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    18 1 TODAY we set you thinking todayonline.com We d n c s d ay March 3,2004 mita (p> 002/11/2002
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  • Article
    Bringing about a baby boom
    584 1  -  Lee Ching Wern Hng Kiang outlines task; bosses question long maternity leave WITH Singaporeans' biological clocks relentlessly ticking away, the man charged with bringing about a baby boom is wasting no time. Mr Lim Hng Kiang, Minister in the Prime Minister's Office and Second Minister
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      Putting PAS on the defensive
      755 1  -  Brendan Pereira EVEN before nomination day, ruling coalition politicians and foes agree that the ruling Barisan Nasional's (BN) customary two-thirds majority in Parliament is as secure as the vault in Bank Negara. This prediction is anchored on the basis of a clean sweep of seats
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      48 1 S^jfy fy INCOME IS7LEZMSUE THE NO 1 S-LEAGUE I H COVERAGE V IN SINGAPORE most exciting and ;j: colourful reads of the S-League. f Analysis, match El W. reports, features on WfM stars and information lWL&rf>\ for SCORE! enthusi- f\W asts. Make sure you ill get tomorrows copy.
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  • HOT NEWS
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      More sites for budget hostels
      495 2  -  Derrick A Paulo URA approves 29 new areas for running hostels, dorms and boarding houses IT'S official: Backpackers and budget tourists visiting Singapore will soon be able to bed down for the night in more places across Singapore from the swinging club hub of Mohamed
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      Play Who Wants to be a Millionaire Aware-style
      268 2  -  Tay Tsen-Waye IF YOU can name all the countries run by female leaders or five of Fortune Magazine's 50 most powerful women in corporate America, then hop into the hot seat in this feminist take on the hit TV game show Who
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      Lock icon Tanker blast not terrorism
      61 2 -AFP COORDINATING Minister for Security and Defence Tony Tan said yesterday there was no indication the explosion and sinking of a Singapore-flagged tanker Bow Mariner off the US Atlantic coast was linked to terrorism. He said Singapore is more worried about terrorists hijacking a tanker full
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      Lock icon Nine explosions in Iraqi cities kill 128
      343 3 KARBALA Iraq's majority Shia population came under attack yesterday as nearsimultaneous explosions in Baghdad and the holy city of Karbala killed at least 128 people. It was one of the bloodiest days in Iraq since a US-led coalition toppled President Saddam Hussein last
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      Two maids arrested for murder
      88 3 TWO 19-year-old female domestic workers have been arrested in connection with the murder of 47-year-old Mdm Esther Ang who was found dead yesterday morning in her Carissa Park condominium in Loyang. Police also recovered jewellery and cash from the two suspects. One of the maids
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  • HOME NEWS
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      Temasek buys into M'sia telco
      486 4  -  Raymond Andrew It pays $718 m for 5 per cent of state-control led Telekom in landmark deal TEMASEK Holdings has paid 1.6 billion ringgit ($7lB million) for 165 million of 300 million Telekom Malaysia shares offered in a landmark stock placement by Khazanah Nasional Berhad,
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      Lock icon More drug abusers turning to synthetics
      199 4 Newsßadio 93.8 SINGAPORE'S latest drug statistics have revealed some startling facts, among them that synthetic drug abusers made up nearly half of the 1,800 arrested last year. Only three in 10 favoured heroin. For the first time, heroin is no longer popular among drug
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      Lock icon No 'Black Hole Syndrome'
      543 6  -  Ng Shing Vi Feedback has had an impact on policy decisions, says unit chief shingyi@newstoday.com.sg FEEDBACK unit chairman Wang Kai Yuen describes the public's belief that feedback to the Government disappears with no action being taken as the "Black Hole Syndrome". And he wants to change
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      Mobile info service for tourists here
      127 6  -  Toy Tsen-Waye A NEW mobile information subscription service aims to put the wanderlust and spontaneity back into independent travelling. Even before stepping on to a plane, foreigners planning business or leisure trips can register at kakure.itrove.com.sg to stay informed on the food, retail and
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  • LETTERS
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      IBN to expand teacher course
      336 8 WE REFER to the letter, "All science teachers should get an opportunity" by Dr Rajeswari Sreenivasan (Weekend Today, Feb 28-29) and thank the writer for her interest in the Youth Research Program of the Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (IBN). We began our pilot teacher
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      Air quality in Boon Lay within safety limits
      145 8 I REFER to the letter "Pollution Boon Lay's drawback" by Chiam Che Lin (Today, Feb 11). Factories in the Jurong Industrial Estate are equipped with proper pollution control equipment that complies with prescribed emission standards. The National Environment Agency (NEA) carries out
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      150 8 J Armed Forces Jf Career Experience Aspiration Adventure' Advancement Catch a vision of your future Find out more about what a career in the Armed Forces offers at ACE! Adventure. Advancement. Aspiration. Win special prizes and souvenirs Celebrity appearances by Mark Lee, At the Armed Forces Career Experience On-site displays
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      717 9 Only Star Hub CableTV dazzles you with first-run Chinese movies, dramas and Cantonese variety shows! ■j[ I rrn>r_ g K*^ ww -^^ii^ Ibli j i-vi^ i£_-- lia -J 9^^^^H fr™" "IIIH""4"ll Ml rj'pj^jhjj' Ji§J \Vr iiin •lIIIk 1 Have a feast with a $168 Thai Village Restaurant voucher when you
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  • BUSINESS NEWS
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      Lock icon Tiger Airways hits snag
      216 12 Dow /owes Lawyers in talks with UK firm over 'stolen' name SINGAPORE'S new no-frills carrier has already hit turbulence over its name, months before it is due to take flight. Lawyers working for Tiger Airways, a joint venture between Singapore Airlines (SIA) and the founders of
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      CORPORATEbriefs
      131 12 Capita Land yesterday launched US$34O million ($5BO million) worth of securities backed by cash flows and assets of its commercial real estate investment trust (Reit). Proceeds from the US dollar denominated notes will be lent to the Reit, CapitaCommercial Trust, to help fund its $2.02 billion portfolio of assets.
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    • MarketWATCH
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        Lock icon Singapore
        128 12 Dow Jones SHARES ended flat yesterday in volatile trade, as investors took profit on blue chips such as Singapore Airlines (SIA), traders said. The ST Index inched up 1.2 points, or 0.06 per cent, to close at 1,892.93. Losers led gainers 298 to 83 while market volume jumped to
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        ST Index: 1,892.93 +1.20
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        SGX most active
        57 12 By volume UniFiber Bio-Treat 4EM-EVER ISoftel UnitedTAC Beauty China Midas Celestial Strike Chartered Close 0.165 0.915 0.260 0.140 0.860 0.460 0.625 0.360 0.055 1.700 Change +0.010 -0.085 -0.045 +0.005 -0.050 -0.050 -0.055 -0.040 +0.010 +6.5 -8.5 -14.8 +3.7 -5.5 -9.8 -8.1 -10.0 +0.6 'OOO 98,806 72,079 40,546
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        SGX top rises
        78 12 By Close Change Venture 21.700 +0.300 UOB 14.200 +0.200 Haw Par 5.200 +0.150 IMH400USS 10.000 +0.150 IDT 2.200 +0.110 DBS Bk6% NCPS10 107.500 +0.100 KepCorp 7.500 +0.100 Shang Asia 2kHKS 7.600 +0.100 Want WantUSS 1.250 +0.100 By percentage Close GenMag 0.150 Change +20.0 Hor Kew 0.070 +16.7
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        Your S$l buys
        36 12 US$ 0.5874 UK£ 0.3142 Yen 64.0195 HK$ 4.5717 RM 2.2321 Euro 0.4715 Rupiah 4971.95 Baht 23.0697 Peso 33.0847 A$ 0.7603 Indian Rs 26.572 Won 691.0776 C$ 0.7857 Yuan 4.8617 NZ$ 0.8523 NTS 19.5718
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        Commodities
        22 12 Gold uss/oi 400.40 Silver uss/oi 6.930 Platinum uss/oz 888.000 Rubber centsAg 226.50 Palm Oil RM/tonne 1 997 Brent crude uss/barrel 34.35
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        Lock icon World markets
        63 12 SGX, Bloomberg Information provided by Index Nikkei 225 Vali *****.51 ilue Change Pis +90.39 +0.80 Hang Seng Ordinaries *****.35 3398.20 -187.30 +8.30 -1.35 +0.24 laiwan Wtd 6975.26 +86.83 +1.26 Korea Comp 899.21 +15.79 +1.79 KLCI 894.45 +12.38 +1.40 SET Index 701.75 -3.50 -0.50 lakarta Comp Phils Comp Shenzhen
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        SGX top falls
        82 12 By$ SIA Close Change 11.500 -0.300 CITYDEV 6.350 -0.200 DBS 14.400 -0.200 SPH 18.600 -0.200 DMXTech 0.990 -0.130 (VPB Breweries 7.450 -0.100 OCBC 12.600 -0.100 SIA 200 11.600 -0.100 SPH 100 18.600 -0.100 IAC 200USS 3.020 -0.100 By percentage Close C Penguin W*****0 0.035 Hiap Hoe 0.020
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      Business in Bintan as RSI celebrates 10th anniversary
      143 14 ABOUT 150 businessmen and industrialists from Singapore and Indonesia will meet tomorrow on Batam island to foster closer working ties as part of Radio Singapore International's 10th anniversary celebrations. Keynote speakers at the one-day business meeting, organised jointly by RSI and the
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      Lock icon Designed by Mil-Corn
      462 14  -  Shobha Tsering Bhalla Tie-up makes it first SME to offer design of aircraft parts shobha@newstoday.com.sg IN WHAT could be the first IntraAsian deal in the Asian aerospace industry, Singapore company Mil-Corn Aerospace has teamed up with one of India's top aeronautical design companies, Cades Digitech, to design
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      Lock icon Shipping boom outpacing infrastructure growth
      312 14 Dow Jones THE growth in container shipping is outpacing infrastructure development at ports around the world. And cracks are beginning to appear in the global supply chain, a shipping company executive said yesterday. "Many ports and terminals are stretched tight as a drum right now,"
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      Lock icon MBA students are hot property
      386 17 Bloomberg Increased on-campus recruitment follows success of Wall Street which saw its third best-year ever in 2003 GOLDMAN Sachs Group and Deutsche Bank Securities are among Wall Street firms which are hiring more students at the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School, Columbia Business School and
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      DBS issues warrants
      38 17 DBS Bank will issue 10 million Europeanstyle cash warrants on Sing Tel at 36.72 cents each. The warrants expire on March 2 next year and have a $2.1213 exercise price, DBS said in an announcement
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    • STOCKcalls
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        Lock icon TPA Strategic (29.5 cents) – BUY
        139 18 TPA Strategic (29.5 cents) BUY GK Goh Research TPA Strategic is a niche distributor of aircraft components and provider of component repair services. A turnaround is imminent, while its longer-term prospects will be propelled by China's emerging aircraft industry. Valuations are attractive on earnings surprise potential. Its net profit for
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        Lock icon New Toyo (67 cents) – BUY
        144 18 New Toyo (67 cents) BUY UOB Kay Hian Net profit rose strongly by 158 per cent to $14.8 million in FYO3. The company's purchase of the first 50-per-cent stake in Smurfit Toyo Holding (STH) proved to be earnings-accretive as this profitable JV in China contributed $4 million to the group's
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        Lock icon Hong Leong Finance ($2.77) – BUY
        139 18 Hong Leong Finance ($2.77) BUY Netßesearch-Asia Net profit for group fell 8 per cent to $77.6 million. On the revenue side, loan assets grew by 5.4 per cent to $5.5 billion, outpacing the industry's growth. This is commendable in view of the sluggish loan demand in the Singapore market. It
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        Lock icon Federal (56 cents) – MARKET PERFORM
        158 18 Federal (56 cents) MARKET PERFORM OCBC Investment Research Federal's FYO3 results came in above our expectations, with net profit doubling to $4.9 million due to higher-than-expected contribution from other income. On our estimates, we are looking at a 22-per-cent rise in net profit for FYO4 to $5.9 million and a
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      Lock icon Stock tips on the phone
      69 18 Office workers at Raffles Place receiving red packets containing a $2 note each on Monday from the staff of Hong Bao Media (leftj. The money is meant for a free trial use of phonecast, a 1900 audio service that provides stock research tips by Sias
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      138 14 I J* Savings on V^l I Asian UnitTrustsl List of Unit Trusts: Aberdeen Pacific Equity Fund Schroders Asian Growth Fund o/ Savers Malaysia Fund Pay Only 2% sales Charge Sc hroders Singapore Trust Ends 31 March 2004 Aberdeen Singapore Equity Fund [Lowest^ €T% <>/ n Car Financing |,^y p: a:
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  • Page 14 Miscellaneous
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      168 16 I H Introducing the new face of mobile, H| the new Z2OO from Sony Ericsson. VV 1 A cute little number featuring Picture Messaging, 40 polyphonic A^R| ringtones, a gorgeous 4,096 colour LCD, and a design to die for. Its even got a clock on its cover so m fl
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      223 18 A Keynote speaker W^- bB Candy Tymson, M 1 author of "Gender Games: Doing Jk f A -—C_; Business with the M DrAmyKhor Mary Teo nnnnotaQo V Member of Managing Director! M upposne bex V Parliament UPS Singapore Hong Kali fiRC del are to be t-,- JT^ _V Tymson Founder
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  • INFOTECH
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      Lock icon IT skills core of good service
      358 22  -  Michele Soon It ensures accurate records of clients news@newstoday.com.sg THE lack of IT management skills appears to be a major characteristic of mid- and lowlevel personnel in the service industry, according to CSM Academy, a local institution which specialises in training IT helpdesk personnel,
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      Accord taps power of portal
      149 22 A ONE-STOP logistics service is what major Singapore supply chain and logistics service provider Accord Express now offers, with its link-up to the GTN portal, a worldwide transaction platform for ocean freight management Using the GTN portal as a single point of connectivity with multiple
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      208 22 sansuNs I Buttons. Who needs'em. The SyncMaster 173P Buttonless Monitor. A 4 Digit All ingenuity The 173 P. So advanced, even buttons are antiquated. With Samsung's Magic Tune™ software, all screen adjustments can be executed with your mouse. Its clean, ultra-slim 0.8" bezel and 180° rotation make it as impressive
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      16 22 IT SHOW 2004 Special in the March 1 1 issue of Info Tech DON'T MISS IT
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      314 23 ■■llllpliifiliilllilM ss 33 .^jj Stansfield has been producing excellent results consistently with First Class Honours students every year since 1995. In 1995, one of our First Class Honours students was the first in Singapore to be awarded a full scholarship to pursue his Masters in Economics (LSE). In 1999, another
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  • WORLD NEWS
    • GLOBALroundup
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        Lock icon Thailand's midnight curfew withdrawn
        56 24 AFP The Thai government yesterday withdrew an unpopular new law requiring most nightspots to close at midnight, giving party-goers an hour's grace by agreeing to a 1 am closing time nationwide. The compromise reached with the entertainment industry cuts operating hours by an hour from the
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        Lock icon ISA detainees on hunger strike
        75 24 AFP A group of 43 alleged Islamic militants, held for two years in a Malaysian detention centre without trial under the Internal Security Act, have launched a hunger strike to press for their freedom. A rights group, the Voice of the Malaysian People, said two
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        Lock icon M'sian held for Marriott blast
        85 24 Reuters i Indonesia had secretly detained a Malaysian over last year's bombing of the JW Marriott Hotel in Jakarta to help investigators nab more suspects. "We did not want to spontaneously publicise this arrest because we needed to protect the security of his information. We
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        Lock icon China's shocking problem
        93 24 AFP China published shocking statistics yesterday on the trafficking of women and children within its borders, with police freeing 42,215 victims since 2001. Over the same period, more than 22,000 suspects were arrested as police cracked 20,360 cases involving kidnapped women and children, many of whom were
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      Lock icon Anyone but Bush, say US expatriates
      290 24 Agencies President's policies have shaken them into action BERLIN When foreigners vent their anger at US President George W Bush, many American expatriates are often caught in the firing line. Now, they are pinning their hopes on a Democrat election victory in November. American
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      Lock icon Aristide says US forced him to leave
      187 24 Agencies WASHINGTON Former Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide said he was forced to leave his country against his will by the United States, a claim dismissed by Washington as nonsense. Mr Aristide denied Washington's assertions that he resigned willingly, calling it a "coup d'etat"
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      Lock icon Top US envoy, M'sian PM in nuke talks
      180 24 Agencies KUALA LUMPUR A top US official met Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, whose son owns a company which has been embroiled in a nuclear black market scandal, sources told AFP. Yesterday's meeting between US Assistant Secretary of State for the
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      272 24 LASALLE-SIA College of the Arts in Singapore is Asia Pacific's leading arts institution offering high quality arts education from Diploma to Master's degree in practice-based performing arts, design and fine arts. Register now for your auditions for the Bachelor of Arts (Hons) Acting Bachelor of Arts (Hons) Musical Theatre programmes.
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      740 25 Cjr 1 Singapore Institute *^*g| ~JL>^ of Commerce Creating Learning Opportunities 'TT^^ SINGAPORE INSTITUTE OF COMMERCE (or "SIC" as it is more popularly known) was founded in 1947. It boasts of being the first "Business" School established in Singapore. Over the last half a century, more than 30,000 aspiring individuals
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  • COMMENTARY
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      That myth about cancer
      724 26  -  Shobha Tsering Bhalla Our writer trashes the belief that the disease is a death sentence THE Singapore Cancer Society's move to designate March as the Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month stands out in this cam-paign-conscious country. Anyone who has mourned the death of pop star Anita Mvi
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      A QUESTION OF PASSION
      790 28  -  Felix Cheong Mcl Gibson used his latest film to heal his wounds from drug and alcohol abuse IN THE beginning, before Mcl Gibson's controversial film The Passion of the Christ began creating waves last year, there were the Hollywood films where Christ the Son was played
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        248 30 Reuters/Hollywood Reporter LOS ANGELES Mcl Gibson's The Passion of the Christ keeps on defying convention. Its Friday-to-Sunday haul came in at a stunning US$B3.B million ($142.5 million), bringing total sales to U*****.2 million since its Wednesday opening. Early estimates on Sunday put the weekend
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      387 35 -AFP Former man says she has no physical advantage SYDNEY The first transsexual to enter a pro golf tournament says she has no physical advantages, despite being born a man. And she says many top women players hit the ball further than her. After her operation, Mianne
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      260 35 -AFP LONDON Former England international Stan Collymore (picture) has told a newspaper he visited "dogging" sites near his home to have sex with strangers. The former Liverpool, Nottingham Forest and Aston Villa striker told the Daily Mirror he had confessed to his wife,
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      153 35 -AFP LONDON Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson fears Dutch striker Ruud van Nistelrooy is close to breaking down. Ferguson rested the club's leading scorer for last Saturday's 1-1 Premiership draw at Fulham. Fergie said yesterday it was because he was run down from last week's
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      352 36 THE Singapore Reds are in for a tough, bruising battle at the upcoming Standard Chartered Sevens Singapore. To be held at the National Stadium from April 3-4, the draw saw the Singapore rugby team grouped together with powerhouse South Africa, the tournament darkhorse Samoa
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      409 37 Agenices LONDON Manchester United's old boys seem to be queuing up to hurt their former paymasters. David Beckham and Steve McClaren, with their exploits at Real Madrid and Middlesbrough respectively, have demonstrated how their services have been missed at Old Trafford.
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      337 39  -  TANYO-HINN yohinn@newstoday.com.sg SHE was Singapore's first woman chef-de-mission, when she led the Republic's contingent in the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester. It was Singapore's most successful Games ever, the 13-medal haul including four golds. Now, Annabel Pennefather (picture) has been appointed the chef-de-mission for
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