Today, 12 January 2004

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    12 1 TODAY sets you thinking todayonline.com MOllday January 12, 2004 MITA (P) 002/11/2002
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    CitiZen Sim scores another Creative coup
    814 1  -  Tor Ching Li Company's latest audio-visual gizmo clinches top award at world consumer show chingli(gnewstoday.com.sg THE poster-boy of Singapore entrepreneurship is at it again. Creative chairman Sim Wong Hoo and his Zen Portable Media Centre (PMC) beat thousands of international entrants including industry giants
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      41 1 NEWS£yWWS New Sars case? Contradicting reports emerge from Guangdong/4 Umej Bhatia Not all Middle East news is bad/22 Goodbye, Anita Fans pay respects, here and in Hong Kong/26 TOSHIBA Gunners down to one striker but Boro's afraid/34 SHARE YOUR FREE NEWSPAPER
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  • HOT NEWS
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      Spotlight on new ministers
      515 2  -  Derrick A Paulo Commitment to feedback and openness should continue, says PM Goh derrick@newstoday.com.sg SINGAPORE Idol hopefuls might not be the only ones who will get to appear on the airwaves soon. Singapore's young ministers could also get some airtime, if students take up Prime Minister
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      PM Goh is her idol
      81 2 Prime Minister Goh Chok Jong signing a photo of himself for Madam Ywan Gan Ying, 85, at Marine Parade CCC's Hong Bao Day yesterday. Madam Ywan had cut the newspaper clipping three years ago and had it laminated. When asked why she replied in Malay:
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      Lock icon True markers of entrepreneurship
      630 3  -  Derrick A Paulo It's how willing people are to take that path, says Raymond Lim WHEN the police held their annual seminar last year, they asked Member of Parliament and businessman Inderjit Singh to give a talk on entrepreneurship. It was a move that suitably impressed
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      Lock icon Multi-racial schools in M'sia put on brakes
      405 4 AFP Strong opposition from Chinese as they fear such a system will dilute their culture KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia's attempt to forge a national identity among its cul-turally-diverse Malay, Chinese and Indian citizens has run into trouble at school. An ambitious Vision Schools programme
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      Lock icon China's see-saw stand on new Sars case
      186 4 Agencies HONG KONG Contradicting reports continue to loom over the Sars situation in Guangdong. While Hong Kong health authorities yesterday reported a new suspected Sars case, Chinese authorities reported otherwise. Dr Thomas Tsang, a spokesman for the Hong Kong Department of Health, told
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      Lock icon Fast and swift response
      46 4 The Singapore Civil Defence Force conducting a multi-agency emergency exercise yesterday at Raffles Place MRT Station. The exercise was to make sure that all home-front agencies are able to respond swiftly in the event of an emergency response situation. WEE TECK HIAN
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      Dead US soldier's family wants other sons taken off the front
      233 4 NEW YORK In a development that parallels the World War II epic Saving Private Ryan the family of an American soldier killed in Iraq is pleading for two of their sons to be transferred away from the front lines.
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      121 2 LIVING FAITH CHURCH 9 r J£bj3g£3ifcm 4J Come and be blessed Speaker: Rev Dr John Shepherd Lim COFFEE TEA WILL BE SERVED Receive a Daily Power Bible Verse Free via SMS. Just SMS your name to 9783 8676* Organised by Living Faith Church 'Applicable to Singapore registered hamtphones only. W|||^|||l|||i|r
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      417 3 SIC GRADUATE SCHOOL SIC ENGLISH SCHOOL SIC LAW SCHOOL Singapore Institute masters English courses bachelor degrees /^y-v* rk rr^r^ y-tr> English as Foreign Language (EFL) University of London 01 COMMERCE yChlbria Business English English Plus! Bachelor of Laws (LLB) Master Of BusineSS Administration lELTS SAT TOEFL 2 year Graduate Entry
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  • HOME NEWS
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      No need to tighten visa rules for Sars
      253 6  -  Ted Chen Health Minister happy with China's handling of new cases tedchen@newstoday.com.sg 1 HJiKJi is no reason to tighten visa procedures for Chinese nationals as China is handling the recent new cases of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (Sars) very well, said Acting
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      Lock icon Hard decisions needed: DPM Lee
      148 6 -AFP NEW DELHI Singapore's Deputy Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong began a 10-day visit to India yesterday and expressed hopes of reaching a bilateral trade pact that would boost investment. "It needs hard decisions on both sides and we should focus on it and get
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      195 6 Refer to Page 2 of tomorrow's paper! fjM 7^ HE HEARING CARE PROFESSIONALS Helping those who can't hear well, hear better. Coming to terms with a hearing loss is never easy to accept. A simple conversation can end up like a shouting contest and verbal communication becomes dreadfully difficult. The
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      392 7 Jj^SMU Most wanted by SMU Revolutionaries and M^lf s^A rebels in the making _.~*rf Experience The SMU Advantage j^J L J <? At SMU, our approach to business education is totally revolutionary. It appeals "^WP i? to the brightest and most ambitious unconventional minds in our midst. |m 1 Inspired,
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      Mother tongue-tied, kids may suffer
      214 8  -  Scully Patrick Fairley Should MOE dismantle 'outdated' Mother Tongue policies? I REFER to the article, "Schools to mind second language", by Derrick A Paulo. Though the switch to CL B may be a "lifeline for some", it may be too little too late for the
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      Have fun but be responsible
      128 8  -  Shaun David MORE LETTERS ON PAGE 11 I TOTALLY agree with Kamala Devi's comments in her letter dated Jan 10 regarding the Shankar Aiyar case. Women out to have fun should be a lot more responsible and be very clear about what they want and
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      Berated by staff at Changi Airport
      204 8  -  Sharon Khoo WE read about Changi Airport recently being named the world's best airport with amazement. Our recent experience with the check-in staff at Changi Airport reveals just how much service standards in the Singapore aviation industry have fallen. Although we had arrived punctually
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      Correction
      67 8 IN the article, "Schools to mind second language" (Weekend Today, Jan 10-11), we had reported that PSLE students in the top 11 to 30 percentile with an A* in mother tongue need only a merit in Higher Mother Tongue (HMT) to take it at the secondary level. We wish
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      Chief Security Officers or CSOs Are New Breed of Key IT Management
      537 10  -  Nivag Sattiar Society feature Written by With the economic impact of malicious hacking and virus attacks reaching into the billions of dollars, such emphasis has given rise to a high demand for senior professionals that not only know
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      Hota issue must be addressed
      283 11  -  Michael Loh Yik Ming Religious leaders must take the lead as many will be reluctant to donate their organs I REFER to the recently-passed Human Organ Transplant Act (Hota) and the attendant reluctance of many Singaporeans to allow a deceased loved one to be a
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      Sometimes, if s the employers who are their maids' victims
      588 11  -  Jacqueline Chong I REFER to Ms Pamela Wong's letter, "Maids should pay their dues before coming", (Today, Jan 9). I fully agree with her. I've been reading many letters, columns and articles on maids' rights. But, there was hardly anything
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      Lock icon Get more for your money
      638 12 Don't just profit from it, get protected too GOT a few thousand dollars or so pulling lacklustre interest in a savings account? Are you thinking of investing it? What if it could do more than just promise better returns? It can with an Investment-linked Policy
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      Lock icon Thai Air Asia seeks to fly to Singapore
      357 14 It wants to start flights next month BANGKOK-based Air Asia Aviation Co, a budget airline, is seeking approval to fly to Singapore from next month as it extends a South-east Asian network before a planned initial share sale by its Malaysian partner.
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        Lock icon Singapore
        110 14 Agencies SINGAPORE shares ended last week with an 11-day winning streak, with the benchmark ST Index breaking the 1,850 barrier to end at 1,852.53. The coming week is likely to be focused on earnings coming out of the United States, with blue-chip companies ranging from General Electric Co to
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        Your Ssl buys
        36 14 us$ 0.591 Peso 32.668 UK£ 0.3199 A$ 0.7609 Yen 63.116 Indian Rs 26.852 HK$ 4.5881 Won 696.79 RM 2.2455 C$ 0.7516 Euro 0.4611 Yuan 4.8917 Rupiah 4920.1 NZ$ 0.8668 Baht 23.04 NTS 19.917
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        26 14 SGX, Bloomberg Information provided by Gold us$/oi 426.800 Silver us$/oi 6.497 Platinum us$/oi 845.000 Rubber centsAg 212.00 Palm Oil RM/tonne 1740 Brent crude us$/barrel 31.85
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      ARTS & CULTURE
      893 15  - ARTS CULTURE Leong Phei Phei In this first of a five-part series on the Singapore Youth Award (SYA), we feature Mr Ong Keng Sen, artistic director of Theatre Works. In 2000, Mr Ong received the SYA, the highest national accolade given to youths who have achieved excellence in their field
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      Lock icon Dam in Sarawak may be scaled back
      313 16 AFP Lack of demand may see turbines reduced by half KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia may scale back plans to build South-east Asia's largest hydroelectric dam in Sarawak state on Borneo island, due to insufficient demand for energy, a weekly newspaper said yesterday. The Bakun
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      Dividends Declared by SGX Companies
      330 16 Tetekurs Financial Web: www,telekurs,corn,sg Email: sales,sg@telekurs,corn Asia Pacific Breweries Ltd C Ord F SGD 14.00 Net *****4 *****4 Central Properties Ltd S 1080 for ********** TBA Central Properties Ltd S 368 for 1000 *****4 TBA Cerebos Pacific Ltd C BonusQ SGD 10.00 Net *****4 *****4
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      Lock icon Ninth Parmalat executive under arrest
      64 16 Mr Giovanni Bonici (centre) became the ninth executive of Parmalat to be detained in a multi-billion euro accounting scandal along with its auditors. None of them has been charged. On his return to Parma, Italy, last Friday, Mr Bonici, the former president of Parmalat Venezuela
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      Lock icon $7b bailout by LG Card creditors
      168 16 Bloomberg SEOUL LG Card Co, South Korea's largest credit card issuer, averted bankruptcy after its lenders agreed to support a 5 trillion won ($7.16 billion) bailout on Friday. The bailout includes new loans and a debt-for-equity swap. Sixteen creditors including Kookmin Bank, which had
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      Lock icon Industrial Bank may be third China bank to receive bailout
      158 16 Bloomberg BEIJING China may inject US$4O billion ($6B billion) into Industrial and Commercial Bank of China the nation's biggest lender as it accelerates a programme to help state banks reduce bad loans before selling shares to the public. China's banks
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      159 15 THE SINGAPORE YOUTH AWARD EXCELLENCE WITH A HEART NOMINATE NOW! INSPIRING QUOTES FROM PAST SYA RECIPIENTS "To dream is to live one's life bravely." Kit Chan, performing artiste "When we realise what we want to achieve, that becomes our vision of perfection. Striving towards that becomes an obsession. Only coming
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  • SAVVY INVESTOR
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      240 18 Bloomberg CITIGROUP Inc, ÜBS AG and Deutsche Bank AG are bidding to manage Indonesia's sale of as much as US$l billion ($1.7 billion) of bonds, the country's first overseas debt offering in more than seven years, bankers involved in the pitching said.
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      Lock icon Where to invest in the new year?
      664 18  -  Vasu Menon Seven fund managers are polled on their views on the investment outlook for this year news@newstoday.com.sg OCBC's Wealth Management Unit polled seven fund managers to seek their views on the investment outlook for this year and where to invest in the
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  • WORLD NEWS
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      Lock icon New Zealand mulls chemical castration of paedophiles
      171 20 AFP WELLINGTON New Zealand is considering the chemical castration of paedophiles, although government officials are divided on the idea and psychiatrists warned it might not be the ultimate cure. "My position is that we must protect the rights of the most vulnerable members
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    • GLOBAL roundup
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        Lock icon Possible suicide bomber nabbed
        54 20 Reuters Before Christmas, British police arrested a man suspected of planning a suicide bombing and who had links to the Al Qaeda, The Sunday Times reported. It said an Algerian asylum seeker in his late 20s was arrested after leaving notes to his family, saying he
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        Lock icon Qatar to set up dialogue forum
        58 20 AFP Qatar's emir, Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, said Qatar would serve as the headquarters for the "Permanent Forum for American-Islamic Dialogue to follow up this mission and plan for its future activities" to promote dialogue between the US and the Islamic world.
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        Lock icon 2 handsets explode in Vietnam
        75 20 AFP Two mobile phones exploded in Vietnam, state media said yesterday. A Nokia phone exploded in a man's pocket in the city of Danang, while a Samsung handset blew up in Hanoi. The owner of the Samsung phone admitted he had bought it from an
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      Lock icon US plays down find of likely chemical weapons in Iraq
      389 20 Reuters while Danish troops claim mortar rounds could contain blister gas BAGHDAD American officials played down reports of Danish troops finding possible chemical weapons in Iraq, as these were being examined by the coalition experts. Danish and Icelandic troops found
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  • COMMENTARY
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      Lock icon Good news, between the headlines
      1053 22  -  Umei Bhatia If you look hard enough, you'll find that the Middle East is not just about wars and conflict news@newstoday.com.sg A FRIEND and former colleague of mine at Harvard University's Center for Middle East Studies packed in a promising career recently. He walked away
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      327 22 About the Data Storage Institute (DSI) The Data Storage Institute (DSI) is a member of the Agency for Science, Technology and Wl'4 Research (A'STAR). Established in 1992 as the Magnetics ¥%M Technology Centre (MTC), it was renamed Data Storage Institute j£^M Dara ~'™rzz s in 1996. The research institute's mission
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      Lock icon Continuing Anita's legacy
      701 24  -  Elisa Chia REMUS Choy (picture, above) wants to be happy. He badly does. Clenching his fists, he told Today: "These days, I'll wake up and tell myself, 'I want to be happy. I want to be happy.'" But try as he might, it was clear that the
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      Lock icon Goodbye, Anita Mui
      537 26  -  Janice Lee Serene Foo Fans of the Cantopop star pay their respects here and in HK and janice@newstoday.com.sg A SOLEMN crowd gathered at the Marina Mandarin yesterday to pay their last respects to Cantopop diva Anita Mvi a day before her funeral in Hong Kong. Close to
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      177 24 Healthy Participants Needed The Pfizer Clinical Research Unit (PCRU) needs healthy participants for a scientific study. The purpose of this study is to investigate the blood levels of an investigational medicine when it is given in combination with two other medicines (one is approved in US and EU, but not
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      Lock icon Splendid Splendor
      305 27 -AFP LA critics give best film honours to offbeat film LOS ANGELES The comedy, American Splendor, which revolves around the story of a comic book writer and his path to becoming a cult celebrity, won top honours from the influential Los Angeles Film Critics Association. The offbeat film,
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      570 28 Expect no less from this Country Manna THERE is something about Country Manna at Century Square that sets it apart from the other outlets of the restaurant chain. You'll feel it in the snug, homely atmosphere. You'll notice it in the menu and sense it
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      386 29  -  Sam Chua Bonito promises a good, reasonably-priced meal Bonito Singapore Pub Grill Grandlink Square 51 1 Guillemard Road #01-56 Telephone: 9843 8029 Opening Hours: 5.45pm to 2am (last order at 1 1 pm) sam@newstoday.com.sg TUCKED away behind a quiet mall at the edge of Geylang, a little gem
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      Black in favour
      300 30  -  Karman Tse Soy Club adds colour to soy bean beverages and desserts DROVES of people pass by Soy Club every day. But they either overlook it completely, or are too unadventurous to try the variety of soy beancurd and soymilk which the shop owner, John Cheng, is
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      259 29 fostering relationships through food I I 1 /S f I to a prosperous Chinese New Year ,-iV^ CHINESE NEW YEAR BUFFET From 16.80 Per Person •f% Let caterer Fostre provide you with a M^M^T 'JMattc-.g* sumptuous Chinese New Year feast in the comfort of your own place! Our menus consist
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      445 30 PY^ Singapore's First Indulge in over 50 varieties ot traditional handmade Chinese dim sum and Japanese sushi, S LunCh <12pm-2.30pm) S 16.80** (Adultl. 59-80** (Child Wow lOyrs old) Add 12 on Sat, Sun P.H. Dinner (uopm-iapn) 18.80♦+ (Adult). Sl2.Bo*+ (Child below 10 yrs old) VJd J2 on Fri. Sat, Sun,
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        130 32 LONDON Disgraced Greg Rusedski slammed the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) yesterday. He blamed the ATP for providing him and other players with contaminated drinks and for leaking news of his positive drugs test to the media. Rusedski, the British No 2 who faces a
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        127 32 NEW YORK Kurt Thomas (picture) scored 28 points and Allan Houston added 26 more as the New York Knicks beat the Milwaukee Bucks 94-88 in the NBA yesterday. Thomas also pulled down a game-high 1 6 rebounds and newly-acquired All-Star point guard Stephon Marbury chipped
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        84 32 MANCHESTER The entire board of Manchester City escaped unhurt when an engine on the plane taking them home from a Premiership match caught fire and blew up. The horrifying drama happened when the 14-strong party was returning from Saturday's match at Portsmouth on England's south
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        73 32 SYDNEY Brad Williams captured four wickets in 1 5 balls in a devastating spell of fast bowling to steer Australia to a 99-run win over Zimbabwe in a tri-series one-day international at the Sydney Cricket Ground yesterday. Williams ripped through the Zimbabwean top order before returning to
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      491 32 -AFP Aussie takes over lead from Vijay as Goosen and Woods also shine GOLF, THIRD ROUND Mercedes Championship at 13-under-par. Defending champion Ernie Els registered his second even-par 73 and trails back in 23rd place in the 30-player field at 3-under-par. After a four-year absence at
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      339 32  -  NFL PLAYOFFS -AFP Rams 23 Panthers 29 ST LOUIS Jake Delhomme threw a 69-yard touchdown pass to Steve Smith on the first play of the second overtime Saturday (yesterday morning, Singapore time) to lift the Carolina Panthers to an upset
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      340 33  -  STANLEY HO No return to football for former S-League supremo stanley@newstoday.com.sg THE search for a new Football Association of Singapore (FAS) general secretary is on. Today broke the news last month that the incumbent, John Koh, will retire before his two-year tenure ends in March
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      Lock icon Real Madrid slip up, Valencia are winter champs
      341 33 Reuters PRIMERA LIGA R Sociedad 1 vR Madrid 0 MADRID Valencia claimed the honorary title of winter champions on Saturday (yesterday morning, Singapore time) thanks to a 1-0 win at Albacete and a surprise 1-0 defeat for Real Madrid at Real Sociedad.
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      225 33 Reuters SYDNEY Amelie Mauresmo has slammed Australian Open officials for elevating Venus Williams to third in the tournament seedings despite her lower ranking. Australian Open tournament director Paul McNamee announced world No 11 Venus would be seeded behind Belgian pair Justine HeninHardenne
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      Asian golf pros take control
      140 33 WITH the formalities completed, Asian golf's touring professionals have been given the green light to set up a new tournament players' association. The new association will be run by a board which will be controlled by players. It will be the sanctioning body for professional
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      476 34 Agencies Despite Wenger's striker crisis, Boro is in for a torrid month ENGLISH PREMIERSHIP Arsenal 4 Middlesbrough 1 LONDON "Are you coming back for more?", queried the Clock End at Highbury on Saturday to the hordes from Teesside making the first of three trips to Highbury
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      Lock icon Former City midfielder tags Keegan a 'big baby'
      297 34 -AFP ENGLISH PREMIERSHIP Portsmouth 4 Man City 2 PORTSMOUTH Eyal Berkovic unleashed a parting shot at former boss Kevin Keegan by branding the Manchester City manager a "big baby" who should be sacked. Speaking after his new club Portsmouth had beaten City
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      350 35 English champions could be in trouble over Howard transfer LONDON Just days after manager Alex Ferguson (picture) was criticised by PSV Eindhoven boss Harry van Raaij for tapping up their young 18-year-old winger Arjen Robben, the Sunday Times revealed that the English Football Association (FA) are to
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      Lock icon Liverpool showing some signs of a recovery
      297 35 ENGLISH PREMIERSHIP Liverpool 1 Aston Villa 0 LIVERPOOL Rumours continue to flit around Anfield that the Liverpool board is ready to see Celtic's Martin O'Neill succeed Gerard Houllier as manager. The feeling is that the studious Frenchman does not possess the firebrand spirit
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      233 35 Agencies ENGLISH PREMIERSHIP P W D LF APIS Saturday's results: Arsenal 4 Middlesbrough 1, Birmingham 2 Southampton 1, Blackburn 3 Bolton 4, Charlton 2 Wolverhampton 0, Fulham 2 Everton 1, Leeds 0 Tottenham 1, Liverpool 1 Aston Villa 0, Portsmouth 4 Man City 2 equally happy to be
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