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Title Section10 2004-03-01 1 Streats Monday, march i, 2004 E-mail: streats@sph.com.sg mita <p> m/03/200310 words
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Article486 2004-03-01 1 Beijing plans law requiring 70% of software used in govt fq ‘Chma^maqe’ RIVAL business leaders are not the only ones worried about Mr Bill Gates’ software monopoly, with so many computers using programmes that run on the Windows operating system (OS). China is, too. And486 words
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Advertisement274 2004-03-01 1 Sesdaq-listed Second Chance sees upgrade as platform for overseas ventures Colombo beckons Books, beaches and other treasures appeal to tourists: in Journeys Vn\ ‘Chinar V.c 1k er e era of exorbitant are should end,” said oftware services should ike water, electricity lot be all that “cheap use Linux, cials of274 words
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Article, Illustration441 2004-03-01 2 Janice Wong - He creates new character for radio drama Westway By Janice Wong FOR a week last month, Singaporean Ron Chandran-Dudley was treated like a celebrity at the British Broadcasting Corporation office in London. He was a guest at the BBC for creating a character in itsEdwin Koo - 441 words
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Article, Illustration345 2004-03-01 3 Libyan leader under threat of retaliatory terror attacks: report LONDON Libyan leader Moammar Gaddafi may be deterred from spilling the beans on Iran concerning its nuclear programme by a terrorism threat, according to a newspaper report yesterday. Colonel Gaddafi knows something that Teheran issiejnetf - 345 words
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Article123 2004-03-01 4 THE printing industry will get a new lease of life from the Diploma in Printing Technology conducted by Melbourne’s RMIT University, in conjunction with the Print and Media Association Singapore (PMAS), starting next month. The 18-month course has five modules. The last module takes place at123 words
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Article, Illustration506 2004-03-01 4 Zubaidah Nazeer - SriLankan Airlines CEO upbeat on turnaround By Zubaidah Nazeer HE HAS been hailed as the man with the Midas touch. But SriLankan Airlines chief executive officer (CEO) Peter Hill shrugs off this tag. Mr Hill, 57, who helped develop Gulf Air and later established506 words
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Article, Illustration538 2004-03-01 6 Sharlene Tan - Eugene Ceman is the second man to walk on the Moon, but he doesn’t want to be known as die last By Sharlene Tan DESPITE the Columbia space shuttle crash last February, former astronaut Eugene Ceman is a strong advocate of US President George WST - 538 words
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115 2004-03-01 8 BUZZSTOP -AFP THE number of visitors to Singapore rose 1 per cent to 651,229 in January from the previous year, the Government said on Saturday. This is the second time that visitor arrival figures registered positive year-on-year growth since the Sars-AFP - 115 words
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Article, Illustration72 2004-03-01 8 Francis Lee - Text and picture by Francis Lee Some shoppers at Takashimaya Square yesterday cast their votes at the Miss ACTIVA CELLUPLEX Beautiful Legs Pageant. They had to judge and vote for the contestant with the most beautiful and cellulite-free legs. The winner from the seven contestants was Miss72 words
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Article154 2004-03-01 8 Rich patients in cheap wards PATIENTS who can afford more expensive wards but insist on staying in cheaper wards such as C- and 82-class wards will have to pay more. But they will not pay as much as the charges of the next class154 words
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Article147 2004-03-01 8 Thanks to tighter regulatory controls THE number of credit cards held here shot up 23 per cent in the two years to December, but fraud cases were still down significantly last year from the year before. Out of 3.5 million cards held as of the end147 words
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Article142 2004-03-01 8 Shipping tragedy off Virginia coast THREE people are dead and 18 missing after a Singapore-registered chemical tanker exploded and sank on Saturday night off the coast of Virginia, in the US. The Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) said in a statement yesterday that142 words
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Article103 2004-03-01 8 ■AFP INDIAN voters will go to the polls in national elections to be held in four stages in April and May that are seen as likely to return the ruling Hindu nationalist-led alliance to power. The Bharatiya Janata Party-led coalition government sought early elections to capitalise■AFP - 103 words
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Article101 2004-03-01 8 -AP OPPOSITION leaders yesterday urged Malaysia’s King, Syed Sirajuddin Syed Putra Jamalullail, to pardon a prominent former lawmaker who was jailed for sedition, so he can run in general elections expected soon. Lim Guan Eng, 43, of the opposition Democratic Action Party, was a member of parliament-AP - 101 words
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Article96 2004-03-01 8 AUSTRALIAN Prime Minister John Howard has decided to set an example to fellow Australians by becoming an organ donor. Australia has a low organ-donor rate, compared with the rest of the world. There were only 9.4 donors per million people last year. “I’ve thought about it96 words
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Article91 2004-03-01 8 A QUEENSLAND woman said that she was having group sex with 30 men, and that was why she could not go to vote in a state poll on Feb 7. The Sunday Mail yesterday reported that this was the all-time best excuse, according to state91 words
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Article, Illustration428 2004-03-01 10 Janice Wong - Founder sees Second Chance’s move to mainboard as an instant calling card By_ Janice Wong SECOND Chance Properties founding chairman Mohamed Salleh does not intend to get himself a cellphone, although a cellphone shop is next on his agenda. He does not crave the convenience of one428 words
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Article, Illustration186 2004-03-01 10 AFP CARACAS President Hugo Chavez (left) has urged leaders of the developing world at a Group of 15 summit here to say ‘enough’ to models that he said “the North has imposed on the South”. “(We) must stand up and sayAFP - 186 words
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Article24 2004-03-01 10 *AS AT FEBRUARY 27 US$: 551.700 553.167 EURO: 552.118 Ss: 64.16 YEN Ss: RM2.235 Ss: HK64.576 Ss: 23.09 BAHT Ss: 4,971 RUPIAH24 words
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Article489 2004-03-01 10 The stock recommendation is the average of all the recommendations submitted by analysts following the stock. There is a total of 29 brokers submitting recommendations but not every stock is followed by all the 29 brokers. Their recommendations are placed on a 1 to 5 points scale and489 words
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Article, Illustration452 2004-03-01 13 Record s6b of deals inked at Asian Aerospace as companies compete aggressively in region AFP SINGAPORE The Asia-Pacific will be a key battleground for the world’s top aerospace companies in the next 20 years, with industry players already positioning for a slice of theAFP - 452 words
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Article, Illustration486 2004-03-01 15 Farm land makes way for outsourcing firms in India’s technology hub -AFP BANGALORE Outsourcing firms are driving a surge in demand for office space, which has gobbled up vast stretches of agricultural land in India’s technology hub of Bangalore, industry officials said. Farmers, who cultivated-AFP; AFP - 486 words
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221 2004-03-01 15 AFP OSLO Perhaps hoping for a modem remake of David’s victory over Goliath, Opera Software of Norway has taken on the mighty Microsoft in the emerging cellphone Internet browser market. As Microsoft prepares to post U 5535.6 billion (5560.6 billion) in revenues forAFP - 221 words
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Article, Illustration358 2004-03-01 17 Rivals mount drive to oust Disney chief AP LOS ANGELES Will Mr Michael Eisner survive the effort to oust him? Pressure is mounting on Disney’s chairman and chief executive as the company and a growing group of dissidents seek to influence shareholders in the fewAP; Reuters - 358 words
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Article, Illustration688 2004-03-01 18 CONRAD RAJ - By CONRAD RAJ LAST week’s decision by the Singapore Exchange (SGX) to relax its monitoring of certain documents released by listed companies will inevitably impose a heavier burden on the companies and their advisers to ensure greater disclosure and transparency to investors. From688 words
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Advertisement438 2004-03-01 18 X m DO YOU KNOW :thje jbfobal embedded software market’s worth? US$67 billion (Ssl 19 billion) H That’s, year 2004 estimate and expected to expand further. The EDB* has identified embedded software as a new growth engine and is making plans to position Singapore as a global centre of excellence438 words
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Article, Illustration169 2004-03-01 20 INSURANCE agents are not what they used to be. They now like to be known as financial planners and attend motivational seminars, where they set goals for themselves, such as a car and a condominium. Their goal is rarely to guide you to the best169 words
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Article150 2004-03-01 20 MR Khushwant Singh’s commentary, “Insurance agents classified”, gave a very good summary of how the public view insurance agents and, at the same time, educated readers on different types of agent that exist. But I do not agree with his point: “Mamas, don’t let your150 words
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Article92 2004-03-01 20 I WOULD like to commend Mr Khuswant Singh for highlighting problems consumers face with their insurance agents. I was misled when I bought my endowment policy. I was told I would get a guaranteed interest rate of 6 per cent on my principal sum, but the92 words
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Article72 2004-03-01 20 MR Khushwant Singh’s commentary, “Insurance agents classified” (Streats, Feb 27), tells the truth about what goes on in the insurance industry. I deal with life insurance, too, but I use it as an instrument to achieve my clients’ financial goals, not as a commodity to hard-sell.72 words
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Article449 2004-03-01 21 THE Association of Women for Action and Research (Aware) wishes to make the following observations with regard to DPM Lee Hsien Loong’s recent Budget speech in Parliament. Firstly, we welcome raising the minimum wage for skills training. This will enable more women clustered around low- to449 words
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Article324 2004-03-01 22 PAS has its work cut out for it in hot seat PETALING JAYA Even before Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi is due to visit Kedah today to gamer support for his Umno party, Malay voters there already appear to favour the mling Barisan Nasional324 words
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Article134 2004-03-01 22 JAKARTA Dr Amien Rais, leader of the National Mandate Party (PAN), has denied that he will form a coalition with Ms Siti Hardiyanti “Tutuf Rukmana, the eldest daughter of former president Suharto, after the April 5 general election. “My ties with Mbak (elder sister) Tutut are134 words
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Article, Illustration429 2004-03-01 23 Ex-cabinet minister denies vendetta, says PM’s rush into war ‘inexcusable’ LONDON Former British cabinet minister Clare Short on Saturday denied that she was mounting a personal campaign to bring down Britain’s prime minister, London’s Sunday Telegraph reported yesterday. “I haven’t got any personal vendetta againstI RttuUus - 429 words
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158 2004-03-01 24 ■AFP BAGHDAD Divided by their politics but united in a desire to get the job done, Iraqi leaders prepared yesterday to finish writing up Iraq’s basic law, after missing a US-agreed deadline a day earlier. The US-appointed 25member interim governing council■AFP - 158 words
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296 2004-03-01 24 Further contacts needed to resolve nuclear impasse, says Beijing Reuters BEIJING Lack of trust between Pyongyang and Washington prevented any breakthrough in six-party talks on the North Korea nuclear crisis, making further contacts crucial to brokering a solution, an official newspaper said yesterday. In– Reuters - 296 words
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Article, Illustration338 2004-03-01 25 Smith Wesson chairman quits after media reports of his armed-robbery days AP SPRINGFIELD, Massachusetts The new chairman of the famed US gun company, Smith Wesson, has resigned following reports that he committed a string of armed robberies in the 1950 s and 1960 s while heAP - 338 words
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Medical
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Article280 2004-03-01 26 LONDON Women achieve most sexual satisfaction through the stimulation of their brain and not any other organ, scientists have concluded. Research by Pfizer, the makers of antiimpotence drug Viagra, has concluded that men and women have a fundamentally different relationship between arousal and desire,280 words
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Article, Illustration517 2004-03-01 27 Yoga is indeed a growing trend here, with more executives taking it up and even going into it full-time. SHARLENETAN speaks to a graphic designer who mil make yoga her profession YOGA has become more than a hobby to many in Singapore and freelance graphic designer FeliciaEdwin Koo - 517 words
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Article, Illustration159 2004-03-01 27 WOULD you pay £1 million (553.15 million) for Jamie Oliver’s scooter? No? Well, neither, it seems, would anyone else. A bid for that amount was posted on the Internet website, eßay, where the celebrity British chef is selling his Aprilia Habana, but it was later159 words
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Article, Illustration138 2004-03-01 27 A BOOK essentially about punctuation, Eats, Shoots and Leaves, has proven a lifesaver for its London publisher. Profile Books in London, which has just 14 staff, will double its turnover to more than £5.5 million (5517.5 million) this year, thanks to the hugely popular book by Lynne138 words
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Article, Illustration535 2004-03-01 28 Books, beaches other treasures AUDREY PERERA describes the many things that she loves about Sri Lanka's capital city IT took all of 10 minutes for me to fall irrevocably in love. With Colombo, Sri Lanka’s capital. I already knew all about its great attractions. There are the pubs, restaurants andPics: Lisa LS Lim - 535 words
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Article, Illustration332 2004-03-01 30 IS work stressing you out or the economic gloom getting you down? Then mark your calendars for the Singapore International Comedy Festival, running from March 24 to April 3 at the Jubilee Hall. The performers are: Split Personality Katherine Jakeways of the UK, Kitty Flanagan from332 words
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Article, Illustration322 2004-03-01 30 Zubaidah Nazeer - Ssl Zubaidah Nazeer FINGERS snapped, feet tapped and some even danced during NUS Jazz Band’s hourlong performance last Friday. The fourth National University of Singapore’s musical festival, Rhythms and Rhapsodies, got off to a groovy start indeed. Some of the 150 people at Jazz Swing Vol 1322 words
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Article, Illustration136 2004-03-01 31 Hi- I’m Estelle Tan, your father girl for March. Smoke pollution makes for stronger storms, a new study done in the Amazon says. Smoke drifting from burning forests is drying up rain there, but making the storms that do develop much more violent, Reuters reported, fromI Pic Edwin Koo - 136 words
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Article, Illustration54 2004-03-01 31 lOpm, Central Martha Stewart is America’s most trusted guide to stylish living. Find out how a woman raised in a family of six children by a schoolteacher mother and Sa lesman father made it to Fortune 5O Most Powerful Women st and Time magazine’s list of America’s54 words
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Article46 2004-03-01 31 10pm, Channel i Mark Kaminsky is kicked out of the FBI for his rough treatment of a suspect. When a mobster kills the son of FBI chief Harry Shannon, Shannon enlists Kaminsky’s help to nail the mobster, promising to re-enlist him. Starring Arnold Schwarzenegger.46 words
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Article67 2004-03-01 31 HOLI HANGAMA Sunday, 4pm onwards PGP Wedding Hall, Sri Srinivasa Perumal Temple Complex (397, Serangoon Road) Tickets $20 (includes food) from the Substation and Bhaskar’s Arts Academy (19, Kerbau Road) Join in the spring festival, have fun with holi powder and water, and taste some snacks and vegetarian food.67 words
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Article, Illustration64 2004-03-01 31 DAVID BOWIE REALITY TOUR Thursday, Bpm Singapore Indoor Stadium Tickets from $76 to $256 at Sistic The concert promises a mixture of Bowie’s extensive back catalogue of hits as well as songs from the Reality album. He is backed by Sterling Campbell (drums), Gail Ann Dorsey (bass/backing vocals), Mike64 words
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Miscellaneous468 2004-03-01 31 by Kelli Fox at Astrology.com JjP AQUARIUS JAN2O-FEB 18 You’re better off than you were last week, but that’s not saying much. You may be the only one that knows what to do. Once everyone else finds out, your privacy and leisure time will vanish. PISCES FEB 19-MAR2O You’ve earned468 words
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Sports
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Article, Illustration606 2004-03-01 32 Tan Kim Han - Dashing Albirex midfielder already has fans before the season starts ALL eyes will be on newcomers Albirex Niigata of Japan when the S-League kicks off tomorrow. But their teenage midfielder, Issey NakajimaFarran, has already passed muster in the looks department. By Tan Kim Han THE S-LeagueEdwin Koo - 606 words
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Article86 2004-03-01 33 POOL EFREN ‘The Magician’ Reyes emerged triumphant in the 2nd San Miguel Asian 9-Ball Tour competition at The Pool Haven, Clark Quay, yesterday. He defeated Filipino compatriot Warren Kiamco 11 -4 to win the two-day leg. Kiamco was expected to put up a tougher fight as he had86 words
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Article69 2004-03-01 33 MUAY THAI FANS rooting for Australian Caroline Aebersold at the Singha Beer Muay Thai Against Drugs International Championship 2004 went home happy yesterday. The 29-year-old kickboxer, w ho holds a doctorate in Psychology, easily defeated Singaporean Justine Gerardyn on Points in their three-round bout at Downtown East, Pasir69 words
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Article125 2004-03-01 33 basketball Routers Washington Kobe Bryant posted his first triple£°uble of the season and O’Neal added 29 Points to carry the Los Lakers to a 122-110 victory over Washington Wizards on Saturday. Bryant collected 25 points, *4 rebounds and 10 assists to help the Lakers win for theRouters - 125 words
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Article, Illustration491 2004-03-01 33 Lim Han Ming - Women’s world chess champion juggles career, studies and marriage B y Lim Han Ming AS a professional chess player, Zhu Chen (right) of China trains more than 10 hours a day, seven days a week. The 27-year-old is also a second-year undergraduate majoring in international relations at TsinghuaLim Han Ming j - 491 words
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Article454 2004-03-01 34 Top seed Woods survives Leaneys challenge to take on Love in final AFP CARLSBAD, California Defending champion Tiger Woods got a scare from Stephen Leaney on Saturday, but he still managed to enter the final of the US$7 million (Ssll million) PGA Match Play Championship. Woods and the AustralianAFP - 454 words
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Article, Illustration90 2004-03-01 34 Pic and text: Ho Llan-YI Kamal Akhtar, 24, (right) won the Samsung Olympic Torchbearer Challenge at the Ngee Ann City Civic Plaza yesterday. He beat 99 other contestants to earn the right to represent Singapore, along with mountaineer Khoo Swee Chiow and discus thrower James Wong, in the AthensPic and text: Ho Llan-YI - 90 words
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175 2004-03-01 34 -AFP GOLD COAST World No 1 Annika Sorenstam launched her season with a four-shot victory in the AsBoo,ooo (Ssl million) Australian Ladies Masters at Royal Pines here yesterday. The 33-year-old Swede, who says she’s after this year’s Grand Slam of Majors, fired rounds of 69-70-65-65-AFP - 175 words
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254 2004-03-01 35 Wire services LONDON A thrilling English Premier League match between Leeds United and Liverpool yesterday ended in a 2-2 stalemate that did little to help ease either side’s problems. The result left Leeds, fighting for survival both on and off the pitch, bottom of theWire services - 254 words
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Article, Illustration564 2004-03-01 35 ‘Wenger warns Arsenal against taking foot off the pedal in run-up to the title AFP LONDON Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has warned that complacency c ould still derail his side’s Premiership htle drive, despite opening up a nine-point lead at the top with just 11 games– AFP; Reuters - 564 words
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Article411 2004-03-01 35 ■AFP LONDON Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson insisted that his under-fire players are capable of overcoming the odds and overhauling Arsenal’s nine-point lead in the Premiership title race. Ferguson’s decision to rest Ruud van Nistelrooy, Ryan Giggs and Tim Howard backfired as United were■AFP - 411 words
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