Today, 26 November 2001, Afternoon Edition

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    7 1 TODAY JVlOndftV November 26, 2001 > MITA(P) 063/11/2001
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  • AFTERNOON EDITION
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      The whiff of promise
      906 1  -  Ng Boon Yian Candid speeches, but topics not new by boonyi a n@n e wsto day, com.sg BILLED as candidates with great promise, the new PAP MPs were elected into Parliament in a snap election, then thrust into the pressure cooker of a leadership that is
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      US troops seen near Kandahar
      54 1  -  Reuters CHAMAN (Pakistan) US troops in waves of helicopters have landed near the southern Afghan city of Kandahar, last stronghold of the Taliban, antiTaliban officials said yesterday. The helicopters included Chinooks carrying armoured vehicles. The reports could not be independently confirmed and, in Washington, the
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  • HOT NEWS
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      Peace for women
      345 2  -  Woo Sue-Ann UN calls for end to violence by sue ann@newstod ay. com. ag WITH retrenchments on the rise, the livelihoods and selfesteem of people will undoubtedly be hit. And where men are expected to be the breadwinner, this can create tension in the home. It can
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      Lock icon After Kunduz ...
      416 3 After Kunduz -AFP 50,000Taliban die-hard troops prepare to defend Kandahar THE Taliban's surrender yesterday of their northern stronghold Kunduz is no indication that the battle has been won. The real war will be in Kandahar, their southern stronghold. Taliban leader Mullah Muhammad Omar is still in the southern city, the
      -AFP  -  416 words
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      Lock icon What India is doing to gain a foothold
      177 3 AFP NEW DELHI India is moving quickly to position itself in Afghanistan to ensure any new government will not be a threat or ally itself with rival Pakistan, like the Taliban did. India's newly-appointed special envoy to Afghanistan, Mr Satinder K Lambah,
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      WAR ECHOES
      142 3 MAZAR-I-SHARIF Northern Alliance fighters quelled a revolt by foreign prisoners in the northern Afghan city of Mazar-i-Sharif yesterday, killing several of them and recapturing the rest, said alliance commander, Mr Ustad Attah. KABUL Northern Alliance president Burhanuddin Rabbani said yesterday that members of Afghanistan's ousted Taliban regime could
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      Lock icon Japan sails off to first war deployment
      96 3 Reuters photo Relatives of crew aboard the Japanese Maritime Self-Defence Force minesweeper Uraga wave rising-sun flags to bid farewell to the vessel as it left Yokosuka naval base, south of Tokyo, yesterday. Two ships set sail from japan for the Indian Ocean yesterday
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      Lock icon Tanaka in Pakistan
      125 3 ATP ISLAMABAD Continuing Tokyo's high-profile role in the international drive to rebuild Afghanistan, Japan's Foreign Minister Makiko Tanaka held talks here with her Pakistani counterpart and a senior UN refugee agency official over the weekend. Ms Tanaka is the first Japanese cabinet minister to visit the country
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      Lock icon Sharon bags three
      465 4  -  Elisa Chia One Leg Kicking star goes one better this year elisa@newstoday.com.sg by IT was a night of mini surprises at the MediaCorp Studios Bth Star Awards last night. The wacky Sharon Au (picture), who can be seen in the Eric Khoo vehicle One Leg Kicking, bagged
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      Grassroots leaders celebrate love
      108 4  -  Tan Howe Yang. WITH about 300 family members and friends looking on, 12 couples (picture) who are all community and grassroots leaders around Singapore decided to renew their wedding vows yesterday. One of them, Mr Ngo Gim Kang, a justice of the peace, was also celebrating
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      Crane operator fined for causing death
      145 4 A MOBILE crane operator, whose reckless action killed a construction worker, was fined $8,000 in a court. Chong Kee Ling was trying to hoist a bucket of cementonix when the crane suddenly tilted forward and caused the bucket to swing. It hit a worker
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  • HOME NEWS
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      128 6 Products have sell-by dates. People do not (At the Grand Canyon) after the sun set, most people left. But a few of us stayed back to absorb the atmosphere. J Those of us who did, saw another side of the sunset, on even more beautiful one. We then realised to
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      Lock icon MI crash: Families to appeal
      101 6 Reuters THE five families who lost their suit against SilkAir over the 1997 crash in Indonesia filed an appeal on Friday. The three-judge Court of Appeal is expected to hear the case early next year. The five families of the six victims from Singapore, Malaysia,
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    • Article
      30pc target
      206 6  -  Leong Phei Phei by MOH plan to cut heart fatalities phe i phei@newst od ay. com. sg THE Ministry of Health (MOH) wants to reduce the number of premature deaths from coronary heart disease by 30 per cent by 2010. Coronary and other heart diseases, which accounted for
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      SingTel to help four charities
      213 6 SINGTEL hopes to raise $500,000 and fulfil about 1,000 wishes of four charities. Through its festive campaign "The Gift of Staying in Touch", SingTel will donate $5 to charity for every $50 transaction made at any hello!, Teleshop and pod outlet between Nov 17 and
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  • LETTERS
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      Barking up wrong tree?
      172 8  -  5 Ramamirtham THE Consumers' Association of Singapore (Case) has called on StarHub subscribers who were affected by its suspension of telephone lines due to delayed payment of outstanding bills to come forward and provide the watchdog with facts for its investigation. While I appreciate the good
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      Why not retire here?
      347 8  -  Wong Teck Tian Life can be great but let's have more art, culture IF you manage to accumulate a large sum of savings through years of hard work, where would you consider retiring to? Would you settle down in Europe? Well, Europe is beautiful and some
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    • Letter
      Please don't give up, Mr Neo
      168 8  -  Kathleen Kwan I REFER to Mr Christopher Neo's letter "Feedback? Why not turn to the Opposition for an alternative point of view?" (Today, Nov 24). Constituents in Boon Lay will remember Mr Neo's tireless efforts in "working the ground" during the last five years
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      Smoother traffic plan for Smith Street
      178 8  -  Han Liang Yuan (Ms) WE refer to Mr David Kwok Ng Kam's letter, "Food Safety" (Today, Nov 22). Chinatown Food Street is a project spearheaded by the Singapore Tourism Board (STB) and supported by various government agencies including the Land Transport Authority (LTA). LTA
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  • BUSINESS NEWS
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      Merger? No real need
      882 10  -  Mano Sabnani COMMENT Conglomerates Keppel and SembCorp should compete by ma no @newstod ay.com. sg THERE has been much talk in the investment community of an imminent merger between the marine arms of local conglomerates Keppel and SembCorp. Some would call it hype which has been
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      Lock icon Next six months are going to be very tough for SIA, says analyst
      584 10 AFP SINGAPORE AIRLINES (SIA) will be hard-pressed to deliver profits to its shareholders in its fiscal year ending March 2002, a feat it has never failed to accomplish since listing on the local stock exchange in 1985.
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      Lock icon A way out for Ansett
      151 12 AFP SYDNEY Australia's Lang Corporation has agreed to buy a majority stake in domestic airline Virgin Blue as long as bankrupt carrier Ansett is part of the deal, chairman Chris Corrigan said yesterday. The transport and logistics group reached a deal with British tycoon Richard
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      Lock icon No Xmas cheer
      309 12 ■AFP Financial houses feeling pinch CHRISTMAS will be bleak for Asia's once high-flying international bankers as major institutions push ahead with plans to trim their presence in a region still struggling to recapture its glory days prior to the 1997-98 crisis. After nearly three years in a
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      Lock icon Japan banks further in the red
      130 12 -AFP TOKYO -Japan's top 14 banks are now expected to write off at least 6.5 trillion yen {$96 billion) for the year to March 2002. This is up from its earlier estimate of 1.87 trillion yen, the Mainichi Shimbun said. The total could swell
      -AFP  -  130 words
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      Lock icon South Korea's $216b bailout
      113 12 AFP SEOUL South Korea has spent US$llB billion ($216 billion) in public funds to bail out troubled financial organisations since the outbreak of the Asian economic crisis in late 1997, officials said yesterday. The total amount of funds injected into the shaky financial sector in the
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      Lock icon Fresh debt restructuring
      380 14 -AFP EIU: Emerging economies will face woes THE Economist Intelligence Unit {EIU) predicted the global economy will remain weak going into next year, thereby forcing emerging economies to restructure their debts in order to avoid defaults. "Developments in the global economy will influence the risk of further
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      Lock icon Economic slump puts the brakes on Indian car market
      178 14 -AFP BOMBAY Gloomy economic conditions are putting the brakes on India's automobile sector despite rising vehicle sales in October driven by festive demand, analysts said. The jump in sales of passenger cars, commercial vehicles and two-wheelers in October was unsustainable in
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    • Market News
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        Singapore
        165 14 THERE is growing evidence that the US economy probably hit bottom and is now gradually recovering from a lower base. Comments like the Nasdaq's "ping pong rally" confirmed the impact liquidity is having on value and fundamental investors. However, the key question remains the pace and speed of the
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        Malaysia
        143 14 THE Malaysian market see-sawed during the week and finally ended up by only 4.2 points at 639.53. It was again a two-tiered market, divided into the actively traded lower liners and less active quality issues. The first-tier was dominated by situational stocks with some restructuring flavours or counters that
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  • WORLD NEWS
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      Lock icon US steps up ME peace moves
      305 15 Agencies JERUSALEM A new diplomatic initiative from the US will be put to the test after a weekend of renewed fighting between Israelis and Palestinians. Former US Marine Corps General Anthony Zinni and Assistant Secretary of State William Burns are due to arrive in
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      Lock icon Crossair plans scuttled after crash
      177 15 Agency BIRCHWIL (Switzerland) The Swiss airline industry has been dealt a second blow following the crash late on Saturday of a Crossair jet that killed at least 20 people. Crossair had hoped to take over from its struggling former mother company Swissair's flight operations and
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      Lock icon Nepal rebels attack
      100 15 Agencies KATHMANDU A weekend of attacks by Maoist rebels saw the death toll reach 42 in violence that has been escalating ever since King Birendra and other royal family members were killed in a massacre in June. Police said five policemen were killed in an ambush on
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      Lock icon Heir after eight long years...
      229 16 Agencies TOKYO All of Japan is holding its breath, with Crown Princess Masako expected to give birth any day now after eight years of marriage. Preparations are complete for the birth of the possible and long-awaited heir for the world's oldest monarchy. If it turns
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      Lock icon Coalition rule in Taiwan?
      143 16 -AFP TAIPEI Taiwan is facing a new era of political uncertainty with no party expected to win a majority in the upcoming parliamentary elections, analysts and politicians said. Like last year's presidential polls, which saw the Kuomintang's 51-year grip on power end, the Dec 1 elections
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      Lock icon Maids on the march
      195 16 AFP HONG KONG Philippine President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo has weighed into a debate here about maids' wages, calling on the government to refrain from cutting the minimum payment for foreign domestic workers. "I would not want the minimum wage to be cut. We feel it should not
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      Lock icon Old pals link?
      387 16 Agencies Misuari in cahoots with Abu Sayyaf? MANILA When renegade governor Nur Misuari took up arms against Manila last week in the south of the country, he fell back on support from some old friends, the kidnap-for-ransom Abu Sayyaf. Misuari is now under probe for links to
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    • AFTERNOON EDITION
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        Lock icon Euro heists on the rise
        161 21 AFP PARIS Europe's new single currency, the euro, is proving to be popular even before it gets officially released in about a month's time. In mid-month, bank robbers made off with 250,000 euros (*****,459) in an Amsterdam suburb, the latest in a string of heists
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      • Article
        What the regional newspapers say today...
        218 21 New Straits Times,■■'.■■V'K-.:,'■ Friends inside Kancil killed in collision with lorry A Perodua Kancil collided head-on with a 12--tonne lorry at Kilometre 31.5, Jaian KuantanKemomam, in Sungai Ular, killing the driver and four passengers. The lorry driver and his assistant escaped unhurt. The Jakarta
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      1234 18 NOKIA SINGAPORE ART 2001 MUSIC MAIN EXHIBITION Venue Singapore River Venue Hotel Gallery LE PETITS CHANTEURS A £k Singapore Art Museum Promenade [outside Asian Evason, II ana L2 gallery LA CROIX DE BOIS {THE W A panel of artists exhibit a Civilisations Museum space L|TTLE SINGERS OF THE **^*J variety
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      1187 19 ARTS IN THE CITY $28, $38 ($9, $13.. $17 BALLET: MODERN Venue: The Necessary Cocktail Cabaret The Catch Universal Blues Band for students, senior citizens DANCE FROM A Stage Black Box Klass Co Show (Dec 7 as they present a special set and NSmen) CLASSICAL POSITION Price: $25, $20 (students,
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  • COMMENTARY
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      Of elites and airheads
      577 22  -  Andrew Ferguson by Commentators, academics who are not what they seem to be in Washington I WAS at the movie theatre recently, kids in tow to see Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone. I had done due diligence, as good consumers should, reading several reviews in
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  • UPFRONT
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      A dotgone story
      704 23  -  Sian E Jay The cautionary tale of a dotcom called Ezihub by WHEN staff from the dotcom Ezihub turned up for work one morning, they found they had lost their jobs and were owed two months pay. This was the third time it had happened to Mexim,
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      What can be done?
      447 23 WHERE exactly do employees like those from Ezihub stand when they are thrown out of a job and owed salaries? An information officer at the CPF Board said that when a company owes CPF contributions they would prosecute the offender if the employees lodged a complaint.
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  • EATOUT
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      Bad times, good deals
      658 24  -  Karman Tse Yu Jia Zhuang's special offer lets you relish exquisite delights without feeling the pinch TIMES are bad. We are reminded of this almost everywhere we go and in nearly every newspaper or magazine we pick up nowadays, (Great! I just brought the issue up
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      Xin's clay pot dishes are all you'll want for Christmas this year
      268 24  -  Roulee Jane F Calayag by roulee jane@newstoday.com.sg CLAYPOT lovers will have a good time at Concorde Hotel's Xin Cuisine Chinese Restaurant from now until the end of the year. Xin Cuisine's mouth-watering clay pot dishes promise to be
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        RAMADHAN BUFFET AT CARLTON HOTEL
        115 25 Carlton Hotel brings a feast not to be missed this Ramadhan. It's the Ramadhan Buffet (picture) at the Cafe Vic Restaurant. Come and enjoy the buffet where you can have a fill of the best of the Chef's recommended dishes like the GorengAsam Manis (Prawns
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        ITALIAN CELEBRATION AT THE FULLERTON SINGAPORE
        173 25  -  RouJee Jane F Calayag Celebrate Italy's renowned fere and rich culture as the wines of Marches! di Barolo, Italy's first and most prestigious wine producer, comes to The Fullerton Singapore. Take this rare opportunity for a vertical tasting of a selection of Barolo vintages
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  • INCINEMAS
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      Lock icon On stage in six years?
      256 26 -Reuters LONDON Millions have read the books and seen the film but fans of Harry Potter will have to wait at least another six years before they can see him bring his magic to the live stage. "The dramatisation rights are not yet licenced and
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      Lock icon Pirated versions flood HK
      348 26 -Reuters HONG KONG Pirated versions of the smash hit Harry Potter movie magically appeared in back street stalls around Hong Kong yesterday, weeks before the film about the English boy wizard was due to open in the territory. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone will not
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      Lock icon Pot-ter of gold
      364 26 Reuters Canadian mint to produce medallions TORONTO While the Harry Potter movie is cashing in at box offices around the world, the Royal Canadian Mint no stranger to money aims to cash in on the the popularity of the film. The mint said on Wednesday it will
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      Lord of the box office?
      191 27 Tickets for Lord of the Rings sold in advance in UK THE movie, Lord of the Rings (picture), may only arrive in the US and UK cinemas on Dec 19, but advance ticket sales began on the British Isles on Friday. Sales activity for the
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      161 27 -Reuters LOS ANGELES Tom Cruise and his ex-wife Nicole Kidman met on a rainy Los Angeles evening to sign a divorce settlement ending their 10-year marriage, then parted ways with a final hug, People magazine said. "We are great friends," Cruise, 39, told the magazine for a story
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      399 28  -  by Gail Wan g a il@ news tod ay. com. sg COCO Lee's latest album, Promise, features rappers and Chinese opera performers. And, it caught her by surprise when her record company, Sony, got these two groups of artistes to welcome her with a joint performance
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      436 28  -  Cathleen Tung by cathleen@newstoday.com.sg A PLAIN Jane with weird hairdos, wacky antics and a fast speaker. To most people, that basically describes Taiwanese host-singer Matilda Tao or Tao Zi, (Mandarin for peaches) as she is affectionately known. But, at a press
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      1258 29 •Robocop 3 channel 5,7.30pm SA jtt, Jffjt Drunken Angels channel a r 7 P m Ludano Pavarotti The mega corporation, Omni k, Bakhuan finds bruises on Zhiyong's "Pm Consumer Products (OCP), is still brut ;Jb wet* a«rf «c;J,vfc (*«i Ae killed Pavarotti (pic on creating their pet project, Delta W^F^
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      178 29 A CHANNEL NEWS ASIA Headlines 6am, lpm T 6pm, Bpm, lam Headlines/Singapore Updates and Reports/Asia and Beyond/Tonight in Person 8.30am, 9.30am, 10.30am, 11.30am, 2.30pm, 3.30pm, 4.30pm MORNING 6.02pm Tonight in Person 6.30 Daybreak World Market Report 7.00 Prime Time Morning 8.00 Asia This Morning 9.00 Asia Today 10.00 World Today
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      246 30 Reuters NBA Washington 88 Boston 84 (OT) Jordan splutters but teammates shine WASHINGTON Michael Jordan scored just 17 points despite playing a season-high 45 minutes, but he ended the longest losing streak of his career as the Washington Wizards beat the Boston Celtics 88-84 in overtime
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      212 30 LIMASSOL Northern Ireland football legend George Best is recovering from a stomach complaint in a Cyprus hospital, it was reported by the BBC yesterday. Best fell ill while on holiday with his wife Alex after contracting a mystery virus believed to have been
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        772 31 AFP South Americans claim final World Cup berth World Cup qualifiers Uruguay 3 Australia 0 Uruguay qualifies with 3-1 aggregate win MONTEVIDEO Uruguay claimed the 32nd and final berth in next summer's World Cup finals yesterday with a rampaging 3-0 win over Australia in their South American-Oceania
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        173 31 AFP MONTEVIDEO Australian coach Frank Farina said the Oceania winners should have direct entry. Australia has now lost five World Cup play-offs and can boast just a single finals appearance in 1974. Farina said in a post-match press conference: "I think that Oceania
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      Football's loss, SNOC's gain?
      486 32  -  Jose Raymond Thorough...hardworking' Chan well received in all quarters by jose@newstoday.com.sg HE HAS been leading the S-League as its Chief Executive Officer since 1998. But now, LTC (NS) Chris Chan (right) may well leave the Football Association of Singapore for the Singapore National Olympic Council (SNOC).
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      175 32 AFP RIO DE JANEIRO Pele (right) has begun legal proceedings against a former colleague at Pele Sports and Marketing for fraud, the football legend's lawyer confirmed on Saturday. Pele's lawyer Nelio Machado confirmed a report in Saturday's Folha de Sao Paulo newspaper,
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      345 33  -  Jose Raymond by j ose@news tod ay. com. sg ONE of Malaysia's most respected football coaches, M. Karathu (picture, foreground), has been appointed the head coach of Woodlands Wellington for two years from the 2002 season. The 58-year-old informed the Perak state football association last
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      807 34  -  S. Murali in Taiwan Colourful Swede Sandelin ends two-year winless streak Golf BMW Asian Open Swede in top form, both on and off Hie course by mura li@ n ewstoday. com. sg GONE are the crocodile-skin shoes. Gone is the 52-inch driver. Gone is the Versace
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      296 34 PETALING JAYA Golf rules require that golfers only tee off when all the flightmates are on the teebox. So said Michael Nathan, general manager of MIC Caddies, as he revealed that course marshal P.P. Kalinathan had consulted him before going to the
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      176 34 ■AFP INDIO Thanks to a new rule, the entire US$l million ($l.B million) purse at the Skins Game will roll over to today's back nine at the Landmark Golf Club. The rule forces a player who wins a skin the purse
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      Lock icon The clown's at it again
      774 35 Agencies English Premier League Arsenal 3 Man United 1 Arsenal moves up to third LONDON The howlers by Fabien Barthez which sent Manchester United tumbling to a 3-1 defeat to Arsenal yesterday are only the latest in a harrowing season for France's World Cup winner.
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      Lock icon Reds extend lead at the top
      147 35 Reuters LONDON Ten-man Liverpool stayed top of the premier league with a 1-0 over Sunderland yesterday, as Leeds United's 10 men earned a 1-1 draw with Aston Villa. Middlesbrough was held to a 0-0 draw at home by Ipswich Town in the other match.
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      50 35 Reuters LONDON Manchester United's 3-1 defeat by Arsenal yesterday has prompted bookmaker William Hill to install Liverpool clear 7-4 title favourite from 5-2. United has drifted from even money to 15-8, but Arsenal's odds have been cut from 6-1 to 7-2 with Leeds at 4-1.
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