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Title Section10 2004-01-27 3 Streats TUESDAY, JANUARY 27, 2004 E-mail: streats@sph.com.sg MITA (P) 111/03/200310 words
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Article, Illustration248 2004-01-27 3 Wire services BEVERLY HILLS The tiny Hobbits of the Shire and their Fellowship took a giant step towards an Oscar gold when The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King won four Golden Globe awards, including best drama, pipping several other favourites. A– Wire services - 248 words
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Article672 2004-01-27 3 Chua Kong Ho - Aerodrome likely to get runway lighting and landing instrumentation By Chua Kong Ho TENANTS at the rather quiet Seletar Airport, some of whom are hoping that plans for major upgrading works could bring in more business opportunities from budget airlines, will be disappointed that the 100-million project672 words
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Article, Illustration396 2004-01-27 4 Zubaidah Nazeer - AVA steps up measures at farms to keep Singapore free of bird flu By Zubaidah Nazeer Sources: Asian Wall Street Journal, Ministry of Agriculture, Thai Broiler Processing Exporters Association SINGAPORE has managed to stay free of the avian flu, which has killed six people inSources: Asian Wall Street Journal, Ministry of Agriculture, Thai Broiler Processing Exporters Association - 396 words
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Article173 2004-01-27 4 Wire services BANGKOK Even as Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra appealed against panic yesterday after a six-year-old boy became the country’s first fatality of the bird flu virus, his government has come under fire from international communities. “Thailand’s government has lost credibility internationally for its– Wire services - 173 words
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Article, Illustration338 2004-01-27 5 SYDNEY The Generation X Western woman fought hard and won her right to marriage and children without giving up education and a high-flying career. But her Generation Y counterpart is not so sure that the fight was worth it, according toReuters - 338 words
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Article, Illustration206 2004-01-27 5 MR Robin Hu Yee Cheng, a veteran in the technology sector, has been appointed executive vice-president of Singapore Press Holdings’ Chinese Newspapers and Newspapers Services divisions. He will take over from senior executive vicepresident Chew Keng Juea, 64, who will retire at the206 words
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507 2004-01-27 5 There’s no moral difference between aborting a foetus and killing a baby, says British govt adviser LONDON A British government adviser on genetics caused a furore here after he suggested that it might be all right to destroy children with birth defects. The Scotsman507 words
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Article, Illustration510 2004-01-27 6 Chua Kong Ho - Brunei blue-bloods failed to honour pledges for funds for coffee chain in UK, alleges plaintiff By Chua Kong Ho BRITISH businessman Mark Burby (pictured) must have thought that he had struck gold when he signed up two Brunei royal family members as investors for hisLianhe Zaobao - 510 words
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198 2004-01-27 6 -ap NEW YORK A spam-free world by 2006? That’s what Microsoft chairman Bill Gates is promising. “Two years from now, spam will be solved,” he told a select group of World Economic Forum participants at the Swiss Alpine ski resort of Davos, referring-ap - 198 words
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130 2004-01-27 8 BUZ STOP Wire services SINGAPORE manufacturing output for December grew just 0.3 per cent from a year earlier, showing a sharp slowdown from recent monthly figures and leaving 2003 growth at just 2.8 per cent, the Economic Development Board said yesterday. DecemberWire services - 130 words
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Article134 2004-01-27 8 Singapore insurance mystery REPORTS of his death were exaggerated, some people are saying of a Singaporean who was reported to have been killed by shrapnel in Jaffna, Sri Lanka, 15 years ago. The Straits Times reports today that someone who looked like him was allegedly seen in134 words
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154 2004-01-27 8 Motorists have 3 months SINGAPORE motorists have three months to settle more than 230,000 Malaysian traffic summonses once a payment counter opens at the Malaysian High Commission here. The counter should be up at the Hill Street building in a few weeks. Fines can154 words
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Article, Illustration80 2004-01-27 8 A fake baby dragon encased in a jar was recently discovered in a garage in England. A metal tin found beside the dragon contained paperwork in an old-fashioned German style of the 1890 s, indicating that German scientists could have been trying to fool their UKReuters - 80 words
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154 2004-01-27 8 -ap A SECURITY guard was sentenced in Johor yesterday to 20 years in prison and a whipping for raping a 10-year-old girl, an attack that prompted calls for castration and public flogging for child molesters. Mohamed Abbas Danus Baksan, 47, was also charged-ap - 154 words
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Article92 2004-01-27 8 A CITYCAB taxi was finally lifted by crane yesterday after spending two days in a condominium swimming pool. The taxi ended up in the pool of Kentish Lodge on Oxford Road at about 9pm on Saturday when the driver mistook it for a puddle amid a92 words
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Article101 2004-01-27 8 INDIA’S technology industry has protested against new US legislation that prohibits federal work to be outsourced to low cost countries, the Financial Times reported yesterday. The US Bill, was passed by the Senate last Friday but has still to be signed by President George W Bush101 words
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Article108 2004-01-27 8 Bloomberg FINANCIER George Soros wants to to increase his holdings in China but says “it’s very difficult to find vehicles for investing”. He also warned that “China is in sort of an incipient asset bubble”. Mr Soros, the first overseas investor to take a major stakeBloomberg - 108 words
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Article92 2004-01-27 8 A SPEAKING parrot would usually be little more than amusing, but one in New York which has a sense of humour and uses words in context, with past, present and future verb tenses is causing scientists to rethink the scope for other species to communicate with humans,92 words
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Financial
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Article, Illustration587 2004-01-27 10 Khushwant Singh - His schooling ended with Primary 6, but Benjamin Seek never stopped learning r i By Khushwant Singh YOUNG Benjamin Seek showed his penchant for risk-taking and creativity long before the Government started to call for these qualities among Singaporeans. And he did it by droppingKhushwant Singh - 587 words
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325 2004-01-27 10 Reuters SINGAPORE Private home prices here fell for a fourth straight year last year amid a weak economy and supply glut, but analysts said that a price recovery was likely this year. The prolonged asset deflation came after years of stellar risesReuters - 325 words
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Article, Illustration342 2004-01-27 12 Malaysian carmaker eyes expansion amid fierce competition at home Wire services KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia’s national carmaker Proton has revived plans to acquire an auto-assembly plant in Indonesia as part of its expansion into South-east Asia and to battle increasing competition under the Asean regional freeWire services; Bloomberg - 342 words
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Article90 2004-01-27 12 SINGAPORE Singapore Airlines has won a prestigious Passenger Service Award for 2004 from a leading aviation magazine. In announcing the award, the editors of Washington-based Air Transport World said: “In an age in which airlines are delivering less and less service, Singapore Airlines never stops reaching90 words
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CORPORATE RESULTS
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Article63 2004-01-27 12 Bloomberg SINGAPORE Singapore Post said yesterday that its fiscal-third-quarter profit fell 5 per cent after sales were hurt by the Sars outbreak early last year. Net income fell to $27.6 million for the three months ended Dec 31, from $29 million in the same period a yearBloomberg - 63 words
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Article66 2004-01-27 12 SPC FY03: 21% Bloomberg SINGAPORE Singapore Petroleum Co (SPC) said that its 2003 profit surged 21 per cent, boosted by record fuel sales. Net income in the year ended Dec 31 was $59 million compared with $48.9 million a year earlier. Sales rose 28 per cent to $3.2 billion. ItsBloomberg - 66 words
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Article, Illustration431 2004-01-27 14 AFP VLADIVOSTOK The Golden Dragon Hotel, in Russia’s main Pacific port and naval base Vladivostok, does not take Russians as guests. “We accept only Chinese,” said the manager, Mr Ma Chan Bai, who explained that the 150-room hotel owned by a businessman from theAFP - 431 words
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Article, Illustration536 2004-01-27 16 Chinese dancer-tumed-Aussie-stockbroker was once a protege of Mao’s wife Reuters MELBOURNE Stockbroker Li Cunxin admits it’s sometimes hard to resist the temptation to break into pirouettes and split jumps in his Melbourne high-rise office. His slight frame is the only hint that the Chinese bankerReuters - 536 words
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436 2004-01-27 16 STI: 1,899.98 10.42 Reuters THE Straits Times Index (STI) ended at a fresh 34-month high yesterday driven by investor appetite for blue chips such as DBS Group Holdings and Singapore Airlines. The STI ended 0.55 per cent, or 10.42 points, higher atReuters - 436 words
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Article24 2004-01-27 16 *AS AT JANUARY 26 US$: 551.697 553.087 EURO: 552.127 Ss: 62.60 YEN Ss: RM2.239 Ss: HK54.576 Ss: 23.17 BAHT Ss: 4,985 RUPIAH24 words
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254 2004-01-27 16 ■AFP CANNES Signs that the music industry is winning the battle against illegal music downloads and ever new ways to listen to hit music got the world’s prestigious music trade fair, Midem, off to an upbeat start here. Participants were hopeful, as the■AFP - 254 words
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Article, Illustration711 2004-01-27 18 JOHN F WASIK - By JOHN F WASIK Bloomberg CHICAGO The dollar’s slide against the euro doesn’t seem to worry Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan. Yet it should bother you as an investor. While Mr Greenspan told Bloomberg News in Berlin recently that he was “quite optimistic” that– Bloomberg - 711 words
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Article, Illustration683 2004-01-27 19 KOH SU HAW - By KOH SU HAW A DECADE ago, my friends and I sought to register ourselves as a club with the Registry of Societies (ROS). We set up a pro-tem committee and waited for the bureaucratic machinery to crank its gears. But it was only a683 words
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290 2004-01-27 20 DEPUTY Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong recently spoke about caring Singaporeans and suggested that we should keep an eye on our neighbours’ houses when they are away. This age-old altruistic concern for others was practised readily in the kampung days. Living in a modem and290 words
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Article221 2004-01-27 20 STREATS recently carried a commentary and letters on the subject of being single. I feel that we must respect the decisions made by women who choose to remain single. They surely have their reasons for staying single, and society just needs to give them a break,221 words
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226 2004-01-27 20 I AM writing this letter to express my disappointment with my credit card company. I was very surprised to see a $12.57 finance charge and $2O late charge in my January 2004 statement. The due date of my December statement was Jan 9, 2004. And226 words
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Article131 2004-01-27 20 ONE of several pedestrian bridges over West Coast Highway has been built with the foot of the stairs pointing away from the bus stop (B 17) located just before the junction at Pandan Crescent. The bus stop was relocated just as the bridge was being built. But131 words
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Article, Illustration456 2004-01-27 22 Pakistan probing Dr Khan’s accounts, land holdings ISLAMABAD The father of Pakistan’s nuclear bomb, Dr Abdul Qadeer Khan, may be prosecuted under the country’s Official Secrets Act. This follows evidence discovered by Pakistani investigators of his involvement in selling nuclear secrets to Iran during the lateAP - 456 words
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264 2004-01-27 22 Wire services BEIJING Only half of all Chinese people are satisfied with the way the government has waged its war on corruption over the past year, data published in the state media showed yesterday. Currently, 52 per cent approve of the government’s anti-corruptionWire services - 264 words
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202 2004-01-27 22 BANGKOK Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra has vowed to “be aggressive from now on” in attempts to end unrest in the country’s south after a Buddhist policeman and three monks were killed in apparent attempts to stir up religious violence there, a newspaper202 words
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Article, Illustration28 2004-01-27 23 Dog psychologist Cesar Millan (centre) and his helper, Mr Giovani Evora, taking some of his clients for a walk in Templeton, California, on Sunday APAP - 28 words
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Article, Illustration537 2004-01-27 23 He orders aides to remove her during rally for women in New Hampshire NEW YORK An election rally here got ugly when a candidate suddenly turned on his politically shy wife in full view of TV cameras and ordered his aides to remove her. DemocraticAFP - 537 words
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215 2004-01-27 23 BAGHDAD The US military wants to fill in the spider hole that Saddam Hussein used as his final hiding place to prevent it from becoming a tourist attraction. The Iraqis, however, seem to resent this move, reported London’s Daily Telegraph yesterday. The hideout has215 words
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Article132 2004-01-27 23 AP DENVER -A woman passed through security screening at New York’s LaGuardia Airport with a stun gun and knife in her purse but later discovered the mistake herself and alerted authorities. The woman only realised that she was carrying the items on Saturday after aAP - 132 words
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313 2004-01-27 24 LONDON Babies conceived through in-vitro fertilisation (IVF) face birth problems, the BBC reported yesterday. Single IVF babies were more likely to be bom early and weigh less than those conceived naturally, it said, citing Dutch researchers writing in the British Medical Journal. The research313 words
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Article127 2004-01-27 24 Qls goat’s milk like mother’s breast milk in terms of nutritional value, and hence better for babies compared to cow’s milk? A Goat’s milk is equivalent to cow’s milk in nutritional content, but it is more easily digested. However, there is a higher risk of allergy to it.127 words
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EasyStreats
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Article, Illustration597 2004-01-27 25 He kept his love for film-making a secret from his parents for years. But SMU undergrad Rich Ho tells ZUBAIDAHNAZEER he is now ready to stand and be counted M BIG picture GIVE him an assignment, and chances are that student Rich Ho, 25, will makeFrancis Lee - 597 words
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Article, Illustration88 2004-01-27 25 AP EX-BEATLE Paul McCartney’s wife, Heather Mills (right), 36, needs major pelvic surgery as soon as possible. Metal plates that had been inserted in her pelvis 11 years ago, after a road accident, came apart when she was pregnant last year and now need to beAP - 88 words
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Article107 2004-01-27 25 IF you have a medical condition that worries you, or you simply want more information about your health, you won’t want to miss a new TV programme on Channel i called Heartbeat, produced by the Straits Times TV team. Each weekly episode focuses on107 words
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Article, Illustration122 2004-01-27 25 Reuters CAN it get any worse for Hollywood’s favourite tabloid couple? In the same week that Jennifer Lopez (right) confirmed that she had ended her engagement to Ben Affleck, Gigli, the movie that sparked their romance, yesterday received the dubious honour of having the mostReuters - 122 words
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Article, Illustration393 2004-01-27 26 Sharlene Tan - By Sharlene Tan SINGAPORE is a nation of food lovers. But sometimes we take our special dishes for granted and do not stop to consider their unique heritage or significance. Take, for instance, mee goreng. It is widely thought to be an Indian dish, although you probably willEdwin Hoo - 393 words
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Article, Illustration572 2004-01-27 27 Amy Van - Amy Van MANY restaurants nowadays are advocates of light, lean meals and scaled-down portions. But not Tony Roma’s, still wellknown for its hearty slabs of baby back ribs and signature sauces. This Dallas-based establishment has been around in Singapore for about a decade. The first franchise startedPlcs^shletel^lm - 572 words
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Article48 2004-01-27 27 FOOD WINE PROMO A Tony Romas appetizer will be yours FREE when you present this cut-out coupon with every order of any feast platter and a glass of Jacob's Creek Chardonnay or Shiraz Cabernet. From 27 Jan to 28 Feb 'O4. (Except Appetizer Sampler and Full Onion Loaf).48 words
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Article, Illustration155 2004-01-27 27 w Noie n Ait A(j oui: WlineS True wine appreciation begins with knowledge. An ever popular subject, wine has been much talked about, probed into and pondered over in books. If you have a passion for wines, come invest in a collection of must-reads. Introducing Wine Oz155 words
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Article, Illustration405 2004-01-27 28 AFP BEVERLY HILLS, California So much for the high-profile Brits said to be leading the Golden Globe charge on Sunday. Jude Law and Ben Kingsley for best drama actor? Pass it to Sean Penn and try again next year. Love Actually and Bend It LikeAFP - 405 words
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Article, Illustration137 2004-01-27 28 THERE was scarcely a red dress In sight. CSl’s Marg Helgenberger, one of the Golden Globe’s presenters, was one of the brightest stars in fuschia. Many of the other women played it safe with spring colours or pale gowns. Chartize Theron (pictured), who won for bestkvv - 137 words
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Article, Illustration121 2004-01-27 29 A cricketer died in New South Wales on Saturday when he was hit by lightning. The weatherman said that two to three people die from lightning strikes in the state each year. “Lightning finds its easiest way to earth and that’s why trees get struck, orPic Ashleigh Sim - 121 words
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Happenin’
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Article46 2004-01-27 29 CHINESE FANTASY Saturday, 6.30 pm library @esplanade; Free The Singapore Symphony Orchestra will give an insight into the world of Chinese classical music with some pieces based on Chinese folk themes and the antiphonal singing of the Zhuang people of southern China during festive seasons.46 words
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Article, Illustration59 2004-01-27 29 ARCHITECTURE WITHOUT BUILDINGS Today, 6pm Guild Hall, Kent Ridge Guild House Free, register by calling 6586-3736, 6779-1811 or e-mail events@nuss.org.sg This address by Emeritus Professor John Habraken is part of the jj National University of Singapore’s 50th anniversary celebrations. Prof Habraken was head of the department of architecture at59 words
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Tune in TV & MOME NEWS
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Article, Illustration48 2004-01-27 29 10pm, HBO (SCV6O) Eighteen years after their original “mission from God”, Elwood Blues (Dan Ackroyd), puts the band back together again. Watch out for cameos from the who’s who of music such as BB King, James Brown, Eric Clapton, Dr John and Travis Tritt.48 words
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Article42 2004-01-27 29 10pm, Channel i Ellen Carson (Yasmine Bleeth) cuts off a delivery truck while changing lanes on the highway. The truck driver memorises her licence number and, armed with this information, he embarks upon a grotesque campaign of terror against her.42 words
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Miscellaneous422 2004-01-27 29 Yourdailyhoroscope Jp AQUARIUS PISCES flfefe JAN2O-FEBIB FEB 19-MAR 20 ARIES MAR 21-APR 19 Others keep a respectful distance, but you want to be on a first-name basis, working shoulder to shoulder. Laughter is the best way to change the 4 human climate. Warm air floats your balloon higher and faster.422 words
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Sports
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Article, Illustration573 2004-01-27 30 Tan Kim Han - Gambia-born player chooses Norway over motherland B y Tan Kim Han PA-MODOU Kah doesn’t look like an average Norwegian, but the Gambiaborn footballer is as committed to the national cause as any of his Viking team-mates. For Norway has been the 23-year-old’s motherland since he was eight. HeEdwin Koo - 573 words
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Article, Illustration297 2004-01-27 30 Reuters MELBOURNE The Australia Day fireworks fizzed and died yesterday as local favourites Lleyton Hewitt and Mark Philippoussis were brought to their knees in the fourth round of the Australian Open. Hewitt’s dreams were shredded 4-6, 6-3, 6-0, 6-4 by an inspired Roger Federer (below)Reuters - 297 words
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Article298 2004-01-27 31 Wire services LA QUINTA, California There have been many good days for golfer Phil Mickelson, just not lately. For a guy who has won more than US$24 million (Ss4l million) in prize money, you have to say that he has held up well despite his– Wire services - 298 words
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Article, Illustration415 2004-01-27 31 DARREN GOH - Extreme sports By DARREN GOH HE has run a few marathons before. But former S-League coach David O’Connor (left) will face his greatest challenge next month. The 5 3-year-old will run from Singapore to Kuala Lumpur and back, a journey of about 800 km.frarrc/s - 415 words
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FOOTBALL
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Article89 2004-01-27 31 Reuters LONDON Holders Arsenal will play London rivals Chelsea in the FA Cup for the fourth successive season following yesterday’s draw for the fifth round. Manchester United have been drawn against either local rivals Manchester City or Tottenham Hotspur at Old Trafford on the weekend of FebReuters - 89 words
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Article100 2004-01-27 31 AFP MADRID Valencia handed the Spanish league lead back to Real Madrid after they surprisingly lost 0-1 at home to Osasuna on Sunday. Real Madrid are top with 46 points from 21 games, with Valencia two points behind. Deportivo La Coruna are third on 40 points afterAFP - 100 words
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Article90 2004-01-27 31 BASKETBALL AFP ORLANDO, Florida Yao Ming scored a career-high 37 points and grabbed 10 rebounds, leading the Rockets to a 99-87 victory over the Orlando Magic on Sunday. China’s Yao took over the game in the third quarter, scoring 21 points as Houston’s guards repeatedly fed himAFP - 90 words
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Article, Illustration378 2004-01-27 33 ‘Over my dead body Father of Dutch teenage striker against move to Chelsea AFP I'ONDON It would appear that any footballer in the world Would love to join the Chelski revolution led by Russian owner Roman Abramovich. But Hans Robben, the father of PSV Eindhoven’s highly rated Dutch teenage strikerAFP; Reuters - 378 words
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Article, Illustration287 2004-01-27 33 ap LISBON Benfica’s Hungarian international striker Miklos' Feher (below) collapsed and died after suffering a heart attack during the Portuguese giants’ league game against Vitoria Guimaraes on Sunday. Feher, 24, was stretchered off the pitch when he collapsed shortly after Benfica scored the onlyap - 287 words
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