Today, 26 January 2004, Afternoon Edition

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    13 1 TODAY we set you thinking todayonline.com Monday January 26, 2004 MITA (P) 002/11/2002
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  • AFTERNOON EDITION
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      Lock icon Saddam 'rewarded overseas supporters'
      90 1 AFP BAGHDAD Former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein rewarded 200 of his main supporters abroad by giving them millions of barrels of crude oil, an official said yesterday. Oil Ministry Undersecretary Abdul Sahib Salman Qotob said the supporters included prime ministers and political parties. A iocal newspaper
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      Lock icon Lonely planet no more?
      786 1  -  Tor Ching Li Opportunity to explore Mars for traces of life NASA was over the moon yesterday, quite literally. Indeed, as mission controllers of America's National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Nasa) cheered the successful landing of Opportunity Spirit's twin rover on Mars, the red rock looked
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      Lawyers move to mend fences without the angst
      668 1  -  Teo Hwee Nak CHIEF Justice Yong Pung How's ultimatum to the Law Society to get its act together may already be bearing fruit The organisation, which was in turmoil over a move to get lawyers to change their accounting practices, has promised
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  • HOT NEWS
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      Lock icon On course for closer ties
      410 2  -  Shobha Tsering Bhalla Golf game, reception highlight two PMs' 'friendship first' approach THERE were signs of fair weather in bilateral ties as the Prime Ministers of Singapore and Malaysia took to the fairways of Sentosa yesterday to improve relations between the two countries. Camaraderie and
      CHANNEL NEWSASIA  -  410 words
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      Fresh perks for parents in store as birth rate plunges
      195 2  -  Tan Hui Leng NEW incentives to have babies could be on the cards for couples as the birth rate has plunged alarmingly, Deputy Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said yesterday. Speaking at a Chinese New Year dinner at Teck Ghee
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    • Article
      When jail may not be the solution
      689 3  -  Silva Kandiah NEWS£ 1L An alternative could be 'restorative justice', which involves offenders making direct amends JAIL for molesters, grandmothers who harbour illegals, a mother with a handicapped son and, in the United States, for those who videotape movies. There is much debate
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      100 2 '^l Nanyang r liflßll UNIVERSITY SSP Singapore Stanford Partnership Shaping Asia's future leaders in Environmental Science and Engineering An enriching, vibrant campus experience at two premier universities. Applications open to local graduates for MSc (2004 June Intake) and PhD studies. Full Scholarships available. SSP Informational Session Date 7 February 2004,
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  • HOME NEWS
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      Untitled
      49 4 I would say the person who influenced me as a young man would be my uncle, about four years my senior, the youngest brother of my father. PM Goh on the people who made the most impact on him after his father's untimely death when he was a child
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      Lock icon A CNY dinner they will remember
      483 4  -  Ng Shing Vi Samsui women can look forward to other reunions and even a community project IT RAINED cats and dogs all of Saturday an auspicious sign for some, as rain in Cantonese implies "fortune". But 300 samsui women, amahs and former coolies, who
      WONG KHING CHONG  -  483 words
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      Laws needed to protect Asian young from child-sex tourists
      624 4  -  Ng Shing Vi SOUTH-EAST Asia is now the world's foremost destination for child-sex tourists, according to estimates from child-rights organisations and international law enforcement agencies. There are more than one million child prostitutes in Asia alone, Asiaweek and Time Asia said.
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  • LETTERS
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      Bright but hobbled
      377 6  -  Mohan Subbaraman Why is there no 'B' syllabus for primary school students? I REFER to the letter "Mother Tongue Language policy refined to help students" (Weekend Today, Jan 17-18). The Government's bilingual policy is laudable but the way it gives effect to this policy has caused many
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      Make babies, not stay on shelf
      190 6  -  Heng Cho Choon I REFER to Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong's Chinese New Year message: Return to family values. (Today, Jan 21). Mr Goh and his ministers have always stressed on family values and the need to produce more children, especially with the rapid
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      Scholar must learn to make do
      135 6  -  Chan Keng Mm I AM astonished, to say the least, by Ms Pam Wong's letter regarding her son's scholarship grant (Today, Jan 21). She seems to forget that her son's scholarship comes from taxpayers' money. Of course the cost of living in London is
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  • BUSINESS NEWS
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      Lock icon Flextronics in talks with Nortel over $854m deal
      467 8 Agencies Transaction may solidify Flextronics as the leader in infrastructure market TORONTO Singapore-based Flextronics International is in talks with Nortel Networks to take over nearly all of the factories of the Canadian communications network giant in a deal that may be worth
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    • MarketWATCH
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        Lock icon Singapore
        173 8 Agencies SHARES look set to rise further this week, with the main index likely to reach 1,900 points in the near-term as confidence grows over the outlook for the economy. The ST Index closed on Wednesday at 1,889.56 points, up 52.69 points or 2.87 per cent for the holiday-shortened
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        Your S$1 buys
        36 8 US$ 0.5890 UK£ 0.3194 Yen 62.588 HK$ 4.5882 RM 2.2453 Euro 0.4629 Rupiah 4,966.1 Baht 23.038 Peso 32.937 A$ 0.7585 Indian Rs 26.797 Won 691.72 C$ 0.7746 Yuan 4.8829 NZ$ 0.8777 NTS 19.810
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        Lock icon Commodities
        26 8 SGX, Bloomberg Gold us$/oz 408.00 Silver us$/oi 6.360 Platinum us$/oi 856.50 Rubber centsAg 217.25 Palm Oil RM/tonne 1,789.50 Brent crude uss/barrel 31.18 Information provided by
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      Lock icon Chinese splash on shopping, travel fest
      657 10 -AFP Despite freezing cold, Lunar New Year sets them a-spending BEIJING Ms Zhang Li, 22, is cruising Beijing's department stores, determined to part with the 300 yuan ($62) her grandparents have given her in a traditional Lunar New Year hongbao. "Normally, I am cautious
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      Lock icon Japan's electronics makers commit to digital appliances
      296 10 Dow Jones TOKYO The combined capital investment in digital household appliances and other related products by 24 major manufacturers of electric equipment, semiconductors and other products in Japan is expected to hit a record 1.2 trillion yen ($19.1 billion) in the fiscal year
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      Lock icon S Korea shipyards enjoy record year of exports and orders
      143 10 -AFP SEOUL South Korean ship exports rose 3.6 per cent year-on-year to an all-time high of US$ll.O6 billion ($18.9 billion) last year, official data showed yesterday. South Korean shipyards also secured record new orders to build 470 vessels totalling 16.75
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  • SAVVY INVESTOR
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      For peace of mind, make that Will
      596 12 It will ensure that your wealth is distributed according to your wishes THE sounds of family reunions, giving of hongbao and expressions of love and goodwill will still be echoing in the homes of those who just welcomed the Year of the Monkey.
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        Lock icon Capita Mall Trust ($ 1.40) Hold
        86 12 Capita Mall Trust 1.40) Hold DBS Vickers Capita Mall Trust's distribution income of $64.9 million, or eight cents per unit, for fiscal 2003 was within our expectations. Despite raising our discounted cash flow-based fair value by 3.6 per cent to $1.42 due to better rental commitments at Tampines Mall, we
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        Lock icon Keppel Corp ($6.75) Buy
        127 12 DBS Vickers Keppel Corp's Keppel FELS unit secured last week a contract from Norway's Skeie Group to build a rig for US$l26 million ($215 million). Skeie also awarded a rig contract to SembCorp Marine's PPL unit. The key difference is that Keppel FELS' design is tested
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      Recovery seen for Nera Telecom
      917 14  -  Joel Ng Demand from new markets, industry infrastructure spending forecast to drive earnings growth news@newstoday.com.sg NERA Telecommunications had an unimpressive year on the earnings front, but the contract manufacturer and telecommunications networks and IT services provider looks likely to stage a recovery in 2004. For
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  • WORLD NEWS
    • GLOBALroundup
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        Bird flu in Indonesia
        69 16 The Indonesian government said yesterday that millions of poultry have died of a type of bird flu. "The government will not cover it up that Indonesia has now been infected by the avian influenza which has attacked millions of poultry," said the Agriculture Ministry's director for
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        Lock icon Net love games worry parents
        61 16 -AFP Parents in China have voiced fears that Internet love games give children a premature interest in adult family life, state media said yesterday. Teenagers are increasingly turning to cyberspace games in which they can "tie the knot", go on virtual honeymoons and "have children"
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        Lock icon Aussies want to drop Queen
        96 16 -AFP An opinion poll of 1,200 Australians showed that only 30 per cent support retaining the Queen as head of state, according to the results published yesterday in Sunday Telegraph of Australia. Although 64 per cent wanted an Australian to hold the position, 57 per
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        Lock icon Ceasefire in Myanmar
        105 16 AFP Myanmar's military government and ethnic Karen National Union (KNU) rebels called a halt to five decades of fighting in peace talks last week after both sides realised they could no longer afford to continue their brutal conflict. The KNU, until now the biggest ethnic army still
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      Lock icon Cop shot dead in Pattani
      398 16 Reuters Killing latest in series of escalating violence in Muslim-majority province BANGKOK A Buddhist policeman was shot dead as he fed his chickens in Thailand's largely Muslim south yesterday, a day after two monks were hacked to death while collecting food in a region convulsed
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      Lock icon Police break up Keadilan rally
      246 16 Agencies KUALA LUMPUR Riot police and supporters of jailed former deputy premier Anwar Ibrahim clashed on Saturday as police attempted to break up a rally in Perak in what an official from Anwar's party called harassment, "Gestapo-style". Dozens of riot police with water cannons barged
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      Lock icon Thai farmers accuse govt of cover up in bird flu crisis
      233 16 Agencies SUPHAN BURI (Thailand) Angry and emotional as they watched their chickens buried alive in giant pits, Thai farmers accused the government of destroying their livelihood by covering up the bird flu crisis. The outbreak of avian influenza was
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      Lock icon Saddam's 'spider hole'to be levelled?
      100 16 AFP The United States military is not waiting for the "spider hole", where former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein was captured on Dec 13, to become a tourist destination. It has started lobbying for its location now cordoned off and heavily guarded to be demolished, a
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      Lock icon Weapons 'moved to Syria'
      224 16 Agencies LONDON Part of Saddam Hussein's secret weapons programme was transferred from Iraq to neighbouring Syria, and their status has yet to be resolved, Mr David Kay, the just-resigned head of the Iraq Survey Group, told the Sunday Telegraph in what it called an exclusive interview.
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  • COMMENTARY / WORLD NEWS
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      When he speaks, Bush listens
      902 17  -  Ehsan Ahrari Ayatollah Sistani has ensured a dominant political status for the Iraqi Shi'ite community WHO is the most powerful man in Iraq today? Not L Paul Bremer, the US viceroy of Iraq and not even Lieutenant-General Ricardo Sanchez, the commander of the coalition forces.
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      Lock icon Swallowing it to the hilt
      40 17 REUTERS A Chinese martial arts expert swallowing a sword during a performance at a temple fair in Beijing yesterday as residents in the Chinese capital continued to celebrate the Chinese New Year of the Monkey.
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    • GLOBALroundup
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        Lock icon China acts against monkey poachers
        65 17 -AFP China has marked the Year of the Monkey by handing down hefty jail sentences to a group of poachers dealing in rhesus monkeys, state media reported yesterday. Courts in the southern Guizhou province pronounced 20 sentences ranging from six to 14 years for rhe-sus-related
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        Lock icon Undersea quake jolts Taiwan
        55 17 -AFP An undersea earthquake measuring 4.5 on the Richter scale jolted south-eastern Taiwan yesterday.There were no immediate reports of damage or casualties, as the Taiwanese people celebrated the Chinese New Year.The tremor hit at 1 1:44 am Singapore time, originating 1 9.3 km below the sea
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        Lock icon Pope slams media portrayal of sex
        87 17 Agencies Pope John Paul on Saturday attacked the "light-hearted" portrayal of sex on television and said positive images in the media of homosexuality and contraception were bad for society. In an advance message for World Communications Day on May 23, the pope said family
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        Lock icon Lanka rebels deny taking children
        92 17 Reuters Sri Lanka s Tamil Tigers have denied they are recruiting child soldiers, saying on Sunday the accusations are designed to discredit the separatist movement. Unicef, the UN children's agency, said on Thursday the rebels last year recruited more than 700 children as soldiers despite
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      All by herself ...
      698 18  - All by herself Yong Shu Chiang Is J.Lo unlucky in love or trading up for better? IS Jennifer Lopez, arguably the most eligible Latina superstar around, jinxed when it comes to love and marriage? Or is her string of failed romances two divorces and a marriage aborted practically at the
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      Who's next?
      278 18 From a lowly waiter/model, to a dancer/choreographer, to a rap music star, to a Hollywood film star, Jennifer Lopez has moved on as her career has moved up. Which leads naturally to the question: Who's next? Our +plus jester looks into his crystal ball. Matt Damon Affleck's best
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      Lock icon He lives a Life less ordinary
      852 19  -  Serene Foo Last Life in the Universe director adopts carefree attitude during filming it TV /TAYBE we should just die, it will be IVXperfect... you don't have to answer the phone, check your emails, get on your Playstation, or watch TV and you wouldn't
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      Lock icon Duff's secret is strategic planning
      304 19 -Reuters/Billboard NEW YORK-"Why not, take a crazy chance," Hilary Duff sings in one of the songs that helped transform her from an actress to a legitimate pop star. Those words summarise the risks the teenage actress; her manager, Andre Recke; her mother, Susan Duff; and
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      Lock icon Jones calls the shots in new album
      283 19 Reuters/Billboard LOS ANGELES "I'm very over myself," Norah Jones said with a self-con-scious laugh. Fortunately, she seems to be the only one who feels that way. The music industry and countless fans are looking at her Feb 10 US release Feels Like Home
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        A BROTH OF FRESH AIR
        99 20 NOW, thanks to Swanson, you can make chicken broth in a jiffy. Swanson uses top grade chicken for its Clear Chicken Broth and comes in ready to use packages. Here is a recipe for an easy-to-cook dish. BROTH SIMMERED RICE Ingredients 1 can Swanson Clear
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        Food, glorious Singaporean food
        476 20  -  Sam Chua From laksa and chicken rice to curry and mcc siam, you'll be spoilt for choice at PrimaTaste The Atrium ASK Singaporeans who live abroad what they miss most about Singapore and the answer almost always is the food. Singaporeans take their food seriously and
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        PRIMA PASTES
        140 21 SINGAPORE FLAVOURS IN A PACKET PRIMA Taste offers pre-mium-quality, authentic Singapore favourites in ready-to-cook pastes and premixes. Developed by Prima's team comprising master chefs and food technologists, the dishes were created to reflect the best of Singapore food. Prima Taste pastes and premixes come complete with instructions to
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      Lock icon At Globes, -will it be 'Hail to the Hobbits'?
      579 22 Reuters Awards victory for Lord of the Rings would boost Oscar favourite status LOS ANGELES It is a minuscule group only about 90 members sometimes ridiculed unmercifully by mainstream media. But this morning, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA) is once
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      Top Nominees for Golden Globes
      139 22 Best Picture Drama Cold Mountain Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World Mystic River Seabiscuit Best Actress in a Drama Cate Blanchett, Veronica Guerin Nicole Kidman, Cold Mountain Scarlett Johannson, Girl With a Pearl
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        Lock icon Sun shines on Primer and DIG!
        551 23 Sundance Festival reinforces its independence by giving ignored productions the top awards PARK CITY (Utah) The Sundance Film Festival reinforced its brand of feisty independence on Saturday by awarding top honours to two movies that had largely been left off the list of must-see
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        Lock icon Gibson's Passion cross to bear
        298 23 -AFP LOS ANGELES The Passion of the Christ is a month away from release in the United States, but the controversy surrounding it is already Mcl Gibson's cross to bear. "I anticipate the worst is yet to come," Gibson said at the Global Pastors Network
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    • livinglearning
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        Canada: A cosmopolitan educational hub
        634 24  -  Melody Tan Cheaper fees, Accelerated Programme, shorter study times make it attractive MANY Singaporeans choose to study in countries such as Australia, the United States and the United Kingdom. But if Australia's too close to home; the tuition fees in the US are too expensive;
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      1726 25 The 2004 61st Golden Globe Awards j Out For Justice j The Crime Hunters (debut) i Hero I Asian Snapshots Channel s,Bam (live); 10pm (encore telecast) Channel 5, 7.45pm Channel 8, 9pm i Channel i, 1 Opm j Channel News Asia, 8.02pm S^ The Golden Globes honour I GinQ Felino
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      Lock icon Kobe gives Lakers a confidence boost
      386 26 NBA Jazz 86 Lakers 93 SALT LAKE CITY The Los Angeles Lakers got to celebrate the end of a nine-game road losing streak and something that's much, much bigger. Kobe's back. Out for six games because of a sprained right shoulder, Kobe Bryant returned
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      Lock icon Shoot 'em up. Kirk
      475 26 VeteranTripiett continues his bogey-less streak to tie Mickelson GOLF, FOURTH ROUND Bob Hope Chrysler Classic LA QUINTA, California Like a baseball pitcher working on a no-hitter, Kirk Triplett didn't particularly want to hear about his bogey-free run. Triplett shot a 9-under 63 on Saturday (yesterday morning,
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      Lock icon Laxman's star is burning bright Down Under but he wants more
      298 26 Reuters MELBOURNE Indian batsman Vangipurappu Laxman says he has yet to peak despite hitting three centuries in the past week in the triangular one-day series in Australia. "I can do much better than this," Laxman told a news conference
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      Lock icon Unfit Ronaldo scores as Real goes top
      221 27 -AFP PRIMERA UGA Real Madrid 2 Villareal 1 MADRID Brazilian World Cup hero Ronaldo shrugged off a thigh strain and a late fitness test to score a goal in Real Madrid's 2-1 win over Villarreal on Saturday (yesterday morning, Singapore time). Real's win
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      Lock icon Boonchu sets mark, Mardan shines
      240 27 -AFP GOLF, FOURTH ROUND Thailand Open BANGKOK Veteran Boonchu Ruangkit became the oldest winner on the Asian circuit with a two-stroke victory in the US$3OO,OOO ($508,000) Thailand Open golf tournament yesterday. The 47-year-old birdied the final hole for a final-round 67 and an 18-under-par total
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      Lock icon Sinchi's grand plan
      627 27  -  STANLEY HO Club sets up business arm, strikes deal with new main sponsor CHINESE side Sinchi FC is looking to establish themselves as more than just a football club. Sinchi, who became the first foreign club to play in the S-League last season, have put into action
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      Lock icon Norway coach aims to pip Italy in World Cup qualifiers
      382 27  -  KOH WEI LING WHILE Scandinavian compatriots Denmark and Sweden fight it out for one of football's greatest prizes, Norway will be a spectator when the European Championships kick off in Portugal on June 12. After missing out on the previous
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      Lock icon Agassi leads American power Down Under
      582 28 Imposing veteran, fellow top seeds stroll into last eight AUSTRALIAN OPEN, DAY 7 Big guns crush opponents MELBOURNE Andre Agassi, Andy Roddick and Lindsay Davenport kept the stars and stripes flying high above Melbourne Park yesterday with a trio of sizzling performances in the
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      Lock icon Have the once all-conquering sisters withered?
      255 28 AFP MELBOURNE The Williams sisters' aura of invincibility has lost some of its shine, but don't expect the all-conquering duo to be gone for long. Former world No 1 Venus Williams was sent tumbling out of the Australian Open in straight sets on Saturday
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      Lock icon It rarely gets bigger than a Federer-Hewitt face-off
      328 28 -AFP AUSTRALIAN OPEN, DAY 8 Marquee clash on centre court MELBOURNE Never-say-die Lleyton Hewitt is taking the mental edge of his memorable Davis Cup five-set win over Roger Federer into their Australian Open showpiece match here today. World No 2 Federer has
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      Lock icon A very Asian star
      1043 29 He may have bowed out of the Australian Open to Andre Agassi yesterday, but Rohit Brijnath, who talked to tennis star Paradorn Srichaphan in Melbourne, finds the charming Thai refreshingly ambitious despite all the pressure. FIRST question I asked Paradorn Srichaphan on the first day of
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      360 29 Upsets in Thai Open BANGKOK Thai sensation Boonsak Polsana easily beat Hong Kong top seed Ng Wei 15-3, 15-3 yesterday to win his first Thailand Open badminton title. In the women's final, the Netherlands' Yaojie also caused an upset by beating South Korea's top seed Jun Jae Youn in
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        Lock icon Brazil fail to qualify for Olympic Games
        250 30 Reuters VINA DEL MAR, Chile Brazil, who have never won an Olympic gold medal in soccer, failed to qualify for this year's Games in Athens after a shock 1-0 defeat to Paraguay this morning. Brazil, five times world champions, had needed only to
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        Lock icon Striker dies after collapsing on pitch
        144 30 Agencies LISBON Benfica's Hungarian international striker Miklos Feher collapsed and died after suffering a heart attack during the Portuguese giants' league game yesterday against Vitoria Guimaraes, Portuguese television reported. Feher, 24, fell to the ground at Guimaraes' stadium during injury time with Benfica leading
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        Lock icon United safely through
        593 30 Reuters Fergie's second-string side overcome Northampton's resilience LONDON Manchester United overcame a spirited Northampton Town to reach the fifth round of the FA Cup with a 3-0 win over the third division side this morning. United striker Diego Forlan had an early penalty saved, but the Uruguayan
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        Lock icon Robben's father snubs Chelsea, criticises owner Abramovich
        352 30 AFP LONDON Highly-rated Dutch teenage striker Arjen Robben (picture) has been ruled out from joining bigspending Premiership side Chelsea by his father, who blasted the London side for lacking any structure and owner Roman Abramovich as having no idea what football was about.
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      Lock icon New deal for Fergie?
      543 31 Agencies Scot on verge of new contract despite protests from rivals Magnier, McManus LONDON Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson is poised to sign a new contract that will keep him at Old Trafford until 2007, according to a report in a British weekly tabloid. "We
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      Lock icon Robson threatens to quit over 'insider' criticism of Cort
      431 31 -AFP LONDON Newcastle manager Bobby Robson has threatened to quit following newspaper reports of a club insider slamming Carl Cort's (picture) performances, the Sunday Mirror reported. Robson was so upset by the comments on Cort, who is moving to Wolverhampton Wanderers,
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