Today, 23 July 2002, Afternoon Edition

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    9 1 TODAY Tuesday jui y23 >2 2 MITA (P) 063/11/2001
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  • AFTERNOON EDITION
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      Lock icon Dow plummets
      150 1 Reuters NEW YORK Stocks sank yesterday, with the blue-chip Dow average chalking up a low unseen since October 1998, as investors buckled under worries over corporate scandals and tepid earnings. From its all-time closing high in March 2000, the broad Standard Poor's 500 Index is down more than
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      Lock icon Moon rock thieves busted
      196 1 Reuters TAMPA (Florida) Federal agents arrested four people, including three Nasa interns, in the theft of moon rocks brought back to Earth by US astronauts, the FBI said yesterday. Three of those arrested worked at the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration's Johnson Space Center in
      – Reuters  -  196 words
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      Boom time?
      611 1  -  Ng Boon Yian But banks will inject reality check in property dreams by boonyian@newstoday.com.sg THE news is still sinking in and the players in the property sector cannot stop slapping each other on the back. After all those stern warnings about Singaporeans over-committing themselves on property, the Government
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  • HOT NEWS
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      A little grey worry
      516 2  -  Lee Ching Wern MPs wonder if new CPF policy is fair to older workers DURING a five-hour debate in Parliament yesterday, MP after MP spoke against the Central Provident Fund freeze for older workers. The Economic Review Committee's sub-committee on taxation, CPF, wages and land had
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      Lock icon Fare-hike debate: Soo Khoon apologises to DPM Lee
      213 2 Channel News Asia EAST Coast GRC MP and former Speaker of Parliament Tan Soo Khoon (picture) yesterday apologised to Parliament and Deputy Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong for making misleading remarks during the debate on bus and train fare hikes at the
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      Lock icon No jokes
      87 2 -AFP CHENNAI Indian movie stars heading for Malaysia and Singapore this week have been advised not to crack jokes, sing aloud or flex their muscles. The list of don'ts, issued by the South Indian Actors Association, followed an incident in which an actress sparked a terror alert at
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      Lock icon Pirates ply Malacca Straits for bomb materials
      199 3 -AFP BANGKOK The Al Qaeda terrorist network, in a bid to build a "dirty bomb", is believed to be behind the increased pirate attacks on ships carrying radioactive materials through the Straits of Malacca. The group is among several attempting to steal uranium,
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      Lock icon Arroyo's bonus
      366 3 Agencies Senator's defection tightens her grip on power MANILA President Gloria Arroyo wrested control of the Senate after an opposition member defected to the administration's side late on Sunday a day before she was to deliver her State of the Nation address. Senator Robert Jaworski's decision to support
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      Tailor-made hormones
      489 4  -  Leong Phei Phei Long-term HRT use may be harmful, but can be managed with care DOCTORS here are sounding the alarm bells after a study found that the long-term use of Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT) might do more harm than good. Researchers say that HRT, once hailed as
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      Singapore's support
      262 4 SINGAPORE supports the Asia Cooperation Dialogue (ACD), which was first held in Thailand in June this year. Foreign Affairs Minister Prof S Jayakumar told Parliament yesterday that when Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong visited Thailand in February, Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra had asked him for Singapore's support for
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  • HOME NEWS
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      The dead condensed
      368 6  -  Char mine Tan New modular burial system optimises land use LAND area designated for burials may become smaller in the coming year. According to the Minister of State for Health and the Environment, Dr Balaji Sadasivan, a modular system used in the reburial of exhumed remains from
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      Lock icon Light for the blind
      189 6 Channel News Asia SINGAPORE eye surgeons have successfully performed a surgical operation to cure blindness caused by the degeneration of the macula the opaque spot of the cornea. They detached the retina and reattached it away from the diseased spot. The procedure, performed late last year,
      — Channel News Asia  -  189 words
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      How to Beat The Priceline System.
      706 7 Smart travel tips help save 20-30% off when you Name Your Own Price for air tickets and hotel rooms. Lay Ping studied the new travel service closely. Her friend had told her: just log on to www.priceline.com.sg and Name Your Own Price ,M for
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  • LETTERS
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      Do scholars make good leaders?
      206 8  -  Lee Terk Yang I REFER to the report, "Preparing a new generation of leaders" (Today, July 22). The suggestion that the leaders of our nation come exclusively from a crop of Public Service Commission (PSC) scholars, who are awarded scholarships at the age of 18,
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      Ang mohs and the average Joe
      154 8  -  Daniel Soon I REFER to the article, "One ang moh's tale", by Mr Neil Humphreys (Weekend Today, July 20-21). He is brutally honest and yet not offensive. His article is also hilarious and candidly funny, I have worked with many ang mohs for 15
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      Auditing of educational standards
      208 8  -  Steve X Ngo I REFER to the letter, "Further education and 'buyers beware'" from Mr Irwan Jamil (Today, July 18). Mr Irwan should not be worried about the implication of caveat emptor that is for "buyers" to be aware of the quality of the programmes because
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  • BUSINESS NEWS
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      Lock icon SlA's Aussie interest becomes clearer
      101 11 Channel News Asia SINGAPORE Airlines has given its clearest indication yet that it is interested in expanding into the domestic Australian aviation market. Sydney Airports Corporation says SIA is interested in leasing terminal space at Australia's largest airport vacated by the failed carrier, Ansett. And
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      Lock icon Temasek names three MDs
      117 11 Reuters TEMASEK Holdings has appointed three managing directors. Mr Cheo Hock Kuan, previously director of executive resource and corporate human resources at Singapore Technologies, will join Temasek on Aug 1 as managing director of human resources and corporate communications. Mr Charles Ong, former head of corporate
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      Lock icon DBS profits dip
      284 11 Agencies Bank takes a hit from bad loan provisions DBS Group Holdings said first-half profit fell 16 per cent to $531.4 million as provisions for bad loans increased amid the weak lending market. Seven analysts polled by Bloomberg News had forecast a profit of $543.7 million for
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      Lock icon Manila brokerage unit to be shut down
      101 11 Bloomberg MANILA DBS Group Holdings will close its Manila brokerage unit, DBS Vickers Securities Philippinesa Inc, by the end of August for "commercial reasons". The brokerage will stop tak- ing orders on July 29 and close by the end of next month. It
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    • Market Watch
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        Singapore
        107 12 INVESTORS dumped stocks yesterday, spooked by fears that major indices may plunge to new lows after Wall Street's crash on Friday. Despite Wall Street's losses, most Asian bourses managed to hold above their recent lows. The STI index tanked at the opening bell, but survived the critical 1,520 support
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        Straits Times Index – 10-Day Chart
        5 12 Straits Times Index 10-Day Chart
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        SGX most active
        55 12 By volume July 22 '000 NTIInt 52,884 FJBenWO7O7I6 32,021 Dorto 14,464 BlLlntl 12,813 Aspnelcen 12,323 By value July 22 Mm 45,717,900 UOB 39,108,393 DBS 33,112,546 Chartered 31,698,260 SPH 26,917,100 '000 DatwrftUSS 11,626 KLW 10,985 Chartered 9,374 Copitulond 7,571 QianHa 7,180 SIA 24,776,037 OCBC 21,441,860 DatohUSS 15,417,170 NTI
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        World markets
        56 12 Index Valve Change Ffc Nikkei 225 Hong Seng All Ordinaries loivran Wtd *****.36 ***** 46 3058.00 5161.92 ■295.90 ■127.09 -41.50 -80.19 ■2.82 ■1.22 ■1.34 -1.53 Korea Comp 754.42 -19.23 -2.4B SET Index 394.27 -3.64 -0.91 Jakarta Lsiip 484.85 ■3.37 ■0.69 Phils Comp Shenzen 3 Mumbai 1167.56 254.03 3230.27
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        Your S$1 buys
        35 12 IS$ IKE fen HKS inn lupinh laht 0.5768 0.3647 67.1425 4.***** 2.***** 0.S722 5086.23 23.3200 Peso A$ Indian fa Won C$ Yurir NZ$ NT$ 29.0563 l.***** 28.0880 672.232 0.8923 4.7741 1.***** 19.0485
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        Commodities
        20 12 jold us$/o! 322.600 iilveruss/oz 5.065 'lolinura uss/b 518.500 Rubber ccnis/lg 144.50 Polm nil mi/igniK 1445 Brent crude usUnml 26.34
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        SGX top rises
        80 12 By$ July 22 Close Change DBSBkMIKPSlOlGMO +0100 By per rentage July 22 LCDev Close Change O.110 +37.500 CI1YDEY 6.000 +0.100 fll green 1.130 +0.070 F&N 7.800 *0.O50 Copitoland 1.580 +0.O40 LCDev 0.110 +0.030 Koh Bros W04I006 MedioS AteDyn Heed AsianMir 0.040 +33.333 0.040 +14.286 0.145 +11.538 0.050
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        Lock icon SGX top falls
        85 12 Bloomberg July 22 Venture (lose Change 13.)O0 -0700 By percentage July 22 ArmnW*****i Close (hcnge O.015 -25.000 SPH 18.600 -0700 fdllinr 0.015 -25.000 Creative 50 17.000 -0.600 VkplosW*****9 0.020 -20.000 SIA 200 SPH 1 DO 12.600 -0.600 ***** 0.600 Easyknit 2kA HKS HUM 0.018 -10.182 0.120 -17.241
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      For safe punting ...
      326 12  - For safe punting Chan Chao Peh FOR most stock investors here, the main strategy is to go "long" hoping values will rise. Those who are market savvy might try to go "short", but there is risk that they might get "caught". Then there are those like the hedge funds, which
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      Lock icon NOL raises Asia-Europe freight rates for third time this year
      207 15 Bloomberg NEPTUNE Orient Lines (NOL), the world's sixth-largest container ship operator, has raised Asia-Europe freight rates for the third time this year. "It's fair to say that the low rates have not only hit bottom, they are moving up rapidly,"
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      Singapore-India callers now see i2i
      192 15  -  Chan Ckao Peh NETWORK ffi, the 3,200-km submarine cable joint venture between Sing Tel and Indian's Bharti Enterprises, has begun carrying commercial traffic. Linking Singapore and India via Chennai and Mumbai, the i2i network can carry up 100 million phone conversations the largest capacity in
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      Lock icon Manulife buys UOB stake
      357 16 Bloomberg Canadian insurer plans larger presence in growing Asian markets MANULIFE Financial Corp said it would buy United Overseas Bank's 50 per cent stake in their joint venture, as Canada's largest insurer seeks to expand in Singapore and in Asia. Manulife did not disclose the price
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      UNIT TRUSTS & FUNDS
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  • WORLD NEWS
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      Lock icon Iran calls for Islamic union
      144 18 -AFP KUALA LUMPUR Islamic countries should form an Islamic union that will become a force in world affairs. Iranian President Mohammad Khatami suggested this during his talks with Malaysian Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad yesterday. The Iranian leader is on a three-day visit
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      Lock icon Cloned baby for US couple
      155 18 -AFP GLASGOW American couple Bill and Kathy are so desperate to have a child of their own that they are willing to try for a cloned baby. The two, who did not want to reveal their surname, are among six couples who will be taking
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      Lock icon A very bad signal?
      315 18 Jiang wants to stay on as party boss BEIJING The succession plan has been in place since the mid-*****, with China's third generation of leaders expected to hand over power later this year. However, as the country prepares for the 16th Party Congress, expected to be
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      Lock icon Thumbs down for Indon legal system
      230 18 -AFP JAKARTA Indonesia's legal system is one of the worst a United Nations investigator says he has seen. "I didn't realise that the situation could be as bad as what I've seen," Mr Param Cumaraswamy, the UN special rapporteur on the independence of judges
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      Lock icon The future is bleak: Hong Kong youth
      120 18 Reuters HONG KONG For many of the territory's youth, the future looks so bleak that some are considering taking up illegal work. In a survey conducted by a pro-Beijing party between May and July, 74 per cent of 742 respondents said they felt
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  • COMMENTARY
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      A political brouhaha
      529 20  -  David Deßosa Will fuss over corporate governance fade when US polls are over? NEW CANAAN (Connecticut) Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan delighted the Senate Banking Committee recently when he professed that Corporate America was suffering from a case of "infectious greed". In the past, when the market
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      Lock icon The power of passion
      518 20  -  Chay Ting Ngee I OWE Mr Bernard Harrison (picture). No, we're not acquaintances. We've never even met. And I'm sure the zoo chief doesn't have the faintest idea how he has helped me. But an action of his this past month unwittingly reminded me of the
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  • UPFRONT
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      Tamil at a crossroads
      756 22  -  Ambiga Raju Talking points Indian group ponders its culture in sea of 21st century communications AMID all the talk about preserving Singapore's racial harmony, the concerns of the third largest community in Singapore are rarely heard. But surface it did at the 13th seminar of the
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      Lock icon The old man and the pose
      75 22 AFP PAST winners of the "Papa" Hemingway Look-Alike contest celebrate with Ron Thomas (centre), the winner of the 2002 competition on Saturday, at Sloppy Joe's Bar in Key West, Florida. The event was a facet of Key West's annual Hemingway Days Festival. Ernest Hemingway
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  • BUSY COOK
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      What's the beef about Wellington
      385 23  -  Pauline DLoh Mushroom pate and foie gras butter make this classic party pleaser a cut above the rest FOIE gras is the ultimate luxury. Lightly dusted with flour and pan seared in its own fat, it can be a taste of heaven. I love foie
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      Beef Wellington with foie gras mushroom pate
      303 23 Ingredients: 1 fillet of beef (abt Ikg), trimmed and shaped 300gm foie gras trimmings (or lOOgm butter) 2 punnets mixed mushrooms, chopped 1 tablespoon herbs, chopped (I used fresh rosemary) 1 packet Carrefour ready rolled butter puff pastry 1 egg, lightly beaten A
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  • INFOTECH
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      Wash-and-wear tech
      474 24  -  Priya Suri For Corporates Intelligent clothing could probably save lives SO, you've watched Minority Report and you think it'll be cool to have some high-tech gadgets to make life safer and more enjoyable. Well, according to Dr Werner Webber, senior director of corporate research at Infineon Technologies, your
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      Banking on security with Trend Micro
      332 24  -  Tok Boon Ngee THE reactive approach to fighting viruses will be a thing of the past, if network anti-virus maker Trend Micro's proactive strategy is anything to go by. This is because its new Enterprise Protection Strategy (EPS) will emphasise on prevention and containment.
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      The wireless challenge
      125 24  -  Tan Hut Leng IN a bid to raise Singapore's profile in wireless technology, an initiative has been set up to discover local talent in the field of information technology. The Singapore Information Technology Federation (SITF) Wireless Chapter is one of the organisers of the Wireless Challenge competition,
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      242 29 BRITNEY Spears is dating yet another boy-band dude: Marc Terenzi from Natural. Terenzi, 21, recently let the cat out of the bag in the UK during a promotional tour, reports World Entertainment News Network. "I'm dating Britney," he said. "We've known each other for about
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      426 29 -AFP ST PETERSBURG Russian submariners, whose story is the basis for the film K-19: The Widowmaker, are angered that they are being portrayed as "a bunch of alcoholics and illiterates". K-19, which opened last week in the United States, stars Harrison Ford and Liam Neeson.
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  • TIMEOUT
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      393 31  -  Elisa Chia RJC student roughs it out in South Africa FEW people would hold animal dung in their hands or sling snakes over their shoulders. But student Benjamin Wong (picture), 17, does. "There are things that freak me out," he said with a laugh. Nevertheless, he
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      183 31  -  Yee Wei Zhen THE economy may appear gloomy but many Singaporeans still have a heart for the less fortunate. More organisations and schools are volunteering their time and resources in this year's President's Challenge. The annual, week-long event raises funds for the social service sector and is
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      India looks to Gopichand
      89 32 NEW DELHI Badminton player Pullela Gopichand will hope to surmount a tough field for the men's singles gold as he leads India's medal hopes at the Commonwealth Games. India has entered 10 disciplines, but is pinning its big hopes mainly on badminton, weightlifting and shooting which
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      Commonwealth blood tests
      87 32 MANCHESTER Athletes at the Commonwealth Games could be blood tested for per-forming-enhancing drugs, the Australian team's medical director said yesterday. "The protocols will follow the lOC provisions and there will be urine testing and we have been advised that there 'may be', and I use that in
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      England's Whitlock suspended
      63 32 LONDON English pole vaulter Janine Whitlock has been hit with a formal suspension following a positive drugs test, British athletics governing body announced yesterday. UK Athletics said in a state- ment Whitlock had been suspended pending a full disciplinary hearing after testing positive for methandienone at the
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      574 32  -  Kelvin Phang Coach says Chay to peak for Busan SPORTSMAN of the Year Mark Chay (picture) will arrive at the 17th Commonwealth Games this Saturday after a three-month stint at the acclaimed Novaquatics Club in California. Coach Ang Peng Siong expects his 20-year-old protege to be in
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      298 33 Reuters SANTIAGO He may be hailed by many as the greatest to ever kick a football. And he is arguably the biggest, and besl loved icon in his country. But not for some of his countrymen. Especially Brazil coach Luiz Felipe Scolari. In
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      197 33 -AFP COLOMBO Aravinda de Silva revived his sagging international career with a fine 206 as Sri Lanka plundered a record 509 in a day to tighten the screws on Bangladesh in the opening Test yesterday. The stylish batsman smashed one six and 28 fours
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        528 34 Agencies Ferguson waxes lyrical about his record signing LONDON Moments after unveiling his latest record signing, Manchester United manager, Alex Ferguson, predicted a great future for Rio Ferdinand. The 23-year-old defender, who officially became Britain's most expensive player and the world's costliest defender this morning
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        Ridsdale optimistic despite losing Rio
        159 34 LONDON Selling Rio Ferdinand to Manchester United does not seem to bother Leeds chairman Peter Ridsdale. In fact, he is excited by the new signings to be made with the £30 million ($81.97 million) transfer fee. Ridsdale told Sky Sports News: "We've also got Jonathan
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        Lock icon Bowyer makes dramatic U-turn
        192 34 Reuters LONDON Lee Bowyer is set to join his Leeds United team-mates on their preseason Tour as he comes to terms with the collapse of his proposed move to Liverpool. The midfielder was expected to complete a £9 million ($24.61 million) move to Airfield before boss
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        Lock icon Souness puts $54m price tag on Duff
        115 34 -AFP LONDON Blackburn Rovers manager Graeme Souness issued a hands-off warning to clubs chasing winger Damien Duff yesterday, saying only a "ridiculous" offer could prise the player from Ewood Park. Liverpool is one of several Premiership clubs interested in the Republic of Ireland
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      Lock icon Els set to track Tiger
      788 35 LONDON Ernie Els (picture) was back at home today with a Claret Jug to stare at on his mantelpiece. A good job too, because otherwise he might only have had the ruins of his own career upon which to gaze. The big man had seen
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      Lock icon The greatest driver goes for six
      391 35 Agencies MAGNY-COURS Michael Schumacher has set his sights on a record sixth Formula 1 world championship after matching Juan Manuel Fangio's famous five in France. Asked on Sunday whether he had the hunger to race on and claim the outright record, Ferrari's most famous
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