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  • 9 1 TODAY Thursday August 22, 2002 MITA m QM/l 1/*****
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  • 657 1  -  Val Chua Today Exclusive Many Singapore businesses not paying up by val@news to day.com. sg THIS is supposed to be the voice of Singapore business, an agency that every reasonable-sized enterprise in the Republic must by law be a part of. But even before it starts making an
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    • 20 1 -'.ia&tkei^awmwniiL. BsBBBBBBsBBBB__^^a^BBBai X Steve Chia to take over las&iill Bar Is Beckham losing it?/39 Temper, tantrums and other disturbing signs
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  • HOT NEWS
    • 420 2  -  Jose Raymond SDA starts preparations for next General Election by j ds e@ne wstn day. en m. sg THE Singapore Democratic Alliance (SDA) will announce a major reshuffle within its ranks this weekend and also signal that it has started preparing for the next elections. The fact
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    • 264 2 ANOTHER murder has taken place within the last 10 days, with robbery as the apparent motive. The victim is a 73-year-old man, who was found dead in his three-room Bedok North flat yesterday. Mr Lau Kiew Kong, who was found lying face down on the
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    • 177 2 AFP SINGAPORE Airlines pilots are hoping to settle this week the row over in-flight rest, averting the possibility of industrial action. Speaking after another round of talks yesterday, Captain Frank John, vice-president for industrial affairs of the Air Line Pilots Association of Singapore (Alpa-S), said further
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    • 211 2  -  Lee Ching Wern NTUC Income and Great Eastern, the two insurers for ElderShield, may extend the Sept 30 deadline by two to three months to allow more people who have opted out of the scheme to opt back in. About one-fifth of the 1.2 million Singaporeans
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    • 271 3 Constitutional changes boost his power ISLAMABAD The pursuit of democracy is a continual challenge for most countries. But Pakistan's President Pervez Musharraf yesterday pushed the boundaries by insisting he was trying to preserve it. After months of debate, Mr Musharraf announced sweeping constitutional changes that boost his power
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    • 431 3  -  Joy Frances LAWYERS of Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong and Senior Minister Lee Kuan Yew yesterday refuted Singapore Democratic Party chief Chee Soon Juan's claim that he could not afford the $20,000 deposit he would need for Queen's Counsel to represent him in
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  • LETTERS
    • 156 6  -  Yak Chin Hua I REFER to Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong's National Day Rally speech ("Emotionally yours", Today, Aug 19). Those who move freely in search of better job opportunities and better lifestyles can become the prime movers in our future economy.
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    • 244 6  -  Tay Kim Lian Doctors can help stop abuse I REFER to the article, "Check-up catch" (Today, Aug 15) and the letter, "If doctors are unable to help (Weekend Today, Aug 17-18). I was perturbed to read one doctor say, "it takes time, and time is
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    • 92 6  -  Irvin him Kim Leong IN HIS National Day Rally speech, Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong did not point out that one can never be sure that foreign-born citizens will stay here if things go wrong ("Emotionally yours", Today, Aug 19). Taking up Singapore
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  • BUSINESS NEWS
    • 274 8 PSA moves to keep customers PSA Corp has secured about three-quarters of its Singapore throughput on contracts of at least five years to help prevent more shipping companies from moving to Malaysia. PSA, which runs the world's second-busiest container port, has still to conclude contract talks with Japan's No
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    • 134 8 Reuters SINGAPORE'S domestic wholesale trade index fell 6.4 per cent in the second quarter versus a year earlier but grew 12.1 per cent against the first three months of this year, the government said yesterday. A statement from the Department of Statistics said that the
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    • Market Watch
      • 128 8 THE benchmark ST index took the decline in US indices in its stride and held up well. The index traded within a 10-point band and ended 0.14 point down at 1,533.47. For every stock that rose, over two fell while 344 counters were unchanged. The traded volume was 466
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      • 55 8 Index Value Chaage Nikkei 225 *****1 +21.92 +.23 Hong Seng All Ordinaries Taiwan W j *****.26 3113.80 4887.79 ■5.75 -12.40 -31.47 ,06 ,40 ,64 Korea (oaf SET Index Jakarta Gonip 745.12 372.22 4S7.22 +8.42 -1.03 +.47 +1.14 ,28 +.10 MsComp Shenzen H V iilini 1101.73 244.54 3084.38 ■24.15
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      • 34 8 Jitf fen at Euro lupioh Jobr 0.5720 0.3748 67.778 4.4630 2.1743 Q.5B4B 5052.3 24.066 Peso AS Indian h Won C$ Yuan NZ$ NT$ 29.742 1.0506 27.771 682.04 0.8966 4.7333 1.2222 19.454
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      • 21 8 Gold uss/oi 310.400 Rubber tmnAg 152.00 Silver uss/« 4.137 Pajm oil mi/i™ 1519 Platinum usv°i 546.700 Brent trade usi/baml 27.24
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      • 5 8 Straits Times Index 10-Day Chart
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      • 74 8 tug 21 Close Change JCBC 10.900 +0.200 .PH 19.800 +0.2O0 By percentage Aug 21 Close Change fcnAGxp DMWIH0228 0.030 +50.000 VicpltrsW*****9 0.020+33.333 iPHlOO 19.800 +0.2M Mentor 0.500 +25.000 fenture 12.600 0.100 EastsrnPub 0.190+11.765 )B5Bk6JSNCPS10 103.900 +0.10O IPSC0M 0.190+11.765 IPB Breweries 5.150 +0.100 Armstrong 0.055 +10.000 Aenlcr 0.500
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      • 78 8 Bloomberg By$ By percentage Aug21 Links Is Close Change 0.435 -0.855 Aug 11 Close Change Links Is 0.135 -66.279 IselnnfS) 2.400 -0.640 GW1GUSS 0.015 -2S.0O0 DOi 13.900 -0.200 Isdon(S) 2.« -21.053 SIA 12.000 -0.200 El-Nets 0.020 -20.000 CITVDEV 6.200 -0.150 SPP 0.040 -20.000 (realive 50 GreotEosi Primn
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    • 412 10  -  Val Chua Developer confident of good launch for its biggest project this year by val@news to d ay.com. sg HONG Leong Group's Tripartite Developers will soon be launching its biggest project this year Edelweiss Park (picture) at an average of $508 per square foot. The
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    • 149 12 Agencies CANBERRA Australia's economy would soon slow down and more people would find themselves out of a job, a key survey indicated yesterday. The annualised growth rate of the WestpacMelbourne Institute leading index dropped to 1.6 per cent in June, its lowest level
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    • 305 12 Reuters But falling dollar may boost US exports WASHINGTON The United States trade deficit narrowed slightly in June but mushroomed 8.1 per cent over the first six months o the year to a record U*****.01 billion ($362.3 billion). Mr Sung Won Sohn, chief economist at Wells Fargo
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    • 95 12 AFP MONTEVIDEO Uruguay promised to close four insolvent banks as part of a US$3.9 billion ($6.9 billion) International Monetary Fund deal, the government said as bank employees protested and the economy was forecast to shrink by 11 per cent. Uruguay is to receive the money near
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    • 144 14 Bloomberg S Korean economy improving SEOUL South Korea's economy probably grew more than 5.7 per cent in the second quarter from a year earlier, accelerating from the previous quarter, according to Finance Minister Jeon Yun Churl. "The general view is that sec-ond-quarter growth will top firstquarter growth of 5.7
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    • 112 14 -AFP BERLIN German Finance Minister Hans Eichel is considering raising corporate tax by 1.5 per cent to help the country cope with the damage from devastating floods that is estimated at 15 billion euros ($26 billion). Raising the tax from 25 to 26.5 per
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    • 80 14 AFP TOKYO —Japan's all-industries index fell 0.1 per cent in June from a month earlier due to weak domestic demand and stuttering corporate investment, data showed yesterday. The index, which monitors industries including construction, agriculture and fisheries, had risen one per cent in May, the Ministry
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    • 318 16 Reuters He may testify against other company officials HOUSTON Former Enron Corp finance expert Michael Kopper pleaded guilty yesterday to money laundering and fraud charges, the first Enron executive to admit to a criminal role in the collapse of the giant energy company. With Kopper's plea, federal
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    • Corporate Briefs
      • 53 16 DBS Group, South-east Asia's largest banking group, said that Mr Robert Montgomery Howe has resigned as board director of the group and the bank. Mr Howe, an American, is also the chairman of Internet and technology consulting firm Scient Inc, which filed for Chapter
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      • 51 16 Singapore Airport Terminal Services {Sats} has added Air Macau to its client list following the inclusion of Hainan Airlines and Swiss International Air Lines earlier this year. Air Macau made its maiden flight to Singapore yesterday, marking the beginning of a twice-weekly Macau to Singapore
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      • 51 16 The Ascott Group has agreed to sell Cuppage Terrace, a leasehold property in downtown Singapore, to Sll Cuppage Terrace Pte Ltd for $19 million. The sale is in line with the property developer's strategy to divest non-core assets and focus on its serviced residence
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    • 132 16 AFP SAN FRANCISCO Computer maker Dell said it will begin selling unbranded computers to small US dealers, who, in turn, will market the machines under their own names to small businesses. Dell spokeswoman Amy King said the company will begin the programme tomorrow to exploit a potential US$3
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    • 103 16 SINGAPORE'S investments abroad moderated in 2000 after registering strong growth in 1999 following the end of the Asian financial crisis. The total stock of the Republic's investment abroad expanded by 4.8 per cent to $220 billion at end 2000, said the Department of Statistics (DOS) yesterday. This is
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    • 76 16 SINGAPORE transportation firm, Comfort Group, said it would invest $100 million in China to boost its taxi operations and also venture into car rental businesses. Mr Lim Jit Poh, chairman of Comfort, said during yesterday's general shareholders' meeting: "Besides taxis, we hope to engage in the branded car
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  • WORLD NEWS
    • 281 18 Tensions rise as Indonesia arrests suspected Aceh guerrilla JAKARTA Relations between the Indonesian government and the separatist Free Aceh Movement (GAM) have been rocked again by the arrest of an alleged group member believed to be behind a bombing campaign in Jakarta. During the past few
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    • 127 18 -AFP CHANGSHA (China) The threat of floods have prompted the authorities to declare a state of emergency in Hunan, one of China's most densely-populated provinces. The water levels in the rain-swollen Dongting Lake have threatened to burst embankments, which will affect about 10 million people and 667,000
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    • 98 18 Agencies ZAMBOANGA (Philippines) In their first kidnapping since US troops left the Philippines last month, Abu Sayyaf guerrillas took eight Filipinos hostage yesterday. The cosmetic products agents were in a minibus on their way to a sales campaign on Jolo island when they were stopped by the
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    • 255 19 Agencies Aborigine to lead Australia's Democrats CANBERRA A major rupture took place in Australian politics yesterday after the leader of the Democrats, which holds the balance of power in the Senate, resigned yesterday. Once touted as a fresh new force in politics, Senator Natasha Stott Despoja, 32, tendered
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    • 45 19 Reuters photo At least eight people were killed, and others may be buried under the rubble, as the result of an explosion in a Moscow block of flats on Tuesday. The blast was caused by a gas teak, according to the police.
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    • 132 19 BANGKOK A top Thai official and several senior government officials are in hot soup over alleged school milk-money kickbacks in the latest round of an anti-corruption campaign. Livestock Department direc- tor-general Rapipong Wongdee, his sister, provincial officials and the wife
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    • 158 19 -AFP JAKARTA The proposal for a convict-exchange programme between the Philippines and Indonesia has been given the thumbs-up, short of an official agreement, by Indonesian President Megawati Sukarnoputri, The proposal, initiated by the Philippines, will allow convicts to serve their terms in their respective countries. It was
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    • 304 22 Agencies BERLIN A little-known Iraqi opposition group might have done anti-Saddam Hussein forces a big disservice by its brief occupation of the country's embassy in the German capital. By bursting into the embassy building on Tuesday afternoon and taking several hostages, the so-called Democratic
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    • 229 22 US loses billions of WASHINGTON Tens of billions of dollars are being moved out of the United States as many Saudis, disgruntled with accusations hurled at them for their alleged role in funding terrorists, shift funds out of American banks. An analyst said the total funds withdrawn amounted to US$2OO
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    • 112 22 Reuters. AFP BANGKOK An Australian tourist has died after being stung by a toxic jellyfish while swimming in the sea off Koh Pha-ngan, a popular Thai resort island. Mr Sean Tyrell, 25, died on Aug 9 at the island's Ban Don Inter-clinic, reported The Nation. He was taken
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  • COMMENTARY
    • 1002 24  -  William Pesek Jr Households appear to be bracing for an economic storm by in Tokyo IT'S a rare data report that says almost everything about an economy the world needs to know. One out of Beijing last week did just that and reminded investors that China may
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  • UPFRONT
    • 831 25  -  Sudha G Tilak Rajnikanth's latest film bombs and he keeps them guessing about his future by in Chennai i(T AM not interested in enterX ing politics but, if time demands, I may," says Tamil cinema superstar Rajnikanth in his comeback film, Baba. The three million
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  • Page 25 Miscellaneous

  • INFOTECH
    • 395 26  -  Reuben Lee by reuben.lee@asia.cnet.com 'T*HE new Olympus C-300Z surprised us J. with an extensive set of features that you would expect only in higher-end cameras. This advanced point-and-shoot camera serves well with its 3-megapixel capture, 2.8X optical zoom and short movie recording. Those looking for more control over
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      • 123 26 PROS: Quick access to commonly used functions Useful pre-set shooting modes Low price for a 3-megapixel camera with 2.8X optical zoom CONS: Mount too far left No built-in mic or speaker Sluggish image processing ESTIMATED PRICE; $699 As for performance, the camera clocked an average start-up time and
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  • FOOD FORUM
    • 599 27  -  Katrina Karim There's something fantastic about chicken QINGAPOREANS love chicken, and we Oeat it more than any other meats. It is also one of the most affordable meats in the markets, and sold in a wide variety of cuts, sizes and packaging. It is a
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  • TIMEOUT
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      326 28  -  Yee Wei Zhen Inaugural event aimed at promoting family bonding by we \7. he 11 <«) ne ws to d ay. co m. s g 'T*HE Chinese tradition of lanternX making will be back at the Family Feast of Lanterns next month. Besides showcasing the creations of
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      142 28 WHEN you were a child, your parents would have read nursery rhymes or fairy tales to you before bedtime. Now, the National Library Board and the Family Education Department hope that, under their Born to Read, Read to Bond programme (picture), more than 50,000 families will spend
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      101 28 WONG KHING CHONG Sommeliers racing around the Raffles City Atrium in an event which kicked off the first International Wine and European Cheese Affair launched byjasons Wine Cellar of Market Place. More than 500 winery labels from France, Australia, the United States, South Africa and Argentina are taking
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    • 64 28 PARTICIPATE INTERNATIONAL WINE AND EUROPEAN CHEESE AFFAIR Get ready for a fun time with Singapore's first International Wine and European Cheese Affair. Learn to prepare meals using wine and cheese at a cooking session by Daniele Rau let-Raynaud, the winner of Woman of Substance 2000 by Wine and Dine. Date:
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  • CITYSTYLE
    • 593 29  -  Pearlyn Tham Hong Kong designer wins by putting the fun into tradition by pea rlyii newstoday. com, sg BALDWIN Pui is no brooding, melancholic and angst-ridden young fashion designer. The winner of Monday night's Asian Young Fashion Designers Contest (AYFDC) showed a collection that was refreshingly eclectic, funspirited
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    • 508 29  - Good skin is easy to achieve if you follow these basic rules Toh Xing Yu Miss EverSofl IF you think that washing your face many times a day will give you good skin, think again. Washing your face too many times a day will result in skin that is dehydrated
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    • 373 31  - A love story Elisa Chia By Leon Lai and Peter Chan WITHIN an hour, two eligible bachelors told me that while they believe in. romance, they don't think much of marriage. "Marriage only serves to give a sense of security to women. It doesn't do any good to men at
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      670 32  -  Yong Shu Chiang in Los Angeles Diesel takes the spy game to its XXX-treme FILM REVIEW XXX (Opens today) THE previously cheerless girl is suddenly laughing her head off. Her breakfast date, who has just revealed to her that he's a secret agent, isn't very amused. "What's so
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    • 393 33 Reuters/Variety VANCOUVER For years, Hollywood guilds bemoaned the emigration of film productions to Canada, which offers cheaper locations. But these days, shooting in Vancouver has created a Canuck conundrum as beggars and druggies are upset, and hookers are demanding compensation for the business they lose, thanks
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    • 73 33 BRAD Pitt and Jennifer Aniston are the sexiest celebrities around, according to InStyk magazine readers. According to this year's InStyk "Sexy Poll", both Pitt and Aniston, who married in July 2000, topped two categories each: Pitt was named "Sex Symbol Most Deserving of His Title" and Friends
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    • 141 33 Brad Pitt:"Sex Symbot Most Deserving of His Title" Jennifer Lopez: "Woman Whose Sex Appeal You'd LikeTo Borrow ForA Night" and "Sexiest Diva" Catherine Zeta-Jones" Sexiest Female Import" Naomi Watts: "Sexiest Rising Femafe Star" Hayden Christensen:"Sexiest Rising Male Star" Hugh Jac km an: "Sexiest Accent" Tobey
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    • 223 33 AFP BANGKOK Swinging 1960s throwback sleuth Austin Powers has been spotted moonlighting as a cooking gas deliveryman in Bangkok, in the latest publicity gimmick staged by Thailand's most talked-about gas shop. Owner Narongwith Suthiviriyakul made headlines earlier this month for dressing his deliverymen in
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  • SPORTS
    • 401 35  -  Stanley Ho by Stanley @news to day.com.sg TO THE delight of the partisan crowd, Singapore shuttler Ronald Susilo shocked current world champion and Thomas Cup winner Hendrawan of Indonesia in the 2002 YonexSunrise Singapore Open last night. The 23-year-old had bounced back brilliantly from a set down
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    • 277 35 HE HAD not one, not two, but nine opportunities to go one up against Chinese top seed Xia Xuanze. But Singapore shuttler Hendra Wijaya was unable to capitalise on his advantage, and was subsequently knocked out of the 2002 Yonex-Sunrise Singapore Open men's singles yesterday.
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    • 328 35  -  Jose Raymond by j o se@newsto day. c o m. sg THE NTUC Income Stingrays kept their cool and secured a place in the grand final after defeating the Nike Northern Marlins 40-34 in the 2002 NTUC FairPrice Netball Super League (NSL) preliminary final held
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    • 268 36  -  Stanley Ho Teenager scores fifth goal in three matches by st a nl ey@n ewsto d ay. c n ra. sg SINGAPORE'S rising star Khairul Amri has done it again. The 17-year-old Singapore Combined Schools forward, who can simply do no wrong at the moment, scored
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    • 236 36 LONDON Italian football legend Franco Baresi has resigned from his position as director of football at English Premiership side Fulham. The former AC Milan and Italy player was officially appointed as director of football by the London club's chairman Mohamed Al Fayed on June
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    • 87 36 LONDON Arsenal defender Ashley Cole will not face a charge for an alleged dive in his side's 2-0 win over Birmingham City, the English Football Association said yesterday. The England player was involved in a challenge with Birmingham's Aliou Cisse in the second half of Sunday's
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    • 129 36 LIVERPOOL Liverpool manager Gerard Houllier has warned his men he will take swift action to eradicate what the Frenchman calls the cancer of sulky players. Houllier, speaking a day after Finnish striker Jari Litmanen said he was unhappy at being left on the substitutes' bench, told the club's
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    • 226 38 Reuters LONDON The International Cricket Council (ICC) is facing one of its biggest challenges as "player power" threatens to severely damage next month's prestigious ICC Champions Trophy in Sri Lanka and leave the sport in crisis. Many of the world's top players
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    • 522 38 -AFP BEIJING Chinese officials have ordered wayward NBA star Wang Zhizhi to return to the national team, state media said yesterday, but assured the centre he will not be punished for a disappearing act that sparked speculation he could defect. The China Basketball Association (CBA) also
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    • 735 39 LONDON There was a moment during Manchester United's win over West Bromwich Albion on Saturday that will have been familiar to anybody who has followed David Beckham's career. Unfortunately, it showed a side of the England captain that most hoped had disappeared from his game for good,
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    • 247 39 LONDON The English Football Association has denied that it has made a decision to charge Roy Keane for his much-publicised challenge on Alf-Inge Haaland. The Sun and The Daily Mail newspapers both claim that Keane will be charged with misconduct
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    • 307 39 LONDON Julien Escude's proposed move to Manchester United is in doubt after he suffered a freak knee injury on Tuesday while walking his sheepdog. "I've strained one of the ligaments in the knee. I've got a splint on it and will have to use crutches
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