Streats, 19 August 2004

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    10 1 Streats THURSDAY, AUGUST 19, 2004 E-mail: streats@sphxom.sg mita <p) 196/03/2004
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    Lock icon Susilo’s dream crushed
    369 1  -  By Lim Han Ming ON ER the past four days, he raised anal apes. With two swift victories that put him three steps from the pinnacle. Ronald Susilo showed that an Olympic medal was achievable. B c: Thai who played his way into the record books. Boonsak
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    Lock icon AVA suspends imports after H5 strain of bird flu found in Kelantan village M’sian poultry ban
    476 1  -  By Lee Choo Kiong SINGAPORE has suspended the import of poultry and poultry products from Malaysia as a precaution against bird flu. The Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority of Singapore (AVA) made this move after
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      184 1 /■oo'ACUVUE airirmm THURSDAY IE COLOURS SHARE YOUR PAPER What is m- getting up to those days? It’s getting naughty s hearer LASIK SUrg er y Private surgeons to review prices Why Konica Minolta’s the choice wm^ y* Johor Bahru to Kuala Lumpur from a From Johor Bahru Kota Kinabalu Kota
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      Lock icon S’pore first stop for top Indian school
      396 4 lIT gets Delhi nod for plan to run programmes abroad NEW DELHI Singapore is set to become the first beneficiary of a move by the internationally renowned Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) to go global. Singapore’s victory comes as India has a year
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      Lock icon Shop at FairPrice and help needy
      280 4  -  By Gregory Leow FROM now on, people who shop at NTUC Fair Price will be doing their bit for charity. In a National Day observance ceremony at Jurong Point yesterday, the supermarket chain launched its biggest charity commitment to the Community Chest since 1988.
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      Lock icon Lasik surgery cost may fall again soon
      488 5  -  Private surgeons to review prices after Tan Tock Seng, NUH lead the way By_ Janice Wong in Hanoi IF you keep watch on Lasik surgery costs in Singapore, here’s something that should catch your eye: The price is expected to fall again soon.
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      Lock icon Viagra adverts in US get naughty
      363 5 NEW YORK Viagra, which has up to now taken a sedate marketing approach, will launch a series of risque advertisements in the US, The New York Times reported yesterday. The ad campaign, with an annual budget of US$lOO million (*****.4 million) has the theme
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      Lock icon Wiranto to re-create Waikiki in Java
      308 6 Failed president wannabe recruits ex-generals for resort venture -AFP JAKARTA Having failed in his bid to become Indonesia’s next leader, former armed forces chief Wiranto has now set his sights on building a Hawaii-like resort at a secluded surf spot, one of his aides
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      Lock icon Nepal blocks roads to Kathmandu
      402 6 -AP KATHMANDU The Nepali capital was largely cut off from the rest of the country yesterday after communist rebels threatened to attack any vehicles travelling on main roads, in a virtual blockade of Kathmandu to press their demands to release jailed guerillas. Roads leading out
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      Lock icon Sadr accepts peace proposal, will leave Najaf: report
      214 6 Wire services BAGHDAD Radical Shi’ite cleric Muqtada A 1 Sadr has accepted a peace plan drafted by the Iraqi National Conference, which would include laying down arms and withdrawing his militia from a holy shrine in the city of Najaf, a delegate
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      Lock icon People should be shown ethical, legal limits: KPMG exec ‘Awareness key to fighting fraud’
      408 8  -  By Christopher Lim HE is male and between 25 and 40 years old. He earns less than $15,000 a year and has completed either secondary school or junior college. He has also been with his company
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      Lock icon S’pore schools take root in Vietnam
      250 8  -  Janice Wong IN HANOI THE school that was formerly Informatics Vietnam got off to a bad start here but is now thriving. Now renamed VSIC (Vietnam Singapore Investment Consultancy), the computer school had reason to celebrate yesterday alongside three other Singapore educational institutions that
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      Lock icon Bosses are getting Pls to spy on their top execs
      140 10 BUZZSTOP SEVERAL big firms in Singapore are hiring private investigators to spy on their top executives to ensure that those who are best placed to commit corporate fraud keep their hands clean, The Straits Times reports today. The chairman of
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      Lock icon 'I DO' AT THE ZOO
      83 10  -  Text and picture by Ng Sor Luan The 38-year-old Komali could soon be one of three Sri Lankan elephants taking part in many weddings in Singapore. This follows a move by Singapore's Zoological Gardens to offer two wildlife-themed wedding packages for couples looking for unique
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      Lock icon Google cuts back on IPO size
      148 10 Share offer to raise $3.2b Reuters GOOGLE Inc slashed the size of its closely watched initial public offering nearly in half to less than US$2 billion (553.4 billion) yesterday, splashing cold water on what has been touted as the hottest Internet IPO in years.
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      Lock icon Manager admits ‘oversights’
      137 10 Nicoll Highway probe THE project manager for the subcontractor in charge of the Circle Line site near Nicoll Highway, Mr William Chee of L&M Geotechnic, yesterday admitted repeatedly to “oversights” on his part, The Straits Times reports today. He told the inquiry into the collapse of the
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      Lock icon Hi-tech IDs for all seamen
      138 10 Global treaty from next year Reuters AN international treaty aimed at preventing terrorists from infiltrating shipping crews will enter into force in February next year, the International Labour Organisation (ILO) said on Tuesday. The pact is aimed at requiring the world’s 1.2 million seafarers to
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      Lock icon Brunei exchange visit
      94 10 SINGAPORE will host the 11th Brunei-Singapore Exchange Visit from today to Saturday. It is part of a series of annual exchanges initiated by then Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong in 1990 to promote interaction between leaders, civil servants and businessmen from both countries in an informal setting.
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      Lock icon Retraining rogue jumbo
      91 10 CHAWANG, the bull elephant that almost gored its keeper to death three years ago, is being trained to be a stud, The Straits Times reports today. The zoo has brought in Ms Gail Laule, an American animal behaviour consultant, to train him using a new system used
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      Lock icon August COEs drop
      89 10 CERTIFICATE of entitlement premiums ended lower again yesterday as the vehicle market continues to slow down and keen competition shaves dealers’ margins, The Straits Times reports today. .The COE for cars up to 1,600 cc closed at $25,797, down from $26,298. The premium for cars above 1,600
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      Lock icon Changi traffic up
      87 10 PASSENGER traffic at Changi Airport last month was at its highest level since last December, The Straits Times reports today. The airport welcomed 2.68 million travellers last month, 26.3 per cent more than July last year which saw 2.12 million travellers. Significantly, this number is higher than
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      Lock icon Pumping up business
      556 12  -  Eco Water is looking to region to grow its sewage and water treatment services, says executive director Ravi Vaidya L 1 L J By Choong Choon Yee SEWAGE and wastewater treatment company Eco Water is on the lookout for more revenue streams to grow its business. It
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      Lock icon SMRT offloads entire stake in Today publisher
      184 12 Wire services SINGAPORE SMRT Corp has sold its 14.56 per cent share in Today newspaper publisher Media Corp Press, the company said yesterday. The stake was sold to Media Corp and Sing Tel, SMRT said. Sing Tel will buy 4.1 per cent of
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      Lock icon '$8b FDI on way'
      86 12 Reuters SINGAPORE The country is on target to get $8 billion in new manufacturing investment commitments this year as firms such as drugs giant Novartis build new plants, Minister for Trade and Industry Lim Hng Kiang said yesterday. Singapore has already received $4.3 billion of fixed
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      Lock icon Datacraft Q3: + 800%
      68 12 Datacraft Q3: 800% Wire services SINGAPORE Datacraft Asia yesterday said that fiscal-third quarter profit rose on higher sales. Net income rose to U *****,000 (*****,328) for the three months ended June 30, or 0.08 of a US cent per share, from U 5543,000, or 0.01 of a US cent, in
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      Lock icon Temasek stake in customer centre
      398 14 GIC buys two branches of South Korean retailer Bloomberg NEW DELHI Singapore investment company Temasek Holdings and Westhridge Capital Corp have bought stakes in ICICI One Source Ltd, a customer-contact centre unit of India’s second-largest bank. ICICI One Source, in an e-mailed statement yesterday, said
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      Lock icon With 90% purchased, APB makes takeover bid for DB Breweries
      235 14 AP SINGAPORE Asia Pacific Breweries (APB), the maker of Tiger Beer, said yesterday that it has acquired over 90 per cent of New Zealand’s DB Breweries, paving the way for a compulsory takeover bid. APB, which previously owned just under
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      Lock icon CAO buys 20% stake in SPC
      328 16  -  $543m acquisition part of China Aviation Oil’s plans to be first overseas Chinese integrated oil company By Choong Choon Yee CHINA Aviation Oil (CAO) is forking out $543 million in cash and warrants for a 20.6 per cent stake in Singapore Petroleum Company (SPC).
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      Lock icon Pertamina won’t pay compensation
      129 16 afp JAKARTA The new head of Indonesia’s state oil firm Pertamina yesterday said that he would defy an order to compensate an internationally backed energy firm, alleging corruption in a project that caused the dispute. Mr Widya Pumama said he had no intention of abiding by
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      Lock icon FOREX RATES
      27 20 *AS AT AUGUST 18 STI: 1,890.68 10.16 US$: 551,714 EURO: 552.112 Ss: RM2.218 Ss: 24.22 BAHT 553.130 Ss: 64.14 YEN Ss: HK54.552 Ss: 5,414 RUPIAH
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      Lock icon GM offers China car loans
      296 20 It is first foreign carmaker to offer credit to locals -Bloomberg SHANGHAI General Motors, the world’s largest automaker, started offering car loans through its finance venture in China, betting that access to credit will help bolster sales in the world’s third-largest vehicle market. GMAC-SAIC Automotive
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      Lock icon Core asset sales: Don’t get weepy, it’s just business
      685 22  -  By WONG WEI KONG The Business Times NON-CORE divestment is well and good. But when a company sells its core business like Nat Steel is doing it raises some fundamental questions. There’s little question that Nat Steel which is selling its
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      Lock icon LTA acting against bill posters
      245 24 I THANK Mr Sim Choon Chye and Mr Steven Lee for their letters giving suggestions on enforcing regulations against illegal advertisements (Streats, Aug 11 and 12). In October last year, we enacted the Street Works (Advertisement on Road Structures, Road Related Facilities and Public Streets)
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      Lock icon Rethink carpark fees at parks
      134 24 IN her letter, “Make parking familyfriendly” (Streats, Aug 18), Ms Cindy Tan advocates a review of car parking charges to assist couples visiting their parents on weekends. The Housing Board should also review its parking charges at recreational parks such as Bishan Park. Fifty cents
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      Lock icon Haikel was just being witty
      274 24 I AGREE with the points raised by Ms Yvonne Kwok in her commentary, “Bring Haikel back” (Streats, Aug 18). Radio deejays are often expected to be “lively” on and off the air. They need to be conversant, jovial, broad-minded, have a good knowledge of general
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      Lock icon Transparency permits informed generosity
      127 24 I AGREE with what Mr See Leong Kit said in his letter, “Charities should reveal pay, perks of top execs” (Streats, Aug 18). I’m particularly impressed by the charity shows that are held to raise funds and the amount kind people are willing to fork out.
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      Lock icon Grating Olympics coverage
      92 24 MY enjoyment of the Olympics has been dampened by the coverage and the presenters on local television. Pronunciations are bad with “Athens” frequently being pronounced as “Airthens”. Grammar is laughable with mistakes such as “the Chinese has” being uttered in excitement every so often. Worse, phrases such
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      Lock icon Oops
      96 24 IN our report, “Cabby wins big in Food Junction draw” (Streats, Aug 18), the picture was incorrectly captioned. It should have read, “From left: Food Junction financial controller Ariana Lim, Mapletree Investments marketing director Susan Sim, Food Junction MD Andrew Fu and GM Jonathan Lee. A line in Ms
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      Lock icon Deng backed Tiananmen action: Li
      351 26 ‘Leader decided to send in troops’ -AFP HONG KONG China s late paramount leader Deng Xiaoping “resolutely backed” the Tiananmen Square massacre 15 years ago, former premier Li Peng has said in a rare commentary on the bloody incident he has long been blamed for.
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      Lock icon Why China’s on alert over Sudan
      342 26 Wire services NICOSIA, Cyprus China, which has invested over US$l.7 billion (552.9 billion) in Sudan’s oil sector, is paying great attention to the humanitarian crisis brewing in the African country’s west Darfur region. China’s stakes there have become so important that Beijing might even
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      Lock icon Chinese tolerate extra-marital affairs: poll
      205 26 AFP NEW YORK Chinese are world leaders in tolerating extra-marital affairs, according to a new survey. Twenty-three per cent of Chinese believe it is all right to have an affair, especially one in which “nobody gets hurt”, according to the survey released this week by
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      Lock icon Thai govt urges fare cut as Bangkok metro traffic dips
      174 28 -AFP BANGKOK The Thai government has urged a fare cut for a new metro system designed to ease Bangkok’s traffic woes after passengers drifted away when a cut-price ticket deal ended, according to reports yesterday. Transport Minister Suriya Jungrungreangkit said
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      Lock icon Thais arrest 2 Muslim teachers
      297 28 Reuters BANGKOK Two Muslim religious teachers have been arrested on suspicion of involvement in a spate of violence in Thailand’s largely Muslim south in which more than 300 people have been killed, the army said yesterday. Nimahamud Haji Samae, a 40-year-old teacher at two religious
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      Lock icon PAS goes man-to-man in election
      359 30 Opposition wants to tread softly to woo ‘sensitive kampung’ voters in Unrno stronghold of Kuala Berang KUALA BERANG Parti Islam SeMalaysia (PAS) strategists are adopting man-to-man marking, a phrase more familiar to sports than politics, in the Kuala Berang by-election. “We are going for the
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      Lock icon BUCKET BABIES
      46 30 A group of leatherback turtle hatchlings seen here in a bucket was released into the sea near the Malaysian town of Kemaman on Tuesday. Scientists have warned that Malaysia is in danger of losing its ocean-roaming leatherback turtles as humans eat their eggs AFP
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      Lock icon Hanoi seeks new ways to curb bird flu
      228 30 Reuters BALI Vietnam is imposing stringent measures to contain a second outbreak of bird flu, which promises to unsettle the poultry and feed industries just as they were showing signs of recovery, a senior Vietnamese trade official said yesterday. Vietnam, where 16
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      323 32 Reuters WASHINGTON Stress tests aimed at detecting blocked arteries in patients may miss more than half the cases of early heart disease, US researchers reported on Tuesday. Scientists found that 56 per cent of patients who breezed through their stress tests in fact had
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      137 32 Reuters CHICAGO Vitamin E supplements ward off colds in the elderly and may help some seniors avoid upper respiratory tract infections that can prove deadly, researchers said on Tuesday. In the study of 617 nursing home patients aged 65 or older, those who
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      600 35 Embracing a giant, gingerly 7 Hollywood wants to tap Microsoft’s expertise in preventing content piracy, but is still wary of being held to ransom by a single technology provider -AP LOS ANGELES Cinema Now Inc, an Internet-based movie service, is a rarity in Hollywood a company that eagerly embraces Microsoft
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      925 36 Two Ma:Moment and For The Pleasure of Seeing Her Again, delve into that which we call motherly love. ZUBAIDAH NAZEERfinds out more from their directors IF, by glancing at the titles of two plays happening this weekend, Ma:Moment and For The Pleasure of Seeing Her Again, you
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        370 37  -  By Sharlene Tan COFFEE AND CIGARETTES Starring Cate Blanchett, Alfred Molina, Bill Murray, Iggy Pop, Roberto Benigni Directed by Jim Jarmusch ©GO©® HAVE you ever sat in a cafe and eavesdropped onto conversations at the nearby tables? It’s something many are guilty of this writer included.
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        331 37  -  By Sharlene Tan WATERCOLOUR artist Wong Chor Yee wants to capture glimpses of a Singapore almost forgotten. “There are a lot of interesting things in Singapore that we may have overlooked in the daily hustle and bustle of life,” she told Streats. “In Paris they have
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        297 37  -  Gregory Leow ALIEN VERSUS PREDATOR Starring Sanaa Lathan, Raoul Bova, Ewen Bremmer Directed by Paul W S Anderson ©GO®® AFTER four Alien films and two Predator films, both with an R2l rating, one would have expected Alien Versus Predator (AVP) to be in the same vein.
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        565 39  -  ALA ■I By, Sharon Soh PART of Shirley Tay’s excellent Peranakan cooking stems from her early training under a hawk-eyed matriarch. Even as a young girl, Shirley was roped in to help prepare arduous family recipes. At the slightest mistake, such as not pounding the rempah (spice
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        399 40  -  By Sharlene Tan SOME buy them for the design and aesthetics, others for the storyline. And then there are those who hope to cash in on their possible future value. The comic book industry is booming, with collectors in the United States racking up US$2OO million (***** million)
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        92 40 I Acid-free cardboard backing boards, which cost about 30 cents each, help to retard the ageing process. The ones retailing at some comic book stores are already cut to size. Comic books should also be kept in the plastic sleeves that retailers provide. Comics Mart sells them at
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      117 41 Nestle has blamed bad weather for first-half profits of 2.84 billion Swiss francs (553.9 billion), which missed market forecasts, BBC Online reported yesterday. Poor Europe weather hurt demand for icecream and bottled water, the company said, adding that it was also hit by higher raw material
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        54 41 AURYTHMICS IV MUSIC WARDROBE Tomorrow and on Saturday, Bpm Jubilee Hall Tickets at $l5 (call Mabel at 9279-5328 or e-mail mpychoir@yahoo.com) The Metro Philharmonic Youth Choir performs a repertoire that' features compositions from local composer Leong Yoon Pin and choir member Liong Kit Yeng. There will also be a
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        58 41 CONCERTO, CONCERTO! Saturday, 7-30 pm Esplanade Recital Studio Tickets at $2O from Sistic Leading SSO musicians Laurence Gargan (trumpet), Chan Yoong Han (violin) and Ernie Tan (viola) join the Chamber Players in a programme of music for trumpet and chamber orchestra by Telemann and Clarke, Mozart’s Sinfonia Concertante for
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        42 41 9pm, Star Movies (Ch 58) An underworld figure, Mr Wei (Kenneth Tsang), sends professional killer John Lee (Chow Yun-Fat, pictured) on an assignment that is so unspeakable that Lee would rather brave Wei’s vengeance than go through with it.
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        45 41 10pm, Channel i In this special 90-minute finale, Larissa is unaware of yet another twist. One of her private dates is not as private as she thinks, as one Average Joe has the opportunity to spy on an intimate moment with dramatic results.
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      26 41 If you wish to have your event highlighted in Happenin’, e-mail Streats at streats@sph.com.sg or fax 6319-8191. Please check with organisers for latest status of events.
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      455 41 Yourdailyhoroscope.. by Kelli Fox at Astrology .com PISCES FEB 19-MAR 20 AQUARIUS JAN 20-FEB 18 You won’t be separated for too much longer from that certain someone you’ve been mooning over for weeks. Which means you can finally stop wondering about what to do with your vacation time. You can
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      495 42 De Bruijn fastest qualifier in 100 m free, but arch-rivals may steal show DUEL OF THE DAY -ap ATHENS Inge de Bruijn of Holland, the defending Olympic champion in the 100 m freestyle, qualified easily yesterday in pursuit of her third medal in Athens. The 30-year-old De Bruijn,
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      370 43  -  Paddlers cling on as medal hopes fade for S’pore By Lim Han Ming NOW that shuttler Ronald Susilo has been shown the exit he crashed out 10-15, 1-15 to unseeded Thai Boonsak Ponsana in the quarter-finals yesterday all eyes will now be on his
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      302 43 EmpText ANCIENT OLYMPIA European champion Irina Korzhanenko (below) threw the year’s best of 21.06 m to win the women’s shot put gold medal here yesterday. The 30-year-old Russian took the lead in the first round with 20.41 m, improved to 20.70 in the second and
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      65 43 Country Gold Silver Bronze 1. China 10 6 4 2. United States 8 10 7 3 Japan 7 3 1 4. Australia 6 3 5 5. Ukraine 5 1 1 6. Russia 3 6 6 7. France 3 2 4 8. Italy 2 3 2 9. Greece 2
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      28 43 World No 2 Andy Roddick of the US was knocked out of the tennis tournament yesterday by 16th seed Fernando Gonzalez of Chile 4-6, 4-6.
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      269 44 -AFP ATHENS Britain’s Olympic 800 m bronze medallist Kelly Holmes is to bid for double glory at the Olympic Games for the third successive time, she announced yesterday. The 34-year-old will take on training partner and Olympic champion Maria Mutola in the
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      477 44 CAS rejects American sprinter’s appeal to compete in Olympics AP ATHENS World 100 m champion Torri Edwards (left) is out of the Olympics after having her appeal against a two-year doping ban rejected. The American sprinter failed in her bid to be reinstated to the US Olympic
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      209 44 -AFP ATHENS Paradorn Srichaphan and Roger Federer have discovered that the pride of carrying their country’s flag at the Olympic Games opening ceremony can be bittersweet. “It’s a once in a lifetime experience and a very high honour for my family. I’m
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      443 45 Reuters ATHENS Ukrainian medley queen Yana Klochkova (above) swam into Olympic history on Tuesday when she became the first woman to win the same two events at successive Games. Klochkova, one of the greats of swimming,
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      234 45 1. AP ATHENS Romania’s young gymnasts hit the jackpot with their team gold. In a country where the average monthly take-home pay is just US$l7O (SS29I), the spoils of Olympic victory aren’t small change: US$5O,OOO bonuses twice what American gold medalists will get plus two cars,
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        81 45 Reuters MARIEL Zagunis clinched the United States’ first fencing gold in 100 years when she beat Xue Tan of China 15-9 in the Olympic women’s sabre final on Tuesday. Fellow American Sada Jacobson collected the bronze with a 15-7 win over Romanian Catalina Gheorgitoaia. It was the first
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        98 45 -AFP GREEK sporting heroes Kostadinos Kenteris and Ekaterini Thanou said yesterday that they were quitting the Games after leaving an lOC hearing into their controversial missed drugs test. Kenteris, the defending Olympic 200 m champion, said that he was doing it in the interests of his country,
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        105 45 -afp THAI senators and government critics heaped scorn on a deputy premier who brought home the country’s first gold medal of the Athens Olympics to show it off before its winner even left the Games, reports said yesterday. Udompom Polsak won the women’s 53kg weightlifting gold medal on
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      322 46 -AFP ATHENS Sick, injured and reeling from a humiliating loss, the United States basketball team struggled past Greece 77-71 in an Olympic preliminary-round game on Tuesday. Its weak performance signalled more difficulties to come. Allen Iverson scored a team-high 17 points despite a
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      156 47 League One Riverside Secondary School 1 Regent Secondary School 0 League Two Yishun Secondary School 0 Woodlands Secondary School 0 (after extra-time, Yishun 4-3 on penalties), Sengkang Secondary School 5 Northland Secondary School 1 League Four Juying Secondary School 4 Bukit Batok Secondary School 2, Zhenghua Secondary
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      433 47  -  Sports School’s Azfar and Azmi impress with their left feet By_ Tan Kim Han NATIONAL C DIVISION (LEAGUE ONE) SEMI-FINAL Singapore Sports School 2 Tanjong Katong Secondary O NATURAL left-footed footballers are hard to come by. So when two of them featured in the National Inter-School C
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