Tabla, 27 March 2009

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  • 19 1 tabla! THE HEARTBEAT OF THE INDIAN COMMUNITY MICA(P) 181/03/2009 SINGAPORE, WEEKEND OF FRIDAY, MARCH 27,2009 «T* SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS
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  • 295 1  -  Who among Sonia Gandhi, Jayalalithaa and Mayawati will sing Jai Ho come May 16? PATRICK JONAS IN MANY Indian households, it is the men who call the shots. So it would seem ironic that the focus falls on three women politicians as election date apOne of the
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    32 1 PUSSYCAT DOLLS SING THEIR WAY UP THE CHARTS WITH SLUM DOG HIT In tune with India.... Pussycat Dolls singer Nicole Scherzinger looks stunning in a black sari. black sari. PHOTO: REUTERS
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  • INDIA
    • 285 2 HER opponents may be a bit tired of her. Whatever they throw at her does not stick. Five years ago, when she won by a huge margin from Rae Bareli and the coalition that her Congress party stitched together got to form the government, they hurled
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    • 306 2 LARGER-than-life cut-outs of AIADMK supremo Jayalalithaa grace the streets of Chennai. If she has her way, soon we may see such cut-outs in New Delhi. That is, if she manages to become PM. Sceptics might ask how this shrewd politician with a powerbase restricted to Tamil Nadu
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    • 290 2 SHE feels her time has come. A time she has been meticulously planning for. The past few years have seen Ms Mayawati travel the length and breadth of India, wooing voters and garnering people to represent her Bahujan Samaj Party come election time. Now that time has
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    • 228 3 Every year, this Pondicherry politician submits a report of his activities to his people Indo-Asian News Service HE IS an unusual kind of MP. Mr M. Ramadass (left) of the Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK) is perhaps the first Indian MP to submit to the people of
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    • 416 3  -  DUBAI DIARY Bhaskar Iyer ONE can sense the Dubai sun yawning and stretching, preparatory to putting up its customary strong show over the next six months. But even as it comes out from hibernation, the city’s wispy winter is not quitting without a fight.
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    • 723 4 Firms hire agencies to help retrenched staff find jobs Indo-Asian News Service TIMES are tough. And some companies have to let people go. But some employers in India are not leaving their retrenched employees out in the cold. They are hiring outplacement agencies to find suitable new
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    • 329 4 INDIA will join the 83 other countries that have signed up as of Thursday (March 26) to observe Earth Hour on March 28. In cities like New Delhi and Mumbai, supporters of this exercise to save energy and the environment will switch
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    • 203 5 THE US dollar has it. So does the British pound, the euro and the Japanese yen. So why not the Indian rupee? This could have been one of the arguments in favour of India launching a competition to design a symbol for the rupee.
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    • regional roundup
      • 62 5 Journalist shot dead GUNMEN shot dead senior journalist Anil Majumdar, executive editor of Guwahati-based Assamese Daily Aji, outside his residence on March 24. The 40-year-old was shot at night as his driver was opening the gate of his home. “Investigations are on. It would be too early to hazard
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      • 87 5 Khadi in demand as polls near KHADI Gram Udyog outlets, which sell handicraft items, are doing brisk business. Sales have picked up by as much as 25 per cent this month. “Demand for khadi products has picked up after the announcement of general elections,” Khadi and village industries commission
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      • 86 5 Power plans Power plans THE Rajasthan government has started making moves to meet the demand for power during the 12th five-year plan starting in 2011. Demand for electricity is projected to go up by about 5,000 MW and the government has invited India’s leading power companies to sell it
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      • 71 5 Trees promise bird flu cure INDIAN scientists have identified trees in the Western Ghats that might serve as an alternative source of raw material for the standard drug against bird flu. Currently the raw material comes mainly from China, reported The Telegraph. Researchers from Bangalore found several trees whose
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  • PERSONALITY
    • 1141 6  -  tabla! talk with Patrick Jonas Singapore. patrickj@sph.com.sg IN A way, it is not wrong to say that Communism brought the Bhaskars together, even though the two have had nothing to do with the Communists. Back in 1952, dance teacher K.P. Bhaskar arrived in Singapore from India,
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  • SINGAPORE
    • 216 7 IF YOUR child is a big fan of Indian Idol and Jo Jeeta Wohi Superstar, make sure you are first in line for the 100 complimentary passes being offered to tabla! readers today (March 27). The passes, which are for students, will let
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    • 471 7  -  Spurred by tabla! readers’ complaints, Jade cinema operator starts sprucing up the theatres SHEELA NARAYANAN sheela@sph.com.sg IN THE March 6 issue of tabla!, we reported that moviegoers were not happy with the state of Jade cinema at Shaw Tower which screens Bollywood films.
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      1106 8  -  It doesn’t matter if it’s a headache, a sore knee or a clogged nose... Indians swear by Axe oil Sheela Narayanan sheela@sph.com.sg ALL it apparently takes is one sniff and you are hooked. At least, that’s how Indian fans of Axe Brand Universal Oil describe their “addiction”
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    • 697 9  -  This monthly column looks at the issues faced by the Indian community here The reluctant TAI TAI ON MY latest trip to Delhi, to attend a dear friend’s second marriage, I was impressed by the ease and simplicity with which the celebrations were conducted. It
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    • 411 10  -  Move is part of CAAS’s upgrading of T1 SHEELA NARAYANAN sheela@sph.com.sg IF YOU are flying on Air India or Air India Express from next week, you’ll have to head to Changi Airport’s Terminal 2 to catch your flight instead of Terminal 1. From March
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    • 335 10 LIBRARIES are apparently no longer places just for borrowing books. In a bid to expand its image as not only a place for books and reference materials, from next month the National Library Board (NLB) will be launching its Economic Survivor Series
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    • 302 11 “Varun's speech is against all the values that our family has lived and died for.” Sonia Gandhi’s daughter Priyanka on her cousin Varun’s hate speech “On current indications, we expect to see a bottom in the economy within the next two quarters.” Finance Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam “Life
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    • 224 11 20Percentage of Singaporeans who check food labels before making a purchase 118 million Global rice stocks (in tonnes) carried over to the current annual year. This is 9 million tonnes more than last year 75Number of entries sent in by Indian designers for an Indian-themed Barbie at the
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    • 215 13 tabla!’s Surendar Kaur describes her long wait to get a hug from India’s ‘Hugging Saint’ last year. This year, she will be in Singapore on March 28 I HEARD about her from my husband and I was curious to meet her. So when
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    • singapore news
      • 310 13 PRIME Minister Lee Hsien Loong has made several changes to his Cabinet, chief among them being the appointment of Mr Teo Chee Hean as Deputy Prime Minister. He will be the Acting Prime Minister in Mr Lee’s absence and will continue as Minister
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      • 83 13 LAWYER Christopher de Souza was the lone dissenting voice when the controversial legislation which allows reimbursement of living kidney donors was passed in Parliament on March 24 after a heated debate. Even after Health Minister Khaw Boon Wan assured the House that the new law did
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    • 569 21  -  Golf Parivaar isn’t just an excuse for Indian men to hit the greens, it’s a family network. Or so it claims SHEELA NARAYANAN may a membership sheela@sph.com.sg If you want to join Golf Parivaar, e-mail events@golfparivaar.com LET’S get real here: When a group of golfers set up
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    • 579 21  -  Local Cricket Weekend Report HEMANT KENKRE CEYLON Sports Club were docked for bowling three overs short, giving Singapore Indian Association 36 bonus runs and victory by 14 runs in their Singapore Cricket Association (SCA) Division 1 encounter at Balestier Road over the weekend. Having put CSC
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    • 249 7 The Spiritual Art Of Managing Your Mind r r Swami Mukundananda by Swami Mukundananda Date: 4 to 9 April 2009 (Sat to Thur) Time: 7.30pm to 9.00pm daily Venue: Sri Srinivasa Perumal Temple, PGP Hall (Upstairs), 397 Serangoon Road (next to Farrer Park MRT) Have you ever read self-help and
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    • 132 9 Experience Her Boundless Compassion Be Inspired by Her Humanitarian Achievements ■Compassion to the poor and the needy is our duty to God. Only when we can see and serve the Divine in others will we be able to experience it in ourselves. Selfless service is thus an important part of
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  • EDUCATION
    • 323 12  -  There’s more to school than homework and exams. That’s why tabla! has this page for students of the three Indian schools here, to play reporter and photographer (This page is rotated among the schools. Next week, GIIS) ISHITA JOHN, Class 8B THE word “assembly” means a gathering
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    • SCHOOL SNAPSHOTS
      • 168 12 RUSSELL D’SOUZA, Nursery A: Hurray! My school took us on a trip to Changi Airport, Terminal 3. I saw big and small planes landing and taking off. My teacher told me how the pilots do their work. I had so much fun
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      • 263 12  -  SIMRAN GUPTA DEEPALI PARKASH, Class 8B OUR physics teacher, Mrs Simmi Bholowasia, often asks us to do experiments which not only increase our interest in the subject but are great learning experiences too. Recently, we conducted an experiment that would demonstrate how air could
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  • ENTERTAINMENT
    • 686 14 Pussycat Dolls’ version of Rahman hit gets mixed reactions from music lovers JUST when you thought the massive hype surrounding the Os-car-winning Slumdog Millionaire was evaporating, in step the Pussycat Dolls to resurrect it. Some- evaporating, step Pussycat Dolls to resurrect it. Somewhat. what. The The
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    • 710 15  -  Many stars fail when they turn producers TANVEER BOOKWALA Bollywood News Service TODAY, practically every A-list Bollywood actor worth his screen space has turned producer leased an office, adorned the walls with his own posters, and ordered his accountants and line-producers to number-crunch ambitious budgets.
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    • 419 15  -  MAULI SINGH funny Bollywood News Service NANDITA Das, the actor-turned-director, feels that making the award-winning Firaaq about people and their relationships after the 2002 Gujarat riots has mellowed her. The 40-year-old theatre actress who has won fame for her serious roles
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    • 592 16 Kabir Bedi and Dimple make a royal entrance at fashion czar J.J. Valaya’s show Indo-Asian News Service HE KEPT his guests, buyers and the media waiting for a maddening two hours at the grand finale of the Wills Lifestyle India Fashion Week (WIFW). But couture
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    • 155 16 DESPITE his penchant for depicting hard-hitting themes like racial riots and terrorism, even Chennai auteur Mani Ratnam (left) knows when he has a potential minefield on his hands. Wary of the controversy courting his latest film Ravana reportedly a modern interpretation of the Ramayana
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  • FOOD
    • 450 17  -  You’ll enjoy the place even if you can’t kick a football SHEELA NARAYANAN sheela@sph.com.sg Manchester United Cafe Bar 32 Boat Quay Tel: 6533-5880 WHEN it comes to sports, my participation is strictly of the spectator kind and only if there is food involved.
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    • 424 17  -  Shireena Shroff Manchharam IMAGINE this scenario: You are at a busy networking session, smiling, shaking hards and handing out business cards. Soon, you’ve accumulated over 100 cards from people you are not even remotely interested in. And you’re exhausted! Sounds familiar? On the other hand, if
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  • RELAX
    • 67 18/19 RAAG AUR TAAL AN EXPOSITION ON THE SAROD Enjoy an evocative repertoire of music led by the Indian sarod, a Hindustani musical instrument, at this concert by renowned sarod maestro Amjad Ali Khan and his two sons, Amaan and Ayaan. They will be accompanied by
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      584 18/19 SRI NAVAKSHARI LAKSHA JABA MAHA YAAGAM 2009 Prayers for good health, peace and prosperity for the family. When: Till March 29, various times Where: Sri Vairavimada Kaliamman Temple, 2001 Toa Payoh Lorong 8 Contact: 6259-5238 or e-mail heb–svkt@pacific.net.sg GUDHI PADWA 2009 Organised by Maharashtra Mandal Singapore, in celebration
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    • TV HIGHLIGHTS
      • friday
        • 49 18/19 2pmVTV First-year college student Subramani (Dhanush), known as Sullaan among his friends, has one objective in life have fun. He has had a few run-ins with Soori (Pasupathy), a money-lender who charges atrocious rates. When Soori's actions touch Sullaan’s family and friends, he is forced to strike back.
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        • 38 18/19 9.30pm VASANTHAM (Telugu) A young lad (Nagarjuna) leads a team of teenage boys who have been abandoned on the streets. He grows up to be a saviour of the poor and protects them from any atrocities.
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      • saturday
        • 44 18/19 4.30pm SONY ENT As a group of characters including a con man (Ritesh Deshmukh, below left with Koena), a club dancer (Koena) and a much-dreaded don (Jackie Shroff) hunt for hidden diamonds, the story takes many comical twists and turns.
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        • 55 18/19 9pm VASANTHAM Vetri (Ravi Krishna) sets out for the city to seek his fortune, but fails. In despair, he heads for the railway tracks thinking of suicide. But he finds a corpse there and a phone starts ringing. When he picks up, a voice utters: “Come and
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      • sunday
        • 59 18/19 3pm ZEETV Raj Singh (Jackie Shroff) returns to India with his daughters after his wife dies. Family friend Ronit (Hrithik Roshan) goes too. Raj helps Mr Puri’s daughters to settle in and gets them married. Youngest daughter Isha does not believe in love, but eventually falls in love with
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        • 73 18/19 7pm ZEETV Charming Karan (Saif Ali Khan) woos Sarika (Urmila Mantondkar) who works in a travel agency in Mumbai. She is reluctant initially but eventually falls in love with him. The two decide to get married. But Sarika is jailed for murder. In prison, she meets mobster
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          65 18/19 10.30pm SONY ENT It is a story of a battle without bloodshed, fought by a group of unlikely heroes led by Bhuvan (Aamir Khan, right), a young farmer with courage born of conviction and a dream in his heart. He is helped by Elizabeth, the beautiful English girl, who
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      • monday
        • 101 18/19 11.30am SONY ENT DIL Raja (Aamir Khan) is the extravagant son of a miserly father Hazari Prasad, who is on the look-out for a suitably rich bride for his son. Mr Mehra’s daughter Madhu (Madhuri Dixit) seems to fit the bill, so he decides to cultivate Mr Mehra’s friendship.
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        • 89 18/19 5pm VTV Srikanth is the youngest son of Murali, an exarmy man living in a village. Srikanth’s eldest brother Shyam Ganesh marries against his father’s wishes and settles in the city. Srikanth takes Murali to Chennai to remove a bullet in his neck and succeeds in re-uniting the family.
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      • tuesday
        • 35 18/19 11.30am SONY ENT This 1975 classic about the Santoshi Maa, the goddess of satisfaction and daughter of the elephant god, Ganesha and how she supports her devotees through their trials and tribulations.
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        • 68 18/19 9pm VTV Annamalai (Rajnikanth) and Ashok (Sarathbabu) are childhood friends. Annamalai is a milkman while Ashok is the son of a rich businessman (Radharavi). Annamalai earns the rich man’s ire when he helps Ashok get married to poor girl Geetha (Rekha). The rich man succeeds in driving a wedge
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      • wednesday
        • 123 18/19 SPECIALS 10 SHAUHRAT, NAFRAT AUR SHOWBIZ 9.30pm SONY ENT (Director: Vikram Bhatt) Actress Sara overdoses on drugs and is taken to hospital. Her minders try to keep the lid on the news, but it is leaked by her own secretary Pandey. Sara tells her doctor Aneesh that Sunil Seth killed
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      • thursday
        • 69 18/19 5pmVTV MAZHAI TV compere Madhumitha (Madhumitha) proposes to an ordinary auto driver Venkatakrishnan (Parthiban). Venkat is shocked but soon falls for her. When he discovers she did it as part of a TV show he is even more confused and develops delusional schizophrenia. He is physically present but
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        • 126 18/19  - SPECIALS 10 HAR KADAM PAR SHAQUE? 9.30 pm SON YENT Compiled by Surendar Kaur Compiled by Surendar Kaur SHAQUE? (Director: Mahesh Manjrekar) A newly-wed couple goes to Kasauni, a sleepy little hill-town in the Himalayas and stumble upon the dead body of a young woman, Mallika, elder daughter of the
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      188 18/19  -  DEREK O’BRIEN 1) According to the fairy tale, whose cradle was a walnut shell? a) Cinderella b) Rapunzel c) Thumbelina 2) Who played the role of Sharman Joshi’s mother in the film Godmother? a) Supriya Pathak b) Deepti Naval c) Shabana Azmi 3) The Panama Canal joins the Atlantic
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    • 126 20 AA DEKHEN ZAARA Neil Nitin Mukesh, Bipasha Basu Ray Acharya, a struggling photographer has nothing going for him until he inherits a very special camera from his grandfather which changes his life dramatically. His life becomes one big roller coaster ride that takes him from rags to
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  • Page 18/19 Advertisements
    • 65 18/19 Listings on this page are free. Write to: tabla!, 1000 Toa Payoh North, Tower Block, Level 5, Singapore *****4; fax: 6319-8311 or e-mail: tabla@sph.com.sg at least two weeks ahead. Include the name of the event, organiser, venue, date and time, ticket prices and your name, address and contact number. Send
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  • Page 18/19 Miscellaneous
    • 283 18/19 CROSSWORD ACROSS 1 Optimistic, as an outlook 5 Curb queuers, sometimes 9 Predicted 14 Plane alternative 15 Clay crock 16 Sticky stuff 17 Helen’s home 18 Symbol of craziness 19 when?” 20 Bring-a-dish event 23 Animal’s breadbasket 25 Earthquake relief, e.g. 26 Standard of perfection 27 Tillable 29 Hard-toswallow verbiage
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    • 105 18/19 SUDOKU 7 4 2 3 1 6 6 5 3 9 3 6 5 5 6 7 8 9 4 The objective is to place the digits 1 to 9 only, once in each of the small 3x3 squares. At the same time, you must create a row of unique
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  • Page 20 Miscellaneous
    • 496 20 FUTURE SPEAKS KAMAL KAPOOR Aries All goes well at the work place relations with seniors will be cordial and you may also get the support of your associates. If you are in business, the inflow of money will be beyond your expectations. New projects can be launched successfully. Taurus The
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    • 113 20 SOLUTIONS crossword quiz 1) Thumbelina 2) Shabana Azmi 3) Pacific Ocean 4) Chess 5) Jantar Mantar 6) Time 7) Carbon 8) Wax 9) Paper 10) White what am i? sudoku 3 4 8 1 9 2 5 5 6 7 6 7 8 3 4 2 9 1 9 1
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  • SPORTS
    • 876 22  -  Yes, it’s an Indian competition. And yes, it should be played on Indian soil. But at least it’ll win some more foreign fans now star column Harsha Bhogle tabla@sph.com.sg IT IS a relief and an accomplishment that the IPL is on. There has been much discussion
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    • 618 23  -  Next year it might be the Icelandic Premier League. Anything is possible FREEWHEELING Rohit Brijnath anyone rohitb@sph.com.sg Rohit Brijnath is a Senior Correspondent with The Straits Times AUSTRALIA has played a sensational series against South Africa. England and the West Indies have jousted finely.
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