Streats, 18 October 2004

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  • 14 1 Streats MONDAY, OCTOBER 18, 2004 a website: www.streats.com.sg e -mail: streats@sph.com.sjjg MITA (P) 196/03/2004
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  • 456 1  -  UOBAM fond gives them access to local, global placement of shares by firms By Chua Kong Ho THE man on the street now has an opportunity to reap the rewards with attendant risks of participating in IPOs of companies before they are opened
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    • 175 1 watch 1 that, x water US ENVIRONMENT AGENCY, AIRLINE GROUP WORKING ON BEST WAY TO J TEST A DRINKING i WATERON DISCOVERY OF CONTAMINANTS MONDAY, OCTOBER 18, 2004 website: www.streats.com.sg e-mail streats@sph.com.s MITA (P) 196/03/2004 speed demons NUMBER OF SPEEDING SUMMONSES ISSUED IN FIRST SIX MONTHS OF THIS YEAR LEAPS
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  • Morning Rush
    • 193 2 -AP KUALA LUMPUR A practitioner of traditional medicine in Malaysia has been arrested for allegedly using kidnapped children as human guinea pigs while trying to find new cures, The Sunday Star reported yesterday. The man was detained with four others after a 14-year-old
      -AP  -  193 words
    • 485 2  -  Crackdown as related accidents look set to rise B y Khushwant Singh TRAFFIC police are cracking down on demon drivers and riders. They issued 31,291 summonses from January to June this year 35 per cent more than the 23,070 handed out in the corresponding period
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    • 197 3 WASHINGTON The US government has reached its debt limit again and will only be able to continue operating by using money intended for the civil service retirement fund. This announcement by Treasury Secretary John W Snow came on Thursday, less than a day
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    • 420 3  -  US authorities to set standards after tests reveal some contamination By Christopher Lim THE environmental protection authority in the US is working closely with the country’s air transport association to establish acceptable standards of hygiene for drinking water on airlines after random tests
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    • 387 4  -  More pets will now be abandoned. House Rabbit Society president Teeny Teh savs By Khushwant Singh Christopher Lim A RABBIT welfare group is up in arms over the proliferation of rabbit-for-sale websites because such promotions would add to the growing problem of rabbits being
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    • 152 4 LONDON Britain’s examinations system is heading for its biggest shake-up for 60 years with a long-awaited report by former schools inspector Mike Tomlinson due for release today. His proposals will include the introduction of a new four-tier diploma system in place of the present
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    • 409 6  -  By SarahNg THE popularity of Streats has grown steadily since its revamp in November 2002. Readership of the Singapore Press Holdings (SPH) publication has risen 7.4 per cent to 421,000, the just-released Nielsen Media Index 2004 shows. When compared to the readership in
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    • 358 6 HK, Macau residents offered civil service jobs CHINA’S Chongqing municipal government is opening its doors for the first time to talented Hong Kong and Macau residents to serve as high-ranking civil servants. This move is among several that have been spurred by the Cepa
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    • 312 6 A SINGLE luxurious housing unit in Sunville, Shanghai’s “billionaire village”, can fetch up to 130 million yuan (5526.5 million), making the real estate prices there the highest in China. But despite the steady sale of such posh residences, industry observers are worried that this
      Reuters  -  312 words
    • 135 8 BUZZ STOP MANPOWER Minister Ng Eng Hen said yesterday that he expects the level of unemployment to fall in the third quarter due to the Republic’s improved economic performance. The third quarter hiring or employment creation numbers were good,
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    • 144 8  -  No one injured in accident Christopher Lim SEVERAL cylinders containing inflammable acetylene gas exploded yesterday morning in an accident at a Kallang-Paya Lebar Expressway tunnel construction site, near the junction of Paya Lebar Road and Airport Road. Workers at the site were lifting
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    • 157 8 Okay Airways in last stage review AP CHINA’S first private airline is due to begin service this year, the government said yesterday. Okay Airways is in the last step of official review, which is expected to be completed on Nov 20, the official Xinhua news agency
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    • Article, Illustration
      34 8 Australian Robbie Maddison defying gravity at the BMX Vert event at the Gravity Games H2O in Perth yesterday. The Gravity Games are being held outside the US for the first time AFP
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    • 135 8 A GROUP of psychiatrists, healthcare providers and consumers have formed the Action Group For Mental Illnesses, The Straits Times reports today. The group aims to minimise the stigma attached to being mentally ill; reach out to heartlanders and improve public awareness of the latest treatments
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    • 56 8 MINISTER mentor Lee Kuan Yew is visiting Shanghai from today to Thursday to address McKinsey Company’s Global Directors Conference, the Prime Minister’s Office said yesterday. His wife will be accompanying him MM Lee is likely to meet Communist Party secretary for Shanghai Chen Liangyu and other
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    • 95 8 -AFP INDONESIAN President Megawati Sukarnoputri will not attend the swearing in of her successor, Dr Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, the country’s first directlyelected leader, a close aide said yesterday. “She will not attend the Oct 20 swearing in ceremony because... there has never been a decree
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    • 119 8 AP HONG Kong police have arrested a Russian man for his alleged role in an Internet scam in which customers of banking giant HSBC were swindled out of HK5660,000 (S$ 142,000), the Oriental Daily News reported yesterday. Igor KhrOustalev, 42, was charged with one count of
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    • 96 8 Reuters SOUTH Korea will choose its first two astronauts next year for a space trip by 2007, the science ministry said yesterday, after Russia agreed to help the country’s space programme. The two would be trained in Russia for 18 months and sent to the International
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    • 174 9 Before we examine you we examine ourselves. I THE QUALITY OF PSB ACADEMY DIPLOMA IS TRIED AND TESTED. At PSB Academy, our PSB Exam Unit checks all exams and moderates our exams and ensures a high quality exam process. Which is part of lecturers in the setting and marking of
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  • Financial
    • 465 10 Second Chinese purchase in a month as investment firm sets sights abroad Bloomberg BEIJING Temasek Holdings has agreed to buy a 4.55 per cent stake in China Minsheng Banking Corp, making its second Chinese purchase in a month as it steps up investments abroad. Minsheng,
      – Bloomberg; Bloomberg  -  465 words
    • 269 10 Bloomberg SYDNEY Australia’s government is unlikely to sell its As3l billion (Ss3B billion) stake in Telstra Corp, the nation’s biggest phone company, before 2006, Communications Minister Senator Helen Coonan said. There were several conditions, such as improved telephone services in rural and regional Australia and
      – Bloomberg  -  269 words
    • 24 10 •AS AT OCT 15 US$: 551.680 553.018 EURO: 552.081 Ss: 65.27 YEN Ss: RM2.262 Ss: HK54.636 Ss: 24.68 BAHT Ss: 5,412 RUPIAH
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    • 543 10 The stock recommendation is the average of ail the recommendations submitted by analysts following the stock. There is a total of 29 brokers submitting recommendations but not every stock is followed by all the 29 brokers. Their recommendations are placed on a 1 to 5 points scale and
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    • 428 12 Valuair says budget carriers can still keep rates low Wire services HONG KONG High oil prices are putting the squeeze on airlines worldwide, and passengers are seeing fuel surcharges tacked onto tickets as executives keep a nervous eye on the bottom line. But low-cost budget air
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    • 241 12 -AFP KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia-based budget carrier Air Asia has acquired a private airline in Indonesia and will team up with a local partner to launch lowcost flights there, a report said yesterday. Air Asia bought PT AWAir Intemasional for a token US$2 (553.40), business weekly
      -AFP  -  241 words
    • 285 12 Wire services KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia plans to turn its former main international airport at Subang into a regional hub for aircraft maintenance, repairs and overhaul, a newspaper reported yesterday. The Sunday Star quoted Transport Minister Chan Kong Choy as saying that the
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    • 338 14 PCCW action brings into focus issues on burgeoning Internet calls market Reuters HONG KONG A legal row between Hong Kong’s dominant fixed-line phone company and an industry newcomer speaks volumes about how Internet phone calls are rapidly changing the telecoms world At stake is software
      Reuters; Bloomberg  -  338 words
    • 258 14 Reuters MELBOURNE The Australian government yesterday signalled its intention to push ahead with changes to controversial media ownership rules and said that it was keen to see another big player emerge. Speculation that the government would allow more foreign ownership and cross-media ties boosted media
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    • 221 14 AFP KUALA LUMPUR A consortium led by businessman S M Nasimuddin Amin has won a bid for a controlling stake in auto and banking conglomerate DRB-HICOM, reports said yesterday. The consortium beat tycoon Syed Mokhtar A 1 Bukhary to win the bid for a
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    • 120 12 Passion... Embracing Winning Moves m 7 chose ECU BSc (Sports Science because this is the only international recognised programme in Singapore to offer a holistic, interdisciplinary understanding of exercise science and sport management. 4 Noor Izwan Paini, Singapore Sports Council Scholar The BSe (Sports Science) is an area of study
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  • Comment
    • 710 15  -  By CONRAD RAJ THE government will soon be handing out the third and final lot of Economic Restructuring Shares (ERS) to more than two million Singaporeans. But the shares will go only to those who have at least $5O in their Central Provident Fund (CPF) accounts.
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    • 396 15 K 1 WfmM Absolutely Trustworthy. Absolutely Professional. That’s the APMI Advantage. “At APMI there is a highly developed set of standard operating procedures for ensuring student support. We had never come across such close and detailed student support systems for any other business school.” EQUIS ACCREDITATION REVIEW 2004 Counselling University
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  • Vocal
    • 313 16 I REFER to the letters “HDB policy will continue to keep flats empty”, by Mr G H Tan, and “Scrap ethnic quota for 5-room flats”, by Ms Karen Lee Ban Ling. The Ethnic Integration Policy (EIP) has worked well since its implementation more
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    • 135 16 I REFER to Mr Ishwar Mahtani’s letter “Medical benefits with a catch” (Streats, Oct 12). Blood donors and their nominees who are under the Medical Benefits Scheme may claim their benefits at public hospitals’ specialist outpatient clinics only if they have been referred for
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    • 210 18 I REFER to Mr Chua Kim Choo’s letter, “MRT escalators break down often” (Streats, Oct 13). Escalator overhaul works are conducted as part of SMRT’s stringent maintenance programme to ensure that they are kept in a safe and reliable condition. The duration of
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    • 149 18 I REFER to Mr William Lee’s letter, “Taxi driver dangerous, rude” (Streats, Oct 15), and I would like to apologise for his unpleasant encounter with one of our drivers. We wish to assure Mr Lee and members of the public that we will not hesitate to discipline
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    • 140 18 I REFER to Ms Kathryn Lau’s letter, “Pay Cash’ when ez-link is faulty” (Streats, Oct 14). Singapore’s public transport system encourages ez-link usage through lower charges, fare rebates and by giving no change on cash payments. This means one has to have the exact
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    • 37 18 IN the report, “New help for debtors” (Streats, Oct 15), we omitted a digit from the hotline number for Credit Counselling Singapore. The correct number is 1800-CALL CCS (1800-2255 227). We are sorry for the error.
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    • 172 16 CASING V oiiAi rrv SINGAfORE '.wurrcuss V W hub Childcare Student Care Education YMCA Education Y hub Are you a Private Tutor, Student Care Professional, Tuition Centre Assistant or Job Seeker? Upgrade yourself with our YMCA Certificate in Student Care Services Course (CSC), endorsed by MCYS. 4th Intake Commencing 27
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    • 374 18 HAVE YOUR SAY E-mail us at str@atS@SpfLColHt.S|i or write to The Editor, Streats, News Centre, 1000 Toa Payoh North, Singapore *****4. You should include your name, address and contact number. We reserve the right to edit your letters for brevity and clarity. By your writing to us, it shall be
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  • Global
    • 375 20 Comments by father’s former aide the latest in a series of setbacks for US president Wire services WASHINGTON US President George Bush has received a stunning blow from one of his father’s former advisers. Mr Brent Scowcroft, the national security adviser under Mr Bush’s father, told
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    • 51 20 Passers-by looking at a giant painting by Pablo Picasso at a shopping mall in Hong Kong on Saturday. The 1917 backdrop, entitled Parade and originally used in a ballet performance, is one of the painter's earliest works. It measures 16.4 m by 10.4 m and weighs 45kg
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    • 198 20 -ap ATLANTA -Fear of a terrorist attack is not sufficient reason for authorities to search people at a protest, a federal appeals court has ruled, saying that Sept 11 “cannot be the day liberty perished”. A three-judge panel of the 11th US Circuit Court
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    • 368 21 UK credit card dues surge to slBlb, prompting action London Britain’s big banks are coming under fire for “irresponsible” lending, which has helped push credit card debt to a staggering £6O billion (S$ 181 billion). Bosses of banks such as Royal Bank °f Scotland, HSBC
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    • 260 21 -AFP Sydney Australia said yesterday it Wa s considering signing a new security a greement with Indonesia to replace a heaty between the countries that was Sc rapped when Canberra sent troops Mto East Timor in 1999. Foreign Minister Alexander Downer a
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    • 71 22 So> rise set to 4X\ AS**» ,l\ V iv V^ .v@Sis jntff H if? toI cO l ANOTHER SINGAPOREAN UPGRADE From humble Paya Lebar to modern Changi Airport. 300,000 passengers to 29 million passengers annually. The story of Singapore is a tale of successful upgrades. On 19 Oct, look out
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  • Medical
    • 331 23 RESEARCHERS in England are seeking permission to conduct tests which may result in some babies being bom with three biological parents. The application to the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority may be approved within weeks although some groups have protested against
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  • EasyStreats
    • 842 24 Guy Hoh’s culinary skills were bom out of desperation. But now, you too can learn to cook like him. He has just published a cookbook for busy w young professionals. GREGORYLEOW finds out more AS far as cooking goes, Guy Hoh has no real credentials. He does
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    • journeys
      • 830 25 SARAHNG went to Übud in Bali and didnt cycle or trek. Neither did she dive. Instead, she just relaxed and had a glorious time WHEN I planned for a vacation in July, I had only one thing in mind: Do nothing except laze in the
        Pics: Sarah Ng, Allla hotels  -  830 words
      • 335 26  -  By Gregory Leow HAWKER food paired with wine? It would seem that the interest of Streats readers was sufficiently piqued by this prospect, and most were seated at least half an hour beforehand to get the best seats in the house for the recent Streats
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    • 110 27 Warm, spring weather has a positive impact on mood, thinking and mental health, University of Michigan researchers say. But for weather to improve mood, people had to spend at least 30 minutes outside, according to the study that will appear in an upcoming issue of Psychological
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    • Tune in TV & MOVIE NEWS
      • Article, Illustration
        63 27 ?Pm, Channel i Reggie and Becker are with another c °uple, Becker receives an emergency page rushes off. Then Reggie’s friend, Sarah, al so races off to tend to her children, leaving her husband Richard to stay and enjoy dinner with Reggie. The two end up enjoying than a
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      • 53 27 9pm, Cinemax (Star Hub Ch 59) John Gotti was the New York City gangster whose sheer brutality propelled him into the highest ranks of the Gambino crime family. The men who served him were rewarded the men who crossed him died. Armand Assante plays Gotti in this startling true
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    • Happenin’
      • Article, Illustration
        54 27 EAGLES, LIVE IN CONCERT Today, Bpm Singapore Indoor Stadium Tickets from $99 to $499 at Sistic Catch the legendary rock group the Eagles in their first-ever performance in Singapore. The American rockers will perform classic Eagles hits such as Hotel California, Desperado and Tequila Sunrise, as well as tracks
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      • 78 27 Marie-Jo Et Ses Deux Amours (Marie-Jo and Her Two Loves) Tomorrow, Bpm Alliance Francaise (No 1 Sarkies Road) Tickets at s7from Sistic In this French film Marie-Jo is a middle-aged woman living an ordinary life with her husband, Daniel, and her daughter, Julie. Outwardly her marriage to Daniel is
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    • 43 27 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. Lianhe Zaobao Chia General Association (Singapore) wants to help members to have more mjimtc w Deadly, ugly fish
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  • Page 27 Miscellaneous
    • 3 27 Break fast: 6.53pm
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    • 507 27 f? AQUARIUS «fefe JAN2O-FEB 18 You control the press passes or the guest list. Shape events by stacking the deck in your favour. Despite your controlling interest, you’re still enough of a spectator to be amazed by the wonder of your creation. PISCES FEB 19-MAR 20 You stretch a little
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  • Sports
    • 420 28  -  Woodlands midfielder to go on two-week attachment with Crewe Alexandra By Tan Kim Han AHMAD Latiff Khamarudin (right) will get another chance to parade his skills in Europe. The Woodlands Wellington midfielder, 25, who has been in erratic form this year, will be in England for a
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    • 181 28 AP LONDON Chelsea striker Adrian Mutu has tested positive for a banned drug, a British newspaper said yesterday. According to the Mail on Sunday, the 25-year-old Romanian striker, who has lost his place on the team after falling out with club coach Jose
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    • 172 28 -AFP PALM DESERT, California South Korean Grace Park held onto her lead in the Samsung World Championship on Saturday, but Swedish superstar Annika Sorenstam was closing in with one round to play. Sorenstam fired a three-under-par 69 to pick up two strokes on'Park,
      -AFP  -  172 words
    • 199 28 -AFP GREENSBORO, North Carolina Swedish golfer Jesper Pamevik predicted that marriage would provide 3 pick-me-up for golf superstar Tiger Woods, who wed his Swedish sweetheart Elin Nordegren in Barbados earlier this month. “I think it’s going to be good for his game,” Pamevik said on
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    • Article, Illustration
      461 29  -  Former Olympian to be in charge of national women’s team B y Gary Lim FORMER international Jing Junhong (above), who played her last competitive game at the Athens Olympics two months ago, is back as coach of the national women’s team. Jing, 36, will be joint coach
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    • 296 29 Wire services MADRID Real Madrid coach Mariano Garcia Remon lamented poor finishing after his side were forced to rely on a trademark poacher’s strike from Ronaldo in a 1-1 draw at Real Betis in the Spanish First Division on Saturday. Ronaldo’s second-half goal ended a
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    • 94 29 BASKETBALL AFP BEIJING The Sacramento Kings thrilled a raucous Chinese crowd in a pre-season 91-89 thriller over the Yao Ming-led Houston Rockets yesterday. Kings guard Bobby Jackson was the hero of the day, knocking down a 3m jump-shot winner. The 17,000 fans at Beijing’s Capital Gymnasium were
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    • 94 29 MOTORCYCLING AFP PHILLIP ISLAND, Australia Italian Valentino Rossi beat Spaniard Sete Gibemau in a spine-tingling duel to win the Australian MotoGP and claim his fourth world premier race title here yesterday. He diced with Gibemau in a furious last-lap battle to win the penultimate race of the 16-race
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    • 111 29 TRIATHLON -AFP KAILUA-KONA, Hawaii Normann Stadler and Nina Kraft gave Germany a double in the 2004 Ironman Triathlon world championships here on Saturday. Stadler, who spent six weeks training in San Diego, put on a strong performance in the 180 km cycling leg to win in Bhr
      -AFP  -  111 words
    • 444 30 Anelka exposes failings as Mourinho’s Chelsea crash to their first defeat Wire services MANCHESTER Nicolas Anelka condemned Chelsea to their first defeat of the Premiership campaign with an 1 lth-minute penalty as Manchester City exposed the deficiencies of Jose Mourinho’s (right) title hopefuls. Chelsea remain second
      – Wire services; Reuters  -  444 words
    • 264 30 -AFP MANCHESTER China defender Sun Jihai will be out of action for up to a year after rupturing knee ligaments in Manchester City’s 1-0 win over Chelsea on Saturday. The China international was injured midway through the first half following a collision with Eidur
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    • 525 31 Wenger downplays fears of another free-for-all during United game AFP LONDON Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger (below) warned an ugly fracas must be avoided when his all-conquering side travel to Old Trafford next Sunday for a mouth-watering Premiership clash against Manchester United. The wily French manager said that
      – AFP; AP  -  525 words
    • 309 31 AFP ROME Juventus coach Fabio Capello hailed the contribution of stand-in striker Marcelo Zalayeta after Saturday’s scrappy 2-1 home win over Messina. Given a rare start because of injuries to Alessandro Del Piero and David Trezeguet, Zalayeta headed the opening goal before Pavel Nedved increased Juve’s
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    • 465 31 AFP LONDON Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez believes that his side’s astonishing comeback to win 4-2 at Fulham could be the harbinger of brighter days for the Reds after a mixed start to his reign at Anfield. The visitors found themselves two goals down at
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  • Page 29 Miscellaneous
    • 29 29 IN THE LIVING ROOM FOOTBALL: EPL Portsmouth vs Tottenham Hotspur (Ch 24, tomorrow, 1.30 am) TENNIS: Masters Series, Spain, Ist rd (Ch 24, spm, 7pm and tomorrow, 1.30 am).
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