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    12 1 TODAY we set you thinking todayonline.com Tuesday July 6,2004 < MITA (P) 002/11/2002
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    War of words over Skywest
    751 1  -  Val Chua S'pore's CVC bid for Aussie budget airline turns ugly val@newstoday. com, sg A SINGAPORE company's takeover bid for an Australian budget airline has turned into a bitter, no-holds-barred fight peppered with personal attacks and allegations of impropriety. Investment firm CaptiveVision Capital's (CVC) Asll-million
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    Ex-NNI director's fine of $100,000 may have been illegal
    258 1  -  Jose Raymond THE British neurologist sacked last year as director of the National Neuroscience Institute because of alleged ethical breaches has been fined $100,000 by the Singapore Medical Council (SMC). Today understands also that Professor Simon Shorvon's (picture) name has been
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      35 1 NEWSrVIEWS Constance Singam Going hungry in a land of plenty/3 Still soaring Informatics stock rises despite trading curbs/10 William Pesek Votinq dangerously 1-7/ -I /or and its no |oke/zo HAIL THE GREEK GODS h^^ v__rij_^l
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      64 1 INDON PRESIDENTIAL POLLS After 3.26 million or just over 2 per cent of the 153 million votes had been counted in Indonesia last night: Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono had captured 33 per cent of the vote. Incumbent Megawati Sukarnoputri had 28 per cent. Wiranto had 22 per cent. Amien Rais had
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  • HOT NEWS
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      Biopolis phase II on the anvil
      434 2  -  Tan Hui Leng Tenant Novartis hopes to develop cure for dengue fever by 2013 huileng(gnewstoday.com.sg THE response to the Biopolis has been so good that JTC Corporation is hoping to launch phase two of the biotechnology park early next year. "We will need more
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      Going hungry in a land of plenty
      767 3  -  Constance Singam |\IEWS£&DIDI&D^— Modern-day coolies who are left high and dry KRISHNASAMY is 22 years old and arrived in Singapore more than a year ago to earn money to settle the debts that his farmer parents incurred educating him. He also had a
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      Lock icon Election chief orders recount to include invalid ballots
      185 4 -AFP JAKARTA Even before the counting is finished, Indonesia's election chief ordered a nationwide recount of ballot papers in yesterday's election after millions of them inadvertently became invalid. "The KPU has corrected this," Mr Nazaruddin Syamsuddin, chief of the General Election Commission
      -AFP; AFP  -  185 words
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      Lock icon Susilo leads with 33%
      260 4 Agencies Incumbent Mega second with 28% JAKARTA With about 1 per cent of the votes counted, retired general Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (picture) was leading the Indonesian presidential race with 33 per cent of the votes based on early returns. In second place was incumbent leader Megawati
      — Agencies  -  260 words
    • ELECTIONbriefs
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        Lock icon Eligible voters in S'pore double from April polls
        70 4 Channel NewsAsia Despite the rain, many of the 20,000 eligible Indonesian voters in Singapore turned up at the Indonesian embassy to vote yesterday, probably double the number who voted in April's legislative polls. Close to 1 00 security personnel were deployed to
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        Lock icon Jimmy Carter praises election procedures
        75 4 AFP Former US president Jimmy Carter, who is in Indonesia as an observer, praised the country's "wonderful transition" to democracy. "We have been very greatly impressed with the orderly and very well planned procedure that is being followed this morning We have complete confidence in
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        Lock icon Bookie makes Mega a joint favourite to win
        101 4 AFP Although former general Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono was way ahead in opinion polls before yesterday's election, one bookmaker is making incumbent Megawati Sukarnoputri the joint favourite to win. The bookie, who asked to be known only as KC, is offering odds of
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  • HOME NEWS
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      Lock icon Oei libel case in court ... but behind closed doors
      391 6  - Oei libel case in court but behind closed doors Wong Fei Wan Day 1 sees most legal wrangling taking place in justice's chambers feiwan@newstoday.com.sg WHAT could turn out to be the libel suit of the year began yesterday with most of the action unfolding behind closed doors. Well-known tycoon Oei
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    • SINGAPOREsnippets
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        Lock icon Business rental rebates extended
        80 6 Channel NewsAsia The Singapore Land Authority is joining other government agencies to extend rental rebates to businesses for another 6 months. The 20 per cent rebates, introduced in 2001 to help businesses ride out the economic slowdown, expired on June 30. The extension will benefit about
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        Lock icon PM Goh meets top Swiss official
        61 6 Newsradio 93.8 Swiss Federal Councillor and Home Affairs Minister, Mr Pascal Couchepin, called on Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong yesterday. They exchanged views on political and economic developments in Europe and Asia. They also discussed strengthening economic cooperation between Singapore and Switzerland. Mr Couchepin
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        Lock icon Allan & Gledhill top firm for M&As
        70 6 Allan Gledhill top firm for M&As Channel NewsAsia Allen Gledhill was the top Singapore legal firm for mergers and acquisitions in the first half of the year. In fact, for M&As with any Asia-Pacific involvement, excluding Japan, Allen Gledhill is the only Singapore law firm in the top 15, claiming
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      Lock icon Is S'pore the next Greece?
      289 8  -  Patrick Ng As fellow underdogs, the local squad has the potential to pull off a surprise IN one sense it would be unfair to draw a parallel between Greece and Singapore. It has long been believed that if Singapore made it to the Fifa World
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      Stand up for the nation in cinema, office
      243 8  -  Jeffrey Law Lee Beng I FELT nostalgic after reading "Let's stand up for our nation, Thai-style" (July 3-4). In the *****, Singaporeans stood at attention in the cinema when Majullah Singapura was played before the start of each show. Such a show
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      Think of little Jakob
      136 8  -  Geraldine Chay Mei Fong I OFFER encouragement to the couple, Walter and Monique, featured on Here's Looking At You, Babe, a series on baby issues telecast on Channel NewsAsia last Saturday. Their baby, Jakob, has a rare disorder and has been in hospital since he was
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  • BUSINESS NEWS
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      Lock icon Informatics continues rise
      486 10 Dow Jones Looming tussle between Oei Hong Leong and VincentTan boosts stock SHARES of Informatics Holdings soared yesterday as investors bet that a looming tussle between two high-profile investors would continue to boost the stock. The counter rose as much as 13 per cent before easing slightly
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    • MarketWATCH
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        Your S$1 buys
        36 10 US$ 0.5843 UK£ 0.3191 Yen 63.292 HK$ 4.5576 RM 2.2205 Euro 0.4745 Rupiah 5343.7 Baht 23.78 Peso 32.705 A$ 0.8193 Indian Rs 26.809 Won 674.94 C$ 0.7736 Yuan 4.8363 NZ$ 0.9031 NTS 19.706
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        Commodities
        22 10 Gold uss/i 398.700 Silver uss/oz 6.015 Platinum uss/oi 773.000 Rubber ™tsAg 254.50 Palm Oil RM/tonne 1 484 Brent crude uss/barrei 36.43
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        Lock icon Singapore
        143 10 Dow Jones SGX, Bloomberg THE benchmark ST Index hit a two-month high yesterday on expectations of healthy sec-ond-quarter earnings later this month. The index hit its highest level since May 6, closing up 23.42 points, or 1.3 per cent, at 1,862.75. Investors bought bank and property stocks ahead of
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        SGX top rises
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        SGX top falls
        78 10 By$ Thai Prime Fund 10.300 -0.300 F&N 14.300 -0.200 Transmarco 0.850 -0.110 GreatEast 11.900 -0.100 OUE 7.000 -0.100 DBS Bk 6% NCPS *****.000 -0.100 GP Bat 3.500 -0.060 Jurong Tech 1.160 -0.030 Chemical Industry 0.770 -0.030 Del Monte 0.610 -0.025 By percentage Wee Poh 0.010 -33.33 Yongnam
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        SGX most active
        61 10 By volume Close Change 'OOO Guangzhao Ind Citiraya Chinacast Com Informatics Hold Noble Group Roly Intl Asiapharm Startech Elec SingTel Bio-Treat Tech 0.26 0.58 0.34 0.51 1.03 0.52 0.57 0.12 2.23 0.91 +0.05 +0.04 +0.04 +0.06 +0.08 +0.01 +0.01 +0.02 113,068 +8.49 33,033 +11.67 30,394 +8.51 21,133
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        World markets
        59 10 Index Nikkei 225 Value *****.71 Change -179.78 -1.53 Hang Seng All Ordinaries Taiwan Wtd *****.11 3537.00 5659.78 +31.98 +2.50 -86.92 +0.26 +0.07 -1.51 Korea Comp 756.72 +1.30 +0.17 KLCI 843.61 +12.93 +1.56 SET Index 655.87 +8.30 +1.28 Jakarta Comp Phils Comp Shenzhen B Mumbai Sensex 745.02 1589.93 255.42
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      Lock icon CORPORATEbriefs
      161 11 Channel NewsAsia Capita Land has acquired its first residential property site in China's southern city of Guangzhou after paying $4.2 million for the Hong Kong firm that owns the site. CapitaLana plans to build 600 condominium units on the plot over the next three years. Plastics-maker Sunningdale Precision Industries
      — Channel NewsAsia  -  161 words
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      Lock icon SilkAir remains full-service
      421 11  -  Chan Chao Peh But it plans $10 million in annual cost cuts to take on budget airlines chaopeh@newstoday.com.sg SILKAIR is committed to its position as a full-service carrier, even as it faces growing competition from budget airlines mushrooming throughout the region. "We are committed to maintaining our
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    • SAVVY INVESTOR
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        Lock icon Hints of a rebound
        790 12  -  Lim Say Boon Home prices ultimately move in line with economy news@newstoday.com.sg EVERY dog has its day. Residential property the investment "bow wow" of the past seven years may be about to have its day. Although everybody is saying that property prices are unlikely to rise
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      Lock icon SingTel decries price-cut ruling
      227 13 Bloomberg Move inconsistent with state of competition, it says SINGTEL said it was "inconsistent" that it must offer discounts to rivals for some services as part of the Government's efforts to promote competition. The Government said on Friday that SingTel, Singapore's dominant operator for most telecommunications
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      Lock icon PSA opens container terminal in S Korea
      66 13 Bloomberg PSA Corp opened its first container terminal in South Korea. It received its first vessel, Wan Hai 211, on Saturday. PSA owns 60 per cent of the Incheon Container Terminal, a joint venture with South Korean conglomerate Samsung Corp. The terminal will
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      Lock icon BNP Paribas bullish on Singapore dollar
      198 14 Bloomberg BNP Paribas has advised investors to buy the Singapore dollar, predicting the currency will strengthen as growth in the economy boosts spending and asset prices. BNP forecasts the Singapore currency will strengthen to $1.68 against the US dollar by the end of September
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      Lock icon Fee revision to hit SingPost
      209 14 Bloomberg Profit may fall as much as $6.5m SINGAPORE Post said its profit this fiscal year might fall between $4.5 million and $6.5 million because of a revision of the commission structure by its European venture with the United Kingdom's Royal Mail Group. The venture,
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      Lock icon Boustead plans $75m Indon plant
      136 14 Bloomberg BOUSTEAD Singapore, a provider of engineering services, has agreed to build and operate a $75-million water treatment plant in Indonesia. Boustead will own 49 per cent of the plant, while other investors it did not identify will own the rest, the company said in
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  • INFOTECH
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      Lock icon DOWNTOWN EAST GETS FUNKEY
      722 15  -  Francis Chin NTUC Club CEO starts cash-less smart card programme at Wild Wild Wet francis.chin@newstoday.com.sg TECHNOLOGY should be a I productivity and marketing tool to drive your business, said NTUC Club chief executive officer (CEO) Chng Hee Kok. The computer-sawy former Member of Parliament has been
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      Lock icon No more smart schools: Abdullah
      161 15 -AFP I MICROSOFT chairman I Bill Gates was in Malaysia last week to promote his Windows products. He also signed a five-year RMIO million ($4.5 million) education programme funded by Microsoft Meanwhile, the Malaysian government announced that it is abandoning the "smart school" project building
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      Lock icon Multimedia Super Corridor Phase II: Cyber-cities
      308 15 -AFP MALAYSIA will create I several "cyber-cities" to cater for its rapidlygrowing technology industry. This will be the second phase of the Multimedia Super Corridor (MSC) project south of Kuala Lumpur, which has attracted more than 1,000 companies, close to 20,000 jobs and a
      -AFP  -  308 words
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      The art of learning online
      396 16  -  Francis Chin Effective learning should combine sessions online and in a classroom francis.chin@newstoday.com.sg I ONLINE learning is not a I natural way for students to study, according to Professor Joseph Holland of the University of Wisconsin at Stout The professor, who has been designing online
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      Download regional newspapers free of cost
      108 16 SUBSCRIBERS of SingNet Internet service can download the electronic edition of regional newspapers free. The month-long service is provided by Multiscience, a digital partner for publishers of newspapers, magazines and other print media with offices in Singapore, the United States, Malaysia and China. Subscribers
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      Manage risks and reap the profits
      410 16  -  Michele Soon I RISK in business is about spotting I opportunities and earning profits because you have better services and products than your competitors, said Mr Marc Ronez, managing director of the Asian Risk Management Institute. Almost all risks can be identified and managed
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      Think big, start small for data storage
      394 16  -  Ravi Rajendran WHEN it comes to using technolI ogy to manage information for competitive advantage, most people think of multinational companies that use technology intelligently to build closer relationships with customers and create operational efficiency. But technology is also vital to building productivity
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  • WORLD NEWS
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      Lock icon HK chief praised, top officials rapped over handling of Sars
      174 18 -AFP HONG KONG Senior Hong Kong health officials have been named and shamed for their handling of the Sars crisis in a legislative report released yesterday. The findings of the legislative council's select committee on Sars named five top health
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      Lock icon ADB offers $5 million to fight terror
      183 18 Reuters MANILA For the first time, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) is providing direct anti-terror assistance in the form of a US$3 million ($5 million) trust fund. Funded through initial contributions from Australia, Japan and the United States, the fund will be used
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      Iraqi amnesty plan stirs controversy
      383 18 Interim Cabinet approval given to some Iraqis who played minor roles in insurgency BAGHDAD Even as it is being debated, interim Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi's amnesty programme is swirling in controversy. On Sunday, Mr Allawi had said he was already in negotiations with representatives
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      Lock icon A WEEK OF SOVEREIGNTY, BUT VIOLENCE STILL RULES
      170 18 Agencies BAGHDAD Low-level violence continued to plague Iraq one week after sovereignty, with three Iraqis killed and 1 1 wounded in four separate attacks across the country over the weekend. Hopes were raised yesterday when an Iraqi militant group denied that it
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      Lock icon Milosevic falls ill again
      368 22 Agencies FormerYugoslav President fails to show up for war crimes trial THE HAGUE The highly-anticipated appearance of the former Yugoslav President, Slobodan Milosevic, for his defence in his war crimes trial did not materialise yesterday and the trial was adjourned as judges considered how to take
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    • GLOBALroundup
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        Lock icon Freedom Tower cornerstone laid
        61 22 I Reuters On Sunday, families of the victims of the Sept 11, 2001 attacks joined New York City's mayor and two state governors in laying the granite cornerstone of the "Freedom Tower" skyscraper at the site of the destroyed World trade Center. The tower will be
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        British govt moves to check booze-linked violence
        43 22 The British government is considering new laws to enforce minimum prices for alcohol in some areas in a bid to tackle "happy hours" cheap drink promotions which are fuelling drinkrelated violence, the Daily Telegraph reported yesterday.
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      Lock icon Asia warned of chemical attacks
      194 22 -AFP KUALA LUMPUR Asian governments were warned yesterday to prepare for the possibility of deadly chemical or biological attacks after a manual on launching such attacks was discovered recently in the Philippines. The warning came at a conference attended by more than 70 chemical weapons
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      Lock icon French murder stirs doubt over police
      213 22 Agencies NAMUR (Belgium) The discovery of the bodies of two alleged victims of a French serial killer has sparked new questions about the French and Belgian authorities' efforts to protect children from paedophiles and murderers. Police dug up the remains of two bodies from
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      Lock icon Thailand in danger of Aids relapse
      566 24 Shifting sexual behaviour has thwarted the fight against the epidemic massive relapse if it does not recommit itself to fighting the pandemic head on as it did in the *****. Senator Mechai Viravaidya, Thailand's indefatigable Aids czar, acknowledged that the intense anti-Aids campaigns of
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      Lock icon Democrats ask Nader to quit race
      168 24 -AFP WASHINGTON The head of the Democratic Party on Sunday urged independent candidate Ralph Nader to drop out of the US presidential race. Mr Terry McAuliffe, chairman of the Democratic National Committee, was holding out the possibility that the feisty consumer advocate could play
      -AFP  -  168 words
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  • COMMENTARY
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      Lock icon Voting dangerously ... and it's no joke
      725 25  - Voting dangerously and it's no joke William Pesek Jr JAKARTA "The president has to go!" shouts taxi driver Ismeth Sofiawan, pounding the steering wheel for emphasis as he navigates Jakarta's pulsating streets. To explain why he thinks Indonesian President Megawati Sukarnoputri isn't likely to win a second term, Mr Sofiawan
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      571 26  -  CHERYL Jeanine Tan Singapore's Brainiest Kid host Cheryl Fox is not who you think she is WHEN Channel NewsAsia (CNA) presenter Cheryl Fox started wearing glasses recently while reading the news, people wondered if it was an attempt to make herself look smarter. After all, she is hosting the
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      David Tan's nudes not meant to excite sexually
      348 26  -  David Chew WHEN asked about the thin line which divides pornography and artistic nudes, David Tan, a fine arts photographer with a Master of Laws from Harvard, quickly offered the US Supreme Court's definition of obscenity: "Whether the average person, applying contemporary
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      254 27 AFP BAGHDAD Iraqis, who were for years tyrannised by their own "Godfather" Saddam Hussein, nonetheless mourned the passing of US acting legend Marlon Brando, whose screen portrayal of Sicilian mafia boss Don Vito Corleone was reportedly a favourite of their ousted strongman. "Brando is
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        304 28  -  Zul Othman news@newstoday,com.sg FRENCH deejay/producer Kid Loco (real name JeanYves Prieur) may be best known as a purveyor of lush, melodic electronica, but his albums have also gained some notoriety for their risque artwork. His most recent album, 2002's Kill Your Darlings was singled out by the morality
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        How to avoid those itchy fungi
        368 29  -  Lynette Leong Singapore's hot and humid climate is ideal environment for fungi to grow news@newstoday.com.sg FUNGAL infections can occur on almost every part of the body from head to toe. "Human fungal infections are caused by microscopic species of mould and yeast," said Dr
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        The many types of fungal infections
        230 29 SOME common fungal infections include: Vaginal thrush Vaginal thrush is caused by a yeast called Candida albicans. Vaginal thrush normally manifests as vaginal itch and discharge, which is often cheese-like in appearance. Women who are diabetic, on antibiotics or whose immune system is weak
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      433 32 Agencies New Canadian citizen breaks PGATour drought GOLF Western Open LEMONT, Illinois Canada's Stephen Ames captured the US$4.B million ($8.2 million) PGA Western Open by two strokes on Sunday (yesterday morning, Singapore time), shooting a steady 1-under-par 70. Ames, who was born in Trinidad Tobago and took out
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      166 32 -AFP SOUTH HAD LEY, Massachusetts American Meg Mallon won the US Women's Open title, shooting a 6-under-par 65 en route to the best final round in history by an Open champ. It lifted Mallon, at 41 the third oldest winner of the event,
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      418 33 Agencies Wimbledon champ targets Olympic win to erase 2000 flop in Sydney LONDON Roger Federer has set his sights on winning Olympic gold in Athens, after capturing the Wimbledon title for the second year running on Sunday. The Swiss, who underlined his world No 1 status
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      166 33 Reuters NEW YORK Alfonso Soriano (picture) of the Texas Rangers led the votes for the 2004 All-Star Game, Major League Baseball announced yesterday. Soriano received 3,466,447 votes for the game in Houston, on July 13. He will start at second base for the American League (AL) team. St
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      595 34 -AFP World champions to blood youngsters and give fringe players a chance FOOTBALL Copa America LIMA, Peru World champions Brazil have all but admitted they will only go through the motions in the Copa America, which kicks off here today (tomorrow morning, Singapore time). "The Copa America
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      524 35  -  TAN YO-HINN That drop goal is history for England's World Cup hero yohinn@newstoday.com.sg WITH 26 seconds left in extratime of the World Cup rugby final, the score was tied at 17-17. England on the attack against arch-rivals Australia, the whole world knew where the ball was going.
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      485 35 AFP LONDON England's Wayne Rooney has defended David Beckham and backed him yesterday to continue as the country's captain for years to come. The Real Madrid midfielder has had his position as skipper questioned, following his lacklustre performances in England's
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      69 36 Watching the squad instilled a sense of pride that will likely inspire Greeks in the run-up for the Olympic Games There is great identification with the players, they are seen as men of the people, boys next door, people who maybe didn't manage to make a
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      132 36 Goalkeepers: Petr Cech (Cze), Antonios Nikopolidis (Gre) Defenders: Sol Campbell (Eng), Ashley Cole (Eng), Traianos Delias (Gre), Olof Mellberg (Swe), Ricardo Carvalho (Por), Georgios Seitaridis (Gre), Gianluca Zambrotta (Ita) Midfielders: Michael Ballack (Ger), Luis Figo (Por), Frank Lampard (Eng), Maniche (Por), Pavel Nedved (Cze), Theodoras Zagorakis
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      552 36 Agencies Portugal's future looks bright with new 'platinum' group LISBON Goodbye golden generation. Thanks for the thrills. The crop of brilliant players who emerged from the Portugal side which won the 1991 world under-21 title and went on to join Europe's top clubs, were
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      443 37 Reuters Legend Klinsmann throws his weight behind Greece's hero LISBON Greece coach Otto Rehhagel will have no shortage of offers, after his remarkable success in taking a team of outsiders to the top of European football with victory over Portugal in the Euro 2004 final. The fact
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      344 37 AFP LISBON The Greek called Theo was best known abroad as Theo Kojak, the TV character who was a lollipop-sucking bald chief of detectives in a New York precinct. On Sunday (yesterday morning, Singapore time), Greek captain Theo Zagorakis took that
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      Romantic, but not beautiful
      676 38  -  NEIL HUMPHREYS Greeks deserve to win a poor, cynical final in Lisbon neil@newstoday.com.sg NOT falling for the romanticism of a Greek triumph, Michael Laudrup summed up the Euro 2004 final rather succinctly. "It's like watching the same movie over and over again," he told Today. "The
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      Lock icon Phenomenal Greece heroes
      831 38  -  ROHIT BRIJNATH But that's probably an inadequate description for their display of true courage and commitment FOOTBALL may not have been stirred but it has been shaken. Greece, 1-0 winners in the Euro 2004 final, have arrived as the game's new white knights and Portugal are not
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      Greeks reign, on and off the pitch
      397 39  -  Neil Humphreys THERE had been ominous signs hours before the match. In the heart of Lisbon lies Rossio Square, which has become the unofficial Mecca for Euro 2004 supporters. Despite being the hosts, Portugal found themselves overrun by the Hellenic hordes who had
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