Today, 12 July 2002, Afternoon Edition

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  • AFTERNOON EDITION
    • 279 1 -AFP Stocks slump a menace to US economy WASHINGTON Battered US stocks now present a menace to the US economic recovery, unnerving consumers whose spending makes up two-thirds of activity, experts said Thursday. "All of the positive things that we expected to happen in the second half
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    • 81 1 Reuters NEW YORK US stocks rebounded from 5-year lows yesterday as investors scooped up beaten down high-tech shares. The Dow Jones Industrial average ended down just 11.97 points, or 0.14 per cent, at 8,801.53, after trimming an earlier loss of 2.3 per cent. The Nasdaq Composite index
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    • 93 1 FROM today, small and medium enterprises (SMEs) can apply for a grant of up to 70 per cent of the consultancy fees, or $14,000, whichever is lower, to defray the cost of engaging a work-life consultant to help them ascertain the work-life needs of their
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  • HOT NEWS
    • 87 2 CAPITALAND says it is pricing units in a $708.5 million property trust at 96 cents each. The 213 million units for public subscription was over five times subscribed. Mr Liew Mun Leong, president and CEO of Capita Land and deputy chairman of Capita Mall Trust Management said: "In
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    • 185 2 Things that ministries do Channel News Asia TEN ministries and six statutory boards have been singled out by the Auditor-General in his annual report for financial lapses. These included overpayments, procedural irregularities, poor controls, incorrect payments and delays in refunds. One of the largest lapses spotted was at the Ministry
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    • 303 2  -  Chan Chao Peh by- cha ope h@ne wsto day. c om. sg AFTER a two-year study, a panel of experts has given NEWater their stamp of approval. Produced by the Public Utilities Board (PUB), this reclaimed water is the end product of a series of treatment on
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    • 311 2  -  Tan Hui Leng SOME retrenched Singaporeans are still being selective about their jobs, despite being the sole breadwinners in the family. This was discovered in a survey by the Ministry of Manpower (MOM) and comes amid announcements that unemployment may rise to 5.5 per
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    • 149 3 HONG KONG Nearly 20 employees of market research giant AC Nielsen, most of them temporary, have been arrested by the Independent Commission Against Corruption (Icac) for allegedly faking interviews for a survey. The South China Morning Post said that the employees, a manager,
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    • 527 3  -  Wan Hamidi Hamid Why Malaysia's hudud debate is more than just about amputated limbs and public stoning Comment by In Kuala Lumpur THIEVES having their hands and feet chopped off. Adulterers being stoned to death in public. Those who have been following the debate on Terengganu's plan
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      283 4  -  Toh Boon Ngee by boon ngee@n ewsto d ay. c o m. sg THE Malay community has not quite grasped that sound financial planning could yield results. That is why greater awareness is needed to bring about a change. Senior Parliamentary Secretary for Home Affairs Mohamad Maidin Packer
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    • 172 4  -  Elaine Quek TWO Malay MPs have been appointed to the Yayasan Mendaki's board of directors. Appointed for two-year terms by Mendaki chairman Associate Professor Yaacob Ibrahim, Sembawang GRC MP Dr Mohamad Maliki Osman and Mr Zainudin Nordin, MP for Bishan-Toa Payoh GRC, started their term this
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    • 82 4 THOSE of you who picked up a copy of this newspaper at the MRT stations may have discovered a chicken on a silver platter popping out from the centre pages. KFC's pop-up advertisement heralds the introduction of The Colonel's Wholesome Three-Course Meal. Ms Lynette Lee, KFC's marketing
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    • 18 3 I Why PM should^^H I keep it short MRM I Ravi Veloo argues for shorter National Day speeches
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  • HOME NEWS
    • 256 6  - No happy ending Chung Lyn-Yi Case acts on timeshare complaints by lynyi@newstod ay. com. sg OUT of the 3,400 complaints the Consumers Association of Singapore (Case) received about timeshare companies from 2000 to May this year, the majority alleged high-pressure tactics from the companies. Complainants said they were given insufficient
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    • 383 6  -  Toft Boon Ngee THE divorced, the separated, the unwed and the widowed can get special attention at Help Family Service Centre (FSC). Help, which stands for "Help Every Lone Parent", is the only organisation in Singapore that focuses on the needs of single-parent families. It helps
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    • 543 9  -  Rosalyn Lim Hop onto Tibs service 965 this month for some delightful surprises by rosaly nfflne wstoday. com. sg tea, fill in a service leaflet telling Tibs what you like about travelling on service 965 and you might win a mystery gift and a free
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  • LETTERS
    • 318 10  -  Jason Lee Boon Hong All commuters want is a gesture of understanding AS expected by many Singaporeans, including myself, the hike in transport fares remains despite two days of debate in Parliament over the issue. As a Singaporean, I appreciate the efforts of Members of Parliament (MPs),
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    • 228 10 IN "Fare Hike Fury" {Today, July 10), you reported that Mr Tan Soo Khoon had recalled Deputy Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong telling Parliament in May that there would be no need to raise fares next year as a result
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    • 241 12  -  Francis Tan Can bomb shelters offer protection? THE Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) has claimed that bomb shelters built in HDB homes offer protection during an emergency. However, many people, including Ms Ho Ching, Executive Director of Temasek Holdings, have questioned the practicality of this $4,000
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    • 178 12  -  Yeo Khee Quan THE kind of logic that the Land Transport Authority presents in its letter, "Why buses have to pay ERP charges" (Today, July 11), baffles me. She agrees with Mr Gary Ec in his tetter, "Let buses be" (Today, June
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    • 253 12 I REFER to Mr Ananda Perera's letter, "The IDASing Tel drama: Was this a battle of bruised egos?" (Today, July 3). The Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore (IDA) has determined that the processes related to compensation under the Telecommunications Authority of Singapore Act were complied with. The
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    • 346 14 AFTER returning to Singapore from England with an Honours degree in Accounting and Finance, Audrey (picture) spent two months working in her dad's business before joining one of the Big Four auditing firms. After a few months as an auditor, she realised that this was
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  • BUSINESS NEWS
    • 378 17  -  Lee Yew Meng AS expected, the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has continued with its neutral monetary policy bias into the second half of the year. The trade-weighted Singapore dollar nominal effective exchange rate (S$ Neer) "has largely fluctuated within the upper half of the policy
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    • Market Watch
      • 112 17 THE Singapore market fell sharply in line with regional bourses yesterday. Tokyo, Hong Kong and Seoul bore the brunt of the selling following the 3.2 per cent plunge on Wall Street overnight. The latest rout came on news that telecoms giant Qwest faces criminal charges and that US Vice-President
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      • 50 17 Index Valw Change Pis Nikkei 225 *****.74 -266.92 -2.48 Hong Seng til Ordinaries loiwnnWrd *****.81 3142.10 5202.59 ■228.73 ■33.10 -59.42 ■2.12 ■1.04 ■1.13 Korea Camp SET Index lukiM 1ii Comp 764.88 397.97 470.82 -29.83 -5.00 -6.56 -175 -1.24 ■1.37 Phils Comp ihcnzen 1139.14 251.24 -13.98 +2.05 -1.Z1 +.82
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      • 36 17 US$ 0.5708 UKE 0.3697 Vcn 66.903 HK$ 4.4540 m 2.1699 Euro 0.5792 Rupiah 52D2.1 Gahl 23.512 Peso Vfi.74o At 1.0207 Indian Rs 27.858 Won 673.62 C$ 0.8684 Yuan 1.7278 HZ$ 1.1JL16 NT$ 18.997
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      • 20 17 Gold usj/di 315.100 Silver ifiy« 5.050 MotinumustAi 515.700 Rubber aw^j 147.25 Palm oil sm/i™ 1353 Brent (rude uss/baml 25.19
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      • 75 17 July 11 CloseChanji DBS Bk 6K HCPS10 10ZBOO +0.200 CSC 4.820 +0.060 '■M Breweries 5.350 +0.050 SI Fund 0.800 +0.040 naiiifc: 1.430 +0.030 KTLIiH 0.610 +0.030 JE 1.240 +0.020 MultiChemWQSim 0.070 +0.020 DILIntl 0.635 +0.015 Hod 0.130 +0.015 iy percentage luly 11 CloseChangi Wi[hemW05H!6 0.070+40.D0O fti Links
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    • 223 18 Channel News Asia A step forward for China, Taiwan banks CHINA is allowing its biggest bank the Industrial Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) to conduct forex transactions directly with banks in Taiwan, According to ICBC's website, the state-run bank can now route foreign currency amounts to and from
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    • 116 18 THE board of Nat Steel said yesterday it would decide next month whether to accept a $294 million management buyout bid. Crown Central Assets (CCL) has agreed to push back its offer deadline to Aug 16, the board said in a statement, for what is
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    • 431 20 Bloomberg Investors losing interest as market continues to tumble clown NEW YORK With US stocks having shed about US$6.9 trillion ($12.08 trillion) since benchmark indices peaked in March 2000, investors say the fear of losses and the anger over accounting abuses is prompting many to withdraw
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    • 298 22 Bloomberg Deutsche Bank, BNP Paribas want Asia Pulp put under judicial care ASIA Pulp Paper's creditors, holding US$2.7 billion ($4.72 billion) of bonds, backed an application by Deutsche Bank AG and BNP Paribas SA to have the Singapore company's management replaced, the High Court was told. The creditors'
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    • 587 24 Reuters Microsoft to post Q4 profit despite industry slump SEATTLE At a time when software and computer hardware companies are hit hard by the slump in corporate spending, Microsoft Corp appears to be on track to post a fourth quarter profit at the high end of its own
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    • 203 24 Reuters PALO ALTO (California) Internet media company Yahoo! Inc has broken a year-and-a-half-long losing streak by posting a net profit on higher revenues, saying it had put the dotcom bust behind it and was signing up new advertisers and paying customers. Yahoo!, which had suffered six straight
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  • WORLD NEWS
    • 306 26 -Agencies Pakistan's opposition alliance denounces election as 'meaningless' ISLAMABAD Ahead of the recentlyannounced Oct 10 parliamentary elections, Pakistan's main political parties have heaped criticism on what they call a "meaningless" election. Calling for the resignation of Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf, an alliance of 15 opposition parties, spearheaded by
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    • 138 26 Agencies JAKARTA Indonesia yesterday offered North Korea help in easing high tensions and reviving dialogue with its southern rival. The offer came during talks between visiting North Korean deputy leader Kirn Yong Nam and President Megawati Sukarnoputri, said Indonesian Foreign Minister Hassan Wirayuda. "As a good
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    • 120 26 -AFP ISLAMABAD Police told Pakistan's Supreme Court yesterday they had arrested 13 people over the gang-rape of a teenager on the orders of tribal village council last month. The council-decreed gangrape in the Punjab village of Meerwala on June 22 has left rights groups here
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    • 288 28 Agencies HONG KONG Lawmakers in Hong Kong passed a Bill yesterday to cut civil servants' pay, a move which could trigger a clash between the territory's leaders and its bureaucracy. The bitter wage row is a major test of Chief Executive Tung Chee-hwa's mettle
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    • 122 28 -AFP MELBOURNE A British professor resigned yesterday as vice-chancellor of Melbourne's prestigious Monash University after admitting to plagiarising other academics' work, officials said. Mr David Robinson had come under growing pressure from Monash students and staff to quit since he acknowledged last month having twice plagiarised when
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    • 264 28 Agencies LONDON Britons, among the heaviest users of cannabis in Europe, will soon be able to smoke dope without fear of arrest after the government relaxed its laws on the drug. Home Secretary David Blunkett, confirming months of speculation, told Parliament on
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    • 117 29 Agencies LOS ANGELES A black teenager who was beaten by a white policeman sued the officer and local authorities yesterday as the US government launched a civil rights probe into the incident. "We are going to prosecute the case as vigorously and roughly as
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    • 183 29 -AFP MOSCOW A theme park which will recreate the main sites of the biblical Holy Land is being planned in Moscow, with the support of Christian, Muslim and Jewish spiritual leaders. The park, to be called "Bibleland", will cost up to US$6O million ($lO5
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    • 226 29 Agencies BRUSSELS A 40-year-old system of European Union farm subsidies could be overhauled after the European Commission approved yesterday an ambitious plan to reform it. Approved for the proposed changes to the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), the changes will require a long and complicated process, will
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    • 234 29 Reuters WASHINGTON China could face tougher sanctions from the United States over concerns that it is thwarting America's efforts to curb the spread of weapons of mass destruction. The US-China Security Review Commission, created by the US Congress to study the SineAmerican economic relationship, will
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    • 371 30 Agencies A clay after Bush's tough talk, focus is on the VP's Halliburton dealings WASHINGTON A day after US President George W Bush vowed to get tough on corporate fraud, an anti-corruption group filed a suit against his deputy for alleged fraudulent accounting. Vice-President Dick Cheney
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    • 83 30 Agencies NEW YORK The Bush administration has softened its demands for blanket immunity for US peacekeepers from the International Criminal Court. On Wednesday, the US offered a compromise proposal to the UN Security Council which would prevent the investi- gation or prosecution of peacekeepers for a
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    • 164 30 Agencies WASHINGTON Many consumer beauty products contain phthalates poten-tially-harmful chemicals that have been found to cause birth defects, according to the results of a study released yesterday. Health Care Without Harm, a coalition of health, religious, labour and environmental groups, contracted a national laboratory to
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    • 844 32  -  Wan Hamidi Ha mid Umno and PAS will try to 'out-Islam' each other in by-elections by in Kuala Lumpur state assembly seat. Opposition leaders such as Datuk Fadzil, who died on June 23, would usually bid for both seats due to a lack of good leaders.
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    • 501 35  -  Leong Phei Phei Talking points Online obituary websites are convenient for globalised families THE idea of making money when someone dies might sound morbid but online obituary websites do exactly that. When someone in your family passes away, all you have to do is to call up
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    • 509 35  -  Andrew Ferguson Bloomberg by in Washington THE new album from controversial rapper Eminem (picture) fell to second place on Billboard's chart at the weekend, pushed from its top spot by the new release from Nelly, another rapper. Nelly's album is called Nellyville. Eminem's is called The Eminem
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    • 78 36 Channel News Asia MEDIACORP will be hosting the judging of the semi-finals for the International Emmy Awards' Asian Drama Series and Arts Programming categories. The judging will take place on July 16 and 17. There are seven categories arts programming, children/young people, documentary, drama series, news coverage, popular
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    • 640 36  -  Asif Ansar Heard of the Rolling Clones, Spiceish Girls or Byjovi? THE Rolling Clones, Spiceish Girls, Guns 'N' Poses, Houselight Family, Mentalica, Robbing Williams, By Jovi, Depeche Made, D-Ran D-Ran, Nearvana, Fake Us Quo. Some of these names may sound familiar but something is not right. These "punny"
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    • 265 40  -  Hannah Teok THIS year's Special Education campaign, organised by the National Council of Social Service (NCSS), aims to raise awareness for the need for more teachers in Special Education (Sped) schools. The campaign also emphasises teaching in Special Education schools as a worthy vocation. Ms
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    • 433 40  -  Yong Shu Chiang THEIR latest productions have death as the central theme, but directors Nick Ng and Zai Kuning (picture) looked very much alive on a dreary, wet morning. The spectre of death looms in Zai's dance piece, Orang Orang, and Ng's multilayered I'm Sick. But this
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    • 188 40 LANDSCAPE OF THE MIND sees a greater diversity in the Date: Tomorrow to Aug 1 from Jazreel Low Collections and I SYF ART CRAFTS approaches and material used. Time: 9am to 5pm can find out about the menu and t EXHIBITION Contemporary art forms such as Venue: Singapore Conference themes
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    • 780 44  -  Jeffrey Tan New Zealand's gorgeous vineyards are a heady experience by j efftan @ne wstoday. com. sg 'T^HERE'S something about walking .L through a vineyard that appeals to the romantic in most of us. Whether it's the neatly-ordered rows or the luscious grapes glistening
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    • 95 44 PHUKET Tourists arriving in Phuket between July 20 and 26 can pick up some unique souvenirs at an unusual fair. The fair, "Neung Roi Phi Kangmanmook" or 100 Years of the Prison, will mark the 100 th anniversary of the island's prison. According to a report in the
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    • 68 44 AIR France is offering a special promotion on its l'Espace Affaires Business Class from Singapore to Europe. In its "Buy 1 get 1" promotion, from July 14 to Aug 25, tt is offering two seats for the price of one. All flights must be
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    • 100 44 Bloomberg TOKYO Japan Airlines will begin operating aircraft with new business class seats this month as part of a three-year, ¥10 billion ($l4B million) cabin upgrade to compete with its rivals, the company said. Asia's largest airline will introduce the new seats that recline 170 degrees,
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    • 232 46 AFTER his high-profile break-up with Britney Spears, 'N Sync boy band member Justin Timberlake has been locking lips with Janet Jackson, reports Page Six, which broke the news of the TimberlakeSpears split in March. Timberlake and Jackson have reportedly been seeing each other for a few
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    • 84 46 I like guys who wear Abercrombie and Fitch Meanwhile, pop princess Britney Spears has a sales assistant from Los Angeles in her sights. British tabloid The Daily Star reported that Spears spotted him while on a spending spree at an Abercrombie and Fitch score with her sister, when she spotted
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      444 47  -  Janice Lee But what about the brains in Deuces Wild? THIS tale is one of 1950s gang violence, a la West Side Story but sans the frivolity of singing and dancing. Stephen Dorff (the villain from Blade) plays Leon Senta, the leader of The Deuces. This "good" street
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  • SPORTS
    • 694 51 Reuters Facing a longer course and unpredictable weather... GULLANE The possibility of a complete sweep of this year's four major championships by Tiger Woods (picture) is the intriguing subplot for the 131 st British Open, which starts at Muirfield next Thursday. But to do that, Tiger
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    • 127 51 -AFP KUALA LUMPUR Fourteen Malaysian athletes have been hit by dengue fever in the past month, sparking a health scare ahead of the Manchester Commonwealth Games, according to Malaysian media reports yesterday. Sprinter Nazmizan Mo named, who was among athletes housed at the Bukit Jalil sports
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    • 125 51 Reuters COPENHAGEN Denmark and Eolton Wanderers midfielder Stig Tofting faces months behind bars after being charged with violence following an incident at a restaurant. The incident happened when the 32-year-old Tofting, who received a suspended sentence for violence in 1999, met his Danish team-mates for
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    • 98 51 -AFP PHILADELPHIA Three-time National Basketball Association scoring champion Allen Iverson is expected to face charges for allegedly brandishing a gun in a domestic incident. The Philadelphia 76ers said on Tuesday that charges are "imminent" against Iverson. Philadelphia police commissioner Sylvester Johnson said in Wednesday's edition of
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    • 207 52 TORRENTIAL rain brought smiles to Singapore's cricketers as they carved out a slim win over the Maldives in their group B clash of the Asian Cricket Council Trophy 2002 yesterday. At the Indian Association, the hosts opened proceedings with 206 in 50 overs. After the rain delay,
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    • 272 52  -  Stanley Ho by stanley@newstoday.com.sg THEY may not match their opponents in strength and quality. But what Sembawang Rangers has in abundance is tenacity and spirit. And these are the very qualities that drove the Stallions beyond their limits, forcing a 1-1 draw against Tampines
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    • 91 52 WHO says Singapore lacks the facilities and can never host a World Cup? The Singapore Mountaineering Federation (SMF) will do exactly that when it hosts the UIAA-ICC Climbing World Cup 2002 for the first time, at the Singapore Expo on August 24-25. Organised by SMF
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        369 55 Agencies LONDON English Premiership side Middlesbrough has failed in its bid to sign Brazilian midfielder Juninho (picture) for a third time, according to the player's father. Osvaldo Giroldo, who has been in talks with Bora chief executive Keith Lamb, revealed the club had not come up with a
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      • 192 55 LONDON Arsene Wenger has shown a knack of transforming unknowns into international stars. Now the Arsenal manager believes he has found a future international in his latest Frenchman Pascal Cygan. "He is a fantastic defender with great ability and I believe he
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      • 162 55 FORMER Leeds United manager David O'Leary (picture) will be in Singapore to attend the ESPN STAR Sports (ESS) Sports United Charity Dinner and Auction at the Ritz-Carlton Millenia next month. The Irishman will join former British football stars Bryan Robson, Andy Gray and Gerry Armstrong, in
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      • 172 55 Reuters TOKYO Japan midfielder Junichi Inamoto (picture), recently released by English champion Arsenal, has agreed to join Premier League rival Fulham, Japan's Kyodo news agency reported yesterday. Italian clubs Perugia and Atalanta had also expressed interest in hiring the 22-year-old playmaker, who scored two goals for
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      • 76 55 NYON Uefa decided yesterday to discard the second group phase of the Champions League from 2003, its president Lennart Johansson said. Johansson said that the new format would still involve 32 clubs in eight groups at the start, but the second phase would revert back
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      • 55 55 LONDON Chelsea is reportedly near to agreeing a loan deal with Lazio for Spanish midfielder Gaizka Mendieta. According to the Daily Mail, the World Cup star has been offered to the Blues on loan, with Lazio possibly paying half of his £60,000-a-week ($162,000) wages. The Italians are keen
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      • 61 55 LONDON Arsenal defender Tony Adams is expected to announce his retirement. The 35-year-old has spent all of his career at Highbury, having played more than 650 times for the Gunners. Arsenal vice-chairman David Dein said: "We are waiting for Tony Adams, who we assume will announce his
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      • 59 55 LONDON Mark Hughes is to retire from playing fooball to become full-time Wales manager. The striker has managed his country on a part-time basis for three years, while playing with Ever ton and Blackburn. But after sealing a clean sweep of domestic medals as Blackburn won the Worthington
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      • 59 55 BEIJING China's football authorities have taken full responsibility for the national team's disappointing show at the World Cup, saying they would "not forgive" themselves, state press said yesterday. Yan Shiduo, vice director of the China Football Association, said: "We did not meet the expectations of the Chinese
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    • 369 58  -  Lmo Ziwei WWin a rare opportunity to make I your mark in history with a I FREE holiday for two atthe I historic Great Wall Renovation I Project at Badalinq I I Jk 4 6 3 10 12 > 14 16 No matter how many times you've
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    • 429 60 Beijing is far from the boring administrative centre that most capital cities are wont to be. It has something to do with its history, which goes as far back to 1045 BC. In fact, for a span of some 800 years,
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    • 588 63 Its stunning landscape inspires poets and artists [flow of water rttstuug down 3,000 f ft, looking like tht Milky Way falling down from heaven. Tang Dynasty poet Li Bai described the OtSSm drop of the Three Step Waterfall at Mount Lush an in Jianjyxi. Lushan and Jiangxi
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    • 509 67 Picture pretty province with a cultural kaleidoscope Picturesque doesn't adequately describe the province of Yunnan. Visitors are enthused and entranced by its colourful people and scenery, a kaleidoscope that is rarely captured adequately on film. Then again, it would be prac(ically impossible to capture the bean:;, of the
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    • 529 69 Its scenen/, charm are what attract the curious and the spiritual Peaking on TIBET is not known as the Roof of the World for nothing it includes more than 50 peaks taller than 7,000 metres above sea level. Because of its geography, it remained a mystical placi !o
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