Streats, 16 June 2004

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  • 10 1 Streats WEDNESDAY, JUNE 16, 2004 E-mail: streats@sph„com.sg mita <p> 196/03/2004
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  • 637 1  -  0ne.99 Shop founder says she can now speak with authority on enterprise By Janice Wong MORE than a year after the much-publicised closure of budget retail chain 0ne.99 Shop, its effervescent founder Nanz Chong is still as driven and hopeful as ever. The business failure has
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    • 176 1 0 2 JUN 2005 A F 0 PAPER 3 J 6'// <?% W «(V 3f WEDNESDAY, JUNE 16, 2004 E-mail: streats@sph.com.sg mita (p> 196/03/2004 V si HORTER NATIONAL SERVICE Those with rank of corporal and above will serve two instead of two-and-a-half years page 2 “Because of the enjoyable experiences
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  • Morning Rush
    • 551 2  -  Battle-readiness not affected as better technology makes shorter training possible: Chee Hean By_ Khtishwant Singh BETTER technology and new concepts of military warfare have enabled the Singapore Armed Forces to shorten the training time for national servicemen by six
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    • 352 3  -  By_ Yeo GhimLay NATIONAL servicemen training under the sun might soon get some relief if Associate Professor Li Baowen’s wish comes true. Prof Li, 40, from the National University of Singapore (NUS), has been researching the control of heat flow since 1997. In
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    • 556 3  -  UK operator says it can help fight illegal gambling B y Tan Kim Han WANT to stop illegal football betting? No problem, said gaming operator Betfair, the UK’s No 1 online betting company. “We have the expertise, technology and liquidity to help governments here
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    • 200 3 KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia will deploy its version of the US Coast Guard to maintain security in the Malacca Straits. The new uniformed maritime agency will act as a law enforcement body in peace time and a combat unit during war, Minister in
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    • 452 4 Tokyo man files civil suit for $157 in damages after reading article accusing PM of rape TOKYO Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi is being sued for a rape that the Gendai tabloid magazine claimed he had committed. But he has dismissed the allegation as totally
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    • 376 6  -  Combined IT event features new-fangled cellphones Reports by Christopher Lim A SLEW of new products was unveiled at the combined iX2004, BroadcastAsia2oo4, CommunicAsia2oo4 and EntrepriselT2oo4 exhibitions yesterday. Sing Tel announced a new mobile music download service called Radio Fusion, which allows music to be streamed
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    • 201 6 SINGAPORE plans to develop an integrated IT platform for trade and logistics. Dr Lee Boon Yang (pictured third from right), Minister for Information, Communication and the Arts, who announced this yesterday, said: “There is great potential to join up these islands of computerisation
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    • 128 8 BUZZSTOP A BUILDING sub-contractor who claims he is owed hundreds of thousands of dollars for work done on HDB upgrading yesterday removed nearly $20,000 worth of steelworks from an uncompleted project in Toa Payoh. Mr Patrick Lai said he took matters into his
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    • 148 8 Unemployment rate still 4.5% Reuters MORE Singaporeans lost jobs in the first quarter of 2004 than in the previous three months, despite a strong economic recovery, the Government said yesterday. Job losses rose 6.4 per cent in the first quarter from the fourth quarter of
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    • 162 8 JB womans death sparks crackdown RIOT police armed with guns and truncheons are on the streets of Kuala Lumpur and other Malaysian cities to combat the growing number of snatch thefts. The move comes in the wake of a recent case in which a theft
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    • 59 8 M&Ms, the maker of those famous multi-coloured chocolate bits, goes black and white for the first time in 60 years. First launched in the US last December, the monochrome buttons will be available here for a limited period from June 23. Special packs will be sold at
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    • 141 8 SINGAPORE Exchange “policeman” Alan Shaw is bowing out to return to his native Australia in August “for family-based reasons”. As the head of the risk management and regulation group for the last three years, Mr Shaw has overseen issues such as market manipulation
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    • 90 8 JAKARTA landing rights for Singaporebased Valuair have been approved, one month after the budget airline was forced to cancel its scheduled maiden flight to the Indonesian capital. The Indonesian Ministry of Transportation said that the approval was granted on Monday. -The ministry’s director of air traffic,
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    • 93 8 -afp THE Philippine government and Muslim separatist rebels have agreed to collaborate to eradicate Jemaah Islamiah and other terror groups in the country, a statement said yesterday. The Muslim separatist Moro Islamic Liberation Front also assured the government in ongoing peace talks that it was “taking
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    • 91 8 KOREAN technology giant LG Electronics was ranked the best IT company in the world, with revenues of U 5529,909 billion (5551.5 billion) and a growth rate of 66 per cent, according to a Business Week Survey of the world’s best IT companies. America Movil, Mexico’s
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    • 106 8 -AFP A MUSLIM schoolgirl in Britain who launched a legal battle to be allowed to wear Islamic dress in the classroom lost her case yesterday. A London High Court judge ruled that 15-year-old Shabina Begum did not have a legal right to wear a jilbab, a
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  • Financial
    • 467 10  -  Maker of Infernal Affairs plans to increase number of projects Chua Kong Ho MEDIA Asia Entertainment Group, the Hong Kong-based movie studio behind the successful Infernal Affairs trilogy, is looking at a “moderate increase” in the number of films it will make in the
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    • 245 10 Bloomberg SINGAPORE DBS Group Holdings Ltd, Singapore’s biggest bank by assets, said that its Hong Kong unit hired Standard Poor’s to provide its clients with independent research on funds, the first Asian bank to make such a move. The Singapore-based lender, which
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    • 152 10 Ho Uan-Yi SINGAPORE Things are finally looking up, said Addvalue Technologies chairman Colin Chan. The chief executive officer of the loss-making mainboard-listed digital, wireless and broadband communications services provider announced that restructuring efforts to create a steady revenue stream have almost ended, and they are finally seeing
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    • 114 10 Ho Uan-YI SINGAPORE Juniper Networks confirmed its intentions to expand beyond “core” routing into the “customer edge” with its announcement of two new products yesterday. This follows its acquisition of Net Screen Technologies, a network security provider, two months ago. The J-series Services router and the NetScreen-SGT
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    • 105 10 Reuters SINGAPORE Singapore Airlines yesterday said that it filled 65.7 per cent of its passenger and cargo capacity in May, better than the 63.6 per cent in May last year. It filled 68.2 per cent of its seats in May, down from 72.3 per cent
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    • 306 12 Bloomberg NEW YORK Last year, for the first time, Las Vegas conventions generated more revenue for the local economy, US$6.5 billion (Ssl 1 billion), than the US$6.l billion that gambling gave casinos. Visitors flocked to Las Vegas as lower room rates and more convention space
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    • 119 14 -AFP THEGU, India An Indian bank, which operates what it bills as the world’s highest ATM in Sikkim, is hoping that the cash dispenser will ring in business once a trade route to China is reopened. The automatic teller machine, set up at
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    • 548 14 After 15 years of testing and s3b spent, JR Central’s line still not built yet Reuters TOKYO It’s not as fast as a speeding bullet, but it is the fastest thing on rails. Or rather, just above the rails. Japan’s so-called maglev train, which
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    • 27 14 STI: 1,820.50 6.44 AS AT JUNE IS US$: 551.718 Ss: RM2.212 553.114 Ss: HK54.539 EURO: 552.070 Ss: 23.86 BAHT Ss: 64.57 YEN Ss: 5,471 RUPIAH
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    • 508 16 Manufacturers there face rising wages, utilities bill Reuters HONG KONG Factories in the Pearl River Delta, the heart of China’s export engine, are considering closing shop and relocating in pursuit of cheaper labour and lower running costs. But the shift is not expected to
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  • Comment
    • 595 18  - Pinnacle why the hype? By VINCE CHONG The Business Times QUITE understandably, the Housing and Development Board is eager to see its latest offering, the Pinnacle@Duxton, get off the ground with as much aplomb as possible, but has the statutory board been over-enthusiastic with its advertising and showflat campaign? On
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  • Vocal
    • 223 20 I WAS at the public swimming pool in Tampines on Sunday for a swim, but ended up leaving the place in disgust. The area was packed with kids and it was obvious many of them had made the pool water intolerably dirty. There was evidence that
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    • 114 20 I WENT to the zoo recently to renew my FOZ (friend of the zoo) membership and got an unpleasant surprise. I was told that the zoo now only renews memberships for family units, that is, two adults and two children. What about the singles? Are they
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    • 180 20 WRITERS to Streats who recently expressed views about the standard of local football must remember that the game is played by a team of 11 men or women. It is not like other sports such as badminton, swimming and bowling in which the individual shines. Even
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    • 80 20 IN his letter, “Make players full-time pros” (Streats, June 15), MrTeo Kueh Liang suggested having full-time national players on the payroll of the Football Association of Singapore, in order to lift the standard of the game here. Mr Teo also mentioned that most of the national
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    • 167 20 I NOTICE that television advertisements on road safety recently showed a motorcyclist riding dangerously, weaving in and out of lanes and then losing control of the vehicle. This is a biased view of this category of road user. Motorcyclists are not always at fault when they
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    • 332 22 I REFER to the report “UK to clone human embryo” (Streats, June 14), in which it was stated that using human embryos to cure diseases would invoke a storm of protest. At the heart of the matter, where religion is concerned, is the feeling that
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    • 111 22 I WAS in a City Cab taxi between 8.20 am and 8.47 am on June 12 when I saw the driver tear a piece of paper, roll it up and proceed to poke it in his ear. While thus engaged, he was controlling the steering wheel
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    • 60 22 THE Bukit Panjang bicycle track upgrading programme, which was started last year, is a bit of an eyesore. The upgrading was carried out on one side of the track by the canal. It has new pavements and shrubbery. But on the other side of the canal, no upgrading
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  • Global
    • 318 24 Business interest ofmostwillbe protected: Beijing -AFP BEIJING China yesterday sought to reassure Taiwanese businessmen that they would not suffer harassment for their political views, with a major state newspaper saying that “most” of them had nothing to fear. In the first official comment on
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    • Article, Illustration
      55 24 A US Army soldier showing off a redesigned combat uniform, unveiled on Monday. Its digital camouflage pattern is supposed to blend into an urban environment as easily as in the desert or woodlands. It has no buttons, only zippers and velcro fastners for everything from unit patches to
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    • 248 24 Reuters BEIJING China will demolish far fewer buildings this year to reduce widespread and sometimes violent protests by occupants that the government sees as destabilising. The clampdown on destruction of old buildings also would help check over-investment in new construction, a key cause of economic
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    • 130 24 JAKARTA Work on Indonesia’s US$6OO million (551.03 billion) monorail system is likely to worsen traffic jams for the next two years, the Jakarta Post reported yesterday. In an editorial, the paper said that the construction is likely to further clog the city’s already jammed
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      44 26 Indonesian boys trying to pull out coins embedded in a fruit coated with motor oil during a festival yesterday, marking the 47th birthday of the capital, Jakarta. Though the city's official birthday is on June 22, the festivities have already begun AFP
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    • 281 26 Reuters BANGKOK The discovery of hidden microphones in a press room at Thailand’s telecoms ministry has caused an uproar, with local media accusing the government of spying on journalists and violating press freedom. A national watchdog urged the government yesterday to investigate the incident
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    • 150 26 -AFP HONG KONG Female backpackers in Hong Kong were put on alert yesterday after two young British travellers were raped in a remote country park, shocking the normally safe former British colony. The two women, aged 21 and 23, were attacked and raped at
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    • 423 27 Iraqi interim PM expects M prisoner transfer soon -AP BAGHDAD Iraq’s interim prime minister said on Monday that the United States would hand over deposed Iraqi president Saddam Hussein and all other detainees to Iraq’s new government over the next two weeks, as the
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    • 207 27 Reuters Riyadh Six Saudi preachers seen as influential with Islamic extremists Yesterday denounced attacks on Westerners as a “grave sin” under Islam. “The bombings and killings have revolted people and hurt individuals and their property, and no one with the slightest
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    • 98 27 Stricken with life-threatening illnesses, will these children find hope amidst their struggle between life and death? J ‘VS fs r V, m mm V M y 71 mi; *T* tr c *?l c 4 ti'm <*• wm m 3» m*W *****8 Ĕ .«±9A -*B*l I Starts 16 June Monday to
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  • Medical
    • 362 28 PORTLAND, Maine A baker who lost nearly half his customers to America’s low-carbohydrate Atkins diet craze has tapped author Dan Brown’s best-selling novel for an alternative called the Da Vinci Diet that he hopes will bring people back to bread. A little math theory kneaded with
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  • EasyStreats
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      643 30 American Idol’s Ryan Seacrest is good-looking, talented and the host of the most popular show on television. And he doesn’t like Simon Cowell, as LEONG SU-LIN finds out SO you think that the banter between American Idol host Ryan Seacrest and judge Simon Cowell is just part of
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    • 433 30  -  By 1 Zubaidah Nazeer BRACE yourself, Singapore. William Hung is coming to town. He will join local comedians Kumar, Selena Tan, Norleena Salim, Irene Ang and Hossan Leong in a onenight Comedy 4 U event at the Esplanade Theatre on Sept 12. Part of
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    • 559 32  -  While Jack Neo s latest movie, The Best Bet, scores with a great soundtrack and instantly connects with heartlanders, its shoddy product placement undermines thefilms integrity Broadside By YVONNE KWOK SOME call him Mitsubishi Jack. Others know him as Osama bin Osim. To the public
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    • 80 32 YOU’LL now have more time to pen down your favourite memory of the National Library at Stamford Road. The deadline for the National Library Board’s My Fond Memories book project has been extended from June 30 to Aug 15. The book is due out at
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    • 245 34 KOREAN golden couple Lee Byung Hun and Song Hae Gyo have split up after a courtship that lasted more than one year, reports said yesterday. Song’s managing company confirmed that the couple made the decision to split up in midMay. It said that their muchpublicised romance had affected
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    • 156 34 NICOLE Kidman’s upcoming movie, Birth, which features an intimate scene between her and a 10-year-old boy, is raising eyebrows in Hollywood. In the thriller that she just finished, the Oscar-winning actress bathes in the buff with a boy whom she believes is the reincarnation of her
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    • 122 36 A study presented at the annual meeting of the American Headache Society in Vancouver last week found that 51 per cent of the migraine sufferers studied were sensitive to changes in the weather, such as temperature and barometric f pressure. But it added that there is
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    • Tune in TV & MOVIE NEWS
      • 40 36 10pm, Central Josie works as a domestic helper in Hong Kong to provide a better life for her family, only to find out after several years of absence that her family has fallen apart. Filipino film starring Vilma Santos.
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      • 44 36 7pm, Channel U Wang Xi plays a nonchalant fire fighter who doesn’t display his capability as often as he should. Much of his reticence comes from the unresolved trauma of his wife’s death and he has lost his zest for life.
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    • Happenin’
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        79 36 Asms Today till June 27; 11.30am-Bpm, Monday to Saturday; 12pm-5.30pm on Sunday Utterly Art (208, South Bridge Road, #O2-01, tel 6226-2605) Free A group show by Yee Wai Fong, Frances Allebas, Susie Wong, Geraldine Schubert, Clifford Chua and Jason Wee on the human form, and not necessarily pretty human
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      • 65 36 FLICKER ORCHESTRATED Saturday, Bpm The Substation, Guinness Theatre Tickets at $lO from the Substation box office, tel 6337-7800 A series of films by Guy Sherwin and Lynn Loo, some of which will be accompanied by live digital music by George Chua. The works presented suggest forms of dance, poetry,
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  • Page 36 Miscellaneous
    • 404 36 Yourdailyhoroscope Jp AQUARIUS PISCES Q'%) ARIES JAN2O-FEB 18 N f f xN FEB 19-MAR2O MAR2I -APR 19 There’s not much to complain about in any department unless it’s the universe’s uncanny ability to provide exactly what you want before you knew you wanted it. Buckle your seat belt, and prepare
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    • UEFA Euro 2004 PORTUGAL
      • 545 38 Coach Saez under pressure to keep ineffective Raul on the bench ohovpA GREECE V SPAIN uvbch^ -AFP LISBON Spain coach Inaki Saez is coming under pressure to drop record goalscorer Raul (below) after a poor match in Spain’s Euro 2004 opener and an indifferent season for Real
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      • 209 39 Reuters MOSCOW Russia axed experienced midfielder Alexander Mostovoi from its Euro 2004 squad after he criticised Georgy Yartsev’s coaching methods, a soccer federation official said yesterday. Mostovoi blamed Saturday’s 1-0 loss to Spain on Yartsev’s strenuous training schedule and said Russia was unlikely to qualify
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        503 39 It’s win or bust for the two teams after losing the first match RUSSIA v PORTUGAL Reuters LISBON Portugal spent five years preparing to host its first major football tournament, but its interest in Euro 2004 could be virtually over within five days if it fails to beat
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      • 179 40 -AFP SANTO TIRSO, Portugal Robert Pires believes England has what it takes to make it to the final of Euro 2004 despite coming off second best against France. Pires and company scraped past SvenGoran Eriksson’s side in their Group B opener
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        383 40 Butt out of Euro 2004 after damaging knee ligaments in training o ß qu.b ENGLANDv SWITZERLAND LIVE CH2I (FRIDAY MIDNIGHT) Reuters LISBON England midfielder Nicky Butt’s (above) Euro 2004 campaign is over after he damaged his knee ligaments in training on Monday. A team spokesman said yesterday: “Nicky
        – Reuters; AFP  -  383 words
      • EURO 2004 BRIEFS
        • 118 40 Reuters ZURICH Swiss fans have taken to voodoo to pin down England ahead of their Euro 2004 match tomorrow. “Join in give the English pain in their legs on June 17 against Switzerland,” said a newspaper advertisement which shows an effigy of England captain David Beckham
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        • 146 40 Reuters QUARTEIRA, Portugal Some 200 football fans, many of them English, clashed with police in the Algarve resort town of Albufeira yesterday. Officers from the GNR paramilitary force, some on horseback, intervened after fighting broke out in an area of bars and clubs frequented by
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      • 114 41 Reuters KUALA LUMPUR A Malaysian salesman complained to the Malaysian Chinese Association after his wife confiscated the TV remote control and satellite card for watching Sunday night’s England-France Euro 2004 match. The 46-year-old, identifying himself only as Yap, said that his partner had told him
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        359 41 Santini unfazed by lack of goals from Hemy, Trezeguet g CROATIA v FRANCE (FRIDAY 2.45 AM) Reuters SANTO TIRSO, Portugal France is playing down concerns about strikers Thierry Henry (below left) and David Trezeguet (below right), who were virtually marked out of the game against England. The pair
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      • 104 42 -AFP COPENHAGEN Danish winger Jesper Groenkjaer set off to join his team-mates at Euro 2004 yesterday after being delayed at home following the death of his mother. The 26-year-old was expected to take part in the squad’s training session later yesterday. His mother died
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      • 419 42 Larsson left the team for his child and returned for him g R QurC DENMARK oITALY o/ SWEDEN s BULGARIA o -AP LISBON Two coaches, 120,000 petitioners and a young boy were rewarded when Henrik Larsson (left) scored a pair of brilliant goals to give Sweden
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      • 289 42 Reuters PORTUGAL Italy is known for its slow start, but it needs to find fresh ideas if it is to avoid a fast Euro 2004 exit. Monday’s one-paced display in the goalless Group C draw against Denmark has set alarm bells ringing. Italy coach Giovanni Trapattoni
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    • 288 43 Reuters AUBURN HILLS, Detroit The Los Angeles Lakers say they know what to expect in Game Five of the NBA finals today. Looking to become the first team to claw back from a 1-3 series deficit and lift the title, the Lakers think they know
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    • 213 43 -AFP SOUTHAMPTON, New York Officially Tiger Woods is the world No 1, but on current form nobody not even Woods believes it. Vijay Singh, ranked No 3, and Ernie Els (right), ranked No 2, are all playing better golf this season. This week,
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