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Article533 2001-05-11 1 Ng Boon Yian - Ng Boon Yian by boonyian@newstod ay.com.sg "WHAT do I have to do to get your attention? Take out an ad in the paper? God" And "God" literally did that for a brief two weeks when a series of print and TV advertisements on the heavenly533 words
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Article, Illustration354 2001-05-11 1 Ng Boon Yian - Ng Boon Yian by boonyian@newstoday.com.sg HE says he is not a fundamentalist Islamic leader bent on toppling the current government. He says he does not "secretly harbour ambitions" for the top job in Indonesia. All these are media labels that Dr AmienAFPt - 354 words
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Article, Illustration100 2001-05-11 1 Reuters A£CRA More than 120 peo--ple were killed in Africa's worst soccer disaster on Wednesday night in Ghana. e*nn c The stadium stampede occurred when police fired tear gas after fans hurled missiles and tore up seats near the end of a game between Accra team HeartsReuters - 100 words
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Article62 2001-05-11 1 Reuters CANNES Australian actress Nicole Kidman vowed the crowds at the 54th International Film Festival in Cannes. Critics wagered that her movie, Moulin Rouge, may have won the competition even before it started. The musical directed by Baz Luhrmann, combines computer animation with outrageous decor andReuters - 62 words
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Article76 2001-05-11 1 -AFP IN the first suggestion that all might not be perfect since Jamuna and Ganga Shrestha were separated in a marathon operation, doctors said that the "outcome remains uncertain" for Ganga. Jamuna is responding well, they said. But Ganga is not as alert or responsive as her-AFP - 76 words
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Miscellaneous8 2001-05-11 1 S^^tSm|^|i^S Ravi Veloo on cars and women P/158 words
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HOT NEWS
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Article, Illustration350 2001-05-11 2 Ivay Tan - Ivay Tan by ivay@ news today, com. sg PERHAPS it comes with the turf. Perhaps it comes from being the biggest, most active and most talked about Singapore company in recent months. Though Singapore Telecom had made it crystal clear that yesterday's conference was about its increaseWONG KHING CHONG - 350 words
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Article, Illustration263 2001-05-11 2 Ng Hwee Koon - Ng Hwee Koon by hwe eko o n CPnewst oday.com.sg POMP and ceremony, rousing music and a world-class comedy performance could not cover the silence that time and again followed the announcement of award winners at the Asian Law Awards Singapore 2001 last night. Chief263 words
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Article155 2001-05-11 3 AFP PHNOM PENH Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong yesterday wrapped up his five-day visit to Cambodia with pledges to boost investment and help devise a roadmap for the nation's tourism industry. In a meeting with Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen on Tuesday, Mr Goh offered toAFP - 155 words
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Article244 2001-05-11 3 Agencies KL protestors launch hunger strike KUALA LUMPUR Less than 48 hours after he succeeded in averting a unionists' strike, Malaysian Prime Minister Datuk Sen Dr Mahathir Mohamad must grapple with another one of the hunger kind. Human rights activists yesterday launched a hunger strike to protest theAgencies - 244 words
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Article, Illustration38 2001-05-11 3 Reuters Ex-deputy premier Anwar Ibrahim returned to the Sungai Buloh prison yesterday after leaving the hospital when he had been treated for a slipped disc. He is serving a 15-year sentence for corruption and sodomy. photoReuters - 38 words
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204 2001-05-11 3 TAN Chai Poh, 42, was a desperate man. He claimed that his friend borrowed from loansharks in his name and he needed money to repay them. On Apr 6, at about 2 pm, Tan went into a shop at West Mall Shopping Centre in Bukit204 words
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Article, Illustration82 2001-05-11 3 Joel Low - Joel Low. FIREFIGHTERS from Singapore and Malaysia working together during a field exercise simulating an accident involving a chemical tanker carrying phenol on the Second Link. As part of the bilateral cooperation programme under the Malaysia-Singapore Joint Committee on the Environment (MSJCE), the Department of Environment, Johor82 words
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Article143 2001-05-11 3 AFP MANILA In a surprise move, Philippine President Gloria Arroyo yesterday allowed two former military officers wanted for a failed power grab to campaign freely for Monday's elections. Mrs Arroyo approved an opposition request that Senator Gregorio Honasan and former national police chief Panfilo Lacson beAFP - 143 words
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Article157 2001-05-11 4 A TEENAGER working at a KFC outlet found a very efficient way to boost his income by not keying in some purchases into the cash register. He then pocketed the unregistered sales at the end of the day. Kek Wen Xiong, 17, even roped in his girlfriend Lilian157 words
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Article243 2001-05-11 4 Lee U- Wen - Lee U-Wen Case alert on handphone radiation by u wen@newsto day.c om.sg CASE is stepping up pleas to consumers here to be more aware of the dangerous health effects posed by radiation emissions as Singapore has one of the highest numbers of handphone users in the243 words
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Miscellaneous14 2001-05-11 3 Stand to every hour, every weekend, in May! Turn to Page 21 for details.14 words
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Miscellaneous119 2001-05-11 4 READ 0N... A yen for politics? Good. But leave others alone/6 The politics of women and cars A lot of them want to be in the driver's seat but can't/15 Gentleman, or Fool? Survivor 2: What a strange turn of events indeed/ 16 Action station City TV will offer 50119 words
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HOME NEWS
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228 2001-05-11 5 NO loose change? No problem. Now, all you need is an Ml handphone the next time you want to quench your thirst. Ml has collaborated with Yeo Hiap Seng to offer a new and innovative vending machine that allows Ml customers to purchase228 words
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Article166 2001-05-11 5 TO think that it all started with two wooden boats. With its present fleet of more than 30 state-of-the-art combatants, the Republic of Singapore Navy has come a long way. Chief of Navy Rear Admiral Lui Tuck Yew said at the opening of the Naval Platform Technology Seminar yesterday:166 words
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Article100 2001-05-11 5 MEDIACORP yesterday signed a memorandum of agreement with Dream Forest Productions to produce more English dramas and sitcoms for TV. Three productions are in the pipeline: The $1.4 million, 20-episode war epic A War Diary, local sitcom Brand New Towkay and comedy drama Sam Seow: Private100 words
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LETTERS
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Letter202 2001-05-11 6 Narayana Narayana - Narayana Narayana Good. But leave others alone I REFER to the letter "Think again, Think Centre" (Today, May 4). I cannot agree more with Mr Lionel De Souza (Today, May 8) that "Singaporeans have better things to do on a Saturday night than going to Yio202 words
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Letter100 2001-05-11 6 Ong Ing - Ong Ing RECENTLY, I went to Sentosa with a friend who is visuallyhandicapped. He needs a cane and a guide to get around. As I do not own a car, we had to use buses and the MRT. He was given free transport on a100 words
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210 2001-05-11 6 Trung Nguyen - Trung Nguyen AS a foreigner living in this beautiful city, I find some aspects of the Singapore lifestyle a little bewildering. This country hires many foreign workers with salary discrepancies that can be considered "exploitative" in other countries, especially for those who210 words
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453 2001-05-11 6 I REFER to the letter "An eye on e-vot-ing" (Today, Apr 25). We would like to reassure your readers that for both e-voting and overseas voting, secrecy will be maintained on the same basis as in the traditional voting system using ballot papers. The453 words
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BUSINESS NEWS
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Article217 2001-05-11 8 Bloomberg News ST Marine and Rolls-Royce in early talks ROLLS-Royce, a UK gas turbine manufacturer, is in preliminary talks with Singapore Technologies Engineering's marine unit about an alliance to design and build warships in Singapore. "We have had exploratory contacts," RollsRoyce Director for Naval Marine Business DevelopmentBloomberg News - 217 words
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120 2001-05-11 8 Bloomberg News SINGTEL said its fiscal fourthquarter profit rose 18 per cent, as customers used more data services such as the Internet. The phone company's profit for the three months ended Dec 31 rose to $438 million or 2.84 cents a share, from $370.6 mil-– Bloomberg News - 120 words
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106 2001-05-11 8 Bloomberg News THE Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) will announce next month details of a plan to give foreign banks more room to operate here, as it opens the financial services industry to greater competition. The "Qualifying Full Bank" (QFB) status allows foreign lendersBloomberg News - 106 words
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189 2001-05-11 8 Bloomberg News SEMBCORP Marine, the largest local shipyard, will invest an initial $20 minion to lease and upgrade a Brazilian shipyard, bringing it closer to customers in that region. The company will lease Maua Jurong Shipyard for about 29 years, togetherBloomberg News - 189 words
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320 2001-05-11 8 Chan Chao Veh - Chan Chao Veh by cha o p e h@ne ws to day.com.sg THANKS to the further liberalisation on the use of CPF money, insurance companies in Singapore announced an almost five-fold increase in sales of single premium sales. For the first three months of the320 words
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Article147 2001-05-11 8 AFP LONDON Debt-ridden British Telecom yesterday launched a 5.9-billion-pound ($15.3 billion) share issue the biggest in British history and also announced a breakup of the group. British Telecom would offer the shares at a cut-price level of 300 pence per share, down 47 per centAFP - 147 words
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Article517 2001-05-11 9 Prof S. Janakiramanan - Prof S. Janakiramanan ABN Amro is a good model of Internet banking to follow by LAST week, I said that if Singapore is to become a true financial hub, it is crucial to allow banks here to engage in all sorts of intermediary and value-added activities. Indeed,517 words
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Miscellaneous20 2001-05-11 8 Basket of 20 roses for Mum at $52, inclusive of delivery. Order online at www.singaf.ora com or call 787 171020 words
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MARKET NEWS
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Article, Illustration481 2001-05-11 10 Market reverses downtrend with gains and good volume THE Singapore market valiantly absorbed bouts of forced selling to end in positive territory, bucking four days of down sessions. The Straits Times Index (STI) finished 6.56 points up at 1688.90, albeit failing to hold on to its481 words
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Article, Illustration473 2001-05-11 10 KUALA LUMPUR The local bourse gave up early gains to close flat in the absence of follow though buying. The Kuala Lumpur Composite Index reached a high of 580.0, before retracing to close at 573.7, edging 0.8 points higher from its previous473 words
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WORLD NEWS
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Article51 2001-05-11 12 Reuters GUWAHATI Voting in India's local elections got off to a violent start in Assam state yesterday, but it was relatively peaceful in Kerala, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal and Pondicherry. Chief Election Commissioner M S Gill said they had done all "that is humanly possible to ensure peaceful– Reuters - 51 words
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Article156 2001-05-11 12 Agencies HONOLULU The idea of creating an Asian safety net against currency speculators received a boost yesterday after Japan and three countries signed currency swap deals. On the sidelines of an Asian Development Bank (ADB) meeting, Japan announced that it had struck a US$3 billion ($5.4Agencies - 156 words
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Article324 2001-05-11 12 AFP Chinese computer hackers concede defeat BEIJING Nine days after starting an intense cyberwar with American hackers, Chinese computer hackers conceded defeat yesterday and called for a "ceasefire". "Although Chinese hackers have reported over 1,000 attacks on American Web sites by the end of May 9, theyAFP - 324 words
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Article, Illustration195 2001-05-11 12 Agencies SEOUL The United States' so-called charm offensive to sell its controversial "Son of Star Wars" plan in Asia got off to a bad start in South Korea yesterday. A high-level US delegation, led by Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage, had their cars– Agencies; Reuters - 195 words
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270 2001-05-11 13 Reuters CLEVELAND Two medical researchers have been charged with economic espionage in the United States. Takashi Okamoto, 40, and Hiroaki Serizawa, 39, allegedly stole genetic material relating to Alzheimer's disease for a Japanese government-funded laboratory. Okamoto is believed to be in Japan while– Reuters - 270 words
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143 2001-05-11 13 Reuters PERU Disgraced former President Alberto Fujimori gave his powerful spy chief a US$l5-million <$27-mil-lion) golden handshake to quit and leave the country. Vladimiro Monte sinos, once Mr Fujimori's right-hand man, became a political liability after he was videotaped bribing a congressman.– Reuters - 143 words
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169 2001-05-11 13 AFP BEIJING The Chinese government is facing growing pressure to legalise euthanasia to ease individual pain and help the over-stretched medical system save money. The debate, which has raged for almost a decade, intensified recently when the Netherlands became the first country inAFP - 169 words
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COMMENTARY
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Article, Illustration695 2001-05-11 15 Ravi Veloo - Ravi Veloo A lot of them want to be in the driver's seat but can't by THE dramatic drop of $32,000 for next month's COE prices to $101 that you read about in yesterday's paper is a mask for another issue: The growing frustrationAFP, - 695 words
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RELAX
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Article, Illustration730 2001-05-11 16 Carolyn Wong - Carolyn Wong ADVERTORIAL Survivor 2: What a strange turn of events indeed by axn mktg® s pe. s o ny. com Fool. Imbecile. Idiot. Those were but some of the unpleasant terms used to describe Colby Donaldson (above), runner-up to the US$l million ($l.Bl million) prize. I730 words
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Article, Illustration139 2001-05-11 16 This man survived television and won ONE loyal fan of the hit reality drama series Survivor 2 has been well rewarded for tuning in regularly. Mr Cheng Kim Hai won two tickets to Perth for correctly predicting the winner. He said: "I thought Tina had good composure. Also, she managedErnest Ckua - 139 words
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Article, Illustration273 2001-05-11 19 Francesca Seah - Francesca Seah City TV will offer 50 hours of international and local sport programmes a week by fra nee sc a newstoday. com. sg When City TV is launched next Monday, fans need not worry that sports will go missing in action. Sports will constitute about 60 per273 words
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Article171 2001-05-11 19 AFP CANNES The 10-member jury at this year's Cannes film festival said as the event opened on Wednesday that they would rely on their emotions to select the winner of the presitigious Palme d'Or. "What I do with films is to make an experience of them.AFP - 171 words
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Article, Illustration319 2001-05-11 19 Our representative to the Miss Universe Pageant in Puerto Rico, Jaime Teo (below), takes time off from her hectic rehearsals to email her thoughts on the eve of the contest finals. f\ s I begin packing to return, the realiiisation that the trip I've319 words
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INCINEMAS
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Article636 2001-05-11 28 Reuters Thai cinema celebrates its centennial, and with eye to the future BANGKOK Thailand and Hollywood have enjoyed something of a love-hate relationship over the years. Thailand banned 1956 Oscar-winning musical The King and I and 1999 non-musical remake Anna and the King from its cinemas, branding themReuters - 636 words
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Article, Illustration571 2001-05-11 29 Elise Teoh - Elise Teoh QUEEN OF CLUBS la 'ft, I Nightspots frequented by Caucasian men are bright spots amidst the doom and gloom of the clubbing scene by eliseteoh@themediacampus.cotn You may have heard the doom and the gloom about the clubbing scene, with a couple of nightspots shutting down,ALVINTOH - 571 words
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Advertisement62 2001-05-11 16 Catch the Survivor 2 participants as they return to their homes and family, tonight on AXN (Ch 19) at 10 pm. Viewers who miss this telecast can watch the re-broadcast on Sundays at 1 pm and 8 pm. If you missed the season, you can watch both Survivor 1 and62 words
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Miscellaneous415 2001-05-11 25 Cinemax Hallmark Jr** (Ch 59) (Ch 36) Frank Herbert's Christy Return To Dune, Part I Cutter Gap S9 pm 9pm m m m\^i^ m m^Lmm* m^^m^mmr-- Christy Huddleson reminisces about her days as a teacher in the early 1900s in the small Tennessee town of Cutter Gap. Christy recalls the415 words
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Miscellaneous829 2001-05-11 25 KGQISTCrWOW Venue: National Rock Cancer Foundation and |-y-1 Climbing Centre, Tanjong Pagar CDC.The projMay Educational Tour Safra Yishun Country Club ect aims to make breast This month, the tour group Registration; Forms are screening easier for the resim^^'i will visit Hay Dairies,Jurong available at Safra clubs, dents. LJ Frog Farm,829 words
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Miscellaneous1400 2001-05-11 26 TnCOtreßSOt director. Is the affair part of the play like never before. I EVCntCQiGHtlflr rehearsal? Or has Matthew imagined Date; Today and tomorrow, I Shakespeare's R J it all simply to have something to 8.30 pm, Out-of-Site (right) The production centres around four report to Frank, his therapist? Venue: Venom,1,400 words
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Article, Illustration587 2001-05-11 33 Refurbished Toys 'R' Us Forum store is now regional flagship operation IF you've harboured fantasies of being the proverbial kid running wild in a toy megastore, yearn no more. Head on down to the spruced-up Toys 'R' Us store at Forum Galleria for its grand opening today.587 words
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Article92 2001-05-11 33 A member of the Li Fung Group, the first Toys 'R T Us store in Singapore was established in 1984 by the group in a joint effort with Toys 'R' Us Inc in the United States. In 1999, the two companies signed a new joint-venture agreement92 words
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Article, Illustration479 2001-05-11 34 Reuters NBA PLAYOFFS photo "The Answer" carries Sixers with big 54 NBA Philadelphia 97 Toronto 92 PHILADELPHIA Allen Iverson didn't need any help this time. He scored a team playoff record 54 points to lead the Philadelphia 76ers to a 97-92 win over the Toronto Raptors thatReuters - 479 words
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Article298 2001-05-11 35 Reuters Cricket BRIDGETOWN South African captain Shaun Pollock wore an expression of extreme contentment after his side clinched the one-day series against the West Indies yesterday. South Africa's seven-wicket victory in the fifth one-day international gave the tourists an unassailable 4-1 lead in the seven-match series, withReuters - 298 words
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161 2001-05-11 35 AFP Boxing LAS VEGAS David Tua, the Internationa] Boxing Federation's number one heavyweight contender, filed a lawsuit yesterday claiming the rematch clause in the heavyweight contract between Lennox Lewis and Hasim Rahman violated IBF rules. Tua filed the suit in the United States District CourtAFP - 161 words
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Article, Illustration511 2001-05-11 36 AFP PHOTO Capriati's poised to cure 11-year itch Tennis BERLIN The old version was a pretty handy player who, in 1990, became the youngest-ever Grand Slam semi-finalist, aged just 14 at the French Open. But 11 years on, Jennifer Capriati (above) says the new versionAFP; Art i - 511 words
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Article, Illustration677 2001-05-11 37 Leonard Thomas - Leonard Thomas Hitzfeld proves he has no peer, not even Man United's Sir Alex by leonard@ne wst o day. torn, sg SO, THE glamour boys from Madrid and Manchester are, for many outside of Bavaria and Valencia at least, prematurely out of this season's Champions677 words
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258 2001-05-11 37 – Stanley Ho - Stanley Ho AFC General Secretary Dato' Peter Velappan announced yesterday that the national football associations of Iran, Oman, Thailand and Bangladesh will be handed suspensions and fines in a crackdown on the disease of fielding over-aged players. It was proved beyond doubt, after using258 words
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99 2001-05-11 37 ROME Chile's Marcelo Rios, the ex-world number one in men's tennis, spent a day in jail yesterday, soon after losing in the Rome Masters Series tournament. "A police complaint was filed against Marcelo Rios for resisting arrest and injuring public officials," a police99 words
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Article107 2001-05-11 37 ROME Francesco Totti yesterday signed the richest playing contract in football history as AS Roma secured his services until 2005, reported the Times. The 24-year-old Italian football will be paid £28 million ($72 million) for this season and the next four years. However, that will107 words
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Article, Illustration684 2001-05-11 38 His final countdown starts tomorrow FA Cup final Arsenal v Liverpool LONDON So the countdown begins. Tomorrow, Tony Adams hears his last-lap bell. Once his third FA Cup final is completed, he will number his remaining professional targets very exactly: One more championship, one more Cup, one moreReuters ; - 684 words
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Article, Illustration544 2001-05-11 39 – Stanley Ho - Stanley Ho Warriors win but Mirko and Razif see Red-dy SAFFC 2 Balestier 0 FOR the third time in five days, two SAFFC players had to leave the pitch for an early bath. Defender Razif Mahamud and star striker Mirko Grabovac were shown red cards inWONG KHING CHONG - 544 words
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Article273 2001-05-11 39 – Stanley Ho - Stanley Ho Tanjong Pagar v Tampines (Queenstown Stadium, 7.30pm) "I DON'T think I am blind," said Tampines Rovers' club chairman Teo Hock Seng. He was speaking to Today on his team's gallant effort against defending S-League champion SAFFC last weekend. Teo maintains that he remains273 words
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Article97 2001-05-11 39 -AFP PARIS The Accra stadium stampede in Ghana which left 130 people dead will not affect plans to hold the 2010 World Cup in Africa, a Fifa spokesman said yesterday. Meanwhile, Rangers defender Bert Konterman has blamed farmers in his native Netherlands for the positive drugs tests that-AFP - 97 words
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Article, Illustration619 2001-05-11 40 S. Gulam - S. Gulam AFC should review its Awards voting system THE Asian Football Confederation chief Peter Velappan described him as the most famous Asian footballer today. "Who says there are no stars in Asia? What about Nakata?" he asked in his opening speech at theAfXSFORT - 619 words
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Article, Illustration350 2001-05-11 41 Scott O' Donell - Scott O'Donell Tigana will also be here by scott@newstoday.com.sg LOCAL soccer fans will be in for a treat during the weekend of May 26 and 27. They will get to witness the TNT Singapore All-Stars team, consisting of former Singapore internationals Fandi Ahmad, V. Sundramoorthy, Malek Awab,350 words
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Article117 2001-05-11 41 NATIONAL bowler Jesmine Ho will receive a $20,000 cash bonus for becoming the world's top amateur bowler. She beat 24 of the world's best in Abu Dhabi to win the inaugural World Bowling Masters title a fortnight ago. Said Singapore Tenpin Bowling Congress president Dr T.T.117 words
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