Today, 24 April 2001, Afternoon Edition

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  • AFTERNOON EDITION
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      Lock icon No Aegis for Taiwan
      403 1 Agencies US to sell them Kidd class destroyers WASHINGTON President George W. Bush (right) has deferred selling Taiwan the sophisticated Aegis naval defence system. The President has decided to sell Taiwan the older Kidd class naval destroyers rather than Arleigh Burke class destroyers that could be
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      Lock icon NBA star in stand-off
      155 1 AFP SOUTH WINDSOR Police rescued the mother and two sisters of New York Knicks centre Marcus Camby at their home here yesterday after a tense eight-hour morning hostage stand-off. Police said Troy Crooms of Hartford, Connecticut, held a knife to the throat of Camby's sister, Monica,
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      Lock icon Stocks close lower
      79 1 AFP NEW YORK Stocks closed lower yesterday, weighed down by technology stocks as investors sought to lock in profits. The Nasdaq electronic index was 4.81 per cent lower and the blue chips of the Dow Jones Industrial Average dipped 0.45 per cent. The Nasdaq dropped 104.09 to
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  • HOT NEWS
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      Schoolgirl found dead
      90 2 CLAD in her physical education attire, a 14-year-old girl was found dead yesterday at the foot of a block of flats in Ang Mo Kio, where she lived. Her schoolbag was found along the corridor of the 11th floor. The girl had lived on the third floor
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      MBBS review
      242 2  -  Joy Frances Spore prepares for new medical education system joy @news to d ay.co m, sg AN international panel commissioned by the Ministry of Education has begun a four-day review of the local medical education system. They will also explore ideas for a life sciences industry and improvements
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      Debt collector who wouldn't stop
      106 2  -  Shazalina Salim by.. shazalina@newstoday,com.sg AN illegal debt collector was yesterday sent to jail for an offence which would have normally got him only a fine. But a long string of previous offences drove the court to lock up Ng Kum Kong, 29, for six months
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      Lock icon Dr Tan gets Hawkeye view
      49 2 DEPUTY Prime Minister and Minister for Defence, Dr Tony Tan (right) tries his hand at the controls of the E-3C Hawkeye aircraft during his visit to the Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF) 111 Squadron atTengah Air Base yesterday. Today photo by HEDY KHOO
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      'They're going to kill us'
      308 3 Screamed pilot of missionary plane in Peru PHILADELPHIA The pilot of a US missionary plane shot down by the Peruvian Air Force pleaded with civil aviation officials before it plunged 1,219 m down into the Amazon River. Bullets tore through the fuselage, lolling a woman
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      Lock icon Istanbul hostage crisis ends
      132 3 AFP ISTANBUL Heavily-armed pro-Chechen gunmen who seized dozens of hostages in a luxury hotel in protest against Russia's "bloody" war in the Caucasus surrendered to the authorities and freed all their captives yesterday. Turkish television showed 13 handcuffed kidnappers being transported by bus away from the
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      Lock icon Problems can be overcome: Gus Dur
      176 3 Agencies JAKARTA President Abdurrahman Wahid said yesterday that Indonesia was facing a decisive moment but was capable of overcoming its problems. Speaking at a swearingin ceremony for ambassadors to the United Nations, Australia, China and Romania, he urged them to spread the message abroad.
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      Lock icon The rich can still join Umno
      85 3 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR The rich could still join Umno, said Malaysian Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad yesterday. Speaking to reporters after tabling the Eighth Malaysia Plan, he said a proposal to prevent the very rich from contesting for posts in Umno was
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      Lock icon No rift with Daim, says Mahathir
      125 3 AFP KUALA LUMPUR Malaysian Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad yesterday denied any rift between him and Finance Minister Tun Daim Zainuddin, who is on leave for two months. "I just fought with him. That's why he came (to Parliament) to listen to
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      Thai escapes death sentence
      174 4 ON 22 Jun last year, a Thai worker entered the workers' quarters with an iron rod to kill another Thai worker. It was dark, but Saeng-Un Udom, 24, testified that he swung the rod three times at what he believed was the head of Mr Weerasak
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    • Article
      Check-up confidential
      304 4  -  Chelsea Chua Poly pays but doesn't ask questions by reporter® newstod ay. com.sg WHERE do you find an employer like this? The Singapore Polytechnic is subsidising health check-ups for its 600 staff this week and it doesn't even want to know which employee is suffering from which ailment.
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      The young and the entrepreneurial
      261 4  -  Lee U-Wen by uwe n@n ewsto d ay. co m. sg THE Singapore International Foundation yesterday introduced its second batch of four Young Business Ambassadors who have excelled in career and personal achievements in their respective fields. The quartet, coming from fields such as Engineering
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      135 4 READ 0N... Malaysia's master plan Government unveils plan to spend $52 billion over five years/9 Spy with a big mouth Former British spy David Shayler's trial will test secrecy laws/1 1 This is democracy? Western governments and media fail to give Third World due recognition/13 A high availability promise That
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  • HOME NEWS
    • Article
      Easy death
      262 6  -  Ananda Perera If mercy killing is okay for pets, why not us? MUCH has been said on the subject of euthanasia. Comparative religions being one of my major areas of study, I am aware that none advocate euthanasia. But how long ago were these texts and laws written?
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      Make parking convenient
      118 6  -  John Teh HAVING to pay $2 for 30 minutes of parking at a HDB or URA lot is exorbitant. Could the relevant authority create a night parking coupon where vehicle owners can pay at a reasonable price for the hours they need. Another concern for night parking
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      Smoke rules
      49 6  -  Edwardjokn Tail/ord I REFER to the letter "Are hotels above law?" (Today, Apr 12). Smoking is prohibited in restaurants, air-conditioned shops, function rooms and lifts in hotels. The prohibition has not been extended to the lobby areas and open lounges. For Permanent Secretary Ministry of the Environment
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      Extra car is extra headache
      161 6  -  Roland Ang I AM staying in a private estate comprising mainly terrace and semi-detached houses in the Eastwood estate. Most of the households in the estate have extended families and thus, they own more than one car. Most residents parked their extra car outside their
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      Doesn't food in open trucks get spoilt?
      184 6  -  Daniel Lee I TRAVEL to work every morning and on several occasions, I have witnessed a very disturbing sight. At about 10am along Beach Road, I usually see open-top lorries and pickup trucks delivering dried goods and roasted ducks and chickens, I believe
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      Responsible cat control
      266 6  -  Goh Shih Yong I REFER to the letter "Stray cats" (Today, Apr 15). The Agri-food Veterinary Authority (AVA) has adopted an approach which involves the community in controlling stray cats in Singapore. The community can be involved at several levels. Pet owners must be responsible and should
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  • BUSINESS NEWS
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      Raffles buys Swissotel
      398 8  -  Ivay Tan Hotelier to operate in 17 countries after deal by ivay@newstoday.com.sg RAFFLES Holdings yesterday announced it is buying Swissotel Holdings AG, the hotel unit of Switzerland's SAirGroup, for $439 million. Under the deal, Raffles will more than double the total number of hotel rooms it owns
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      Lock icon Hilton to buy Scandic Hotels for $1.61 billion
      161 8 Bloomberg News LONDON Hilton Group Pic, the largest UK luxury-hotel operator, has agreed to buy Scandic Hotels AB for 8.9 billion kronor ($1.61 billion) to become Number one in Scandinavia. The company, which owns the Hilton chain outside the US, will pay
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      Lock icon Property in the lurch
      128 8 Bloomberg News TAIPEI Taiwan's plans to mop up US$24 billion ($43.45 billion) of bad loans may deal another blow to the island's fragile property market and take bank stocks in their wake. The reason: Asset management companies buy bad loans at steep discounts and are also
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      Lock icon US firms unlikely to make big investments soon
      346 8  -  Chan Chao Peh by cha op c h@n ews to d ay. c o m. sg TWELVE years ago, in the Year of the Snake, Mr Phillip Overmyer (picture) came to Singapore, cautious about his new posting as an AT&T executive. Now,
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      Heinz buys Sinsin
      79 8 H J Heinz Company of the US has acquired the sauce business of Sinsin Food Industries for an undisclosed sum. A new company has been set up to develop the Sinsin sauce brands here and internationally, Heinz said. Sinsin is well known for its chilli sauce for
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      Lock icon Msia's master plan
      473 9 AFP KUALA LUMPUR The Malaysian government yesterday unveiled a plan to spend RMIIO billion (5552.02 billion) over five years to move manufacturing up-market, promote a knowledge economy and wipe out poverty. The Eighth Malaysia Plan, tabled by Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad in Parliament, envisages 7.5 per cent
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  • MARKET NEWS
    • Market soars
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        Buoyant sentiment boosted by banks and some tech stocks
        457 10 AFTER a brief pause on Friday to consolidate, the Straits Times Index resumed its upward tack yesterday led by gains in banks, heavyweight old economy proxies and an odd tech name. The benchmark index added 28.71 points to 1684.90 to close
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        KLCI slides as trading volume falters
        532 10 KUALA LUMPUR The Malaysian stock market started the week on a quiet note. Share prices finished mostly lower in quiet trading, as profittaking emerged following last week's late surge on Friday. Foreign selling on selected index-linked issues also put downward pressure on the index.
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  • WORLD NEWS
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      Cell-phone rules confusing: Docs
      138 11 HONG KONG The Public Doctors' Association has condemned the Medical Council's guidelines on the use of mobile phones by doctors during surgeries. Chairman of the Association, Dr Lai Kang-yiu, said the guidelines were confusing and pushing doctors into a dilemma, the Hong Kong i-Mait reported. He
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      Lock icon Spy with a big mouth
      264 11 AFP His trial will test secrecy laws LONDON Former British spy David Shayler, who is being accused of divulging state secrets, goes to court this week. The case will be a high-profile test of Britain's rigid secrecy laws whether the British law under which Mr
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      Web speaks your language
      150 11 MOUNTAIN VIEW A top Internet naming authority, VeriSign Inc, has expanded the number of languages in which Web addresses can be registered to more than 350. The move is in line with opening up the Internet to normative English speakers, who are predicted to make up
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      Short-changed
      237 12 Concern as M'sians conspire with money-changers KUALA LUMPUR Some consortiums in Malaysia have illegally remitted large sums of money overseas with the help of moneychangers, according to Deputy Finance Minister Datuk Chan Kong Choy. He said the central bank Bank Negara had been told to monitor local money-changers closely
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      HK airport is the world's best says survey
      78 12 HONG KONG The territory's new Chek Lap Kok Airport has been voted the world's best airport for 2001 by passengers. In a survey conducted by Skytrax Research, a British air-travel consultancy, the second place went to Malaysia while Singapore came in third.
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      Lock icon Court puts off decision on ISA detainees
      120 12 Reuters KUALA LUMPUR The High Court postponed till tomorrow a decision on whether to release seven opposition activists held under the Internal Security Act. Mr Zainur Zakaria, a lawyer for one of the detainees, said Judge Augustine Paul deferred judgement following his request
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      Lock icon Will he be Japan's new PM?
      209 12 AFP TOKYO Maverick reformer Junichiro Koizumi looks set for a stunning upset victory when Japan's ruling party chooses its new leader today, but the question is whether the man who will also be the new Prime Minister will be able to push his own
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      Lock icon MCA to launch matchmaking club
      123 12 Agencies KUALA LUMPUR-A matchmaking "Cupid Club" is being set up for Malaysian Chinese to reverse their declining share of the population, a report said yesterday. Ms Ng Yen Yen, president of the women's wing of the Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA), said the club would arrange
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  • COMMENTARY
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      Lock icon This is democracy?
      764 13  -  Raj Vasil Western governments and media fail to give Third World due recognition by number? Today's democracy in Indonesia represents only the following political chaos and instability, mass protest and violence, corruption and cronyism, little resolve to deal with the immense problems, preponderance of ethnicity-based politics and
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  • INFOTECH
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      A high availability promise
      332 14  -  Sol E Solomon That comes with new, cheaper systems by.. solomon® newstoday. com, sg WHILE rolling out the four new systems it calls "midframe servers", Sun Microsystems Inc promised its customers continued investment protection on their systems. On its new Sun Fire midframe systems, Sun explained
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    • BREAKING NEWS
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        MICROSOFT FARES WELL
        56 14 Microsoft hobbled fast enough past slow PC sales to meet expectations for its fiscal 2001 third quarter. The software giant earned U552.45 billion, or 44 cents a share, compared with $2.3 billion, or 43 cents a share, a year earlier. A consensus of analysis polled by First
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        IBM TO PURCHASE E-BUSINESS CONSULTANCY
        86 14 IBM Global Services has entered into an agreement to buy e-business consulting firm, Mainspring. fire cash deal, valued at about US$BO million, builds on IBM Global Service's business strategy consulting force of 2,000 workers, and complements "our deep technology implementation skills," said Mr Tom Hawk,
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        APPLE ASIA QUARTERLY SALES
        39 14 Apple Computer Inc's revenues for its Asia-Pacific operations (excluding Japan) fell to US$64 million in the second quarter of fiscal year 2001 This compared with revenues of $92 million for the same period last year.
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      Don't be surprised if ...
      544 14  - Don't be surprised if Hin Chin Qui by.. THE Linux operating system has come a long way since its founding in 1991 by Linus Torvalds. From 1997, Linux had begun to enjoy a sudden but rapid exponential growth in the commercial and enterprise arena. Its growth can be largely attributed
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      The strategy to give customers freedom
      325 15  -  Sol E Solomon Or how one vendor positions itself in the wireless world by solomoii newstoday. com. sg IN line with its plan to position itself as a leading provider of mobile products for the wireless mobile computing environment, the Computer Systems Division (CSD)
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      A printer designed for those business trips
      457 15  -  Bruce and Marge Brown by.. ENHANCING productivity for Palm OS-based PDAs and notebook users, the compact and lightweight SiPix Pocket Printer A 6 provides portable, cable-free printing. It conveniently connects to these PDAs wirelessly and to desktops via a serial port. This thermal
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      Countdown to nuclear obliteration
      554 21  -  Francesca Seah When the big boys start biting their nails, you know a war's in the making FILM REVIEW Thirteen Days (opens this Thursday) by.. francesca@n c wsto d ay. com .sg For thirteen days, the world was on the edge. The Cuban missile crisis put
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      695 19 I' The Eastern Line On My Palm ..^Bj It promises an entrancing monojggS ixt logue.an evening of enlightenment, enchantment and entertainment. Anna left her office and bought a ticket to India. The simple way of living changed her understanding of life completely. When she returned from her trip, she was
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  • RELAX
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      Lock icon First, it was Joan
      1178 22  -  David Ngiau At 40, life is great for the actress who is in Singapore to film Avatar by.. davi d @newstoday. com. sg In the beginning, before Michelle Yeoh and Lucy Liv, there was Joan Chen. Joan is still best remembered for her starring role in
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      Lock icon Breathe in... breathe out
      332 23  -  Peter Ooi Meet Gaye, qigong teacher to a large following of Malay ladies by.. A keen eye, an invitation and some persuasion. That is how a couple of Malay ladies started practising qigong. "For weeks they watched the daily workouts by the senior citizens earnestly. So,
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      Lock icon Taking centrestage
      631 24  -  Elaine Quek Life is great! A series celebrating Singaporeans living life to the fullest There's no business like show business for rising star Dwayne Tan He works seven days a week and only knocks off at around 2 am. Nope. He isn't a financial banker working round the
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      MY SAY Who's afraid of flying the friendly skies?
      434 24  -  Georgina Chang by georgina@mediacorpradio.com I LOVE travelling, but loathe flying. It's not fear it's an intense dislike of flying. I could take a boat or train, but geographically, that limits my exploratory endeavours and squanders time better spent actually being there.
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      Going places
      660 25  -  Rachel Lo 1999 Star Search winner gets his biggest break in 2 years by rach el@newstod ay. com. sg In the two years since he won the 1999 Star Search contest, Jeff Wang has worked hard to become one of local television's hottest rising stars. Recently, together with
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      483 26  -  Karman Tse But they won't wait on you hand and foot during your romantic dinner date by karman@newstoday.com.sg Are you a hopeless romantic? If so, then we're birds of a feather. And I've found a lovers' paradise, right here in the Jurong Bird Park. Hopping, or rather,
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  • AFTERNOON EDITION
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      Lock icon Barca coach
      486 27 Reuters Defeat to Osasuna proved to be the last straw BARCELONA Barcelona's humiliating 3-1 defeat to Osasuna at the weekend proved to be the last straw for Llorenc Serra Ferrer, who was sacked as first team coach yesterday with two months to go in his first season in
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      Lock icon Walsh ends Test career on winning note
      462 27 Reuters Cricket KINGSTON Courtney Walsh (left) ended his magnificent career in Test cricket by helping West Indies to an emotional 130-run victory over South Africa on Monday. Walsh captured three for 62 as the touring team was bowled out for 255 in pursuit
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  • SPORTS
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        Lock icon A rematch may take time
        508 28 Dethroned Lewis might have to wait one year Boxing LONDON The managers of the new heavyweight world champion Hasim Rahman have ruled out an immediate rematch against Lennox Lewis, reported BBCSport.com. Lewis, who lost his WBC and IBF titles to Hasim on Sunday, had a
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        Lock icon Van Nistelrooy: Man Utd move was a dream come true
        379 28 LONDON Dutch striker Ruud van Nistelrooy revealed that it.has always been a dream of his to play for Manchester United after putting pen to paper on a British transfer record £19million (5549.4 million) move from PSV Eindhoven. Van Nistelrooy, who
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      Have clay will play
      847 29  -  Rohit Brijnath French Open is for tough men, not for cows YOU'RE a tennis tragic... ...if you spend your evenings discussing Eastern, Western, Continental (airlines for some, grips to you); ...if you can recognise Cyril Suk and know his father is Cyril Suk too and his
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      Lock icon 'King of Clay' Kuerten primed for French glory
      443 29  -  Monte Carlo Masters AFP MONTE CARLO Andre Agassi may be disappearing over the horizon in the ATP Champions Race Gustavo Kuerten admits as much but there's still no usurping the latter as the King of Clay. Kuerten didn't just beat Moroccan Hicham
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      Lock icon Ref comes under fire
      285 30 Liverpool wins in controversial circumstances Premier League Liverpool 3 Tottenham 1 LIVERPOOL Referee Barry Knight's performance was the main talking point after Liverpool's win over Spurs, with both managers upset over different incidents at Anfield. Spurs boss Glenn Hoddle bemoaned the penalty decision that handed Liverpool
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      Drug rumours swirl round Dutch star Davids
      171 30 European Soccer LONDON Dutch midfielder Edgar Davids has tested positive for the banned anabolic steroid nandrolone and could face a worldwide two-year soccer ban, according to reports in Italy. Davids is widely reported to be on the verge of a summer move to
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      Lock icon Ralf Schumacher zooms right into speed trap
      322 30 Reuters VIENNA Formula One racer Ralf Schumacher, who recorded his first victory in a grand prix a week ago, was caught in a speed trap on an Austrian motorway on Sunday, local police said yesterday. Schumacher, winner of the San Marino Grand Prix
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      What about our 'Captain Marvel'?
      426 31  -  Scott O'Donell by.. s c ott@ newstoday.com.sg FOUR former Singapore captains will be inducted into the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Century Club on May 9. They are Fandi Ahmad, Malek Awab, David Lee and Samad Allapitchay. With it, they will be confirmed as the only
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      Misfiring Home aiming for double
      334 31  -  Scott O'Donell Singapore Cup Home United v Jurong (7.30pm) ROBERTS Alberts may not agree, but on recent form, the Singapore Cup looks like the Protectors' best chance of winning silverware this season. Defending champion Home United plays Jurong at Bishan Stadium tonight in the opening
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      Jesmine, Jennifer still fighting hard
      156 31  -  Kelvin Phang SINGAPORE'S Jesmine Ho failed to maintain her hot first-day performance in yesterday's World Bowling Masters in Abu Dhabi. Ho, the overnight leader, dropped to fifth with a total of 4,620 pinfalls after amassing 2,112 pins (192 average) in her second 11-games block at
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      Lock icon Celebration of the Nike Cup hero
      105 31 Jose Raymond BARTLEY Secondary School was crowned 'B' division champion of the Nike Premier Cup (NPC) when it defeated Jin Tai Secondary 3-1 yesterday. A hattrick by Bartley's 16-year-old Muhammad Khairui Amri (above) in the first-half sealed Jin Tai's fate. More than 100 schools
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