Today, 12 July 2004, Afternoon Edition

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    31 1 TODAY we set you thinking todayonline.com Adriano stars in Brazin win /29 July 12, 2004 MITA (P) 002/11/2002 TODAY we set you thinking todayonline.com Monday > July 12, 2004 MITA (P) 002/11/2002
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  • AFTERNOON EDITION
    • Article
      Spores Q2 GDP up 11.7%
      338 1 Economy maintains strong growth momentum in the second quarter THE Singapore economy maintained its strong growth momentum in the second quarter of this year. Advance estimates released by the Ministry of Trade and Industry this morning show that real gross domestic product (GDP) in the
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      No Ronaldo, no problem
      643 1 Adriano stars in Brazil win m Asian govts at make-or-break point in fight against Aids, says UN Tor Ching Li chingli@newstoday.com.sg IT'S an invisible epidemic. More and more people worldwide are contracting Aids an increasing proportion of them women. And Asia is at a make-or-break point
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous
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  • Article
    About $5.1 m for sick children, families
    122 2  -  Jeanine Tan LAST night's National Kidney Foundation (NKF) Children's Medical Fund charity show raised about $5.1 million for sick children and their families. This is the first time that NKF organised a charity show for the Children's Medical Fund. By the end of
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    Lock icon Serviced apartment craze
    534 2  -  Shobha Tsering Bhalla Demand for executive offices also roaring shobha@newstoday.com.sg ANYONE who has doubts about Singapore's economic growth need only look at its serviced apartment and executive office sector to realise it is not a mirage. "I've tried at least 10 different apartments and all the better
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  • Article
    CDCs disbursed $1.3 m in local aid schemes
    272 2 COMMUNITY Development Councils (CDCs) in Singapore disbursed $1.3 million in local assistance schemes last year, helping some 8,500 needy residents. The sum was over and above the $27 million worth of national social support schemes which help some 32,000 Singaporeans islandwide. National
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  • Article
    MediaCorp, Sing Tel increase their stakes in Today
    244 3 THE two main shareholders of MediaCorp Press which publishes Today have upped their stakes in the newspaper by buying out a third investor, SMRT Corp, for about $3.5 million. MediaCorp and Sing Tel have jointly acquired the transport operator's entire 14.56-per cent
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    Lock icon Brewing entrepreneurs
    625 3  -  Lee U-Wen Cafe@The Edge's baristas, CEO and managers are aged 9 u-wen@newstoday.com.sg THE dismissal bell sounded, but for nine-year-old Dominique Sng, her day was far from over. Unlike other children her age, she had a business to run. Heading straight for her school's new hang-out Cafe@The Edge she
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  • Article
    Baby incentives will have something for most: Hng
    409 3 PARENTS and parents-to-be can look forward this Sunday to a hamper of baby-making goodies that will "have something for most people", promised Minister for Trade and Industry Lim Hng Kiang. Mothers, especially, can anticipate longer maternity leave flavoured with a strong dose
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  • Article
    Poultry imports suspended
    172 3 Continued from Page 1 To minimise the impact, the AVA is working with members of the trade to increase supplies of poultry and eggs, including substitutes such as powdered eggs, from approved alternative sources. "The public is advised not to panic buy," said Dr Ngiam. While consumers
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  • Article
    Lock icon Deadline to kill hostage passes, no word on his fate
    243 4 Agencies BAGHDAD A militant group's deadline to kill a Filipino hostage in Iraq passed yesterday without any word on his fate, after Manila rejected demands for an early withdrawal of its troops in the US-led coalition there. However, in a
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    Lock icon Floods wreak havoc in Bangladesh, India
    348 4 Agencies Scores have died, thousands rendered homeless CHITTAGONG (Bangladesh) Floods caused by torrential monsoon rains have claimed hundreds of lives and stranded millions across South Asia. In Bangladesh, officials said 13 people had died and an estimated 3 million people were marooned by rising
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  • GLOBALroundup
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      Lock icon M'sians isolated over bird flu fears
      70 4 -AFP Health officials in Malaysia's northern Perak state have quarantined 600 pupils as a precaution alter 25 came down with fever following the deaths of 90 chickens in a compound at their school, the Mingguan Malaysia reported yesterday. The director-general of the Veterinary Services
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    • Article
      Lock icon India's population hits 1.02 billion
      52 4 Agencies India's population has swelled to over 1.02 billion, said India's Census Commissioner J X Banthia yesterday on the occa- sion of World Population Day. He said the population will hit 1.46 billion by 2035, overtaking China as the world's most populous nation if present
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    • Article
      Lock icon Koizumi suffers setback
      69 4 Reuters Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's ruling Liberal Democratic Party won only 49 of the 121 seats at stake in Upper House elections yesterday missing its target of 51. The Premier's ruling coalition retained its majority in the House and holds a majority in the more powerful
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  • HOME NEWS
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      Lock icon Young in battle of the sales pitches
      156 6  -  Tor Ching Li ENTREPRENEUR wannabes from 23 primary and secondary schools hawked their wares at the BlueSky Carnival yesterday. The event at Suntec Singapore was organised by the Action Community for Entrepreneurship as part of its first anniversary festivities. Even Minister for Trade
      TOR CHING LI  -  156 words
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      Lock icon Students beg for more work
      306 6  -  Raymond Andrew IT'S not often schoolchildren run after their teachers for more work. But, that was what they did when the assignment was the SingTel Touching Lives Fund. "Teacher! Teacher! Can we have more copies of Today? We want to fold more hearts!" screamed Tanjong
      TREVOR TAN  -  306 words
    • Article
      Lux's hard-sell tactics draw fire
      632 6  -  Kevin Tan Case sees 66% increase in complaints this year CLOSE to midnight three hours after they started their demonstration in her home two salesmen from Lux Singapore watched as an exhausted Madam Wan Jee Meng signed a purchase agreement for a vacuum cleaner worth
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  • LETTERS
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      Disappointing Glutton Square
      290 8  -  Lim Boon Hee Inadequate hygiene, insufficient stalls and expensive food IT WAS a nice cool Thursday evening. We decided to check out Glutton Square after hearing all the media hype. But, it was a real disappointment. Many tables were not cleared after patrons had finished eating. The
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      Seek overseas opportunities
      175 8  -  Raymond Choo I REFER to the letter, "Why upgrade when some degrees go unrecognised?" (July 10). I asked myself this a few years ago, before enrolling in part-time studies with the Singapore Institute of Management The Open University. But then I decided I should take responsibility for
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      'Mickey Mouse' part-time degrees
      93 8  -  Sian Kong FULL-TIME degree holders study for three years or longer. Is a parttime degree, taken over 15 months at a cost of $25,000 (for example) by someone working full-time, worth the paper it is written on? Frankly, this is quite doubtful. Compared to all the
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    • Letter
      Foreign justice
      581 8 From the Letters Editor's desk THE plight of a group of unpaid construction workers and Ms Constance Singam's commentary last week moved a dozen readers to write in, lamenting the tragedy of as the headline put it "going hungry in a land of plenty". Most offered suggestions on
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      232 8 Direct Honours Degrees and Diplomas 3 YEAR Direct Honours Degrees 2 YEAR Graduate Entry Degrees •International Relations S •BSc Business BSc Accounting and Finance 'Management j2jP IHlkjfVmT'imiM BSc Management BSc Accounting with Law •Politics yr r^m^y^^l BSc Management with Law BSc Banking and Finance •Social Sciences -0. BSc Economics Management
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      42 8 Your letter can also appear on .—^ijmjJH I this page. Give your full name, I telephone number and address and write to: I Today, 24, Raffles Place, #28-01/06, I Clifford Centre, *****21; M I Fax: (65) 6534 4217; JH b^s^^Pl E-mail: news@newstoday.com.sg
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      153 9 The best way to touch a heart is to fold it I HHHHHHHHHHH| Fold a heart and we'll I I contribute $1.25 to the SingTel I IB Touching Lives Fund I flfl H I 1 .Cut out the red rectangle. 7. Fold the sides to cover I *****1 wMA 2.Turn
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      87 10 *DB|§| x DBS "The most brilliantly effective hmM spine-chiller you will ever encounter if you haven't seen J this show yet you are missing a treat." Daily Telegraph WOMAN v? %LAO_ A PLAY DIRECT FROM THE UK! 14 July 4 August 2004 Adapted by Stephen Mallatratt From the novel by
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  • BUSINESS NEWS
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      Lock icon Sky is the limit for Singapore-India ties
      774 11  -  Shibu Itty Kuttickal AFP Indian companies urged to exploit the Republic's 4C's capital, connectivity, capabilities and comfort WHITER India? With New Delhi's Con-gress-led coalition government depending on the Leftist parties for its existence, will protectionism get back in vogue in the country? Will
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      Lock icon S'pore offers landing rights to 2 private Indian airlines, reports daily
      250 11 Agencies SINGAPORE has offered landing rights to two private Indian carriers Jet Airways and Air Sahara, The Hindu newspaper reported, without divulging where it obtained the information. The offer was made after Singapore Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong held
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    • MarketWATCH
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        Lock icon Singapore
        144 11 AFP SINGAPORE shares are forecast to be on the upswing next week with the release of expected strong GDP figures and as the corporate earnings season gets into full swing, dealers said on Friday. The ST Index (STI) closed at 1,862.03 on Friday, up 22.7 points or 1.23 per
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        Your S$1 buys
        36 11 US$ 0.5854 UK£ 0.3161 Yen 63.715 HK$ 4.5662 RM 2.2241 Euro 0.4734 Rupiah 5263.2 Baht 23.885 Peso 32.748 A$ 0.8128 Indian Rs 26.810 Won 672.95 C$ 0.7742 Yuan 4.8453 NZ$ 0.8929 NTS 19.745
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        Lock icon Commodities
        26 11 SGX, Bloomberg Gold uss/oz 407.9 Silver uss/oz 6.475 Platinum uss/oz 808.8 Rubber censAg 249.75 Palm Oil RM/tonne 1,442 Brent crude uss/barrei 39.96 Information provided by
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  • BUSINESS NEWS/SAVVY INVESTOR
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      Temasek's acquisition of MPlant now uncertain
      192 12 TEMASEK Holdings' bid to buy into Malaysian Plantations Bhd (MPlant), owner of Malaysia's smallest bank, Alliance Bank, have stalled over pricing and the deal may collapse, reported Malaysian newspaper The Star. Negotiations were originally taking place at the range of between RM2.65 and RM2.70
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      Venture Corp set to outperform
      630 12  -  Lim Say Boon Electronics services provider will be gloomy tech sector's champion THE market is generally pretty negative about the tech sector now and the argument is that the corporate "replacement" cycle for PCs has come and gone, and we won't see it peak again
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      Lock icon Budget airlines wooed with no-frill terminals
      411 13 AFP GENEVA After offering prestige terminals, business lounges and air-conditioned gangways, airports are now risking a bruising battle with big airlines to offer cheaper terminals. Air France on Thursday threatened legal action against Geneva International Airport's pioneering decision to move ahead with a low-fee
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      market BUZZ
      99 13 Gardenia redemption One thousand people happily walked away with a free Gardenia Nutri Multi-Grain loaf, worth $2.65, at a special redemption offer for TODAY readers at Raffles Place Park on Friday at noon. And such was the popularity of the loaf which is a unique combination of a
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  • Page 12 Miscellaneous
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      438 13 Learn How to Create a Six Figure Income From Speaking Fund Out Why Coaching is One of the World's Fastest Growing Professions Find out the five essential money-making strategies of every professional speaker, and how to turn speaking and coaching into a lucrative second income. This is the first time
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  • the BUSINESS of marketing
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      Lock icon Mr Condom's lesson on social enterprise
      709 14  -  Monica Gwee Famous social activist proved last year that vision and stamina can nudge changes along in extraordinary ways YOU may think him a one-trick performer until you actually hear and see Dr Mechai Viravaidya in action. The social entrepreneur and activist is better
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      159 14 liui CCI3 UaW^ Join us at China Square Central as we salute the simple ingredient, yeast, with a tempting array of programmes to whet your tastebuds. From celebrity chef cooking demonstrations, record-setting longest pastry feat, kids baking competition, to beer-chugging contests and entertaining stage games, our buffet of activities promises
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  • !mpact
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      BreadTalk's winning formula? A willingness to try out new ideas
      526 15  -  Shobha Tsering Bhalla AS IT turns four this week, it is obvious the rising agent at BreadTalk arguably Singapore's most popular bakery chain is not just the yeast it uses. Otherwise, how does one account for the galloping growth of
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      Lock icon GRAB BAG
      195 15 Osim freebies for Today readers LOCAL healthcare company Osim launched its new oral skin supplement Nourish Refine last Saturday with a promotion that saw hoards of TODAY readers converging on Shaw House over the weekend. Not surprising, considering Osim was giving away freebies worth $60 each. In this
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    • Article
      Lock icon For the full flavour of coffee, get Nescafe Gold
      446 15 Ted Chen POORLY-manufactured coffee usually tastes sour and loses its flavour easily. But well-made coffee is full-bodied and retains its flavour and aroma, a fact any coffee lover can sniff out. Coffee buffs yearning for such quality coffee will no doubt
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  • WORLD NEWS
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      Journalists mourn Russian Forbes editor's death
      197 16 MOSCOW Hundreds of journalists and friends paid their last respects yesterday to the Russian editor of Forbes magazine, murdered within months of coming to Moscow from New York after digging deep into the murky world of Russian business. Mr Paul Khlebnikov, an American citizen
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      Lock icon Bomb blast at Israeli bus station
      392 16 Agencies Sharon: Explosion was carried out under the patronage of World Court TEL AVIV A woman was killed and at least 20 people were injured in a bomb explosion at a bus stop in the Israeli city of Tel Aviv yesterday morning. It was
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    • Article
      Multi-ethnic motifs for mosque
      123 16 KOTA BHARU Malaysia's conservative main opposition Parti Islam SeMalaysia (PAS) unveiled plans for a multi-million ringgit mosque in Kelantan that would incorporate designs from the minority ethnic Chinese and Indian communities. Party officials denied that the move was aimed at wooing nonMuslims after being routed in
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    • GLOBALroundup
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        Lock icon Herat bomb claims five
        49 16 Reuters An explosion in the western Afghan city of Herat yesterday killed at least killed five people and wounded 34. The incident is likely to raise fresh concern about security for Afghanistan's landmark presidential election which has been postponed, again, from September to Oct 9.
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      • Article
        Lock icon Bird flu virus has not mutated
        55 16 AFP China said the strain of bird flu that erupted in a chicken farm near Anhui province's Chaohu city early this month is identical to the HSNI virus which hit the country earlier this year and has not mutated in the intervening months, the
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        Lock icon Cambodia king calls for referendum on Bill
        77 16 AFP Cambodia's King Norodom Sihanouk has called for a referendum after refusing to sign a controversial Bill to allow a government to be formed after a year-long political impasse. The king, who is in selfimposed exile in North Korea, said he would allow
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  • COMMENTARY
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      Lock icon The need for an independent Europe
      975 17  -  William Pfaff Nato has to prove it is not 'the West against the rest' to stop slide towards war of societies and peoples PARIS Last week six senior North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (Nato) officials flew from Naples to Baghdad in response to a request
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  • the business of LEARNING
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      WHAT'S UP
      228 18 Proofread to perfection Errors in company documents mar an organisation's efforts to present the best "face" possible to clients and customers. This workshop, organised by the British Council's Professional Development Centre, presents professional proofreading techniques. It will explain now poor reading styles hinder accuracy and demonstrates how following
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    • SUCCEED
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        defining your LONG-TERM GOALS
        653 18  -  i John Bittleston It is vital to have a specific long-term objective if you want to succeed MR HERMAN Khan, a well-known guru on the subject, once said: "Forecasting is very difficult, especially about the future." He was right. To forecast well, you need to know
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        Poly students learn to serve in China project
        664 19  -  Cindy Tong 20 youngsters from Republic Poly spend 3 weeks inYunnan to build biogas tanks REPUBLIC Polytechnic student Gan Chao Wei could have chosen to spend the June holidays relaxing at home. Instead, he found himself in a rural part of China
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  • plus
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      Lo-Fi saves the day
      573 20  -  Zul Othman q^^q^^] on I NOT too many British dance music acts have successfully cracked the usually rock-centric confines of the American Billboard charts. Fatboy Slim may have laid the groundwork for the assault, but Lo Fidelity Allstars, aka the Lo-Fis, is easily the most successful
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      Lock icon Brando left $36.8m estate
      157 20 LOS ANGELES Reclusive Hollywood icon Marlon Brando left an estate worth around US$2l.6 million ($36.8 million) when he died last week, his lawyer revealed on Friday. This was despite a biographer alleging that the actor was US$2O million in debt and living on government retirement payments
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      Lock icon The Woman in Black is here to haunt you
      341 20 David Chew FOR the past 15 years, a ghost story has captivated London's West End and its audiences, spooking over two million people. This Wednesday, the Singapore Repertory Theatre brings Stephen Mallatratt's adaptation of Susan Hill's best-selling novel, The Woman in
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      Lock icon DeGarmo does good
      377 21 Reuters American Idol runner-up's first single makes strong debut LOS ANGELES Diana DeGarmo became the 11th American Idol competitor to appear on a Billboard chart with the debut of Dreams on the Billboard Hot 100. The third-season Idol runnerup's first single opened at No 14, the third-highest
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    • Article
      Lock icon Studios roll out new plans to fight DVD piracy
      292 21 Reuters LOS ANGELES Studios are breaking out new weapons in their battle against DVD piracy as increasing broadband penetration and DVD recorder sales threaten to aid and abet illegal copying. HBO Home Video president Henry McGee warned that the US$2O-billion ($34
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  • World News
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      Lock icon Iran warns of strike
      308 22 -AFP US forces will be hit to prevent attack on N-facilities: Minister DOHA Iranian Defence Minister Ali Shamkhani warned yesterday that Iran might launch a pre-emptive strike against US forces in the region to prevent an attack on its nuclear facilities. "We will not sit to
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      Lock icon Iraqis pick interim assembly
      142 22 Reuters BAGHDAD Iraqi political and religious leaders picked an interim National Assembly yesterday, said a senior member of the committee which organised the meeting. The selection of the 100--member assembly, which will oversee the government and pave the way for elections in January, marks the end
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  • eatout
    • FOODNOTES
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        JAPAN CALLING
        171 23 Senbazuru Japanese restaurant is a popular dining venue or the Japanese community in Singapore. But it is no less favoured by Singaporeans who have a soft spot for sushi, sashimi and tempura. With an endless flow of Japanese delicacies at its Sunday Tokyo Buffet Lunch, Senbazuru, located on
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        HAVE YOUR BOWL AND EAT IT
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      Grant more tournament invites or we may ban Malaysian pros
      488 25  -  TANYO-HINN SGC warn Causeway neighbours: THE golfing fraternities of Malaysia and Singapore appear to be at loggerheads. Several Singapore pros believe the Malaysian Professional Golfers Association (MPGA) are prejudiced against foreign golfers competing on their domestic circuit, claiming the golf
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      188 25  -  COPA AMERICA Reuters Argentina 0 Mexico 1 CHICLAYO, Peru Argentina coach Marcelo Bielsa was back under pressure again after his team were humbled 1-0 by Mexico in the Copa America on Saturday (yesterday morning, Singapore time). Bielsa has become increasingly unpopular with Argentinian fans
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      454 25  -  Tan Yo-Hinn Solid infrastructure will pay off, says PNG skipper SINGAPOREAN netballers have the facilities, top-class coaching and training, and above all, the money. Taking these factors into account, there should be no reason why Singapore shouldn't be among the world's top sides in the
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      473 26  -  ALVIN CHUA Serb-Montenegrin plans to extend his stay HE MAY have arrived in Singapore without his luggage, but good fortune returned quickly for Vladan Seric. The wandering luggage has been given back ("They told me it fell off a truck in Dubai," he laughs)
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      461 26  -  Alvin Chua THERE'S something about Karim in the S-League at the moment, with Karim Bencherifa and Abdul Karim Razak cultivating mini-revivals at Tanjong Pagar United and Balestier Khalsa respectively. Moroccan Bencherifa seemed to have taken on an impossible mission
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      289 27  -  Alvin Chua SOME of the most important issues concerning Sir gapore football are probably being discussed along Malaysia's North-South highway while you read this story. That's because a number of the Football Association of Singapore's (FAS) top brass have decided to take
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      292 27 Stanley Ho LIFE at the bottom of the S-League table may be tough, but it is obvious that Tanjong Pagar United head coach Karim Bencherifa is relishing the challenge. Since his arrival at the Queenstown Stadium in May, the Moroccan has been busy turning
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      668 28  -  JOSE RAYMOND Singapore coach Avramovic turns to young upstarts to restore lost pride FOOTBALL FRIENDLY Malaysia v Singapore Kuala Lumpur Stadium, 8.45pm in Kuala Lumpur jose@newstoday.com.sg WATCHING the Lions train at the Football Association of Malaysia headquarters in Kelana Jaya, a Malaysian fan asked:
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      267 28  -  Jose Raymond TWO Sundays ago, at least 12 of the 20 players in the Malaysian side were involved in the Malaysian Super League. Eight others only joined up with the squad on Thursday. Following tonight's match against Singapore, the players
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        324 29 -AFP LOS ANGELES Disgruntled centre Shaquille O'Neal (picture), who won three NBA titles in eight years with Los Angeles, is heading to the Miami Heat The deal would see Lamar Odom, Caron Butler, Brian Grant and a first round pick go to
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        292 29 Striker's hat-trick virtually assures Brazil a place in Copa quarter-finals COPA AMERICA Brazil 4 Costa Rica 1 AREQUIPA, Peru Striker Adriano scored a hat-trick as Brazil demolish Costa Rica 4-1 this morning, leaving the world champions almost certain of a place in the Copa America quarter-finals.
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        167 29 AFP MADRID Florentino Perez promised to bring back the glory days to Real Madrid after being relected for a second term as president of the Spanish giants yesterday. Perez swept to victory, receiving 91.35 per cent or 21,377 of the votes with former president and
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        92 29 Reuters SILVIS, Illinois Australia's Mark Hensby parred the second playoff hole to defeat Britain's John Morgan and win the John Deere Classic this morning. The win was the first on the PGA Tour for the 33-year-old Hensby, who finished on 16-under-par 268 and earned U*****,000. Argentina's Jose Cocerces
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      430 27 ALL OR NOTHING ■■^""""-"'"^■^H ALBIREX Probable line up: Nobuhiro Maeda, Kenji Arai, Takeru Arai, Shoji --^r^**v HI Yamada, Hidetoshi Wakui, Ryuji Sueoka (left, top), Lee Bong 11, Akihiro Jrfjjjp I Nakamura, Yuki Sakai, Norikazu Murakami, YasuhiroTanaka mjjm I Form: LWDDL (2-4 v Home, 2-0 v Woodlands, 1-1 vSinchi, 1-1 v
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      140 29 League Home Team Away Team Match Kj ck? ff x (Singapore date/time) SCORE Malaysia Singapore Mon, 12/7/04 8.45pm Copa 2004 Venezuela Bolivia Tue, 13/7/04 6.30 am Copa 2004 Peru Colombia Tue, 13/7/04 8.45 am S League Albirex Bal Khalsa Tue, 13/7/04 7.30pm Copa 2004 Mexico Ecuador Wed, 14/7/04 6.30 am
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