Streats, 13 December 2004
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Title Section12 2004-12-13 1 Streats MONDAY, DECEMBER 13, 2004 website: www.streats.com.sg «e-mail: streats@sph.com.sg MICA {P> 196/03/200412 words
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Article, Illustration463 2004-12-13 1 2 killed, 19 injured as grenade explodes in midst 0f20,000 screaming fans at Shah Rukh Khan concert in Colombo Wire services COLOMBO Indian Bollywood stars rushed home yesterday after their sell-out “Temptation 2004” concert ended in tragedy following a grenade attack on Saturday that killed two people– Wire services; Pics: AFP - 463 words
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Morning Rush
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Article, Illustration406 2004-12-13 2 Khushwant Singh - He wasn’t as well-known as his brother, but Henry Conceicao went all out with his church work, getting a rare papal award Streats ICI if QHf f*l I jn rt rj I f By Khushwant Singh HIS church work was so outstanding that Mr406 words
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Article190 2004-12-13 2 Reuters KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia must scrap a repressive law that allows the government to jail people without trial, opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim said, again flexing political muscle after his release from jail three months ago. The government often misuses the Internal Security Act, a relic– Reuters - 190 words
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Article, Illustration429 2004-12-13 3 Without a mandate in parliament, Taiwan leader’s plan to write a new constitution may be scuttled Wire services TAIPEI The defeat of Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian’s pro-independence party in legislative elections over the weekend could ease tensions with China and calm US worries that the– Wire services; Reuters - 429 words
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215 2004-12-13 4 -AP KUALA LUMPUR An elephant sanctuary in Malaysia’s Pahang state is under investigation following allegations that foreign women including Canadians were raped and sexually assaulted by park workers, a news report said yesterday. An unspecified number of alleged victims filed complaints with their governments-AP - 215 words
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393 2004-12-13 4 i Kkushwant Singh - Move will complement S’pore’s bid to become design hub By i Kkushwant Singh SINGAPORE’S ambition to become a design hub received a boost last week with the announcement that the International Federation of Interior Architects/Designers (IFI) will relocate its headquarters here next year.393 words
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Article366 2004-12-13 6 Training shoe firm says campaign is well received Wire services HONG KONG A TV advertisement for training shoe giant Nike that has been banned in China for being culturally insensitive will continue to be shown in majority Chinese Hong Kong, officials and media reported– Wire services - 366 words
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Article, Illustration221 2004-12-13 6 NgSorLuan - Text and picture byNgSorLuan NgSorLuan TWO white rhinos, classified as threatened with extinction, Were recently bom in the Singapore zoo. Mandela, bom in October, is named after Nelson Mandela, South Africa’s ex-president, following a suggestion by a South African regular zoo visitor. His221 words
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143 2004-12-13 8 BUZZSTOP THE new MediShield insurance plan could be introduced as early as July 1 next year. Health Minister Khaw Boon Wan said that premiums would be about $lO a month higher, but people with huge medical bills are143 words
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Article, Illustration45 2004-12-13 8 A Bulgarian Santa Claus waving yesterday as he prepares to abseil down the facade of a hotel to deliver presents to Bulgarian children in the capital Sofia. Bulgaria began to officially celebrate Christmas after the fall of communism 15 years ago ReutersReuters - 45 words
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156 2004-12-13 8 I Eight injured in bomb, gun attacks -AFP AT least eight people were injured yesterday when two churches were attacked in separate bomb blast and shooting incidents in Indonesia’s restive central Sulawesi province. A bomb exploded at the Emanuel church in downtown Palu city, the-AFP - 156 words
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Article123 2004-12-13 8 Talks to resolve differences with M’sia SENIOR Minister Goh Chok Tong will visit Malaysia today, at the invitation of Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi. Mr Goh will meet Datuk Seri Abdullah, and separately with Malaysian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defence Najib Tun Razak,123 words
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Article150 2004-12-13 8 Lost pets get help to post ads SOME pets in Singapore have been learning to write appealing and catchy advertisements. That’s how it would appear from notices that appeared in Streats on three consecutive Mondays from Nov 29 which were apparently written by animals150 words
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Article89 2004-12-13 8 AFP A THAI defence volunteer has been cleared in the death of a senior official in the restive south believed to have been shot by his own security detail, reports said yesterday. Mr Abdul Awaedallah had been charged with manslaughter in the November shooting of Mr– AFP - 89 words
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Article89 2004-12-13 8 -AFP THE former head of Britain’s armed forces has warned against planned cuts in the standing army, saying that they would leave it “dangerously small and over-committed”. Lord Charles Guthrie told The Sunday Telegraph that the British army “has become dangerously small for what it is-AFP - 89 words
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Article85 2004-12-13 8 -ap A POWERFUL explosion rocked a public market packed with Christmas shoppers in the southern Philippines yesterday, killing at least 11 people and injuring nearly 30 others, police said. The mid-afternoon blast, apparently from a homemade bomb or a grenade concealed in a box, killed three-ap - 85 words
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Article109 2004-12-13 8 -AFP JAILED intifada leader Marwan Barghuti was set to announce late yesterday that he was withdrawing from next month’s election for president of the Palestinian Authority. West Bank Fatah leader Barghuti’s wife Fadwa and campaign manager had called a 7.30 pm (local time) press conference-AFP - 109 words
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Financial
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512 2004-12-13 10 BEIJING The parent company of China Aviation Oil (Singapore) Corp has said that while it is not legally liable for the losses incurred by its Singaporean subsidiary, it is adopting a “responsible attitude”512 words
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Article, Illustration319 2004-12-13 10 Janice Wong - By Janice Wong THE popularity of Indochinese food has prompted mainboardlisted Amara Holdings to install a chic Vietnamese restaurant and bar in its flagship hotel at Tanjong Pagar. Called Hue and due to open next week, the eatery replaces Wall Street karaoke cafeJanice Wong - 319 words
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Article552 2004-12-13 10 The stock recommendation is the average of all 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 and552 words
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281 2004-12-13 12 -AFP WASHINGTON The United States, casting aside fears about weak job creation and tepid holiday sales, appears set to raise interest rates tomorrow for the fifth time in a row. Federal Reserve policymakers would raise the federal funds target rate, which commercial banks-AFP - 281 words
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Article, Illustration136 2004-12-13 12 Edwin Koo - Text and picture by Edwin Koo SIX boxes from Singapore, set to arrive in Florida this afternoon will bring cheer to over 600 children halfway across the world. More than 400 items, including clothing, books, toys, bags, shoes and household equipment, have been flown to136 words
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Article, Illustration332 2004-12-13 14 Reuters TOKYO Game fans (pictured above) have braved a chilly Tokyo night in long lines to be among the first in the world to get their hands on Sony Corp’s Play Station Portable, the consumer electronics firm’s first handheld game machine. About 200,000 of the– Reuters; Reuters; AP - 332 words
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Article, Illustration504 2004-12-13 14 Wealth has no impact on billionaire’s spending habits -AFP AELMHULT, Sweden Claimed by some to be richer even than Microsoft’s Mr Bill Gates, Ikea founder Ingvar Kamprad is a different kind of billionaire who has never given up the penny-pinching habits that made his do-it-yourself furniture-AFP; AFP - 504 words
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Comment
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Article, Illustration604 2004-12-13 15 CONRAD RAJ - By CONRAD RAJ ON Nov 9, an attempt to hold up the Upper Bukit Timah Road branch of Maybank was foiled by a quickthinking Cisco guard who shot and wounded the robber. The robber’s gun turned out to be a plastic replica.604 words
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Vocal
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Article177 2004-12-13 16 WE refer to the letter, “Breeding ground for mosquitoes” (Streats, Dec 8), and thank the writer for the opportunity to clarify regarding the matter. We wish to assure the writer and residents living near the Yan Kit Swimming Complex that measures are in place to prevent177 words
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Article125 2004-12-13 16 THE eateries at the Esplanade Mall serve very expensive food. Here are examples of the food prices there: a slice of cake $lO, apple pie $6.50, small cookie $2, cup of coffee and slice of cake $6, and a set lunch $3O-plus. Most are mid- to125 words
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Article124 2004-12-13 16 BUS services from Kranji to Johor Barn are the worst I have encountered. These include services 170 and 160. They take passengers from Kranji to Woodlands, drop passengers there and immediately make a U-tum back to Kranji to fetch another batch of passengers. Even when124 words
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Article130 2004-12-13 16 WE thank Mr Lee Kip Lee for his feedback about the U-tum along Bukit Timah Road where motorists can turn into Swiss Club Road (“Accident at ‘unique’ U-tum”, Streats, Nov 30). We are working with the Traffic Police to assess the need for an engineering solution130 words
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Article102 2004-12-13 18 I REFER to the report, “Chen arrested on return, out on bail” (Streats, Dec 9). For the benefit of the public, I hope somebody with a legal background can explain the distinctions between “arrested”, “charged” and “released on bail after questioning” without being charged. It is102 words
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Article99 2004-12-13 18 I AM very disappointed that I have not received any reply from Transit Link to my letter “Rethink ez-link child card rule” (Streats, Oct 29). This raises doubts about the commitment of Transit Link, a public service operator, to respond to public feedback on its services.99 words
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Article175 2004-12-13 18 I AGREE with the views Mr Francis Yong Hin Yao gave in his letter, “Speed camera disrupts traffic flow on ECP” (Straits Times, Dec 3). I find that Singapore drivers, being generally “kiasu”, invariably slow to way below the speed limit when nearing speed175 words
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Article161 2004-12-13 18 MY mother opted for a B 2 ward at Tan Tock Seng Hospital to keep her charges low. She had to stay for more than a week and we then decided to engage a consultant of TTSH to attend to her. But we were told that, to161 words
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Article135 2004-12-13 18 FOR years I have had to pay extra charges to banks when I deposit coins from my coin-operated machine business. A bank has explained that it must pay the Monetary Authority of Singapore when the coins are returned to the MAS. Is this true? The bank135 words
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Global
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Article, Illustration417 2004-12-13 20 Myanmar’s rulers hosted summit for their own ends: critics -AFP YANGON Buddhism, enthusiastically followed by the majority of Myanmar’s 53 million people, is being exploited as a propaganda tool by the military junta, monks and analysts said after the curtain fell on a world Buddhist-AFP; AFP - 417 words
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212 2004-12-13 20 -AFP KUALA LUMPUR More than 4,500 people have been evacuated and at least four people drowned in the worst floods in 40 years on the east coast of peninsula Malaysia, reports and police said yesterday. A number of roads in the eastern-AFP - 212 words
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Article142 2004-12-13 20 -AFP WASHINGTON Young Americans are less sexually active now than their counterparts of the mid-*****, a study out this week found. The US Department of Health and Human Services found that the proportion of never-married females aged 15 to 17 who had ever had sexual intercourse-AFP - 142 words
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Article218 2004-12-13 22 Los Angeles Times WASHINGTON The abrupt withdrawal of the White House’s choice to head the US Homeland Security Department is an embarrassing setback for President George W Bush’s effort to put his second-term Cabinet in place quickly and without controversy. One day after he admitted– Los Angeles Times - 218 words
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Article441 2004-12-13 22 Ukraine protesters want to get Yushchenko into office the peaceful way -AP KIEV, Ukraine One day in early July, tens of thousands of people streamed into a Kiev amphitheatre called the Singing Field to hear opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko announce his run for president. The sun-AP - 441 words
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Article, Illustration215 2004-12-13 22 -AFP NEW DELHI Ms Neha Pandita, 19, took her first ever payslip and bought nice shoes, a watch, jeans, a diamond ring for mum, a cellphone for dad and a stuffed animal and chocolates for her sister. The next month’s salary paid for a-AFP; AFP - 215 words
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Medical
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Article372 2004-12-13 23 Reuters NEW YORK Don’t be too worried if your child is talking to an imaginary friend. New research shows that some 65 per cent of young children befriend imaginary companions, and nearly one-third continue to play with them through age seven. Also, although many believe– Reuters - 372 words
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Article132 2004-12-13 23 -AP CHICAGO A study has found a link between lead exposure and the development of cataracts in older men, adding to the list of harmful effects blamed on the heavy metal. To measure the men’s long-term, cumulative exposure to lead, Harvard Medical School researchers,-AP - 132 words
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EasyStreats
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Article, Illustration789 2004-12-13 24 Dick Lee professes to being \a little envious’of the Singapore Idol finalists, but there’s nothing they can teach this veteran about commercial or popular success. ZUBAIDAH NAZEER reports HE has been a leading figure in the entertainment scene for 30 years, but Dick Lee freely admits that this789 words
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journeys
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Article, Illustration895 2004-12-13 25 The glories of bygone ages still shine in this city, despite centuries of building and rebuilding. PAUL JANSEN is captivated by the Turkish city of Istanbul TURKEY was never high on my list of countries to visit. Now, it’s 4 4ght up there on the list of placesPics: Paul Jaa&jft; Paul Jansen - 895 words
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Article180 2004-12-13 26 THE Asia Television Forum (ATF) and Asia Film Market and Conference (AFMC), held at the Shangri-La Hotel on Dec 1 to 3, has been declared a success. More than US$2l million (5534.7 million) worth of deals was transacted, surpassing last year’s US$l3 million, according180 words
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Article, Illustration133 2004-12-13 26 PHILATELISTS and stamp collectors will not want to miss Singapore Post’s latest release, The 2004 Collection of Singapore Stamps. This premium hard coverquality book promises a good read as well as a complete collection of the year’s beautiful stamps. These include the series 2004 -Thar of the133 words
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Article, Illustration140 2004-12-13 27 i About 150 people have L been sent to an Aleutian I island to help clean up an oil spill, but harsh weather has kept most from the spill site. The Malaysianflagged Selendang Jp Ayu was holding nearly 500,000 gallons e of fuel oil and 21,000Pic Ashleigh Sim - 140 words
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Tune in TV & MOVIE NEWS
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Article, Illustration50 2004-12-13 27 9pm, Channel i After his co-pilot is killed, Jake Grafton questions the purpose of the Navy’s bombing missions in North Vietnam. He finds an ally for his cynicism in Virgil Cole, a weapon’s officer on his third tour of duty. Starring Danny Glover and Willem Dafoe.50 words
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Article46 2004-12-13 27 10pm, Central A series of no-holds-barred fantasy fights featuring clay renderings of today’s hottest celebrities pitted against each other in the ring. In this episode: Nick Nolte vs Eddie Murphy, Macaulay Culkin vs Haley Joel Osment, Billy Corgan and Dave Grohl vs Courtney Love.46 words
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Happenin’
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Article, Illustration48 2004-12-13 27 SINGAPORE/KOREA EXCHANGE ART EXHIBITION Thursday till Saturday, llam-7pm NgeeAnn Cultural Centre (97, Tank Road) Free A joint exhibition of some 250 works of art from 100 Korean artists and 75 Singaporean artists. This international art exchange programme aims to enable artists to better understand each other’s culture.48 words
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Article63 2004-12-13 27 PRIZE WINNERS’ CONCERT Wednesday, 7-30 pm Singapore Conference Hall Tickets at $lO at the door (for more information, call 6746-4622 or log on to www.nac.gov.sg) This year’s National Chinese Music Competition attracted a total of 244 entries for solo and ensemble sections, involving a total of 410 participants. The63 words
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Miscellaneous508 2004-12-13 27 Yourdailyhoroscope by Kelli Fox at Astrology.com AQUARIUS JAN 20-FEB 18 PISCES FEB 19-MAR 20 You’re set in your convictions. Anyone trying to talk you out of them will lose the battle. Is all this* fighting really worth it? Wouldn’t you be better off agreeing on a few points if only508 words
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Sports
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Article, Illustration440 2004-12-13 29 Tan Kim Han - Time ripe to upset goal-shy Singapore’s plans, says upbeat Laos Reports by Tan Kim Han In Hanoi TIGER CUP (GROUP A) Singapore vs Laos LAOS plans to create history by embarrassing Singapore tonight to qualify for its first semi-final in the Tiger Cup football competition. It believes440 words
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Article, Illustration302 2004-12-13 29 VIETNAM coach Edson Tavares (right) yesterday blamed football’s bureaucracy here for his sudden departure. The Brazilian was forced to resign after the Tiger Cup co-host lost 0-3 to Indonesia before a 40,000 capacity crowd on Saturday. Vietnam is now handled by goalkeeper coach Tran302 words
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Article, Illustration404 2004-12-13 30 Gary Lim - Lanes favour right-handers, claims southpaw Remy Ong By Gary Lim REMY ONG has put his semi-retirement plans on hold after losing to Norway’s Petter Hansen in the AMF Bowling World Cup semi-finals yesterday. The bowler told Streats that if he had won the title, he would haveST - 404 words
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242 2004-12-13 30 Serene Tay - By Serene Tay OLYMPIC sailor Stanley Tan has finally stamped his mark in the 28th Singapore Laser Open. The 30-year-old finished overall champion yesterday to end his lean spell in the competition. He had failed to win in the past 10242 words
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Article, Illustration527 2004-12-13 31 Moyes fires warning to Arsenal, Chelsea after derby win AFP LIVERPOOL David Moyes has warned Chelsea and Arsenal that his Everton side are capable of pushing them all the way in the Premiership title race. The Scot has spent most of this season playing down his’ – AFP; ■ AP - 527 words
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271 2004-12-13 31 -AFP LONDON With Arsenal and Chelsea basking in the spotlight, Manchester United are out to continue their stealthy attempt on gatecrashing the party at the Premiership summit. With participation in the Champions League knockout phase assured, United have ploughed their efforts into the-AFP - 271 words
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Article103 2004-12-13 31 BASKETBALL -AFP INDIANAPOLIS Chris Webber scored 26 points and Mike Bibby added 21 to lift the Sacramento Kings past Indiana 97-92 in over-time here on Saturday, dumping the Pacers to their seventh loss in a row. The Kings have won 13 of their past 15 games to reach-AFP - 103 words
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Article110 2004-12-13 31 -AFP THOUSAND OAKS, California Scotland’s Colin Montgomerie fired a four-under-par 67 to grab a two-stroke lead after the third round of the U 555.25 million (558.68 million) World Challenge golf tournament here on Saturday. Montgomerie sank a 10-footer for eagle at the par-5 16th and birdied the-AFP - 110 words
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Article104 2004-12-13 31 -AFP KUALA LUMPUR India’s Jyoti Randhawa won the Masters of Asia title yesterday after beating Australian Terry Pilkadaris in a play-off, while Thai star Thongchai Jaidee’s fifth-placed finish secured him the Asian Tour Order of Merit crown. Randhawa drained a 15-foot birdie putt on the second hole-AFP - 104 words
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