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Title Section19 2003-05-22 1 TODAY I 111 z Q o o o 111 X 111 < z in Thursday May 22, 2003 mita (p)002/11/200219 words
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307 2003-05-22 1 —Jose Raymond Today Exclusive HE was a senior police officer with a distinguished career spanning 20 years. Yesterday, he was behind bars following a family quarrel at his Jurong West home during which two rounds were fired from his service revolver. Only—Jose Raymond - 307 words
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Article, Illustration743 2003-05-22 1 Tan Hui Leng - Tan Hui Leng Funding delays hit local biotech firms by huileng@newstoday.com.sg MALAYSIA'S upcoming BioValley project could gain from the frustration that is mounting in some of the 30 biotech start-up companies in Singapore. The Malaysian government project, to be ready by 2006, hopes to attract 150 biotechAFP photo - 743 words
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Miscellaneous19 2003-05-22 1 LOW U (jVbCCVI See Page 24 SEE, SMELL, TASTE, HEAR, f TOUCH FEEL STRALIA See page 28 Freedom Experience19 words
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Miscellaneous10 2003-05-22 1 STREATS' 800,000 READERS Big rise or big deal? Page 610 words
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HOT NEWS
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Article, Illustration166 2003-05-22 2 Janice Lee THE daily 12-hour free-to-air channel providing news and information on Sars was launched yesterday. MediaCorp, Singapore Press Holdings and StarHub will absorb costs, with out-of-pocket expenses totalling $100,000 taken up by NTUC and DBS. MediaCorp and SPH MediaWorks will provide the content andJanice Lee; WEE TECKHIAN - 166 words
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Article643 2003-05-22 2 Grace Tay; Kim-Kyna Tan - Grace Tay Kim-Kyna Tan Business body not hopeful of early restoration by and news@newstoday.com.sg THE National Wages Council (NWC), in an unprecedented move, called for management and executives of industries affected by Sars, to lead by taking deeper or earlier wage cuts, so as to save643 words
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Article329 2003-05-22 3 Two young men in S Korea highlight problem SEOUL An inability to settle credit card debts has put more than one in seven South Koreans on the verge of bankruptcy, with a record 3.08 million estimated to be credit delinquents. The sobering weight of card debts was329 words
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132 2003-05-22 3 FIRING yet another salvo at Singapore, Malaysia's Deputy Director-General for Health, Dr Ismail Merican, told the New Straits Times that Singapore cannot deny entry to a sick person, including a suspected Sars victim, who comes into the country either by land, sea or132 words
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Article, Illustration149 2003-05-22 3 FOLLOWING in the bootsteps of US Army training methods, the SAF is getting soft software, that is. In view of the Army's new initiative towards wholesome "entertainment", the Defence Science Technology Agency (DSTA) was roped in to modify off-the-shelf PC games, such as Operation Flashpoint,– Tor Ching Li - 149 words
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Article185 2003-05-22 3 JAKARTA Indonesia called on Malaysia yesterday to close the border facing the Straits of Malacca to separatist rebels who may try to flee a fierce military onslaught in the restive province of Aceh. According to Bernama, Indonesian police chief Da'i Bachtiar made the request after Jakarta had185 words
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Article112 2003-05-22 3 Reuters NEW YORK Billionaire investor and philanthropist George Soros is to set up a watchdog group to guard against any abuses in the way United States manages Iraq's oil resources. Mr Soros also said he hoped Iraq would not repay all its foreign debt stemming from– Reuters - 112 words
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HOME NEWS
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Article, Illustration652 2003-05-22 4 Chan Chao Peh - Chan Chao Peh by chaopeh@newstoday.com.sg SIA made $1 billion last year but that's history as the future is cloudy. The airline is grappling with a dispute with its pilots, the severe losses between February and April this year, as well as the possibility of firing staff. On652 words
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Article112 2003-05-22 4 •A 28-year-old lady diagnosed as a probable Sars case on April 20 died yesterday. Almost all of the 139 contacts of Singapore's latest Sars victim, Mr Lee Chong Kian, have been screened and they are currently well.The source of his infection is still not known. A 30-year-old suspected112 words
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Article, Illustration281 2003-05-22 4 – Tan Hut Leng - Tan Hut Leng WHILE Singaporeans have been supportive of Sars patients as shown in the $9 million raised for The Courage Fund, many are still wary of those serving out Home Quarantine Orders (HQOs). Speaking to some 50 recovered Sars patients at Tan TockERNEST CHUA - 281 words
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182 2003-05-22 4 David Ngiau THE Recording Industry Association (Singapore) will take a hardline approach against errant users of pirated music if "soft" methods fail. Said the association's CEO Edward Neubronner yesterday: "At the end of the day, if we have to take strong deterrent measures, we will."— David Ngiau - 182 words
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Article, Illustration467 2003-05-22 6 Francis Kan - Francis Kan Streats' readership figure raises eyebrows by francis@newstoday.com.sg FOR one day last week, readers of free newspaper Streats could be forgiven for thinking that the tabloid had changed its name to "800,000". The magic number, which appeared on the cover of last Tuesday's Streats, was so big467 words
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Article180 2003-05-22 6 AFTER just five working days last week, Shell and its customers raised $280,000 for The Courage Fund. Shell had pledged to donate five per cent of its island-wide petrol sales towards the fund and gave all their customers a five per cent discount on petrol180 words
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LETTERS
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Letter, Illustration827 2003-05-22 8 Jeannie Thng - Jeannie Thng HSA monitors quality of health products but consumers must make informed choices I REFER to Mr Sherwin Tng Jian Zhi and Ms Jeanette Tng Huimin's letter, "Scary, this health risk" (Today, May 8) and Mr Michael Loh Yik Ming's letter "Good Stuff?" (Today, May 9).827 words
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BUSINESS NEWS
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Article126 2003-05-22 10 Bloomberg SINGAPORE said the number of arrivals to the island fell 74 per cent in the second week of May from that of a year ago because of the Sars outbreak. Singapore, with the fourth-highest number of cases after China, Hong Kong and Taiwan, expects full— Bloomberg - 126 words
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Article294 2003-05-22 10 Reuters SINGAPORE'S domestic wholesale trade index grew 22.5 per cent in the three months to March from a year earlier, rising for the third straight quarter, the Government announced yesterday. The index tracks sales transactions of some 810 wholesale establishments and provide an indication of future trendsReuters - 294 words
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Market Watch
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Article133 2003-05-22 10 SINGAPORE shares ended at their lowest level for May yesterday, led by blue chips such as Singapore Airlines, as investors took a dim view of the economic outlook and the impact of Sars on corporate profits. The key Straits Times index dropped 0.65 per cent, or 8.5 points, to133 words
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Article54 2003-05-22 10 Index Value Change Nikkei 225 Hang Seng Ordinaries laiwan Wtd Korea Comp SET Index lakarta Comp Phils Comp ihenzen B Mumbai 8018.51 9059.80 2914.90 4216.64 600.57 387.37 466.29 1046.16 213.98 3057.09 Pis -40.97 9.40 6.40 -34.95 -1.51 4.40 0.15 -6.96 -0.72 -5.83 -0.51 0.1C 0.2; -0.8; -0.2! 1.1!54 words
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Article36 2003-05-22 10 US$ 0.5796 UK£ 0.3528 Yen 67.8947 HK$ 4.5201 RM 2.2023 Euro 0.4961 Rupiah 4816.13 Baht 24.3259 Peso 30.5109 A$ 0.8811 Indian Rs 27.1596 Won 692.13 C$ 0.7834 Yuan 4.7970 NZ$ 0.9916 NTS 20.084036 words
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Article21 2003-05-22 10 Gold uss/oz 364.15 Silver uss/oi 4.74 Platinum uss/oi 678 Rubber cents/kg 176 Palm Oil RM/tonne 1497 Brent crude uss/barrel 29.2821 words
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Article76 2003-05-22 10 May 21 Close Changi Haw Par 3.720 +0.301 IMH400USS 6.100 +0.201 SPH 100 16.700 +0.201 Seaview 5.250 +0.151 DBS Bk 6% NCPS *****.200 +0.101 Noble 1.650 +0.081 C&C 4.800 +0.061 F&N 8.400 +0.051 OCBC 9.200 +0.051 By percentage May 21 BBR LHT Magnecomp IPSCOM Presscrete Hua Kok76 words
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Article, Illustration84 2003-05-22 10 SGX BLOOMBERG information provided by: May 21 Close Change jeative50 11.200 -0.200 STIETF100 13.300 -0.200 JOB 10.500 -0.200 )BS 9.100 -0.150 SIA 9.350 -0.150 SIA200 9.350 -0.150 fenture 14.800 -0.100 SingamasC 2kHKS 2.425 -0.075 HL Asia 1.150 -0.040 'Food 0.795 -0.035 By percentage May 21 Close ChangeSGX; BLOOMBERG - 84 words
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Article187 2003-05-22 12 Bloomberg UOB can't complete Philippine buy until row settled: Central Bank UNITED Overseas Bank (UOB) must settle a dispute before it can complete its purchase of a Philippine lender, the BusinessWorld newspaper reported, quoting Philippine central bank Governor Rafael Buenaventura. Mr Buenaventura said UOB hasn't– Bloomberg - 187 words
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Article457 2003-05-22 12 -AFX-Asia Bloomberg -AFX-Asia Bloomberg Reuters AFX-Asia AFX-Asia A BOOST IN ACCORD'S Ql NET PROFIT: ACCORD Customer Care Solutions said its net profit in the first quarter rose 38 per cent to $3 million from $2.2 million a year earlier as revenues rose 20 per cent to $15.8 million-AFX-Asia; – Bloomberg; – Reuters; – AFX-Asia; AFX-Asia - 457 words
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Article, Illustration276 2003-05-22 14 Bloomberg S'pore Petroleum among 4 bidding for Indonesian oil firm's processing deal JAKARTA Singapore Petroleum Co, Royal Dutch/Shell Group and BP Pic have bid to process crude oil into oil products in Singapore for Indonesia's state oil company Pertamina to help overcome a shortage of petrol— Bloomberg; – Getty Images - 276 words
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248 2003-05-22 14 Bloomberg TUAS Power, one of three Singapore Governmentowned power generating companies, said it may use less fuel oil to produce electricity after two combined cycle power plants that use natural gas start operations in 2005. Each of the combined cycle power plants– Bloomberg - 248 words
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Article, Illustration259 2003-05-22 15 Leading logistics company appoints new GM DHL Singapore's new general manager, Yasmin Aladad Khan (picture), will be enhancing the company's market-leading position here as well as oversee the launch of new products and services. Ms Khan, whose appointment was announced yesterday, was previously general manager of DHL259 words
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99 2003-05-22 15 AFX-Asia LONDON Millennium Copthorne Hotels PLC said the war in Iraq hit results in the first quarter to March 31 and this has been compounded by the Sars outbreak which will lead to first half profits being significantly lower. Turnover in the first– AFX-Asia - 99 words
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Article263 2003-05-22 15 AFP PUTRAJAYA Malaysia Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad unveiled a RM7.3 billion ($3.32 billion) stimulus package on Wednesday to mitigate the impact of Sars and revive the sluggish economy. Dr Mahathir said the package, comprising 90 measures, was "necessary to stimulate the economy and to lift confidence",AFP - 263 words
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Article154 2003-05-22 16 Bloomberg CREATIVE Technology Ltd, the world's leading maker of computer sound cards, has introduced its first computer graphics chip for home personal computers a year after its acquisition of chip designer 3D Labs Inc. The Graphics Blaster Picture Perfect chip is aimed at customers who use— Bloomberg - 154 words
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Article264 2003-05-22 16 Bloomberg EC-ASIA International Ltd, which recycles memory chips and distributes electronic components, plans to raise $8.25 million through a share sale in Singapore to expand operations. The company will sell 18.75 million new shares and about 8.75 million shares held by shareholders at 30 centsBloomberg - 264 words
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Article, Illustration2275 2003-05-22 16 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS The data contained herein has been obtained from company reports, financial reporting services, periodicals and other resources believed to be reliable. Although carefully verified, data on compilations is not guaranteed by Upper A Reuters Company and may be incomplete. No offer or solicitations to buy or sell2,275 words
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INFO TECH
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Article, Illustration493 2003-05-22 18 Real in fantasy Room for more play in Asia-Pacific's gaming market ASIA-PACIFIC'S online gaming market in was worth US$533 million ($919 million) in subscriptions last year. South Korea had the biggest online gaming market, commanding a 54 per cent share from among seven countries surveyed for the Online Gaming in493 words
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Article, Illustration171 2003-05-22 18 CNETAsia asia. cnet. com/newstech IRC group decrypts Fizzer commands MEMBERS of the chat-network security group IRC/Unity have decoded the manner in which the creator of the Fizzer virus communicates with the program, a co-founder of the group said on Monday. The Fizzer virus connects from an infected PC171 words
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WORLD NEWS
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Article335 2003-05-22 20 But ambiguous threat raises credibility questions WASHINGTON The US raised its terrorist threat level to orange or "high risk" after concluding that the deadly suicide bombings in Saudi Arabia and Morocco were a "precursor" for an Al Qaeda strike on America. However, the lack of specific335 words
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243 2003-05-22 20 Agencies OTTAWA It was 15 weeks before Canadian agriculture officials confirmed that a cow had mad cow disease. During that time, most of the cow was cooked at high temperatures to turn it into a food additive that could be sold as feed– Agencies - 243 words
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Article, Illustration68 2003-05-22 20 Agencies Some of the 75 men arrested in an anti-terror sweep in a slum area of Tondo district in Manila waiting in a detention centre yesterday. Sixty-five of them were freed while 10, including seven alleged members of the insurgent group Moro Islamic Liberation Front– Agencies; AFP photo - 68 words
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Article238 2003-05-22 20 Reuters WASHINGTON Despite criticisms that the measure will spur a new arms race, the United States Senate has backed the scrapping of a decade-long ban on researching "mini-nuke" weapons. The Senate on Tuesday voted to uphold a request from the government to repeal the ban– Reuters - 238 words
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151 2003-05-22 20 BAGHDAD It may be music to some but for Iraqi captives, heavy metal music and popular American children's songs are, literally, torture. The songs by rock group Metallica and from TV shows Sesame Street and Barney are being used by US interrogators151 words
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Advertisement90 2003-05-22 21 We gave you You gave The Courage Fund With your support, Shell is the first petroleum company to donate to The Courage Fund. We offered you 5% discount off your petrol bills from the 12th to 16th of May, and promised to donate 5% of the proceeds to The Courage90 words
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WATZUP?
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Article, Illustration945 2003-05-22 22 Yong Shu Chiang - Yong Shu Chiang The day of reckoning for Clay Aiken (left) and Ruben Studdard is here by shuchiang@newstoday.com.sg THE feeling is excruciating, a mind-numbing agony that seems to have no end. This may be what American Idol contestants feel each time they are addressed by fork-tongued BritReuters photos - 945 words
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Article, Illustration419 2003-05-22 24 Elisa Chia - Elisa Chia See singer Rui En play a DJ in the comedy Chemistry by elisa@newstoday.com.sg RUI EN's diary is starting to be filled up with interviews and photo shoots once again. Until this week, the homegrown artiste has been giving showbiz a miss to concentrate on her419 words
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Article, Illustration337 2003-05-22 24 Wong Khing Chong - Wong Khing Chong Life is great with meaningful relationships by khingchong@newstoday.com.sg HAROLD Ng seems to have an unusual connection with dogs. This Great Eastern Life financial advisor isn't involved with an animal shelter, neither is he a part-time dog trainer. His clients know he loves animalsWONG; KHING CHONG - 337 words
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Article, Illustration716 2003-05-22 25 Justyn Olby - Justyn Olby The many facets of Clarke Quay makes it a great place to spend the day by news(s)newstoday.com.s; IT'S Sunday morning and Clarke Quay is starting to wake up after the revels of the night before. As the sun makes its way over the716 words
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CITY STYLE
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Article, Illustration334 2003-05-22 26 Cathleen Tung - Cathleen Tung Vitamins for the skin can do the trick by cathleen.tung@newstoday.com.sg SOME of us take vitamin pills as health supplements to boost our immune system. Now, we can nourish our skin directly with vitamins. Based on studies which have shown that orally-ingested vitamins may not always be334 words
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Article, Illustration150 2003-05-22 26 DID you know that when hair grows to a certain length, nutrients can no longer reach it? According to Lux, that is the reason why hair tends to become less "obedient" when it is long it looks limp after a certain length and tends to150 words
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IN CINEMAS
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Article, Illustration310 2003-05-22 27 -AFP Actress' family hire gangsters to claim debt MUMBAI Relatives of top Indian actress Shilpa Shetty (picture) allegedly hired gangsters to strongarm a businessman in a case that highlights the murky nexus between India's film industry and the underworld. Police claim Shetty's parents hired Malaysianbased gangster-AFP - 310 words
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Article, Illustration334 2003-05-22 28 Pauline D Loh - Pauline D Loh Indulge in gourmet dining as you drive through the great natural beauty that is Western Australia by pauline@newstoday.com.sg SWAN Valley has Sandalford and its dramatic dining rooms for those who prefer to wine and dine in the vineyards. Fremantle has the decades old334 words
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TRAVELLER
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Article, Illustration607 2003-05-22 30 Gurmeet Singh - Gurmeet Singh The air up there is cleaner than you think by traveller@newstoday.com.sg FEAR of the supposedly not-so-healthy air in airplane cabins has kept many travellers earth bound in these Sars-filled days. Ironically, it is a fear based on flimsy grounds. In fact, the air that one breathes607 words
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Miscellaneous7 2003-05-22 24 Life on Annika's tour See Page 347 words
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Miscellaneous1530 2003-05-22 31 Fight Sars Together Chemistry channel 5,9 oo P m o*\ Piercing Faith Arts Central io P m Yan 9 Lan One on One Sars Channel, 7pm t-1 -n, J«k Welsh, Part 1 CNA, 8.02pm Rachel and Stephanie sneak through a Wi Thaipusam is a day of consecration to the Go/!1,530 words
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Article, Illustration538 2003-05-22 32 Detroit now heads to New Jersey after losing two games at home NBA Eastern Conference final Pistons 86 Nets 88 Martin, Jefferson the heroes AUBURN HILLS Here in the Eastern Conference final, where halfcourt drudgery is dictated by a Detroit Pistons outfit that wants no partAFP photo - 538 words
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Article, Illustration359 2003-05-22 32 Reuters MONTE CARLO Americans Lance Armstrong and Serena Williams were named the sportsman and sportswoman of the year at the Laureus World Sports Awards on Tuesday. Armstrong, a cancer survivor who will chase a fifth consecutive Tour de France victory in July,– Reuters; Getty Images - 359 words
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Article147 2003-05-22 32 -AFP DAMBULLA Pakistan paceman Shoaib Akhtar has been banned for two one-day-ers for tampering with the ball during a triangular one-day series here, matchreferee Gundappa Viswanath announced yesterday. Akhtar was also fined 75 per cent of his match-fee. The fast bowler was charged with changing the condition of-AFP - 147 words
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Article140 2003-05-22 32 Reuters SYDNEY Anissa Tann, Australia's most-capped female soccer player, has been suspended for two years after failing a drugs test, officials announced yesterday. The 35-year-old tested positive for the banned steroid nandrolone last December but denied taking any prohibited substances. Tann appealed to the Court of– Reuters - 140 words
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Article, Illustration363 2003-05-22 33 Agencies Becks' honoured to meet icon Mandela JOHANNESBURG England captain David Beckham described meeting Nelson Mandela as an "amazing honour" yesterday as the former South African president asked him to back the country's bid for the 2010 soccer World Cup. Beckham, who leads England in– Agencies; AFP photo - 363 words
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Article138 2003-05-22 33 Bowyer's not moving just yet LONDON Lee Bowyer's agent insisted yesterday that no deal has yet been done to take the midfielder to Newcastle. The Magpies were believed to have agreed terms over a five-year deal for the England midfielder. But agent David Giess told the BBC: "We are still138 words
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Article, Illustration318 2003-05-22 33 -AFP LONDON Australian soccer star Harry Kewell's future at Leeds looked doomed yesterday when he reportedly turned down a £7-million ($19.8 million) move to Manchester United. Kewell was ready to reject the move because he believes he will only be a bitpart player-AFP - 318 words
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Article, Illustration928 2003-05-22 34 It's a whirlwind of media interviews, security guards and intense pressure FORT WORTH This is life on the Annika Tour: Dean Wilson and Aaron Barber, the two PGA Tour rookies which a computer picked to play with Annika Sorenstam in the first two rounds of thetq I as I 11; <S1 I DSFSDFS - 928 words
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Article152 2003-05-22 35 SINGAPORE'S No. 1 and current world No. 12 Li Jiawei was knocked out of the 2003 Liebherr World Table Tennis Championships last night. But three other Singaporean women paddlers were still in the last 32 at press time. At the Palais Omnisports arena in Paris,152 words
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Article83 2003-05-22 35 PARIS French customs have cleared Olympic and world mid-dle-distance running champion Gabriela Szabo of Romania of any doping offences. Last week, customs stopped a car belonging to Szabo the 1,500m world and 5,000m Olympic champion containing drugs it believed might be banned performance-enhancing substances. However, Maurice Ruel, regional83 words
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Article, Illustration400 2003-05-22 35 Stanley Ho - Stanley Ho Muratovic the latest name to be recommended for the FTS by stanley@newsto day. com. sg HE IS rated as one of the best foreign imports the S-League has seen in recent years. An ex-under-21 international with the former Yugoslavia, Sead Muratovic has been a rockToday file photo - 400 words
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306 2003-05-22 35 Stanley Ho BARELY a month before the Football Association of Singapore (FAS) Centre-of-Excellence (COE) Under-18 league kicks off, China-based Sinchi FC has pulled out of the competition. According to Sinchi vicechairman Wang Jinhui, the decision to withdraw is due to– Stanley Ho - 306 words
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