Streats, 14 April 2003

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    10 1 Streats MONDAY, APRIL 14, 2003 E-mail: streats@sph.com.sg mita <p> m/03/2003
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    Lock icon Coalition forces moving to capture last Saddam stronghold US POWs rescued
    509 1  -  By Pradeep Rcgcm “AMERICA doesn’t leave its heroes behind. Never has. Never will,” an emotional US Central Command (Centcom) spokesman, General Jim Wilkinson, said while breaking the news of the rescue of prisoner of war Private Jessica Lynch on
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      108 1 (§slo,ooo Man jailed for watchman’s 1974 death now offers cash to victim’s family $600,000 3A. Arts events organisers suffer major losses due to Sars Alteon Day one: A new dawn is rising to meet the technical expertise needed by the airlines of tomorrows ALTEON A BOEING COMPANY Mlt COM AEROSPACE
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  • AFTER SADDAM
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      Lock icon Seeking end to chaos
      558 2 Iraqi policemen answer US Marines’ call to help restore order Wire services BAGHDAD For the people here, the mad scramble to loot is being followed by a rush to join the police in this city of shattered order. Long queues formed on Saturday at the Palestine
      . – Wire services  -  558 words
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      Lock icon Museum pillaged
      114 2 Reuters BAGHDAD Looters have sacked Baghdad’s antiquities museum, plundering treasures dating back thousands of years to the dawn of civilisation in Mesopotamia, museum staff said on Saturday. Iraqi National Museum deputy director Nabhal Amin wept and said: “The Americans were supposed to protect the museum. If they had
      – Reuters  -  114 words
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      Lock icon Jews saved from looters
      87 2 -AFP BAGHDAD Iraqi Muslims came to the aid of Baghdad’s tiny Jewish community yesterday, pretending to have guns to scare off looters at its cultural centre. One of them, Mr Hassam Kassam, 21, said that he called to the guard at the centre: “Bring the Kalashnikovs!”
      -AFP  -  87 words
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      Lock icon M’sian journalists safe
      145 2 Wire services KUALA LUMPUR Three Malaysian journalists who were kidnapped while covering the war in Iraq have been released unharmed, officials said yesterday, and have since returned to their base at the Baghdad Sheraton. The reporter and two cameramen were from the Joint Media Team Malaysia of
      – Wire services  -  145 words
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      Lock icon Saddam’s playboy pad Love shack of favourite mistress
      323 3 -AP BAGHDAD US troops searching an upmarket neighbourhood in Baghdad have made quite a find. They came across deposed Iraqi president Saddam Hussein’s alleged “love shack”. The secret hideaway, replete with photos and paintings of him and mistress Parisoula Lampsos, resembled a
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      Lock icon Weapons chief held
      474 4 AP BAGHDAD -A man who could make a difference to the American hunt for Iraqi weapons of mass destruction has surrendered to US forces. Lt-General Amer A 1 Saadi (picture), who was President Saddam Hussein’s point man on chemical and biological weapons, arranged his surrender on Saturday
      . – AP; AP  -  474 words
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      714 5 KEEPING SARS AWAY FROM To reduce the spread of SARS, Singapore has adopted an Isolate and Contain Strategy. It involves comprehensive and practical measures, some of which are more stringent than what is being done in other affected countries. There is no need for undue alarm as there is no
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  • SARS UPDATE
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      Lock icon Virus ails struggling banks
      315 6  -  By Choong Choon Yee BANKS in Asia have seen a sharp decline in their wealth management business despite initiatives to stem the spread of Sars, or severe acute respiratory syndrome, to customers and staff. And, in fact, economists have warned that Sars could have a worse
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      Lock icon HK masks up, S’pore stays home
      400 6  -  Choong Choon Yee SINGAPOREANS and Hongkongers are both facing an outbreak of Sars, but they are approaching the problem quite differently. To avoid contracting the killer bug, most Singaporeans mainly avoid crowded places. For people in Hongkong, the main tactic is to wear a
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      Lock icon GPs get access to database
      309 8 TO further tighten measures, doctors and nurses island-wide will be given a password for an online database of all people connected at any stage to the severe acute respiratory syndrome (Sars). At a press conference yesterday, Prof Tan Chorh Chuan, director of medical services of
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      Lock icon SINGAPORE SITUATION
      30 8 TREATED AND DISCHARGED 81 IN HOSPITAL 58 IN CRITICAL CONDITION..I6 DEAD 10 TOTAL NO OF CASES..... 151 INDEX CASES 7 SUSPECT CASES ADMITTED 87 UNDER HOME QUARANTINE 608
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      Lock icon A shot in the arm for golf clubs
      558 8  -  Outdoor activities get a boost as people try to avoid infection B y 'Chua Kong Ho SHOPPING centres are empty. Cinemas, too. Taxis, not people, queue up at taxi stands on weekends. Where have all the people gone? Many of them to
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      Lock icon Just be sensible
      669 11  -  Comment By CHITRA RAJA RAM Tamil Murasu MY kids will return to school next week with a surgical mask in their bags. They are familiar with these and have practised using them at home. Why carry a mask when the Government deems it safe for kids to
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      Lock icon Florists, nurseries are not having a rosy time
      525 12  -  Nobody’s going out, so hotels and restaurants cut back on ordering flowers By Zubaidah Nazeer FLORIST Arthur Chua, 44, is hurting because of Sars. Not physically though, but financially. Business at his Hougangbased Ace’s of Vase has dropped a whopping 30 per
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      Lock icon Disney warns of losses
      118 14 AP BURBANK, California The Walt Disney Co has warned in a filing with federal regulators that Sars could hurt its global theme park business. In a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Disney said concerns over Sars “and uncertainty surrounding the transmission of this illness
      – AP  -  118 words
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      Lock icon Cathay ‘may ground fleet’
      139 14 Reuters HONGKONG Cathay Pacific Airways yesterday refused to rule out grounding its passenger fleet as demand for travel into and out of its Hongkong base is devastated by the deadly Sars outbreak. “If demand falls still further, we will have to respond accordingly. Clearly, we can’t
      . – Reuters  -  139 words
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      Lock icon M'sia lifts visa curbs
      82 14 Reuters HONGKONG Malaysia has lifted its recently imposed travel restrictions on residents of Hongkong, Vietnam and Canada. But China did not appear in the Malaysian government revised list. “Malaysia has decided to suspend temporarily the imposition of visa requirements to the following passport holders of Hongkong...Vietnam
      – Reuters  -  82 words
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      Lock icon Canada maps virus gene
      127 14 AP VANCOUVER Hopes rose for a cure to Sars yesterday as a laboratory here completed the genetic sequencing of the coronavirus believed to cause the disease. The information from the Michael Smith Genome Sciences Center in British Columbia province could help scientists determine if the coronavirus
      . – AP  -  127 words
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      96 8 COURAGE FUND TO DONATE BY CHEQUE A crossed cheque made out to “The Courage Fund” should be sent to The Courage Fund, c/o National Healthcare Group, 6, Commonwealth Lane, Level 6, GMTI Building, Singapore *****7 BY PHONE From now till April 30, members of the public can donate to the
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  • Morning Rush
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      Lock icon Attacker offers $10,000 to victim’s family
      616 15  -  Almost 30 years later, former burglar tries to make amends By r Khushwant Singh WATCHMAN Mohan Singh, 49, was found dead on the morning of Aug 1, 1974, in an engineering workshop in Rhu Cross. He had been bound hand and foot by five
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      Lock icon Indian rebels ban tobacco chewing
      115 16 BUZZSTOP AFP TWO rival groups of separatist outlaws in India’s north-eastern state of Manipur have issued bans, separately, on the chewing of tobacco. The Revolutionary Peoples Front, which has banned the sale and consumption of chewing tobacco products, said in a statement yesterday: “Anybody found
      . – AFP  -  115 words
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      Lock icon Gains can double but risks are high
      143 16 Penny stocks INVESTORS who buy the cheapest stocks can double their investments in a day. “A half-cent rise in a one-cent stock represents a 50 per cent gain. Where else in the market can you find another stock that will perform this way?”
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      Lock icon Navy’s safety steps praised
      151 16 RSS Courageous collision MEASURES adopted by the Navy to prevent another accident similar to the fatal collision between RSS Courageous and a merchant vessel near Horsburgh Lighthouse in January are “comprehensive”, said Dr Ong Chit Chung, chairman of the Government Parliamentary Committee (GPC) for Defence and
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      54 16 Thousands of women performing Taijiquan an ancient martial art form with fans during the Beijing International Ekiden relay-marathon competition at Tiananmen Square in Beijing yesterday. While participants from 15 nations registered, only four teams turned up at the start line. Many teams reportedly pulled out over fear about
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      Lock icon Bali struggling back to its feet
      142 16 L AP BALI Six months after the Oct 12 terror bombings here killed more than 200 people, the island is still trying to get back on its feet. But there are hopeful signs, because recovery is continuing despite Sars, the Iraq war and the
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      Lock icon Apple 'eyeing Vivendi unit'
      107 16 Bloomberg APPLE Computer has expressed interest in acquiring the music business of Vivendi Universal, according to a person familiar with the situation. The unit may be sold for as much as US$6 billion (551.06 billion), the Los Angeles Times reported earlier today, Apple’s share price was
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      Lock icon N Korea softens stand
      89 16 -AP AFTER months of insisting on direct talks with Washington, North Korea has signalled that it would be willing to accept US demands for multilateral discussions over its alleged nuclear weapons programme. North Korea “will not stick to any particular dialogue format”, the North’s KCNA news
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      Lock icon Net through power lines
      92 16 MR MICHAEL POWELL, the chairman of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in the US, has backed the use of ordinary electric power lines to send Internet data. In an attempt to stir up competition and offer greater consumer choice, the FCC has licensed seven companies to
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      Lock icon HIV/Aids in M’sia up 50%
      93 16 Wire services THE number of new HIV/Aids cases transmitted through sexual contact in Malaysia has increased by nearly 50 per cent, causing concern among Malaysian health officials. “The increase in new cases is 46 per cent, which was 1,218 last year compared with 834 in
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  • Financial
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      Lock icon New Asia-Pacific president joined UPS as a driver in 1975 From the ground up
      482 17  -  By Choong Choon Yee MR Ken Torok, 49, believes he has what it takes to make United Parcel Service (UPS) succeed in Asia. The new president of the company’s Asia-Pacific operations had better be sure because
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      Lock icon FOREX RATES
      24 17 *AS AT APRIL 11 US$: 551.776 552.788 EURO: 551.914 Ss: 67.45 YEN Ss: RM2.140 Ss: HK54.392 Ss: 24.14 BAHT Ss: 4,995 RUPIAH
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      Lock icon BROKERS’ RECOMMENDATIONS
      356 17 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 and
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  • Comment
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      Lock icon Does SingTech fill a needed role?
      579 18  -  By CONRAD RAJ NOW is a good time for consolidation. A time to cut waste and make Singapore more efficient in the face of global competition. A time therefore to look at where precious resources are being wasted and either stop this totally or,
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      11 18 BuzzUS P if you know something we don’t 1800-844-5566 i Mistreats
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  • Vocal
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      Lock icon Dealers, remisiers upfront when selling own shares
      315 19 PLEASE allow me to correct the various errors made by Mr R Sivanithy in his article, “Absent retail players” (Streats, April 11). He made the following assertions: (dealers) don’t have to pay brokerage for their trades; in return for this privilege, they have
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      Lock icon Childcare refunds left to centres
      234 19 I REFER to Ms Pauline Lim’s letter, “Childcare centres should refund fees” (Streats, April 2). As the agency in charge of childcare centres in Singapore, the Ministry of Community Development and Sports (MCDS) understands the concerns of childcare operators and parents arising from the recent
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      123 19 IN our story “Support swells for hospital staff” (Streats, April 10), we reported that low-income families, in which at least one member is infected by Sars, would be entitled to $5OO a month for six months under a $50,000 American International Assurance fund. This is incorrect. Such families are
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      395 19 HAVE YOUR SAY E-mail us at streats@sph.com.sg or write to The Editor, Streats, News Centre, 1000 Toa Payoh North, Singapore *****4. You should include your name, address and contact number. We reserve the right to edit your letters for brevity and clarity. By your writing to us, it shall be
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  • Medical
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      Lock icon DVT risk for mums
      284 20 Reuters WOMEN who have had the condition preeclampsia during pregnancy are more than twice as likely to suffer a blood clot in the leg or lung within three years of giving birth. Researchers at the Ottawa Health Research Institute in Canada studied nearly 13,000 women who
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      Lock icon HEALTH FORUM
      131 20 Is coconut high in cholesterol? A Cholesterol is found only in animal products. As coconut is a plant, foods containing coconut do not contain cholesterol. Most foods made with coconut, however, tend to be higher in fat, especially saturated fat. Coconut cream, coconut milk, grated coconut and the
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  • EasyStreats
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      Lock icon DOWN BUT NOT OUT
      706 21 The entertainment industry is taking a severe beating over Sars. But GREGORYLEOW finds out that it will survive and may rebound as soon as in the third quarter SARS-STRUCK entertainment firms are facing their bleakest days, with 18 shows for this month alone cancelled so far.
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      Lock icon Alley fare
      573 22  -  suspended were what co ter apart into By Amy Van IN my opinion, it would be a pity if diners who frequent Holland Village for nosh-up sessions limit their choices to only the mediocre cafes or run-of-the-mill restaurant chains. If you have yet to stumble upon Amici Vicolo,
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      Lock icon Our weather girl says...
      102 23 KENYA’S game parks, too, are suffering from the war in Iraq. “We have lost 100 million shillings (552.3 million) over three months,” the Kenya Wildlife Service said. Travel security advisories from Britain and the US have not helped; the percentage of tourists who visit game parks
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    • Tune in TV & MOVIE NEWS
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        46 23 10pm, Channel 5 Ross is still mad at Joey, and breaks his finger when he tries to punch him. Chandler is having trouble getting enough sleep at home. He falls asleep in a meeting and ends up accidently agreeing to run his company’s Tulsa office.
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        Lock icon SHOOT TO KILL
        52 23 10pm, Channel i An extortionist escapes from FBI agent Warren Stantin and flees into the wilderness. Statin is out of his depth there and recruits the help of a reluctant local who has the skills necessary to track down the criminal. Starring Sidney Poitier, Tom Berenger and
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    • Happenin’
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        Lock icon EXHIBITION
        83 23 READ THE SMALL PRINT Till April 20; 11.30am-Bpm, Monday till Saturday, 12pm-5.30pm on Sunday Utterly Art Exhibition Space (208, South Bridge Road, level two). Free Does size matter? Find out at the Printmaking Society’s annual exhibition which features 20 of its members’ works that are confined to a dimension
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        57 23 LE COUSIN Tomorrow, 9pm AGF Theatre, Alliance Francaise (1, Sarkies Road) Tickets at $7 (ssfor members) from Sistic Nounours is a “cousin”, an informer who has a special arrangement with the police. Because he helps them, they only seize 10 per cent of his drugs. But when his personal
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      160 22 GOODWOOD PARK’S ORIENTAL CUISINE DELIVERED TO YOUR DOORSTEP. Introducing our complimentary delivery service for orders above $6B nett. Be mesmerised by the culinary delights from Goodwood Park Hotel’s famed restaurants in the comfort of your home. Savour mouth-watering Dim Sum Crisp Beancurd Skin,Yam Croquette and steamed Siew Mai. Or much
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      220 23 If you wish to have your event highlighted in Happenin’, e-mail Streats at streats@sph.com.sg or fax 6319-8191. Please check with organisers for latest status of events. CELEBRATE SECRETARIES’ WEEK COMPLIMENTARY DELIVERIES TO OFFICES AVAILABLE 21 April 25 April 2003 Make an appointment with Goodwood Park Hotel for your Secretaries’ Week
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  • Page 23 Miscellaneous
    • Miscellaneous
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      468 23 Yourdailyhoroscope |P AQUARIUS PISCES JAN20-FEB 18 FEB 19-MAR 20 by Kelli Fox at Astrology.com f<£b ARIES MAR21 -APR 19 Not losing is different from winning. Stakes and standards are higher than usual. You’re tough enough to handle this, although it may require muscles that you haven’t used in a long
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  • Sports
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      Lock icon Boon time
      620 24  -  Sengkang Marine keeper also a wakeboarder and pub owner By 1 Lim Han Ming A FOOTBALLER by day. A pub owner by night. And a wakeboarder on weekends. That’s Amos Boon (above) for you. One wonders how the Sengkang Marine goalkeeper finds time to sleep. It’s all down
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      Lock icon Misfiring duo
      491 25 Keegan losing patience with strikers Anelka, Fowler -AFP MANCHESTER Manchester City boss Kevin Keegan has vowed to keep faith with misfiring strike duo Robbie Fowler and Nicolas Anelka despite substituting both of them in the goalless draw against Middlesbrough. It looked like a marriage made in football heaven
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    • Article
      Lock icon Vieira: Gunners best team in England
      235 25 -AFP LONDON Arsenal captain Patrick Vieira has turned up the heat ahead of Wednesday’s potential title decider with Manchester United by claiming the Gunners are the “greatest team in England”. The French midfield general shrugged off his side’s failure in Europe this season and
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      Lock icon PREMIER LEAGUE
      278 25 k Birmingham 2 (Hughes 43, Dugarry 60) Sunderland 0 Blackburn 1 (Duff 34) Charlton 0 Chelsea 1 (Cole 58) Bolton Wanderers 0 Leeds 2 (Viduka 31, 76-pen) Tottenham 2 (Sheringham 37, Keane 39) Liverpool 2 (Heskey 36, Owen 59) Fulham 0 Manchester City 0 Middlesbrough 0 Newcastle 2
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      Lock icon Delightful Duff
      473 27 Ireland winger’s stock rises with great performances for Blackburn AFP BLACKBURN The cost of prising Damien Duff (right) away from Blackburn this summer has been ratcheted up by his match-winning display against Charlton. The Ireland winger, a target for both Liverpool and Manchester United, capped a superb all-round
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    • Article
      Lock icon Calm Maggert back in contention
      342 27 Reuters AUGUSTA Jeff Maggert has a grip on his golf game for the first time in a long while. He shot a six-under-par 66 to snatch a two-stroke lead over Canada’s Mike Weir after the third round at the 67th US Masters on Saturday. Following
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      Lock icon Schmeichel to retire
      93 27 SOCCER -AFP LONDON Manchester City goalkeeper Peter Schmeichel will retire from professional football at the end of the season. Said Schmeichel, formerly of Manchester United: “It has taken a month of soul searching to make this decision, the most difficult of my life. “Playing football has been
      -AFP  -  93 words
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      Lock icon Radcliffe’s world mark
      95 27 MARATHON -AP LONDON Paula Radcliffe shattered her own world marathon mark yesterday in the London Marathon, clocking 2hr 15min 25sec. The time was 1:53 faster than her record time six months ago in Chicago. The 29-year-old English woman pulled clear of the field from the start and
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      Lock icon Rockets live on
      88 27 BASKETBALL Reuters HOUSTON Cuttino Mobley and Steve Francis both scored 17 points to lead Houston Rockets to a 101-86 win over the Seattle Super Sonics on Saturday, and keep alive its playoff hopes. The Rockets will be eliminated from the post-season of the NBA with one more
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