Today, 16 July 2003

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    Masthead
    12 1 TODAY SHARE YOUR FREE COPY Wednesday »jmyi6 ,2003 MITA (P) 002/11/2002 www.todayonline.com
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    Bomber on the loose
    488 1  -  Kim-Kyna Tan Inside job suspected, fresh fears taking root by kim@newstoday.com.sg AS the Philippine government hunts for "Mike the bomb-maker", some disturbing signs are emerging. The bizarre "breakout" of Mike, otherwise known as Fathur Rohman Al-Ghozi (picture), from the maximumsecurity National Police Headquarters, Camp Crame, bears
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  • Article
    To Baghdad, to seek riches
    476 1  -  Lee Ching Wern BENEATH the rubble of sand-swept and war-torn Iraq lies gold if you know where and how to unearth it The question, of course, is whether Singaporeans who wish to make their fortune in Baghdad will be able to go "back-to-basics" for a
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  • HOT NEWS
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      Insurance pitfalls
      378 2  -  Tan Hui Leng And a CPF twist to debate on who gets the money by THE once-routine act of naming your wife or child as the beneficiaries to your insurance policies suddenly seems somewhat risky. Any nomination is irrevocable you cannot cash it or change beneficiaries, even if
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    • Article
      SCV to go to court over infrastructure dispute
      144 2 STARHUB Cable Vision (SCV) said yesterday that it would meet Sing Tel in court over the latter's decision to sue the cable TV operator for allegedly infringing on SingTel's infrastructure to transmit programming to users other than residential households. "This is premised
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      Lock icon Paedophile victim?
      348 3 Agencies Ex-marine with history of sexual misconduct elopes with girl, 12 LONDON A former United States marine, on the run with an English schoolgirl, has a chequered past. It came to light yesterday that he was once accused of sexual misconduct with his 12-year-old niece. He has also
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    • Article
      Lock icon Congress members criticise FTA deals
      132 3 Bloomberg MEMBERS of the United States Congress have criticised the trade agreements with Singapore and Chile, saying that the deals will increase immigration. The deals, which were signed earlier this year, contain provisions that allow professionals from the two countries to work in the US.
      — Bloomberg  -  132 words
    • Article
      Lock icon Fed leaves room for rate cut
      138 3 Bloomberg The US economy is poised to accelerate and the Federal Reserve will leave interest rates low "for as long as necessary" to ensure it happens, Fed chairman Alan Greenspan said. The Fed's policy-making Open Market Committee cut the benchmark overnight bank lending rate
      – Bloomberg  -  138 words
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  • HOME NEWS
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      Healthy companies laying off workers
      253 4  -  -Joy Frances IT IS common to see companies retrench their staff in difficult times. But the world is now witnessing a growing trend of preemptive retrenchment exercises, often by profitable companies. And Singapore has not escaped this trend, said NTUC Secretary-General Lim Boon Heng (picture)
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      Modest growth
      327 4  -  Val Chua MAS says recession 'not likely to happen' by val@newstoday.com.sg THERE is a good chance that Singapore can avoid a recession this year and achieve modest growth, said the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) yesterday. "We are quite confident that a technical recession is not likely to
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      MAS stands behind dollar policy
      273 4 THE AAAS, which had come under fire over the timing of its recent currency shift, defended its latest policy yesterday. While it didn't directly respond to questions on whether it could have moved faster to moderate a sharper-than-expected second quarter slump, it said it would
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      AIA adjudicator named
      119 4 A RETIRED Supreme Court Judge, Mr GP Selvam, has been appointed as an independent adjudicator for AIA policyholders affected by the critical-year feature in their policies. Policyholders who do not accept the offer may refer the matter to the adjudicator. If dissatisfied with the adjudicator's award, they
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      Crisis readiness test
      80 4 THE Sars outbreak had many businesses scrambling to ensure their operations were not affected. In a bid to prepare companies better for any future crises, SPRING Singapore has developed a standard on Business Continuity Management (BCM). BCM is a management process aimed at identifying events that pose
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      Lock icon $1.3b set for e-services
      143 4 Newsradio 93.8 THE Government will spend $1.3 billion to upgrade Singapore's electronic public services over the next three years, Deputy Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said yesterday. E-GAPII is an expansion of the e-government action plan, launched three years ago. The second phase will deliver more
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      Lock icon Relax lah, S´pore
      385 6  -  Elisia Yeo New M'sian envoy says water dispute not a matter of money by elisia@newstoday.com.se NOT even a fortnight has passed since Mr N Parameswaran (picture) presented his credentials as the new Malaysian High Commissioner to Singapore and he is already having to answer questions about Malaysia's
      WONG KHING CHONG  -  385 words
    • Article
      Death for baby girl killer
      154 6 A MAN who often looked after his friend's six-month-old daughter was sentenced to death yesterday for murdering her. Soosainathan Dass Saminathan, 41, was accused of killing the child in his ninth floor flat at Hougang Aye 8, on August 5 last year. The baby was
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  • LETTERS
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      A poor time to weaken Sings
      240 7  -  Karthik Sankaran THE commentary, "Papering over the cracks" (Today, July 11), offers valuable insight into the potentially negative consequences of the recent decision to allow a depreciation of our currency. It will not only be perceived as a sign of low confidence in the
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      No harm in rewarding good ideas
      291 7  -  Pang Seng Kwang I REFER to Mr Chris Soh's rebuttal (Today, July 14) of Mr Lee Han Shih's entrepreneurship article and the URA's response to it (Today, July 15). I am sure Mr Lee's article was centred on the need to reward and encourage
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      Lock icon Biz rivalry
      419 7  -  is why M'sia is always bitter with Spore I REFER to your article, "Ink attack" (Today, July 15). As a Malaysian, I have often wondered why bilateral relations between Malaysia and Singapore are forever hitting rocky patches. After all, businessmen from both countries work well together, the police
      Mardupi Ismail Kuala Lumpur  -  419 words
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      Heartware, software
      443 8 YOU would think that five cents would not matter, not to a CEO whose company runs to the tune of more than $1 billion a year. But to Mr Tan Kian Chew, this is an issue which goes to the heart of Fair Price. Said Mr Tan: "What
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      SOFTWARE MATTERS
      151 8 Trainer/FDAWU Branch Union Committee Member Working in the Training Department has been very satisfying for me because I see people come in and go out in a totally different way after they have been trained. One of the significant changes happening in Fair Price, from what I can
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      105 7 1\ Your letter can also appear on this page. Give your full —rfl te name and address and write ---—fjj La to: Today, 24, Raffles Place, I #28-01/06, Clifford Centre, Singapore *****1; Fax:6s-*****217; E-mail: news@newstoday.com.sg Shopping around _^p j for an IP VPN solution? ''jK^y I Power up your company's
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      336 9 No DIGIC Divided into about 256 data points Which by the way, is a good thing. The key to faithful image reproduction is to accurately process the original information. Up to this point, it has been necessary to strike a balance between image quality and processing time, by such means
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  • BUSINESS NEWS
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      Light on the Horizon
      449 10  -  Francis Kan by Proposed takeover eases concerns over comoanv's financial woes francis@newstoday.com.sg BEFORE the end of the year, shareholders of loss-making education firm Horizon Education and Technologies may find themselves owning a piece of a global contingency and infocomms player, boasting a US$45O million ($790 million)
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      Lock icon Options galore at Flextronics
      151 10 Bloomberg FLEXTRONICS International, whose shares fell 54 per cent in fiscal year 2003, increased fivefold stock options that could be worth as much as U*****.3 million ($200.6 million) to its top five executives. Chief executive Michael Marks got options on five million shares, up from 600,000
      – Bloomberg  -  151 words
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      Sing Tel exceeds $300m savings target
      368 10  -  Chan Chao Peh SINGTEL has achieved higher than expected cost savings of $350 million with the integration of a range of operations with its Australian unit, Optus, according to the company's annual report. When Sing Tel completed its $13 billion acquisition of Optus in
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      Lock icon PTP scores once again
      352 12 AFP photo BMW Asia to relocate parts centre from Sembawang BAYERISCHE Motoren Werke AG (BMW), the world's No 2 luxury car-maker, will relocate its parts centre from Singapore to the Port of Tanjung Pelepas (PTP) in Johor, Bloomberg News reported yesterday. Its 10,000-sq-m Regional Parts Distribution
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      Lock icon Corporate Briefs
      183 12 Singapore Airlines clinched the top spot in separate reader surveys conducted in recent weeks. Global Finance and Media magazines, which are based in the United States and Hong Kong respectively, and The Guardian and The Observer newspapers of Britain, all ranked SIA number one in different polls. JEL
      – AFX-Asia; — Bloomberg  -  183 words
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      Busan attracts
      365 14  -  Chan Chao Peh Offers tax incentives to lure foreign investors by chaopeh@newstoday.com.Sj THE South Korean port city of Busan aims to attract up to US$l billion ($1.75 billion) of foreign direct investments by the end of next year. Busan is stepping up efforts to develop itself as a
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      Lock icon Global Chinese forum
      142 14 Lee Yew Meng About 10,000 delegates are expected to attend the Global Entrepolis at Singapore Forum in late October at Suntec City, which will be launched by Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong. This figure includes 1,000 entrepreneurs from China, who will attend the inaugural Global Chinese Entrepreneurs
      — Lee Yew Meng  -  142 words
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      Lock icon Boost in May retail sales
      116 14 Bloomberg SINGAPORE'S retail sales rose 12 per cent to $1.99 billion in May from $1.78 billion in April. Retail sales rose 19 per cent in May from a year earlier due to the rise in sales of motor vehicles. Excluding motor vehicle sales, retail sales
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      Lock icon June recovery
      119 16 Bloomberg Less excess capacity on SIA flights THE month of June saw Singapore Airlines enjoy some recovery from the sharp demand slump caused by the Sars outbreak in April and May. It said it will resume some flights this month and in August. Asia's largest airline by market
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    • Market Watch
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        Straits Times Index 1,588.67+14.21
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        World markets
        61 16 Index Nikkei 225 Value 9751.00 Change Pts -4.63 -0.05 Hang Seng KLCI Sydney All Ords Taiwan Weighted *****.55 729.39 3,061.00 5,335.86 13.15 +2.28 +7.60 -14.08 0.13 +0.31 +0.25 -0.26 Korea Composite Hiai SET Index 713.45 494.20 -6.65 +9.81 -0.92 +2.03 lakarta Composite Philippines Comp Shenzen B Wumbai 533.83
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        SGX most active
        61 16 By volume Jul IS Ipco Reed Chartered Japan Asia Acma MultiVis Pac Cent StarCrusUSS El-Nets Kl Ventur Close 0.155 0.115 1.150 0.115 0.120 0.360 0.285 0.305 0.015 0.240 Change -0.010 -0.005 -0.010 +0.005 +0.010 +0.005 +0.015 -0.005 +0.020 -6.1 -4.2 -0.9 +4.3 +2.9 +1.8 +5.2 -25.0 +9.1
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        SGX top rises
        85 16 By$ Jul 15 DBS Close Changi 12.000 +0.501 IMH 400USS 6.600 +0.251 fhai Prime200USS 6.900 +0.201 STI ETF100 15.860 +0.161 ST Engg 2.000 +0.111 SPH 19.400 +0.101 UOB 13.800 +0.101 EngWah 0.315 +0.08: RoyalClic IK Yarning 0.350 +0.081 0.415 +0.06: )y percentage lul 15 IngWah ilrike W*****5
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        SGX top falls
        83 16 Bys Jul 15 Close Change Creative 50 14.900 -0.200 KepCorp 5.050 -0.200 APB Breweries 6.100 -0.150 F&N 9.750 -0.100 OCBC 10.700 -0.100 Robinson 6.500 -0.100 SIA 10.900 -0.100 SIA 200 10.900 -0.100 Transmarco 1.360 -0.060 AusllandAS 1.500 -0.050 By percentage Jul 15 Close Change El-Nets 0.015 -25.0
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        Lock icon Singapore
        141 16 -AFP SINGAPORE shares closed 0.9 per cent higher yesterday, extending recent gains after the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) ruled out the likelihood of a technical recession this year. The Straits Times index (STI) rose 14.21 points to end at 1,588.67, off an intra-day high of 1,590.75, while the
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        Your S$1 buys
        36 16 US$ 0.***** UK£ 0.***** Yen 66.8570 HK$ 4.***** RM 2.***** Euro 0.***** Rupiah 4,684.80 Baht 23.6804 Peso 30.5264 A$ 0.***** Indian Rs 26.2838 Won 670.111 C$ 0.***** Yuan 4.***** NZ$ 0.***** NTS 19.5768
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        Lock icon Commodities
        23 16 SGX BLOOMBURG Gold uss/oz 348.165 Silver uss/oz 4.***** Platinum uss/oi 680.000 Rubber centsAg 178.25 Palm Oil RM/tonne 1418 Brent crude uss/borrel 29.08
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    • Article
      Lock icon STT to appoint US defence veteran
      208 18 Bloomberg SINGAPORE Technologies Telemedia (STT) plans to name former US Defence Undersecretary Pete Aldridge to the board of Global Crossing, the bankrupt network operator it wants to buy, amid concerns in the US that the sale will jeopardise national security. Mr Aldridge, who retired
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      Lock icon ÜBS made 'careless' error
      97 18 Bloomberg ÜBS AG, Europe's biggest bank, was "careless" in drafting and valuing options on a bond for Tenaga Nasional Bhd, the bank's lawyer told the High Court in London. ÜBS is suing Tenaga, claiming that Malaysia's largest power company owes the bank US$B6.9 million ($152 million)
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      UNIT TRUSTS & FUNDS
      4081 18 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 Lipper A Reuters Company and may be incomplete. No offer or solicitations to buy or sell
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      260 14 Singapore's One and Only KUNG FU BOUNCING HERBS THERAPY (U.P $180) 60 mins PI A paper-wrapped, freshly steamed rice ball with herbs and I jamu oil is used to whack a person's back. After that, the I therapist will use the warm rice ball to soothe the tense I muscles.
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  • WORLD NEWS
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      Lock icon Visa row over Asian 'nations'
      96 21 ■AFP HONG KONG Canada is advising its citizens born in Hong Kong, Taiwan and Macau not to include their country of birth on their passports over fears they will be refused visas to China. Ms Janice Vogtle, vice-consul of public affairs at the Canadian Consulate-General
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    • Article
      $702b deficit
      286 21 Bush Jr eclipses father's Budget deficit record WASHINGTON With wars, tax cuts and a third straight year of a flailing economy, the White House is expected to forecast record Budget deficits of some US$4OO billion ($702 billion) for this fiscal year, with little hope of a turnabout soon.
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      Lock icon AROUND THE WORLD
      389 21 Reuters NEW EDITOR FOR NYT The New York Times has named a new executive editor, whose main challenge will be to restore credibility and morale to one of the world's most prestigious newspapers after a damaging plagiarism scandal. In a statement, the New York Times said Mr
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      Lock icon Manila gets Marcos loot
      327 22 -AFP photo Reuters Philippine Supreme Court awards $1.15 billion to the govt MANILA Many had accused him of taking from the people. Now, the money of the late Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos is going back to the people, or at least, to the Philippine government The
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      Lock icon An arresting wedding
      120 22 Reuters BANGKOK Moments after taking his wedding vows, police burst in and arrested a Thai groom because a woman claimed he had snatched her handbag five years ago, a local media report said yesterday. Sowat Chantaphongm, 26, was arrested at his wedding ceremony at north-eastern Udon Thani
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  • COMMENTARY
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      RJC video throws up IT dilemma
      1026 24  -  Dr Kog Yue Choong LEE YEN YOK Was student using technology in the correct way? news@newstoday.com.sg Today illustration by THE recent run-in that a rather independentminded Raffles Junior College (RJC) student must have had with his principal and his teacher because of his "creative"
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  • WATZUP?
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      Gates retrospective
      536 26  -  Janice Lee Bread's former frontman is back with a songbook and concert plans by janice@newstoday.com.sg THIS old bit of bread isn't the least bit mouldy. In fact, it's been eons since David Gates disappeared, but he's never stopped baking new A songs. aA And even though he's A
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      Punch, stretch, bend and dance in the Planet Fitness Mega Combat 2003
      476 26  -  Yee Wei Zhen by news@newstoday.com.sg GEAR up in your sporting best and head down for a free fitness session conducted by professionals from Planet Fitness. To mark the first anniversary of its Suntec City gym, Planet Fitness will
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      Minor exposure
      359 27  -  Elisa Chia by Search for child stars is on elisa@newstoday.com.sg THE curtain may have fallen on MediaCorp TV Channel B's Star Search 2003, but the search for little stars is still on. Kids Central has rolled out its version of a talent quest this month. One Minute of
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      196 27 TERRORISM, Sars and an ailing economy have been troubling the nation these past few years. To commemorate the resilience of Singaporeans during one of the most trying periods in our history, Channel News Asia is embarking on a project that calls for the efforts
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        169 28 Reuters LOS ANGELES Even in these days of US$lOO million ($176 million) movies, a budget-conscious investor can be a Hollywood mogul for as little as US$B.75. Civilian Pictures plans an initial public offering of shares in Billy Dead Inc, a company set up with the
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        381 28 Reuters/Hollywood Reporter Depp and Bloom blockbuster dispels genre curse LOS ANGELES The box office curse on pirate treasure was broken last weekend. Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, directed by Gore Verbinski and starring heart-throb Johnny Depp and Orlando Bloom, swashbuckled
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        129 28 Actual figures according to Reuters. Last weekend's position in brackets, denotes new release. weekend gross 1 Pirates of the Caribbean US$ 46.63m 2 League of Extraordinary Gentlemen US$23.08m 3 (1) T3: Rise of the Machines US$ 19.48m 4 (2) Legally Blonde 2
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        87 28 WSSKS 1 T3: Rise of the Machines 1 2 (1) The Twins Effect (Mandarin) 2 3 (2) Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle 3 4 (3) Dumb and Dumberer 2 5 (4) Finding Nemo 6 6 (7) Twenty Something Taipei (Mandarin) 2 7 Whale Rider
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        479 29 Poor box office returns, so studios may be making fewer sequels next year A WHOLE host of movies with lengthy, number-riddled titles that are a mouthful to read welcome to Hollywood's summer film season, plagued by "sequel-itis". There may be plans for another Charlie's Angels flick
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        278 29 -AFP BOMBAY Bollywood's Bhatt family of film-mak-ers are set to produce a 200-million-rupee ($7.6 million) film starring actors from India and Pakistan and shot in both countries. The film is a love story set against a backdrop of violence and turmoil that occurred during
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      1557 30 a* Bangkok Haunted channel 8,10 45pm Film Art Crime Kings Arts Central, 10pm The Dragon's Ascent cna,7 32 P m The movie is a trilogy of ghost stories. The first involves a woman It is 1946, after the devastation of World War 11, and Thailand is in chaos £»$E' Z^t^-t
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      118 31 Ninth stage top 10: 1 Alexander Vinokurov (Kaz), 2 Paolo Bettini (Ita), 3 Iban Mayo (Esp), 4 Lance Armstrong (US), 5 Jan Ullrich (Ger), 6 Ivan Basso (Ita), 7 Georg Totschnig (Aut), 8 Francisco Mancebo (Esp), 9 Haimar Zubeldia (Esp), 10 Tyler Hamilton (US) Overall standings
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      370 31 Agencies American avoids crash, escapes fine as main rival drops out GAP, France Four-time Tour de France champion Lance Armstrong is a courageous man, but even he admitted he was scared yesterday. The American kept his lead in the Tour de France on Monday (yesterday morning, Singapore time)
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      545 32 Agencies Big-hitting 'Lefty' admits he's A still struggling for accuracy A A SANDWICH, England Phil Mickelson was chatting outside the clubhouse at Royal St George's, speculating on who has the best chance to win the British Open. "It's an opportunity for the top players, if they're
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      271 32 Agencies SANDWICH, England Tiger Woods scoffed at suggestions the 132 nd British Open, which starts here tomorrow, will boil down to a showdown between himself and Ernie Els. The two came into the tournament on respective highs, Woods winning by five strokes at the Western
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      545 33  -  Tan Yo-Hinn Coach Tan is confident of beating the in-form Vipers and pick up crucial points by yohinn@newstoday.com.sg THE Westside Dolphins may be second from bottom, but the team is looking forward to ending the slump, starting today. This despite the fact it will be
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      251 33 Reuters NAIROBI World Boxing Association heavyweight champion Roy Jones Jr. will defend his title in a stadium near Nairobi on Nov 8, promoters said yesterday. Akbar Muhammad, senior vice-president for Roy Jones Enterprises, said negotiations were
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      283 33 -AFP NEW DELHI Michael Schumacher could soon be burning the tracks in India, according to Formula 1 chief Bernie Ecclestone, who believes the country could become an Fl venue. "We will be having an Fl race in India for sure," Ecclestone
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      466 34 Scot confirms interest in Kleberson, awaits Ronaldinho LONDON Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson confirmed yesterday he was interested in signing Brazil's World Cup-winning midfielder Kleberson. "We are pursuing an interest in Kleberson," Ferguson told a media conference at Old Trafford where United's new American goalkeeper
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      406 34  -  Tan Wee Boon by weeboon@newstoday.com.sg THE Singapore table tennis team's poor performance at the 17th Golden Rackets International Table Tennis Tournament in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam was down to a lack of mental strength. And both the Singapore men's and
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      69 34 BOSTON Leßron James scored 25 points, two high-flying dunks, pulled down nine rebounds and dished out five assists all in 29 minutes. But the Cleveland Cavaliers still lost 87-84 to the Boston Celtics in a summer pro league game yesterday. The top overall pick in last month's National
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      49 34 LAUSANNE A team of officials visit Baghdad this week to find out what the country needs to kickstart Iraqi sport. International Olympic Committee technical experts will meet representatives from the United Nations, local sports organisations and from the Coalition Provisional Authority, the lOC said in a statement.
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      Greedy Davids
      105 34 LONDON Chelsea was reported yesterday to be lining up a swoop into the transfer market to link Manchester United's Juan Sebastien Veron with Juventus' Edgar Davids next season. The Sun newspaper said Juventus had already agreed a £10 million ($28.2 million) fee but the deal might collapse because
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      US through
      76 34 MEXICO CITY Brian Mcßride scored two goals yesterday, leading the US to a 2-0 victory over Martinique that clinched the Group C title at the Concacaf Gold Cup. The win earned a spot for the US in Saturday's quarterfinals. In an earlier match, Cuba stunned Canada 2-0 for
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      567 35  -  Tan Yo-Hinn Poor finishing to blame as Singapore falls to All-Stars Today photo by R Palakrishnan memorial match Singapore 0 S-League All-Stars 1 Losing start for Raddy's Lions by yohinn@newstoday.com.sg IF "RADDY" Avramovic did not know much about the squad he inherited from Jan Poulsen, then
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      If s been 43 years in the making, but RI finally defeats arch-rival ACSI
      393 35  -  Tan Wee Boon FOR 43 years, Anglo Chinese School Independent (ACSI) had managed to retain its 'B' Division swimming title. Until yesterday. History was made at the Toa Payoh Swimming Complex when Raffles Institution (RI) finally
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