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Title Section12 2004-10-08 1 Streats FRIDAY, OCTOBER 8, 2004 website: www.streats.com.sg e-mail: streats@sph.com.sg MITA (P) 196/03/200412 words
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Article622 2004-10-08 1 Janice Wong - While number of GST tax-evaders rose only 2% last year, penalties collected by Iras jumped 25% By Janice Wong GOODS and services tax (GST) cheats are feeling the bite of the law more than ever before. Although their numbers increased by only 2 per cent622 words
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Advertisement110 2004-10-08 1 Streats FRIDAY, OCTOBER 8, 2004 website: www.streats.com.sg «email: streats@sph.com.sg MITA (P) 196/03/2004 m j- j RYUII SUEOKA IS ONE OF TWO ALBIREX PLAYERS WHO WILL SHOW OFF SOCCER SKILLS IN JAPAN’S MAIN COMPETITION PAGE 46 SSI .mi vs m I V. V :r mi ■ray «9 FRENCH TOWN IS BEATRICE110 words
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338 2004-10-08 2 M’sian police say sabotage not terror-linked, suspect inside job Reuters KUALA LUMPUR Malaysian police are investigating the third case in 12 months of suspected sabotage involving a Malaysian Airline plane, after wires were severed in an Airbus A-330. Police said yesterday that the– Reuters - 338 words
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Article, Illustration261 2004-10-08 2 DAR ES SALAAM Tanzania is one of the poorest countries in the world with a per capita income of less than US$23l (Ss39o) a year. But that has not deterred President Benjamin Mkapa (pictured) from lavishing on himself a Gulfstream G 550 jetL Reuters - 261 words
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Article, Illustration443 2004-10-08 3 Sarah Ng - Mah in Yangon, delegates here call for joint effort By Sarah Ng SINGAPORE yesterday called for the establishment of an Asean taskforce to coordinate action against the deadly HSNI strain of bird flu in the region. Minister for National Development Mah Bow Tan madeAFP - 443 words
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Article, Illustration445 2004-10-08 6 Looming northern winter unnerves markets; IMF warns of impact on global economic growth Wire services LONDON World oil prices bolted up to new record summits beyond US$53 yesterday on markets nervous about tight global supplies with winter looming in the northern hemisphere. The price– Wire services; AFP - 445 words
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Article, Illustration361 2004-10-08 8 Canadian takeover laws can’t block sale based on human rights abuses Wire services OTTAWA Canada’s regulations for international takeovers of domestic companies do not call on regulators to heed human-rights concerns, suggesting that legislators who want to block a sale of Noranda Inc■ Wire services; Bloomberg - 361 words
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254 2004-10-08 8 Wire services JAKARTA Indonesia’s new government under President-elect Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono will arrest the top perpetrators of corruption in its first 100 days as proof that it intends to tackle deep-rooted graft, incoming Vice-President Yusuf Kalla said yesterday. Dr Yudhoyono’s deputyWire services - 254 words
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171 2004-10-08 8 Christopher Lim - By Christopher Lim A GROUP of 80 students from Singapore will get the chance to pit their entrepreneurial skills against other participants from 20 countries in the Global Enterprise Challenge 2004 on Nov 17. The competition, in its third year, aims to develop entrepreneurial171 words
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130 2004-10-08 10 BUZZ STOP A FOUR-YEAR-OLD girl is fighting for her life after she was believed to be flung off the sixth-storey corridor of a Telok Blangah Crescent flat early yesterday morning. Police have arrested a 36-year-old woman for the attempted130 words
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Article, Illustration51 2004-10-08 10 A Chinese parachutist performing stunts with smoke trails as part of an airshow consisting of Chinese parachutists and the Patroille de France, a French air team in Beijing, on Wednesday. The French team is in China as part of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and FranceAP - 51 words
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Article143 2004-10-08 10 23% fewer car transfers in 8 months USED-CAR sellers are feeling the pinch this year. The latest data from the Land Transport Authority showed just over 26,000 car transfers in the first eight months, 23 per cent fewer than the same period last year. And last143 words
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Article136 2004-10-08 10 Global diversity ‘threatened’ ■AFP FRENCH President Jacques Chirac yesterday warned of a “catastrophe” for global diversity if the United States’ cultural hegemony goes unchallenged. Speaking at a French cultural centre in Hanoi ahead of today’s opening of a summit of European and Asian leaders, Mr■AFP - 136 words
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144 2004-10-08 10 Army medic testifies AN Army medic yesterday testified that he attended to 15 to 20 casualties from a combat survival course on the day that one of the trainees died, The Straits Times reports today. Private Md Yusrizal Hussain, a fulltime national serviceman, said144 words
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Article107 2004-10-08 10 Reuters A CHINESE primary school teacher stabbed four children to death and wounded 12 pupils and four colleagues in the fourth attack of its kind in recent weeks, the Beijing News said yesterday. After attacking the children in the grade one class, the 28-year-old briefly held– Reuters - 107 words
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Article94 2004-10-08 10 AP AUSTRIAN novelist and playwright Elffiede Jelinek, whose works feature themes of feminist struggle between men and women, won the Nobel Prize in literature, the Swedish Academy said yesterday, citing her “musical flow of voices and counter-voices in novels and plays that with extraordinary linguistic zealAP - 94 words
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Article90 2004-10-08 10 DATUK Mohd Yusof B Abdul Rahaman, director of the Royal Malaysia Police’s Special Branch yesterday received the Pingat Jasa Gemilang (Meritorious Service Medal) from Home Affairs Minister Wong Kan Seng at the Ministry of Home Affairs yesterday. The Malaysian Special Branch (MSB) and Singapore’s Internal Security90 words
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Article79 2004-10-08 10 BUSY working women can now turn to a new magazine, Simply Her, which hits news-stands today at $3.50. The Singapore Press Holdings magazine caters to more than just health and beauty needs, but also features articles on topics like cars, insurance and tech. Said Ms Caroline79 words
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Article465 2004-10-08 14 Conrad Raj - MAS acts against hard-selling, says marketing material must not be misleading By_ Conrad Raj THE Monetary Authority of Singapore has issued guidelines to protect investors from hard-selling dealers who lure them into structured deposits with false or misleading statements. Structured deposits, unlike your normal time465 words
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Article, Illustration282 2004-10-08 14 HONG KONG Some DBS Bank (Hong Kong) customers whose valuables were destroyed when their bank safe deposit boxes were accidentally destroyed last Saturday have angrily rejected an initial settlement offer, local media reported yesterday. Some told the Associated Press that they are talkingApple Dally - 282 words
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Article77 2004-10-08 14 AP SINGAPORE Singapore and Kuwait have agreed to begin free trade talks in December, a joint statement said yesterday, following Junior Trade Minister Heng Chee How’s visit to Kuwait City earlier this week. Kuwait is the latest in a string of Middle East countries with which Singapore hasAP - 77 words
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Article74 2004-10-08 14 SINGAPORE More than 10,000 entrepreneurs, including 3,000 foreign delegates, are expected at this year’s mega-networking event, Global Entrepolis Singapore (GES) 2004. Participants can expect to pick up business tips from hundreds of C-level speakers and be matched with some of the world’s most prominent venture capitalists. The74 words
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Article86 2004-10-08 14 Bloomberg HONG KONG Virgin Blue Holdings, Australia’s second-largest airline, is in talks with Shun Tak Holdings about setting up a low-cost carrier in Macau, the Hong Kong-based ferry and hotel operator said. “The discussions have not been formalised and terms have not been finalised,” Mr ShunBloomberg - 86 words
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Article109 2004-10-08 14 Bloomberg KUALA LUMPUR Malaysian Bulk Carriers, a shipping company controlled by tycoon Robert Kuok, said it is interested in buying part of a fleet of bulk vessels from the country’s largest shipping company Malaysian International Shipping Corp (MISC). “If the price is right, we will beBloomberg - 109 words
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484 2004-10-08 17 Manila must tackle deficit or see credit rating cut Bloomberg MANILA The Philippine government must raise taxes by the year’s end to cope with its budget deficit or face the possibility that the outlook on its BB junk debt rating will be lowered, Standard Poor’sBloomberg - 484 words
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Article, Illustration53 2004-10-08 17 Mr Wolfgang Bernhard, pictured here on a Daimler Chrysler concept Dodge Tomahawk motorcycle in January when he was the company’s chief operating officer, has been tasked by Volkswagen to turn around sales of its namesake brand. Mr Bernhard, 44, will take over from chief executive officer Bernd PischetsriederAFP i—r* - 53 words
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133 2004-10-08 17 Bloomberg KUALA LUMPUR Bursa Malaysia Bhd, which runs the country’s stock exchange, said it is seeking links with the bourses of Indonesia and Thailand to let Kuala Lumpur-based investors trade securities listed in Jakarta and Bangkok. The joint trading, in addition to a tie-upBloomberg - 133 words
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Article463 2004-10-08 18 Sale of 30% stake to expand fleet will make it M’sia’s biggest IPO this year Bloomberg KUALA LUMPUR Air Asia, South-east Asia’s largest discount carrier, plans to sell a 30 per cent stake worth about US$27O million (***** million) in an initial public offering to buy– Bloomberg - 463 words
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Article157 2004-10-08 18 Reuters SHARES ended weaker yesterday, giving up four-year highs hit early on, as surging oil prices raised worries about the economic outlook and pulled growth-sensitive banking stocks down. Singapore Airlines fell 1.8 per cent to $lO.BO while United Overseas Bank was down 0.7 per cent at $13.70.– Reuters - 157 words
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Article, Illustration1047 2004-10-08 22 PHILIP LEE - By PHILIP LEE I WAS a member of the Church for All Nations when I lived in Canada in the *****. This church had a congregation comprising Singaporeans, Malaysians Indonesians, Filipinos, a French couple, as well as native Indians. One day, we1,047 words
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203 2004-10-08 24 I REFER to the report, “Horrific crash kills Diana Young” (Streats, Sept 22), and I would like to provide you with an accurate account of my wife’s accident in China on Sept 20. Family members and friends have been upset and distressed by news about203 words
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214 2004-10-08 24 WE read with interest, “Dust not linked to asthma” (Streats, Oct 1). The researchers’ interpretation of the results of the study was incorrect. The study investigated the link between early childhood exposure to house dust mite and cat, and the subsequent risk of214 words
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Article, Illustration294 2004-10-08 24 I REFER to Mr Paul Wee’s letter, “Poultry ban should stay” (Streats, Sept 30). We would like to explain the restrictions on poultry rearing in Pulau Übin. As most bird flu outbreaks in the region originated from backyard farms, the potential risk of free-roaming poultry294 words
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Article328 2004-10-08 24 WE refer to Mr Desmond Ling Koh Hoo’s letter, “I fear to e-file my tax returns”, and Ms Nadia Rahman’s letter, “Iras making our heads spin” (Streats, Oct 4 and 5 respectively). Mr Ling claimed that he e-filed at a community club. However, our record shows328 words
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Article, Illustration75 2004-10-08 26 Scientists at Casey, an Australian Antarctic Division research station in Antarctica lining up to cast their ballots yesterday ahead of their country’s national election tomorrow, which sees Prime Minister John Howard going up against Labor’s Mark Latham. The base, which studies various aspects of biology on the continentReuters r i - 75 words
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Article387 2004-10-08 26 Report on Saddam’s ambitions fodder for debate Wire services WASHINGTON Saddam Hussein’s weapons of mass destruction programmes had deteriorated into only hopes and dreams by the time of the US-led invasion last year, a decline wrought by the first Gulf War and years of international sanctions,Wire services - 387 words
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147 2004-10-08 26 Reuters HONG KONG A powerful Hong Kong business lobby has urged the government to recognise that many people in the territory want full direct elections by 2012 and to draw up a timetable by 2007, despite opposition from the city’s Chinese rulers. Big business– Reuters - 147 words
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Article289 2004-10-08 26 Reuters MULTAN, Pakistan At least 39 people were killed and more than 80 wounded when a suicide car bomb exploded at a rally for an assassinated militant religious leader in central Pakistan early yesterday, police said. The car exploded after being driven into a crowd■ Reuters - 289 words
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154 2004-10-08 26 -ap BANGKOK Suspected Muslim extremists in southern Thailand went on a fresh spree of violence injuring nine people in attacks after the government announced a cabinet reshuffle meant to deal with the region’s insurgency, officials said yesterday. Gunmen killed two officials and wounded three others-ap - 154 words
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Article, Illustration352 2004-10-08 28 Cambodian opposition leader’s letter believed to have sparked abdication decision -AFP PHNOM PENH Cambodia’s King Norodom Sihanouk (pictured) has abdicated while in selfimposed exile in Beijing, his son, the national assembly president, said yesterday, plunging the country into a new political crisis. “According to a royal-AFP; ap - 352 words
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Medical
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Article, Illustration693 2004-10-08 32 Janice Wong - By- Janice Wong French consultant who planned colour scheme for Bishan HDBs describes how hues can change buildings’ identities and influence our moods MS Beatrice Engel (pictured, right) turned up for our meeting resplendent in a multi-coloured floral jacket reminiscent of a spring day. She says shePick: Ashlelgh Sim,; , Janice Wong - 693 words
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202 2004-10-08 34 AP GENEVA Swiss designer Willy Guhl, creator of innovative furniture including the loop rocking chair and table, has died. He was 89. Mr Guhl died of heart failure on Monday in his northern Swiss hometown of Hemishofen, his family said on Wednesday. Mr Guhl trained asAP - 202 words
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Article, Illustration532 2004-10-08 34 -AP Property agents in the US are seeing more house- 1 hunters and not just Asian-Americans looking j far property with good fengshui MONMOUTH JUNCTION, New Jersey The old Victorian home sat on the market for six months without selling before its anxious owners decided-AP; AP - 532 words
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Article, Illustration590 2004-10-08 36 Thefirst clown festival that opens in Singapore next month mil also see the first Clown Camp held outside the US. But it isn’t all frivolity, says SHARLENE TAN, whofinds out more about the caring side of clowning THE next time someone calls you a clown, smile590 words
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Article159 2004-10-08 36 IS caring clowning only for young patients? No, it can be as effective for adults too, said American clown Richard Snowberg, who will be in Singapore next month for the Clown-Around-The-World festival. “We are all children at heart, and often, older adults truly enjoy going back159 words
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instyle
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Article, Illustration489 2004-10-08 38 The theme of this years Singapore Jewel Fest maybe Flights of Desire, but it is theflights offancy, inspired by the fairy tales that we all grew up on, that JASMINE MILLER, finds enchanting CALL me a magpie, but I’ve always found it difficult to resist things489 words
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Article335 2004-10-08 40 Yvonne Kwok - By Yvonne Kwok CALL them DJs and Brit duo Zetan Spore will likely tear a strip off you. Twin brothers lan and Mark Hasdell, purveyors of a spacey mix of acid, tribal and trance, share a healthy disdain for those maestros of dance music who play335 words
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Article, Illustration269 2004-10-08 40 Zubaidah Nazeer - By_ Zubaidah Nazeer THERE was a time when as soon as Phuture DJ Andrew Chow (pictured) started spinning his mix of funk, hip-hop and R&B music, the floor cleared. That was in 1996, when Phuture first opened its doors with Friday “Flava” nights, dedicated to hip-hop269 words
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Article, Illustration422 2004-10-08 42 JUDI LOW - Stylish eating on a shoestring By JUDI LOW TODAY I share with you a dish I love. It’s so tasty that it makes my cheeks sing just thinking of it! It’s easy to make and best of all, I know its sensible eating. I’ve made it up byJudl Low - 422 words
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Article, Illustration126 2004-10-08 44 Two weeks of cold, rainy weather kept visitors away from Munich’s beer-fuelled Oktoberfest, organisers said at the event’s close earlier this week. About 5.9 million visitors came to the festival, 400,000 fewer than in 2003. They drank about 5.5 million litres of beer, down 10 perPic Ng Sor Luan - 126 words
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Article, Illustration46 2004-10-08 44 STAR Movies (Star Hub Ch 58) In 1942, several hundred Navajo Americans were recruited as Marines and trained to use thenlanguage as code. Marine Joe Enders (Nicolas Cage) is assigned to protect Ben Yahzee (Adam Beach) a Navajo code talker, the Marines’ new secret weapon.46 words
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Article52 2004-10-08 44 9pm, Channel i A compelling drama that draws viewers into the lives of the elite Robbery and Homicide Division of the Los Angeles Police Department. In this debut episode, Cole investigates a drive-by shooting and the massacre of a family and is convinced that the two crimes52 words
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Article59 2004-10-08 44 BALLET UNDER THE STARS Today till Sunday and Oct 15-17, 730 pm Fort Canning Green Tickets at slsfrom Sistic The Singapore Dance Theatre performs outdoors. On the programme is Last Watch, choreographed by Jeffrey Tan. It is a personal reflection and perception of the phases an individual goes through59 words
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Article, Illustration63 2004-10-08 44 THE ROLLING GOOD TIMES SHOW Tomorrow, 7-30 pm Esplanade Concert Hall Tickets at s2sfrom Sistic Journey back in time with hits from the 60s to 80s. Hosted by veteran DJ Brian Richmond (pictured), this concert brings together artistes such as Vernon Cornelius (lead singer of The Quests), Dawn Yip63 words
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Miscellaneous473 2004-10-08 44 Yourdailyhoroscope Jp* AQUARIUS JAN20-FEB 18 try Kelli Fox at Astrobgy.com There are no easy answers because there are no right answers. Real world problems are miles beyond the most complicated textbook case. Giving up is the first step toward gaining control of your situation. LEO JUL23-AUG22 Good luck is the473 words
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Article, Illustration305 2004-10-08 46 Lim Han Ming - By_ Lim Han Ming THAI midfielder Therdsak Chaiman (left) has issued a come-and-get-me message to his S-League suitors. The 2002 S-League Player of the Year is now a free agent after his Vietnamese club, East Asia Bank, lost their sponsor and were forced305 words
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Article, Illustration497 2004-10-08 46 Tan Kim Han - Two Albirex players to be in J-League next season By_ Tan Kim Han TWO of Albirex Niigata’s S-League players striker Ryuji Sueoka (right) and defender Tatsunori Yamagata will play in the J-League next season. They have been promoted to the senior squad following their impressive performance here.497 words
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Article, Illustration517 2004-10-08 48 Robinson out to prove he should be England No 1 goalkeeper full time -AFP MANCHESTER Paul Robinson (left) admits that he has no idea how long his reign as England’s No 1 goalkeeper will last, but the Tottenham Hotspur man is desperate to prove that he should-AFP; AFP - 517 words
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261 2004-10-08 48 -AFP MANCHESTER If practice really does make perfect, Gary Neville should have no problem keeping tabs on Manchester United team-mate Ryan Giggs when England takes on Wales in its World Cup qualifier tomorrow. The pair have been crossing swords on United’s training ground for-AFP - 261 words
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188 2004-10-08 48 MANCHESTER England midfielder Joe Cole promises to make teamwork his top priority against Wales tomorrow. The Chelsea player is aiming for a more disciplined display, should he play in the qualifier. He told the Football Association website: “I’m just going to be disciplined and188 words
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218 2004-10-08 48 MANCHESTER Rio Ferdinand paid tribute to England manager Sven-Goran Eriksson as he prepared for the World Cup qualifiers against Wales and Azerbaijan. The Manchester United defender, banned for eight months after missing a drugs test, will pull on an England shirt for the first time218 words
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Article, Illustration292 2004-10-08 50 AFP PARIS France is fearful of drowning under a tide of green support at the Stade de France in tomorrow’s World Cup qualifier against Ireland. Around 35,000 Irish fans are expected to descend on the 77,000-seater stadium despite the Irish Football Association’s original ticket allocationAFP - 292 words
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Article189 2004-10-08 50 Reuters BUENOS AIRES Argentina’s Heman Crespo got the chance he has been waiting for when he was recalled to the national squad by new coach Jose Pekerman, the striker said on Wednesday. “This is what I’ve been hoping for so that I could go back to whatReuters - 189 words
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362 2004-10-08 52 Gary Lim - Gary Lim THE Football Association of Singapore (FAS) has lowered the fitness requirements for S-League players next season. Based on current fitness levels, almost one out of three players will fail the test, according to Quah Kim Song, FAS’ director of competitions. He362 words
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Article, Illustration482 2004-10-08 52 Japanese confident of podium finish on home turf Reuters SUZUKA, Japan If ever conditions were tailor-made for Takuma Sato (above) to make history, it will be at this Sunday’s Japanese Grand Prix. Once thought of as an accident waiting to happen, the BAR driver feels– Reuters; Reuters - 482 words
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Article115 2004-10-08 52 THE Lions will be looking for a morale-boosting win over the United Arab Emirates in the Yeo’s H-TWO-O Challenge Cup at Jalan Besar Stadium tonight. It will not be easy as the UAE is a traditionally strong side which qualified for the World Cup finals in 1990.115 words
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Article91 2004-10-08 52 Reuters LONDON The head of UK brokerage Seymour Pierce is considering a financial restructuring of Manchester United as a rival proposal to Malcolm Glazer’s planned bid for the football club. Without citing any sources, the Independent newspaper reported yesterday that Keith Harris, CEO of Seymour Pierce, was holdingReuters - 91 words
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Article101 2004-10-08 52 RUGBY THE Standard Chartered Sevens Singapore will be back next year. The two-day event scheduled for April 16-17, the fifth stop of the International Rugby Board (IRB) Sevens circuit, will see 16 teams in action. New Zealand has made a clean sweep of the IRB Sevens circuit101 words
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