Today, 18 September 2002, Afternoon Edition

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    8 1 TODAY WedlieSday •September 18,2002 M I TA(P) 063/11/2001
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  • AFTERNOON EDITION
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      189 1 4 Competing in the V* knowledge era presents us with many challenges. Technology and the way jobs are structured will change more frequently; increasing globalisation will challenge our national identities and cultures. We will face new ethical dilemmas over how new knowledge, like genetics, should be exploited. The most dynamic
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      Lock icon Stocks slump on war jitters
      134 1 Reuters NEW YORK Stocks tumbled yesterday as investors met Iraq's agreement to admit weapons inspectors with scepticism, "Everyone thinks (Iraqi President) Saddam Hussein is full of it and they still think we're going to war," said Mr Todd Leone, head of listed trading for SG
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      Iraq's wily 'yes'
      495 1  -  Jaime Koh But US not buying it by jaime@newstoday.com.sg JUST when the United States thought it had an iron-clad case to wage war on Iraq, the shrewd Saddam Hussein has agreed to readmit weapon inspectors into Baghdad. It is a very strange "yes". The US and its
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      The JI threat
      454 2  -  Serene Foo Singapore's unspoken fears and suspicions IT'S worrying how a deviant minority can bring the entire country to a racial crossroads. Last December's arrests of 15 suspected terrorists in Singapore created ripples among the different communities here but Monday's announcement of the arrests of another 21
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      SIA, pilots end dispute
      150 2  -  Joy Frances THE dispute between Singapore Airlines and its pilots over inflight breaks finally came to a close last night, with a majority of pilots agreeing to a compromise deal brokered by the Manpower Ministry. It marked the tail-end of a clash that nearly led to
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      Ho Ching case
      337 3 Why I wanted to sue; SM Lee SENIOR Minister Lee Kuan Yew (picture) has spoken out for the first time about the appointment of his daughter-in-law, Ms Ho Ching, as executive director of Temasek Holdings. In an interview published yesterday in the International Herald Tribune, Mr Lee
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      Lock icon Child hostages freed
      144 3 Agencies MANILA The four-day kidnapping ordeal of two children of a wealthy Philippine legislator ended early yesterday with the two walking into a Manila hospital. But the abductors remained at large. House of Representatives member Julio Ledesma refused to corroborate reports that he paid a ransom for
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      SM Lee in Taiwan
      87 3 TAIPEI Senior Minister Lee Kuan Yew flew to Taiwan yesterday for a private visit. A one-line press statement issued in Singapore by the Prime Minister's Office said: "Senior Minister Lee Kuan Yew is taking leave of absence to make a private and informal visit to Taiwan
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      Lock icon 'The price of being Islamic'
      178 3 Agencies KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia yesterday said it would look into the plight of 150 of its Muslim male students who have been refused US visas, insisting the students were "not terrorists". Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad said the government would find ways to
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      Hard confession?
      182 4  -  Joy Frances THE verdict on an arson trial here involving two young men now hinges on the credibility of their confessions to the police. A judge will decide today whether they had set fire to two wet markets along Ang Mo Kio Avenue 1. The two separate fires
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      Lock icon Bar-top dancing acquittal
      55 4 Channel News Asia THE director of The Devil's Bar, who was hauled up for letting two patrons dance on the bar counter, was acquitted yesterday. Ms Kuo Po, 39, the licensee and manager of the bar at Orchard Parade Hotel, was alleged to have breached a condition
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      COO on bribery rap
      49 4 THE chief operating officer of Centrepoint Properties has been charged with taking bribes, reported Channel i. Lai Kwong Meng, 48, is accused of pocketing $330,000. Lai, who has pleaded not guilty, allegedly committed the offences between August 1998 and August 1999. He is claiming trial.
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      A matter of principle
      325 6  -  Ngiam Shih Tung Should S'pore back US now? THE United States is trying to justify its preparations for war with Iraq. It said that Iraq possesses weapons of mass destruction and that this justifies a US attack on the country. Going by the same argument, the
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      Why transit.smart is useful
      208 6 WE thank Yak Chin Hua for the letter, "What's the gain?" (Today, Sept 11). transit.smart is an interactive system that provides information on public bus and train services as well as advice to commuters on how they could plan their journeys based on criteria such as
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      150 7 -I ■^BPlfctifeiiS^/^^^fc V '■■'■<^l b^bl bVI J^bl bH UK Bot j J\ fYt\\\\\\\w THAILAND Never underestimate the importance of local knowledge. To truly understand a country and its culture, you have to be part of it. That's why, at HSBC. all our offices around the world are staffed by local
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  • BUSINESS NEWS
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      Lock icon Double-digit gains
      341 8 Reuters SINGAPORE posted doubledigit gains in domestic exports for August matching market expectations as the shipment of key electronics products picked up and non-tech goods such as pharmaceuticals continued to grow. Economists said the performance allayed concerns that growth in the manufacturing sector was slowing. Non-oil domestic exports
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    • Market Watch
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        Singapore
        135 8 SINGAPORE shares were given a boost yesterday when Iraq announced that it would cooperate by opening its doors to UN arms inspectors. That knocked oil prices down and sent the US index futures trading on Globex surging. The STI roared to life, posting an intra-day gain of some 28
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        World markets
        51 8 Index Value Change ft Nikkei 225 Hang Seng 111 Ordinaries rniwan Wtd 9543.94 9707.25 3105.10 4660.53 +302.01 +2021! +29.30 -7.48 +3.27 +2.13 +0.97 ■0.16 <o"60 temp SET Index 726.80 358.71 +22.42 +6.33 +3.18 +1.94 lakala Comp Phils Comp ihenzen B 427.18 1162.53 230.99 +6.97 +2.41 -0.85 +1.66 +0.21
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        Your S$1 buys
        36 8 US$ 0.5615 UK£ 0.3633 Yen 68.729 HK$ 4.3802 RM 2.1335 Euro 0.5802 Rirpioh 5076.1 Bobt 24.257 Peso 29.423 A$ 1.0239 Indian Rs 27.135 Wan 684.93 C$ 0.8867 Yuan 4.6475 Nls 1.1918 NT$ 19.479
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        Commodities
        20 8 Goldusy.i 318.500 Silver uss/b 4.570 Platinum rjss/oi 555.300 Rubber tsms/k) 157.50 Palm ail RlVt«nno 1355 Brent crude USUorrtl 28.865
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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
        56 8 By volume Sept 17 '000 Crrirnya 57,697 links Is 29,483 NVfch 29.037 Chartered 22,197 STfcsemb 21,321 By vol lie Seal 17 DBS 52,501,702 UOB 41,669,778 SIA 40,446,910 Ciliroyo 26,674,830 Chartered 26,342,630 '000 DatoaftlßS 17,526 SingTel 10,972 IPV 10,583 NOL 10,279 Beyonits 9,531 STtaemb 22,179,390 OCBC 19,172,000 Venture
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        SGX top rises
        78 8 By$ Sept 17 Creative 50 Close Chnngi 12.400 +0.901 SIA 10.600 +0.601 M 2CC 10.600 +0.601 Ifenlure 12.200 +0.601 51IE1F100 14.930 +0.271 km 2000SS iTAssemh 45 300 +0.201 1.120 44.16! STIETF*****PV 14.B91 +0.15I Innovalu 1.050 +0.141 DBS 12.600 +0.101 ly percentage icpt 17 (ton Ann W*****? Close
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        Lock icon SGX top falls
        79 8 Bloomberg Bys Sep) 17 Close Change CeniralP 18.500 -0.700 OCBC 10.300 -0.100 SPH 19J0O 4100 Informatics 1.240 -0.090 DUE 6.450 -0.050 Semblog 1.330 -0.050 CSC 4.100 -0.040 DelGro 500 1.300 -0.030 GB 0.600 -0.030 FOSNetw 0.155 -0.025 By percentage Sept 17 Close Change Folmnc 0.065 -23.530 Nykl
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      Lock icon STATS shares soar
      119 11 Channel NewsAsia SHARES of ST Assembly Test Services rose almost 17 per cent yesterday after it came out to reassure worried investors. The company said it is still confident of meeting its thirdquarter sales target despite warnings from several Asian chip makers in recent days, including Chartered
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      Lock icon Not interested
      355 11 Reuters SingTel Mobile, StarHub not eyeing stake in M1 SINGTEL Mobile and StarHub, Singapore's firstand third-ranked cellular players, said yesterday that they were not interested in taking a stake in rival operator MobileOne (Asia) or Ml. The denials came amid speculation that the second largest mobile telecom player
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      Lock icon Oil futures tumble after Iraq complies on inspectors
      252 11 Reuters SINGAPORE Nymex (New York Mercantile Exchange) crude futures traded in Asia were sharply lower yesterday as news that Iraq had agreed to re-admit weapons inspectors unconditionally sparked a sell-off, partly driven by investment funds, traders said. Front-month October crude last traded
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      Not now
      69 11 JMI International, a plating and surface finishing service provider, is delaying its market listing because of the weak market sentiment. The group had lodged its preliminary prospectus with the Monetary Authority of Singapore on Aug 26. Commenting on the decision, Mr Raymond Chan Wai Man, managing director of
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      For secure Net banking
      271 12 THE Monetary Authority of Singapore wants banks to get an independent security expert to check their networks at least once a year and to consider buying insurance to cover some risks like recovery costs. It also wants them to explain on their websites how they'll resolve
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      Lock icon Political risk insurance
      67 12 Bloomberg THE World Bank's Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (Miga) has opened a Singapore office to help Asian countries draw foreign investment by insuring investors against political risks. Mr Motomichi Ikawa, the agency's executive vicepresident, said that, in Asia, Miga will focus on countries like Indonesia, the Philippines
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      UNIT TRUSTS & FUNDS
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      Keep out
      249 13  -  Hannah Teoh Alliance takes aim at hackers SOME 400 to 500 websites are defaced by hackers worldwide every day. This was revealed yesterday by Mr Pierre Noel, CEO of security services provider TruSecure Asia Pacific during a ceremony to announce a strategic partnership between his company and IT
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      Businesses rally around Network China
      229 13  -  Richard Seak A NETWORKING platform for businessmen to share information, ideas and experiences about doing business in China has proved hugely popular. In less than a year, Network China has attracted close to 800 corporate members plus over 3,000 participants in its seminars, business missions
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      Broadband win for SingTel
      148 13  -  Chan Chao Peh I SINGTEL has signed up twothirds of all new broadband subscribers in the first six months of the year. As of the end of June, SingTel had a total of 92,000 users, giving the company a 52 per cent market share. This figure
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      Still in HK
      53 13 IN the Reuters article, "Two real estate firms venture into China", published on Sept 13, DTZ Debenham Tie Leung was reported to have moved its Asia-Pacific headquarters to Shanghai from Hong Kong. This is incorrect. The DTZ office in Hong Kong oversees the North Asia region covering
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  • WORLD NEWS
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      Lock icon KL taking 500,000 construction workers
      163 14 AFP KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia has approved 500,000 work permits for the construction sector following the mass deportation of illegal immigrants, which crippled the building industry. Deputy Human Resources Minister Dr Abdul Latiff Ahmad said 300,000 of the approved number of workers had already entered the
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      Lock icon Shop owner poisoned food
      135 14 Agencies BEIJING In a shocking confession, a man has admitted to spiking breakfast snacks with rat poison which killed 38 people and made hundreds sick in eastern China. Chen Zhengping, the owner of a snack shop in Tangshan, near Nanjing, told police he was driven by
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      Lock icon Hole in ozone layer closing
      112 14 Reuters SYDNEY The hole in the ozone layer over Antarctica a source of global concern may close within 50 years. This is because the level of destructive ozone-depleting chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) in the atmosphere is declining, said Mr Paul Fraser, the author of a United Nations
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      Lock icon The make or break move
      302 16 Agencies Koizumi's diplomatic coup in N Korea PYONGYANG -Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi went to North Korea looking for a diplomatic coup to revive his political fortunes. Yesterday, he succeeded in pulling off one. Mr Koizumi's one-day high-risk summit with Mr Kim Jong II ended
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      Lock icon Terrorist suspects nabbed
      154 16 Agencies MANILA The crackdown on alleged terrorists in South-east Asia continues, with Philippine security forces yesterday saying they had detained four Indonesians in the southern city of General Santos. The suspects Uskar Makawata, Jaka Antari, Julldri Letemba and Rahman Yanis were rounded up in raids on Saturday,
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      Lock icon US changes military tactics
      129 16 Agencies WASHINGTON In another sign of heightened tension, US military aircraft have changed tactics by hitting buildings and other fixed targets in Iraq to cause more lasting damage to its air defences. US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said yesterday that he ordered the change because US
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      232 15 We're celebrating our 30th anniversary by giving you 30 exciting prizes! ■BEggf^'' ''njjjjjjljjjjjjjjjH ajHl. if Wmk Back in 1972, when Singapore was a young republic, DHL was to join us in the celebration! Get a chance to win one of 30 the first international air express company to set up
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      288 18 C^_r^t Children's Art Competition ->f lX Ai?fO U*v/ All children up to 12 years old are invited to draw any kind of picture based on the |_Yii r^i^aiafl of V/ theme of Beautiful Nature. Entries close 23 Sept 2002. BJUV^RM^k V /\i i *>* Please use A4 paper only. Submit
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  • COMMENTARY
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      Lock icon Battling terror on the second front
      775 20  -  S Pushpanathan TERRORISM in South-east Asia has acquired a global dimension following the Sept 11 attacks on the United States. The region is now described as the hotbed of terrorists due to its links to the Al Qaeda organisation. With the counter-insurgency and hostage-rescue
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      294 20 Nanyang Technological University WjnfmfM e raP' t' 9'o',a' developments in the Information Technology (IT) have treated an enormous impact on the iflftV Info-communication industry. I CIS offers a part-time Graduate Diploma in Information-Communication ft J Technology, which will commence in January 2003. This conversion programme is designed to equip graduates
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  • UPFRONT
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      A chance for writers to shine
      388 21  -  YoniJ Shu Chiang Winners of scriptwriting contest will have their works published and produced for TV THEY look just like us. They live among us. They have great powers of imagination. What sounds like a cheesy promo for a sci-fi television show describes a
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      The prize and how to win it — tips from the judge and winners
      170 21 The prize and how to win it tips from the judge and winners ORGANISED jointly by the Singapore Broadcasting Authority and MediaCorp TV, the National Scriptwriting Competition provides an enticing reward: The prize-winning scripts will be produced for broadcast on local television. The prizes for first-, second- and third-place are
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  • YOURMONEY
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      Lock icon Cocoa a hot commodity
      306 22 Reuters LONDON Cocoa prices hit their highest level in just under 16 years on Monday as expectations that global output would fall short of supply for the third straight year kept the market pinned at lofty levels. Prices embarked on a steep ascent late last year
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      Lock icon Japan moves to boost market
      519 22 -AFP Expands short-selling rules, sets guidelines for banks TOKYO Japan's financial watchdog enacted new short-selling rules yesterday and was to announce guidelines on how banks trade securities to boost the nation's flagging stock market. The Financial Services Agency (FSA) implemented its pricing rule on short-selling
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      65 24 LOCAL author Catherine Lim will speak at the Society of Singapore Writers' (SSW) function on Oct 25.The event is open to the public and will be held at the Meritus Negara Singapore Hotel at 7pm. Those interested in the talk can contact SSW president N G Kutty on 6385
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      163 26 ANGELINA Jolie is dead set on removing all traces of her father from her history. According to the New York Daily News, the Oscar-winning actress went to the Los Angeles Superior Court last week to have father Jon Voight's surname removed from her legal name.
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      681 26  -  David Ngiau Paradise celebrates the beauty of humanity FILM REVIEW The Colour of Paradise {Now showing) WHEN I watched The Colour of Paradise on Sunday, the cinema was completely empty. It's partly a reflection on the film. After all, Paradise is a small Iranian film. The next
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      259 27 Reuters/Variety HOLLYWOOD The summer blockbuster season is truly over, with three modest films topping the box office. Barbershop {MGM) worked North American movie-goers into a lather with U5520.63 million ($35.16 million) in opening grosses. Not bad for a film that cost US$l2 million. Barbershop's
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      548 32 Reuters Galicians heap praise on German giant ahead of clash Champions League Bayern Munich v Deportivo la Coruna live on Ch 5 23, tomorrow morning @2.30am MUNICH Deportivo La Coruna coach Javier Irureta has been keen to portray his team as the underdog ahead of its opening Champions
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      382 32 -AFP Champions League Man United v Maccabi Haifa j Fergie's looking for morale-boosting win MANCHESTER England midfielder Nicky Butt faces a race against time to be ready for Manchester United's Champions League opener today (tomorrow morning, Singapore time), but the Red Devils received
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      85 32 LONDON The English Football Association yesterday ordered an investigation into how fans were able to get onto the pitch three times during Birmingham's derby clash with Aston Villa. The first top flight meeting of the teams in 16 years was marred by dozens of Birmingham fans running on
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      58 32 LAGOS Arsenal forward Nwankwo Kanu has been spared a Fifa ban after he apologised for staying away from a recent African Nations Cup qualifier in Angola, officials said yesterday. The 25-year-old forward has been under fire from both fans and the press for snubbing the Angola game, which
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      66 32 LONDON Firebrand Italian striker Paolo Di Canio has denied reports he told West Ham manager Glenn Roeder to "f*** off' after being substituted in Sunday's rollercoaster defeat by Tottenham. Di Canio was reportedly furious at being taken off near the end of the 3-2 defeat which left the
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      In the hat
      55 32 SEOUL South Korean soccer chief Chung Mong Joon announced yesterday he would run for the country's presidency and form a new party to campaign for political reform in the December election, Chung has placed first or second in recent opinion polls, building on popularity gained through Korea
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      67 32 SYDNEY-A 13-year-old Australian, hailed as the next Harry Kewell, is to have a onemonth trial with leading French football club Lyon. Adam Hardy left here last weekend seeking a spot in the club's elite training programme. Coach David rates him "as good as, if not better" than Kewell
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      250 33 Reuters LANDOVER Security guards used pepper spray to break up a fight amongst fans that temporarily halted play in Philadelphia's comprehensive 37-7 victory over the Washington Redskins in NFL action on Monday. The spray, which had been sprayed in the stands on Philadelphia's side of
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      105 33 AFP SYDNEY Former world No. 1 Pat Rafter says a chance of winning the Davis Cup for Australia might be enough to coax him out of retirement. "It would be pretty well the only thing that would rekindle my passion to play," Rafter said yesterday. Rafter missed
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      112 33 Reuters KUALA LUMPUR Afghanistan is set to return to soccer competition at the Asian Games in South Korea later this month after a 48--year absence. The war-torn country, a founding member of the Asian Football Congress (AFC), was formally reintegrated into the AFC last month for
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      71 33 -AFP HONG KONG South African former champion jockey Robbie Fradd pleaded not guilty in court yesterday in connection with race-fixing charges in Hong Kong. Fradd, 37, a retained jockey of the Hong Kong Jockey Club, pleaded not guilty to a charge of cheating at gambling, after reappearing
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      810 34  -  Kelvin Phang COG signals a watershed in sports management FINANCIAL mismanagement, officials sitting in the hot seat for too long and with vested interests, lack of transparency and accountability these are just some "diseases" that have plagued National Sports Associations (NSA). Soon, though, the Ministry of
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      335 34 By 2004, all core and merit sports are expected to comply with 31 clauses that fall under the 10 principles of good governance. Below are the principles and some of the key clauses. 1 Well-defined mission and programmes 2 Responsible and prudent governing councils 3 Effective and accountable
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        579 35 Agencies Liverpool outclassed by Valencia in Spain, Arsenal beats Dortmund at home VALENCIA Tormented by the trickery of Pablo Aimar and troubled by its own lack of organisation, Liverpool endured a torrid start to its Champions League Group B campaign when it lost 0-2 to
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        507 35 Agencies ROME European champion Real Madrid began its title defence with an emphatic 3-0 win over AS Roma in the Champions League this morning as striker Guti scored twice. Real, a hot favourite to win its tenth title in the
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