS inevitable that the comparisons would come. After all, Taiwanese boybands WeWe and F 4 rely heavily on their good looks to net them fans. Both sing saccharine pop
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    • 407 17  -  By Stephanie Goh FANCY the thought of judging a series of films and affecting the outcome of which lucky director walks away with the top prize? Soon you will be able to, in the convenience of your home. One of the highlights of this year’s Singapore
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    • 74 18 It will be fair in most places but tough luck if you live in the west where there will be passing showers in the late afternoon. The minimum temperature of 25°C will climb to a maximum of 33°C and the tide will reach 2.5 m at
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    • Happenin’
      • 51 18 RHYTHMS AND RHAPSODIES TOUCH Victoria Concert Hall Wednesday, Bpm Tickets at $lO Call Sistic at 6348-5555 This performance by the NUS Piano Ensemble fuses the traditional charm of the classical era with the cutting edge of the new millennium. Expect familiar classics, original compositions and innovative arrangements of contemporary
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      • Article, Illustration
        59 18 AROMATHERAPY library @orchard Wednesday, 7pm Free Aromatherapy is the practice of using naturally distilled essences of plants to promote the well-being of body, mind and emotions. Used properly, aromas can be used for stress management and healing. Find out more from this talk and learn about holistic healing a
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      • 160 18 K Toy Factory Theatrette (17A Smith Street) Friday till Sunday, Bpm Tickets at $lO Call 6222-1526 or e-mail them at toyfactory@mail.com Seven modem men and women turn into bugs overnight. Each comes to realise how elusive their lives have been, and that adapting to alienation is a must for
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      • 85 18 Invitation to all GCE N, 0 A-level students Celebrate your graduation! When: March 5-6, lpm-5 pm Venue: Planet Hollywood, Liat Towers Informatics Education Roadshow When: March 5-7, llam-Bpm Venue: Bukit Panjang Plaza Certificate in IT skills When: March 5,7 pm Venue: Informatics Computer School, Funan the IT Mall, #O5-01
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    • Just a minute
      • 65 18 All local fixed-line phone numbers now have eight digits. Remind your elderly relatives and overseas friends to add the prefix “6” when calling you. Cellphone users should add the prefix to the numbers stored in their phones’ address books. Fax machines, automatic paging systems and telephones with stored speed-dial
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      • 63 18 Job-seekers with polytechnic diplomas can log on to an online career fair at www.Singaporejobfair.com. The portal also allows the alumni and graduating students of organisers Nanyang, Ngee Ann, Singapore and Temasek Polytechnics to enter a chatroom to meet representatives of the hiring companies and receive alerts on
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    • Tune in TV & MOVIE NEWS
      • 58 19 8.30 pm, Channel i This is a show that essentially does what the title suggests it pushes the limits of human endurance. In some episodes, participants have to eat a quiche full of maggots and bob for false teeth in a bucket of pig eyeballs. The grand prize
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      • 76 19 10pm, Central This is one of the most celebrated fantasy films of all time. It is an adaption of the myth of Perseus and his quest to battle Medusa and the Kraken monster to save the Princess Andromeda. By answering a seemingly impossible riddle, he wins
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      • 46 19 9pm, Star Movies (SCV 58) Psychotic shrink Decker (David Cronenberg) and police chief Eigerman (Charles Haid) are after the Nightbreed, an ancient race of mythological creatures whose world of evil is being attacked and overrun by the forces of law and order. Mindless B-grade entertainment.
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      • 118 19 NOT everything is looking down for Russell Crowe, who has been plagued by a spate of bad press after his Baftas fiasco. He’s been named to play Ted Hughes in a new film about the poet laureate’s turbulent marriage to Sylvia Plath. Amazingly, the movie makers are
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    • Article, Illustration
      142 19 8 ON THE BAY The Oasis Complex 50 Stadium Boulevard Te1:6346-8089 OCCUPYING the premises of the former Oasis disco is the sleek and trendy restaurant 8 on the Bay. It is run by Portfolio Management, which also owns Original Sin and Michaelangelo eateries, so you can expect nothing
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  • Page 18 Advertisements
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  • Page 19 Advertisements
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  • Page 19 Miscellaneous
    • 449 19 by Kelli Fox at Astrology.com AQUARIUS JAN 20-FEB 18 All you need is an audience. Aquarius is an open and highly entertaining book. Your interactive story is ready for fresh participants. A tenuous connection might soon turn into a vital pipeline. TAURUS APR 20-MAY 20 Use your influence while there’s
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  • STREETS sports
    • 530 20  -  New national ragby 15s coach Alan Thomas unveils big plans By Lim Han Ming AN all-Singaporean rugby national team in five years’ time and a top three placing in Asia by 2004. Those are the lofty aims of new national rugby 15s coach Alan Thomas (right), who
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    • 260 20  -  By_ ’Adam Hashidy AFTER three years on a shoestring budget, Jurong FC has finally secured a major sponsor. Yesterday, the S-League club announced that Canadian 2 For 1 Pizza has stepped in with a $lOO,OOO cash sponsorship for this season. Despite the financial boost, there will
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    • 60 20 THE IRB World Sevens Series Singapore Sevens will be held from April 20-21 at the National Stadium. Season tickets for the twoday rugby party can be bought at all Sistic outlets. Ticket prices: Grandstand seats: $150; grandstand benches: $100; gallery seats: $7O; students (below age 18): $l5. Tickets
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    • 536 21 Unorthodox Troussier an oddball in Japan TOKYO Philippe Troussier is a coach known for his unorthodox ways. And for somebody who is in charge of Japan’s national football team, that is saying a lot. He is known for his fiery temper. Add to that his coarse
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    • 399 21  -  py Tan Kim Han THE national under-23 soccer team may not have earned approval for the Asian Games, but it certainly is not taking it lying down. Coach P N Sivaji has a plan to convince the Singapore National Olympic Council’s (SNOC)
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    • Article, Illustration
      590 22 Managers wrong in condemning referee ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE Derby County 2 Manchester United 2 LONDON Alex Ferguson (right) and John Gregory were united in condemning referee Steve Dunn for his handling of the match between Derby County and Manchester United. But they should have been congratulating him
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    • 191 22 Derby 2 (Christie 8, 77) Manchester United 2 (Scholes 41, Veron 59) Everton 0 Leeds 0 P W D L F A Pts 1. Man Utd 29 18 4 7 69 37 58 2.Arsenal 28 16 9 3 57 31 57 3.Liverpool 29 16 8 5 47 25
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    • 415 22 LONDON Leeds chairman Peter Ridsdale (right) was threatened with arrest, and manager David O’Leary said he was ready to quit as their club’s fortunes hit a new low at Everton. Ridsdale was rebuked by police after walking across the pitch at
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    • 451 23 Philadelphia’s Iverson outshines Carter NBA CHAMPIONSHIP Raptors 84 Philadelphia 96 TORONTO Allen Iverson was all too familiar, Vince Carter was barely recognisable and Toronto Raptors just kept on losing. Iverson scored 42 points, while Carter was held to 12 on 3-of-10 shooting as Philadelphia 76ers posted
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    • 234 23 -afp NEW YORK Los Angeles Lakers star Kobe Bryant and Reggie Miller of Indiana Pacers were each suspended for two games by the National Basketball Association following their gameending dust up. The National Basketball Association on Sunday suspended Bryant without pay and fined him
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    • SPORTS SCAN
      • 91 23 BASKETBALL Xinhua YANGON, Myanmar Singapore beat Brunei 64-27 in the men’s event, while Malaysia defeated Singapore 70-30 in the women’s event in the second day of the Association of South-east Asian Nations (Asean) Basketball Goodwill meet here on Sunday. In the men’s competition on Saturday, the first
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      • 138 23 GOLF AFP MIAMI South Africa’s Ernie Els won his first PGA Tour event in 19 months on Sunday, barely holding off a late charge by Tiger Woods at the Genuity Championship. A two-time US Open winner from Johannesburg, Els began the day with an eight-shot lead
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      • 128 23 SOCCER Reuters MILAN Christian Vieri grabbed a 78th minute winner as Inter Milan won its derby clash with AC Milan 1-0 on Sunday to hold onto its lead at the top of Serie A. Vieri pounced when a Nicola Ventola shot was pushed out by Milan goalkeeper
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