Streats, 20 January 2003
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Title Section10 2003-01-20 1 Streats MONDAY, JANUARY 20, 2003 E-mail: streats@sph.com.sg MITA (P) 240/03/200210 words
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511 2003-01-20 1 Bellwether companies to release results this week THIS week, a tidal wave of profit forecasts from US companies will hit investors, but the prevailing belief is that it will bring generally bad news. And where the US markets go, bourses in Singapore and this511 words
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Article289 2003-01-20 1 Caroline Marcus - By Caroline Marcus KEEP your eyes on the procession during the Feb 8 Chingay parade and you will find romance afloat. Family Matters! Singapore, a committee set up by the Ministry of Community Development and Sports, has created a mobile display to set off some sparks. The main289 words
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Advertisement82 2003-01-20 1 STALKING TROUBLE GARY LIIV! looks at stalking in Singapore. CONRAD RAJ gives a graphic first-person account of what it’s like to be a victim PAGES 2&15 wm m m. I$ 1 i r&A H-W/ m I" 4.- >v;.. Compact disc retailers tell CHOONG CHOON YEE how they are battling the82 words
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585 2003-01-20 2 Gary Lim - Obsessive behaviour is not technically a crime here Reports by Gary Lim JANE is in her 20s, living a nightmare and wishes an anti-stalking law could be introduced in Singapore. Her hell began in 2001, when Jane (not her real name) broke up585 words
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Article, Illustration194 2003-01-20 2 A STALKER often does not realise he is behaving obsessively as he might have lost touch with reality, according to Dr Brian Yeo, a consultant psychiatrist at Mount Elizabeth Medical Centre. So, any anti-stalking law here should also serve to rehabilitate a stalker. Dr Yeo said: “The194 words
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Article, Illustration348 2003-01-20 3 ‘Football killed West Brom star Jeff Astle’ -AP LONDON West Bromwich goal king Jeff Astle couldn’t even remember playing for his team. He thought he was a striker for Fulham, said his widow Laraine Astle. The footballer’s memory had faded because of-AP; BBC News - 348 words
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Article152 2003-01-20 3 Reuters WASHINGTON Police are investigating a burglary at the home here of Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan, the US central bank said last Friday. “The chairman’s house was burglarised yesterday,” Fed spokeswoman Michelle Smith said. “The Metropolitan police force is investigating, but they have asked us notReuters - 152 words
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Article, Illustration839 2003-01-20 4 Khushwant Singh - Her face was captured by renowned artists, but she prefers to be remembered for being kind, caring and funny By Khushwant Singh “PLEASE don’t focus on my looks,” she pleaded with Streats. “I want to be remembered for five things. That I was kind, that I wasST - 839 words
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Article79 2003-01-20 4 AT least $1 million is needed to start a full professorship at the NUS. The donation will be used to appoint renowned academics to conduct research, deliver lectures and exchange ideas with faculty members. The Ong Teng Cheong Professorship, the Keppel Professorship and the Saw Swee Hock Professorship79 words
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116 2003-01-20 6 BUZZSTOP HEROSE Pharma International, which advertised for HIV positive patients to take part in medical trials, have been stopped from conducting the trials. The Health Sciences Authority (HSA) said the company, which specialises in traditional Chinese medicine, did not obtain approval for the trial.116 words
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Article, Illustration39 2003-01-20 6 Canberra had an eerie glow as residents battled bushfires on Sunday night. So far, three people have been killed, more than 300 injured and almost 400 homes destroyed as bushfires engulfed the Australian capital ReutersReuters - 39 words
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Article155 2003-01-20 6 Desalinated water SINGAPORE will get its first desalinated water from the Tuas plant in about four years, but no one is saying if this will make water any cheaper for the consumer. The Straits Times reports today that the plant will sell the water to155 words
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Article148 2003-01-20 6 H Water pricing issue JOHOR Mentri Besar Abdul Ghani Othman has suggested why the Singapore government should agree to a price review of water. “Singapore must have dignity,” Berita Minggu Malaysia quoted him as saying. “Don’t tell me it still wants to buy goods at148 words
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Article161 2003-01-20 6 Future is bright THE indomitable spirit of Singaporeans have made Deputy Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong optimistic. “We are not daunted. We are a bit apprehensive about the situation but we are pressing on,” he said, referring to the fears of a war in the Middle161 words
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Article84 2003-01-20 6 ABOUT 33 MPs will be speaking on the Jemaah Islamiah (JI) issue in Parliament, starting today. In particular, several Mandarin-speaking members of Parliament will discuss how Chinese Singaporeans can and should strengthen inter-racial ties. Home Affairs Minister Wong Kan Seng has tabled a motion calling on the84 words
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Article92 2003-01-20 6 IN general, 4 to 5 per cent of first-year junior college students do not make it to the second year usually either repeating Year One or going to a polytechnic but the figure rose to almost 7 per cent, or more than 800 students in92 words
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Article109 2003-01-20 6 -AP THE chief UN arms inspectors Mr Hans Blix and Mr Mohamed El Baradei arrived in Baghdad yesterday for urgent talks with Iraqi officials, bearing a long list of questions about Iraq’s weapons programmes and a demand for more “active cooperation” from the Iraqi government. Mr-AP - 109 words
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Article95 2003-01-20 6 -AP THE US Ambassador to South Korea, Mr Thomas Hubbard, has called the nuclear standoff with North Korea “a challenge to the entire international system” and said Washington is willing to consider a wide range of aid to resolve the dispute. Mr Hubbard said in Seoul-AP - 95 words
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Financial
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Article, Illustration498 2003-01-20 8 Choong Choon Yee - Shops try new strategies as piracy, rents threaten CD sales By Choong Choon Yee COMPACT disc retailers are using new marketing strategies to keep their businesses afloat as they face another tough year for music CD sales. And some retailers fear that this year could498 words
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296 2003-01-20 8 -afp SINGAPORE Singapore telecom operators have another two years to launch third generation (3G) mobile services, but there are widespread concerns that the deadline could undermine efforts to promote usage of the new technology. A key concern for Sing Tel and Star Hub, two-afp - 296 words
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163 2003-01-20 8 Reuters CANNES Ms Hillary Rosen, chairman and CEO of the Recording Industry Association of America, said on Saturday at the Midem music conference here that telecommunications companies and Internet service providers will be asked to pay up for giving their customers access to free song-swapping– Reuters - 163 words
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Article60 2003-01-20 8 Reuters TAIPEI Taiwanese regulators are scheduled to wrap up questioning on Wednesday on Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co’s (TSMC’s) application to build a plant in China, the United Daily News said yesterday. Officials from the Ministry of Economic Affairs are set to question TSMC on issues such as– Reuters - 60 words
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Article70 2003-01-20 8 Bloomberg SYDNEY Commonwealth Bank of Australia has said that it had signed a four-year deal with Qantas worth A$ 100 million (S$ 102 million), to provide the airline with credit card services. The deal involves the development of a service integrating Qantas’ booking system and the– Bloomberg - 70 words
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Article, Illustration597 2003-01-20 10 Commercial pressure will force governments to open aviation sector to budget airlines: analysts -AFP SINGAPORE No-frills airlines are beginning to take off in the Asia-Pacific region, but limited air traffic rights, national pride and other hurdles could block long-term growth, industry analysts say. Budget airlines-AFP; AFP - 597 words
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Article, Illustration424 2003-01-20 13 Shareholders expected to vote for sls4m European acquisition today Bloomberg SINGAPORE The Ascott Group will likely take its biggest step yet towards a goal of 15,000 serviced apartments within three years, when shareholders vote on an US$B9 million (*****.9 million) purchase of Europe’s Citadines Group. With the– Bloomberg - 424 words
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330 2003-01-20 13 Bloomberg SINGAPORE Five years after Asia’s financial crisis sent property values tumbling from Singapore to Seoul, real estate is on the rise with a big assist from some of the region’s central banks In Thailand, low interest rates mean demand will more than double– Bloomberg - 330 words
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Article24 2003-01-20 13 -AS AT JANUARY 17 US$: S$JL734 SS2.795 EURO: S$1.843 S$: 68.06 YEN S$: RM2.192 S$: HK$4.499 S$: 24.69 BAHT S$: 5,120 RUPIAH24 words
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Article479 2003-01-20 13 The stock recommendation is the average of all the recommendations submitted by analysts following the stock. There is a total of 29 brokers submitting recommendations but not every stock is followed by all the 29 brokers. Their recommendations are placed on a 1 to 5 points scale and479 words
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Comment
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Article, Illustration847 2003-01-20 15 CONRAD RAJ - By CONRAD RAJ IT has been more than a year since the High Court here made a landmark ruling in granting an injunction against a stalker who had been harassing his ex-colleagues. Yet since then, our lawmakers have done nothing about drafting a law against847 words
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Article370 2003-01-20 16 WITHIN A week, I’ve read two articles in the “One Kind Act” section of Streats about people going out of their way to offer a seat or assist a pregnant woman. This warms my heart because I have come to realise that this370 words
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Article232 2003-01-20 16 I REFER to the commentary “I won’t mourn for dying traditions” by Mr Philip Lee (Streats, Jan 17). I couldn’t disagree more with the writer. Chinese New Year is a great opportunity for relatives to come together to wish each other good luck, prosperity232 words
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Article298 2003-01-20 16 I REFER to Ms Tan Huey Ling’s feedback on Tampines Regional Library, “Mayhem at the library” (Streats, Jan 15). The National Library Board (NLB) shares Ms Tan’s concern on the issue of noise in libraries. The network of NLB libraries is frequented by 70,000 visitors298 words
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Article189 2003-01-20 16 I WAS perturbed to read that two cab drivers were dismissed because they were caught “hiding” shortly before midnight (“Comfort acts on missing midnight cabs”, Streats, Jan 17). I do understand that they broke their company’s rules. But this action seems unduly harsh in such bad economic189 words
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Medical
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Article156 2003-01-20 18 -AP INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana Have women’s sexual problems been overstated? Yes, suggested a new Kinsey Institute study which estimated that a quarter of American women were significantly distressed about their sex lives, less than the 43 per cent of a 1999 study. It also found that the-AP - 156 words
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Article, Illustration368 2003-01-20 18 Deep, abdominal fat increases risk of chronic diseases ATLANTA It isn’t the fat that visibly bulges at the side or spills from your clothes that you should be worrying about. The most dangerous fat lies deep within the belly and around the organs, CNN reported368 words
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Article181 2003-01-20 18 ✓"■V *1 What causes Vy stitches during a jog and how can one prevent them? m The reason that stitches occur is still not certain, JL, JL and there may be more than one cause. Spasms or cramps in the diaphragm the thin muscle separating the chest cavity181 words
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Global
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258 2003-01-20 20 Reuters KUALA LUMPUR The wife of Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad has said that couples should space out the births of their children because overcrowding can lead to incest, the New Sunday Times reported. Ms Siti Hasmah Mohd Ali said– Reuters - 258 words
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Article, Illustration538 2003-01-20 20 Woman on trial in US for refusing to pay tax NEW YORK Ms Lynn Meredith hasn’t paid federal income tax for years and has written two books and given hundreds of seminars, urging others to do the same. Her reasoning: Federal income tax isn’t mandatory butABC News - 538 words
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Article, Illustration284 2003-01-20 20 IIT MIT Harvard Princeton SAN JOSE, California Which institution can match the combined excellence of Harvard, MIT and Princeton? The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), says Ms Leslie Stahl, who co-hosts the highly-rated CBS’ 60 Minutes TV programme. lITs are a government-funded group of seven universities that produce some ofAP - 284 words
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Article, Illustration824 2003-01-20 22 Last week, American TV network CBS revealed the identities of the 16 players who would appear in Survivor: The Amazon. YVONNEKWOK susses out five potential Survivors with the most buzz FILMED along the Rio Negro, a small river in the Amazon jungle of Brazil,824 words
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Article, Illustration140 2003-01-20 23 A HOLIDAY in France or England is what Taiwanese R&B sensation Jay Chou, 24, wished for when he celebrated his birthday on Saturday with fans and colleagues. His other wish: a Ferrari But he confessed that he couldn’t afford one and consoled himself that “any140 words
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Article, Illustration106 2003-01-20 23 BRITISH singersongwriter Robbie Williams isn’t satisfied with his latest album, Escapology, that has topped the UK charts. “It’s the best one I’ve done, but I’m going to keep going, chasing that elusive classic album that’s in the top 10 or top 20 albums ever written.106 words
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Article, Illustration144 2003-01-20 23 A DIE-HARD fan of Taiwanese boy band F4’s Ken Zhu has been calling him to profess her love, and has even threatened to die for the Singapore-bred singer. The long-haired Ken, who was mobbed by fans When he arrived at Changi Airport on Saturday, said: “I have144 words
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Article, Illustration659 2003-01-20 24 WILEEN CHANG - Foodie two-shoes By WILEEN CHANG WHAT do you do if you don’t wish to slave over your stove cooking the reunion dinner for Chinese New Year’s Eve, but you don’t want to eat out either? Does that mean it’s back to the tried and tested steamboat dinner? Not659 words
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Article, Illustration112 2003-01-20 25 THE Indian authorities have arranged for public bonfires by the side of pavements, and shifted some of the homeless to shelters amid the intense cold that has enveloped South Asia for more than three weeks. The toll in the region’s worst winter in decades has risenPic Clarence Chan - 112 words
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Tune in TV & MOVIE NEWS
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Article, Illustration49 2003-01-20 25 llpm, Central A brief history of the supergroup, as a tribute to Maurice Gibb who recently died. The programme features interviews with Barry, Robin and Maurice, archive clips of the group’s early performances and its leap to fame in the 1970’s with Saturday Night Fever.49 words
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Article42 2003-01-20 25 10pm, Channel i When a boarder at the Mariell manor reportedly sees ghosts, Professor David Ash (Aidan Quinn) makes a house call to investigate. He falls for the alluring Christina Mariell (Kate Beckinsale) and soon finds himself spotting spectres as well.42 words
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Happenin’
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Article, Illustration53 2003-01-20 25 AUTUMN SONGS Until Tuesday Jan 21, llam-7pmChinese Chamber of Commerce and Industry Exhibition Hall, 47 Hill StTel: 6256-6050; www.teokl.net. Free This is a solo exhibition by Singapore artist Teo Kim Liong of more than 20 works inspired by autumn. This is the eighth one-man show by the artist, a53 words
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Article47 2003-01-20 25 PREDICTIONS FOR 2003 Wednesday Jan 22, 7pm-9pm, Asian Civilisations Museum Armenian St. Free Geomancer Tan Khoon Yong guides you through the luck cycle of the Chinese horoscope in the Year of the Goat with special reference to the various trades, professions and world affairs. In Mandarin.47 words
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Miscellaneous477 2003-01-20 25 Yourdailyhoroscope by Kelli Fox at Astrology.com PISCES FEBI9-MAR2O AQUARIUS JAN 20-FEB 18 You go to great lengths to make your point or close your deal. This is a period of group activities and exciting connections. You’re attracted by strange things. There’s nothing scary about aliens. You like to be around477 words
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Sports
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Article, Illustration544 2003-01-20 26 Adam Hashidy - Legendary Keino supports fellow-Kenyans who represent other countries By Adam Hashidy THE world is seeing more Kenya-born runners participating under different national flags at international meets. The most famous of them is, of course, three-time world champion Wilson Kipketer, who became a Denmark citizen inClarence Chan - 544 words
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339 2003-01-20 26 Reuters LONDON Roy Keane, who once accused Manchester United fans of being the fickle “prawn sandwich brigade”, has thanked them for their backing during hard times this season. The combative Irish midfielder also paid tribute to Alex Ferguson,- saying he would never be able– Reuters - 339 words
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Article, Illustration419 2003-01-20 29 Reuters MELBOURNE Former champion Lindsay Davenport said she had buried the hatchet with Justine Henin-Hardenne after losing 5-7, 7-5, 7-9 to the fifth seed in an epic fourth-round encoimter at the Australian Open yesterday. What had been billed as a “grudge match” turned out– Reuters - 419 words
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Article, Illustration611 2003-01-20 29 Tan Kim Han - The 21-year-old Danish striker set to hit big time soon in Tan Kim Han NOTE the name Tommy Bechmann. For the 21-year-old striker may appear on your television screen in a European or English Premier League match soon. He is among several talented Danish Olympic players (seeClarence Chan - 611 words
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411 2003-01-20 30 Wire services LONDON Ten years ago, England players were betting £2,000 (555,581) on the turn of a card, former England manager Graham Taylor has revealed. Said Taylor, who now manages Aston Villa: “Players were betting £2,000 on the turn of a card even– Wire services - 411 words
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Article266 2003-01-20 30 Aston Villa 0 Tottenham Hotspur 1 (Sheringham 69) k Blackburn Rovers 1 (Duff 19) Birmingham City 1 (John 83) k Charlton Athletic 1 (Fish 47) Bolton Wanderers 1 (Djorkaeff 85) k Everton 2 (Mcßride 51, 57) V Sunderland 1 (Kilbane 34) Leeds United 0 West Bromwich Albion 0266 words
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Article, Illustration438 2003-01-20 30 LHoullier after first win in 11 matches -AFP ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE Southampton O Liverpool 1 SOUTHAMPTON Liverpool manager Gerard Houllier breathed a sigh of relief after his side ended its run of poor form with a 1-0 Premiership victory over Southampton in Saturday’s late game. A goal-AFP; AP - 438 words
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Article, Illustration660 2003-01-20 31 Keegan: Shearer is one leader teams will die for AFP NEWCASTLE Alan Shearer’s goal in the 10th second of the match against Manchester City on Saturday is not the fastest goal scored by Newcastle. This is held by legendary striker Malcolm McDonald, who had a goal timed– AFP; AFP - 660 words
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306 2003-01-20 31 -AFP NBA CHAMPIONSHIP Indiana 88 Detroit 86 INDIANAPOLIS Jermaine O’Neal and the Indiana Pacers had to wait more than 15 minutes before they could celebrate. O’Neal sank a jumper as time ran °nt to give the Pacers an 88-86 National Basketball Association victory °ver-AFP - 306 words
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Article106 2003-01-20 31 SAILING Reuters AUCKLAND Switzerland’s Alinghi will sail against holder Team New Zealand in the 31st America’s Cup after completing a 5-1 victory over US rival Oracle BMW Racing in the challengers final yesterday. Alinghi beat software billionaire Larry Ellison’s Oracle by 2min 34sec in the sixth race to– Reuters - 106 words
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SOCCER
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Article109 2003-01-20 31 -AFP BEIJING Former England international Paul Gascoigne has so far failed in his quest to find a new club in China. The official Xinhua news agency said Gascoigne, 35, and popularly known as Gazza, was on trial with First Division club Liaoning Bodao, but it turned him down-AFP - 109 words
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Article102 2003-01-20 31 -AFP MADRID Real Sociedad beat Celta Vigo 1-0 on Saturday to hold on to the top spot in the Spanish championship. A goal in the 65th minute by Spain’s World Cup winger Francisco De Pedro was sufficient for the Basques to retain their unbeaten record this season-AFP - 102 words
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Miscellaneous21 2003-01-20 31 IN THE LIVING ROOM TENNIS: Australian Open: Day 8 (Ch 22, Bam). DELAYED TELECAST TENNIS: Australian Open: Highlights (Ch 22, 10pm).21 words
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