Today, 29 May 2004

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    14 1 weekendTODAY May 29 30 2004 I mita (P) 009/03/2003 we set you thinking todayonline.com
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    When hands are tied by defiant girls
    603 1  -  Derrick A Paulo Union: Teachers on the verge of giving up on those who commit serious offences WHEN it comes to student indiscipline, girls can be, and are at times, naughtier than boys. So says the Singapore Teachers' Union (STU), which has called
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    THE PARTY'S NOT OVER FOR CENTRO
    624 1  -  Zul Othman AS FAR as the founder of Centra pub and club, Mr Michel Lv (picture), is concerned, reports over ■■Mthe past week suggesting that his establishB^BJ^ ment was on the brink of financial ruin B^BJBJ have been "greatly exaggerated". BL While the 33-year-old
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      41 1 IjMRECTOR *f •O""— _i. ■tar* -',<^^^^^^^^^ LEE HAN SHIH HDB dwellers' rising divorce rates worrying n NEIL HUMPHREYS Want to improve your Singlish? /i DAVE BARRY Cinderella-bashing, how it hurts! i n a Is Mourinho ready to join the Roman Mti.-* circus?/32
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  • NEWS
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      Suspect in Sydney student murders held
      379 2  -  Jose Raymond Singaporean to be charged for killing two countrymen ALMOST eight months after two Singaporean students were brutally murdered in their apartment in Sydney, Australian police have arrested a Singaporean in connection with the killings. Last September, Mr Tan Poh Chuan and Mr
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      Lock icon Beautiful birds all in a row
      63 2  -  Ted Chen Rainbow lories perch upon a wooden railing at yesterday's soft launch of the Lory Loft flight aviary atjurong Bird Park. The world's largest lory flight aviary will offer an "outback" experience with 1,000 birds, suspension bridges, elevated walkways, a bushman's hut and
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      Tampines Town Council's lamp post checks come under scrutiny
      389 2  -  Wong Fei Wan HOW Tampines Town Council conducts its checks on lamp posts came under scrutiny on Friday as the Coroner's Court resumed the inquiry into the death of teenager Tay Wei Yi. The 13-year-old died on Feb 28 last year
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  • NEWScomment
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      HDB dwellers' rising divorce rates worrying
      1059 3  -  Lee Han Shih Should housing policies be tweaked to prevent impulsive marriages just to secure a flat? "WE SHAPE our buildings, thereafter they shape us," Winston Churchill told the House of Lords in 1943. The British wartime leader was describing how the crammed interior
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      Lock icon In a festive mood
      77 3 WEE TECK HIAN The Singapore Arts Festival opened on Friday with the soldout world premiere performance of Ma by British choreographer Akram Khan and his company of dancers at the Victoria Hall. Among the guests at the performance were President SR Nathan and Mrs Nathan, Prime
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  • HUMOUR/NEWS
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      Want to improve your Singlish?
      773 4  -  Neil Humphreys Take lessons with Mr Spittoon. But please avoid blur Jane WHEN the receptionist handed me the phone, laughing like a hyena, I suspected something was amiss. "Hello? Mr Dumpwee?" the caller asked. "Who?... My name's Humphreys." "Ya, correct wha'. Mr Dumpwee. I book
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      Beyond Babies, an Aware seminar
      188 4 ARE children being seen as mere economic digits? Are singles and the elderly being marginalised in the fertility debate and not seen as national resources? These are some of the issues the Association of Women for Action and Research (Aware) will discuss at a seminar,
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      Take a cruise in a Navy ship
      130 4 THE public will have the opportunity to take a cruise on board some of the vessels of the Republic of Singapore Navy (RSN) this weekend at the Changi Naval Base Open House 2004. Besides being able to witness how a warship is operated,
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  • BUSINESS
    • MarketWATCH
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        Singapore
        56 8 SHARES rose on Friday, led by banking stocks, after the Government reduced capital-adequacy requirements for the heavily-capi-talised lenders. The ST Index closed up 8.63 points, or 0.49 per cent, at 1,787.18. On the broad market, gainers outnumbered decliners 191 to 117. Volume totalled 509 million shares valued at $609.6
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        World markets
        60 8 Index Nikkei 225 Hang Seng All Ordinaries Taiwan Weighted Korea Comp KLCI Value 11,309.57 12,116.87 3,450.40 6,137.26 816.51 808.44 Pis +143.54 +132.97 +6.00 +104.21 +14.05 -3.30 Change +1.29 +1.11 +0.17 +1.73 +1.75 -0.41 SET Index Jakarta Comp 638.59 733.99 +7.87 +5.67 +1.25 +0.78 Phils Comp Shenzhen B 1,517.20
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        Lock icon Commodities
        27 8 SGX f Bloomberg Gold uss/oz 395.50 Rubber centsAg 235.00 Silver uss/oz 6.23 Palm oil RM/tonne 1,650 Platinum uss/oz 841.00 Brent crude uss/barrel 36.09 Information provided by
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        ST Index—1,787.18+8.63
        48 8 2.2 per cent, to $14.10, while OCBC gained 20 cents, or 1.7 per cent, to $12.00. UOBrose 10 cents, or 0.8 per cent, to $13.00 before being suspended at midday ahead of the spm expiry of Temasek's offer to buy its entire stake in affiliate UOL.
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        Your S$l buys
        36 8 US$ 0.5883 UK£ 0.3199 Yen 65.065 HK$ 4.5845 RM 2.2353 Euro 0.4793 Rupiah 5,461.7 Baht 23.854 Peso 32.857 A$ 0.8218 Indian Rs 26.726 Won 685.15 C$ 0.7981 Yuan 4.8694 NZ$ 0.9271 NTS 19.731
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        SGX most active
        56 8 By volume Interra SingTel AsiaPharm CapitaMall Bio-Treat PanpacMed Ascendasreit UnitedTAC FibreChem Armarda Close 0.190 2.190 0.440 1.630 0.915 0.150 1.400 0.785 0.400 0.250 Change -0.005 -0.030 +0.005 +0.060 +0.010 +0.005 +0.010 -0.010 -0.015 -2.6 -1.4 +1.1 +3.8 +1.1 +3.4 +1.3 -2.4 -5.7 'OOO 34,485 26,908 24,425 23,075
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        SGX top rises
        73 8 By$ Close Change DBS 14.100 +0.300 thai Prime200USS 9.550 +0.250 SrealEast 11.800 +0.200 IMH 400USS 10.500 +0.200 XBC 12.000 +0.200 ilA 200 10.700 +0.200 /enture 18.100 +0.200 Sincere 1.950 +0.180 iPC 2.810 +0.140 iy percentage lilchins Close i 0.095 Changi +35.; AediaS 0.020 +33.: IH Ceram 0.140
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        SGX top falls
        75 8 fy Close Change 3CBC 4.5%NCPS 100 103.000 -0.400 \PB Breweries 8.100 -0.300 Jealive50 17.100 -0.300 )UE 6.750 -0.250 :&N 13.500 -0.200 (epCorp 6.650 -0.200 law Par 4.680 -0.120 lardine C&C 6.500 -0.100 iPH 20.500 -0.100 By percentage El Nets Close 0.015 Change -25.0 BakerTech 0.130 -18.8 Dragon
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      Lock icon New rules help banks expand
      271 8 Agencies Level field for local, foreign lenders THE Government's move to ease bank capital-adequacy requirements will free up funds for local banks to expand overseas and possibly return more cash to shareholders. In a move to liberalise Singapore's financial sector further and help local banks
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      Lock icon SIA to take deliveries of Airbus A3Bos on schedule
      175 10 AFP SINGAPORE Airlines (SIA) said on Friday it will start taking deliveries of the super-jumbo Airbus A3BO aircraft on schedule despite other major carriers announcing delays in their take-up dates. "There's no change to our schedule. We will be taking deliveries
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      Lock icon Temasek can up Hana stake
      316 10  -  Dow Jones But voting rights limited to 4% SEOUL South Korea's Financial Supervisory Commission (FSC) approved on Friday Temasek Holdings' plan to buy an additional 6.39-per-cent stake in Hana Bank, a move that could make the Singapore investment company the largest shareholder of the bank.
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      Lock icon UOB rejects Temasek again
      299 12  -  Chan Chao Peh The bank allows offer for UOL stake to lapse chaopeh@newstoday.com.sg TEMASEK Holdings' revised $2.26-per-share offer for United Overseas Bank's (UOB) 48.9-per-cent stake in United Overseas Land (UOL) lapsed on Friday evening. In a statement, the bank said: "The board, in consultation with its
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      CORPORATEbriefs
      73 12 For its third quarter ended March 31, Xl Ventures' profit attributable to shareholders was $4.7 million up 1 87.3 per cent from $1.6 million in the previous year. Group earnings per ordinary share rose to 0.29 cent in the quarter, compared to the previous year's 0.10 cent. CX Tang
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      Lock icon Swing Media Technology Group
      181 12 Bloomberg announced a 68.8-per-cent rise in net profit to HK537.5 million ($8.2 million] for the year ended March 31. Group revenue rose 1 3 per cent to HK$3l 3.1 million, as increased sales of higher valueadded products such as CD-Rs and DVD-Rs more than offset the
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      Lock icon Valuair is looking for new investors
      170 12 Channel News Asia VALUAIR, Singapore's first budget airline, is on the lookout for new investors as it beefs up its network of routes. Its first round of fund-raising garnered $33 million. The company is hopeful that it will soon be able to secure landing
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      111 12 Global stock markets expected to improve All major economies in US, Actual performance of Europe and Japan are Combined Fund in 2003 forecasted to grow in 2004. was 24%, or 4% better than benchmark. You can catch the upturn by investing in our Combined Fund: PROMOTION Diversified into $3,000 Up
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon Aussie pleads guilty to terrorism-related charges
      397 14 Agencies British-born cabbie admits plotting to blow up Israeli embassy in Australia SYDNEY In a surprising turn of events, a British-born Australian taxi driver admitted on Friday to conspiring to blow up an Israeli embassy, changing his plea in the middle of a trial
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      Muslim separatist leader disappears
      170 14 BANGKOK The leader of Thailand's Muslim separatist umbrella group Bersatu has disappeared from the Malaysian Islamic university where he worked as a lecturer, officials said Friday. Mr Wan Abdul Kadir Che Man, who was to hold talks with top Thai military officials over recent deadly violence
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    • GLOBALroundup
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        Lock icon Japan not 'greatly affected' by deaths of journalists
        69 16 Reuters An attack believed to have killed two Japanese journalists south of Baghdad will not "greatly affect" Japan's dispatch of about 550 ground troops to help rebuild Iraq, a government spokesman said on Friday. The journalists were killed in a grenade attack
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        Lock icon Nigeria President calls for fasting and prayer
        64 16 AFP President Oiusegun Obasanjo urged Nigerians to join him in three days of fasting and praying for peace and stability in the country, which witnessed bloody religious unrest recently in which hundreds of Muslims and Christians were killed. The fasting should last from
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      Lock icon The plot unravels...
      327 16 Agencies Air force men involved in bid ISLAMABAD More than a dozen Pakistan air force technicians under the direction of the Al Qaeda planted a powerful bomb under a bridge in a bid to kill President Pervez Musharraf on Dec 14 last year, The News, a Pakistani
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  • HUMOUR
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        Lock icon MY 4-CENTS WORTH...
        683 18  -  Ross Wallace A look at die lighter side of life ross(gnewstoday.com.sg CALL me an anal-retentive, but I have been known to pay my bills even before I get them. No, I don't pay for everything before receiving an invoice in the mail, but I write a cheque
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        Lock icon Cinderella-bashing, how it hurts!
        768 18  -  APPARENTLY, I am the only journalist in the United States who is not afraid to speak out against birthday-party pinatas. Apparently, all the other so-called "journalists" and, yes, Mr Bob Woodward, I am talking to you are scared to take on the powerful international pinata industry.
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      DIRECTOR FOR DISASTER
      852 19  -  Serene Foo IT HELPS to have Roland Emmerich on board your project. Given the director's good track record with big Hollywood blockbusters he's delivered Stargate, Independence Day and The Patriot (okay, there was Godzilla too studio 20th Century Fox jumped at the script for disaster flick The
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    • IN ADDITON ...
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        A day at the museums
        41 19 It's International Museum Day this Sunday and entry to the National Heritage Board museums is free from 1 Oam to 7pm. There are also a number of fun activities lined up to spice up your day!
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        Rituchakra comes to Jubilee
        67 19 An all-female troupe will perform the 90-minute dancedrama Rituchakra on Saturday at the Jubilee Hall at 6pm. Featuring Hindustani classical music and a fusion of Bharatanatyam, Kathak, and Kuchipudi dance, Rituchakra is the story of Lord Krishna and Radha, the legendary couple from Indian mythology, whose
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        Art Fazil rocks on
        79 19 This Sunday at Bpm, local singer and songwriter Art Fazil will be at the Guinness Theatre at The Substation for a one-night only showcase of his own songs, performed along with friends and past collaborators. His first solo concert in Singapore since 1 998, Kembara Seni
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      FUN FOR THE YOUNG AT HEART
      245 20 BADULTS are abuzz as the Hannual Singapore Arts Festitakes off. But is our generation about to be out of the fun? That's what Kidsfest is for: To "art through enjoyment" to kids, Act 3 International's director Ruby Lim A stressed. V This year's Kidsfest,
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      PROVINCIAL FLAVOURS
      432 20  -  Yong Shu Chiang SCO presents 'exotic' Chinese music at the Singapore Arts Festival shuchiang(gnewstoday.com.sg THE southern Chinese province of Yunnan may conjure visions of verdant mountain scenery, beautiful women in bright, colourful costumes and a diverse cornucopia of ethnic culture and music especially among movie goers four decades
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      Arts festival at your doorstep
      193 20  -  Liyana Othman IF YOU'RE worried that you can't make it to town for the Singapore Arts Festival, worry not, the event is coming to you. The "moveable feast" that is the outreach programme for this year's festival has been engineered with a key goal in
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      ATOAST... to YaKun
      544 21  -  Melody Tan m*****5nZ182Zl This little coffee stall, a homegrown success story today, celebrates its 60th anniversary food(gnewstoday.com.sg HOT coffee, soft-boiled eggs, crispy grilled kaya toast the perfect Singaporean breakfast, many will say. This simple meal has become synonymous with a heartwarming local success story: Ya Kun the
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  • eatout
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      Swensen's unveils 13 new dishes
      171 22 NOT one, not two, but 13 items have been introduced to Swensen's already extensive menu. At the top of the list is a sizzling hot pan dessert, apple crumble. Good for two persons, the dessert is served with caramelised apple chunks and a scoop of
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  • incinemas
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      When married men act gay
      604 23  -  Elisa Chia in Los Angeles elisa@newstoday.com.sg Award-winning Six Feet tinder's actors on locking lips and making their scenes look natural LET'S set the record straight Michael C Hall and Matthew St Patrick are not gay. Slouching on a couch, the actors were laughing their heads
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    • IN CINEMAS ROUND-UP
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        THE DAY AFTER TOMORROW
        32 24  -  Global warming brings on an ice-age holocaust. This special-effects extravaganza has many plot holes, which are plastered over by an affecting story of one family's survival. Serene Foo
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        ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND
        42 24  -  A mind-bending love story, written by Charlie Kaufman [Being John Malkovich), about two ex-lovers (Jim Carrey, Kate Winslet) deleting each other from memory, only to realise their romance wasn't so bad after all. Yong Shu Chiang
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        Lock icon KILL BILL: VOL. 2
        24 24 YSC Part Two of Quentin Tarantino's tribute to gong-fu flicks. It stars Uma Thurman, it's original, it's Tarantino. Enough said.
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        Lock icon ONE NIGHT IN MONGKOK
        21 24 SF Unforgettable, gritty Hong Kong drama, directed by Derek Yee and starring Daniel Wu and Cecilia Cheung.
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        28 24 YSC Full credit to the film-makers for marrying stunning visuals, that are even more impressive than those in the first animated hit. with a great storyline.
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        22 24 YSC Period war epic with Brad Pitt and Orlando Bloom. Intelligently scripted and well-acted, Troy is a tour de Trojan force.
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        25 24 SF Follows familiar romantic comedy formulas, but still a winner. Stars Pierce Brosnan and Julianne Moore, directed by Peter Howitt [Sliding Doors).
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        43 24 YSC A film with the attention span of a two-year-old, this comedy is a glorified mess that panders to its teen audience. It indulges in cliches and actually makes charming stars Lindsay Lohan and Adam Garcia grating.
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      401 29 AFP Henman, Llodra set up surprising last 16 clash at Roland Garros TENNIS French Open winner of the all-French tie between Fabrice Santoro and Olivier Mutis. Russia's new golden girl, 17-year-old Maria Sharapova, moved smoothly into the last 16 of the women's tournament with
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      275 30 Colin Yong, TODAY motoring correspondent I 1 M Schumacher 2 J Button 3 F Alonso I expect Michael Schumacher to make an emphatic return to winning ways this weekend. His series of stunning laps in Monaco last week showed that, as lone as he performs well in
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      552 30  -  Expect another Schumi procession, and the continued rise of Renault, BAR FORMULA 1 European Grand Prix IT WILL be business as usual, at the European Grand Prix in Germany this Sunday. Michael Schumacher and Ferrari will roar home to take the chequered flag at the
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      466 30 Agencies NBA PLAYOFFS Lakers 92 Timberwolves 85 LOS ANGELES Kobe Bryant made another long commute from the courtroom to the court on Thursday (Friday morning, Singapore time), then rallied to score 31 points as the Los Angeles Lakers beat the Minnesota Timberwolves
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      320 31  -  LOSING never felt so good for Kwa Hui Ru. On Friday, the 14-year-old suffered a 4-0 trouncing at the hands of world No 9 Tamara Boros of Croatia, in the first round of the Volkswagen Singapore Open women's singles competition.
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      556 31  -  Republic's No 1 paddler keeps the flag flying in women's singles TABLE TENNIS Volkswagen Singapore Open KOHWEI LING weiling@newstoday.com.sg AFTER just one day of main draw action, Li Jiawei stood alone. The 22-year-old was the Republic's only paddler left in the women's singles of the Volkswagen Singapore
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      444 31  -  NTUC INCOME-YEO'S S-LEAGUE Home 1 Young Lions 2 HOW Home United must have wished Lionel Lewis was confined to the Police Academy barracks instead of turning out for the Young Lions on Friday night Police regular Lewis, who was initially barred from playing
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      197 32 AFP ATHENS Greece's public works minister Yiorgos Souflias, in charge of building for most of the Olympic venues, has questioned the wisdom of Athens staging the 2004 Games. "I have to question whether we should have undertaken the organisation of the Games," he told a
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      1011 32 A fine coach, but he must deal with reckless spending, an unsettled squad and an axe-wielding Russian LONDON Not for the first time in recent months, Claudio Ranieri was humiliated on Thursday. The Chelsea manager was ordered to a two-hour meeting with
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      266 32 AFP ROME Juventus surprised their supporters on Friday by naming former AC Milan European Cup winning boss Fabio Capello as their new coach to succeed Marcello Lippi. Former Juventus player Didier Deschamps, who guided Monaco to Wednesday's Champions League final,
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      276 33 AFP LONDON Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson is set to sign Argentina defender Gabriel Heinze from Paris St Germain for £6 million ($lB.B million), it was reported on Friday. The London Evening Standard said the 26-year-old Heinze, who has just broken
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      149 33 Reuters DUBLIN "He's back!" screamed Irish headlines on Friday, barely needing to name him. Roy Keane's return to the national side, one of the most eagerlyawaited events in Irish soccer history, did not disappoint on Thursday, despite his failure to score a goal. "Roymania 1, Romania 0,"
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      33 32 HI Ht^^^H Too easy for Kobe's Lakers/32 Commuting from courtroom to court again, Bryant hits 31 points Hui Ru's happy in defeat/33 Young paddler loses 4-0, but delighted to play against her idol
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