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Article747 2002-08-14 1 Michelle Ang - Michelle Ang When discounts overcome superstition mi che lie @news today, com. sg THERE has never been a Hungry Ghost weekend like this one. In previous years, property developers would send up a prayer to their gods whenever the month came around. This is the month usually747 words
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Article89 2002-08-14 1 AFP BANGKOK Buddhist monks are being drafted into Thai classrooms to ease a nationwide shortage of teachers. In the central province of Nonthaburi, some 120 schools have asked monks to lend a hand to teach a range of classes, The Nation reported yesterday. The monks toldAFP - 89 words
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Miscellaneous30 2002-08-14 1 |4i]n| [J: I Ll H K- I hotel stays and spa packages when you invest aWj^ confounds her .critics H^g£See Page 16 Clubs to leave S- League? See Page 3530 words
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Article464 2002-08-14 2 Jose Raymond - Jose Raymond Broker held, wife investigated Today Exclusive by jose@iiewstnday.com.sg IN an exclusive report on Monday, Today had revealed that a financial brokerage headed by a 38-year-old Singaporean was under investigation for alleged mismanagement of funds, amounting to about $430,000. The scheme was simple. The brokerage464 words
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Article173 2002-08-14 2 Channel NewsAsia THE defamation case by Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong and Senior Minister Lee Kuan Yew against Singapore Democratic Party chief Chee Soon Juan was finally heard yesterday, after repeated adjournments. The leaders are applying for a summary judgement against Dr Chee for remarkingChannel NewsAsia - 173 words
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Article298 2002-08-14 3 Bloomberg. Nasdaq may pull out of Japan TOKYO Nasdaq, the operator of the second-biggest US stock market, may be saying "sayonara" to Japan to stem spiralling losses. Nasdaq Japan Inc, a joint venture involving Japanese Internet investor Softbank Corp, was set up two years ago as part of NasdaqBloomberg. - 298 words
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Article88 2002-08-14 3 New Straits Times. KUALA LUMPUR Interracial ties among varsity students are deteriorating and the management is not doing anything to improve the situation, said Datuk Sen Dr Mahathir Mohammad. "The university students are keeping to their own race, they don't live together in the same dormitory, they sitNew Straits Times. - 88 words
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Article, Illustration121 2002-08-14 3 AFP SHANGHAI Downtown Shanghai yesterday was in chaos. People sought shelter, firemen rushed to put out fires and soldiers were mobilised to maintain order. It was not a real disaster but a rare air raid exercise using a mock scenario in which the city wasAFP; Reuters photo - 121 words
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Article493 2002-08-14 4 Tan Hui Leng - Tan Hui Leng by huileng® newstoday. com. sg THE People's Association (PA) is fast becoming a leaner and more efficient establishment. It took almost 10 years, but the PA has finally consolidated its resources in its community centres and clubs (CCs) by merging the offices for the493 words
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Article165 2002-08-14 4 — Rosalyn Lim - Rosalyn Lim ONE company here is using an array of creative methods to keep its staff healthy and alert. The 60 or so employees at Boncafe International gather regularly to have a feast of apples eaten with honey. Employees at the 40-year-old coffee manufacturing company are165 words
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Article129 2002-08-14 4 Channel NewsAsia IN the first case of its kind here, a businessman has been jailed for trying to cheat the Government over an assistance grant. The managing director of Duraco Industries, Keith Tan Khi Wie, was sentenced to 18 months' jail yesterday. He had tried to inflate the– Channel NewsAsia - 129 words
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Article, Illustration272 2002-08-14 6 Toh Boon Ngee - Toh Boon Ngee Ex-convicts'Thai project by bo o nnge e ©newstoday. com. sg LIKE six of his friends, Mr Ong Wee Siong, 20, emerged from his criminal past to a new life as a volunteer. The group had taken part in a project in Thailand with 13 other272 words
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120 2002-08-14 6 – Zackaria Abdul Rahim - Zackaria Abdul Rahim MANY secondary school students had the jitters yesterday, after they heard rumours their O-Level Mother Tongue results were delayed because of a mixup involving their grades. They received their results yesterday, one day later than they were told they would120 words
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Article128 2002-08-14 6 Channel NewsAsia s IT was as easy as taking candy from a baby but, in this instance, the thief got away with a $150 gold bangle. A 10-month-old girl was robbed near the main door of her flat in Block 296A, Chua Chu Kang Avenue 2. Yesterday, at— Channel NewsAsia - 128 words
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Miscellaneous10 2002-08-14 4 Killer Queen, 18 Aug, Suntec The Ultimate Tribute Concert 200210 words
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LETTERS
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98 2002-08-14 8 Slew Tien Chou - Slew Tien Chou f REFER to the current debate on alternative sources of water. Perhaps the Government can consider providing residents in landed estates with suitably fabricated rainwater tanks. It can then advise residents on how they can capture sufficient rainwater, which98 words
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152 2002-08-14 8 Jason Lee Boon Hong - Jason Lee Boon Hong IT WAS a heartening sight to see Singaporeans let their hair down at the National Day Parade this year. Attending the parade for the first time, I was worried when the skies turned dark around spm. Not152 words
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Letter, Illustration557 2002-08-14 8 Michael Loh Yik Ming - Michael Loh Yik Ming Do our students lack serious thought? I REFER to Deputy Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong's recent televised talk with junior college students (picture). Did the meeting show that our junior college student leaders were eloquent? I hardly think so. Most of the557 words
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210 2002-08-14 8 Tan Kin Lian - Tan Kin Lian EACH year, we hear of long overnight queues for free tickets to the popular National Day Parade. Later, we hear that these tickets are offered for sale on the Internet at outrageous prices. So, is there a better way to210 words
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BUSINESS NEWS
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192 2002-08-14 9 Agencies THE Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) is proposing to revise its guidelines on retail hedge funds to include minimum subscription requirements and enhance disclosure compliance. Under its proposed amendments, single hedge funds will require a minimum initial subscription of $100,000 for– Agencies - 192 words
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Article99 2002-08-14 9 NEW CREDIT CARD: OCBC and retailer Robinson Group plan to launch a credit card by the fourth quarter of this year, the bank said yesterday, ROYAL CLICKS PROFITS FALL: Sporting goods retailer Royal Clicks' net profit in the three months to June fell to $1.7 million from $2.799 words
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Article178 2002-08-14 9 Channel NewsAsia SESDAQ, the Singapore Exchange's second board, turns 15 this year and, as it comes of age, companies listed on it are banding together to form a club that will be launched in November, The club aims to be a networking platform for members. "One— Channel NewsAsia - 178 words
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Market Watch
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Article135 2002-08-14 9 DESPITE the underlying cautious mood ahead of the US Federal Reserve meeting, the local market rallied and the STI posted a strong 42.59 points gain to close at 1,529.03. Gains were seen for most blue chips and all three banking stocks rose sharply. UOB once again demonstrated its leading135 words
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Article56 2002-08-14 9 Index Voiue Change Pis X Hdttj 225 9638.61 ■59.21 -061 Hang Seng Ml Ordinaries *****.06 3058.30 +140.14 +6.20 +1.41 +0.20 iaiwon Wtd 4817.93 -34.14 -0.70 iforea tnmp it! Index 708.63 366.09 +13.24 -0.98 +1.90 -0.27 lokorto tamp 450.97 +145 +0.55 Phils Comp ihenzen B Mumbof 1128.16 240.89 3039.4156 words
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Article33 2002-08-14 9 J5$ J IS fen m m lure iupioh 0.5686 0.3716 67.659 4.4353 2.1608 0.5810 5049.5 Peso A$ Indian fa Won C$ Yuan NZ$ 29.535 1.0542 27.636 682.30 0.8948 4.7040 1.231133 words
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Article17 2002-08-14 9 jdd uss/k Silver uss/h 115.80 4.593 Rubber (ems/kg Palm ail rm/ihihe 1451 148.00 Brenl crude uss/barir'8:17 words
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Article, Illustration5 2002-08-14 9 Straits Times index IQ-Day Chart5 words
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Article55 2002-08-14 9 By volume Aug 13 Ciliroyo SingTel Mentor Chartered li ri Food 'OOO 64,258 28,314 21,690 10,950 10,773 By value Aug 13 UOB SingTel OCBC SPH Ciliroyo 76,821.136 43,507,745 32,680,825 32,387,000 32,039,135 Kpnetten NOL BILIntl Strike DatctcrftUSS 'OOO 10,314 9,947 8,732 7,780 7,425 DBS Chartered SIA Venture Mentor55 words
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Article76 2002-08-14 9 &n Aug 13 SPH SPH100 HOB Close Change 19.200 +0.700 19.200 +0.700 14.000 +0.600 DBS 12.100 +0.500 SIA200 11.900 +0.500 SIA STIETF100IOPV 11.900 +0.500 15.476 +0.429 Venture 11.200 +0.300 511 ETF 100 15.550 +0.300 KBC 10.900 +0.300 jy piic?-|rjge lug 13 Close Change taiefun 20k 0.015 50.33C76 words
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Article78 2002-08-14 9 Aug 13 Close Change IS DJ USTECH10U5S 32.300 -1.700 Mentor 0.375 -0.185 RoyulClic 0.525 -0.165 OUS 1.990 -0.060 Informotics 1.450 -0.040 OUT 4.540 -0.040 KepCor 4.560 -0.040 Chartered 2.550 -0.03O SKP500 0.650 -0.030 SAT5ra 1.750 -0.030 By percentage Aug 13 SeeHSW*****O (lose Change 0.015 -40.000 GenMog 0.05078 words
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259 2002-08-14 10 Chan Chao Peh - Chan Chao Peh by chaopeh@newstoday.com.sg HERE'S a little-known fact: On average, one quarter of all airline seats and hotel rooms are not sold. And, because the airlines and hotels make a profit by selling the other three quarters of their capacity, they don't really259 words
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Article78 2002-08-14 10 AFP SEMBLOG HI NET FKUEITS DOWN: SembCorp Logistics's (SembLog) net profit for the six months to June fell to $36.2 million, from $76.4 million in the same period a year earlier. Last year's figure included an exceptional gain of $43.3 million after tax from the sale of theAFP - 78 words
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Article, Illustration445 2002-08-14 11 Bloomberg Malaysia's move to curb card fraud may affect Singapore KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia will add computer chips to cash cards to counter bank fraud, a move that consultants said may prompt other South-east Asian nations to upgrade their technology. This year, police broke up a criminalBloomberg - 445 words
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Article177 2002-08-14 11 AFP THE information technology (IT) services market in the Asia-Pacific region (excluding Japan) is expected to expand at a compound annual growth rate of 21 per cent between 2001 and 2006. It is expected to reach $38.8 billion, an industry monitor said yesterday. The growth isAFP - 177 words
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Article270 2002-08-14 12 AFP Aussie govt refuses to relax carrier's foreign ownership cap SYDNEY The Australian government yesterday rejected an appeal by Qantas Airways to lift a 49 per cent cap on foreign ownership of the company, a ceiling the airline says is crippling its plans to expand. Announcing theAFP - 270 words
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178 2002-08-14 12 Agencies CANBERRA Australia is expected to keep its position as the fastest growing economy in the industrialised world until next year, a survey of international economists has found. The monthly survey by The Economist magazine gave Australia an average prediction of— Agencies - 178 words
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203 2002-08-14 13 AFP MOST consumers in the Asia-Pacific region remain upbeat despite the gloomy economic environment and political upheavals around the globe, a MasterCard survey received yesterday indicated. A bi-annual poll of 5,406 consumers in June showed that those in nine economies out of the 13 coveredAFP - 203 words
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126 2002-08-14 13 Reuters ALEXANDRIA A federal judge gave interim approval on Monday to an emergency financing plan for US Airways Group Inc, allowing the carrier to access US$75 million ($132 million) immediately to keep flying through next month while it attempts to reorganise under bankruptcyReuters - 126 words
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Article90 2002-08-14 13 Bloomberg SEOUL ÜBS Warburg and Merrill Lynch will get reprimanded by South Korean regulators for leaking research, trading stock for their own accounts and changing client orders. The two brokerages will receive warnings for the breaches, the Financial Supervisory Commission said. South Korea has stepped up effortsBloomberg - 90 words
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Article131 2002-08-14 13 AFP WASHINGTON Most analysts expect the United States to avoid a "double-dip" recession, a survey by the National Association of Business Economists showed on Monday. "Despite a string of weak economic data, declining stock prices and ongoing revelations of corporate scandal, a doubledip recession is unlikely thisAFP - 131 words
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Article225 2002-08-14 14 AFP Foreigners sign up with KNU to fight the Myanmar junta MAE SOT (Thailand) Myanmar is seeing a new breed of rebel fighters as "foreign talent" join the ranks of the freedom fighters. Catherine, a 19-year-old Swedish backpacker, who journeyed to the Thai-Myanmar borderAFP - 225 words
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Article, Illustration114 2002-08-14 14 Agencies PRAGUE Residents and volunteers in Prague (picture) prepared sandbags to protect the famous Kampa island in Prague's Mala Strana, as days of torrential rain saw the evacuation of 50,000 yesterday. Torrential rains have wreaked havoc in different parts of the world. In Nepal, at leastAgencies - 114 words
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Article147 2002-08-14 14 -AFP JAKARTA Three Indonesian judges suspended on suspicion of accepting bribes to declare a foreign firm bankrupt will be probed by a newlyformed judicial council. The Jakarta Court of Appeal has set up a fivemember judicial Council of Honour to probe the three judges from the Jakarta-AFP - 147 words
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Article, Illustration295 2002-08-14 15 Agencies Second minister quits MANILA A second political crisis in two months hit President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo yesterday when potential leadership challenger Raul Roco (picture) quit her Cabinet as Education Secretary. Mr Roco, named as a popular choice for President, resigned, saying he had lost Mrs Arroyo's confidenceAgencies - 295 words
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Article112 2002-08-14 15 AFP JOHANNESBURG The diamond mining giant, De Beers, will provide anti-Aids treatment to all its workers, 10 per cent of whom are estimated to be HIV-positive. "This is a global programme which will have its main focus on South Africa but will be extended to all De BeersAFP - 112 words
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180 2002-08-14 15 LONDON Black workers at a US nuclear waste reprocessing plant, who claim they are exposed to more radiation than their white colleagues, are suing government-owned British Nuclear Fuels (BNFL). The workers are based at the Westinghouse Savannah River Company (WSRC) plant, in South180 words
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COMMENTARY
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Article, Illustration1117 2002-08-14 16 Suresh Kumar - Suresh Kumar Stocks have soared and the rupiah has rallied during her first year THERE was no trouble this time. Ms Megawati Sukarnoputri's progress report to Indonesia's combined Parliament (dubbed MPR) was almost a non-event with financial markets hardly stirring. It was so different previously. In the– Reuters photo - 1,117 words
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UPFRONT
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Article, Illustration663 2002-08-14 20 Ambiga Raju - Ambiga Raju Talking points World leaders take advice from this woman IT'S hard to imagine US President George W Bush looking to a pint-sized woman for advice on issues that affect his job as the world's most important leader. But he can consult Dadi Janki (picture), who is663 words
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LIMELIGHT
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Article, Illustration449 2002-08-14 21 Elisa Chia - Elisa Chia Popular DJ has had enough of radio awards by elisa @ne wstoday. com. sg THE statement was not uttered impulsively, but from the heart. Dasmond Koh (picture), who won his third Most Popular DJ of YES 93.3FM title at the recent Golden Mike Awards,449 words
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Article, Illustration204 2002-08-14 21 Yee Wei Zhen - Yee Wei Zhen HARgau, siewmai, lopakgou, lor mat kai, char siew sou. The names of popular dim sum dishes will ring in the minds of Singaporeans in the days ahead. They are the lyrics of The Happy Dim Sum Dance, a rap jingle for the204 words
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Article, Illustration642 2002-08-14 21 lan De Cotta - lan De Cotta by ian@ne wsto day. c om.sg ONCE, at a school dance, I was attracted to a dolled-up girl on the dance floor. As she danced with one admirer after another, it became my mission to be her partner as well.642 words
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INCINEMAS
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Article, Illustration177 2002-08-14 22 -Reuters LOS ANGELES Oscar-winning actor Nicolas Cage and Lisa Marie Presley were married in Hawaii over the weekend. Cage, 38, the nephew of film director Francis Ford Coppola, and the 34-year-old daughter of Elvis Presley, sealed their year-long relationship in a ceremony at the Mauna Lani-Reuters; 0 —- , Reuters photo - 177 words
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Article, Illustration640 2002-08-14 22 David Ngiau - David Ngiau Cold, calculated and contrived Oscar bait FILM REVIEW Signs (Now showing) THIS film is, very simply, a horror movie, never mind that it stars Mel Gibson. Signs, however, has loftier, dramatic aspirations, with writer-director M Night Shyamalan taking on spirituality, God ...faith. He's dying to640 words
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Article, Illustration311 2002-08-14 23 El is a Chia - Good first half El is a Chia and then this boisterous Baby drifts off to sleep FILM REVIEW Mighty Baby (Now showing) REMEMBER the two macho designers who created the "ultimate bra" in last year's comedy La Brassiere? Well, they're back. Only this 5 by time, Wayne (Louis Koo) and311 words
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Article, Illustration254 2002-08-14 23 Vin Diesel's XXX rakes in big Reuters/Variety HOLLYWOOD Muchhyped action film XXX (Sony/Revolution) took U5544,51 million ($75.87 million) to top the North American box office last weekend. But the solid showing still fell a bit short of pre-release expectations iorXXX. The film stars the increasingly prominent Vin Diesel (picture) asReuters/Variety - 254 words
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Article79 2002-08-14 23 weeks 1 Austin Powers in Goldmember 1 2 Signs 1 3 (1) The Touch (Mandarin) 2 4 Mighty Baby [Mandarin] 1 5 (5) The Sweetest Thing RiAi 2 6 2 Men in Black ll 4 7 (8) My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2 8 (4)79 words
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126 2002-08-14 23 North American Top 10 (Aug 9 11) weekend gross cumulative gross days 1 XXX US$ 44.51m Uss 44.51m 3 2 (1) Signs Uss 29.45m U*****.72m 10 3 Spy Kids 2: Island of Lost Dreams US$ 16.71m US$ 25.04m 5 4 (2) Austin Powers in Goldmember US$ 13.06m US$ 167.78m 18126 words
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Article, Illustration592 2002-08-14 31 Razali Abdullah - Razali Abdullah Yesterday we looked at Arsenal's credentials in the build-up to the English Premiership. Today the spotlight falls on dark horse Chelsea Blues could finally come good thanks to summer inactivity by razali@newsr.oday. com. sg IT IS an overstated fact that the reason why Chelsea hasGetty Images - 592 words
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262 2002-08-14 31 Reuters LONDON The English FA will wait before taking any possible disciplinary action on Manchester United captain Roy Keane's admission that he deliberately fouled Alf Inge Haaland in April last year. Keane said in a newspaper serialisation of his new autobiographyReuters - 262 words
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Article79 2002-08-14 31 KUALA LUMPUR The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) yesterday launched the AFC Champions League with a US$5OO,OOO ($880,000) cash prize for the winner. Fifty-one teams from 29 countries have entered for the tournament, which will replace the Asian Club Championship, Asian Cup Winners Cup and the Asian Super Cup,79 words
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Article52 2002-08-14 31 LONDON English first division club Wimbledon would have been forced to close was it not for its forthcoming move to Milton Keynes, chairman Charles Koppel said yesterday. Wimbledon, which has been without a ground of its own since 1991, was cleared by a Football Association commission in May52 words
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Article103 2002-08-14 31 LONDON Brian Clough believes Sir Alex Ferguson was wrong to do a U-turn over his decision to retire from the Manchester United hot-seat at the end of last season. Clough, whose autobiography 'Cloughie: Walking on Water' is currently being serialised in The Sun, fears it is a move103 words
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Article66 2002-08-14 31 LONDON Australian international skipper Paul Okon has completed his move to English Premiership side Leeds United on a three-year deal. Okon made the switch to Elland Road from first division Watford on a free transfer after passing a medical. The 30-year-old is the second signing of Leeds boss66 words
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Article, Illustration574 2002-08-14 32 Champions League Zalaegerszeg v Man United Live, tomorrow on Ch22, 2.40am LONDON Jozsef Bozsik was only 12 when he signed for Honved. His best friend was even younger, and had to lie to the club about his age. Bozsik and Ferenc Puskas went on to open aGetty Images - 574 words
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Article, Illustration443 2002-08-14 33 Reuters NOTTINGHAM Century-maker Rahul Dravid (picture) played the central role in a marathon rearguard action as India scrambled to safety in the second Test against England, claiming an enthralling draw to keep the series alive. Dravid's five-hour, 40-minute occupation of the Trent Bridge crease was asReuters; Getty Images - 443 words
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Article111 2002-08-14 33 Reuters CAPE TOWN A member of the International Rugby Board (IRB) anti-doping advisory committee has urged the world governing body to ban Australia wing Ben Tune for a minimum of two years. Tune escaped a ban which would have kept him out of next year's– Reuters - 111 words
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Article61 2002-08-14 33 Reuters SYDNEY Australia Test captain Steve Waugh has said his team will play Pakistan anywhere, as officials from both countries search for a suitable neutral venue. Australia refused to tour Zimbabwe in April because of safety fears and raised similar concerns last week when it announced it wouldReuters - 61 words
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Article, Illustration585 2002-08-14 34 -AFP Weather at Hazeltine will not faze Harrington and co CHASKA In the 83 years of the PGA championship, there has never been a European winner. But Mother Nature looks set to offer a helping hand when the 84th PGA championship starts here tomorrow.-AFP; Getty Images - 585 words
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376 2002-08-14 34 Reuters LONDON Anthony Davidson will become the first Briton to race for Minardi at this weekend's Hungarian Formula 1 Grand Prix, team sources said yesterday. They said the 23-year-old British American Racing (BAR) test driver would replace under- performing MalaysianReuters - 376 words
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Article54 2002-08-14 34 VILNIUS Lithuanian rider Raimondas Rumsas, whose wife is being held in a French jail after performance-enhanc-ing drugs were found in her car, has tested negative, a Lithuanian sports authority said yesterday. After Rumsas had finished third in the recent Tour de France, his wife Edita was taken into54 words
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Article70 2002-08-14 34 SYDNEY One of the architects of the successful Sydney 2000 Olympic Games yesterday praised Athens for making "very good progress" in its troubled preparations to host the 2004 event. Bob Elphinston, the Australian Olympic Committee's secretary general, said a recent three-day tour of Athens showed the Greek capital70 words
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Article89 2002-08-14 34 NEW YORK Major League Baseball's Players Association chief Donald Fehr announced on Monday that the union has postponed setting a strike date. With members of the players' union in attendance at the O'Hare Hilton in Chicago, Fehr revealed that the union has seen enough progress recently89 words
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Article46 2002-08-14 34 BEIJING The Chinese Football Association (CFA) has named Dutchman Guus Hiddink as its top choice to replace Bora Milutinovic as manager of the Chinese national team, state media reported yesterday. Former France coach Aime Jacquet and Japan manager Philippe Troussier are also on the list.46 words
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Article, Illustration467 2002-08-14 35 Stanley Ho - Stanley Ho A KEY meeting between the S-League club chairmen on Monday could change the future of Singapore's professional football league. Amidst rumours that the S-League is due for a major makeover for next season, the Football Association of Singapore (FAS) has called for a467 words
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Article, Illustration272 2002-08-14 35 Stanley Ho - Stanley Ho by stanl ey@n ewsto d ay. co m.sg IT MUST have been the easiest victory in his competitive silat career. Singapore's golden boy, Zulfakar Mohd Ramli won the gold medal in the 55-60kg category at the Asia Pacific Pencak Silat Championship yesterdayToday file photo - 272 words
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Article157 2002-08-14 35 THIS Saturday, some of the best young footballers from Thailand and Singapore will be locked in not one, but two battles for supremacy. Kicking off the showdown is a match between the Singapore Under-20s and the Thai Under-20s in the Asean Youth Football Championships, better known as157 words
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Article231 2002-08-14 35 Stanley Ho - Stanley Ho HE DID not enjoy one of his best days on the greens, yet Vincent Ong finds himself leading the pack after the first day of the Pesta Sukan Singapore National Amateur Golf Championships. The 42-year-old businessman carded a two-over-par 74 at the Seletar Country Club231 words
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Article95 2002-08-14 35 THE Standard Chartered National Rugby Youth League continues today with the kick-off of the regional Under-15s League. It features the North, South, East and West teams playing in a 15-a-side competition at Yio Chu Kang Stadium. Launched last year, this youth competition is the platform for95 words
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