Today, 21 August 2002, Afternoon Edition

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  • Title Section
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    8 1 TODAY Wednesday August 21, 2002 MITA (P) 063/11/2001
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  • AFTERNOON EDITION
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      Lock icon Gold trade system 'risky'
      129 1 Reuters LONDON A Malaysian-backed plan for Islamic states to use gold instead of the dollar to settle trade accounts from next year faces major difficulties in gaining credibility, Europe-based gold analysts said yesterday. The plan faces obstacles notably the problem of how to extend the system
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      Lock icon Qantas to raise A$800m
      123 1 AFP SYDNEY Qantas Airways announced this morning that it would raise about AsBoo million ($383 million) through an entitlement offer to existing shareholders to finance a fleet upgrade and other investments. Part of the new funds could go purchasing a minority stake in Air New Zealand
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      Lock icon Stocks slide
      68 1 Reuters NEW YORK US stocks slid yesterday after mixed earnings and analysts' downgrades gave investors reasons to sell, while bonds and oil futures rallied. September crude futures rose to U5530.32 ($53) a barrel before closing at U5529.95. The Dow Jones industrial average fell 118.72 points, or 1.32 per
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      CEO jinx, again
      405 1  -  Chan Chao Peh It is SGX chiefs turn by chaopeh@newstoday.com.tiy GIVE the man his due. He is, it nothing else, a trier. But yesterday, the name of Singapore Exchange chief executive Thomas Kloet (picture) was added to the growing list of CEOs who came to Singapore with
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  • HOT NEWS
    • AFTERNOON EDITION
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        HSA tightens regulations on Chinese medicine
        429 2  -  Lee Cbing Wern by chi ngwe m ©news tod ay. com. sg CHINESE proprietary medicine (CPM) may have a large following in Singapore, but it has also caused some problems for health authorities here. There are 9,800 CPM products on sale here, of which
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        Serial 'Hugger' nabbed
        174 2  -  Joy Frances POLICE have nabbed a lady con artist, whom they have nicknamed the "Hugger". The 50-year-old unemployed woman apparently approached old men on the pretext of befriending them. She would then lead the victims to a secluded spot, hug them and deftly steal money from their
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        Lock icon Israelis occupy Khan Yunes
        68 2 -AFP GAZA CITY Israeli forces moved into the Palestinian town of Khan Yunes, south of the Gaza Strip, early this morning, a Palestinian security source said. With helicopters flying overhead, Israeli tanks advanced, firing cannon and machine guns at houses opposite the Gush Katif settlement block.
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      Lock icon Iraqi Embassy in Berlin occupied
      169 3 Reuters BERLIN The Iraqi Embassy in Berlin was occupied yesterday by a group calling itself the Democratic Iraqi Opposition of Germany, "In the name of the Iraqi people and their legitimate leadership, the Iraqi opposition, we declare that the liberation of Iraqi soil begins today.
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      Rocked again
      278 3  -  Maurice Perera Archbishop accused of sex crime by in Melbourne SCANDAL has rocked the Catholic Church in Australia yet again, this time with its head, Dr George Pell (picture), being accused yesterday of molesting a 12-year-old boy. The alleged offence is said to have taken place 40 years
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      Dr Chee's appeal plan welcomed
      155 3 THE lawyers for Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong and Senior Minister Lee Kuan Yew told opposition leader Dr Chee Soon Juan, who had been ordered to pay them damages for defamation, that they welcomed his decision to appeal against the court ruling. In a letter
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      Buaya Dundee
      547 4  -  Neil Humphreys by neil® newstoday. com. sg CALL me a geek, but I visited the excellent Raffles Museum of Biodiversity Research recently. I went because I had read that old Stamford Raffles was a bit of a naturalist. Rather excited by this, I went to the National University
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      Biomedical pointer: Take the mass route
      535 5  -  Rosalyn Lim by ro s alyn@n ewst od ay.com. sg RESEARCHERS should focus on biomedical issues that have mass impact, like osteoporosis. According to Professor Bjorn Reino Olsen (picture), the Hersey Professor of Cell Biology and Harvard-Forsyth Professor of Oral Biology at the Harvard
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      A taste of life beyond Chardonnay
      141 5 LEARN to talk like a wine expert and impress your friends with a good knowledge of red and white wines at the International Wine and European Cheese Affair that starts today at the Raffles City atrium. Organised by Jasons Wine Cellar by Market Place,
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      What have we got to fear?
      118 6  -  Kathleen Kwan PRIME Minister Goh Chok Tong sounded a wake-up call to Singaporeans in his National Day Rally speech. He told us to be less reliant on others, including our own Government and to dare map out our own destiny. The odds are truly
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      A nimble ship
      416 6  -  Michael Loh Yik Ming Why S'pore's small size is a big asset I REFER to Mr Jason Lee Boon Hong's letter, "Shared thoughts" (Today, Aug 20). I share his sentiments but would like to add another spin to his "Ship Singapore" analogy. If Singapore is bkened to
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      How come we gripe at everything?
      199 6  -  Lim Boon Hee I REFER to your front page story, "Emotionally yours" (Today, Aug 19). Before we start asking who's a quitter or stayer, let's ask ourselves why Singaporeans have become what they are today. We are mean-spirited to foreign imports, extremely demanding of
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  • BUSINESS NEWS
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      Lock icon Iraqi oil supplies dive
      338 8 -AFP US companies cut crude imports from the country by 80-90% WASHINGTON Oil companies in the United States have cut imports from Iraq by 80-90 per cent since April because of Baghdad's demand for kickbacks and cumbersome United Nations oil purchasing procedures, the Washington Post reported.
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    • Market Watch
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        Singapore
        153 8 AN inspiring overnight Wall Street rally helped prop up Singapore shares, with technology stocks providing the fillip. The STI rose a mere 0.20 point to 1,533.61 as more traders turned positive on the market citing a favourable technical picture. A local chartist told clients that the market was on
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        World markets
        51 8 index Value Change Pis Nikkei 225 9620.69 +21.59 +.22 Hang Seng 411 Otdiiwrfes loiwan Wtd *****.01 3126.20 4919,26 +161,05 +26,90 +31.26 +1.57 +.87 +.64 Korea Comp SET Index Jakarta (amp 736,70 373.25 456,75 +19,12 +3.04 +5.30 +2.64 +.82 +1.17 Phils Comp Shenzen B 1128.88 151.64 -8.01 +.94 -.70
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        Your S$1 buys
        31 8 fen MS m Euro lupiah iaht 0.3755 68.014 4,4585 2.1720 0,5851 5070.02 23.967 A$ Indian Rs Won C$ Yuen N2$ HT$ 1.047' 27.75' 683.21 0.901 4731: 1.2181 19.401
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        Commodities
        20 8 Sold usj/oi iilvet iia/ai lotitium us$/e 307,700 552.800 a 4,405 Rubbet term/kg Palm ail IDn/loniH Brent crude IBM 1501
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        Straits Times Index — 10-Day Chart
        5 8 Straits Times Index 10-Day Chart
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        SGX most active
        54 8 iy ■■> iiif lug 20 jtirnyn iliitr: TV JniFcod 111 Ind '000 54,666 26,880 23,92B 23,626 22,504 NOL Chattered Inna-Puc DatatrhUSS Darto '00( 20,63 14,67! 12,111 11,37! 11,34iy value lug 20 fenture bartered JOB jtirnyit KBC 41,836,600 38,383,680 32,653,004 30,797,355 28,572,600 DBS SIA NOt TPY SI Assemb
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        SGX top rises
        71 8 By$ Aug 70 Close Change IS DJUSTecblGUSS 34.800 +2.500 By percentage Aug 20 tHT Close Changi 0,075 +25.001 Diamonds 10U5S 89.500 +1.700 Inno-Pnc 0.055 +22.22: Venture 12.500 +0.900 SIA 12.200 +0.500 GenMag Teledata 0,085 +21.42' 0.120 +20.001 5IA200 12.200 +0,400 SPH 19.600 +0.300 NongFak Reed 0.200 +14.281
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        Lock icon SGX top falls
        80 8 Bloomberg By$ Aug 70 Close Change DOB 14.100 4300 By percentage Aug 20 Melalock Close Change 0.320 -14.667 Ihai Prtme200U5S 4.540 -0.300 ASTIW*****1 0,175 14.634 APB Breweries 5.050 -0.150 LionAPat 0.115 -11.538 Innovalu 1.300 -0.120 SeeHS 0.080 -11.111 DBS 12.400 -O.10O OCBC 1O.70O 4100 Sunlight Armstrong 0.260
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      Manila planning Asian roadshow to woo foreign fund managers
      255 9 MANILA The Philippine government is planning an Asian campaign offensive to mobilise foreign investment. An Asian roadshow is on the anvil to draw foreign fund managers to increase equity investments in Philippine companies. Asia Pulse news service reported that the roadshow,
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      Lock icon A tech leap
      301 9 Bloomberg Chartered Semi plans next-generation chips CHARTERED Semiconductor Manufacturing (CSM), the world's third-largest supplier of made-to-order chips, plans to leapfrog one generation of technology as it races against rivals such as Taiwan Semiconductor. It will focus on developing the capability to make chips with wires that are
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      New unit trust fund
      144 10 JPMORGAN Chase Bank and OCBC Asset Management yesterday launched a new open-ended, Singapore-dollar unit trust fund called the SGD Yield Enhanced Money Market Fund. Aimed at regional companies, insurance and pension funds, it offers more stable returns than volatile equity investments. The fund will invest in
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      Lock icon Thailand, Brunei plan fund for firms
      215 10 Bloomberg BANGKOK Thailand and Brunei plan to set up a US$2OO million ($349 million) fund to invest in Thai companies and stocks. The fund will offer money to Thai companies as banks are reluctant to give loans, said Mr Satit Limpongpan, director-general of the
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      UNIT TRUSTS & FUNDS
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      Lock icon One up for the ringgit
      425 11 Bloomberg S&P raises M'sia's local and foreign currency rating one level KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia's foreign currency rating was raised one level by Standard Poor's (S&P), which cited Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad's efforts to overhaul indebted corporations. Standard Poor's raised Malaysia's long-term foreign
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      Lock icon S'pore firm Datacraft warns of small third-quarter loss
      495 11 Reuters SINGAPORE-based networking firm Datacraft Asia, which in May warned of a loss for the 12 months to June, said yesterday it expects a small operating loss for the quarter ending Sept 30. For the 15-month period ending in September, Datacraft said
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      Lock icon Citibank eyes $295m Pudong stake
      198 11 Bloomberg SHANGHAI Citigroup is in talks to buy as much as 8.26 per cent of Shanghai Pudong Development Bank for about 1.4 billion yuan ($295 million). Chinese lenders such as Pudong Bank, the biggest financier of Shanghai's Pudong financial district, are seeking allies to become
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  • WORLD NEWS
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      Lock icon 'Suicide bag' outrage
      350 12 BRISBANE Specially-designed plastic bags launched yesterday as suicide aids to help termi-nally-ill people suffocate themselves are under fire by both pro- and anti-euthanasia campaigners. The suicide bags will be distributed free only to members of the pro-voluntary euthanasia group, Exit Australia, which said it has already received
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      Lock icon Israeli troops withdraw from Bethlehem
      159 12 Agencies BETHLEHEM (West Bank) Citizens of the West Bank town of Bethlehem may have seen the last of the Israeli soldiers who had been patrolling the streets daily since June, after a spate of Palestinian suicide bombings. Reason: Israel handed the security control of the
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      Lock icon Troubled waters
      155 12 Agencies BEIJING More than 10 million people were under threat from potentially devastating floods in central China yesterday as a vast lake which acts as a buffer for the Yangtze River surged above dangerous levels. Dongting Lake, China's second-largest lake, is already more than 1.5m over the 32m
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      Lock icon Chen's soothing words
      135 12 Agencies. TAIPEI In a bid to downplay rising crossstrait tensions, Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian said yesterday that his government has no intention of engaging China in a fruitless confrontation. "We are more willing to engage in good crossstrait communication on the basis of reciprocity, mutual benefit, reason
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      What about privacy?
      318 13 EU plan to track personal communications under fire LONDON Privacy concerns in the European Union (EU) are growing over a plan to store all records of personal communications, including e-mail, for a year to combat terrorism and other crimes. The proposal, to be decided upon by European
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      Lock icon Death can wait
      73 13 Reuters FUNTUA (Nigeria) A 31-year-old woman in northern Nigeria was sentenced to death by stoning on Monday for adultery and bearing a child out of wedlock. But Amina Lawal Kurami would be spared until she has weaned her eight-month-old daughter, Wasila. Kurami is the second woman to
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      Lock icon No attack on Iraqi lab
      167 13 Reuters WASHINGTON An American plan to destroy a suspected chemical weapons laboratory in northern Iraq has been called off by US President George W Bush, ABC News reported on Monday. The Bush administration had discussed the prospect of a possible covert attack on the operation,
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  • COMMENTARY
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      In Asean's defence ...
      811 14  - In Asean's defence S Pushpanathan Despite some failures, it has brought about 35 years of regional stability by in Jakarta SINCE the financial crisis of 1997, the grouping's relevance has been increasingly questioned. And, while we can provide justifications for and against the viability of Asean, it would be important
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      Lock icon Heaven amid the smog
      193 14 Reuters KOLKATA Lean back in a plush leather chair, pay cold cash and breathe pure oxygen. That is a deal increasing numbers of people are lapping up in Calcutta as they struggle to cope witb the foul air in the metropolis. Cashing in on rising concerns
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  • UPFRONT
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      Electronic muse
      509 15  -  Rosalyn Lim Students get creative during IT-based music lessons by ro s alyn newstoday, com. sg THE sound of music has become sweeter in some schools, thanks to the facelift that music education in Singapore is getting. Gone are the days when music lessons meant playing the same
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      Lock icon Surprise entry for Booker list
      391 15 -Reuters LONDON A former 26-year-old restaurant worker will be competing with some of fiction's most senior award-winning authors for the prestigious Booker prize, according to a list published by organisers. Jon McGregor was catapulted onto this year's list alongside 1984 Booker winner Anita Brookner and
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  • Page 15 Miscellaneous
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  • LIMELIGHT
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      Charity stunts
      444 18  -  Yee Wei Zhen ...at MediaCorp's President's Star Charity by we izh en rtewstoday. com. sg SINGAPORE'S national male swimmers may feel like fish out of water at this year's President's Star Charity event. Mark Chay and Gerald Koh will be shooting basketballs into a net after running round
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      Lock icon Mamma mia, the music was so fab we had to get up and dance
      505 18  -  Elisa Chia, Serene Foo YeeWeiZhen FROM the moment The Bandit Beatles burst on stage to kick off the Ultimate Tribute concert on Friday night, they had the crowd singing along to the hits of the Fab
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  • YOUR MONEY
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      Lock icon It's all a matter of timing...
      840 19  -  Chet Currier You have to be adept and patient if you want to prosper in a bear market hL YOU hear it bandied about that the great bear market has discredited the idea of buy-and-hold investing. "It wasn't greed that killed America's retirement savings
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  • TIMEOUT
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      Nick Shen, Vivian Lai and the Dutch Lady
      126 21 MEDIACORP artistes Nick Shen and Vivian Lai have been chosen to be the spokesmen for Dutch Lady's new low-fat, vitamin-enriched, sterilised milk range. They were selected for their charisma and wholesome, healthy image. In line with their endorsement, the promotion materials for
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      It's European stages, now
      477 21  -  Janice Lee Ex-UWC student to sing in Riverdance SHE grew up in Singapore and treats it as her second home. For 18 years, Sarah Burgess (picture) sang her heart out in our little island. This month, the English soloist hits the big time by joining the
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      182 22 DURING her one-on-one interview with Vin Diesel on July 29, TV reporter Maria Menounos asked him if he was "available". When the XXX star said that he was, the 24--year-old journalist blurted out: "You are?", and Diesel promptly asked her the same question. The
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      315 22 -AFP SRINAGAR (India) Indian Kashmir's fourth feature film in more than 40 years is finally on the starting line and should start shooting in about a year, according to producer Ayash Arif, 42. But while Shehjar (Cool Breeze) attempts to portray modern Kashmiri life,
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      Lock icon XXX stays up
      576 23 Reuters/Va riefy But Pluto drags overall US box office down HOLLYWOOD XXX (Sony/Revolution) stayed atop the weekend box office in North America with a U5522.11 million ($37.69 million) gross, for a total of U5583.96 million after 10 days. But the weekend's overall grosses represented a 3 per
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      148 23 Reuters/Variety NEW YORK The Warner Bros film Jesus, which made a fleeting theatrical appearance in 1979, will soon reach all of South Carolina, thanks to the Jesus Video Project (JVP) non-profit group. JVP raised US$4.5 million ($7.67 million) over the past year to mail out videos oi
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      391 23 Rettters/Variety TEXARKANA (Texas) A downed US pilot who emerged as a hero after escaping from Bosnia sued studio Twentieth Century Fox and cable TV network Discovery Channel on Monday. Scott O'Grady brought the suit against Twentieth Century Fox Film Corp and Discovery Communications
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      524 26 Agencies MINNESOTA Phil Mickelson and Tiger Woods aren't the closest friends on the PGA Tour far from it, so no one expects them to play in any team competition this fall as partners, either in the Ryder Cup next month or the EMC World
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      264 26 MINNESOTA After dropping the putt that secured his improbable victory on Sunday in the PGA Championship, Rich Beem (picture) did a little dance on the 18th green. The move resembled the dancing gopher in Caddyshack, but his face showed the relief of a firsttime major
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      324 27  -  Jose Raymond by j ose® newsto day. com. sg BE PREPARED for sparks to fly tonight at the Toa Payoh Sports Hall when the NTUC Income Stingrays does battle with the Nike Northern Marlins in the preliminary final of the 2002 NTUC FairPrice Netball Super League
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      152 27 DO YOU love Netball? If so, then Toa Payoh Sports Hall is the place to be this week. The Marlins take on the Stingrays at 7.30pm in a preliminary final today to decide which team goes on to meet the Sharks in the Grand Final
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      Perses to export coaching expertise to Qatar, Germany and Switzerland
      524 27  -  Stanley Ho by st a nley_. newsto day. co ra. sg WHILE most of the talk surrounding Singapore sport recently has been on foreign talent, the Singapore Sepak Takraw Federation (Perses) is about to embark on a groundbreaking scheme to
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      151 28 Reuters MELBOURNE Australia welcomed 1998 US Open finalist Mark Philippoussis back to its Davis Cup squad yesterday for next month's playoff against India. Philippoussis, 25, was the hero of Australia's 1999 Davis Cup final win over France in Nice, but in recent years has battled
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      378 28 -AFP BANGALORE India's cricket board will insist that the country's international players sign a controversial sponsorship agreement with the International Cricket Council (ICC), a senior board official said yesterday. "The board will insist the players sign the contract," Purshottam Rungta told reporters ahead ol a
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      Lock icon Be like Shearer, Roy
      643 29  -  Stanley Ho Ex-Chelsea star says Keane's in danger of an ignominious exit by sta nley® n ewsto d ay.co m .sg ROY Keane will not be amused by Gavin Peacock's comments, in an exclusive interview with Today. Not only does the former Chelsea and Newcastle United
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      297 29 Reuters English Premier League Newcastle 4 West Ham 0 Bobby Robson's men off to a flier NEWCASTLE Newcastle United skipper Alan Shearer says his team wants to break the domination of Arsenal, Manchester United and Liverpool at the top of English football.
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      Back by Sept
      63 29 MANCHESTER England defender Gary Neville has targeted a September return from the foot injury that saw him sidelined from the World Cup. Neville broke a metatarsal bone in his foot during Man United's Champions League semi-final, first leg clash against Bayer Leverkusen in April. He aims to
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      Eriksson's plea
      90 29 LONDON England manager Sven-Goran Eriksson has made a veiled request for David Beckham to play a central midfield role for Man United. Beckham currently plays on the right side of midfield. "I think those people who say Beckham should play inside in midfield might be right. But it's
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      Lazio shackled
      54 29 MILAN Serie A club Lazio has had three transfer deals annulled by the Italian Football League due to the club's parlous financial state. Chievo's Christian Manfredini and Eriberto and Verona's Massimo Oddo's will now have to return to their original clubs unless Lazio can produce guarantees of its
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      Soccer crisis
      45 29 BUCHAREST National coach Anghel lordanescu believes Romanian soccer has sunk into a "deep moral crisis" and blames club presidents for a lack of success. lordanescu said Romanian soccer over the past decade had been ruined by match-rigging, corruption and dubious re fere eing.
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        319 30 He will be charged with misconduct once book is out MANCHESTER Roy Keane (picture) will be charged with misconduct for admitting he deliberately fouled Alf-Inge Haaland. The English Football Association also intends to impose a ban on the Manchester United captain, rather than just a fine,
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        Lock icon Cisse sees justice, now Cole could find himself in the dock
        364 30 Agencies LONDON Birmingham midfielder Aliou Cisse has had the red card he received while playing against Arsenal rescinded by referee Mike Riley. Cisse was sent off by Riley for a second bookable offence at Highbury on Sunday, following a
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      Delay in Italy
      84 31 MILAN The start of Italy's first and second division football leagues has been postponed until September 15, it was announced yesterday. The surprising delay arises from a dispute over pay television rights. The 2002-03 season was due to start on September 1. The postponement applies to Serie
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      Chopra's back
      84 31 TAIPEI Sweden's Daniel Chopra will defend his title in this week's Taiwan Masters as the 2002 Asian PGA Tour returns to action after a 16-week break. The US$3OO,OOO ($525,000) event is the first of nine tournaments that will complete the 2002 Asian Tour schedule and will lift the
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      Host Nigeria?
      72 31 LAGOS Nigeria has plans to put in a bid to host the 2012 Olympic Games, Sports Minister Stephen Akiga said yesterday. Nigeria has only hosted two big sporting events in its history the Africa Games in 1973 and the World Youth Cup in 1999. No African country has
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      Sri Lanka wary
      55 31 TANGIERS In-form Sri Lanka will be wary of a South African backlash when they clash in the Morocco Cup limit-ed-overs final today. Sri Lanka starts as the overwhelming favourite after two impressive wins over the Proteas in the league the first by a whopping 93 runs and
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      Lock icon Rising star Khairul
      494 31  -  Stanley Ho by stanleyt_.newstoday.com.sg SINGAPORE'S Khairul Amri became the country's latest hero when he bagged two goals against Malaysia to give Singapore a 4-2 win in a Group B clash yesterday at the 30th Asian Schools Football Championship. The 17-year-old ITE Yishun student, who was voted Man
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      Singapore's Luxi earns dream date with Zhang
      388 31  -  Ray Chen by ray@n ewsto d ay. co m ,sg ON A DAY when most of Singapore's shuttlers failed to qualify for the main draw of the Yonex-Sunrise Singapore Open 2002, women's singles player Xiao Luxi emerged unscathed to claim the right to
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