Today, 8 July 2002

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    Masthead
    13 1 TODAY Monday •jui? B' 2°° 2 MITA (P) 063/11/2001 TODAY Monday juiy 8,2002
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    Malaysian policeman with bullets caught at Changi Airport
    185 1  -  -Jose Raymond ALARM bells rang at Chang! Airport on Saturday afternoon when a man was caught trying to board a plane with 10 rounds of live ammunition. The man, a Royal Malaysian police officer, also had a flick-knife and a revolver holster
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    What's his game?
    707 1  -  Kim-Kyna Tan Zulfikar says he has no political agenda, but... IN one of his first public appearances, fateka.com editor Zulfikar Mohamad Shariff (picture) was in on an April Fool's joke. The Think Centre had announced that he was in a team to contest the General Election. Since
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  • HOT NEWS
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      Lock icon NDP flurry
      149 2 Janice Lee THOUSANDS of Singaporeans flocked to National Day Parade (NDP) ticket distribution centres yesterday morning, with queues snaking around centres such as the Woodlands Sports Hall and the Bedok Sports Hall. Unlike previous years when crowds queued overnight at the centres, the locations of the centres were
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      Still waiting
      506 2  -  Val Chua Recommendations on CPF housing policy delayed again THE much-anticipated changes to the Central Provident Fund (CPF) housing policy are likely to be revealed in the middle of this month. Market watchers had expected the announcement to be made when Parliament meets this week. But Senior Minister
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      M'sia has revealed its rates for water, says report
      128 2 MALAYSIAN Foreign Minister Datuk Seri Syed Hamid Albar has revealed, for the first time, that Malaysia wants to charge Singapore 60 sen per 1,000 gallons of water from 2002 to 2007 and RM3 per 1,000 gallons from 2007 to 2011, reported
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      Regional gas
      330 3  -  Val Chua M'sia offers to host Asean Gas Centre ASEAN member countries should appreciate one another's "fundamental differences" before they can set rules, regulations and prices for a successful regional natural gas pipeline. "In order for a cross-border pipeline to be operated successfully, there must be a good
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      101 3 It's not to bind, -m m my aim is that X there should be no tussle (for m the post) and as S Najib is the most senior I see that in this case, the best candidate in terms of seniority and the most experienced in government is Najib. Malaysian
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      Lock icon Pay cut protest in HK
      67 3 AFP photo Hong Kong civil servants hold placards and wear headbands denouncing cuts to public sector pay packets, which they say were done without consultation. An estimated 30,000 civil servants turned out yesterday to demonstrate against the government's enforced cuts of between 1.5S and 4.42
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      Lock icon Concern over hudud laws
      172 3 Agencies KUALA LUMPUR Debate over hudud laws began yesterday in the state assembly of Terengganu despite criticism from the federal government. "We want to bring back the supremacy of Islam to this land," Parti Islam SeMalaysia (PAS) leader and Terengganu Menteri Besar Datuk Sen Abdul Hadi
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      Keep views free
      258 4  -  Diana Lee Minyi S'poreans are well-informed and can't be misled I REFER to Mr Jason Lee Boon Hong's letter, "Frightful views on website" (Today, July 5). Mr Lee assumes that freedom of speech is dangerous because some forms of speech are incendiary and, therefore, it is in
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      Make it compulsory to keep maids' records
      124 4  -  Yeo Kok Seng THE recent murder case involving Indonesian maid Sundarti Supriyanto has highlighted a weakness in the regulation of the maid industry here. Sundarti's maid agency had known that she had stolen from her previous employer but had kept the information secret.
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      Unbridled expression can be dangerous
      208 4  -  Soon Kim Hock I FELT uneasy reading the letter by Mr Tan Kong Soon of the Think Centre ("Let Singaporeans think for themselves. It will help them get wiser" Today, July 6-7). He said that it might not be detrimental to national interest if Singaporeans
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      LTA, operators tackling ez-link bugs
      186 4  -  Han Liang Yuan (Ms) I REFER to Mr Pang Kian Tiong's letter, "20-cent poser" (Today, July 2). He has called for a system to be put in place to resolve the problems commuters face in using the ez-link card in buses. We are working closely
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      83 4 Your letter can also appear on this page. Give your full name and address and write to Today, 24, Raffles Place, #28-01/06, Clifford Centre, S'pore *****1; Fax: 65-*****17; E-mail: news@newstoday,com.sg Charles Sturt University I (£S 6d) "egree INFO TALK Thursday, 11 July at 7pm Slf^ can 6337 8000 H 250
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  • BUSINESS NEWS
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      Lock icon Bank of China to list on HK stock exchange
      234 6 AFP HONG KONG Bank of China (Hong Kong) will list on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange on July 25, the bank said yesterday, although plans for a dual public float in New York have been temporarily shelved. Its chief executive Liu
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      Lock icon Scarred but wiser
      459 6 AFP FIVE years after a financial crisis crippled Asia, economists are putting a positive spin on the painful reforms which followed, pointing to the region's ability to ride out the current economic downturn. "The crisis had a devastating effect on poverty," said Mr Arup Raha, regional chief
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      Lock icon S Korea moves to woo investors
      271 8 Bloomberg SEOUL South Korea said it will offer tax breaks and other incentives to foreign investors to boost inflow of capital. Under a draft bill prepared by the Finance Ministry, a foreign employee earning US$5OO,OOO ($885,000) a year will pay income tax of 2L7
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    • Market Watch
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        Singapore
        139 8 THE Singapore market probably found a bottom last week and, with the World Cup's distraction now gone, investors seem to be increasing their weighting in the Singapore and other Asian markets. The STI started the week flat but put on strong gains in the last three days to rise
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        World markets
        51 8 Index Value Change Nikkei 225 Hong Seng 411 Ordirraries "jiiv.-c l VVicl *****.09 *****.16 3161.30 5255.23 +193.28 +40.58 +7.78 +124.43 +1.81 ■0.3! ■0.2' +2.4! Karen Comp SET Index 787.83 399.48 +19.09 +1.69 +2.4! +0.4! Jakarta Camp PI* Camp Shenzen 3 492.78 1119.7? 262.31 +4.06 -16.88 +3.28 +0.8; ■1.4'
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        Your S$1 buys
        36 8 USS 0.5649 LK£ 0.3711 Yen 67.932 m 4.1064 m 2.1464 Euro 0.5805 Kupinh 5005.2 Bohr 23.512 Peso 28.670 A$ 1.0158 Indian Rs 27.577 Won 676.50 C$ 0.8607 Yunn 4.6756 NZ$ 1.1650 NT$ 18.876
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        Commodities
        19 8 Goldust/oi 311.30 Silver iks/« 4.955 Platinum uw/b 519.50 Rubber 152.25 Palm oil BM/tonm 1307 Grent crude usS/bond 25.91
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        Straits Times Index — 10-Day Chart
        5 8 Straits Times Index 10-Day Chart
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        SGX most active
        59 8 By volume Jul 1 Id 5 'ODD '000 SingTel BILItitl Aution FuYu TPV 99,719 86,606 71,432 47,750 41,291 Qitrhj Chattered WesTetli ECS DalacrflUSS 4(1,754 35,660 33,803 33,261 30,243 By value Jul 1 Id S DBS UOB Venture SingTel Chwlered 194,710,450 182,735,272 159,051,582 142,379,164 125,813,495 OCBC SIA Creative
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        SGX top rises
        78 8 By$ Jul 1 to S Close Change Creative 50 18,500 +2.800 SPH 21.200 +1.300 UOB 13.700 '.CCO SPH 100 21.000 +1.000 DBS 13.400 +1.000 focolnvltCaWllH 1.000 +1.000 ST1HF100 JOPV 16.569 +0.BB9 ST1EIF100 16.440 +0710 Venture 14.800 +D700 GreotEost 10.100 +0700 By percentage ful 1 to 5 Close
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        Lock icon SGX top falls
        86 8 Bloomberg lul 1 to S Close Oiangi SDJ USIECBlOUSS ***** -Z.10I Asia 2kHKS 6.350 -0.251 MBkMNCPSlOlOWOO -O.201 fatEng 0.510 0.151 WJeimingsAS 0.950 O.O9I 3£W Group 0 290 0.051 tan 200USS 7.750 0.051 .etMttjl 0.0/0 -0.04! SeneMedix 0.B35 -0.04! fellegora 2 230 -0.041 By percentage Jul 1 Id
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      Lock icon Indian tycoon dies
      307 10 Agencies MUMBAI Mr Dhirubhai Ambani, the founder and chairman of India's largest private sector company Reliance Industries, died on Saturday. Mr Ambani (picture), 69, died in a hospital in Bombay where he was admitted on June 24 after suffering a stroke, Reliance officials said. Prime Minister Atal
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      Lindeteves-Jacoberg stock good for long-term investors
      239 10  -  K Ajith THE chart pattern on LindetevesJacoberg Ltd (LJ) is attractive. The stock had corrected from a high of $1.25 in March and dropped to a low of $0.92 in May on relatively low volume. The recent rebound from that level has brought the
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      252 10 1/^° F I II EASYNETI "Knrwledge without application Who said thai? P^— I, is a JILSLPCI Dili to W^ we «Jt/ stipulations to I*l ■■m 1^ our educational criteria, tlj W^AI fljfySf^ there would be security in saying, Ranked sth for Good Teaching when compared to 34 universities nationally jj
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  • WORLD NEWS
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      Power war?
      108 12 Ranks rebel after security chief sacked RAMALLAH Whether an internal power struggle or a genuine attempt to reform, Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat looks unable to effectively sack his security chief, Colonel Jibril Rajoub. Hundreds of supporters of Col Jibril yesterday protested in Hebron after a group of security
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      A nation in mourning
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      1214 16 /WWdf%* jm W^M [Concession for students, a*, I Bp ''".L.-' >w^W Mlwl senior citizens and NSmen) LUNCH N ARTS ■bSt^l **im mWI^J W™ Ticketing: Call SISTIC at MEDEA: ONE ON ONE PRESENTS WHIM 'N W M MmmmiM M J| 6348 5555 In this solo performance Sam *SI I AV~I RHYTHM
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      1055 17 Prospero's Children: 12pm Venue: Kallang Theatre Print Institute (Weekends), 2pm Price: Matinee $60, Price: Free Venue: DBS Arts Centre (Concession for students). at 6336 3663 Home of The Singapore 888£ J Evening performances Price; Baby Love: $13, [Concession for students) This exhibition highlights Prospero's Children: $16 Ticketing: Call SISTIC at
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      1122 20 RECOLLECTIONS OF including Chieu Shuey Fook, (Weekends) (Concession for children THE JAPANESE Goh Beng Kwan, Ho Ho Venue: Gallery Studio, and senior citizens). Free OCCUPATION Ying, Koeh Sia Yong, Lee University Cultural Centre from 6pm 9pm on Fri Singapore's first exhibition Kim Guan, Low Puay Hua, Price: Free Enquiries: Call
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      1112 21 ANCIENT CHINESE village to a modern nation DYING AT A HOSPITAL GOLD AND SILVER state. Visitors will see Sir This 1993 movie directed jtk *M FROM THE Stamford Raffles'founding by Jun Ichikawa details the .;^iJ LAIYANTANG of a trading post in last days of a patient's life Jj COLLECTION Singapore
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      1154 22 scripts will also be developed landscape and flora can be students and they are to Date: July 12 into programmes for submitted for competition on present their works through Time: 6pm Bpm broadcast on local television. trie Nature Photographic 2D/Flash animation, 3D Venue: National Library MediaCorp TV Channel 5 is
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  • COMMENTARY
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      In S'pore? Why not?
      782 23  -  Shoba Tsering Bhalla Bad US corporate practices could see a WorldCom-type scandal here AS American telecom giant WorldCom Inc teeters on the brink of bankruptcy following disclosures of colossal accounting fraud, a question that begs to be asked is: Can it happen here? WorldCom's chief executive
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      Lock icon Emerging millionaires in Thailand get into the teak of things
      253 23 AFP BANGKOK While it is by no means a standard indicator, the booming sale of traditional Thai teak houses is one sign that the ranks of the kingdom's rich are growing, according to a Bangkok Post report. Quoting manufacturers, the
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      259 23 www.lycos.com.sg NVSeJobTair II »ys Make a decision that would give a renewed direction in your working life. Be part of the ejobfair held between July 1 28 and explore the horizon of careers in a multitude of industries. NUS graduates and alumni who are budding or established professionals or entrepreneurs
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  • UPFRONT
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      Lock icon The mystery of Miss China
      298 24 AFP BEIJING Shanghai model Zhuo Ling (picture) had secured third place in the recent Miss Universe contest. Such an achievement should have made the Chinese swell with pride, especially since it was the first time China had entered a candidate in the world-renowned beauty pageant.
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      Heroines all
      441 24  -  Charmine Tan Award winner wants to improve the lot of women SEVENTY-FIVE-YEAR-OLD Ibu Anindyati Sulasikin Murpratomo (picture) is a shining example for women in Asean. Involved in several organisations since the age of 19, she now holds 30 positions, including being the first female vice-chairperson of the Commission
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  • PORTFOLIO
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      Lock icon Essential planning
      719 25  -  Jeffrey Tan Insurance can protect family members should tragedy strike IT is true that tragedy strikes when you least expect it. That was something Veronica Wee, 36, learned when her husband, Lionel, was struck by a liver infection last year. The hepatitis infection destroyed much of his liver
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      Ask the Prudential Adviser
      399 25 Dear PRU Adviser, I have a 20-year endowment policy for a sum of $75,000 which matures in 2004. I am in urgent need of a $30,000-loan to tide me over some financial commitment. A big sum of my money is "stuck" in shares and unit trusts.
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  • EATOUT
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        Seafood Galore at Grand Plaza Hotel
        90 26 A scrumptious seafood buffet (picture) awaits diners at Grand Plaza Hotel's St Gregory Brasserie and Courtyard on Fridays, Saturdays, the eve of public holidays and public holidays. Savour New Zealand rock oysters, scallops, clams, crayfish as well as Japanese favourites like sashimi, sushi, tempura
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        Cool Ice Blended Drinks
        78 26 The Coffee Bean &Tea Leaf is introducing two new versions of its Original Ice Blended drink. Due to popular demand, the ChaiTea Ice Blended is being re-introduced, along with the new Caramel Rooitea Herbal Ice Blended.The ChaiTea Blended ($6) is made with ChaiTea Blend while the
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  • INCINEMAS
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      Lock icon RIP, Frankenheimer
      231 28 Reuters HOLLYWOOD director John Frankenheimer (picture), whose films included the 1960s hits, The Birdman of Alcatraz and The Manchurian Candidate, died on Saturday in Los Angeles. He was 72. Frankenheimer passed away following a stroke at the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, where he had undergone spinal surgery, his daughter,
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      Ageless Indiana?
      202 28 HEY, if an ageing Indiana Jones can, so can you! With a little help from Vicks Vapor Rub, that is. It has been just over two decades since the first Indiana Jones adventure arrived in cinemas and 13 years since the last instalment in the franchise made its
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      1606 30 On TV Seize The Day -In the Monday Mega Movie The Patriot Channel 5,7.30 P m Kopi-0 It (Debut) Friends The One with Monica's Boot Sootlifllit fhnnnflN™*in HlOnm ChannelB,7pm Channels,lopm V^HT^H jpoiligni uiannei NewsAsio, B.JUpm After proving himself on the mT RE^SSKi K' ~BP^ \"f battlefields, Benjamin Martin i' v
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  • TIMEOUT
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      Get a second round of Kopi-O
      317 31  -  Yee Wet Zhen YOUR friendly kopitiam gang (picture) has returned to MediaCorp TV's Channel 8 after a 17-year hiatus. Veteran actress Cai Pingkai, together with familiar faces Qian Zhigang, Dai Peng and Yuan Cangcou, will be dishing up local fare in Kopi-0 11. The
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      Sea of youth and colour
      290 31  -  Yee Wei Zhen SYF kicks off its mission to open hearts THE opening ceremony for the Singapore Youth Festival was held amid much fanfare at the National Stadium on Saturday. Starting promptly at spm, the guest of honour was Rear Admiral Teo Chee Hean, Minister
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  • SPORTS
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      Lock icon Woods still not there yet
      378 32 -AFP Seve says Nicklaus faced tougher competition LONDON Spanish golfing legend Seve Ballesteros (picture) believes that Jack Nicklaus and not Tiger Woods is the greatest golfer of all time. The 45-year-old Spaniard, whose slump in form hit the depths with an 89 in the first
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      Lock icon NTUC Income-TODAY Fan of the Week Party
      282 32  -  Ray Chen Novel ice-breaker draws warm response SOME ardent S-League football fans got the chance to meet their favourite players for an extra cool session at Snow City yesterday. And rather than just sit and chat with each other over food, yesterday's session
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      Lock icon Ronaldo rejects EPL
      618 33 Agencies Brazilian star wants to repay Inter's faith in him MILAN World Cup hero Ronaldo has ruled out any chance of a move to the English Premier League (EPL). There is growing speculation that the Brazilian striker will quit Italian football this summer, and Manchester United and
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      Lock icon O'Leary blames Leeds duo's court case for sacking
      494 33 AFP LONDON Former Leeds manager David O'Leaiy claimed yesterday that the court case involving England international defender Jonathan Woodgate and midfielder Lee Bowyer was the cause of his sacking. The 44-year-old was sacked last week after the Leeds board finally lost patience
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      Lance's strong start
      97 33 LUXEMBOURG Lance Armstrong, going for his fourth consecutive Tour de France title, collected the race leader's yellow jersey on Saturday after winning the seven-kilometre prologue in emphatic style. The 30-year-old Texan, who was the last rider off the ramp from the 189-strong field, made light work of
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      Allenby in the lead
      101 33 LEMONT Australia's Robert Allenby cranked up his game several notches during the middle of the third round to take a twoshot lead at the US$4 million ($7 million) Western Open on Saturday. Allenby was one-under for the first seven holes, but then made four birdies and
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      Sorenstam cruises
      99 33 HUTCHINSON Annika Sorenstam moved closer to her third US Women's Open victory when she eased to a two-stroke lead after the third round on Saturday. The relentless Swede did not miss a fairway or green on the front nine as she threatened to run away with the championship.
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      It's India v England
      77 33 BIRMINGHAM Rahul Dravid's half-century guided India to a four wicket victory over Sri Lanka and a place in the final of the triangular series next Saturday, Man of the match Dravid hit 64 as India overhauled Sri Lanka's 187 all out with 11 balls to spare
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      Lock icon Nalbandian blanked out
      278 34 Agencies LONDON Lleyton Hewitt powered towards his first Wimbledon title crushing unheralded Argentinian David Nalbandian 6-1, 6-3, 6-2 last night. In a match interrupted twice by rain delays, 20-year-old Nalbandian looked totally overawed by the situation and by Hewitt, aged 21, In fact, the match was so
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      Lock icon No subtleties in their brave new world
      723 34 Agencies LONDON Anti-climax? Not quite. But still we wait for a classic, a match of real contrast and discernible change of pace from the two best players in the Williams family and, coincidentally, the world. On the courts of Compton, the Los Angeles
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      Lock icon Another record for Schumi?
      554 35 Reuters Formula One British Grand Prix Sckumi now 54 points clear SILVERSTONE Michael Schumacher closed in on a record-equalling fifth Formula One world title yesterday after celebrating another Ferrari one-two at the British Grand Prix. The German led his Brazilian team-mate Rubens Barrichello across the line
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      Lock icon Schumacher's 1999 crash was the happiest moment of my life: Irvine
      695 35 AFP LONDON Formula One driver Eddie Irvine said on Saturday that the happiest moment of his life came during the 1999 British Grand Prix, when thenFerrari team-mate Michael Schumacher crashed and broke his leg. The ever-controversial Ulsterman, who at
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