Today, 15 November 2001, Afternoon Edition

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    7 1 TODAY Thursday November 15, 2001 MITA(F) 063/11/2001
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  • AFTERNOON EDITION
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      Lock icon US stocks up
      69 1 Reuters NEW YORK Stocks rose yesterday, led by blue chips, on a record surge in retail sales as consumers flocked to car showrooms last month, progress in the Afghanistan war and solid earnings from Hewlett-Packard. The Dow Jones industrial average was up 72.66 points at 9,823.61. The
      — Reuters  -  69 words
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      Lock icon Pain and gain
      55 1 Reuters ANAHEIM Doctors have announced favourable results from trials of two drugs used to treat chest pains that often precede a heart attack, including evidence that such drugs can prolong the lives of patients. The trials, reported to the American Heart Association, were conducted overseas and involved
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      Taliban trick or retreat?
      535 1  -  Lee Ching Wern by chingwern@newstoday.con_.sg THE five-week-old war in Afghanistan has taken a dramatic turn with more than three-quarters of the landlocked country tumbling out of the Taliban's hands in a matter of days. The speed with which several Taliban northern strongholds fell to the opposition
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      Lock icon KABUL'S NEW FACE
      34 1 Reuters photos A« Afghan having a shave for the first time in five years... a young' woman can finally show her face in public civilians welcoming the Northern Alliance in Kabul.
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      27 1 World Cup: Brazil finally makes it so does Germany For full match reports, see Pages 36 and 39 Sp'- i____if?flifS_l_______l _-l iTn [7^)9 |1||S B jTTTjf*lIT*I fKffifM
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      Lock icon No intention of fading away: Ex-MPs
      204 2  -  Ng Hwee Kaon THREE retiring Malay MPs said at a farewell dinner last night that they had no intention of fading away. Mr Ibrahim Othman, 52, will continue teaching while Mr Harun Ghani, 62, will continue his work to combat drug abuse. Away from
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      Lock icon Pilots knew end was near
      342 2 Agencies Loud rattling sounds heard after take-off WITHIN two minutes of take-off, the pilots of the doomed American Airlines which crashed in New York knew they were in trouble, US aviation authorities said after initial analysis of the cockpit voice recorder. It contained the sound
      – Agencies  -  342 words
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      Minding the mind...
      231 2  -  -Joy Frances TREAT not just the body, but also the mind. Nurses should keep that in mind in order to increase patient recovery and lifelong health, said a World Health Organisation (WHO) expert. Hence, nurses need to act as healers who give humane care and treat the
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      Dr M: I am a very forgiving man
      223 3 KUALA LUMPUR A key Sabah-based opposition party that abandoned the Barisan Nasional (BN) on the eve of the 1990 general election has said it would like to return to the ruling coalition. This prompted a magnanimous response from Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad.
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      Lock icon Arroyo to seek help from Bush
      139 3 Reuters MANILA President Gloria Arroyo left for the United States yesterday on a trip that is expected to enhance the decadesold strategic alliance. While there, she will appeal to President George W Bush for help in her nation's "war against terrorism and poverty". President
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      Lock icon It's a deal
      297 3 Agencies Ministers say yes to new trade talks DOHA World trade ministers yesterday agreed to launch a crucial new series of World Trade Organisation (WTO) negotiations after marathon talks yesterday, despite last-minute objections by India. Officials said India had refused to endorse a new series of WTO
      — Agencies  -  297 words
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      Lock icon Lights for world peace
      62 4 Jose Raymond Tfte Festival of Lights was celebrated in a very special way at the Sn Mariamman Temple yesterday. About 1,000 Hindu devotees who braved an early morning downpour for special Deepavali prayers lit 1008 oil lamps for world peace. The temple's vice-chairman, Mr T Ckandroo,
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      Lock icon Getting 'lazy eyes' to work harder
      302 4 Channel News Asia This is q major break- through if you're a mouse M but unfortunately the market for curing cancer in mice is not very big. The challenge is translating these exciting results into humans, ff it's possible, well have the equivalent of
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      46 4 aFEATURINGTODAY... 22 A digital camera Winner of inter- for all seasons, national award credits husband. 28 Chat with direc--25 tor Eric Khoo SCV's winning and screencall centre writer Wei Koh. 26 3 32 The problems of the Taliban have given joy to Asian markets. Page 10
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      320 5 sense THE SENSIBLE WAY TO INVEST i Who knows when the market will hit bottom? It could bottom tomorrow or it could bottom next week. Or it could take half a year to bottom. Just catch it before it rebounds. The markets ace down. Which means that prices are low,
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  • HOME NEWS
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      Inspiration in Youth Park
      345 6  -  Leong Phei Phei Malaysians want similar park in Malacca by phe i phei@n ews tod ay. com. sg A TRIP to the Youth Park in Orchard Road impressed a group of Malaysians so much that they plan to set up one in Malacca soon. Mr Hasan
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      Cigarette pack led to suspect's arrest
      181 6  -  Z,ee f/-We« EAGLE-EYED vision and the keen intuition of a senior police staff sergeant helped him nab a drug trafficker suspect at the Woodlands Checkpoint in April. Sgt Anatha Pushpanathan was checking a Malaysian-registered car during a routine search when its driver ran off,
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      SCV bags three quality awards
      176 6 AT least one company here has some cause for cheer amid the current economic gloom. This month alone, Singapore Cable Vision (SCV), bagged three prestigious awards. First, it was awarded the ISO (International Organisation for Standardisation) 9001:2000 certification by the Productivity and Standards Board (PSB)
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      Seeing red!
      211 8  -  Ananda Perem SOME Geylang condominium residents signed a petition earlier this month complaining to the Government about the redlight district activities in their vicinity. I recently attended a talk on meditation at a religious library located in Geylang which houses rare books. Having not visited the area in
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      Let's face it ...
      462 8  - Let's face it Cheng Sking Chow We need foreign talent because we lack 'it' IN their responses to the various print media, the Ministry of Trade and Industry and the Ministry of Manpower (MOM) have sought to clarify the Government's "Foreign Talent" Policy. The debate, however, has progressed only slightly.
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      440 9 The return of your initial investment and the potential or any projected capital gains are not guaranteed by HSBC Asset Management (Singapore! Limited ("the Manager") or The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited ("the Bank"). They are dependent on the underlying sub-funds whose capital protection and index growth are dependent
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  • BUSINESS NEWS
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      Lock icon Taliban woes cheer markets
      594 10 Bloomberg US economy to start recovering when war ends? TOKYO Asian stocks rose, led by Sony and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (TSMC), after the Taliban's retreat from Kabul boosted US stocks and raised hopes that consumer confidence in their biggest market may recover. Japan's Nikkei 225 stock
      — Bloomberg  -  594 words
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      Lock icon Crumble continues
      243 10 -AFP TOKYO The number of major Japanese corporate bankruptcies rose 11.7 per cent to 1,911 last month, a research firm said. It warned business failures would increase further amid a prolonged recession. October's figure marked the second straight year-on-year rise, private credit research firm Teikoku Databank said in
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      Lock icon Relief for Garuda
      75 10 -AFP JAKARTA National carrier Garuda Indonesia said that the restructuring of its US$l.5 billion ($2,738 billion) debt has been approved following clearances by courts in London and Singapore last week. Under the approved scheme, the company's debt will be rescheduled to 16 years from the original period
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      Lock icon More Sing Tel bonds on sale
      323 12 Bloomberg Plan to raise $4.18b to repay short-term debt SINGTEL has increased its planned bond sale by 53 per cent to U552.29 billion ($4.18 billion) and cut interest payments on the debt, an e-mail sent by the arrangers of the sale to investors shows.
      — Bloomberg  -  323 words
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      Lock icon Opening up
      52 12 -AFP TAIPEI Taiwan would raise the ceiling on direct foreign ownership of local telecommunications firms to 49 per cent to further liberalise the industry. The current limit for direct foreign ownership is 20 per cent. This liberalisation was approved in the weekly cabinet meeting yesterday, pending parliamentary endorsement,
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      Retrenchments and redeployment
      250 12  -  Ng Hwee Koon IN the latest wave of retrenchments to hit Australia's telecommunications sector, Sing Tel Optus yesterday cut 561 jobs. This is the second phase of a cost-cutting programme announced in August to save the second largest Australian telecommunications carrier As7s million ($71.37 million) to Asloo
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      Lock icon Opec to dam flow
      531 14 -AFP But drive to rescue prices likely to fail unless rivals cut output too VIENNA The Opec oil cartel met yesterday for a deep output cut to rescue prices from a postSept 11 slump. Admitting that its action might have little impact without support from key
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      Your S$1 buys...
      29 14 US$ 0.5473 Rupiah 5,826.5 UK£ 0.3810 Baht 24.313 Yen 66.746 Peso 28.517 I HK$ 4.2693 A$ 1.0481 !RM 2.0799 Rupee 26.297 i Euro 0.6230 Won 703.01
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      UNIT TRUSTS & FUNDS
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  • WORLD NEWS
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      333 15 Agencies Bush, Putin agree to big cuts in nuclear arsenals WASHINGTON Strong personal chemistry between US President George W Bush and Russia's President Vladimir Putin played a part when they vowed to make deep cuts in their nuclear arsenals. "This is a new day in the long history
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      Lock icon Bitter collapse
      159 15 Agencies SEOUL Casting a shadow over South Korean President Kirn Dae-jung's "Sunshine Policy" of engaging North Korea, the latest round of highlevel peace talks between the two countries collapsed bitterly yesterday. The two sides blamed each other for the failure. The breakdown dashed hopes of an agreement to
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      Lock icon Bitter taste
      214 16 -AFP Sugar firm hurt due to WTO entry TAIPEI The state-run Taiwan Sugar Corp (Taisugar) said yesterday that it would close six plants and cut about 3,000 jobs in three years after the island joins the World Trade Organisation (WTO). Taisugar, currently the sole producer and importer of
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      Lock icon Like giving Dracula the blood bank...
      227 16 -AFP TOKYO -Japan Tobacco Inc (JT), the world's third biggest tobacco firm, has signed multi-million dollar exclusive deals with US biotech companies to market future lung cancer vaccines, officials said yesterday. JT signed a contract for exclusive rights with Seattle-based Corixa Corp in June
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    • What the regional papers said yesterday ...
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      Beauty in simple moments
      636 19  -  Jennifer Alejandro Commentary by. DID you ever ride the MRT and see anything different? Maybe yes, then again, maybe not. But there are moments when I would watch fellow passengers and see different stories around me. There's that 40-something man reading the newspaper. On closer observation,
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  • UPFRONT
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      Grooming success
      478 22  -  Serene Foo Action Award winner says she banks on her staff THE winner of this year's International Management Action Awards, Ms Nanz ChongKomo (picture), is a candid woman. She credits her success to hubby Mr Larry Komo, who works in London for a US investment house. The 32-year-old
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      Waxing exotic — over these splendid beauties in bottles
      514 22  - Waxing exotic over these splendid beauties in bottles Clement Mesenas by cl c me nt @news today.com.sg 'TVHEY talk in reverential tones about A. the beauties in their lives extolling their shapes, their glowing colours, and the way they move with amazing grace. Yes, they are all men and of
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  • JOBBEAT
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      Super service
      520 25  -  Audra Lim Customer-oriented culture is SCV call centre's success by a udra@ne wstoday. c o m. sg TIRED of incompetent customer service officers who constantly put you on hold and possibly leave you more frustrated than when you first made the call for assistance? No fear of that
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  • INFOTECH
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      Power(ful) shots
      434 26  -  Reuben Lee A digital camera that suits almost every photographic situation by reuben.lee@asia.cnet.com IT is clear that the new Canon Power Shot S4O (picture) is targeted mainly at digital photographers looking for a good set of manual controls in a compact camera. This high-resolution camera with fourmegapixel CCD
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        Oblivious demand
        89 26 THE demand for home networks is growing, but vendors and carriers remain largely oblivious to this opportunity, technology research firm Ovum said. Such a failure could prevent the home network market from achieving its full potential. It could also set hack the dream of converged broadcast entertainment and
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        IP laboratory opens
        131 26 NETWORKING product provider Cisco Systems and Nanyang Polytechnic have opened a laboratory to aevelop Internet protocol (IP) applications for voice, video and data communication networks. The $5 million laboratory located within the Poly's premises was set up by the two organisations with the Infocomm Development Authority (IDA).
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      One-stop online music station
      132 26 THE Consumer Business Organisation of Hewlett-Packard Singapore has launched the company's first music site in Asia-Pacific. Located at www.kp.com/sg/music, the music site will add a new dimension to the digital offerings that HP currently offers. This is because it gives music enthusiasts a convenient "one-stop" station
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      Belter deal for users of Internet
      322 27 Competition among ISPs means lower prices GOOD news for Internet users. Heightened competition among Internet service providers (ISP) in the Asia-Pacific have led many major players to offer a number of free valueadded services to regular subscribers. Falling Internet access charges have also brought
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      More goodies for e-learning, the broadband way
      216 27 IT will be an e-learning weekend from tomorrow to Sunday on Broadband's Online Learning Adventure. Apart from the many learning opportunities there'll also be a plethora of freebies. So broaden your mind at 512K-bits per second online during the "Adventure" when for three
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  • INCINEMAS
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      Lock icon Deals made over 'special beer'
      1098 28  -  David Ngiau Eric Khoo ventures into new territory with a comedy, cadirected by Wei Koh TT7ITHIN the swank Goodwood Park V V Hotel, which overlooks the junction where Stevens Road meets Scotts, is the office of filmmaker Eric Khoo, who made his name with two
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  • LIMELIGHT
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      Sharon wants to win
      550 30  -  Pearlyn Tham But she's just as happy to have been nominated for Star Awards by pearlyn®newstoday. com. sg FOR Sharon Au (picture), it has been what the MediaCorp artiste calls an "eventful" year. She acted in her first movie, had her first drama role and was
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      Super Sunday babes in Singapore
      426 30  -  Pearlyn Tham GOOD news for male fans of the Sunday Girls. Not only are the four Japanese babes not dating, they have also declared that language differences are not obstacles to love. "It's not about liking a guy just because he can speak the same
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      The Princess-in-waiting
      530 32  -  Pearly 11 Tham Six months at MediaCorp and Fiona's already landed her first Star Award nomination FIONA Xie is wearing a silver ring on the fourth finger of her left hand. Ask about its significance and she bursts into giggles. "Accessories are accessories! A friend gave this to
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      Lock icon Alicia Keys' Songs In A Minor picks up five award nominations
      283 32 -Renters LOS ANGELES Alicia Keys, the 20-year-old hip-hop star who made a big splash this year with her debut album, scored five American Music Award nominations on Tuesday, easily outdistancing her nearest rivals. Ten acts, including late R&B singer
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      1375 33 //\~DJA>CC)RP //\B_D]J-\CORP Charmed The Demon Who Came In f^M 'daman Suria m Comedy@Central Bob and Margaret Jk from the Cold Channel 5,10pm Nur to Over-ExpOSed Arts Central, 10pm _F '<J3- When Phoebe accidentally congratulate her on her %&B\*^m Bob and Margaret sneak a _r .-^-l Jfc> Sf*i vanquishes Cole s
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  • TIMEOUT
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      Inspired by S'pore
      522 34  -  Jenny Kong Two German artists' works reflect daily life here by j c nny @newstoday. com, sg ARTISTS Ulli Frings (picture, left) and Heidi Sachter (picture, right) are of German origin, but their art reveals that they may be more Singaporean at heart. From Hello Kitties and
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      25 34 Simplyjog on to our website 1 www.channels.com.sg and enter the special password for today. And don't forget to catch Talentime 2001 Semi-finals LIVE this Sunday,Bpmj
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      481 34 Three Day THEATRE {weekends) Barefoot IN THE PARK Venue: Sculpture Square Price: Free Following the hit musical, Enquiries: Call Sculpture They're Playing Our Song, Square at 333 1055 staged by Singapore Repertory Theatre in 1 999, STACKS,TRUNKS, RACKS the curtains will rise on AND ROLLS another hilarious play by the
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  • SPORTS
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      Lock icon Asians look to do Tour proud
      669 35 -AFP Continent's golfers leaving no stone unturned in taking onTiger and co World Cup GOTEMBA A few mind games, plenty of sweat and a battle with a Tiger have all contributed to the Asian contingent's preparations to do battle in golf's World Cup here,
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      Lock icon Sports giant looks to modernise to minimise losses
      562 35 -AFP GUANGZHOU China's entry into the World Trade Organisation and Beijing winning the right to host the 2008 Olympic Games have stirred up a heated debate here over how to reform the country's lossmaking state-run sports industry. Nobody is saying how much
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      Lock icon Kidd stars as Nets soar
      132 35 Reuters INDIANAPOLIS -Jason Kidd scored 20 points to lead five players in double figures as the surprising New Jersey Nets improved to an Eastern Conference-best 6-1 with a 91--82 victory over the Indiana Pacers yesterday. With Kidd at point guard, the Nets are off to
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        Lock icon Joy for Germany
        484 36 Reuters Three-time world champion confirms its place in the finals World Cup qualifier Germany 4 Ukraine 1 Germany qualifies on 5-2 aggregate win DORTMUND Germany escaped the unthinkable no World Cup by recapturing its winning ways with a spectacular 4-1 demolition of Ukraine this morning. The Germans
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        Uphill battle for Iran as the Irish boast impressive away form
        649 36  -  S. Gulam World Cup playoff Iran v Ireland Irish lead 2-0 after first leg by gulam@newstoday.com.sg THERE are just a handful of countries besides Brazil where football is a matter of life and death. One of them is Iran.
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      Lock icon Geylang Iaunches investigation
      394 37  -  Jose Raymond Internal inquiry underway after Cup final fiasco by j o se@newsto day. co m. sg GEYLANG United yesterday began an internal investigation of its players in a bid to find out if there was any wrongdoing in its 0-8 loss to Home United in the
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      Lock icon Thanks Dennis, for rejecting Tendulkar
      303 37 -AFP SYDNEY Australian fast bowling great Dennis Lillee said he was responsible for turning Sachin Tendulkar into the world's foremost batsman instead of a fast bowler. And Australian captain Steve Waugh acknowledged yesterday Lillee's role when he joined Tendulkar in signing a bat sponsorship deal
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      Lock icon Truly Olympian
      114 37 -AFP MONTREAL A member of Canada's Olympic diving team Jeff Liberty saved a pregnant woman from drowning, according to press reports here yesterday. The 23-year-old Liberty was out strolling with his girlfriend when he heard a screech of brakes and a car plunge into the river. The Sydney
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      Goodbye Singapore, hello Korea
      571 38 On Tuesday, Home United surprisingly revealed that coach Robert Alberts (right) would be leaving the club for a coaching post in South Korea. In an exclusive interview with Today's Scott O'Donell, the Dutchman reveals why he made the move. ONCE, he had a dream to coach
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      Did FAS miss out on a quality coach?
      269 38  -  Stanley Ho by stanley@n ewstoday.com.sg IT LOOKS as if Robert Alberts has been plucked from right under the Football Association of Singapore's nose by the Korean Football Association. With Alberts as its new Director of Coaching, the Korean FA must see something
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      Players shocked, search begins for new coach
      355 38  -  Jose Raymond by j o se@newsto day. co m. sg TUESDAY'S pre-Deepavali training session for Home United was supposed to be routine. The players and officials had already arranged to have lunch together, courtesy of newly crowned Young Player of the Year Indra
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        452 39  -  S. Gulam Brazil finally shows its true colours mmMwmmmmm by gulam@newstoday.com.sg FINALLY, Brazil played like the Brazil we know. Precise passing, clinical finishing, fluid movements, deft touches, cheeky dribbles...they were all there this morning as the Braziliaris demolished Venezuela 3-0 to finally book their rightful place
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        Lock icon Turkey in the World Cup for the first time since 1954
        274 39 Agencies World Cup qualifier Turkey 5 Austria 0 Turkey qualifies on 6-0 aggregate win ISTANBUL Turkey made it to the World Cup finals for the first time since 1954 after thrashing Austria 5-0 at the Ali Sami Yen stadium
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        Two places left
        179 39 BRAZIL, Germany, Turkey, Belgium and Slovenia qualified for next year's World Cup finals in South Korea and Japan this morning, leaving two places left for the 32-team tournament. The following is a list of the 30 teams which have made it: Holder: France Co-hosts: Japan and South
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