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Title Section10 2004-04-14 1 Streats WEDNESDAY, APRIL 14, 2004 E-mall: streats@sph.com.sg mita (p> 196/03/200410 words
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Article533 2004-04-14 1 Chua Kong Ho - Wage bill cut 28%, operating budget down 10% over 2002’s figures By Chua Kong Ho THE Housing Board has emerged a leaner statutory board from last year’s restructuring exercise which saw it release a third of its employees. The move reduced its estimated wage533 words
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228 2004-04-14 1 -AFP SHANGHAI An online buyer has paid nine million yuan (Ssl.B million) for a cellphone number on a Chinese auction site. A deal for the number 135 8585 8585, which sounds in Mandarin like “let me be rich, be rich, be rich, be rich”,-AFP - 228 words
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Advertisement73 2004-04-14 1 WEDNESDAY, APRIL 14, 2004 E-mail: streats@sph.com.sg mita (p> 196/03/2004 »> small girl, BIG WAVES M M"Only 10, swimmer Shana Lim is such a high performer that her coach rates her better than Joscelin Yeo^ SB SHARE YOUR PAPER Woman music exec holds 51% share in Air Asia’s S’pore joint venture73 words
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Article, Illustration435 2004-04-14 2 Ex-miUionaire-tumed-sandwich-seller gets set for Thai IPO KUALA LUMPUR Many of you would have heard of the origin of the sandwich. And how it was invented almost 250 years ago by the Earl of Sandwich who would sit at the gaming table for hours without435 words
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170 2004-04-14 2 -AFP JAKARTA Indonesian police have been told to stop cooperating with TV reporters making “reality” crime programmes because they focus too much on police brutality, a report said yesterday. On March 30, national police headquarters told regional commands to stop taking-AFP - 170 words
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Article, Illustration466 2004-04-14 3 Chua Kong Ho - Warner Music MD is 51% stakeholder, but her involvement is downplayed by carrier By Chua Kong Ho MS KATHLEEN TAN Kim Lan, Warner Music Singapore’s managing director, has turned out to be the mystery Singapore partner in Air Asia’s Singapore joint venture airline. The466 words
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Article256 2004-04-14 4 Ho Lian-Yi - Most students discharged after outpatient treatment By Ho Lian-Yi THE Health Ministry is investigating the cause of some 75 National Police Cadet Corps members falling ill after having a catered meal at the Police Academy on April 3. They were part of an 800-strong256 words
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Article, Illustration559 2004-04-14 4 Ho Lian-Yi - Streats Briton Eileen Boswell who made Spore her home dies after spending her lifetime helping the poor and homeless here By Ho Lian-Yi THE poor and homeless in post-war Singapore occupied much of Mrs Eileen Boswell’s time when she arrived from England soon559 words
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Article, Illustration375 2004-04-14 6 Computer Associates’ price has doubled since 2003 NEW YORK Wall Street analysts and investors are still betting on Computer Associates despite a federal criminal investigation of the firm and the company’s chairman and chief executive, Mr Sanjay Kumar (pictured). And testimony of this comes375 words
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239 2004-04-14 6 Choong Choon Yee - By_ Choong Choon Yee FIVE existing lounge areas in the void decks of Housing Board blocks will be spruced up for the comfort of residents as part of a new community programme launched by the Cold Storage Group. The year-long “Community239 words
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128 2004-04-14 10 BUZZSTOP SINGAPORE workers know that they must be nimble, adaptable and competitive. Seven in 10 of the 2,500 local employees polled in a joint study last August were prepared to accept pay cuts if their companies were not doing well,128 words
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Article, Illustration58 2004-04-14 10 A Malaysian soldier trying out Steyr’s new AUGA3 rifle during the Defence Services Asia (DSA) Exhibition in Kuala Lumpur yesterday. Malaysia has signed a deal with Austrian gunmaker Steyr-Mannlicher to manufacture the new assault rifle, a move the Malaysian government says advances its plan to make the countryAP - 58 words
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129 2004-04-14 10 Charges under review THE already-controversial trial of Father Joachim Kang took an unexpected twist yesterday, when he indicated that he may plead guilty today to embezzling $5.1 million of church funds. After a closed-door session with the prosecution and district judge yesterday, defence lawyer129 words
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Article148 2004-04-14 10 A third case on the way to mediation TWO out of six cases of unfair trade practices occuring last month have been resolved, with the aggrieved customers receiving compensation, the Consumers Association of Singapore (Case) said yesterday. A third case is on its way to being148 words
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Article147 2004-04-14 10 Sars compensation claims -ap THE Hong Kong government said yesterday that it could face up to HK$542 million (S$ 116 million) in worker's compensation payouts for doctors and nurses infected by Sars during the territory's outbreak. The Labour Department said that it had received-ap - 147 words
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Article90 2004-04-14 10 THE Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore (Iras) said yesterday that 600,000 out of 1.56 million taxpayers almost four in 10 taxpayers have yet to send in their tax returns, The Straits Times reports today. And it also said that of those who have, 71 per cent90 words
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Article90 2004-04-14 10 THE Inter-Ministerial Committee (IMC) on the Ageing Population, led by Minister Lim Hng Kiang, wants to hear your views on ageing issues such as employability and eldercare services. Those keen to participate in dialogue sessions should also inform the IMC secretariat by Oct 13. You can send90 words
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Article107 2004-04-14 10 -AFP TWO senior members of Myanmar’s democratic opposition, Mr Aimg Shwe and Mr U Lwin, were released from house arrest yesterday after nearly a year in detention, a party official said. “Yes, they are free but we have not seen each other yet,” said Mr Than Tun,-AFP - 107 words
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Article85 2004-04-14 10 Reuters WHEN Hongkonger Chan Tin Hon, 22, hung up his cellphone yesterday, it exploded. Local television station Cable TV showed his phone, a Nokia 3310, in tatters. A Nokia spokesman said that they were investigating. “We’re trying to get hold of the product for technical testing,”Reuters - 85 words
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Article443 2004-04-14 12 ChuaKongHo - MAS wants managers to give performance details By ChuaKongHo THE Monetary Authority of Singapore has proposed that managers of hedge funds must update investors every three months on the funds’ performance, a move that will throw more light on a normally secretive industry.443 words
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Article, Illustration78 2004-04-14 12 Infosys Technologies chairman and chief mentor Narayana Murthy had reason to smile yesterday. India’s second largest software exporter became the first listed IT company to breach the US$l billion (Ssl.7 billion) revenue mark. Net profit rose 29 per cent to 12.4 billion rupees (***** million) in the yearAP - 78 words
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213 2004-04-14 12 Bloomberg SINGAPORE Temasek Holdings Pte, the Singapore Government’s investment arm, said that it is interested in further investments in Malaysia while declining to comment on a report that it is interested in a stake in Alliance Bank Malaysia Bhd. “Whenever there are– Bloomberg - 213 words
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Article194 2004-04-14 12 Consumer Act seminar on April 2 6 ADVERTISING agencies, media owners, businesses and consumers are to meet soon to study the implications and impact of the Consumer Protection (Fair Trading) Act. The seminar, Fair Trading You, will be held on April 26 from 9am to lpm at the Singapore Press194 words
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Article71 2004-04-14 12 Bloomberg SINGAPORE United Test and Assembly Centre (Utac), Singapore’s second-largest provider of computer chip-testing services, said that it will buy Ultra Tera Corp for $794 million in stock to expand in Taiwan. Utac will exchange 1.6 of its shares for each Ultra Tera share, it said in– Bloomberg - 71 words
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Article88 2004-04-14 12 Bloomberg SINGAPORE Singapore Airlines Ltd said that it agreed to sell eight of its Boeing 747-400 passenger aircraft as it strives to use the most modem planes. The identities of the two buyers and the prices offered were not disclosed. The company will deliver the planesBloomberg - 88 words
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Article1159 2004-04-14 13 Over the past seven weeks, readers were invited to send in their queries. Here are the replies to some of them if EmpText 1. How often are the research reports updated? A: The research reports are uploaded by the participating research firms directly onto the website, via an1,159 words
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402 2004-04-14 15 STI: 1,895.51 2.76 Markets hopeful of strong US corporate earnings Wire services TokyoExpectations of robust US corporate earnings sent stocks climbing in Asia and Europe yesterday. Japan’s stock benchmarks rose to their highest since August 2001. The Nikkei-225 Stock Average added 0.7 per centWire services - 402 words
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Article, Illustration346 2004-04-14 16 SEC, justice department to study firm’s activities Reuters ATLANTA Coca-Cola’s general counsel, Mr Deval Patrick (pictured), has resigned, marking another high-level management change for the world’s largest soft drink maker as it faces US probes into its business practices. Coke chairman and chief executiveReuters; AP - 346 words
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Article420 2004-04-14 18 Biggest US pension fond to withhold votes for Citigroup chairman, directors of Coca-Cola and 10 other firms Bloomberg NEW YORK The California Public Employees’ Retirement System (Calpers) will withhold votes to reelect Citigroup Inc chairman Sanford Weill and directors at Coca-Cola Co and 10– Bloomberg - 420 words
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Article, Illustration588 2004-04-14 21 German carmaker starts dishing out incentives to revive flagging sales AFP NEW YORK For a long time, Volkswagen sought to stay on the sidelines of Detroit’s so-called incentives war, stressing the product over “the deal”. But with its US sales in steady decline,– AFP; AFP - 588 words
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Article, Illustration792 2004-04-14 22 ADELINE WOON - By ADELINE WOON NEVER let it be said that our boys in blue ever lose sight of their mission to fight crime. Last week, an upstairs’ neighbour’s bamboo pole for hanging out laundry fell. It landed outside our bedroom window, wedged at an awkward792 words
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Article391 2004-04-14 24 THE report, “Inhalers may aggravate asthma” (Streats, April 12), has caused concern among patients as well as healthcare professionals over the use of salbutamol in the management of asthma. We would like to put the issue in the correct perspective. The study referred to in your391 words
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Article270 2004-04-14 26 SOCIAL divisions, according to financial class, have never been starker in our society where children’s education is concerned. ACS International and Hwa Chong are slated to become private come January next year. But only students whose parents can afford the $15,000 a year or270 words
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102 2004-04-14 26 CAN you imagine a pregnant woman standing in the MRT from Jurong East to City Hall with no kind soul offering her a seat? And what about the sight of a pregnant woman stepping into a compartment and suddenly those seated are glued102 words
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Article78 2004-04-14 26 I DISAGREE with Jeffrey Law’s point in the letter, “Sports heads must have relevant experience (Streats, April 13), about it being odd for someone who has never stepped into a boxing ring to lead the boxing association. Leadership is about As long as we have people78 words
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400 2004-04-14 28 Iraq kidnap wave continues with four Italians the latest being taken hostage Wire services BAGHDAD US troops yesterday released a representative of antiAmerican cleric Moqtada A 1 Sadr after briefly detaining him. Mr Hazem A 1 Aaraji, who is also an outspoken anti-US cleric,– Wire services - 400 words
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Article, Illustration244 2004-04-14 28 -AP BEIJING Seven Chinese men kidnapped by gunmen in Iraq have been released in good spirits and some of them want to forge ahead with plans to open a construction business there despite their ordeal, the Chinese government said yesterday. The announcement that the men were released-AP; AFP - 244 words
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Article, Illustration270 2004-04-14 30 Couples who are single children themselves can have another baby Xinhua SHANGHAI China’s largest city, Shanghai, is to implement a new population policy tomorrow that will make it a bit easier for some locals to have a second child, China Daily said yesterday. The new Shanghai■ Xinhua; AP - 270 words
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Article, Illustration240 2004-04-14 30 Reuters SEOUL She may wince now with pain from shaking the hands of so many voters, but South Korean opposition party leader Park Geun Hye could yet emerge from next week’s parliamentary election with a smile. Political analysts say that her conservative– Reuters; Reuters - 240 words
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399 2004-04-14 32 Pakistani nuclear pioneer claims to have seen 3 devices WASHINGTON Dr Abdul Qadeer Khan, the Pakistani scientist who sold nuclear technology around the world, has told his Pakistani interrogators that he was shown three nuclear devices by the North Koreans, the New York Times399 words
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Article, Illustration175 2004-04-14 32 AP TAIPEI Taiwanese VicePresident Annette Lu yesterday said that it was a miracle that she survived an election-eve shooting, but that she suffered a “second blow” from conspiracy theories about the unexplained attack. “What I regret most was not the shooting itself but the suspicions raised byAP; Reuters - 175 words
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219 2004-04-14 32 KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia’s ill-treatment of scores of Indian IT professionals during a police raid last March remains a sore point among Indian nationals there who claim that the country is neither giving them the respect nor remuneration they deserve. Many of these expatriates stick219 words
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Article372 2004-04-14 34 Turks want him sacked for his views on women KOTANDUZU, Turkey A hardline imam who ordered women to don full chadors and instructed their husbands to force them to remain indoors if they refused to comply has been boycotted by his village. Villagers in the community372 words
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Article, Illustration47 2004-04-14 34 Bangkok’s first subway began rolling yesterday in an inaugural public trial. The subway line, built at a cost of US$2.5 billion (Ss4.l billion) by two multinational consortiums, includes 18 stations stretching 20km from the northern suburbs to the edge of bustling Chinatown AFPAFP - 47 words
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295 2004-04-14 36 SCIENTISTS say that eating soya can help prevent men from developing prostate cancer and from going bald. The team, led by Professor Robert Handa from Colorado State’s College of Veterinary Medicine, experimented on rats and found that the digestion of soya causes a295 words
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119 2004-04-14 36 STRESS doesn’t just hurt your health through lifestyle factors such as a poor diet or smoking. Rsearchers say that it actually affects the brain, which may in turn affect a person’s ability to heed health warnings, reported BBC News online yesterday. Stress shrinks the119 words
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Article, Illustration718 2004-04-14 38 Blues guitarist Harry Manx tells GREGORYLEOWof how his music gained soul MKk .i ilMlih '■lllllßlft HARRY Manx spent most of his life never truly understanding the blues despite having had a love for it for close to 25 years. It was only after a cultural journey later inwww.harrymanx. com. - 718 words
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Article, Illustration174 2004-04-14 40 POOR Chew Chor Meng (pictured). The Media Corp actor was recently labelled a difficult artiste to work with by radio station Love 97.2. At a press conference on Monday, Chew said that Media Corp would be looking into the matter. According to Lianhe Zaobao yesterday, Chew was174 words
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Article, Illustration131 2004-04-14 40 DON’T miss the debate between students and Acting Health Minister Khaw Boon Wan tonight on new programme i-Contact, at 7.30 pm on Channel i. The six-part series, lasting an hour each week, was launched last week and is hosted by senior correspondent and STTV newscaster Arnold131 words
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Article, Illustration92 2004-04-14 40 NOW, you can sign for your meal and get a 10 per cent discount at Sushi Tei using the same card. The new co-branded JCB International and Sushi Tei credit card, issued by United Overseas Bank, can be used at Sushi Tei outlets, not92 words
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Article, Illustration365 2004-04-14 42 Sarah Ng - By, Sarah Ng FOR the first time in its fouryear history, the Singapore Fashion Festival will have its very own hair show. To be held today at Ngee Ann City’s Civic Plaza (7.30 pm), the show will feature a two-hour hair extravaganza that showcases the latestAFP - 365 words
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Article, Illustration149 2004-04-14 42 Triumph The art of seduction: A lingerie show only for women, at Tent N Orchard tomorrow at 8p Admission: $lO with k purchase at Triumph §1 counters. Julien Macdonald’s Autumn/Winter 2004/2005 collection (pictured): At Tent Orchard, on Friday at 7pm- Tickets for dinner and show149 words
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Article, Illustration117 2004-04-14 43 is bracing itself Another Hearllv West 1 6 v irus season die onset of arr,ler weather oll ds mosquitoes )u^ing. Last year, °Usands of e ricans were te cted with the e adly disease, lc h presents Nflu-hke reports Je °land.com i 1 Singapore, ho *ers> Pic Ashleigh Sim - 117 words
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Article, Illustration54 2004-04-14 43 Channel U Mil Gran crooner Fei Yu Qing’s special Tr. st tQ night is Taiwanese pop star e n Hsu. He’s known for his f er green tunes and she’s known for |h e Wee Py ballads, which could make lr duets a force54 words
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Article40 2004-04-14 43 9pm, Channel i A circuit court judge goes to a frontier planet that has never had a judicial system. His first trial is that of an alien accused of being in an attack which killed several humans.40 words
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Article, Illustration53 2004-04-14 43 SHANTYFOLLOW THAT DREAM Tomorrow till May 1, Bpm Jubilee Hall (Raffles Hotel) Tickets from $2B to $4O at Sistic It’s 60s Talentime meets Pop Idol in Theatre Works’ new production which celebrates the dreams, naivety, passion and youthful energy of four dreamers from different backgrounds, in their quest for53 words
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Article65 2004-04-14 43 SINGAPORE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Friday and Saturday, 7-3Opm Esplanade Concert Hall Tickets from $l2 to $74.75 at Sistic Gunther Herbig conducts the SSO in Wagner’s Siegfried Idyll, Op 103 and Mozart’s Symphony No 36 while Russian pianist Nikolai Demidenko performs Brahms’ Second Piano Concerto. Typical of Brahms’ self-deprecating humour, he65 words
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Miscellaneous476 2004-04-14 43 Yourdailyhoroscope f 3 AQUARIUS JAN2O-FEB 18 FEB 19-MAR 20 by Kelli Fox atAstrology.com ARIES W MAR2I-APR 19 You remain tricky and elusive. The Aquarian brand of genius isn’t for everyone. In your quest to tickle your own fancy, you could break someone else’s heart. For now, at least, none of476 words
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Article, Illustration630 2004-04-14 44 f Lim Han Ming - Shana, 10, bags nine golds from 10 events making her the swimmer to watch By f Lim Han Ming WATCH this name Shana Lim (below). She may be only 10 years old, but she is already making big waves in the pool. The precocious talent fromFrancis Lee - 630 words
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355 2004-04-14 44 Gary Lim - By Gary Lim HE arrived at Tanjong Pagar amidst much fanfare. But six matches into the season, Senegalese striker Nicodeme Boucher, plagued by a knee injury, could be on his way home. The 37-year-old played just two of those six S-League matches and scored one355 words
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Article, Illustration576 2004-04-14 45 GODFREY ROBERT - Tee-off with Godfrey By GODFREY ROBERT IT SEEMS that he was destined to take U P a golfing career. Not as a professional, but as someone whose life revolves around the game. As a marketing and sales executive with the Taylor Made golf equipment brand, Samuel: AshUilfih Sim - 576 words
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Article, Illustration490 2004-04-14 46 Lim Han Ming - His form has been patchy, but bowler confident of qualifying for World Cup By Lim Han Ming FROM red hot to lukewarm. That’s how much Remy Ong’s (left) form has cooled off in a year. He was allconquering at the 2002 Asian Games in Busan,490 words
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Article77 2004-04-14 46 BASKETBALL AFP DENVER The Denver Nuggets clinched their first National Basketball Association playoff berth in nine seasons on Monday, with a 97-89 victory over the Sacramento Kings, -afp Other results Miami 84 Boston 77 Cleveland 93 Milwaukee 89 Atlanta 129 New Jersey 107 Detroit 101 Washington 79AFP - 77 words
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Article50 2004-04-14 46 FOOTBALL -AFP SHANGHAI Budding Chinese teenager Hao Junmin, 17, will undergo a two-week trial at Chelsea, the player’s club Tianjin Teda said yesterday. Said Zhang Yifeng, general manager of Tianjin Teda: “He arrived at Chelsea on Monday, and that’s all I can tell you for now.” afp-AFP - 50 words
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Article, Illustration484 2004-04-14 47 Beckham’s alleged lover’s nude photos appear in British papers Wire services LONDON England football captain David Beckham’s latest alleged lover has paraded topless in yesterday’s British newspapers. Malaysia-born Sarah Marbeck (below) from Australia has left on only shoes and fishnet tights in a series of snaps publishedWire services; Novena Square - 484 words
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Article270 2004-04-14 47 MANCHESTER Ruud van Nistelrooy dimissed reports yesterday linking him with a post-season move to Barcelona after the Dutchman’s agent met the Spanish club’s president Joan Laporta. Star striker Van Nistelrooy, who has scored 26 goals so far this season, recently signed a contract keeping him270 words
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Article205 2004-04-14 47 Wire services LONDON Claudio Ranieri’s future is unlikely to be resolved at today’s so-called showdown meeting with Chelsea chief executive Peter Kenyon. A definitive decision over whether Ranieri will stay on as Chelsea manager for next season will not be made by the club until– Wire services - 205 words
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211 2004-04-14 47 Wire, services LONDON Liverpool now have only five Premiership games to rescue their season, but will need others to slip up as well if they are to finish fourth. Manager Gerard Houllier has admitted that Monday’s home defeat against Charlton one of their main rivalsWire, services - 211 words
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Miscellaneous63 2004-04-14 46 IN THE LIVING ROOM FOOTBALL: Asian Olympic qualifier: South Korea v Malaysia (Ch 24, 5.55 pm). Uefa Cup q-final, 2nd leg: Villareal v Celtic (Ch 23, tomorrow, 1.55 am), Newcastle v PSV Eindhoven (Ch 22, tomorrow, 2.40 am), Inter Milan v Marseille (Ch2l, tomorrow, 2.40 am), Valencia v Bordeaux (Ch63 words
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