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Title Section10 2004-09-01 1 Streats WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 2004 E-mail: streats@sph.com.sg mita (p> 196/03/200410 words
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525 2004-09-01 1 Khushwant Singh - New wage ceiling fair, says Mah; revised housing rules kick in on Sept 15 By_ Khushwant Singh SINGLES can buy Housing Board resale flats of any size from Sept 15. But only those who earn $3,000 a month or less will be525 words
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359 2004-09-01 1 Chna Kong Ho - By Chna Kong Ho MANY bargain-hunters were frustrated yesterday when they could not book the 1 airfares offered by budget airline Tiger Airways despite repeated tries. Customers found themselves staring at “server busy” prompts instead of the confirmation screen as they tried359 words
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Article, Illustration335 2004-09-01 2 Streats FORMER Olympian Chay Weng Yew he competed in the 1952 Helsinki Olympics as a weightlifter died of stomach cancer last Saturday. He was 78. Yet not many people at his wake knew of his illustrious sporting background. The only hint came335 words
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Article372 2004-09-01 2 UK study finds that remaining single after 30 is as bad as smoking LONDON The effects of living alone can be as bad as that of smoking, a new study has found. Especially if you’re over 30. The research, which monitored 10,000 people across Britain over372 words
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Article422 2004-09-01 3 Scientists develop pill based on Chinese remedy Wire services A NEW drug based on the chemical structure of a traditional Chinese herbal remedy could be the next big weapon against drug-resistant malaria, an international team of scientists has claimed in the latest issue of– Wire services - 422 words
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208 2004-09-01 3 Lee Chop Kkmg - By Lee Chop Kkmg ONE woman was killed and another injured in two mishaps at open-platform MRT stations yesterday. The fatal incident happened at the Bukit Batok MRT station. The body of Madam Loh Suan Choo, in her 50s, was recovered by the208 words
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Article, Illustration267 2004-09-01 4 Lee Choo Kiong - China film director’s part in Athens hints of things to come Lee Choo Kiong AS the 2004 Olympic Games closed in Athens on Sunday with a colourful cultural show and a fireworks display, a stunning troupe of leggy women from China gave a rousingReuters - 267 words
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Article547 2004-09-01 6 US bosses who outsourced got pay increases 5 times those of their peers last year, study shows Reuters WASHINGTON Chief executives at US companies that shipped jobs overseas won a 46 per cent pay hike last year, more than five times the average for their– Reuters - 547 words
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131 2004-09-01 8 BUZZSTOP NANYANG Institute of Management’s reformation is complete and the Economic Development Board (EDB) has shown its confidence by taking an 18.5 per cent stake in the private school. EDB Investments, the investment arm of the EDB, has allotted $500,000131 words
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Article, Illustration94 2004-09-01 8 Ashleigh Sim - Text and picture by Ashleigh Sim Nine-month-old Ryan Lee and father Raymond Lee, 32, gazing at a piece of moon rock embedded in acrylic at the Science Centre yesterday. The rock was one of the samples collected by the Apollo 17 mission in 1972 and was presented94 words
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Article127 2004-09-01 8 Friends breached no-swimming rule Sharlene Tan A SINGAPOREAN man drowned and one of his friends was missing after being swept away while swimming at Karon Beach in Phuket on Monday (aug3o) afternoon. A third Singaporean suffered minor injuries and was released yesterday from Siriroj Hospital in– Sharlene Tan - 127 words
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Article143 2004-09-01 8 Minds scheme set for next year THE Movement for the Intellectually Disabled (Minds) is planning to launch a scheme by the middle of next year to help parents provide for mentally disabled children after their death. The parents can put aside money in a trust143 words
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Article147 2004-09-01 8 Sign of growing consumer confidence Reuters HOME buyers, manufacturers and consumers tapped Singapore banks for more credit in July, accelerating a trend that began early last year and signalling stronger consumer confidence. Loans to non-bank customers rose 0.7 per cent to $176 billion, the Monetary– Reuters - 147 words
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Article97 2004-09-01 8 THE monthly variable component (MVC) of Raffles Hotel employees’ salaries will be be raised from its current 3 per cent to 10 per cent, making Raffles the first hotel to comply with recommendations made by a national wage reform taskforce earlier this year. Under a memorandum97 words
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Article94 2004-09-01 8 IN a bid to encourage more doctors to do research, a new award has been instituted, The Straits Times reports today. The Agency for Science, Technology and Research’s (A*Star) Biomedical Research Council and the Ministry of Health’s National Medical Research Council will present The ClinicianScientist Investigator94 words
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Article93 2004-09-01 8 AP SINGAPORE will hold a mass decontamination and emergency exercise on Friday to prepare 400 officials to deal with a deadly strain of avian flu if it enters the country. The Republic is on high alert for signs of the dangerous HSNI bird flu virus– AP - 93 words
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Article85 2004-09-01 8 THE hunt is on for rule-breaking Central Provident Fund members who pocket rebates given by financial advisers. The CPF Board, the Life Insurance Association and the Investment Management Association of Singapore are cracking down on this practice, The Straits Times reports today. The rebates are given by85 words
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Article527 2004-09-01 10 If demand recedes, oil could hit US$3O: Merrill Lynch LONDON Research by investment bank Merrill Lynch reportedly indicates that the price of oil is being held up by China’s aggressive moves to build a stockpile. The Merrill Lynch study suggests that China is importing crude527 words
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Article, Illustration363 2004-09-01 10 Sarah Ng - B y Sarah Ng ENTREPRENEURS Kenneth Koh and Vincent Kan endured the hardship of studying and worrying about school fees 20 years ago. That was until they signed up for the Singapore Polytechnic-Singapore Armed Forces (SP-SAF) Diploma Scheme, which paid their course fees and aAshlelgh Sim - 363 words
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Article99 2004-09-01 10 Wire services SINGAPORE Advisers to Neptune Orient Lines yesterday refused to endorse a $2.8 billion cash offer for its shares by Temasek Holdings, urging investors to hold the stock or sell it in the open market. Adviser HSBC Holdings noted that NOL’s shares had consistently exceeded Temasek’s– Wire services - 99 words
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Article83 2004-09-01 10 Bloomberg SINGAPORE Mobile One Ltd yesterday said that it may introduce high-speed wireless Internet services next year that can be used away from the office or home. It is evaluating systems that would allow computer users to surf the Internet wirelessly at speeds 10 times or faster– Bloomberg - 83 words
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Article79 2004-09-01 10 Reuters SINGAPORE Ascendas Real Estate Investment Trust (A-Reit) yesterday said that it would buy an industrial property for $75 million, as it is expected to improve its earnings. “It is accretive, giving a very good yield of 8.5 per cent,” said Mr Tan Ser Ping, chief executive– Reuters - 79 words
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Article105 2004-09-01 10 Reuters SINGAPORE Investment firm BIL International yesterday posted a fiscal fourth-quarter net profit against a loss in the same quarter of last year due to smaller foreign exchange losses. BIL, which owns London’s biggest hotel chain Thistle Hotels, said that it posted a profit of– Reuters - 105 words
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Article166 2004-09-01 12 Reuters HONG KONG The Hong Kong arm of the Bank of China has set up a search committee to replace two deputy chief executives who resigned amid a probe into an embezzlement affair earlier this month. BOC Hong Kong (Holdings), which has said– Reuters - 166 words
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Article, Illustration336 2004-09-01 12 wire services MANILA Asian Development Bank president Tadao Chino (pictured) of Japan yesterday announced his resignation effective next January, the lender said in a statement. He will have served six years on his departure, the ADB said, but did not give any reason– wire services; Bloomberg - 336 words
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Article248 2004-09-01 14 -AFP PARIS Europe is gearing up to welcome a new generation of Chinese travellers from today, when private Chinese tour groups will be allowed into 27 European countries. France, Italy and Switzerland the three most desirable vacation spots for Chinese tourists, according to travel agents-AFP - 248 words
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139 2004-09-01 14 -AFP BEIJING China has granted a trademark to a detective firm for the first time, giving the industry long-awaited official recognition, state media and company officials said yesterday. The Bang De Business Information Company in Chongqing city received its trademark on Sunday after a-AFP - 139 words
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Article, Illustration374 2004-09-01 16 Shiny new gambling establishments take business from old support industry -AFP MACAU On the western edge of Macau, restaurateur Effic Chen serves the handful of customers who still visit her San Hip Seng Seafood Restaurant. Business has dropped “enormously”, said Ms Chen, in the-AFP; AFP - 374 words
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125 2004-09-01 16 -AP STI: 1,918.34 12.89 SHARES closed higher in quiet trade yesterday, as an overnight drop in oil prices spurred light buying in select blue chips. Investors remained cautious after Wall Street’s weak close on the first day of the Republican National Convention in New York-AP - 125 words
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Article24 2004-09-01 16 *AS AT AUG 31 US$: 551.712 EURO: 552.069 Ss: RM2.219 Ss: 24.32 BAHT 553.072 Ss: 64.15 YEN Ss: HK54.556 Ss: 5,472 RUPIAH24 words
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Article757 2004-09-01 18 Steve Almond - By_ Steve Almond Los Angeles Times IN the beginning, there was candy. It was, well, fattening. It was intended to be fattening. That was the whole point of candy. Or actually, check that. The whole point of candy was to give the mouth and body– Los Angeles Times - 757 words
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Article198 2004-09-01 20 SO many buses now have colourful laminated advertisements on the entire body of the vehicles. While these revenuegenerating ads have brightened up the streetscape, they do little for passengers who want to enjoy the city sights. This is particularly frustrating when I travel at night, sometimes198 words
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133 2004-09-01 20 I SUPPORT the view expressed in recent letters about making parking in Housing Board estates more family-friendly. HDB should consider charging lower fees for those who need to buy more than one permit for season parking. I live in Jurong and have a133 words
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82 2004-09-01 20 I AM among many senior citizens who often have to take the bus or train during the peak hours to see a doctor or carry out some important errand. It is not always possible to do these things during the offpeak hours from 10am to82 words
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Article192 2004-09-01 22 I SAY yes to more time with the family, yes to a five-day working week and yes to schools treating Saturdays like Sundays. My wife and I have enjoyed a five-day working week for years, but since three years ago when our eldest son192 words
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Article197 2004-09-01 22 I WOULD very much like to join the Singapore Armed Forces as I have been attracted to their advertisements in our MRT trains and the newspapers. But I face a big problem. I have two convictions for theft. I was fined the first time197 words
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Article342 2004-09-01 24 t. Reuters Taipei responds to China’s ‘goodwill gesture’ TAIPEI Taiwan President Chen Shuibian has called off annual war games as a goodwill gesture after China cancelled its military drills, Taiwan officials said yesterday. Analysts said that the exchange of peaceful gestures would help ease tension int. – Reuters - 342 words
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213 2004-09-01 24 Reuters BEIJING Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao has called for support for private firms, state media said yesterday, amid concerns that steps to cool the economy have taken too big a toll on the dynamic and job-creating private sector. China’s tightening measures have lifted hopes– Reuters - 213 words
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Article, Illustration24 2004-09-01 24 Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry windsurfing off the coast of Nantucket, Massachusetts, during a break from his campaign on Monday AFPAFP - 24 words
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Article212 2004-09-01 24 Reuters HONG KONG Beijing will invite Hong Kong investors to take part in more than 100 business ventures this week in what many in the city see as another attempt to boost nationalist sentiment ahead of legislative elections next month. Officials from the Chinese– Reuters - 212 words
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170 2004-09-01 24 -AFP SEOUL North Korea has recalled its envoy from a South-east Asian country believed to be Vietnam which allowed 468 refugees from the Stalinist state to defect to South Korea in July, a newspaper here said yesterday. The Chosun newspaper did not say whether-AFP - 170 words
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Article365 2004-09-01 26 Thai PM a shoo-in, but is taking no chances at polls Reuters NAKHON RATCHASIMA, Thailand Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra’s Thai Rak Thai (Thais Love Thais) party, a political juggernaut which has swept aside all-comers since winning power in 2001, is virtually assured of victory inReuters - 365 words
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195 2004-09-01 26 LONDON Revelations that a report to be published today in Britain will show that the leading 100 law firms raked in a combined £9.11 billion (Ss2B billion) and total gains of £2.7 billion have sparked an outcry and moves to curb what has195 words
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Article410 2004-09-01 28 Reuters CHICAGO Putting patients with heart trouble on a high dosage of statin drugs quickly to lower their blood cholesterol levels offers only a marginal benefit compared to current treatment, a study said on Monday. Normally, patients at risk of another heart attack are. – Reuters - 410 words
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Article, Illustration821 2004-09-01 30 Bibik impersonator GT Lye tells GREGORYLEOW that age is catching up with hind THE Gunong Sayang Association’s (GSA) annual Peranakan play for 2004, Buang Keroh Pungot Jemih, translated as Let Bygones Be Bygones, may be the the last one in which you will seeEdwin Koo - 821 words
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Article, Illustration127 2004-09-01 30 HONG KONG actress Cecilia Cheung may be invited to play the role of Taiwan’s first Olympic gold medallist Chen Shih-hsin, 26, (pictured) in a Hong Kong movie. At the age of 16, Chen was already an expert in taekwondo with several medals under her belt.127 words
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Article, Illustration99 2004-09-01 30 Reuters SIMON Cowell, the Pop Idol and American Idol judge who audiences love to hate, turned his brutally critical eye on himself on Saturday and predicted the demise of his own fame. “My act is going to run out fairly quickly. There’s no question– Reuters - 99 words
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Article, Illustration77 2004-09-01 30 Reuters TWO years after opening in China, the martial arts thriller Hero has set a record for an Asian film in North America, kicking off at No 1 with a better-than-expected haul of US$l7.B (5530.5 million), according to studio estimates issued on Sunday. Miramax Films’– Reuters - 77 words
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Article, Illustration427 2004-09-01 32 ’YVONNE KWOK - Our local actresses can be glamorous despite being mums Broadside By ’YVONNE KWOK WITH the recent baby boom in our local showbiz circle and the Prime Minister’s gentle urgings for couples to move their extra-curricular activities into the bedroom, we suddenly have space for a new genre of427 words
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Article, Illustration215 2004-09-01 32 THE Queen of Caldecott Hill will become its queen mother soon after Chinese New Year. Actress Zoe Tay, two months pregnant now, told reporters yesterday that she discovered that she was expecting a month ago after noticing that her sense of taste had changed. She then215 words
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Article, Illustration340 2004-09-01 34 34 - Text and picture by 34 SMALL tools can be used to achieve big things, believes photography instructor Francis Lee. He, along with three other photographers, wants to prove that point when a photo exhibition called Small Arms, Big Matters opens this Saturday at the Tampines Regional Library. Drawn340 words
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Article, Illustration128 2004-09-01 35 1} Vemessa Loo and lam /our September weather girl. sad news today, q r m a fraid. Typhoon Chaba peaked havoc on the Japanese s and of Hokkaido yesterday, ailing seven people and fusing floods. But, or hinately, the weatherman ,a ys that the storm isPicAshleigh Sim - 128 words
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Article66 2004-09-01 35 *P m > Channel U iadong cannot forget Xiaodong despite the jj/reakup. Benshan advises him to forget about f er> hnt Jiadong feels that it is hard for him to do drl W n g at hi n and Dandan are at f s Liaodong arranges for both66 words
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Article63 2004-09-01 35 10pm, Channel i Jack Coney awakens in the middle of the desert with no recollection of how he got there. A kindly but reclusive artist finds him and, realising that he is suffering from amnesia, allows him to stay at her house. It is when Jack’s former “associates” catch63 words
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Article91 2004-09-01 35 ENCOUNTER (KARSILASMA) (2003) Today, 7-30 pm The Arts House at the Old Parliament, 1 Old Parliament Lane Tickets: $6 from The Arts House Box Office Tel: 6332-6919 A psychological drama about love, life and overlapping destinies by Turkish director Omer Kavur, a man who has been regarded by critics91 words
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Miscellaneous474 2004-09-01 35 AQUARIUS JAN 20-FEB 18 After weeks of waiting, you’re ready to clear your throat and just say it. Well, good for you. Just be sure that “it” consists of all kind words, because someone is waiting to return them big time. PISCES FEB 19 -MAR 20 Someone who wants your474 words
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Article, Illustration257 2004-09-01 36 Lim Han Ming - Lim Han Ming NATIONAL shuttler Ronald Susilo has finally proposed to Li Jiawei, his paddler girlfriend of two years. The dashing 25-year-old popped the all-important question after he picked her up from Changi Airport yesterday morning. Li, 23, had just returned from the just-concludedST - 257 words
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Article, Illustration384 2004-09-01 36 AFP LONDON Manchester United finally got their hands on Wayne Rooney (right) yesterday after nearly a week of tense negotiations concluded with the club agreeing a transfer fee with his current club Everton. In a statement to the Stock Exchange, United. – AFP - 384 words
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222 2004-09-01 37 LONDON Frank Lampard insisted that big-spending Chelsea are not worried by Arsenal’s record breaking run in the Premiership. He paid tribute to Arsenal’s success this season which has seen them beat Nottingham Forest’s record of going 42 games unbeaten, reported Sky sports. Chelsea and222 words
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Article92 2004-09-01 37 TAMPINES Rovers need just one more win from their remaining two games to be sure of their first S-League title. The Stags are now seven points clear at the top of the S-League table after thrashing Balestier Khalsa 4-0 m a S-League match last92 words
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Article, Illustration494 2004-09-01 37 Newcastle skipper tipped to. succeed Robson’s hot seat LONDON Newcastle want Alan Shearer to be their new manager after axing Bobby Robson on Monday, but will have to convince him to take the job. The Newcastle skipper is the overwhelming favourite to succeed Robson, with Terry494 words
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260 2004-09-01 37 Reuters MADRID Valencia midfielder Miguel Angel Angulo has rejected a move to Arsenal and has decided to remain with the Spanish champions, according to club president Jaime Orti. “The player passed the first part of a medical, but it looks as though he hasReuters - 260 words
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Article, Illustration551 2004-09-01 38 China all ready to host 2008 Olympic Games -AP They hadn’t even blown out the big Olympic candle here on Sunday night when a huge banner was unfurled during the closing ceremony saying, “Welcome to Beijing.” Get your sneakers and go to China; they’ll start the-AP - 551 words
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345 2004-09-01 38 -AP ATHENS It was Monday the day after the Olympic flamed stopped burning in the Greek capital. Just hours earlier, Gianna Angelopoulos-Daskalaki, head of the Olympic organising committee, was dancing with volunteers at the closing ceremony and basking in the mood of a successful-AP - 345 words
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Article, Illustration631 2004-09-01 39 W m Serena Williams makes outrageous fashion statement at US Open Wire services NEW YORK Serena Williams (right) didn’t make much of a tennis statement on Monday night. Despite hitting 35 winners, seven aces and winning 83 per cent of the points in a 53-minute, 6-1,– Wire services; AFP - 631 words
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Article, Illustration338 2004-09-01 39 Reuters NEW YORK Andre Agassi (right) served up his traditional late-night feast at the US Open on Monday, beating fellow American Robby Ginepri 7-6, 6-4, 6-2 to move into the second round. The 34-year-old, starring in the °Pening night session on the Arthur Ashe– Reuters - 338 words
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Miscellaneous32 2004-09-01 37 >N THE LIVING ROOM f °OTBALL: EPL Goals (Channel i, EPL highlights (Channel i, tomorrow, 12.30 am) TENNIS: US Open Men’s Ist rd/Women’s 2nd rd (Live, Ch 24, Upm and tomorrow, 7am)32 words
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