Streats, 27 August 2003
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Title Section10 2003-08-27 1 Streats WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 27, 2003 E-mail: streats@sph.com.sg mita (p> 111/03/200310 words
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Article, Illustration567 2003-08-27 1 Lim Han Ming - DBS staff staying near Mumbai blast scene confirmed safe MIIMRAI By Lim Han Ming BUSINESSMAN Norman Foo feared the worst when he heard about the twin bomb blasts in Mumbai on Monday which caused at least 50 deaths and more than 150 casualties. He was567 words
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Advertisement212 2003-08-27 1 s 111/03/2003 JKf p \j\ 4;; \A A i e confirmed safe l for eans in a series of attacks on the commercial capital since December. No one has claimed responsibility, but India’s Deputy Prime Minister Lai Krishna Advani singled out the outlawed Students Islamic Movement of India as possible212 words
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Morning Rush
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Article, Illustration556 2003-08-27 2 Cfwong Choon Re - To cut clean-up cost, free ad space set up at bus stops for unauthorised posters By Cfwong Choon Re PEOPLE who stick posters indiscriminately at bus shelters to advertise anything from tuition services to rooms for rent might not realise that these cost $42,000 a month to556 words
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Article, Illustration539 2003-08-27 3 Choong Choon Yee - jfoe ex-dealers of Aik 1 sue over unpaid dues By Choong Choon Yee SOME former dealers who sold and installed home and office security systems for ADT Security Services are suing the firm for what they say is money it owed them. Between July andBH - 539 words
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Article, Illustration585 2003-08-27 4 Pradeep Rajan - He is head of banned group blamed for latest blasts MUMBAI- Pradeep Rajan HE could be considered India’s version of Abu Bakar Bashir, the alleged Jemaah Islamiah chief. For there are many similarities between Shahid Badr Falahi (pictured), the chief of the outlawed StudentsThe Week ~ ra) - 585 words
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332 2003-08-27 4 LONDON Partying, drinking and clubbing holidays are wearing British workers out and costing business up to £315 million (SsB64 million) in sick leave, a study has claimed. Melbourne’s Age yesterday reported that a survey by British firm Lucozade Energy said that partying, heat332 words
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120 2003-08-27 6 BUZZSTOP -AFP PRIME Minister Goh Chok Tong has been picked to receive India’s prestigious Jawaharlal Nehru Award this year for his efforts in bringing India and South-east Asia closer. “It was Prime Minister Goh who started the ‘lndia fever’ back in 1992 when-AFP - 120 words
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Article159 2003-08-27 6 Travel industry recovering: Boon Heng MORE jobs could be on the way as the travel industry returns to pre-Sars levels, labour chief Lim Boon Heng said yesterday. He cited the aircraft maintenance sector, where new jobs have been gained because of the availability of159 words
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Article151 2003-08-27 6 23% rise in 7 months Bloomberg BANKRUPTCIES here rose 23 per cent in the first seven months to the highest level since 1999, as the economy tried to avoid a second recession in three years and the jobless rate neared record levels. In July, the numberBloomberg - 151 words
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Article, Illustration45 2003-08-27 6 A Rwandan man, wearing a poster of Rwandan President Paul Kagame, standing in a crowd of people celebrating the victory of their leader yesterday in the country's first election since the 1994 genocide in which more than 800,000 people were killed EPAEPA - 45 words
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Article172 2003-08-27 6 HIRING a worker in Singapore is costlier than even in the US and Australia, Deputy Prime Minister Tony Tan said yesterday. He was quoting figures from a report by Political and Economic Risk Consultancy (Perc), which ranked average labour costs in 14 countries around the172 words
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Article93 2003-08-27 6 ANOTHER two top junior colleges, Temasek and Victoria, plan to have four-year programmes leading to the A levels and hope to start in 2005, reports The Straits Times today. As with National Junior College, which starts such a programme next year, students will join at93 words
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Article108 2003-08-27 6 AFP SINGAPORE’S manufacturing output declined for the fourth straight* month in July after a marginal rebound in the electronics sector was weighed down by falls in other clusters. The pace of decline 6.3 per cent year on year was sharper than what analysts had predicted, but itAFP - 108 words
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Article101 2003-08-27 6 -AFP THE Beatles said it, so did Cuban singer Silvio Rodriguez: Money can’t buy happiness, a fact now confirmed ifl a scientific study by the University of Southern California. In fact, it found no internal “set point’ of happiness to which people revert to despite job-AFP - 101 words
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Article97 2003-08-27 6 SPORTS shops say that there has been 3 run on water bottles since a recent repoff that it was unsafe to keep re-using PET plastic containers, in which many brands of mineral water and soft drinks are soldThe Straits Times reports today that retailers they spoke97 words
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Financial
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Article, Illustration504 2003-08-27 8 Choong Cfwon Yee - Survey shows Singapore salesmen motivated mainly by financial gain By Choong Cfwon Yee A SURVEY on sales motivation by US-based Baylor University found that for Singapore salesmen, just as for their counterparts in the US and the UK, money is the main driving force. The504 words
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249 2003-08-27 8 Shervin Seah - By Shervin Seah WHEN Semiconductor Gartner Worldwide vice-president Richard Gordon started preparing his slides a few weeks ago for a presentation in the Gartner 9th Annual Semiconductor Roadshow, the outlook for the chip industry was still uncertain. But by the time he gave his249 words
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Article85 2003-08-27 8 Bloomberg KUALA LUMPUR Intel has said that it will spend US$4O million (5569.8 million) to set up a new chip manufacturing and design facility in Malaysia. The design centre will be used to develop chipsets for the US-based company’s manufacturing sites worldwide, it said. Chipsets connectBloomberg - 85 words
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Article108 2003-08-27 8 Bloomberg HONG KONG China Petroleum Chemical Corp has said that it expects profit to grow as much as 10 per cent a year over the next three years as it sheds workers, and finds and refines more crude oil into fuels. Mr Chen Tonghai, chairman of Asia’sBloomberg - 108 words
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Article90 2003-08-27 8 Bloomberg SYDNEY Qantas Airways, which last week reported its first loss in eight years, may sell its Australian airport terminals as it seeks to fend off competition from Mr Richard Branson’s Virgin Blue Airlines. The review may take six months, Qantas said. It is reviewing allBloomberg - 90 words
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Article72 2003-08-27 8 -AFP BANGKOK The Thai capital’s debtridden first mass transit system is seeking to expand its network next year, but creditors have given the thumbs down to the project, reports said yesterday. Bangkok Mass Transit System, the privately-owned operator of the four-year-old Skytrain, has reportedly hit a-AFP - 72 words
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208 2003-08-27 11 Bloomberg Singapore Keppel Eorp has said that its Chinese venture will be Paid about $lOO million providing maintenance at an airport in Guangzhou. And Singapore’s largest company plans M use this contract as a ?Pringboard for further in China. The venture, 25 per centBloomberg - 208 words
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Article, Illustration580 2003-08-27 11 Hyflux CEO expects water treatment sales in China to increase by 90% next year Bloomberg SINGAPORE Ms Olivia Lum, the chief executive of Hyflux, the biggest publicly traded water treatment company here, is bullish about prospects for a major expansion in China. Although Hyflux now hasBloomberg - 580 words
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Article, Illustration196 2003-08-27 12 Bloomberg LONDON Easy Jet founder Stelios Haji-loannou (pictured) has sold eight million shares in the low-cost airline to help fund bus, pizza, hotel and cruise ventures. Mr Haji-loannou, who last year stepped down as chairman of Easy Jet, Europe’s biggest lowfare carrier, sold 2.03 per cent– Bloomberg - 196 words
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452 2003-08-27 12 STI: 1,600.02 30.37 Reuters THE key share index was yesterday dragged down by selling in the three major bank stocks for the second day in a row. The Monetary Authority of Singapore late last week extended the July 2004 deadline for banks to– Reuters - 452 words
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Article23 2003-08-27 12 'AS AT AUGUST US$: 551.750 552.746 EURO: 551.899 Ss: 67.29 YEN Ss: RM2.171 Ss: HK54.456 Ss: 23.65 BAHT Ss: 4,842 RUPIAH23 words
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Article, Illustration511 2003-08-27 15 Hispanics, Asians and blacks are breaking into the California wine-making business -AP NAPA, California Mr Rolando Herrera (pictured) washed dishes, broke rocks and sometimes slept in his car in his struggle to become a wine-maker. So naming his wine was easy. He calls it Mi Sueno,-AP; AP \ - 511 words
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Advertisement141 2003-08-27 15 0444 05/03 To all our speakers at the 'Profile of a Singapore Entrepreneur 1 talk series. You have our appreciation for sharing the secrets of your success. To all our participants who made it their business to listen learn. You have our gratitude for making the event a sell-out success.141 words
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Comment
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Article, Illustration693 2003-08-27 17 CHET CURRIER - By CHET CURRIER Bloomberg BY the wonderful logic of market contrariness, it seemed that 2003 would be stocks’ year. As 2002 ended, the smart money had given up on the stock market. Sure, the sages acknowledged, there might be occasional rallies. But after the bursting of the InternetBloomberg - 693 words
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Advertisement275 2003-08-27 17 Keep your No Claim Discount when you meet with an accident If the accident is minor, you can agree to a private settlement and keep the No Claim Discount on your car insurance. Your NCD could save you $l,OOO or more over the next few years. If you cause the275 words
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Article175 2003-08-27 18 NOW that the Government is moving speedily to cut employer’s CPF contribution rates, I believe that employees’ contributions to the ordinary account will be reduced in order to top up the special account and Medisave contributions. I urge the Government not to do this and175 words
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Article150 2003-08-27 18 A LETTER, “Mentally ill man needs help” (Streats, Aug 26) by Ms Joanne Yeung, reminds me of a similar case in Toa Payoh. A man there, who is in his 20s and lives in Block 97, has been a cause for concern among his neighbours.150 words
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Article198 2003-08-27 18 MY son, who is in national service, was “encouraged” to contribute a minimum of $2O to three charities, two of which are the SAF Benevolent Fund and the Community Chest. He does not know the name of the third charity. As he did not contribute the198 words
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Article276 2003-08-27 19 I REFER to “Time to give up some golden eggs” (Streats, Aug 26), Mr Koh Lip Wee’s letter appealing to the Government to help Generation X Singaporeans by providing a one-time loan write-off of 20 per cent of the original sale price of HDB flats.276 words
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Article200 2003-08-27 19 IS Streats really so lacking in editorial content that it needs to publish inane drivel such as Janice Wong’s commentary? Her comments were sexist, superficial, shallow and, most of all, irresponsible. Making claims such as “Diet Coke drinkers are, well, girls” at a time200 words
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Article51 2003-08-27 19 IN our report, “Eyesores on railings and lamp-posts” (Streats, Aug 26), we said that JCDecaux’s pricing for a twoweek Island Light campaign is $342,000. The actual price is $38,000 Panels may be rented individually at various locations for as little as 100 a week. We are sorry for the51 words
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Article231 2003-08-27 19 WE refer to “Not all JTC tenants benefit from rental cuts” (Streats, Aug 22), a letter by Mr Alvin Lum Kok Wah. We would like to inform Mr Lum that a very large majority of JTC customers have been enjoying rental rebates of up to231 words
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Article46 2003-08-27 19 FREELANCE movie producer Mr Vince Low has stated, in response to our report, “Coming: Lee Kuan Yew, the movie?” (Streats, Aug 26), that he will not produce any movie on any aspect of the life of Senior Minister Lee Kuan Yew without SM’s express approval.46 words
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Advertisement234 2003-08-27 18 HAVE YOUR SAY E-mail us at 3treats@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 be234 words
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Global
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Article553 2003-08-27 20 Jack Pritchard was ‘pressured out’ by administration hawks, experts say WASHINGTON A top US State Department expert on North Korea who advocated a “carrot and stick” policy to persuade the nation to abandon its quest for nuclear weapons has resigned, officials said yesterday. The553 words
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Article, Illustration371 2003-08-27 20 AFP BANGKOK General Khin Nyunt (pictured) may be the new fall guy for Burma’s ruling military junta. On Monday, General Than Shwe, leader of Burma’s State Peace and Development Council (SPDC), removed him as the head of the country’s military intelligence and appointed him to the– AFP; Reuters - 371 words
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295 2003-08-27 20 BEIJING Chinese President Hu Jintao is putting pressure on North Korean leader Kim Jong II to give up his policy of brinkmanship, a report said yesterday. Mr Kim should focus more on building up the economy rather than on constantly preparing for295 words
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Article, Illustration500 2003-08-27 22 Books, fashion, advertising celebrate rise of the superwoman NEW YORK Men, it seems are being outpaced by women in all spheres. And, things from books to fashion to advertising seem to echo this view. In his book, Mismatch, published earlier this year, Mr Andrew Hacker, aAP - 500 words
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270 2003-08-27 22 LONDON Women find men who help with household chores more attractive, says a new study. London’s Daily Telegraph reported yesterday that researchers at the University of California arrived at this conclusion after studying the results of a national survey of 3,563 children270 words
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Advertisement144 2003-08-27 22 Are you good with your hands? Find out through our interactive Product Design workshop and briefing session on Saturday 13th September. Contact us for a reservation. Advanced Diploma in Product Design, 2 Years Full time Bachelor of Arts, Design (Product Design), 6 Months add-on Awarded by Curtin University of Technology,144 words
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Medical
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Article177 2003-08-27 24 LONDON Mild asthma and severe asthma may be two different diseases, say scientists. Their theory may explain why people with severe asthma do not respond well to existing treatments, the BBC reported yesterday. The researchers said that people with mild asthma generally respond well177 words
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Article140 2003-08-27 24 Q Vy Are health supplements essential? A A varied and balanced diet can supply our body with all the necessary nutrients to maintain health for normal healthy people. Nutrients are best obtained from food. Foods such as fruit, vegetables and wholegrains contain hundreds of protective compounds, many of140 words
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EasyStreats
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Article, Illustration654 2003-08-27 26 More work, travel, and an opportunity to teach are on the cards for the Tang Quartet, who have been together for more than a decade. SHERVINSEAH speaks to them J FOUR instruments, four different personalities, one unique sound. Eleven years of performing, living and learningFrancis Lee - 654 words
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Article, Illustration426 2003-08-27 28 Gary Lim - Wine Masterclasses end for now Gary Lim THE series of Streats Wine Masterclasses may have ended with the fourth session on Saturday, but many participants, such as Ms Kerina Lee, who want more, will be pleased to know that it will not be the last. In the two-hour session, held_Pjc^_Garv^n - 426 words
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Article, Illustration96 2003-08-27 28 BRITAIN’S top stripping actress is Helen Mirren, 58, according to The Mirror yesterday. It compiled a list of 10 British actresses who have stripped the most. Mirren has done 13 nude roles with a 14th coming up, while Kristin Scott Thomson has done 11, Joan96 words
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Article, Illustration103 2003-08-27 28 THE cast of sitcom Everybody Loves Raymond should be feeling happier with a profit-sharing deal announced on Monday. Sources say that Patricia Heaton (who plays his wife, Debra), Peter Boyle and Doris Roberts (who play his parents) will each get a small stake in profits from the103 words
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Article, Illustration98 2003-08-27 29 Crocodiles are dying in Australia’s Kakadu National Park because of unusual weather patterns, the Northern Territory News said. Rangers found a “mass grave” this week of 30 crocs killed by heat last November. A park officer said that the “young and stupid” juveniles crawled into thei Pic Francis Lee - 98 words
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Tune in TV & MOVIE NEWS
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Article56 2003-08-27 29 10pm, Channel i Based on a true story, this film details British efforts in prosecuting an IRA bombing in the *****. Grabbing up a pair of small-time thieves (Daniel Day-Lewis and John Lynch) and their families, the government concocts a conspiracy case against them56 words
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Article, Illustration72 2003-08-27 29 Bpm, Channel U Middle-aged Yue Hua and Miao Ke Xiu bring up their children through their bakery business. Conflict surfaces with the rise of new concept bakeries. Eldest son Zhengdong (Adrian Pang) believes that new is the way to go, but Yue Hua thinks that the old ways72 words
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Happenin’
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Article76 2003-08-27 29 WOMAD SINGAPORE 2003 Friday to Sunday (Friday from 7pm, Saturday and Sunday 6pm) Fort Canning Park Tickets $22-$BO from www.sis-tic.com.sg and Starbucks The global music festival returns for its sixth year with 14 groups from 14 countries. Each night, six to eight groups will perform. There will also be76 words
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Article, Illustration51 2003-08-27 29 PRIVATE COLLECTION ON EXHIBITION Until Friday, noon-6pm Chateau d’Arts, #O3-01 Stamford Home Free Details from: 6338-7467 This exhibition of Chen Kezhan’s works from 1988 to 1998 offers a chance to view two private collections of his work. Chen, a contemporary Chinese artist, is trained in both Asian and European51 words
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Advertisement164 2003-08-27 29 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. 'hz Sfiipz Sum Bujjzi From now till 8 September 2003, enjoy *Valid daily except Fridays and Saturdays OFF Adult Dim Sum Buffet It ZGA164 words
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Page 29 Miscellaneous
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Miscellaneous459 2003-08-27 29 Yourdailyhoroseope jp AQUARIUS JAN2O-FEB 18 PISCES FEB 19-MAR 20 by Kelli Fox atAstrology.com ARIES MAR 21 -APR 19 Being well connected is almost as good as knowing everything. Check in with the experts before proceeding any further on your own. You’d hate to spend your profits correcting an expensive mistake.459 words
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Advertisement248 2003-08-27 30 Major supporter G P FES d 26 31 August, 2003 Esplanade Theatres on the Bay www.singaporechamberfest.org Concert tickets are priced at $2O $4O ($l5 $25 for students). Masterclass Tickets are priced at $l5 ($lO for students). Hotline: 6348 5555 Online: www.sistic.com.sg An Exclusive Privilege for Streats Readers Simply present this248 words
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Sports
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Article, Illustration328 2003-08-27 31 Wire services LONDON Thierry Henry (below) claims Arsenal have closed ranks behind Sol Campbell to show the England central defender how important he is to the side. Campbell is up on a Football Association disciplinary charge after being caught on camera kicking EricWire services - 328 words
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Article, Illustration603 2003-08-27 31 Tan Kim Han - Woodlands Wellington’s coach Karathu tipped to take over at Warriors Tan Kim Han FANDI Ahmad, Singapore’s biggest football icon, may i be out of a job by the end i of the year. His contract as coach of the Singapore Armed Forces FC is up for renewal,The New Paper - 603 words
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Article, Illustration557 2003-08-27 33 GODFREY ROBERT - Tee-off with Godfrey Byt GODFREY ROBERT The Straits Times AMIDST the celebratory glass-clinking at the Tanah Merah Country Club’s 21st anniversary dinner came the announcement: “Second prize winner Greg Foo (right)”. There was no response. The announcer called out the name again. There were only murmurs, andThe Straits Times; Ashleigh Sim HHHMi - 557 words
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Article97 2003-08-27 33 ATHLETICS -AFP PARIS American sprinter Jon Drummond faces a possible ban from the remainder of the world championships after his behaviour at the weekend. Competition was held up for nearly an hour on Sunday because he refused to leave the track after being disqualified for a false-AFP - 97 words
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FOOTBALL
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Article78 2003-08-27 33 AFP LONDON Nicolas Anelka scored a late winner for Manchester City on Monday in a 3-2 Premiership victory at Blackburn Rovers. Rovers had equalised twice, but with just three minutes left, Anelka sprinted down the left and slotted the ball through the legs of goalkeeper Brad Friedel. MichaelAFP - 78 words
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Article110 2003-08-27 33 A two-day Kids Soccer Fun Fair Carnival will be held on Sept 13-14 at the Padang. The seven-a-side tournament is expected to attract more than 600 aspiring players, or about 48 teams. There will be 16 teams each in the under-7, -10 and -12 categories. The tournament is110 words
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Article, Illustration557 2003-08-27 34 Collins got into the sport just to get the girls -AP PARIS For a lazy guy who only got into the sport to “get the girls”, Kim Collins did all right for himself. That leisurely, laid-back attitude paid off on Monday when the sprinter from St Kitts-AP; AP - 557 words
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Article, Illustration294 2003-08-27 34 -AFP PARIS A defiant Maurice Greene (right) was still talking the talk of a champion even though he had been reduced to a limping walk in his 100 m semi-final, and seen his hopes of a fourth successive world championship title go up-AFP - 294 words
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Article, Illustration396 2003-08-27 35 AP NEW YORK Pete Sampras left it all on the court on Monday night. The winner of the most Grand Slam championships in men’s tennis history, often called cold and boring, let the tears and the emotion flow at his retirement party in Arthur AsheAP; Reuters A A - 396 words
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Miscellaneous68 2003-08-27 33 IN THE LIVING ROOM SOCCER: Champions League qualification 3rd round, 2nd leg: Borussia Dortmund v FC Brugge (Super Sports Ch 22, tomorrow, 2.25 am). EPL: Manchester United v Wolverhampton Wanderers {ESPN Ch 23, tomorrow, 2.55 am). Spanish Super Cup: Real Madrid v Real Mallorca (Channel i, tomorrow, 3.45 am). TENNIS:68 words
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