Today, 12 April 2002, Afternoon Edition

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  • 6 1 TODAY Friday Apr.i 12,2002« MITA(P) 063/11/2001
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  • AFTERNOON EDITION
    • 58 1 Innovation and an enterprising spirit fl A will be the platform on which we must M build our differential- +r ing factors to give us the competitive edge in a crowded playing field RAdm Teo Chee Hean, Minister for Education and Second Minister for Defence, at the launch of Citibank's
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    • 57 1 Too often dentists are not spending suffi- fl A cient time in their practices on preventive M measures or educating +r their patients Dentists have a critical role in providing preventive care Dr Balaji Sadasivan, Minister of State for Health and Environment, at the opening ceremony of the International Dental
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    • 195 1 Reuters Dow's fall the biggest in nine weeks NEW YORK Heavyweights tumbled on Wall Street yesterday. Among them were General Electric (GE) which fell nine per cent, Yahoo 16 per cent, IBM five per cent and AT&T eight per cent That burden took the Dow
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    • 69 1 Reuters WASHINGTON US airline pilots have launched a grassroots petition to carry guns in the cockpit to increase security after the Sep 11 attacks. Commercial pilots' unions are col- lecting signatures on their Web sites from pilots and the public to bolster the
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    • 758 1  -  Mano Sabnani Commentary by mano@newstoday.com.sg SINGAPORE is fighting to get out of a tight corner. A corner it has been driven into by the fierce competition on many fronts from rising giants China and India as well as its close neighbours, Malaysia and Thailand.
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  • HOT NEWS
    • 609 2  -  Ng Boon Yian Pain from GST hike may ease with time by boonyian@newstoday.com.sg THE recommended move to raise the Goods and Services Tax (GST) from three to five per cent is a bitter medicine Singaporeans will have to swallow, said analysts. But an astute note was also struck
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    • 395 3  -  Tan Hui Leng We'll address XL's concerns on reclamation: PM by huileng@newstoday.com.sg PRIME Minister Goh Chok Tong yesterday invited Malaysia to send a note specifying its concerns over Singapore's land reclamation projects. It's at least the third time that such a request has been made of Malaysia.
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    • 268 3 Agencies JERUSALEM Awaiting US Secretary of State Colin Powell as he arrives in Israel will not be the usual pomp but a stage set for a test of wills. The US and Arab states have called for a complete Israeli withdrawal from the West Bank but
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    • 433 4  -  Jose Raymond Three in race for post of club president by jose@newstoday.com.sg IT looks like fireworks will fly at the Padang tomorrow when the election of office bearers for the 118-year-old Singapore Recreation Club (SRC) takes place. These elections have, in the past few years, been controversial.
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    • 114 4 Channel News Asia THE former Singapore General Hospital (SGH) clerk who sent an ex-colleague white powder in an envelope was yesterday sentenced to a year in jail. On Oct 29, Yong Yuet Mci sent the white powder to Madam Chua Sok Yong, a secretary at SGH whom she
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  • HOME NEWS
    • 360 6  -  Zackaria Abdul Rahim Teachers get a break with computerised grading system by zackaria@newstoday.com.sg MARKING open-ended test scripts may soon become a less tedious affair for teachers. Through the Intelligent Content Assessment Marking (Icam) system developed by local education services provider Litespeed, open-ended content in English comprehension tests
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    • 215 6 AFP THE German woman who escaped the gallows when it was found that she had less than 500g of cannabis the amount which would have earned her the death sentence yesterday moved to have 14 other drug charges against her withdrawn. Julia Suzanne
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    • 468 9  -  Tan Hui Leng SPRING Singapore sets standards by huileng@newstoday.com.sg AS Singapore braves one of the toughest periods in its economic history, employers are continuing to invest in our greatest resource human capital. "Downturns are actually opportunities for employers to train their employees so that when the economy
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    • 108 9 Today photo by SINGAPORE THE People Developer Standard is a mark of distinction. This national standard distinguishes organisations that have a comprehensive system for developing their people. They provide their people with individual training and career development plans. These companies can assure customers that their goods and
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    • 497 13  -  Sarah Chua Escalator etiquette will improve commuter movement at MRT stations Today photos by by sarah@newstoday.com.sg SMRT launched its "Keep Left" escalator scheme system-wide on Monday after a successful two-week trial conducted at Raffles Place Station in January and February. Supported by the Singapore Kindness Movement
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  • LETTERS
    • 155 10  -  David Soh AFTER listening to the "live" broadcast of the Economic Review Committee's press conference, I have a few questions regarding its proposals. The panel wants the top personal income tax rate to be cut from 26 per cent to 20
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    • 398 10  -  Narayana Narayana We should shelve costly projects for the time being THERE has never been any doubt that GST (Goods and Services Tax) has been unpopular with all sections of the public since its inception, even if it was deemed necessary. The rationale advanced at
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    • 256 10  -  J P Nathan I AM writing in reply to the letter by Mr Jayaprakash S, "House them in Esplanade" (Today, April 8). Mr Jayaprakash has made some pertinent suggestions for developing the arts scene. We agree that it will be useful for arts groups to share
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    • 87 10  -  Julia Rosalyn Kang I REFER to Ms Ng Boon Yian's commentary, "They buy the dream, not the cause" (Today, April 9). As a Nanyang Technological University graduate, I sometimes feel second- class, especially when I apply for jobs in multi-national firms. Overseas
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    • 150 12 B l I m m 1 1 I I The Rugby World Sevens Series I I is coming tc Singapore! fgnO^ Watch the giants of rugby between 20th 21st April 2002 in some sweat-slinging, .x^ \N-/^( teeth-rattling, bone-crushing action. Fiji, Australia, New Zealand, Singapore and the latest C tfTD ,^^V
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  • BUSINESS NEWS
    • 96 14 Channel News Asia SHARE borrowing and lending will become more transparent here when the Singapore Exchange starts providing live information on the securities lending pool through the Internet starting next week. Customers will be able to get information on stocks available for loan. They would
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    • 46 14 THE Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore has suspended the bunkering licence of Tyson Marine from yesterday. This follows the conviction on Tuesday of a surveyor for accepting bribes from Tyson Marine which operates as a bunker supplier and bunker craft operator.
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    • Market Watch
      • 140 14 THE STI reversed four days of losses to end 25.23 points up at 1740.58. The market was evidently cheered by the Economic Review Committee's (ERC) recommendations. The much-awaited announcement induced some bargain-hunt-ing. Four counters rose for every fall while 288 counters were unchanged. Volume was 483 million shares worth
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      • 55 14 Index Value Change Pis Nikkei 225 Hang Seng All Ordinaries Taiwan Wtd *****.27 *****.91 3319.80 6073.76 -71.31 +101.77 -7.40 +14.55 -0.64 +0.96 -0.22 +0.24 Korea Comp 862.86 +6.83 +0.80 SET Index 378.92 +6.25 +1.68 Jakarta Comp Phils Comp Shenzen B Mumbai 531.51 1414.78 231.34 3499.41 -2.29 +4.74 -3.00
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      • 36 14 USS 0.5448 UK£ 0.3795 Yen 71.7515 HK$ 4.***** RM 2.***** Euro 0.6190 Rupiah 5194.22 Baht 23.7183 Peso 27.7771 A$ 1.***** Indian Rs 26.6439 Won 724.679 C$ 0.8666 Yuan 4.5093 NZ$ 1.***** NTS 19.0618
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      • 21 14 Gold uss/oz 302.500 Silver uss/oz 4.628 Platinum uss/oz 528.300 Rubber cents/kg 128.00 Palm oil RM/tonne 1153 Brent crude uss/barrel 26.130
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      • 5 14 Straits Times Index 10-Day Chart
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      • 55 14 By volume Apr 11 '000 Integra 58,220 lonics 19,829 Ipco 18,461 NOL 13,564 PNE Micron 11,953 By value Apr 11 DBS 57,341,950 Venture 38,226,591 Chattered 34,874,760 UOB 33,791,050 SIA 29,624,900 '000 JayaHldg 11,435 Seatown 10,965 Samudeia 10,960 SingTel 9,798 Sp Ship 9,757 OCBC 27,043,600 STAssemb 17,006,870 CITYDEV
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      • 75 14 By$ Apr 11 Close Change GreatEast 12.600 +0.900 By percentage April Close Change Kian HoW*****9 0.010+100.000 SPH100 23.500 +0.700 SPH 23.300 +0.500 Ipco W*****7 0.010+100.000 Integra 0.135 +42.105 IS DJ USTECH 10USS46.300 +0.400 SIA200 13.300 +0.400 F&N 7.450 +0.300 LabroyMarW*****6 0.105 +23.529 Samudera 0.285 +18.750 Chosen 0.290
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      • 81 14 Bloomberg By$ Apr 11 Close Change DBS Bk 6% NCPS *****.800 -0.200 By percentage April Goldtron Close Change 0.030 -14.286 AURIC 1.000 -0.050 ICB 5.550 -0.050 Aspial 0.270 -0.030 Aspial Hua Kok Teamsphere 0.270 -10.000 0.090 -10.000 0.100 -9.091 Ayala 1.040 -0.030 Transpac 1.400 -0.020 SimLian 0.245
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    • 410 17  -  Francis Kan Analysts say ERC's proposals are comprehensive and sufficient by francis@newstoday.com.sg THE Economic Review Committee's (ERC) proposals to revamp the corporate tax regime, while largely in line with analysts' expectations, were nonetheless hailed as the most comprehensive ever. The ERC's sub-committee on taxation, land, wages
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    • 149 17 A NEW broadband source will soon be available in Singapore to access the Internet The service, which uses Power Line Communication (PLC) technology, was launched yesterday by Singapore Power and two Internet service providers, Pacific Internet and Little Green Apples. It is believed to
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    • 363 19  -  Val Chua ERC recommendations will benefit big-time savers and QFBs by val@newsto day. com. sg ANALYSTS were caught offguard by the unexpected Economic Review Committee recommendation to exempt tax payment on interest earned on all bank deposits. Said banking analyst Sam Chin from ABN Amro Securities: "We
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    • 123 19 UMCi, the Singapore-based joint venture between semiconductor foundry UMC, Infineon Technologies AG and EDBI, held a topping off ceremony yesterday for its 300 mm wafer fab plant at the Pasir Ris Wafer Fab Park. "We expect UMCi to be entering production just in time to
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    • 2993 20 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS (All prices are indicative) Enquiries: Call 852-2973-6600 E-mail lippei.asia@ieuteis.com Fund Name NAV/Bid Price Oiler Price Aberdeen Asset Management (Asia) Aberdeen Se American Opportunities 0.744 0.782 Aberdeen Se Asian Fixedincome 1.18 1.216 Aberdeen Se China Opportunities Fund 1.021 1.073 Aberdeen Se Continental Europe Equity 0.997 1.048 Aberdeen Se
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    • 176 20 THE Singapore Business Federation (SBF) must engage the public more, especially in helping them to adapt to the dramatic changes in the economic environment, said Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong at its launch yesterday. "Many Singaporeans see business chambers as detached from the larger community,"
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    • 87 20 HONG KONG Credit Suisse First Boston (CSFB), which fired about 15 per cent of its investment bankers last month to curb costs, hired Mr Finian Tan to help win business in Singapore and Malaysia. Mr Tan was previously a partner of the local unit of Silicon
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    • 74 20 AFP TOKYO US Trade Representative Robert Zoellick yesterday slammed steel trade practices in Japan but defended a US move to impose tariffs on cheap steel imports. "Japan's record on steel has been disappointing," he said. "If you look at the basic strategy of Japanese steel, it
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    • 417 22 AFP World trade rules worsen the global divide GENEVA The rules of the global trade system are rigged in favour of rich countries, allowing them to grab the lion's share of world export earnings, the charity Oxfam International said yesterday. Oxfam complained that current trade rules prevent
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    • 223 22 AFP BANGKOK The Bank of Thailand will deregulate the credit card market and allow banks to set their own minimum income requirements for cardholders, a report said yesterday. Local banks are required to set minimum monthly income for applicants at 15,000 baht ($632) but
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  • WORLD NEWS
    • 107 24  -  Channel News Asia MAS Selamat Kastari, the Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) leader on the run from Singapore, was planning to hijack either a US, British or Singapore Airlines plane in the region and crash it into Changi Airport, the Home Affairs Ministry revealed yesterday. It said that Mas
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    • 263 24  -  Ambiga Raju Tiger chief asks India to forget the past by ambiga@newstoday.com.sg INDIA may now find itself in a comer following a two-hour press conference that Tamil Tiger chief Velupillai Prabhakaran (picture) held on Wednesday, his first in more than a decade. Despite his status as
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    • Article, Illustration
      43 24 Reuters LUCENA (Philippines) Fire swept through a ferry (picture) yesterday anchored off Lucena, about 110 km south-east of the capital Manila, killing at least 23 people. Fifty others are missing. The cause of the fire is not yet established. Reuters photo
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    • 179 26 AFP Experts gear up for post-Saddam era WASHINGTON Preparations for a US-sponsored conference, where experts will draft a programme for "a better" Iraq under a different government, have been completed. It is understood that nine Iraqi groups, including the National Accord Movement, the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan and
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    • 101 26 Agencies SAN FRANCISCO Fearing a shoe-bomb incident, officials at San Francisco airport blew up an unsuspecting passenger's self-heating shoes. Security alarms were sounded when the passenger from China was screened for a connecting domestic flight "When the bag went through the X-ray, it came
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    • 95 28 JAKARTA He sings, releases CDs and now former Indonesian military commander Wiranto has launched a book on the controversial subject of East Timor. Launched yesterday, the 350-page book, titled Selamat Jalan Timtim, Pergulatan Menguak Kebenaran, Penuturan Apa Adanya Seorang Wiranto (Good Bye East Timor,
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    • 70 28 -AFP TAIPEI Free trade pacts could help check capital flow to China, which is attracting investors from around the world, Taiwanese President Chen Shui-bian said yesterday. Mr Chen told visiting US Undersecretary of Commerce for International Trade, Mr Grant Alodnas, that Taiwan, the US and
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    • 282 28 Agencies Backs those who want to stop all forms of cloning WASHINGTON President George W Bush has thrown his weight behind those who want the law to stop all forms of cloning, including those used in embryonic stem cell research. If he were able to add legal
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  • COMMENTARY
    • 939 30  -  Roger Mittoi* Age discrimination is morally repugnant and a blot on civil society "OLDER men sustain erections longer, are longer coming to orgasm, and satisfy women better," said British psychologist Dr Lorraine Boule at Sheffield University recently. As an "older" man, I can assure you this
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    • 133 30 What the regional papers said yesterday The Star/Malaysia Full force of law against rape Further amendments to the Penal Code may be made to compel Malaysian courts to mete out the maximum sentence on perpetrators of rape and incest. The Jakarta Post/Indonesia Akbar resumes House activities Speaker Akbar Tanjung, defending
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  • UPFRONT
    • 568 32 Reuters Pregnant women who put on too much weight face risk of breast cancer, says study SAN FRANCISCO Women who gain 17kg or more while pregnant increase their risk of developing breast cancer after menopause by 40 per cent, researchers said this week. "Excess pregnancy
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    • 193 32 Three-day weekend Better economy AFP MANILA Longer weekends in the Philippines are giving a boost to the economy, President Gloria Arroyo's spokesman claimed yesterday. "It's a huge thing, especially for those working in Metro Manila. Many of those working in offices here live in the provinces. "It's costly for them
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  • LIFESTYLE
    • 654 34  -  Kelvin Phang by kelvin@newstoday.com.sg IMAGINE diving 10 metres under the sea and being surrounded by over 100 sharks, as far as the eye can see. Sound like a scene from your worst nightmare? Well, for acclaimed underwater photographer Tony Wu, this seemingly perilous situation allowed him to
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    • 223 34 ASPIRING boat owners should make a beeline for the onwater display at the Republic of Singapore Yacht Club (RSYC), held in conjunction with boat METS ASIA 2002. At least 25 yachts and boats of numerous sizes like the Beneteau 50, Oceanus 43, Lady
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  • LIMELIGHT
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      440 37  -  Rachel Lo Ping Hui talks about keeping fighting fit to rachel@newstoday.com.sg IN MORE ways than one, the National Kidney Foundation's (NKF) new celebrity advocate, Tay Ping Hui, is an apt spokesman for this year's NKF prevention programme. For one, the self-confessed fitness fanatic goes for annual check-UDS to
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    • 81 37 THIS month, MediaCorp TV Channel 5 will give viewers a double treat Mr Kiasu Season 2 will return on Tuesday at Bpm. The show will boast three new faces: Miss Singapore/Universe 2001 Jamie Teo, veteran actress Lim Ru Ping and Patricia Mok. Making its debut
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  • TIMEOUT
    • 592 39  -  Serene Foo Ivan Heng directs this political satire, based on George Orwell's classic by serene@newstoday.com.sg IF recent artistic offerings are rated on a political-liberalisation scale here, they will be on the positive side. In the highly-acclaimed box office hit, I Not Stupid, Jack Neo addresses political
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    • 324 44 WHAT'S with this new generation of sensitive new-age leading men? First, 31-year-old Ben Chaplin, one of the nice guys in The Thin Red Line, described his nude love scenes with Nicole Kidman in Birthday Girl as "truly awful". The British actor admitted that he's
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    • 170 44 Reuters/Variety LOS ANGELES Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE), needing less studio space as it cuts back on TV production, is trying to sell its historic studio lot where classics such as Citizen Kane (1941) and the original King Kong (1933) were shot, a spokeswoman
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    • 504 46  -  Serene Foo Sassy should be the perfect date movie... for girls FILM REVIEW My SaSSy Girl (Now showing) GIRL power seems to be in vogue in Korean cinema. Imagine a younger version of the lady mafia boss in last year's My Wife is a Gangster, and you
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    • 316 46 Reuters/Variety LOS ANGELES Some advertisers are objecting to The Shield, TV's newest show about policemen, with several large companies pulling ads in recent weeks due to the show's violence, language and nudity. According to news reports, the latest to do so was Tricon Global
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      • 448 51 -AFP Milan's late charge not good enough Uefa Cup AC Milan 3 Borussia Dortmund 1 Dortmund wins 5-3 on aggregate MILAN AC Milan's valiant efforts to overturn a crushing first-leg Uefa Cup semi-final defeat to Borussia Dortmund finally came to nothing despite a 3-1 win here at
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      • 235 51 -AFP AUGUSTA Legend Arnold Palmer has decided to stop playing the Masters after shooting one of the worst rounds he has ever had on the Augusta National this morning. "That is it tomorrow will be my last competitive round in the Masters," said the 72-year-old
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    • 178 52 Reuters BEIJING China's soccer coach Bora Milutinovic is optimistic that his team can reach the second round on its debut, appearance in the World Cup finals despite suffering a string of injuries. China is in Group C, where it faces Brazil, Turkey and Costa Rica. According
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      446 52 Reuters Champions League Real Madrid 2 Bayern Munich 0 Hitzfeld admits team not good enough to go through BERLIN Reigning European champion Bayern Munich faced up to the prospect of a season without silverware yesterday after Real Madrid sent the Germans spinning out of the Champions League at
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    • 592 53 Champions League quarter-final Man United 3 Deportivo 2 Argentine inspires team into last four MANCHESTER Amid the news of David Beckham's injury, it was easy to overlook the fact Old Trafford had witnessed something of a second coming yesterday, namely the re-emergence of Juan Sebastian Veron
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    • 375 53 Barca v Real for lovers of passion -AFP MADRID Spain was quickly forgetting Real Madrid's victory over Bayern Munich in its European Champions League quarter-final yesterday, and was eagerly looking forward to the allSpanish semi-final clash in two weeks time between Real and its domestic rival Barcelona. Real beat the
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    • 598 54 Agencies LONDON If Arsenal was the firm favourite to win the Premiership before Manchester United's Champions League match against Deportivo La Coruna yesterday, then it has now almost become a certainty. With United's England captain David Beckham joining club captain Roy Keane on the treatment
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    • 292 54 IMOLA Michael Schumacher has struck a blow in his bitter rivalry with Juan Pablo Montoya by claiming the Colombian is not a title contender. The world champion, who clashed with Montoya in the last two grands prix, said it will be a few
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    • 62 54 LEEDS-Jonathan Woodgate has been exonerated by Leeds United of any blame following an incident outside a pub which has left him with a fractured jaw. The defender, found guilty of affray last year, has been ruled out for the season after a lengthy operation. Woodgate was banned from
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    • 80 54 BUCHAREST Romanian Olympic medallist Gina Gogean has denied a report that officials forged documents so she could take part in Barcelona's 1992 Games. The Pro Sport published pictures of Gogean's birth certificate and medical file and said that the member of Romania's silver medal winning team was born
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    • 70 54 GEORGETOWN Top Indian spinner Harbhajan Singh has been ruled out of the opening Test against the West Indies starting here today due to a shoulder injury. Fellow-spinner Sarandeep Singh has been called in as a replacement in a 13-member squad. Also left out were wicket-keeper Ajay Ratra, paceman
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    • 66 54 LONDON Juventus' Edgar Davids and Bayern Munich's Stefan Effenberg are high on Kevin Keegan's list of wanted players as the Manchester City manager bids to strengthen his squad for its return to the English Premier league next season. He said Leeds striker Robbie Keane was also a target,
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      • 342 55  -  Stanley Ho by stanley@newstoday.com.sg HE IS the only footballer in the NTUC Income S-League in the "Star Player" category. And probably the highest paid professional in the league. Yet, despite being fit, new Tampines Rovers coach Chow Kwai Lam sensationally dropped
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