Today, 7 January 2005, Afternoon Edition

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    12 1 TODAY /^ediaCorp Front incorporating utT6£itS MICA (P) 103/07/2004 Friday January 7,2005 todayonline.com
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  • AFTERNOON EDITION
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      Lock icon Nelson Mandela's son dies of Aids
      188 1 AFP JOHANNESBURG Antiapartheid icon Nelson Mandela announced yesterday that his only surviving son had died of Aids, becoming one of the first South African leaders to shatter the silence on a hush-hush disease. "For some time, I have been saying 'Let us give publicity
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      Lock icon Stocks close mixed, oil price surges
      106 1 AFP NEW YORK US stocks limped to a mixed finish yesterday, with the main bluechip index posting its first gain after three weak sessions, after a rally effort was snubbed out by a jump in oil prices. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was up
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      Lock icon A summit of precedence
      951 1  -  Derrick A Paulo in Jakarta KEY POINTS OF THE JOINT DECLARATION Emergency relief Mobilise further resources to meet needs of victims. Request UN to mobilise international community and to appoint a special representative for this purpose. Strengthen coordination and cooperation of national, regional and international efforts.
      AFP  -  951 words
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      Lock icon Honeymoon over for Pak Lah, says Khairy
      518 2  -  Clement Mesenas, Foreign Editor HE'S only 28 but he's suave, articulate and supremely confident at the podium. A campaign manager's dream of what a political poster boy should be. A usually composed, level-headed woman academic at yesterday's Regional Outlook Forum 2005 was heard
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    • NEWScomment
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        Effective action and graceful empathy
        605 3  -  Catherine Lim Spore Government's response to tsunami crisis sets global model for true, fraternal help FOR the past fortnight, as I followed with intense interest our Government's relief efforts in response to the tsunami devastation in the region, I was at one point so impressed
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    • NEWSroundup
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        Lock icon Donate your ERS
        50 4 Channel News Asia Singaporeans can now donate their Economic Restructuring Shares (ERS) to victims of the tsunami disaster, through the Red Cross Tidal Waves Asia Fund at www.donation.org.sg. Since the portal started accepting ERS donations on Wednesday evening, more than $5,000 worth of ERS have been donated.
        — Channel News Asia  -  50 words
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        Lock icon $10m from Temasek
        72 4 10m from Temasek Newsßadio 93.8 Temasek Holdings has set aside US$l 0 million ($16.5 million) for recovery efforts, especially in Aceh, as part of its multi-pronged support for tsunami relief efforts. The state investment holding company will support efforts to send food, water and medical supplies, as well as provide
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        Lock icon Flights cut back
        51 4 Newsßadio 93.8 Silk Air is cutting back flights to Phuket and Krabi from next week, with many bookings cancelled. Budget carrier Tiger Airways has no plans to cut back on its once-daily flights to Phuket for now, but Air Asia is suspending flights between Singapore and Phuket
        – Newsßadio 93.8  -  51 words
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        Lock icon Monk sells temple
        33 4 AFP A Buddhist abbot in Canada, Thich Nguyen Thao, stunned his congregation by putting his temple up for sale, in a bid to raise US$410,000 for victims of the tsunami.
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      • Article
        'No' to Gurkhas' help
        69 4 Prime Minister Tony Blair faced acute embarrassment after his offer to send a company of Gurkhas to help Indonesia was rejected. The Indonesian embassy in London questioned why he should want to send troops when medical help and cash were urgently needed, reported The Telegraph. The
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      Up to Thailand to end search efforts
      507 4  -  Jasmine Yin Spore embassy to go on locating the missing j asmine.yin@newstoday.com. sg SINGAPORE'S rescue-and-recovery operations in Thailand, where the majority of missing and uncontactable Singaporeans are, will continue so long as the Thai authorities say so. This was the assurance given by
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      How you can help
      156 4 Singapore Red Cross Donations in cash or cheque. Make cheques out to the Singapore Red Cross Society. Indicate Tidal Waves Asia and include your name, address and telephone number on the back. Donations can also be made via ATM and through Sing Tel, Ml, and Star
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      Lock icon Singapore offers itself as operational base for WHO
      240 4 Newsßadio 93.8 SINGAPORE has offered to support relief efforts in Aceh by the World Health Organization (WHO). It has proposed to set up a site office here to boost the existing centre that is operating out of New Delhi, India. Health Minister
      — Newsßadio 93.8  -  240 words
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      299 2 Healthy Goodness For All Being a filial daughter, caring mother and wife all at the same time can be as mentally and physically challenging as one can imagine. It is important for me to ensure that my family and I stay in the pink of health. Whenever friends or relatives
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  • Singapore news
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      Casino project: 100 attend STB briefing
      456 6  -  Val Chua Four SGX-listed local developers in the running val@newstoday.com.sg EVEN as the controversial casino project hangs in the balance, flamboyant hotelier Ong Beng Seng could be poised to enter the high-stakes game. His company Hotel Properties Ltd (HPL) which owns the Hilton and
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    • SINGAPOREsnippets
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        Tharman to visit India, Sri Lanka
        66 6 Mr Tharman Shanmugaratnam, Minister for Education, will visit India and Sri Lanka from today to next Wednesday. In Mumbai, he will address the 3rd Indian Diaspora Conference and meet political and business leaders. In Sri Lanka, he will call on government leaders to get
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        Lock icon MOM report: Keppel wants copy
        84 6 Channel News Asia Lawyers representing Keppel Shipyard and its safety officer, Lim Yee Chien, 36, have asked for a copy of the Manpower Ministry's (MOM) investigations report into the incident where seven workers died last May in a flash fire on board the Almudaina at
        Channel News Asia  -  84 words
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        Ethnic chambers' joint mission
        49 6 Singapore's Chinese, Malay and Indian chambers of commerce and industry, together with International Enterprise Singapore, will lead a business mission to India on Sunday. It is the first time the three ethnic chambers of commerce and industry are banding together to hold a business mission.
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        Lock icon Bhatia may admit taking cocaine
        72 6 Channel News Asia Dinesh Bhatia, 34, one of the high profile individuals involved in last October's cocaine bust, was back in court yesterday. The private equity investor is likely to plead guilty to his charges of consuming cocaine and ecstasy. He is the son of
        Channel News Asia  -  72 words
    • Article
      Some engineering students can delay choosing specialty
      246 8  -  Lee U-Wen ENROL first, specialise later. That's the message Ngee Ann Polytechnic (NP) has sent to its new cohort of engineering students. Its School of Engineering has launched a Common First Year Pathway (CYP) scheme, in which students will take a set of
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      Initiating that varsity 'buzz'
      414 8  -  Tor Ching Li NUS, NTU to be corporatised by 2006 chingli@newstoday.com.sg BY THE middle of next year, the National University of Singapore (NUS) and Nanyang Technological University (NTU) will be able to enjoy the same operational autonomy as the Singapore Management University (SMU) does now. Yesterday,
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  • world news
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      Lock icon Green light for Indian Ocean warning system
      361 10 AP US looking into setting up a global tsunami system as well JAKARTA Plans to set up an early warning system that could have saved thousands of lives in the tsunami disaster gained momentum yesterday at a summit of world leaders in Jakarta.
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      Lock icon Miraculous rescue of one life ... no, two
      175 10 Miraculous rescue of one life no, two AP KUALA LUMPUR An Indonesian tsunami survivor who was plucked from the sea after clinging to a palm tree for five days has another reason to celebrate she is 18 weeks pregnant with her first child. Ms Malawati, 24, is recovering in a
      AP  -  175 words
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      Lock icon Dogs that fed on human flesh are killed
      223 10 -AP NAGAPATTINAM (India) Civic workers have been ordered to kill packs of stray dogs that have been attacking tsunami survivors in southern India the canines turned aggressive after they fed on dead bodies that were washed ashore, officials said yesterday. At least
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      Lock icon Shia-Sunni divide to affect Iraq elections
      557 13 Agencies Arabs fear the rise of a regional 'Shia crescent' AMMAN It was meant to be a show of unity that would nudge the Iraqis into participating in the Jan 30 elections, defying all boycott calls. But as foreign ministers from Iraq's neighbouring states
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      Lock icon Malaysia declares itself free of bird flu
      245 13 AFP KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia has declared itself free of bird flu, but will maintain a ban on poultry imports from affected countries as a preventive measure, it was reported yesterday. Agriculture Minister Muhyiddin Yassin said on Wednesday that no new cases of bird
      AFP  -  245 words
    • this QUIRKY world
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        Pay maintenance for dog, ex-hubby told
        109 14 A court in Italy has ordered a man to pay maintenance to his divorced wife for their pet dog, reported Ananova.com. The woman, who was not named for legal reasons, took her former husband to court in the northeastern town of Udine after he
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        Man goes wild when he can't get fries
        108 14 A 22-year-old Pennsylvanian man allegedly tried to run over restaurant workers after they told him they had run out of fries, reported Ananova.com. The man went to a Burger King drive-in and, when told that there were no fries left, he made
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      The credit card nightmare ...
      416 14 The credit card nightmare Lenders making millions through unfair practices, says UK magazine "TRICKS." "No qualms." "Shady practices." These are some of the words used in a strong indictment of the credit card industry in the United Kingdom by Which? a British consumer watchdog. British newspapers quoted a report in
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    Focus On The Family
    291 16  -  Dr James Dobson m H by TbiMy's SHAKESPEARE AND ME How do you teach basic honesty to kids? I can tell you how my mother did it. When I was in the eighth grade I was required to read a certain number of great books during
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    • We want to help, but ...
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        Frustrating finding avenues to do so
        235 16  -  PAULINE ANG Letter from I I REFER to the report, "Relief efforts coordination" (Jan 5). While other non-profit organisations seem to have reservations over the proposal by the National Volunteer and Philanthropy Centre (NVPC), I applaud the move. As an eager would-be volunteer without
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        Make sure money reaches victims
        106 16  -  THIA GAH CHOONG Letter from I REFER to your article on "The multimillion aid question" (Jan 6). I think the issue was put across well. I am confident that the Red Cross Society will handle donations transparently. However, the more important question is not whether
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    • What a woman can do when molested
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        Confront the suspect or go for help?
        158 16  -  CINDY CHEE Letter from I REFER to the article, "Bus driver allowed 'molester' to escape" (Jan 5). I am concerned about what we women can and should do when we suspect that we have been molested. Should such an unfortunate incident happen in
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        What if the bus driver is unsympathetic?
        163 16  -  AUDREY KHOO BAO LING Letter from I HAD encountered a similar situation a year ago. I was sitting on the upper deck of the bus when I was awakened by a touch on my breast. Immediately I turned around and stared at the
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      Jiffy not first to bid to sell food from vans
      165 16  -  PETER TAN GUAN LEONG Letter from Deputy Director (Land Administration, Car Parks) Urban Redevelopment Authority I REFER to the report, "Driving Ambition" oan 4). It conveyed the impression that Mr David Tan was the first to hatch the idea of
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    • READERS' SHORT TAKES
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        Taarini Arikkath: Vegeterian symbol needed
        76 16 I agree with Mr Shen Shi'an (Jan 3) about the need for a universal symbol for vegetarian food. Vegetarians have a real problem when ordering in restaurants or buying packed food in stores. India has a system of symbols for packaged food items: Vegetarian items
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        Gaw Ying Yeow: Why only one lane open?
        67 16 My family and I were returning by coach from Malaysia via the Second Link on Dec 23 at Bpm. There was a huge crowd at the arrival hall but only four immigration counters open. And at the customs checkpoint, only one X'ray
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      Seafood here safe to eat
      116 16  -  GOHSHIHYONG Letter from Corporate Comm Manager For Chief Executive Officer Agri-Food Veterinary Authority I REFER to the letter, "Any truth to claims of unsafe metal levels in seafood?" by Mr Lim Boon Hee (Jan 6). The Agri-Food Veterinary Authority (AVA) has in place a stringent
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      Lock icon HDB lifts with a view
      950 18  -  mr brown IF IT is not bad enough that car insurance premiums keep rising year on year, here's more news for you. If you and your precious car were to be involved in an accident caused by a drink driver, you cannot claim from his
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      959 21 ADVERTORIAL W-m SVOKTS& lyl ADVENTURE In this last of a five-part series on the Singapore Youth Award (SYA), Recta Raman speaks to Mr James Wong, recipient of the SYA last year and Dr Ben Tan, who received the SYA in ftjfllijijiijjiil!^ fifl 1995 and a Medal of Commendation last year.
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  • Businesstoday
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      Lock icon URA to launch tender for urban leisure centre
      190 22 Dow Jones THE Government will put up for sale in two weeks a piece of prime land it wants developed into an entertainment centre that will include open-air concert areas. In a statement released yesterday, the Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) said a
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    • Market WATCH
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        ST Index — 2,089.82 +18.78
        4 22 ST Index 2,089.82 +18.78
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        Lock icon Singapore
        82 22 Dow Jones SHARES closed at a four-year high yesterday as sentiment improved on hopes of a rebound in US stock markets and in anticipation of strong results from Singapore companies, traders said. Ignoring Wall Street's drop for the sixth consecutive session on Wednesday, the ST Index closed up 1
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        World markets
        60 22 Index Value .hange Nikkei 225 Hang Seng All Ordinaries Taiwan Wtd Korea Comp 11,492.26 13,712.04 4,033.30 5,982.12 871.28 Pis +54.74 -52.32 -10.10 -6.25 -13.91 +0.48 -0.38 -0.25 -0.10 -1.57 KLCI 910.42 +2.46 +0.27 SET Index 693.62 +10.12 +1.48 Jakarta Comp Phils Comp Shenzhen B 1,029.88 1,859.80 225.79 +14.45
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        Lock icon Commodities
        26 22 SGX, Bloomberg Information provided by Gold us$/oi Silver us$/oi Platinum us$/oi 426.41 6.501 847.01 Rubber centsAg Palm oil RM/tonne Brent crude us$/borrel 195.01 1,365.01 40.2i
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        SGX most active
        58 22 iy volume Pac Cent Close 0.295 Change +0.010 +3.5 '000 30,131 UniFiber Citiraya UTAC LantroVis CHT Soilbuild Fung Choi Capitaland Junma 0.255 0.850 0.545 0.055 0.750 0.320 0.405 2.140 0.485 -0.010 +0.050 +0.035 +0.005 +0.030 +0.010 -0.020 +0.040 -3.8 +6.3 +6.9 +10.0 +4.2 +2.5 -0.9 +9.0 28,713
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        SGX top rises
        75 22 By Close Change F&N 16.300 +0.300 IMH400USS 16.400 +0.300 jealive50 23.600 +0.200 DBS 16.200 +0.200 OBS Bk6% NCPS10 108.500 +0.200 KepCorp 8.900 +0.200 XBC 13.800 +0.200 PFood 1.540 +0.110 m Breweries 7.700 +0.100 lardineC&C 10.500 +0.100 By percentage Close Change SHCCap 0.105 +61.5 Hua Kok 0.040 +33.3
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        SGX top falls
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        Your S$1 buys
        36 22 U J«P UK£ 0.3233 Yen HK$ RM 63.555 4.7138 2.2981 Euro 0.4587 Rupiah Baht 5,633.3 23.762 Peso A$ Indian Rs Won C$ Yuan NZ$ NTS 33.896 0.7976 26.559 640.32 0.7446 5.0055 0.8685 19.457
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    • business news
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        CFM profit warning
        78 24 METAL stamper CFM Holdings warned that it expects to report a loss for its fiscal first half ended Dec 31. The loss is mainly due to an unexpected rise in raw material prices and a drop in selling prices due to intense competition, it said in a
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        Lock icon SPH Q1 profit surges on investment gains
        132 24 Bloomberg SINGAPORE Press Holdings' (SPH) fiscal first-quarter profit more than doubled as it reaped investment gains and sold more advertisements. Profit for the three months ended Nov 30 rose to $221.6 million, or 14 cents a share, from $83.8 million, or 5 cents
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        US investors sue CAO
        245 24 EVEN as local investors are deciding on whether to take legal action against China Aviation Oil Singapore (CAO), which collapsed last month under US$55O million ($907 million) in trading losses, their US counterparts have made the first move. US law firm Lerach Coughlin has filed a
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        Lock icon Delayed Link Reit sale may cost Hong Kong $190m
        194 28 Dow Jones HONG KONG The Hong Kong government's botched initial public offering of the US$2.7-billion ($4.4 billion) Link real estate investment trust (Reit) could cost taxpayers HK$9OO million ($l9O million), The Standard reported yesterday, quoting Housing, Planning and Land Secretary Michael
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        Discover IPO gems for 2005
        469 28  -  Jaime Koh Westcomb to usher in Year of the Rooster with seminar featuring newly-listed firms j aime@newstoday.com. sg THE No 1 manager of initial public offerings (IPO), Westcomb Financial Group, will be ushering in the Lunar New Year with a one-day investment seminar targeted at
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      174 33  -  Mervin Tay UNLIKE most celebrities, the three girls of Taiwanese pop group S.H.E. have no inhibitions when it comes to talking to the media. In town to stage a concert at the Singapore Indoor Stadium on Saturday, Hebe Tien, Selina Jen and Ella Chen spent
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        254 36  -  yong shu chwmg FILM REVIEW by It seems we don't get too many fluffy Hong Kong comedies starstudded with A-list celebrities for the Chinese New Year anymore. A sign of the film industry in doldrums is having William Hung headline this movie silly, nonsensical and mindless
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      141 43 K-POP fans may want to check out a new attraction in Seoul: Tne Korean Entertainment Hall of Fame. The hall, located in the basement of the Korea National Tourism Organisation's (KNTO) building, showcases over 700 souvenirs of Korean stars, dramas and movies. Fans will also
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      525 47  -  Neil Humphreys, WITHOUT a doubt, Michael Schumacher is a wealthy prince among wealthy men. In a sporting world often cheapened by athletes' selfishness, agents' avarice and mega-marketing deals, the Formula 1 legend stands alone. In contributing an astonishing US$lO
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      197 48 -AFP LONDON Brazil midfielder Edu's future at Arsenal could be decided this week with the English champions stalling over offering him a new contract His contract expires in the summer and he has been linked with Spanish trio Real Madrid, Barcelona and Valencia.
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      464 48 Agencies With injuries piling up, frustrated Man United boss turns to Saha LONDON Two days ago, the future looked more positive for Sir Alex Ferguson. His Manchester United side were third in the Premiership and, of all the title contenders, looked least likely to slip up. Echoing the
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      226 48 LONDON The man at the centre of the Roy Carroll "goal" controversy has no regrets. Linesman Rob Lewis, the assistant referee who failed to spot that a Pedro Mendes shot for Tottenham had crossed the line at Old Trafford, said yesterday he
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        174 50 AFP NEW YORK-The New York Yankees's long-awaited acquisition of pitching ace Randy Johnson (picture) moved another step forward yesterday as the parties agreed on a two-year contract extension. Johnson had been seeking US$32 million ($53 million) in order to waive his no-trade clause. "We
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        120 50 -AP GULFPORT, Mississippi Three-time world boxing champion Hector "Macho" Camacho was arrested yesterday in the burglary of a Gulfport business last November. Gulfport police chief Stephen T Barnes said Camacho, 42, was being held in Harrison County Jail in lieu of US$5O,OOO ($82,000) bail. Barnes
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        596 50 Argentine's hat-trick move Milan within two points of Juve SERIE A AC Milan 5 Lecce 2 ROME Defending champion AC Milan, who got three goals from Argentina striker Hernan Crespo, thrashed Lecce 5-2 last night (this morning, Singapore time) to move within two points of
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        260 50 AFP TENNIS Qatar Open DOHA Roger Federer continued his spectacular run of success as he clinched his 19th victory in a row, and his 44th in 46 matches, with an easy 6-1, 6-2 win against Feliciano Lopez which carried him to the
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      608 52  -  JOSE RAYMOND AFF chief Mony confirms 2006 tourney will go ahead, but disappointed with poor security THE Asean Football Federation's (AFF) premier tournament will continue. Their secretary Paul Mony revealed yesterday that the biennial Tiger Cup will go ahead as planned in 2006. Following allegations
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      439 52  -  Jose Raymond in Jakarta TIGER CUP FINAL, IST LEG Indonesia v Singapore NATIONAL coach Radojko Avramovic was already furious. The Lions had taken 45 minutes to reach the training ground from their city hotel here, a journey that was
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