Today, 5 August 2002

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    Masthead
    11 1 TODAY M 0 n d ay August 5, 2002 MITA(P) 063/11/2001
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    Future of the octopus
    1055 1  -  Mano Sabnani Comment by TEMASEK is on the move and there are major changes in store for the government-linked companies under its charge. Led by its new executive director, Ms Ho Ching, Temasek has unveiled the charter that spells out its new focus. The big change
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    ICB again?
    107 1  -  -Jose Raymond TWO months after a former assistant vice-president was convicted on graft charges, another employee of the Industrial and Commercial Bank (ICB) is being investigated. The investigation centres around an alleged fraud to the tune of $5 million. The employee was involved with giving out loans. ICB
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      15 1 The FTREfIy Scholarship New Possibilities for Leading Lights I iuni lo the cenlivs/ireailjbr more details
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      27 1 \""sj "*Wr m ar' fjjPr Li Li (picture) wins gold, Li Jiawei loses to 40-year-old/.F'i*3s New water symbol?/Pg4 Look out for our 8-page guide to the arts
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  • HOT NEWS
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      Andrea explains why
      264 2  -  Yee Wei Zhen AFTER evading the "why" question many times, MediaCorp artiste Andrea De Cruz went public yesterday about why she took Slim 10 pills. It was to keep her weight down after undergoing a breast operation last November to remove a benign lump, she told reporters
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      Lock icon Deadly vow
      317 3 Agencies Another day, another blast in Israel MERON JUNCTION (Israel) A day of unbridled violence that made good on the Hamas vow to kill 100 Israelis for every Palestinian leader that Israel killed left the country reeling yesterday. A bus bombing in northern Israel and a shooting rampage
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    • Article
      Determined M'sia, miffed neighbours
      179 3 KUALA LUMPUR As Malaysia cleans itself of illegal immigrants with a regulation that came into effect on Aug 1, neighbours Indonesia and Thailand are not too pleased. Indonesian Minister of Manpower and Transmigration Jacob Nuwawea said on Friday that it will seek an agreement to solve
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      Lock icon Islamic state and defiant leaflets
      154 3 AFP KUALA LUMPUR Police arrested a popular opposition female lawmaker yesterday along with 12 supporters for distributing leaflets criticising Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad's announcement that Malaysia is an Islamic state, officials said. Democratic Action Party (DAP) Batu Gajah MP Fong Po Kuan and 12 others,
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      219 3 J HI BSI 121 I In the ever competitive race to stay ahead, knowledge holds the key to great success. Empower yourself with the best education and discover unlimited opportunities, right here at Hartford. Providing quality distance learning through strategic alliances with prestigious universities, Hartford gives you comprehensive exposure and
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  • HOME NEWS
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      Harvesting the Minds garden
      259 4  -  Ton Boon Ngee EVERY child at the Towner Gardens School enjoys personalised study programmes. The 365 intellectually-disabled students, aged four to 18 years old, get their own study plan that encompasses language, mathematics, art and social skills. Parents discuss the custommade syllabus with teachers and get
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      Lock icon Water symbol
      435 4 Channel NewsAsia AS Singapore's 37th birthday draws near, the patriotic act of choice this year at National Day dinners across the island has got to be gulping down a bottle of Newater as many MPs and ministers did with gusto over the weekend. So high was the "demand"
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      Firing up scholarships
      1149 8  -  Lee Ching Wern Seven agencies create flexible one-stop system that meets applicants' choices and interests by; ch ing wern® tie w sto day. c o m.sg IMAGINE a university education filled with enriching experiences and endless excitement. One in which you can visit exotic countries like Austria
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      246 4 I j I mm I I^^^IJNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN QUEENSLAND Awarded 'Australian University of the year 2000 2001 'Rest Global University for Distance Education? USQ UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN QUEENSLAND H99! Established in 1967, die University of Southern Queensland (USQ) has been awarded «A^P tne Australian University ot [he year 2000-2001. USQ
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  • LETTERS
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      That 30-month HDB ruling
      452 10  -  Toy Koon Quie Will reconsider on case-by-case basis, it says I REFER to the letters, "HDB's 30-month ruling too long a wait" by Mr Leong Sze Hian (Today, July 29) and "Use for 'surplus' flats" by Ms Chin Yen Yen (Today July 31). The writers referred
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      Give NS trainees enough time to attend graduation ceremony
      244 10  -  Loo Swee Hock MY son, who is currently serving National Service and undergoing military training at Pulau Tekong, attended the Singapore Polytechnic Graduation 2002. But what should have been a joyous occasion was almost spoilt by the decision of the camp
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      Create law to stop disclosure of data
      250 10  -  Abdul Islam I REFER to the letter, "Confidentiality is paramount" (Today, Aug 02), by Mr Vasuki Shastry of MAS in response to Mr Shi Guo Ji's letter (Today, July 29) Mr Shastry wrote that the law restricts related information disclosure to institutions regulated
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  • BUSINESS NEWS
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      The countdown begins
      469 11  -  Lee Yew Meng Will property sales this year touch their highest level since 1996? by yewme ng@nerws to day. eom.sg PROPERTY agents, starved of sales transactions in the past few months, are eagerly awaiting Sept 1. Like a prayer answered, they are talking of seeing a flurry
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      Lock icon First-half dip?
      245 12 Reuters Analysts predict lower OCBC profit for first 6 months ANALYSTS see the first-half net profit of Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation (OCBC) falling year-on-year as economic weakness boosted provisions and cut loan demand at Singapore's smallest lender. The bank will release results for the six months to June 30
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      Lock icon Thistle on sale
      86 12 Reuters LONDON Singaporean investment firm BIL International has given the goahead for the sale of Londonbased Thistle Hotels, in which it has a 46 per cent stake, Britain's The Business reported. Thistle, London's largest hotel chain and the owner and manager of 56 properties, could be worth
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      Lock icon Modest US economic expansion seen
      123 12 -AFP WASHINGTON The US economy remains in the midst of a "modest expansion" despite downward revisions to data over the past three years and weak sec-ond-quarter growth, San Francisco Federal Reserve Bank chief Robert Parry said. He said that although the path of expansion appears
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    • Market Watch
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        Singapore
        128 12 THE Singapore market did nothing last week other than to cross back over the 1,500 level and maintain that throughout the week. Corporate results during the week were above expectations. There was buying interest in Keppel Corp and Cycle Carriage. The latter reported a sterling set of interim numbers
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        World markets
        56 12 Index Value Change Pis Nikkei 225 Hang Seng Ml Ordinaries loiwnn Wtd 9709.66 9991.7! 3(102.80 4920.89 -83.85 188.30 -21.30 +4.30 -.86 1.85 -.70 +.09 !ii:i on Camp SET Index 700.68 370.46 ■7.12 -4.22 ■1.01 ■1.65 Jakarta (amp Phils Camp Shenzen B Mumboi 456.32 1119.07 244.2! 2985.01 -4.97 -6.09
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        Your S$1 buys
        36 12 US$ 0.5715 UKE 0.3640 Yen 67.926 HK$ 4.1578 RH 2.1715 Euro 0.5792 Rupiah 5183.7 Eahl 24.075 Peso 29.305 A$ 1.0602 Indian Rs 27.808 Won 676.97 C$ 0.9055 Yuan 4.7304 NZ$ 1.2321 HT$ 19.244
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        Commodities
        21 12 Gold uss/b 309.000 Silver ussAr 4.593 Pblirnim uss/b 519,700 Rubber raw/kg 139.75 Palm ail RM/ta™ 1506 Brent truds usS/krrsi 25.49
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        Straits Times Index — 10-Day Chart
        5 12 Straits Times Index 10-Day Chart
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        Week's SGX most active
        61 12 By volume July 29 to Aug 2 '000 Gtirnyn 546,268,000 Corlina 93,206,000 TarHons 45,984,000 QianHu 44,694,000 UniFcod 38,982,000 Ami on Chartered DotacrflUSS NeraElec Aspneken '000 38,699,000 38,394,000 37,515,000 36,44B,000 34,72B,000 By value July 29 to Aug 2 Qtiraya 202,987,525 Venture 141,714,417 U0B 141,441,411 DBS 126,472,124 Chartered
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        Week's SGX top rises
        74 12 ly$ luly 29 lo Aug 2 CloseChange ;PDRS10USS 85.700 +2.100 5BS Bk 6% NCPS *****.500 +0.400 By percentage July 29 to Aug 2 ClojeChonge BBR 0.020 +33.333 Erocc-.vcv 0.100+33.333 tobinsan 5.750 +0,350 Nucleus 0.165+32.000 M200 12.600 +0.300 fepCor 4.600 +0.280 )BS 12.100 +0.200 EoslgaleW*****1 0.075+25.000 CKIang
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        Lock icon Week's SGX top falls
        85 12 Bloomberg )y$ luly 29 Id Aug 1 CloseChtinge kanSupremelOOUSS 5.000 -0.600 /enlure 11.700 -0.600 SreatEast 8.950 4.300 sPH 1B.50O -0.200 ierger 0.215 -0.195 M 6.850 -0.100 Zrealive 50 16.700 -0.100 leroTel 0.400 -0.080 ihai Prime200USS 4.560 -0.080 ihigliiv 1.240 -0.070 By percentage July 29 to Aug
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      A manufacturer's buyer
      399 13  -  Carmen Lee Higher volumes of shipment will boost Roly's performance by ROLY International burst on to the corporate radar screen after a long and quiet consolidation phase to be among one of the most actively traded stocks on the Singapore Stock Exchange in recent months. The sudden
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      Lock icon DBS, Tianyi in talks
      92 13 Bloomberg HONG KONG DBS Group Holdings is in talks with Shanghai-based brokerage Tianyi Securities to form a fund-management venture in China, Reuters said in a report carried by the South China Morning Post. Tianyi and DBS have had four rounds of talks and are hammering out
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      Lock icon Telstra looks to Asia
      132 13 AFP SYDNEY Australia's largest telecoms company, Telstra, has emerged with a renewed focus on expansion into Asia. Its off-shore operation, Telstra International, with headquarters in Hong Kong, has made Asian growth a top priority at a time when financiallystricken European and US rivals are retreating to
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  • WORLD NEWS
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      The sea has eyes
      127 14 JAPAN An organisation, involving some 100,000 volunteers, is set to monitor suspicious incidents at sea as well as cut down the number of prank calls the Japan Coast Guard receives. Umimori, or Sea Watchers, will recruit people familiar with the sea, including residents in coastal areas,
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      Lock icon A little sunshine
      274 14 Agencies Koreas warm up to each other SEOUL Despite the lack of an apology over the June naval skirmish, rivals North and South Korea agreed yesterday to hold ministerial talks in Seoul in mid-August. The South's Unification Ministry said in a statement that North Korea reiterated its
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      Lock icon Aceh rocked by 11 blasts
      106 14 AFP BANDAACEH-At least 11 explosions rocked Indonesia's restive Aceh province during the weekend but there was no report of casualties, residents said yesterday. Unidentified men also torched 55 plantation workers' houses in East Aceh on Saturday, military spokesman, Major Zaenal Muttaqin said. He accused the
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      Chen's call for independence referendum angers China
      341 15  -  Elista Yeo TAIPEI Taiwan's ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) showed no signs of backing down yesterday after President Chen Shui-bian called for a referendum on the island's future. In comments likely to further enrage China, DPP legislator Trong Chai said a law allowing
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      Lock icon Beating the heat
      50 15 -AFP photo Defending Sauna World Champion and winner Leo Pusa (right) sweating it out in a sauna with secondplaced Markku Mustonen during the finals of the Sauna World Championships 2002 in Heinola, Finland. Pusa's winning time was 12 minutes 10 seconds. He is a three-lime world champion.
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      Lock icon For kids' sake
      67 15 AFP LONDON More than 7,000 suspected paedophiles have been snared in a swoop targeting computer users accessing pay-per-view child-sex websites based in the United States. British detectives were given the names and addresses of 7,272 people who used their credit cards to access pictures of children some
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      The new Sharif
      326 16 Ex-PM's brother eyes polls ISLAMABAD For the last few years pundits have been tipping the ascendancy of Mr Shahbaz Sharif, the younger brother of former Premier Nawaz Sharif and now his time has come. After nine years at the helm, Mr Nawaz, 53, stepped aside during the
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      Lock icon UN envoy snubs Iraqi move
      132 16 Agencies DUBAI Iraq's move to avert a US attack is floundering after the United Nations chief weapons inspector ruled out a visit to Baghdad for talks on renewed arms inspections. "I think it would be better that an official of my political standing does not
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      UK battles deadly bacteria
      106 16 LONDON Legionnaire's disease has struck at least 36 people in northern England in what has been described as Britain's worst outbreak of the bacterial infection in a decade, said AFP. Twelve of those infected in the town of Barrow-in-Furness are being treated in the intensive care
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  • COMMENTARY
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      Mercenary employees
      857 21  -  N Gunalan New breed interested in bucks, not perks by WITH corporate downsizing, cutbacks and flexible work arrangements becoming common place as companies restructure in difficult times, corporate cultures are undergoing dramatic changes. As such, can we still expect employees and employers to be loyal to each other?
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      600 22  -  Hannah Teoh Do it together, an American tells those who say they have no time by h annah@ne wsto day. t: o m.sg APATHY has long been one of the biggest enemies of volunteerism, anywhere in the world. In the United States, it took the cataclysm caused by
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      783 23  -  Jeffrey Tan Disability doesn't have to mean inability to earn an income by j eff tan @ne wstoday. com. sg ONE of the things Gerald Lee, 38, regrets is that he did not heed the advice of his insurance agent last year. "He told me I should buy
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      Hitting the right notes
      355 25  -  Hannah Teoh by h annah@ne wstoday. co m.sg FIRST, they sang in stairwells during National Service. Later, they lent their voices to Christmas carols. In 1998, they won first place in an a cappella competition. The akatones, a seven-man group, were drawn together by their passion
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      For the love of life
      455 26  -  Yee Wei Zhen Crosstalk master Ma Ji does his part for heart patients by weizhen@ne wstoday. co m. sg HE'S 68, suffers from heart disease, diabetes and has high blood pressure. But his passion for life has never been weakened by these onslaughts. Ma Ji
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      129 26 DON'T worry if you have not been able to get hold of any tickets to this year's National Day Parade. Stadium Waterfront, which is just round the corner at the Singapore Indoor Stadium, will be planning a celebration of its own on Aug 9. Not only will visitors
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      244 27 FRESH from filing for divorce from Cris Judd a week-and-a-half ago, Jennifer Lopez is making plans for a wedding early next year. Reports that pop-star/actress Lopez and actor Ben Affleck, 30, are an item began emerging after they were spotted in a Manhattan restaurant on
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      143 27 FOR her next directorial project, two-time Oscar-win-ning actress Jodie Foster is taking on a controversial subject and is facing protests. Last week, a German studio announced that Foster is behind a film about film-maker Leni Riefenstahl, considered Adolf Hitler's favourite director. Soon after the
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      458 28  -  Karman Tse Bisous Bar, as its name suggests, offers a menu so exciting you'll be back for more ONE of the best things about working in the Raffles Place area is the variety of food available. But that could be one of the worst things about
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      495 28  -  Jeffrey Yang by eatou t@ne wsto day, c om.sg BOOZE Wineshop had thrown itself a formidable challenge of pairing the authentic Teochew cuisine of Huat Kee Restaurant with wine on July 23. Riesling and Gewurztraminer-based wines favourites for most Asian dinners were
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      103 28 Nestles contribution Nestle Singapore (Pte) Ltd participates in the nation's 37th birthday bash by giving out Nescafe 3-in-l, Milo 3-in-I and Nestum Oats 3-in-1 packs. All Singaporeans attending the National Day Parade will be delighted to find them in their fun packs while participants will be refreshed with chilled
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      421 30  -  Yee Wei Zhen Imitation, that is, as Bootleg Abba pays tribute to ABBA by we izh en(^ n ews today. co m. s g THE art of imitation is serious business. Tribute bands invest a lot of time and energy to look and sound like the
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      119 30 THIS November, you can get a front row seat to Singin' in the Rain. There will no longer be any need to move your chair closer to the television screen. The popular movie musical, voted one of h America's top 10 films of all time, fcf^ will
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      57 30 I ~M I AmW WW Singapore Symphonia Company Limited A^— presents THE ALL-AMERICAN BOYS CHORUS AM David Albulario conductor jßViflKr*Mf RR IflflflMflflVH Rhmrc vRi Rflfl^i^^^*^i i mW RW fe^R R*mV M I "The spirited All-American /l Boys Chorus was ever WA P8 I delightful." RR*R R j R Los Angetes
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    583 32 Fergie blasts England's handling of its skipper MANCHESTER Sir Alex Ferguson has criticised the England Football Association for its treatment of England skipper David Beckham (picture) in the build-up to the World Cup. In an interview with the Sunday Times, the Manchester United boss admitted he
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    Ronaldo Real-bound?
    92 32 ROME Massimo Moratti, the owner of Inter Milan, has no intention of selling Ronaldo to Real Madrid and said he would not believe the Brazilian wanted to leave until he heard it from him face-to-face, Ronaldo's agent told Real Madrid last week that the World Cup winner was
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    Gunner for life
    54 32 LONDON France striker Thierry Henry has pledged his future to English Premiership and FA Cup champion Arsenal. The 24-year-old said: "As long as Arsenal want me, I want them. The fans love me here and people have so much confidence in me, so I can never walk
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    Lomu's back
    94 32 SYDNEY-Blockbusting winger Jonah Lomu has been added to New Zealand's expanded squad which left here yesterday to play South Africa in a crucial Tri-Nations rugby Test next weekend. There was criticism that the All Blacks lacked firepower in the backs as the world champion Wallabies inflicted their third
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    606 33  -  Ray Chen by: ray@newsto day. co m. sg TWO games, two defeats. Defending champion Blacks RFC's hopes of retaining its championship trophy is looking more and more like a pipedream after it crashed to a shock 7--15 defeat at the hands of Singapore Cricket
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    Lock icon Blatter backs Aussies' 2014 World Cup host bid
    454 33 Agencies SYDNEY Australia yesterday launched a bid to host one of the few competitive challenges to elude the sports-mad nation soccer's World Cup. Officials said they wanted to bring the World Cup tournament back to the Asia-Pacific region in 2014 after being
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    265 33 -AFP SEOUL North Korea has agreed to take part in this year's Asian Games in South Korea in another sign of a thawing in relations with the South, officials said yesterday. The agreement came at talks between South and North
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    515 34  -  Jose Raymond But Home says Withe's only going on leave by j o se@n ewsto d ay.co m ,sg HOME United's assistant coach Yakob Hashim has taken over from Jason Withe (picture). Withe has not lost his job, though. He's going on leave. When contacted last night,
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    Lock icon Welsh ends Thorpe's seven gold dream
    382 34 -AFP MANCHESTER Matt Welsh doesn't much care for the role of spoiler, but he'll do what it takes to earn the title of winner. For most Australian world champions, a victory in their pet event is cause for unalloyed joy. But Welsh's victory in
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    India shamed
    62 34 NEW DELHI The disqualification of an Indian weightlifter for taking a banned substance at the Commonwealth Games has left the fraternity embarrassed, said Indian Weightlifting Federation official Balbir Bhatia yesterday. Madasamy, who won three silver medals in the men's below-62 kg category, was unable to explain on Saturday
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    No pain
    70 34 MANCHESTER Canada's Carol Montgomery won the inaugural women's triathlon at the Commonwealth Games yesterday after doctors froze her foot to numb the pain of an injury. Prevented from using painkillers, the 35-year-old Montgomery fought off the agony of her foot injury to win the multisports event in two
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    Coach angered
    96 34 MANCHESTER Australia's Commonwealth Games swim team manager Greg Hodge was irked yesterday that his counterpart in Britain, Bill Sweetenham, had cited "the coaching fraternity" in his speculation on doping in the sport. "Firstly, Bill hasn't spoken to me about it, so I don't like that he's speaking for
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    Super Marvan
    95 34 COLOMBO Marvan Atapattu slammed a superb 83 to guide Sri Lanka to a five-wicket victory over Bangladesh in the first one-day international here on Sunday. The 31-year-old opener hit one six and eight fours in his 101-ball knock as Sri Lanka surpassed Bangladesh's total of 226-8 with 32
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    Lock icon Now they'll remember his name
    341 35 -AFP MANCHESTER Muhammad Hafiz Hashim turned the Malaysian badminton rankings upside down as he showed that there is such a thing as a second chance in the final of the men's singles at the Commonwealth Games yesterday. Hashim, ranked third of his country's three contenders
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    Lock icon Pintsized Li Li's giant triumph
    502 35  -  Kelvin Phang Commonwealth Games by kelvi n<§>n ews tod ay. com. Rg IF NOT for the Foreign Sports Talent (FST) scheme, Singapore would not have won a historic badminton gold at the 17th Commonwealth Games last night. Pint-sized Li Li upset second seed and world
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    No clean sweep for Jiawei as Chunli triumphs in final
    363 35  -  Kelvin Phang by kelvin@ne wsto day. c o m.sg KIWI veteran Li Chunli stopped Singapore's Li Jiawei (picture) from claiming a four-gold sweep. And deprived her of $50,000. Barely two hours after winning her third gold of the 17th Manchester
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