Streats, 9 July 2003
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Title Section11 2003-07-09 1 Streats WEDNESDAY, JULY 9, 2003 glgg E-mail: streats@sph.com.sg mita <p) 111/03/200311 words
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Article, Illustration771 2003-07-09 1 Philip Lee - By Philip Lee THE blow was almost too painful to bear. This was because hopes that conjoined Iranian twins Ladan and Laleh Bijani would pull through the risky surgery to separate them had soared so high. Even at 1.30 pm yesterday after they771 words
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Advertisement18 2003-07-09 1 Doctors did their best in the difficult surgery Ladan and Laleh wanted to lead separate lives PAGE 418 words
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Morning Rush
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Article, Illustration430 2003-07-09 2 Jellyfish DNA makes them shimmer ■AP TAIPEI Their weird glowing green colour makes them look like they’ve been swimming in a nuclear plant’s spent-fuel pond. But the zebra fish on sale in shops here have an even stranger background: They’re the latest in genetically modified (GM)■AP - 430 words
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265 2003-07-09 2 Shervin Seah - B y Shervin Seah THERE is nothing to stop you from dancing on a bar top now. The Singapore Police Force has made five key changes to the existing public entertainment licensing regulations after reviewing the recommendations of the Advisory265 words
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Article, Illustration520 2003-07-09 3 i Zubaidah Nazeer - S’pore car owner caught in conundrum after his Renault was hit by car bearing diplomat’s licence plate By i Zubaidah Nazeer AFTER his silver Renault was dented four months ago, Mr Lewis Mitchell may now consider himself lucky. The car was damaged while left in a shopping centreEdwin Koo - 520 words
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Article540 2003-07-09 4 Sarah Ng - Iranian conjoined twins Ladan and Lakh's lifelong wish to be separated ended in tears yesterday for their friends and the Iranian community in Singapore By Sarah Ng GRIEVING members of the Iranian community yesterday expressed hope that the courage and optimism of conjoined twins Ladan and540 words
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Article, Illustration396 2003-07-09 4 Wire services THEIR lifelong dream of being separated was fulfilled yesterday. But Ladan and Laleh Bijani didn’t survive to celebrate. Their relentless pursuit of leading individual lives ended in tragedy yesterday when they died on the operating table shortly after being separated. ThisWire services; AP - 396 words
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130 2003-07-09 6 BUZZSTOP ANGRY minority shareholders failed to stop Provisions Suppliers Corp (PSC) from giving key executives stock options at up to 20 per cent less than the market price. During the 3-3/4-hour extraordinary general meeting, they wanted to know why PSC, which130 words
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152 2003-07-09 6 Fight against piracy MALAYSIA has brushed aside an American warning that forcibly cutting the prices of music, movie and software discs would backfire and cause foreign producers to shun the country. Last week, the Malaysian government j gave the recording, movie and software J152 words
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Article152 2003-07-09 6 Best place in Asia to live in Wire services SINGAPORE is among the best countries in Asia in which to live in, according to the 2003 UN Human Development report released yesterday. The Republic trailed only Japan and Hong Kong in a ranking of 175 countries.– Wire services - 152 words
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Article, Illustration60 2003-07-09 6 Pictures can sometimes be like statistics, concealing far more than they reveal. The ankles were all that we captured of this woman on Monday as she walked between hanging photographs at the Singapore History Museum's Riverside Point premises. The photographs were part of a joint exhibition entitled ‘MyAsft/eteftS/m - 60 words
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141 2003-07-09 6 Reuters THE leader of Hong Kong’s biggest pro-China party said he is considering quitting leader Tung Chee Hwa’s cabinet because huge public opposition to a controversial subversion bill is eroding its popular support. The defection of a second key ally could be a fatalReuters - 141 words
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Article93 2003-07-09 6 AFP A WOMAN bound for Hong Kong from Los Angeles landed up in Australia over the weekend when she got on the wrong plane. Qantas Airways admitted yesterday that its staff had failed to notice the woman, who was holding a Cathay Pacific boarding pass. The absent-mindedAFP - 93 words
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Article89 2003-07-09 6 -AFP NEARLY 100 million Chinese have no access to healthcare, with the situation being particularly dire in the country’s impoverished west, a Chinese economist says. Professor Hu Angang of Qinghua University told the China News Service that public funds should be directed to rural areas, where he-AFP - 89 words
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Article89 2003-07-09 6 Reuters A TWO-YEAR-OLD girl was the only survivor after a Sudan Airways plane crashed on a domestic flight just after dawn on Tuesday, killing 115 people. The pilot of the Boeing 737 reported a technical failure a few minutes after taking off at about 4am local– Reuters - 89 words
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Article96 2003-07-09 6 Reuters THAI community groups wanted to use a logo featuring two elephants having sex for next year’s World Aids conference in Bangkok, but the plan was criticised by health authorities because the bull was not using a condom. “The logo fails to convey any meaning,” DrReuters - 96 words
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Financial
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Article, Illustration469 2003-07-09 8 Choong Choon Yee - Financial, IT and telecoms companies plan to boost headcount: survey By Choong Choon Yee SINGAPOREANS can expect to find more jobs in the financial, IT and telecommunications sectors over the next few months. This upbeat assessment came from a survey that was conducted by TMP/Hudson Global469 words
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Article103 2003-07-09 8 Bloomberg SINGAPORE Airport cargo manager Changi International Airport Services Pte has laid off 153 workers because of increasing competition for Changi airport and a drop in travel demand caused by the recent outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome. The company will save $6.1 million annually andBloomberg - 103 words
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277 2003-07-09 8 Reuters SYDNEY Asia-Pacific consumers turned increasingly pessimistic about the economic outlook as economies remained sluggish, the Iraq war weighed on sentiment and Sars hammered the region, a survey showed yesterday. The online poll by research firm AC Nielsen of 7,800 people in 13Reuters - 277 words
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Article77 2003-07-09 8 Bloomberg SINGAPORE Malaysia’s Port of Tanjung Pelepas said it handled 37 per cent more containers in the first half of the year than a year earlier, after winning the custom of Taiwan’s Evergreen Marine Corp cargo company from Singapore’s PSA Corp. Tanjung Pelepas is buildingBloomberg - 77 words
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Article80 2003-07-09 8 Reuters HONG KONG/SINGAPORE Hong Kong developer Cheung Kong (Holdings) Ltd, controlled by Asia’s richest businessman Li Ka-shing, launched its US$4OO million (Ss7oo million) Fortune real estate fund in Singapore yesterday, offering investors a pre-tax yield of 7.9 to 8.2 per cent. The fund, to be listedReuters - 80 words
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Article, Illustration477 2003-07-09 10 One mimics Starbucks, the other starts trends abroad Reuters HO CHI MINH CITY He made a name for himself by opening Au Lac Cafe in an elegant French-style villa in Hanoi. Now, his fashionable coffee shops are Vietnam’s answer to Starbucks. Seattle-born David Thai, 31,Reuters - 477 words
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151 2003-07-09 10 -AP CHICAGO United Airlines’ flight attendants union on Monday assailed the carrier’s plan to give 20 per cent bonuses to 600 professional and technical employees, just two months after pay cuts took effect for most workers. United proposed the bonus-pay plan in a federal-AP - 151 words
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Article, Illustration672 2003-07-09 13 Tokyo budget nightclub entrepreneur draws clients as incomes fall AP TOKYO Nightclub owner Sakura Masui is nowhere close to the modernday geisha girl she appears to be, shuffling demurely in a purple kimono as she pours drinks and chats in hushed tones. The 34-year-old former officeAP - 672 words
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Article180 2003-07-09 13 AP TOKYO The number of Japanese companies requiring workers to put in overtime hours for which they are not fully compensated has surged, reaching a 30-year high, labour officials and news reports said yesterday. A total of 17,000 companies, or 13 per cent of theAP - 180 words
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Article, Illustration463 2003-07-09 14 Fund companies fear investor exodus Reuters NEW YORK When star stockpicker Helen Young Hayes surprised the fund world this year by announcing her retirement at age 40, the Janus fund company not only had to grapple with how to replace her but how to hang on– Reuters; Siaquiooig - 463 words
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Article333 2003-07-09 14 STI: 1,518.95 2.86 Reuters SHARES rose for the sixth straight day yesterday after selective buying of technology stocks such as Venture Corp. But profit-taking in blue chips pushed them below 10-and-a-half month highs. The Straits Times Index added 0.19 per cent, or 2.86 points, to– Reuters - 333 words
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Article24 2003-07-09 14 *AS AT JULY 8 US$: 551.756 552.886 EURO: 551.987 Ss: 67.35 YEN Ss: RM2.164 Ss: HK54.442 Ss: 23.72 BAHT Ss: 4,664 RUPIAH24 words
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Comment
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Article, Illustration818 2003-07-09 16 ROBIN GANGULY - By ROBIN GANGULY MUCH has been said about US President George W Bush’s penchant for rhetoric. The Texan cowboy slang, delivered with his “take-me-seriously-or-else” expression, has sparked many a joke. But it stops being funny when his rhetoric results in hundreds of deaths, costs billions of818 words
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Global
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Article477 2003-07-09 18 UN chides rich nations’ lack of effort AP GENEVA -The muchvaunted global targets for reducing poverty, hunger and illness are unreachable unless rich nations make a much bigger commitment to helping poorer ones, the United Nations said yesterday. Of the eight so-called Millennium Development Goals, only oneAP - 477 words
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Article, Illustration234 2003-07-09 18 NEW DELHI Elephants in the Indian capital are being fitted with reflectors to prevent accidents, the Scotsman reported yesterday. This follows a spate of accidents where motorists have collided with the beasts plying Delhi’s poorly-lit streets. For a start two of Delhi’s 30 “domesticated” elephantsAFP - 234 words
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337 2003-07-09 18 Washington Post OAKLYN, New Jersey Three teenagers wore black, strapped long guns across their shoulders and jammed knives and handguns into their trousers before setting out on what prosecutors say would have been a murder spree. But there was no repeat of Columbine inWashington Post - 337 words
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Article, Illustration421 2003-07-09 20 Casualties in Iraq, doubts over intelligence reports make PM’s ratings plummet LONDON British public support for the war in Iraq and trust in British Prime Minister Tony Blair have fallen sharply over the past month. This is mainly due to the number of British and US| AFP - 421 words
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Article, Illustration280 2003-07-09 22 AP LOS ANGELES Animal rights group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (Peta) sued KFC Corp on Monday, claiming that the fast food giant is misleading the public by denying that it mistreats hundreds of millions of chickens– AP; AFP - 280 words
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Article210 2003-07-09 22 LONDON Brazilian men are the most jealous and Japanese men the least, an international study has found. BBC Online reported yesterday that the study also found that jealousy appeared to be linked to the fertility rate of a country. Countries with high fertility rates, like210 words
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Article, Illustration581 2003-07-09 24 I REFER to Ms Adeline Woon’s commentary, “Caught in the NEL time warp” (Streats, July 1), and the letters, “Don’t force us onto the trains” (Streats, July 1) by Mr Wilson Han and “Give us mass transit for the masses” (Streats, July 2) by Ms581 words
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206 2003-07-09 24 I AM a joint owner of an HDB flat with my brother under the Siblings Scheme. We are both permanent residents (PRs), and I have been working here for 13 years. My question is: When my brother gets married, what happens to206 words
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Article164 2003-07-09 24 I AM a golfer and a nature lover, although not necessarily in that order, and a member of Safra Resort Country Club, but I still could not agree more with the views of Ms Jill Lim as stated in her commentary, “Save our coastline164 words
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Article89 2003-07-09 24 WELL said, Jill Lim. Every weekend, when I go to the parks, I see thousands of people crowded together but enjoying themselves nonetheless. And then I think of the 200-odd golfers (50 flights of four each a day) who will have an entire golf course to89 words
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101 2003-07-09 24 WE would like to thank Mr Chan Chong Leong for the valuable feedback in his letter, “Effect of training on Pizza Hut delivery riders not seen” (Streats, July 4). We have taken his feedback seriously and informed the restaurant management team for immediate follow-up. At101 words
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Medical
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Article346 2003-07-09 26 THERE is hope that the pap smear can, in the near future, replace the pregnancy procedure amniocentesis in detecting genetic defects such as Down’s syndrome and cystic fibrosis in foetuses. Scientists at the Australian Genome Research Facility at Queensland University have developed a technique that346 words
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Article70 2003-07-09 26 What is pleurisy? PLEURISY refers to the inflammation of the pleura, the lining of the lungs. It makes the normally-smooth surfaces rough, causing them to rub together, instead of sliding over one another, and leading to pain on deep breathing, coughing and chest movement. Fluid may accumulate. Pleurisy70 words
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EasyStreats
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Article, Illustration162 2003-07-09 28 HONG KONG’S Cantopop bad boy Nicholas Tse (right) is finally ready to settle down with long-time, on-again-off-again girlfriend Faye Wong. Tse, 22, said in a Hong Kong radio show recently that he plans to wed Wong this year, reported Apple Daily. He said: “I have very traditional162 words
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Article, Illustration165 2003-07-09 28 IT may be too late for Elvis Presley (right) devotees to get their hands on one of his sequined jumpsuits, but die-hard fans can still claim a small piece of the King a tooth. A pearly white billed as an authentic dental relic, along with a165 words
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Article, Illustration514 2003-07-09 28 1 j Doing research for the play, Moving Gods, about a to-be-I demolished Chinese temple, was an eye-opener for its China-bom director, WuXi He tells GARYLIM more THE co-artistic director of The Theatre Practice (TTP) recently went templehopping here. China-bom Wu Xi is neither a tourist514 words
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Article, Illustration116 2003-07-09 30 POP Idol’s Simon Cowell has said he could turn Prince William into a pop star, said ITVcom And it wouldn’t matter whether or not he can sing. He said: “Prince William would make a great pop idol. He’s got the looks and class of a true116 words
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Article, Illustration98 2003-07-09 30 THE Harry Potter house in England is up for sale by auction, with a price guide of £250,000 (*****,557). No 12 Picket Post Close, in Bracknell, Berkshire or No 4 Privet Drive of the movies, where the boy magician lives with his Muggle, or non-magic, relations98 words
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Article, Illustration144 2003-07-09 30 LORD of the Rings fans might want to make a beeline for London in September, to the city’s Science Museum for a sneak preview to an exhibition dedicated to Peter Jackson’s trilogy about hobbits, elves and darker forces, based on the books by JRR Tolkien, reported144 words
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Article, Illustration572 2003-07-09 30 Singer-actress Candy Lo, who stars in a Hong Kong movie opening tomorrow, charms GARYLIM with her frankness HONG KONG singer-actress Candy Lo is hardly as sweet and innocent as her name suggests. The 28-year-old smokes, and sports four tattoos on her body on her left arm, right572 words
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Article, Illustration212 2003-07-09 32 Reuters NEW YORK The late Princes of Wales, Diana, will be reincarnated as a mutant comic book superhero this fall, according to publisher Marvel Comics. The character will appear in a five-series storyline called Di Another Day in Marvel’s X-Statix monthly comic, a spin-off from its– Reuters - 212 words
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Article149 2003-07-09 32 TIRED of stockings that snag? Try new spray-on stockings that last, and last, and last... This new line of hosiery invented by Japanese salesman Yoshiumu Hamada and available only in Japan for now, has been a hit in Tokyo, reported The Toronto Star on Monday. Some149 words
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Article, Illustration95 2003-07-09 32 BRITISH supermodel Naomi Campbell has been offered a starring role in the Broadway production of Chicago, reported Ananova yesterday. Campbell, who unsuccessfully attempted a singing career in the mid-90s, told Glamour magazine: “I was so flattered to be asked. It would make my mum happy.” Her mother95 words
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Article, Illustration115 2003-07-09 32 BRITNEY Spears has finally admitted she is not a virgin, but the 21-year-old pop star maintains that ex-boyfriend Justin Timberlake (pictured) is the only man she’s ever had sex with, reported ITVcom yesterday. She told a US magazine: “I’ve only slept with one person my whole life.115 words
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Article, Illustration99 2003-07-09 34 Monsoon rains have flooded north-east India, leaving more than 100,000 people homeless, officials said yesterday. More than 20,000 stranded people were rescued in a single district of the oil- and tea-rich state of Assam, where massive showers caused all rivers to overflow their banks. Assam hasPic Edwin Koo - 99 words
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Tune in TV & MOVIE NEWS
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Article59 2003-07-09 34 10pm, Channel i Tess McGill (Melanie Griffin) is a hard-working secretary who learns that her boss has stolen her idea for closing a deal. When her boss is away on sick leave, Tess realises that it is now or never for her dream of corporate advancement. She seizes59 words
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Article, Illustration71 2003-07-09 34 10pm, Central Kong (Pavarit Mongkolpisit) is a professional killer who has been deaf and mute since childhood. His life of remorseless killing is turned upside down when he falls in love with a warm and tender girl from his local drugstore. Things get complicated when a treacherous boss71 words
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Happenin'
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Article51 2003-07-09 34 BELL SHAKESPEARE Friday, 7pm library @esplanade Free Actors from the Bell Shakespeare Company and its associate artistic director, Des James, demonstrate how their unique Actors at Work performance programme brings Shakespeare’s works to life with minimal sets, props and costumes. They show how Shakespeare can be immediate, accessible and51 words
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Article, Illustration58 2003-07-09 34 BEYOND THE HORIZON Tomorrow till July 20; 11.30am-Bpm, Monday to Saturday and 12pm-5.30pm on Sunday Utterly Art (208, South Bridge Road, #O2-01, tel 6226-2605) The exhibition showcases paintings by accomplished senior and award-winning contemporary artists of Tamil Nadu. The works in this exhibition exemplify the diverse and outstanding technical58 words
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Miscellaneous437 2003-07-09 34 Yourdailyhoroscope AQUARIUS JAN2O-FEB 18 by Kelli Fox at Astrology.com PISCES FEB 19-MAR 20 Choosing an alternative means that you’re still in control. Ask what you could do differently next time. You learn a lot by asking for constructive criticism. rnry^mms APR 20-MAY 20 Don’t mess with the perfect arrangement. Take437 words
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Advertisement448 2003-07-09 35 My friends asked, "What happened to your face?" My relatives said, "You don't look like this before, what happened to you?" These were the remarks I heard before, i felt hurt and even ashamed to step out of my house. I've tried many products and methods until I lost confidence448 words
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Sports
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Article132 2003-07-09 36 We understand the need to support the national cause and we will. But we also need to have our own club training. I only hope that the players will not be too exhausted shuttling between club and national training.’ -Home manager David Conceicao We will support132 words
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Article, Illustration459 2003-07-09 36 Tan Kim Han - Avramovic proposes more training sessions for national team By_ Tan Kim Han UP TO three training sessions a week and a weeklong overseas tour for the Lions next month. That is what national football coach Radojko “Raddy” Avramovic (right) proposes as he prepares for the Asian Cup qualifiers,"1 - 459 words
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Article, Illustration611 2003-07-09 38 Adam Hcishidy - National coach Avramovic targets SAFFC midfielder as potential Lion By Adam Hcishidy FAIZAL SA’AUDI (right). The name may not ring a bell. For the 27-year-old defensive midfielder with Singapore Armed Forces FC is a virtual unknown in the S-League. He has not even been a member of theEdwin Koo - 611 words
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Article333 2003-07-09 38 -AFP LIVERPOOL Australian striker Harry Kewell is expected to complete a £6 million (5517.5 million) move to Liverpool in the next 24 hours. He passed a medical test at Anfield, it was reported yesterday. He is also said to have agreed personal terms with the English-AFP - 333 words
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Article, Illustration569 2003-07-09 40 GODFREY ROBERT - Tee-off with Godfrey By GODFREY ROBERT The Straits Times I MISSED the chance to pocket a million dollars (US mind you!) with my driver recently. No kidding. Drawn for the US$l million (551.75 million) shootout at a charity golf tournament, I was just short of theThe Straits Times; AP - 569 words
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Article105 2003-07-09 42 CYCLING Reuters ST DIZIER, France Frenchman JeanPatrick Nazon took the Tour de France overall lead after the 167.5 km third stage won by Italian Alessandro Petacchi yesterday. He became the first Frenchman to wear the yellow jersey since Francois Simon two years ago. For the third day– Reuters - 105 words
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Article118 2003-07-09 42 SOCCER GEYLANG United striker Aleksandar Duric notched his 100th goal last night with a fourth-minute goal against Jurong in the Singapore Cup last night. He scored another with a 78th-minute strike as the match ended 3-3. Geylang went on to win 4-2 on penalties to top Group118 words
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Article80 2003-07-09 42 BADMINTON WORLD No 1 Chen Hong and AllEngland champion Zhou Mi will return to defend their singles crowns in the YonexSunrise Singapore Open (Aug 19-24) at the Singapore Indoor Stadium. The duo will be among a starstudded contingent of 28 Chinese who will participate in the80 words
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Article, Illustration504 2003-07-09 42 j Australian sprinter sheds kamikaze tag to take lour de France second stage AFP SEDAN, France Baden Cooke (below) has probably been called a few choice names over his past two seasons riding in Europe’s professional cycling ranks. But the young Australian’s impressive sprint victory on theAFP; AP - 504 words
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214 2003-07-09 42 -AFP LOS ANGELES Colorado prosecutors have yet to decide whether to press formal charges against Los Angeles Lakers star Kobe Bryant, who was arrested and freed on bail last week on suspicion of sexual assault, district attorney Mike Hurlbert said on Monday. “It’s possible-AFP - 214 words
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