Today, 22 July 2002, Afternoon Edition

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    7 1 TODAY MITA(P) 063/11/2001 July 22, 2002 Monday
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  • AFTERNOON EDITION
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      Lock icon Worldcom to file for bankruptcy
      111 1 -AFP WASHINGTON Directors at telecommunications giant World Com agreed yesterday to file for bankruptcy protection, US media reported, making it the largest bankruptcy filing in US history. World Com admitted in June it had improperly accounted for US$3.9 billion ($6.8 billion) in operating expenses to
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      Lock icon Cloned babies for six couples
      179 1 -AFP GLASGOW Six couples trying to become the parents of the first clones will be flown to an unnamed developing country by an American fertility expert before the end of the year, a Scottish weekly said yesterday. One of the six couples, Americans Bill and
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      STI loses 22 pts
      28 1 THERE was no panic selling when the Singapore market opened this morning, with the STI falling only 22 points after 20 minutes of trading.
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      Asia's test
      519 1  -  Jaime Koh Can regional markets survive Dow blues? by jaime@newstoday.cora.L5g THE knee-jerk reaction will happen. Anxious investors in Asia will dump their stocks. Regional bourses can expect to stay weak this week. While the usual suspects in a jittery market will appear following a bad Friday on Wall
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  • HOT NEWS
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      Lock icon Robust debate
      518 2  -  Chan Chao Peh Charmine Tan But it's time to discuss issues other than fare hikes: PM IT is time to close the transport fare hike issue and move on to bigger challenges on the horizon, Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong said yesterday. PM Goh complimented the Members of
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      Malaysia wants to 'plug loopholes in water pact with Singapore'
      201 2 MALAYSIA will not sign a new water supply deal with Singapore if it is based on existing agreements inked in 1961 and 1962 because they have several weakness and loopholes, according to a Sunday Star report yesterday. While Malaysia is
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      Lock icon Model male winner
      95 2  -  David Ngiau DEREK Zoolander Ben Stiller's male model spoof would be impressed. Only one of the 20 finalists of the New Urban Male 2002 competition listed modelling as a full-time profession. However, 23-year-old Remy Mitchell Low (picture, middle), the only model, won the competition. The finalists were
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      Lock icon Egg-sized hail kills 22 in Henan
      92 3 -AFP BEIJING Hail stones the size of eggs rained down on Zhengzhou in Henan province on Friday for 20 minutes, killing at least 22 people and causing damage throughout the city. Strong winds accelerated the velocity of the falling stones. Telecommunications, electricity and water
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      Bar chief under fire...
      347 3 for supporting Anwar's conviction KUALA LUMPUR Trouble is brewing in Malaysia's Bar Council after its president supported a recent decision by the Federal Court to reject an appeal from jailed former leader Anwar Ibrahim. Malaysian Bar president Mah Weng Kwai is facing calls from the Kuala
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      English, not Malay, for science, maths
      120 3 SEREMBAN Starting next year, Year One, Form One and Lower Six students in national schools will study science and mathematics in English, said Education Minister Tan Sri Musa Mohamad on Saturday. Public examinations will be bilingual and students can answer in English or in
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      Lock icon M'sian opposition leader arrested
      114 3 AFP KUALA LUMPUR Malaysian opposition leader Lim Kit Siang was arrested yesterday for distributing leaflets criticising Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad's announcement that Malaysia is an Islamic state. Mr Anthony Loke, the state Democratic Action Party (DAP) youth chief, said: "The arrest reflects the
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      A walk in the park
      320 4  -  Joy Frances That's what Singapore might become in the future BY the year 2015, you may be able to cycle from coast to coast through the lush greenery of a parkland. The Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) is offering the idea in the Parks and Waterbodies
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      Raising fees for survival
      95 4  -  Rosalyn Lim OVER a year after the Society of Singapore Writers (SSW) almost shut its operations, feathers will be ruffled again with constitution changes to be implemented by Jan 1 next year. Mr N G Kutty, president of the SSW, told Today of its plans to
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      Preparing a new generation of leaders
      265 4  -  Rosalyn Lim THE Public Service Commission (PSC) has just made scholarships more enticing to Singapore's top students with the introduction of its Management Associates Programme (MAP). Speaking at the Scholarships Award Ceremony on Saturday at the Istana, Deputy Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong announced
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      A need to know
      130 6  -  Ananda Perera I REFER to your report, "Maid torturer gets 18 years in jail" (Weekend Today, July 20-21). I find it incomprehensible that Ng Hua Chye's inhumane acts on his maid got him a sentence of only 18 years and six months in jail, plus 12
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      Questions unanswered
      147 6  -  Neil Wilkinson WHILE maid torturer Ng Hua Chye deserves his 18 years and six months in jail, there are larger and disturbing questions that remain unanswered. The beatings did not occur over one night. Why didn't the maid run away, call the police or approach a neighbour for
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      Hi, ang mohs...
      386 6  -  Peter Lim Don't be judgmental about locals I ENJOYED the article, "One ang moh's tale", by Neil Humphreys (Weekend Today, July 20-21). I agree that some Singaporean women are blinded by the illusion of a "luxurious life of sophistication and novelty" once they get hitched to an
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  • BUSINESS NEWS
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      Lock icon Eyeing the Aussie skies
      255 8 -AFP SINGAPORE Airlines (SIA) was yesterday reported to be backing a consortium preparing to enter the lucrative, but failurestrewn, Australian domestic aviation market. The report in the Sunday Telegraph in Sydney said SIA would underwrite the new airline, which aims to be flying by Christmas. The
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    • Market Watch
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        Singapore
        181 8 THE Singapore stock market succumbed to profit-taking last week with a fall of 54 points, or 3.3 per cent. Investors were nervous about the sharp falls in the US markets. Institutional investors probably raised some cash, anticipating redemptions. The sharp falls on Friday should see the market open lower
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        World markets
        51 8 Index Value Change Pis Nikkei 225 *****.36 -295.90 -2.82 Hang Seng Ul Ordinaries laiwan Wld *****.46 3058.00 5161.92 -127.09 41.50 -80.19 -1.22 -1.34 -1.53 Korea Comp SET Index 754.62 394.27 -19.23 -3.64 -2.48 -0.91 laltorlo Comp 484.85 3.37 -0.69 Phils Comp shenzen 8 1167.56 254.03 +10.96 +1.91 +0.95
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        Your S$1 buys
        36 8 t)S$ 0.***** UK 0.***** Yen 67.0063 HK$ 4.***** m 2.***** Euro 0.***** Rupinti 5176.69 Boht 23.3860 Peso 29.0882 fl$ 1.03B64 Indian Rs 28.1397 Won 675.944 C$ 0.***** Yuan 4.***** NZ$ 1.***** NT$ 19.0657
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        Commodities
        21 8 Gold im/m 317.100 Silver usj/w 5.005 Platinum M/oi 521.00 Slubber cam/kg 143.75 Palm oil Rla/taira 1408 Brenl aude uss*mi 26.31
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        Straits Times Index — 10-Day Chart
        5 8 Straits Times Index 10-Day Chart
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        Week's SGX most active
        58 8 ly volume luly IS to 19 '000 Jura 216,732,000 :utuiist 119,351,000 (1W 103,912,000 JaloafilKS 72,732,000 ispneics 72,613,000 BIL QittnHu Hciekc HTLInt PFood 'OOI 70,336,001 57,189,001 56,383,001 51,621,001 46,754,001 !y value luly 15 to 19 JOB 182,689,140 Jans 175,558,545 IBS 172,044,843 iU 140,339,321 ;PH 115,839,975 OCBC Chartered
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        Week's SGX top rises
        77 8 By$ July 15 to 19 Dana Close Change 0.830 +0.830 By percentage July 15 to 19 Bterger Close Change 0.410 +78.261 liirc.'ulu 1.350 +0.210 Tranivie 0.155 +40.909 Sincere Eergei iliiirt As HTL inl 1.320 +0.190 0.410 +0.180 6.500 +0.150 0.715 +0.105 Vicplcis G en f-.-'iii l|
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        Lock icon Week's SGX top falls
        84 8 luly IS to 19 iPDRS Close Change 92.600 -6.400 Ey percentage July 15 lo 19 HuGCen W Close Change 0.005 -50.000 iPH 100 iPH KK Ireatrve 19.300 0.800 59.300 -0.800 11.700 -0.800 17.600 -0.800 rMIW021 Eosytnil LCDm NelwrkW 0.015 -50.000 0.022 -46.341 0.080 -33.333 0.035 30.000
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      Lock icon Philippine execs see slump lasting till 2004
      282 9 AFP MANILA Philippine businessmen do not expect the economy to fully recover from the Asian financial crisis and the global slowdown until 2004 and many are not likely to expand operations in the next two years, a survey said yesterday. The survey by
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      Lock icon Glaxo eyes Prozac maker
      143 9 Bloomberg LONDON GlaxoSmithKline, the world's second-biggest drug manufacturer, is considering buying rival Eli Lilly Co, the Financial Sunday Express reported, citing unidentified sources at Glaxo. The UK-based Glaxo may offer 36 billion pounds ($98.3 billion) for the maker of Prozac to create a combined company valued
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      Engineered for growth
      505 10  -  Carmen Lee THE high precision plastic mould and component manufacturer, First Engineering, is set to outperform on several fronts owing to better business prospects. First, it has benefited from the recovery in the hard-disk drive (HDD) and HDD-related market as shown by the recent pick-up in its
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      Lock icon Now, e-banking scam hits Aussies
      98 10 AFP SYDNEY A scam that Australian police say may have netted millions has shaken faith in one of the country's largest electronic hanking systems. Consumer groups have urged almost three million Australians registered for Internet and telephone banking to check their accounts for irregularities following
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      Lock icon Bush 'was warned of oil firm's woes'
      212 10 Reuters WASHINGTON Government records show that President George W Bush, while in private business, had confidential information in 1990 about financial problems facing a Texas oil company months before he sold stock in the firm, The Washington Post reported yesterday. In recent weeks,
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  • WORLD NEWS
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      Paramount leader Chen
      294 11 Pressure for reforms increases as President ascends party throne TAIPEI The pressure is on for Taiwan's President Chen Shui-bian to perform after he became the country's most powerful political figure yesterday. Mr Chen was sworn in as the chairman of his Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) in a
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      Lock icon Fire-eater's blunder kills 26 in Peru club
      195 11 Agencies LIMA It had sideshows that included juggling bartenders, flashy fire tricks and caged wild animals that included a lion and tiger, but it had no sprinkler system or safety exits. At least 26 people were killed and hundreds injured on Saturday when
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      Lock icon US detains Al Qaeda man with Jakarta link
      122 11 Agencies JAKARTA Indonesian police are investigating a report that a man carrying millions in bogus cheques with alleged links to the Al Qaeda terrorist organisation had travelled to Indonesia before arriving in the US. The Washington Post said US customs agents arrested
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  • COMMENTARY
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      Lock icon A nation at crossroads
      765 12  -  Dr Brian Farrell US would do well not to overlookTurkey ONE of the most important allies the United States has is a secular state with an overwhelmingly Muslim population: Turkey. The Turkey re-shaped by Kemal Ataturk a secular state, with an army required by the Constitution
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      256 12 MUSeJobTair 111 Pnljs Make a decision thai 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 should
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      219 13 ■MffF«aF"l .taaaak A GODEATGOD TWT j At MfeiJla, Haresh Sharma, the resident I BiJ fl Bfißlak playwright of The Necessary Stage, Ja^"^^ *^^r% f n JP*^™J HL interweaves different stories in this fe* Jf UvDL Dd M K J B> multimedia, multi-racial romp which strength to strength JM stars Patricia
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      1072 14 MUSIC Offering, in Anton Webern's GUITAR.SHARE 29 Seventeen, Edelweiss and -^3^' """1 J innovative orchestration. SOUL SEARCH WITH So Long, Farewell from the __J, SYF 2002 CHORAL Date: July 26 27 FRIENDS movie, 77ie Sound of Music. J FESTIVAL I II Time: 8.15pm The Toa Payoh Guitar Club Date: Aug
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      1285 16 DUNEARNITE 15TH SINGAPORE LION down for four-year-old treated as an "auntie". But Enjoy an evening of music CITY INTERNATIONAL Harry. Transported from the she knows herself to be a performed by Dunearn DANCESPORT sublime pleasure of being __if^_^J "modern woman" who has Secondary School's Military CHAMPIONSHIPS the constant centre of
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      961 17 Date: July 25 Aug 4 #VI wdlUiL The Kiss, The Burghers of learn how you can help (Mon Fri), 11 am spm (No performance on Mon) Calais and The Gates of disaster-stricken communities [Sat and Sun) Time: Bpm, 3pm (Sat and Oliver Twist Hell, will be presented, in the region.
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      1019 18 THE 21 ST UOB WORLDS THROUGH fm* History Drawings. PAINTING OF THE THE LENS: Date: Jan 1, 2001 Dec YEAR EXHIBITION PHOTOGRAPHIC W^immmmV^Ht ßflP 31, 2002 (Closed on Mon) This exhibition features the TREASURES OF THE Time: 9am 6pm (9am representational. Also on Ministry of Foreign Affairs. IkF ja-_f H
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      1172 19 ENTERING THE HUNG Beihong, Pu Ru and Huang various dynasties in China. Jt <a-fcc- M^"" GATE: THE HISTORY OF Bmhong, dating from the Date: Nov 15, 2001 I Jfi g^^*T^»!f%t CHINESE SECRET Ming dynasty to the early Dec 31, 2002 (Closed on Bry m^S SOCIETIES IN SINGAPORE Republican era, Mon)
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      1080 20 NATURE PHOTO Singapore citizens and Singapore *****9, Attn: hard day's work. John TALES OF THE NIGHT CONTEST: LANDSCAPE permanent residents. Arts Education Unit Fealey from Britain and The EVENING TOUR AND FLORA Interested candidates can Closing date: Sept 9 Scared Weird Little Guys This refreshing and This contest hopes to
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  • UPFRONT
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      Lock icon Actor or pilot?
      683 21  -  Neil Humphreys Talking points Travolta flies in, acting persona becomes a passenger JOHN TRAVOLTA (picture) is undoubtedly a movie star from the old school. Like Spencer Tracy or a young Robert Redford, the 48-year-old has better teeth than a toothpaste commercial and blue eyes that twinkle in
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      Security overkill?
      260 21  -  Neil Humphreys HIS brief visit to Singapore had one underlying priority to promote the safety and efficiency of airline travel since the Sept 11 tragedy. Yet, John Travolta's press conference had the kind of stringent security measures usually enforced at the Vatican. The Qantas Ambassador-at-large flew in from
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  • TIMEOUT
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      Speaking with music
      471 22  -  Cathleen Tung For this maestro, words alone cannot convey his passion VIRTUOSO violinist Alexander Souptel (picture) is a man of few words. Music is his preferred mode of expression. Through the interview, he couldn't keep his hands off his violin, frequently bursting into snippets from the violin
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      Creating nostalgic moments
      340 22  -  Priya Suri MEDIA and communications house Right Angle Media is making its first foray into events management. It wants people to get a "feel-good" experience with its debut project the Ultimate Tribute Concert 2002, which will be held at Suntec City next month. The audience can expect
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      Take a walk for the children
      403 22  -  Hannah Teoh SHE thought of killing herself when the stress of caring for her three toddlers and seven-year-old son became too hard to bear. The young mother was left to provide for her four children after their father, who was here on a social
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  • PORTFOLIO
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      Lock icon Two-in-one benefits
      751 23  -  Jeffrey Tan The truth about investment-linked insurance products AN old hand at the stock market, Mr Patrick Law, scoffs at the idea of investment-linked insurance. "If I wanted insurance, I'd buy insurance," the 35-year-old manager said. "If I wanted to invest my money, I'd put it in the
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      518 23 15/ PRLDBSTTIAL Atvuays Listening. Always Understanding;. Ask tho Prudential Adviser Dear PRU Adviser I am a 42-year-old divorcee with two children, aged nine and eight. I am an accountant earning $3,000 a month. I receive a monthly maintenance of $2,500 from my former husband and am living in a freehold
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  • EATOUT
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      French intimacy and cheese
      483 24  -  Janice Lee Put to the test, L'Aigle D'or excels with its tantalising menu, service and ambience THE best restaurants are the ones that are small and intimate. With busy schedules and stress taking a strong hold on our lives these days, quiet venues such as L'Aigle
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      FOOD NOTES
      121 25 Japanese restaurant Nadaman at Shangri-La Hotel offers a spread of mouth-watering dishes featuring eel until July 30. The selection features Unagi Yanagawa Nabe, or cooked eel and vegetables, served in a pot (18+++) and UnagiTohgan Hakata, or steamed eel and winter melon (sl6+++). Call 6730 2571 for reservations.
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      Yabbe yum Aussie fare
      225 25  -  Katrina Karim Australian food chain kicks off in Hougang and Sengkang IN the heart of Hougang lies Yabbe an Australian seafood and burger joint. Open since January this year, Yabbe attracts teens, school children and, over the weekend, families. Located in Heartland Mall, Yabbe is a
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      222 26 Myers gets his star outside a sex shop AFP LOS ANGELES Mike Myers, the star of those raunchy Austin Powers spoofs, is to get a prized star in his name on Hollywood's Walk of Fame on Wednesday outside a sex shop. Myers, 39, will be honoured with the 2,200th star
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      173 26 -Reuters/Variety INDIO (California) A judge dismissed drug charges against Robert Downey Jr and ended his probation, leaving the actor free to resume a career derailed by a long battle with addiction. On Friday, Riverside County Superior Court Judge Randall White heard that Downey, 37, had successfully completed a
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      152 26 AFP LONDON Charlie Chaplin was refused a knighthood in 1956 by the British government because it feared criticism from the US over his Communist sympathies, newspapers reported yesterday. The British actor-director, considered one of the masters of film comedy, had to wait until 1975, when
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      Lock icon Unstoppable UAE
      464 28  -  Ray Chen TOURNAMENT favourite, the United Arab Emirates, halted Nepal's fairy-tale run in the final of the Asian Cricket Council Trophy 2002 to retain its title at the Kallang cricket ground yesterday. The reigning champion was simply too good for its opponent as it breezed to a sweet
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      Hendra succumbs to mental demons
      358 28  -  Stanley Ho A GAME plan had been set, and an Asian crown was there to be won. But Singapore's Indonesian-born shuttler Hendra Wijaya succumbed to nerves in the final of the Under-18 Asian Junior Badminton Championships yesterday dashing the Republic's hope of posting a winner
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      Final day golfing blues for juniors
      316 28  -  Stanley Ho SINGAPORE'S former top junior Yang Lee Keong fell just short of making it into the top 10 at the 35th Callaway Junior World Championships in San Diego, when he carded a five-over-par 77 in the final round on Saturday. The US-based golfer
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      210 28 AFP SYDNEY The Wallabies were not overly impressed by the skill displayed in New Zealand's 41-20 Tri-Nations rugby victory over South Africa at the weekend, winger Ben Tune said yesterday. After beating Australia 12-6 the previous week, the All Blacks grabbed a vital bonus point in
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      548 29 MAGNY-COURS Ferrari's Michael Schumacher (picture) claimed his fifth Formula 1 world championship with a record-breaking French Grand Prix victory yesterday. The win was the German's eighth in 11 races, giving him an unbeatable lead of 62 points with a maximum of 60 remaining to be won. In equalling
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      Lock icon Murali nears record
      266 29 AFP COLOMBO Star off-spinner Muttiah Muralitharan returned after a one-month layoff due to an injury to grab five wickets as Sri Lanka gained an upper hand in the first Test against Bangladesh here yesterday. Bangladesh, winless after 11 matches since gaining Test status in 2000, was comfortably
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        Rio sold, what about Bowyer?
        677 30 LONDON The saga of the most expensive transfer in British football finally ended yesterday when Leeds United agreed to sell Rio Ferdinand to Manchester United for £30 million ($B2 million). For that kind of money, Sir Alex Ferguson could have bought Sunderland's entire squad and
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        447 30 Reuters BARCELONA Barcelona agreed to rescind the contract of its World Cup winning forward Rivaldo yesterday, leaving the Brazilian free to leave the Catalan club as soon as he can find a new club. The move, agreed by the two parties yesterday and announced on
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        178 30 Reuters LONDON Aston Villa faces an uphill task to qualify for next season's Uefa Cup after a 2-0 defeat in the first leg of its Intertoto Cup third round tie against FC Zurich in Switzerland yesterday. The English premier league club, winner of
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        Els wins the hard way
        668 31 GULLANE There were a few moments during his roller-coaster ride to playoff victory in the British Open yesterday when thoughts of being a choker at the majors may have flooded through Ernie Els's (picture) mind. The South African beat Frenchman Thomas Levet in the first
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        644 31 GULLANE Are you tired of Tiger Woods (picture)? Sick of seeing him make all those annoying birdies? Fed up watching him intimidate everybody and win? Well then, is there a deal for you, reported Philly.com. It's the new video "Tiger
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