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AFTERNOON EDITION
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255 2003-05-02 1 -AFP ABOARD THE USS ABRAHAM LINCOLN US President George W Bush this morning touted Mr Saddam Hussein's ouster as "a crucial advance" in the war on terrorism but warned "difficult work" lies ahead in that campaign and in Iraq. "In this-AFP - 255 words
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Article, Illustration444 2003-05-02 1 Agencies Genetic sequence of Sars virus yields few clues WASHINGTONScientists who have sequenced the genetic material of the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (Sars) virus said yesterday they were still stumped by the previously unknown microbe. They said it had yielded virtually no clues about where it came from— Agencies; -AFP photo - 444 words
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798 2003-05-02 1 Sunny Goh - Sunny Goh COMMENTARY by news@newstoday.com.sg MEGA Cabinet, a mega Prime Minister's Office (PMO) and a mega Minister. It seems like the political leadership in Singapore has decided to up-size its executive line-up with 2007 in mind. By then a new leader, presumably Deputy Prime Minister798 words
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Advertisement68 2003-05-02 1 //\=dja£orp Wall Street mixed NEWYORK US stocks ended mixed yesterday after a weak set of economic data. The Dow Jones industrials closed down 25.84 points (0.30 per cent) at 8,454.25. The Nasdaq composite gained 8.25 points (0.56 per cent) to close at 1,472.56 while the Standard and Poor's 500 lost68 words
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Page 1 Miscellaneous
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Miscellaneous13 2003-05-02 1 5*S i(KaSI DPM Lee: Who says Indians are immune to Sars?/ Page 413 words
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HOT NEWS
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Article202 2003-05-02 2 Channel News Asia Spore Sars diagnostic kit in 3-4 weeks SINGAPORE is just three to four weeks away from having its very own Sars diagnostic kit, which can detect the virus in its early stages, said Dr Ling Ai Ec, the virologist heading the Sars investigation team— Channel News Asia - 202 words
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Article318 2003-05-02 2 Singapore has issued Home Quarantine Orders (HQOs) on 160 passengers of three flights from Hong Kong, Shanghai and Jakarta, which carried suspected or probable Sars cases. These were passengers with local addresses. In all, 267 passengers and crew were on board the Singapore Airlines flight from Hong Kong318 words
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Article, Illustration86 2003-05-02 2 IT WAS a Buddhist blessing ceremony for world peace, prosperity and good health, but many seats were empty at the Suntec City Convention Hall yesterday. A yearly event organised by the Singapore Buddhist Federation, the blessing ceremony was moved from the usual Singapore Indoor Stadium toALVINTOH - 86 words
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Article, Illustration452 2003-05-02 3 Chan Chao Peh - Chan Chao Peh Reuters photo China's Liaoning province puts stringent Sars measures in place by chaopeh@newstoday.com.sg AS China plays catch-up in the race to contain Sars, the country is showing that it can implement measures that are more drastic than anyone else. The north-eastern city of– Reuters photo - 452 words
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Article169 2003-05-02 3 -AFP JAKARTA A Malaysian-owned plantation firm whose director was ordered to be jailed for causing smoke haze on Indonesia's Sumatra island has agreed to pay more than US$l million ($1.76 million) in compensation, an official said yesterday. "Following an agreement on April 23 with the-AFP - 169 words
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HOME NEWS
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Article, Illustration834 2003-05-02 4 Tan Hui Leng - Tan Hui Leng Indians, pork, smoking, drinking and Sars by huileng@newstoday.com.sg COFFEESHOP talk has it that Indians are immune to Sars, as there seem to be few Indian Sars patients in Singapore and the Indian subcontinent is hardly affected. Don't believe it Deputy Prime Minister Lee Hsien834 words
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Article187 2003-05-02 4 – Tan Hut Leng - Tan Hut Leng UNIONS have done well in acting swiftly to help save jobs during the Sars crisis, said secretarygeneral of the National Trades Union Congress (NTUC) Mr Lim Boon Heng. With some sectors severely hit, "companies have to make sharp cuts in operating costs, including wage187 words
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Article174 2003-05-02 4 MORE news-hungry Singaporeans are tuning in to TV and staying glued longer, thanks to the Iraq War and the Sars virus. For instance, in the first week of April when schools closed for the Sars outbreak, people spent an average 25.2 hours watching TV, up from 23.3174 words
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Article, Illustration158 2003-05-02 6 – Chan Chao Peh - Chan Chao Peh SINGTEL'S charity programme the Sing Tel Touching Lives Fund has helped raised more than $750,000 for The Courage Fund, which was set up to help those affected by Sars. The company first announced on April 11 that all contributions to the Touching158 words
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Article531 2003-05-02 6 Michelle Ang - Michelle Ang Major annual trade shows here cancelled due to Sars by mi chelle@newstodav.com.sg IN A big blow to the exhibition industry, Singapore Exhibition Services (SES) announced yesterday that CommunicAsia 2003 and Broadcast Asia 2003 traditionally the largest trade shows held each year in Singapore has been scrapped531 words
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LETTERS
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Letter, Illustration315 2003-05-02 8 Lee Slew Hoon ( Ms - Lee Slew Hoon (Ms) One proposal is to allocate reading areas for students I REFER to the letter, "No learning, it's a library", by Mr Tan Ken Len on why the library could not be used for study (Weekend Today, April 26-27). The National Library Board315 words
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Letter175 2003-05-02 8 Doris Tan - Doris Tan I REFER to the letter, "No learning, it's a library" (Weekend Today, April 26-27). I think the writer is confusing the issue here. The library's action is not to discriminate against students but students who treat libraries and commercial establishments such as175 words
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213 2003-05-02 8 Vance Kwa Kian Oon - Vance Kwa Kian Oon I APPLAUD the move by the Government to impose a ban on visits to patients warded in hospitals. The Health Ministry statistics show that many Sars victims picked up the infection in hospital and healthcare settings, from healthcare workers,213 words
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Letter88 2003-05-02 8 David Soh Poh Huat - David Soh Poh Huat WITH more and more CPFapproved medical schemes available on the market, it is time that the CPF Board does a complete review of its existing MediShield schemes. If policies offered by private insurers feature life-time coverage, lower co-insurance and affordable premiums, why88 words
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Letter166 2003-05-02 8 Narayana Narayana - Narayana Narayana LAST Friday, I found in my postbox a card, "With compliments from Singapore Post". There are four illustrations of postal stamps, one of which is on a fridge magnet. At the bottom of the illustration is the phrase, "A company with a heritage of166 words
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BUSINESS NEWS
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Article, Illustration460 2003-05-02 10 Sol E Solomon - Sol E Solomon US-Spore FTA may boost relationship between US and Muslims in region by.. solomon@newstoday.com.sg THE recent war in Iraq is an historic opportunity for a new chapter in the relationship between the United States and the Muslim world. Noting that South-east Asia is key460 words
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Article290 2003-05-02 10 -AFP NEW YORK Tyco International said on Wednesday that it found more than US$l billion ($1.77 billion) in accounting errors dating back to 1997, adding that its review of past accounting problems was now completed. The troubled conglomerate, hit by regulatory probes and criminal charges against-AFP - 290 words
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185 2003-05-02 10 LONDON BIL International said it had garnered enough acceptances for its offer to lift its stake in Thistle Hotels to a majority and make unconditional a bid that values the hotel chain at £627 million ($1.77 billion). Shareholders representing 6.8 per cent of Thistle185 words
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88 2003-05-02 10 REPRESENTING the seventh consecutive quarterly decline, total employment in Singapore fell by 9,400 in the first quarter of this year. Preliminary estimates from the Ministry of Manpower revealed that employment in the goodsproducing industries fell by 10,900. But the services sector managed to register88 words
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Market Watch
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Article36 2003-05-02 10 US$ 0.5648 UK£ 0.3523 Yen 67.0259 HK$ 4.4047 RM 2.1461 Euro 0.5100 Rupiah 4896.64 Baht 24.1811 Peso 29.6693 A$ 0.9010 Indian Rs 26.7325 Won 686.3493 C$ 0.8037 Yuan 4.6747 NZ$ 1.0063 NTS 19.681236 words
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Article25 2003-05-02 10 BLOOMBERG Gold uss/oi 338.95 Silver uss/oz 4.66 Platinum uss/oi 606.00 Information provided by: Rubber centsAg 172.25 Palm Oil RM/tonne 1449.5 Brent crude uss/barrel 25.80BLOOMBERG - 25 words
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Article37 2003-05-02 10 Index Value Change Pis NIKKEI 7863.29 31.87 0.41 HANG SENG CLOSED ILL ORDINARIES 2965.60 -5.30 -0.18 IAIWAN WTD CLOSED KOREA COMP SET CLOSED CLOSED JAKARTA COMP 452.20 1.34 0.30 PHILIPPINES COMP CLOSED SHENZHEN B CLOSED37 words
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Article, Illustration496 2003-05-02 12 -AFP Despite Sars, Air Asia says it will expand as passengers are coming in KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia's no-frills Air Asia said it will not scale back expansion plans due to the outbreak of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (Sars), saying the disease was unlikely to threaten its revenue or-AFP; AFP photo - 496 words
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257 2003-05-02 12 Bloomberg CHANGI Airport risks losing its status as a regional air hub because airlines will fly to other cities that are considered safer if Sars is not contained, Deputy Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said. "Tourists have already stopped visiting Singapore," Mr– Bloomberg - 257 words
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Article, Illustration272 2003-05-02 12 Bloomberg MUMBAI Air-India may hire pilots from Singapore Airlines and other airlines after it was forced to cancel flights this week because some refused to fly. Some Air-India pilots refused to fly with crew that have been to places such as China, Hong Kong and— Bloomberg; – AFP photo - 272 words
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Article, Illustration555 2003-05-02 14 Why STTelemedia has the edge in solo bid for Global SINGAPORE Technologies Telemedia will try to buy bankrupt fibre-optic network operator Global Crossing without a partner, after Hutchison Whampoa quit the US$25O million ($443.9 million) plan amid US objections. Government-owned ST Telemedia and Hong Kong- based Hutchison Whampoa555 words
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142 2003-05-02 16 Reuters WASHINGTON The US yesterday announced new charges against former Enron chief financial officer Andrew Fastow and, for the first time, accused his wife and seven other former company officials of fraud and other violations in connection with its collapse. A grand jury returned a– Reuters - 142 words
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Article352 2003-05-02 16 Bloomberg Help for Southern Cross WELLINGTON Southern Cross Cable, an undersea cable business owned by Telecom Corp and Sing Tel, got its banks to extend a US$l5l million ($267 million) loan because it had sold less-than-expected capacity. As part of the accord, New Zealand's Telecom, which owns— Bloomberg - 352 words
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Article, Illustration511 2003-05-02 18 William Pesek Jr - William Pesek Jr -Bloomberg COMMENTARY World's most famous investor may be on to something here by news@newstoday.com.sg TOKYO Warren Buffett's search for cheap stocks has brought him to a surprising place: China. A month after telling its shareholders that US shares were too expensive, Mr Buffett's-Bloomberg - 511 words
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Article, Illustration308 2003-05-02 20 -AFP Demerger exercise to cost Aussie financial services group $2.8b in writedowns THE Australian financial services group, AMP, is splitting up its troubled British operations and expects to write down the value of the UK businesses by some one billion pounds ($2.83 billion). AMP said-AFP; – Reuters photo - 308 words
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WORLD NEWS
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Article, Illustration229 2003-05-02 22 FOR some time now, the family of Malaysia's former Deputy Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim has been trying to secure his release from prison. They could get their wish at least briefly next week at the wedding of his eldest daughter, Miss Nurul IzzahAFP photo - 229 words
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Article, Illustration333 2003-05-02 22 AFP. Over 100 children under rubble of quake-hit school BINGOL (Turkey) An earthquake rocked southeastern Turkey yesterday, demolishing buildings including a boarding school dormitory, trapping more than 100 children under rubble. "There are around 150 of our little ones there May God preserve us from worse," Prime MinisterAFP.; -AFP photo - 333 words
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Article, Illustration419 2003-05-02 24 Agencies Withdrawal of US base reduces dependence on Saudis WASHINGTON The US decision to move its Gulf headquarters out of Saudi Arabia to Qatar marks a new phase in the two countries' relationship, which may reduce internal tensions in the Gulf kingdom and allow Washington to criticise the– Agencies - 419 words
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218 2003-05-02 24 -AFP WASHINGTON A US marine sergeant is under investigation for possible war crimes committed in Iraq based on statements he made to his hometown newspaper, military officials said. Gunnery Sergeant Gus Covarrubias became the target of the preliminary inquiry after he described for the-AFP - 218 words
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214 2003-05-02 24 Reuters BOSTON A woman, now in her 60s, should not have waited 40 years before suing a Catholic priest who allegedly molested her, Massachusetts' top court ruled as it dismissed her lawsuit. In a ruling that undermines some of the hundreds of– Reuters - 214 words
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Article141 2003-05-02 24 -AFP WASHINGTON The US government said it will axe 6,000 of the country's 55,600 airport screeners to save money, just over a year since it beefed up the force to fight terrorism. It will also abolish a requirement for police to man all airport-AFP - 141 words
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COMMENTARY
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Article, Illustration1052 2003-05-02 26 Dr Eric Teo - Dr Eric Teo This is a good time for the major powers to resolve the N Korea nuclear debacle THE latest flurry of diplomatic activities, which included the three-way United States-China-North Korean talks in Beijing last week and the inter-Korean ministerial talks in Pyongyang this week, suggests-AFP photo - 1,052 words
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Article, Illustration1007 2003-05-02 30 Grace Tay - Grace Tay NKF's young ambassador has his wish fulfilled THIS article will fulfil one of the wishes of 13-year-old Jeremy Lim (picture). You see, he has a daily To-Do list for this year's Singapore Kindness Week (see box), and the goal for him yesterdayALVIN TOE - 1,007 words
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Article, Illustration374 2003-05-02 32 Yong Shu Chiang - Yong Shu Chiang Jazzkammer creates music from a hodgepodge of sounds by.. shuchiang@newstoday.com.sg NORWEGIAN noise musicians Jazzkammer should be in my office now, which is filled with shrill telephone ring tones, the stop-start rhythms of drill bits boring into wood (for the cabinets being installed) andCHEW CHEN YANG, - 374 words
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Article, Illustration485 2003-05-02 32 Sian E Jay - Sian E Jay by news@newstoday.com.sg INDONESIAN-BORN sculptor Ahmad Osni Peii (picture) is Sculpture Square's first Artist in Residence. He was scheduled originally for next year's residency, but when the artist due to come in for this session dropped out due to the Sars scare, Ahmad485 words
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Article, Illustration512 2003-05-02 34 Janice Lee - Janice Lee by.. janice@newstoday.com.sg i "T" "^TELLO, my name is DCin^ 3. I Janice and lam a snam-aViniir spam-aholic. As bpdlll-dllOllC _f. X punishment for forwarding a couple of jokes on our internal e-mail system, I was assigned this column to discuss the compulsive behaviour of e-mail spamming.512 words
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Article, Illustration309 2003-05-02 34 A GIFT WITH A NOTE: MediaCorp Publishing is sending complimentary copies of 8 Days, l-Weekly, Manja and Elle magazines to workers at the Tan Tock Seng Hospital as part of a month-long project this month. Each copy will carry a note bearing well-wishes to the hospital staff. It309 words
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Article, Illustration1107 2003-05-02 36 David Ngiau - David Ngiau Film fest critics back RoystonTan's brutally-honest film about youths on the edge SHAUN squats in a badly-lit, dingy public toilet cubicle. The 15-year-old ah beng is shoving condoms stuffed with ecstasy pills down his throat, as he prepares to smuggle the drugsWONG KHING CHONG - 1,107 words
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Article, Illustration733 2003-05-02 37 Yong Shu Chiang - Yong Shu Chiang X-Men 2 has more of everything for fans ITS full title makes it sound like some kinda mutant football team, and while X-Men 2: X-Men United doesn't score on all accounts, owing to a bumpy script, it's a decent sequel that tries to pack733 words
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Article, Illustration577 2003-05-02 38 Serene Foo - Serene Foo A violin prodigy and a dad's devotion Together FILM REVIEW ACCLAIMED director Chen Kaige's latest offering, Together (picture), brought back memories of the days when, as a child, I dreaded my piano lessons. The stirring drama is about a 13-year-old violin prodigy, Xiaochun (Tang Yun),577 words
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Miscellaneous371 2003-05-02 37 Film festival screenings today 7pm 9.15pm In 1988, in post-USSR Russia, Prince I Prince I Plato and some friends quit The Hidden Half (Iran); l'09"0l (various); 135 mins their studies to go into busi--108 mins Dir:Various ness. Plato excels at deals Dir:Tahmineh Milani A collection of I I short films,371 words
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Article, Illustration407 2003-05-02 44 Jenny Kong - Jenny Kong by jenny@newstoday.com.sg AIR travel has revolutionised the way people get from one place to another. It has brought benefits previously unthought of journeys can be completed in hours, rather than days. Whether it is a long-distance flight, a regional or a domestic one,YEN YOK - 407 words
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Article450 2003-05-02 45 FLY TO NEW ZEALAND FOR $63 CHILDREN and senior citizens have a special place in Air New Zealand's heart as the carrier marks its 63rd anniversary.To celebrate the occasion, the carrier has announced a special travel deal to encourage Singaporeans to travel with the entire family.450 words
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Miscellaneous1742 2003-05-02 46 TV Teater Ishq Suria, 9.30pm Friday Profiles Greta Gabor A Lone Star Arts Central, lipm Earthvisions Arts Central, 9pm Bright Sparks cna, 132pm Ajay is a rich boy who falls in love with From their unique underwater sounds to Celebrate the creative and innovative spirit Kajol, a poor girl. Meanwhile,1,742 words
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Article193 2003-05-02 48 GUADALAJARA World champion Brazil is still looking for its first win under coach Carlos Alberto Parreira yesterday after being held to a goalless draw in Mexico. Eighteen-year-old Santos midfielder Diego came on in the 84th minute for his international debut but it was too late for193 words
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Article, Illustration546 2003-05-02 48 Tan Yo- Hinn - Tan Yo-Hinn In-form Rams two points behind Home NTUC Income S-League SAFFC 1 Woodlands 2 Woodlands signals title ambition by yohinn@newstoday.com.sg WITH the half-time score level at 1-1, Home United coach Steve Darby admitted a draw between his side's two main championship rivals SAFFC and Woodlands Wellington wouldALVIN TOE - 546 words
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Article, Illustration478 2003-05-02 50 Reuters lAAF says there was no cover-up on banned substances for American athletes DENVER The US Olympic Committee (USOC) has welcomed a decision by the ruling body of athletics that the USOC had acted properly in 1988 by allowing several athletes who tested positive for banned substances– Reuters; – Getiy Images - 478 words
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Article, Illustration312 2003-05-02 53 Stanley Ho - Stanley Ho Bhutia aims to shine in S-League from June by stanley@newstoday.com.sg AMBITIOUS Woodlands Wellington is set to bring India's soccer superstar Baichung Bhutia to the S-League. According to sources, the Rams are finalising a short-term deal with the 27-year-old Indian skipper. "Baichung is oneGetty Images - 312 words
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Article, Illustration399 2003-05-02 53 Tan Yo- Hinn - Tan Yo-Hinn by yohinn@newstoday.com.sg TWO years ago at the World University Games in Beijing, U X Shyam (picture) took the century sprint in 10.37 seconds, breaking the 33-year-old national record of 10.38 seconds set by C Kunalan in 1968. But just as he looked399 words
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Article, Illustration549 2003-05-02 54 Hero's welcome for former Kop darling ANFIELD Robbie Fowler will get a hero's welcome when he turns out for Manchester City against his former club Liverpool tomorrow. The Manchester City striker will make his first appearance at Anfield since his shock departure to Leeds– Getty Images - 549 words
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213 2003-05-02 54 ANFIELD Michael Owen's girlfriend, Louise Bonsall, has given birth to a baby girl. The Liverpool and England striker announced that Gemma Rose Owen was born at the Countess of Chester Hospital yesterday, reported BBC News Online. Owen, who left training early yesterday to213 words
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Article64 2003-05-02 54 Reuters MANCHESTER Manchester United defender Gary Neville has been ruled out for three months with a foot injury. The 28-year-old had surgery yesterday after experiencing discomfort in his left foot Following a medical consultation, doctors decided to remove the screw that remained in his foot from– Reuters - 64 words
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Article, Illustration688 2003-05-02 55 Red Devils' skipper vows to lead United for another three years MANCHESTER Roy Keane has vowed to answer the critics who claim he is past his best by leading Manchester United to silverware for the next three years. The Old Trafford captain has been written offGiniX I - 688 words
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