Streats, 8 March 2004
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Title Section10 2004-03-08 1 Streats MONDAY, MARCH 8, 2004 E-mail: streats@sph.com.sg SVIITA (P) 111/03/200310 words
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Article588 2004-03-08 1 Sarah Ng - SCWO chief Jennifer Lee calls for balance when promoting ‘family life’ at work By Sarah Ng WHEN senior medical consultant Shani Tan asked her employer, KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital, for time off to be part of a Singapore team attempting to climb Mount Everest, she588 words
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253 2004-03-08 1 Streats takes another step forward in catering to your needs. From 12.30 pm each weekday, beginning today, we will distribute an “Afternoon Edition” in the Central Business District. It will feature breaking news reports as well as updates of major developments published in the253 words
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Advertisement280 2004-03-08 1 SHARE YOUR RARER A wmu man juoi uivsav wnu ait- iiiamvu. Dr Lee, who is also a Nominated Member of Parliament, was responding to Streats’ questions on procreation and workplace practices in the wake of Deputy Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong’s announcement last month of the Government’s plans to encourage280 words
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Article, Illustration426 2004-03-08 2 Zubaidah Nazeer - Aussie minister hails move to preserve jail By_ Zubaidah Nazeer WHEN Australian Foreign Minister Alexander Downer praised the Singapore Government this weekend for preserving a historically significant section of Changi Prison, he was also speaking as the son of a POW who was1979 file photo - 426 words
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Article, Illustration482 2004-03-08 3 Juror says friend’s testimony sealed lifestyle guru’s fate NEW YORK Lifestyle gum Martha Stewart will today face the first restrictions of a convicted person. She has been ordered to report to a probation officer who will specify limitations on her activities and when and482 words
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Article, Illustration426 2004-03-08 4 Khushwant Singh - PR Professional of the Year Basskaran Nair ran S’pore’s courtesy, productivity drives By Khushwant Singh MR BASSKARAN Nair helped to mould a whole generation of Singaporeans and even played a part in the creation of the song, Stand Up For Singapore, during his stint inKhushwant Singh - 426 words
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Article414 2004-03-08 6 Justice Department to lead 50-member team into Iraq Wire services WASHINGTON A team of 50 Justice Department prosecutors, investigators and support staff is going to Iraq beginning this weekend to assemble war crimes cases against former President Saddam Hussein and others in hisWire services - 414 words
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Article, Illustration121 2004-03-08 6 AP SEOUL South Korea has demanded an official apology from the US after three South Korean journalists were briefly detained in Iraq by American forces, officials said yesterday. The three KBS Television reporters were detained on Saturday after a sniffer dog found suspectedAP - 121 words
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128 2004-03-08 8 BUZZSTOP SINGAPOREANS tend to keep their hospital stays short and sweet. Just under 10 per cent get admitted a year, far fewer than, say, Australia and France, which topped the chart with 204 for every 1,000 people, The Straits Times reports today. Only the128 words
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Article, Illustration29 2004-03-08 8 Indian revellers splashing each other with powdered dyes on Saturday as they celebrate Holi, or the festival of spring, in the eastern city of Kolkata AFPAFP - 29 words
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Article132 2004-03-08 8 Jljige demand from EU for places SINGAPOREAN students and others from Asia are expected to face much tougher competition for British university places from May when 10 new member states join the European Union. They are braced for a flood of applications from at least132 words
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Article139 2004-03-08 8 SE Asia hit worst WORLD tourism took a record dive last year, with South-east Asia, hit by a triple whammy of Iraq war, Sars, and weak economy, bearing the brunt. Preliminary estimates by the World Tourism Barometer show the number of international arrivals slid 1.2139 words
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Article116 2004-03-08 8 Explosion blamed on gas lines AP AN EXPLOSION tore through a Moscow apartment building before dawn yesterday, injuring at least two people and forcing the I evacuation of the 14-storey building. Officials blamed the blast on faulty natural gas pipelines. The explosion hit at aboutAP - 116 words
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Article100 2004-03-08 8 NTUC deputy secretary-general Heng Chee How yesterday rejected speculation that the cancellation of Singapore Airlines pilot Ryan Goh’s permanent resident (PR) status was related to his role in the removal of the pilot union’s executive committee last year. He added that foreign workers would continue to100 words
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Article97 2004-03-08 8 -AFP MALAYSIA has ordered six Indonesian terror suspects detained for two years after they were captured while returning from a training camp in the Philippines, a top official said yesterday. They are believed to be members of the A 1 Qaeda-linked Jemaah Islamiah group, the Malaysian-AFP - 97 words
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Article97 2004-03-08 8 AP CHINA will recruit women astronauts for future space missions after pressure from a leading women’s organisation. A proposal by Ms Gu Xiulian, president of the All-China Women’s Federation, to allow women on space missions has been approved by the central government, reported Xinhua. China launchedAP - 97 words
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Article103 2004-03-08 8 Reuters IF James Bond were real, he would be too tall to be a modern-day spy in Britain. New guidelines for MIS the UK’s domestic intelligence service stipulate that Britons applying to be field agents should be no taller than I,Bm so they don’t standReuters - 103 words
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Advertisement158 2004-03-08 7 World class. World stage. At home. HSBC is delighted to present Abigail Sin at the Esplanade Concert Hall. A prodigious and multifaceted young artist, Abigail Sin, who is the 2003 HSBC Youth Excellence Award winner, moves with ease from solo piano recitalist to composer to concerto soloist, all in one158 words
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Financial
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Article, Illustration564 2004-03-08 10 Khushwant Singh - Singapore’s designer champagne yeast beer generating international interest Reports by Khushwant Singh “HAVE a Tiger.” This is a common refrain among Singapore’s beer drinkers. But soon Tiger may not be the only beer known for its Singapore roots. The world could also be saying: “Touche.”Francis Lee - 564 words
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290 2004-03-08 10 EVERY day, the world drinks 10 million glasses of Guinness stout and the equivalent of 309 million 320 ml cans are sold. The dark Irish brew is drunk in 150 countries and in Singapore, an estimated 4,500 pubs, shops, supermarkets and foodcourt outlets290 words
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Article509 2004-03-08 10 The stock recommendation is the average of ail 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 and509 words
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Article, Illustration505 2004-03-08 12 Billionaire, whose firm doubled profit in 2003, wants unqualified directors out Wire services NEW YORK Mr Warren Buffett blasted mutual fund companies, attacked greedy chief executives and revealed he was loading up on foreign currency as his holding company, Berkshire Hathaway Inc, said profit nearly doubledWire services; Reuters - 505 words
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254 2004-03-08 12 Bloomberg SEOUL Mr Hwang Young Key, selected yesterday as candidate for chairman and chief executive of Woori Finance Holdings Co, said he would grow the non-bank business of South Korea’s third-largest lender through mergers and acquisitions. Woori Finance’s selection board picked Mr Hwang, 52,Bloomberg - 254 words
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Article, Illustration384 2004-03-08 14 Judge says pair can amend $11.9b inheritance claim Wire services CHICAGO An Illinois state judge dismissed a US$7 billion (US$ll.9 billion) lawsuit by Matthew and Liesel Pritzker, who claim they were cheated out of their inheritance by other members of the family thatWire services; Bloomberg - 384 words
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Article, Illustration398 2004-03-08 15 All-Spam restaurant a rousing success -AFP Manila-a restaurant specialising in Spam the much maligned tinned pork product has opened in the Philippines and is doing a roaring trade in variations on pressed meat. Located at the upscale Ayala Centre shopping mall in the-AFP; AFP - 398 words
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442 2004-03-08 17 ■AFP BANGKOK Thailand’s decision to shelve the privatisation of the nation’s biggest energy producer has failed to end protests from unions who demanded yesterday that the listing plans be abandoned altogether. Energy Minister Prommin Lertsuridej said that the sale of 25 per cent■AFP - 442 words
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Article24 2004-03-08 17 *AS AT MARCH 5 US$: 551.718 553.125 EURO: 552.093 Ss: 64.74 YEN Ss: RM2.212 Ss: HK54.536 Ss: 22.96 BAHT Ss: 4,996 RUPIAH24 words
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Article372 2004-03-08 18 As Taiwan project nears completion, airlines railways complain of competition AFP TAIPEI After years in the planning, Taiwan’s multi-billion-dollar high-speed railway network is finally nearing completion but not everyone is happy. The railway network, which authorities first began drawing up plans for in the early *****,AFP - 372 words
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Article, Illustration629 2004-03-08 19 CONRAD RAJ - By CONRAD RAJ HOUSING Board dwellers are a privileged lot. Not only is the initial cost of their public housing here greatly subsidised, they appear to benefit more from the Government’s largesse than others. The impression given is that they are somehow less629 words
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272 2004-03-08 20 I WOULD like to highlight the extreme danger to road users posed by a particular section of Upper East Coast Road, at its junction with Parbury Avenue. Drivers speed around the bend at this part of Upper East Coast Road and often have to272 words
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Article217 2004-03-08 20 WE refer to the letter, “Don’t put pupils at risks of dengue” (Streats, Feb 26). We would like to assure the writer that the Mozzie Buster Programme for girl guides and cadet scouts will not subject any child to any risk whatsoever. The Mozzie Buster217 words
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92 2004-03-08 20 THE new bus schedule information panels at bus stops are very clear and helpful. Routes and frequencies are explained well. However, since the MRT plays an important role in our daily movements around the island, it would be very useful if the panels92 words
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Article263 2004-03-08 22 I REFER to Madam Pek Seek Wei’s letter, “Reward couples who set standard” (Streats, March 4). As a working mother of four boys, I can empathise with her. I can still remember how stretched and stressed I was when I had my third son. He arrived263 words
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272 2004-03-08 22 I REFER to the letter, “Window safety is a shared duty” (Streats, March 5), by the Building Construction Authority (BCA) and the Housing Board (HDB). In the letter, BCA chief executive Chionh Chye Khye and the HDB’s deputy chief, Dr John Keung, sought to272 words
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Advertisement85 2004-03-08 20 HAVE YOUR SAY E-mail us at StreatS@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 be85 words
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Global
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Article412 2004-03-08 23 PM Abdullah set to face religious issues in hustings 13 DAYS TO GO Wire services Kuala LUMPUR The role of Islam looks set to dominate the Malaysian general election like never before in the country’s 46-year history, as a row brewed over Parti Islam SeMalaysia’s spiritualWire services - 412 words
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Article, Illustration59 2004-03-08 23 Indian actor Deepak P Divekar, dressed as Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf\ waving the flag of India’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party on Saturday after joining it in the southern city of Bangalore. Mr Divekar, a former seaman who works for a US-based IT firm in the city, has securedAFP - 59 words
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191 2004-03-08 23 JAKARTA Parliament speaker and Oolkar Party chairman Akbar Tanjung reportedly has said he is unfazed by the prospect of a review of his e Xoneration on corruption charges. A 13-member Attorney-General’s Office team, led by public Prosecutor for special crimes Sudono191 words
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Article, Illustration248 2004-03-08 24 Sacked rebel was once leader’s bodyguard COLOMBO Sacked renegade Tamil Tiger commander Colonel Karuna reportedly is a former bodyguard of the rebel group’s supremo, Mr Velupillai Prabhakaran, who dismissed him on Saturday. The 40-year-old colonel, whose real name is Vinayagamoorthi Muralitharan, now faces the leadership’s248 words
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Article402 2004-03-08 26 Senator had applied to have Vietnam duty put off: 1970 report NEW YORK It turns out that US presidential hopeful John Kerry, who has worn his Vietnam war experience like a badge of honour, actually may have tried to avoid going there. The frontrunner for the402 words
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209 2004-03-08 26 Reuters LONDON Prime Minister Tony Blair’s office on Saturday dismissed claims by convicted Australian conman Peter Foster that the British leader had a close relationship with his wife’s lifestyle guru Carole Caplin. A spokesman for Mr Blair accused Foster, Ms Caplin’s ex-boyfriend, of tryingReuters - 209 words
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Medical
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Article411 2004-03-08 27 London Smokers are up to four times more likely than non-smokers to develop a disease that is the leading cause of adult blindness, public health experts said in the British Medical Journal on Friday. Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is an irreversible and Progressive illness that robs411 words
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EasyStreats
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Article, Illustration622 2004-03-08 29 It isn’t easy being a children’s story book writer here, but David Seow, who has published more than 20 books for young children, isn’t discouraged. ZUBAIDAHNAZEER reports ON’T be surprised if you see pictures singer Celine Dion or actress Ashley c °tt holding a copy ofEdwin Koo - 622 words
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226 2004-03-08 29 Several publishers that Streats spoke to acknowledged that the local children’s book market here is small. And the reason is not poor storytelling quality on the part of the writers. Said Elsa Tan, general manager and publisher of Marshall Cavendish International (Asia), a Times Publishing226 words
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journeys
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Article, Illustration807 2004-03-08 30 Last week, we explored the charms of Sri Lanka’s capital. This week, ZUBAIDAH NAZEER describes the cultural and historical attractions further afield WHEN i was told to go to Sri Lanka, I had no idea what to expect. What I mainly knew of the island was807 words
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Article, Illustration377 2004-03-08 34 Ho Lian-Yi - B y Ho Lian-Yi DO NOT treat red wine like medicine; savour it for its own sake. So advised wine expert Ch’ng Poh Tiong, 48, who will be explaining the characteristics of red wine such as tannin, colour and flavour at the next Streats Wine Masterclass.The New Paper - 377 words
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Article, Illustration188 2004-03-08 34 -AFP PARIS A simmering row between American designer Tom Ford (right) and the management of fashion powerhouse Gucci Group has turned bitter. Ford said in an interview that money had “nothing to do” with his surprise decision last November to end his decade-long reign at Gucci Group.-AFP - 188 words
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Article, Illustration90 2004-03-08 34 VETERAN musician David Crosby, 62, was arrested early Saturday morning in New York on marijuana and gun possession charges. The founding member of Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young and of the Byrds had left a piece of luggage in his hotel on Friday and a hotel worker90 words
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Article, Illustration111 2004-03-08 35 Some 35,000 people lost power after high buffeted southern Michigan over the Weekend, knocking down a golf dome, trees ai *d utility poles, AP reported on Saturday. Wind gusts reached miles per hour a t Detroit Metropolitan Airport and in the Grand Rapids area, the WeathermanPic Edwin Koo - 111 words
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Tune in TV & MOVIE NEWS
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Article57 2004-03-08 35 9pm, Channel U A time-travel story starring Louis Koo as a 21st century special task force cop. He fails to realise that his long-time girlfriend (Sonjia Kwok) wants to get married and that their relationship is falling apart. Sonjia leaves Louis, who then travels back57 words
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Article, Illustration53 2004-03-08 35 10pm, Channel i The year is 1997: Manhattan Island is now a heavily guarded maximumsecurity prison, where the scum of the earth have converged. When Air Force One crash-lands in Manhattan, the president is held hostage by its denizens and only one man can save him.53 words
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Happenin’
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Article76 2004-03-08 35 THE THINGS WE DO FOR LOVE Today (4pm, 7 ’.3opm) The Arts House Play Den Tickets at $3B, $lB (call 6332 6919) Take a leap and rediscover the dizzying world of love in this Bell Shakespeare’s Actors at Work production. Using scenes from A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Romeo and76 words
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Article, Illustration58 2004-03-08 35 THE LITTLE CHINESE SEAMSTRESS Tomorrow, 6.30 pm, 9pm Alliance Francaise Tickets at $8 from Sistic A film that captures the romantic awakening of two hapless city boys exiled to a remote mountain village for re-education during China’s infamous Cultural f Revolution. There they meet the daughter of the local58 words
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Miscellaneous53 2004-03-08 32 s THE LEGEND OF EMPEROR QIN BEGINS WITH A MODERN DAY MAN .w* pm -*< Ml *trs- Sf? f m V m m m I f m n WST m Woi i AN EPIC SPECTACLE STARRING LOUIS KOOf I* Vi*». *«p*' A f ■WCJGr.-- f w^smsf -S6 ip-"’ V PREMIERES53 words
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Miscellaneous472 2004-03-08 35 Yourdailyhoroscope by Kelli Fox at AKtrology.com AQUARIUS JAN 20 -FEB 18 m PISCES FEB 19-MAR 20 ARIES MAR 21-APR 19 You’ve worried about the wrong thing and blamed the wrong people. Now is the time to relax, have fun and appreciate this new state of affairs. Maybe you’re the last472 words
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Sports
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Article, Illustration333 2004-03-08 36 Gary Lim - By Gary Lim OPTIMIST sailor Sean Lee posted his first win in the Singapore Armed Forces Yacht Club Sembawang Regatta yesterday. It was a long time coming for the 13-year-old, who started competitive sailing four years ago. But the victory was not unexpected as SeanAshlelgh Sim - 333 words
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Article, Illustration432 2004-03-08 36 Tan Kim Han - Tanjong Pagar caretaker coach wants to prove local coaches can be good, too By Tan Kim Han TANJONG PAGAR lost their opening S-League game last week and the club wasted no time in parting company with their coach, Malaysian Moey Yoke Ham. He cited ‘personal matters’432 words
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Article, Illustration533 2004-03-08 37 German leads from start to finish in Ferrari one-two AFP Michael huniacher (above) dismissed V Su ggestion that his fire was waning w b a clinical start-to-finish q 11 ln the Australian Formula e Grand Prix yesterday, ijj if Was his fourth success years here. the German,AFP - 533 words
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Article, Illustration365 2004-03-08 38 Brazilian striker faces two-week lay-off owing to thigh injury Wire services MADRID Real Madrid lost Ronaldo to a potentially serious thigh injury and had their lead at the top of Spain’s Primera Liga cut to six points on Saturday as they were held to a 1-1 drawWire services - 365 words
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209 2004-03-08 38 LONDON One of the women who allege that they were raped by Leicester players has said that they were “baying I like wolves” during the rape ordeal. The three players, Frank Sinclair, Keith Gillespie and Paul Dickov, are currently held at the Spanish jail Sangonera209 words
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252 2004-03-08 39 Wire services CUP QUARTER-FINAL 0 Tranmere 0 London Australia defender Levin Muscat’s penalty was saved as First Division Millwall were held b-0 at home by Second Division tranmere Rovers in their FA Cup 9Uarter-final yesterday. Muscat’s 65th-minute spot kick tipped over the bar by TranmereWire services - 252 words
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Article, Illustration526 2004-03-08 39 Wire services Jjfsenal’s stunning even Portsmouth fans applauding 3.. p CUP QUARTER-FINAL Or tsmouth 1 Arsenal 5 At the end of a e e k that saw three Premiership players c i G( 1 in Spain on serious sexual assault ar ges, English football was badlyWire services; AP - 526 words
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Article103 2004-03-08 39 GOLF AP DUBAI Mark O’Meara won his first official tournament in almost six years yesterday, shooting a three-under-par 69 to win the US$2 million (553.4 million) Dubai Desert Classic by one stroke over Paul McGinley. The 47-year-old O’Meara’s last title was the 1998 British Open. McGinley cardedAP - 103 words
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Article118 2004-03-08 39 ATHLETICS AFP BUDAPEST Allen Johnson won the 60m hurdles at the World Indoor Championships, beating China’s 20-year-old Liu Xiang down to a silver medal. The 3 3-year-old American, who won the 110 m hurdles gold in the 1996 Olympics, looked vulnerable in the semi-final when he finishedAFP - 118 words
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Article108 2004-03-08 39 BASKETBALL AP SEGUNDO, California Kobe Bryant could be sidelined for up to a month with a sprained right shoulder, the same injury that kept the Los Angeles Lakers’ star guard out for six games two months ago. He also had off season surgery to repair tom tissueAP - 108 words
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