Streats, 30 January 2004
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Title Section10 2004-01-30 1 Streats FRIDAY, JANUARY 30, 2004 E-mail: streats@sph.com„sg mita <p> 111/03/200310 words
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Article575 2004-01-30 1 Julie Sim - Briton thought to have caught mad cow disease via transfusion sparks alert By_ Julie Sim A BRITON may have caught the fatal mad cow disease after receiving blood from an infected donor, sparking new concerns in the medical community. Up till now, the disease was widely believed to575 words
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Article, Illustration384 2004-01-30 2 Khushwant Singh - By Khushwant Singh THE Porsche 911 which burst into flames in Braddell Road on Tuesday was the fourth vehicle to have suffered such a fate in the past four months. They might have benefitted from a locally-made device, which triggers a fire-dousing liquid chemical to384 words
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Article200 2004-01-30 2 Ho Lian-Yi - By Ho Lian-Yi THEY may not know it, but residents in Bukit Panjang have Sergeant Norazmin Yap to thank for nabbing two teenagers who had disturbed the neighbourhood peace with a series of fires. The 25-year-old officer from Bukit Panjang Neighbourhood Police Centre helped200 words
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Article1069 2004-01-30 3 Chua Kong Ho - Variable portion for rank-and-file workers should be 30% of pay By Chua Kong Ho AFTER years of exhorting companies to re-examine their wage structures and introduce more flexibility to cushion themselves against swings of business cycles, a Government-led taskforce yesterday released a list of1,069 words
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Article, Illustration291 2004-01-30 3 Sarah Ng - By_ Sarah Ng A FORMER United Nations official has given Singapore an A for providing its children with good health care, education and personal development opportunities. But it says that the country needs to listen to its young people more. Mr291 words
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Article, Illustration377 2004-01-30 4 Roche’s drag‘can protect from bird flu’ China denies cover-up of outbreak Wire services JAKARTA Following pressure from other Asian nations and the World Health Organisation, Indonesian President Megawati Sukarnoputri .yesterday ordered the immediate killing of all poultry infected with bird flu. “We will– Wire services; AFP - 377 words
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209 2004-01-30 4 Janice Wong - By- Janice Wong SINGAPORE is among countries judged to have the most transparent property markets. In a survey to assess transparency in the markets in the region by real estate services firm Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL), the Republic was ranked just behind Australia209 words
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121 2004-01-30 6 BUZZSTOP AFP SINGAPORE received more than six million visitors last year, exceeding the official target as arrivals rebounded strongly after Sars was contained, the Singapore Tourism Board (STB) said yesterday. It added that 6.125 million visitors arrived in theAFP - 121 words
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Article, Illustration98 2004-01-30 6 Text and photo by Ashleigh Sim Standing behind a glass showcase at Cathay Photo, Mr Tan Chok Yong, 48, cradles his Nikon I camera, Singapore's oldest Nikon camera, which won a cash prize of $5OO and a Nikon 5700 digital camera in a contest organised by– Text and photo by Ashleigh Sim - 98 words
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Article135 2004-01-30 6 Ship calls down, business up THE Singapore port set a new record of 986.4 million gross tons for shipping tonnage last year, an increase of 1.5 per cent from the previous year, despite a 5.2 per cent fall in the number of visits by vessels.135 words
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Article126 2004-01-30 6 Flights, trains, roads affected AFP SNOWFALL across much of western and northern Europe caused traffic and rail chaos yesterday and forced the cancellation of hundreds of flights in Britain, Germany and Denmark. More than 280 flights out of airports serving London were cancelled. There wasAFP - 126 words
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Article134 2004-01-30 6 Mydoom virus II AFP A NEW variant of the Mydoom computer virus, which has been clogging up the Internet for days, was poised yesterday to overtake its predecessor to become the most widely spread computer bug ever, virus experts said. The so-called Mydoom.B computerAFP - 134 words
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Article86 2004-01-30 6 SIX roads will be closed to traffic from 6.30 pm to 11pm today for a preview of the Chingay Parade and the actual parade tomorrow. The affected roads are: Orchard Road (between Scotts Road and Caimhill Road), Grange Road (between Orchard Road and Somerset Road), Orchard Link86 words
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Article88 2004-01-30 6 AFP SPURRED by China’s success in its first manned space flight, Japan plans a review of its space policy and will consider putting its own astronaut in space, a report said yesterday. The government will “consider realising a manned space flight by a Japanese astronaut at anAFP - 88 words
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Article95 2004-01-30 6 NASA has been accused of painting Mars red, London’s Daily Telegraph reported yesterday. It said that the American space agency has been accused of doctoring its pictures of the famously red planet to make it look the way people expected. It was accused of digitally “tweaking” drab95 words
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Article113 2004-01-30 6 A BRITISH tantric sex guru claims he can “heal” women of terminal diseases such as cancer by sleeping with them, Asian News International reported yesterday. But Mr Jack Bailey’s claims are treated with scepticism. “People think I do this for pleasure. But I am not in113 words
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Article, Illustration400 2004-01-30 8 Choong Ckoon Yee - He joined company to get chance to visit South America and is now its S’pore MD By Choong Ckoon Yee WHEN Mr Tetsuo Watanabe, 49, joined Brother Industries in 1977, he wanted just one thing: to be sent to Latin America on business trips. That’s becauseChoong Choon Yee - 400 words
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307 2004-01-30 8 Chocmg Ckoon Yee - By Chocmg Ckoon Yee GREEN World Holdings chief executive Richard Lim Yew Hang believes that being part of a larger group like Novena Holdings will give it the financial muscle to bid for bigger overseas projects. And Novena’s deputy chairman and chief307 words
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Article87 2004-01-30 8 Bloomberg SINGAPORE Neptune Orient Lines Ltd said yesterday that shareholder Credit Suisse Group sold more than a third of its stake in the company for $B5 million. The 38 million shares, which represents about 2.7 per cent of Neptune Orient’s outstanding stock, were sold atBloomberg - 87 words
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Article80 2004-01-30 8 Bloomberg SINGAPORE Raffles Holdings Ltd, owner of the Raffles Hotel, expects to win four or five management contracts this year, part of its plan to run more hotels than own them. Raffles said yesterday that it will pay out $416 million to shareholders because it will probablyBloomberg - 80 words
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Article95 2004-01-30 8 Bloomberg SINGAPORE Creative Technology Ltd said fiscal second-quarter profit more than doubled to $41.5 million, or 50 cents a share, from $18.9 million, or 23 cents a share, a year earlier. Sales in the three months ended Dec 31 rose 8.4 per cent to $250.4 million. TheBloomberg - 95 words
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Article64 2004-01-30 8 Bloomberg SINGAPORE ST Assembly Test Services Ltd, the biggest computer-chip tester here, earned $7.8 million in the fourth quarter on record sales as demand for communications chips bolstered recovery from two-and-a-half years of losses. Net income was 7 cents an American depositary share, compared with a lossBloomberg - 64 words
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Article, Illustration527 2004-01-30 12 Swanky Sri Lanka hotel revives 10-year-old plan AFP COLOMBO Sri Lanka’s 19th century Galle Face Hotel announced yesterday an ambitious upgrade to woo guests willing to fork out US$l,OOO (S$ 1,700) a night after a deal with Raffles of Singapore fell through. Ten years afterAFP - 527 words
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Article, Illustration419 2004-01-30 14 At the American Super Bowl, hoopla is as big as the match AFP HOUSTON -American football’s biggest spectacle Super Bowl 38 takes place this Sunday. The first Texas-hosted event in 30 years lives up to the “Everything is bigger in Texas” hype, from a first-ever kickoffAFP; Reuters - 419 words
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405 2004-01-30 18 US oil giant also ordered to pay $7-6b for Valdez spill Wire services PARIS Energy giant Exxon Mobil is to blame for around 5 per cent of the greenhouse gases that are driving global warming, according to two studies commissioned by green campaigners. TheWire services - 405 words
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Article23 2004-01-30 18 STI: 1,842.32 20.52 US$: 551.697 EURO: 552.122 Ss: RM2.239 Ss: 23.10 BAHT 553.089 Ss: 62.38 YEN Ss: HK54.577 Ss: 4,967 RUPIAH23 words
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Article, Illustration842 2004-01-30 20 PHILIP LEE - By PHILIP LEE MANY years ago, while on a visit to Penang, I was taken by a veterinarian friend to an abattoir to see how pigs were slaughtered. The experience turned out to be traumatic and it left me off pork, my favourite meat, for quite a fewReuters; AP - 842 words
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Article216 2004-01-30 22 I REFER to the report, “Police looking at Malaysian request on traffic offences” (Streats, Jan 29). The Malaysian police are seeking the assistance of the Singapore police to enforce warrants of arrest against Singapore drivers who fail to settle traffic offences committed in Malaysia. It216 words
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Article41 2004-01-30 22 IN yesterday’s report, “Airport handlers tender next week”, we said that Changi International Airport Services (CIAS) is majority-owned by the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore. This is incorrect. CIAS is majorityowned by Temasek Holdings. We are sorry for the error.41 words
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258 2004-01-30 22 WITHOUT exploring first, I believe no one could readily answer Mr Narayana Narayana’s question, “Is there anything on Mars for the starving?” (Streats, Jan 29). The human race has advanced tremendously since we evolved from primates. Inquisitiveness, curiosity, exploration and experimentation have been the258 words
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180 2004-01-30 22 BOTH Ms Jill Lim’s commentary, “Hurrah for Mars, now get back to Earth” (Streats, Jan 13), and Mr Narayana Narayana’s letter, “Is there anything on Mars for the starving?” (Streats, Jan 29), reveal a lack of understanding of the benefits of the space programme.180 words
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Article219 2004-01-30 22 SBS TRANSIT corporate communications manager Loo Ing Heng’s detailed explanation of bus schedules (“Adhering to bus schedules critical”, Streats, Jan 28) was published alongside yet another complaint from a commuter, and this gives me the opportunity to recount my own experience a couple of Fridays back.219 words
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345 2004-01-30 24 He resigns after Hutton report blasts corporation LONDON After months of leading a campaign to defend the BBC and its journalistic standards over the David Kelly affair, Mr Gavyn Davies, the‘chairman of the BBC board of governors, has resigned. His resignation came on Wednesday345 words
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Article, Illustration66 2004-01-30 24 A model getting into a vehicle operated by Oxyride dry batteries, developed by Matsushita Electric Industrial (Panasonic), at an unveiling of the company’s next generation batteries in Tokyo on Wednesday. The vehicle can go as far as I.2km with two Oxyride AA batteries at a maximum speed ofPics: Reuters - 66 words
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304 2004-01-30 24 TOKYO Japan’s corporate icons are falling from grace as the top choices of fresh graduates taking their first steps on the career path, a newspaper reported yesterday. Citing Sony, once seen as a powerhouse of innovation with a clear and unshakeable vision304 words
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Article, Illustration157 2004-01-30 24 LONDON Russian Natasha Demkina, 17, has X-ray vision, London’s Sun newspaper reported yesterday. Natasha first demonstrated her X-ray vision at the age of 10, when she told her stunned mother, Tatyana, that she could see “two beans”, “a tomato” and a “vacuum cleaner” inside157 words
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Article, Illustration278 2004-01-30 28 Congress parades India’s ‘political kids’, BJP sees them as serious threat NEW DELHI In the 1999 polls, India’s opposition Congress party tried to counter the popularity of Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee by pitching him against Mrs Sonia Gandhi, the Italian-born widow of assassinated primeReuters - 278 words
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201 2004-01-30 30 Reuters NEW YORK Men appear to accumulate more fatty deposits plaque in their arteries than women, a difference that may explain men’s higher risk of stroke and heart attack, new research suggests. Investigators found that the amount of plaque people have in their neck– Reuters - 201 words
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Article81 2004-01-30 30 Q I have been a sprinter for a couple of years, and I have bigger muscles on one leg than the other. What can Ido to rectify the problem? Check with a doctor -1 to find out if there is a medical reason behind the difference. If there81 words
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Article, Illustration589 2004-01-30 32 Sharlene Tan - Ongßoon Chuan prefers dabbling in property development rather than thefamily’s Tong Garden nuts business By_ Sharlene Tan MOST of his 10 siblings are in the Tong Garden nut business, but Mr Ong Boon Chuan has gone a different route with upmarket property development firm TGfm’G Development; Francis Lee - 589 words
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INTERIOR
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Article, Illustration465 2004-01-30 34 Sujin Thomas - The intention is clear to make urban dwellers feel like they are in the soothing embrace of the ocean By Sujin Thomas YOU don’t need to float on the ocean and wait to be swallowed by an enormous fish to experience what it would be like to liveSujin Thomas - 465 words
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Article, Illustration190 2004-01-30 34 Janice Wong - By Janice Wong CITY living received a further round of approval with the launch of the condominium El Centro, a block of 39 units at Kee Seng Street, Tanjong Pagar. Last year, Far East Organization’s Icon in the same area was a topselling project, mainly due190 words
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Article, Illustration584 2004-01-30 36 You can sail with the likes of Farm Wong on a cruise ship, or go on tour with them, And now, you can lo hei with some of your favourite r IV stars at a local restaurant, YVONNE KWOK discovers IN an unusual series of Chinese New584 words
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Article, Illustration111 2004-01-30 36 BRAZILIAN actor Rodrigo Santoro, known internationally for his role opposite Laura Linney in the film Love Actually, stole the show at the opening of Latin America’s biggest fashion festival in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on Wednesday. He was modelling for Ricardo Almeida, who is known as Brazil’s Armani111 words
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Article114 2004-01-30 36 ELVIS Presley fans are up in arms over a plan to cut a rare master tape of the singer’s early songs in the 1950 s into two-inch snippets and sell the pieces, preserved on a plaque, by auction. Rock critic Dave Marsh, who wrote the114 words
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Article, Illustration74 2004-01-30 36 AFP R&B star R Kelly, who is awaiting trial on charges of child pornography, will be allowed to attend the Grammy awards ceremony on Feb 8 on condition that he does not associate with pop star Michael Jackson. Kelly has been nominated for best R&BAFP - 74 words
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Article, Illustration518 2004-01-30 38 J Any kind of green is hot this year except army green, says a fashion expert. What else should you keep or discard from your wardrobe? Here are some other tips -IPS IF your wardrobe is made up of combat trousers, tweed jackets and 80s accents in-IPS; Pics: IPS - 518 words
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Article, Illustration412 2004-01-30 40 JUDILOW - Looking to impress in the kitchen on a budget? Judi Low’s recipes for stylish, nutritious, yummy meals that are easy to da and cost $lO or less for four servings, will see you through these tough times Stylish eating on a shoestring By JUDILOW THE fresh cleanFrancis Lee - 412 words
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Article, Illustration111 2004-01-30 42 Asia has been hit by earthquakes every day for the past few days, with two in Taiwan yesterday, according to reports in Terra Daily. The first Taiwan quake, 5.2 on the Richter scale, hit at 3.13 am north-west of Taitung. A second, 4.2, followed at 3.34PicAshleigh Sim - 111 words
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Article, Illustration59 2004-01-30 42 YMS CHINESE ORCHESTRA IN CONCERT Sunday, 3pm YMS Auditorium (54, Waterloo Street) $lO tickets from the Young Musicians’ Society. Call 6332-5813 v or e-mail makemusic@yms.org.sg for reservations This is the first of two bite-sized I performances planned for this year to showcase some of the YMS Chinese Orchestra’s most59 words
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Article57 2004-01-30 42 CHINGAY Tomorrow, 7pm (preview today, 7-30 pm) Orchard Road. It’s free The annual parade started more than 30 years ago as a Chinese New Year thing but has now gone international with Brazilian drums, fire twirlers, cheerleaders, belly dancers and breakdancers. And yes, more firecrackers 18 strings of them,57 words
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Article56 2004-01-30 42 10pm, Channel i Shaw is an operative for the UN’s covert squad that uses espionage and quasi-ethical tactics to secure peace and cooperation. When the Chinese ambassador is gunned down, he is framed for the murder and must evade the FBI and triads to prove his innocence. Starring Wesley56 words
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Article, Illustration39 2004-01-30 42 9pm, Channel U Bolin and Lixin disappear and Mingjie’s share price falls. When Xueqi decides to resign, Yingjie asks Zhuolin to replace her. Zhuolin tries to get a new job for Xueqi but Xueqi is reluctant.39 words
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Miscellaneous428 2004-01-30 42 Yourdailyhoroscope jp AQUARIUS JAN2O-FEB 18 by Kelli Fox at Astrology.com PISCES FEB 19-MAR 20 Pressure seems pointless when the results are inevitable. You’re ready to finish this game and find a better one. Before burning the bridge, ask yourself if you’ll ever need to go back. The qualities that you428 words
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Article, Illustration291 2004-01-30 44 -AFP MELBOURNE Former world no 1 Marat Safin (right) of Russia ended Andre Agassi’s five-year winning streak at the Australian Open yesterday with a pulsating semi-final upset of the reigning champion. Safin, whose world ranking plunged to 86 last year after an injuryplagued-AFP - 291 words
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Article, Illustration570 2004-01-30 44 Tan Kim Han - Jurong FC find themselves without a pitch after pulling out of S-League By_ Tan Kim Han JURONG FC are getting more and more desperate by the day as they have no homeground. Their problem started when they pulled out of this season’s S-League. They were thenFrancis Lee - 570 words
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Article, Illustration457 2004-01-30 46 Chelsea’s title challenge scuppered by injuries to Terry, Duff, Veron Wire services LONDON Chelsea’s title hopes have been thrown into disarray with the news that John Terry (below) has picked up an injury. The 23-year-old England international injured his ankle during the Blues’ training camp in Spain andWire services; afp - 457 words
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Article529 2004-01-30 46 TOMORROW Manchester United v Southampton Head to head: Man U won 51, Saints 25, Draws 28 Previous league meetings: Aug 31, 2003 Saints 1 Man U 0; Feb 1, 2003 Saints 0 Man U 2 Last 6 league matches: Man U WWWWDL, Saints WLLDLW Team news: Man U529 words
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Article, Illustration371 2004-01-30 49 Arsenal chairman: Reyes’ arrival no threat to Henry’s future -AFP LONDON Arsenal’s decision to make young Spanish star Jose Antonio Reyes the club’s biggest signing will have no impact on Thierry Henry’s (right) future. That assurance came from Arsenal chairman Peter HillWood. The capture of Reyes, who passed-AFP; Reuters - 371 words
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Article, Illustration364 2004-01-30 51 Inspired by Els, Faldo lies second at Johnnie Walker Classic AFP SGKOK Six-time Major er Nick Faldo (below) I back the years to shoot ctacular seven-under-par 03 10 take second place in the US$l.B million (Ss3 million) Johnnie Walker Classic here yesterday. The 46-year-old Englishman grabbedAFP - 364 words
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247 2004-01-30 51 ■AFP NBA CHAMPIONSHIP LA Lakers 96 Seattle 82 LOS ANGELES The Los Angeles Lakers welcomed back Shaquille O’Neal and Rick Fox on Wednesday and used a fourth-quarter run to win their second straight National Basketball Association game. Gary Payton scored 24 points to cover■AFP - 247 words
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