Today, 3 October 2005

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    22 1 /A=DIJ\CORP TODAY incorporating iMTCtItS MICA(P) 112/07/2005 Monday October 3, 2005 todayonline.com TODAY /sAediaCorp incorporating !MT6<ilS MICA(P) 112/07/2005 Monday October 3, 2005 todayonline.com
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    Lock icon Paradise lost, again
    732 1  -  DERRICKAPAULOINBALI Bali mourns as suicide bombers claim 22 victims mostly locals dernck@newstoday.com.sg THREE suicide bombers were responsible for the blasts thatkilled at least 22 people, injured over 100 others and sent Bali back into the abyss on Saturday night At press time, none of the casualties were
    AFP; EPA  -  732 words
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    Cancelling meeting would be 'conceding' to terror: PM Lee
    443 1  -  LEE U-WEN u-wen@newstoday.com.sg CONDEMNING Saturday's deadly bomb blasts in Bali, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong (picture) said his meeting this week on the island with Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono would go on as scheduled. "We have to carry on with
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    Lock icon Idol, rock star, tabloid fodder – Sylvester's still his mother's boy
    1471 1  - Idol, rock star, tabloid fodder Sylvester's still his mother's boy JEANINETAN jea nine@newstoday.com.sg BEFORE she went to court last Friday to hear the verdict of her case, Singapore Idol runnerup Sylvester Sim's mother wrote each of the family a letter. There was one for her husband, Larry Sim, 49, one
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      34 1 I MUM J GANDHI'S IN TOWN ...Tushar,theMahatma's great-grandson, that is 4 UNDERSTAND, NOT BAN To deter smokers, get to root of why they smoke 2D PAYALfBARPUNGGOL OUTOFS-I£AGUE? Club worried about finances for nextyear 43
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      19 1 I CHINA'S PACIFIC POWER PLAY 16 I NEVER TOO LATE TO SKATE MORE REPORTS ON BOMBINGS PAGES 2 &3
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      Lock icon Five bombing victims in S'pore for treatment
      145 2 AFP. THREE Australians were flown in to Singapore yesterday by International SOS from Sanglah Hospital in Bali. Two more were to have landed early this morning. "The (first two) victims sustained head and abdominal injuries but are in a stable condition. We expect
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      Lock icon Bombings seen as attack on Indonesia's economy
      459 2  -  FABIOSCARPELUINBALI Blasts timed to undermine investor confidence but effect likely to be short-lived SHIBU ITTY KUTTICKAL IN SINGAPORE shibu@newstoday.com.sg THE bomb attacks on Saturday, which bore the hallmarks of regional terrorist grouping Jemaah Islamiyah, were designed to shake investor confidence and undermine the
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      Braced for carnage
      756 3  -  JOSE RAYMOND jose@newstoday.com.sg IT has become almost an annual ritual for Indonesia since the Oct 2002 Bali bombings that killed 202 people. Just days after Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said the country should brace for what the world has come to describe as "Indonesia's bombing season",
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  • singapore news
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      Lock icon They don't want to know about me
      595 4  -  CHRISTIE LOH Who would care for Tushar Gandhi if it were not for the Gandhi? christi e@newstoday.com.sg HE never met the Mahatma. Yet many regard his stories of India's famous apostle of non-violence as gospel truth because of his blood ties with Mohandas
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      Lock icon Where does that 10% service charge go?
      483 6  -  -REAVATHISINNATHAMBY CHANNEL NEWSASIA Not to the staff; so you might want to tip them YOU may not be giving tips to the service staff in restaurants thinking that your bill already includes a 10-per-cent service charge. But that 10 per cent of your
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      Lock icon Pupils to raise dengue awareness
      225 8  -  LEE U WEN FORTY children from four primary schools have been appointed as dengue ambassadors. Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong launched the Children's Campaign Against Dengue yesterday. The young ambassadors from Fernvale Primary, Da Qiao Primary, Rosyth Primary and Nan Chiau Primary will embark on
      LEE U-WEK  -  225 words
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      Lock icon The young and wireless
      387 8  -  LEE U-WEN Pri 4 kids can discuss topics online in class u-wen@newstoday.com.sg ONCE a week in class, 10-year-old Nan Chiau Primary School student Bryan Phua (picture) puts aside his pen and paper and navigates his way through a nifty handheld computer instead. Bryan is one of
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      That's the spirit!
      925 10  -  LEE U-WEN VOLUNTEERS THE national volunteerism rate has steadily risen over the years, from 9.3 per cent in 2000 to 14.9 per cent in 2002.1n the NVPC's latest survey of 1,700 people completed last year, the rate had risen to 15.2 per cent. But this still pales
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  • world news
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      Lock icon M'sian man dies of dengue, death toll 73
      222 12 -AFP KUALA LUMPUR The death toll from a dengue fever outbreak in Malaysia climbed to 73 after a contractor succumbed to the disease in the northern state of Perak, a news report said yesterday. Mohammed Shahudin Mohammed Sabri, 31, died in his
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      Lock icon Typhoon strikes Fujian province
      183 12 -AFP BEIJING Typhoon Longwang struck China's south-eastern coast late yesterday, Chinese state media said, after it churned across Taiwan, leaving one person dead and dozens injured. The typhoon made landfall near Jinjiang in Fujian province with winds of up to 120 km/h at its centre, the
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    • GLOBAL POUNDUP
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        ONE BIG HAPPY FAMILY... IN PRISON
        49 12 The central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh plans to let well-behaved prisoners live with their wives and children in jail, said BBC News in a report. Special jails will be built for longterm inmates so they can share their quarters with their family.
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        Lock icon THE LURE OF THE INDECENT
        43 12 -DPA Of the estimated 2.2 million Internet users in Saudi Arabia, about 93 per cent try to access forbidden or indecent material. These sites feature pornographic material, gambling, terrorism, politics as well as anything contrary to Islamic beliefs.
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        Lock icon US OFFENSIVE KILLS 8 IN IRAQ
        70 12 —AP American forces killed at least eight insurgents while sweeping through a village near the Syrian border on the first day of a military offen- sive in western Iraq. About 1,000 troops, backed by attack helicopters and warplanes, began the offensive in Sadah on
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        Lock icon PROBE INTO PLOT TO KILL ARROYO
        64 12 The Philippines' justice department yesterday iJ J -DPA ordered an investigation into an alleged plot to assassinate President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo if she did not resign within a month. Senator Miriam Defensor Santiago, an ally of Arroyo, earlier claimed that former president Corazon Aquino
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        Lock icon 1,900 ATTACKS IN THAI SOUTH
        61 13 -AFP Nearly 1,900 attacks have been reported since an Islamic insurgency erupted 21 months ago in Thailand's Muslim-dominated south. In a rare public report on the violence that broke out in January last year, the southern army commander said that authorities have documented 1,884 cases
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      Kota Bharu gets 'Islamic city' label
      225 13 KOTA BHARU Thousands of youths packed a stadium for an event in a Malaysian state ruled by the Islamic opposition the first pop music concert in more than 15 years followed by the declaration of the state capital, Kota Bharu, as an Islamic city.
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    • this quirky world
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        THEY COPPED A BODY SEARCH
        78 13 Three teenage boys who dressed as police officers to body search female visitors to the Munich Beer Festival have been arrested. The fake cops pretended they were looking for hidden weapons as they ran their hands overthe bodies of women they singled out. But they
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        Lock icon IT'S WHISIKY FOR OUR BABY GIRL
        83 13 -AFP A Swedish couple have won the right after a court battle to name their daughter Edradour, after a Scottish whisky brand. Initially the tax office, which in Sweden registers the names of newborns, refused the name, citing its link to an alcoholic drink.
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      Lock icon EU in emergency pow-wow on Turkey bid
      187 14 -AFP BRUSSELS European Union (EU) foreign ministers held emergency talks in Luxembourg to try to break a deadlock threatening the planned start of landmark EU membership talks with Turkey. The hastily arranged talks held yesterday on the eve of the scheduled negotiations with
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      Lock icon It's jigsaw time
      353 14 AFP Clark faces tough task of putting the party pieces together in forming new government WELLINGTON New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark has won a historic third term but she now faces the difficult task of forging an alliance with smaller parties to form a government capable
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      Lock icon Back on the campaign trail
      157 14 AFP BERLIN Voters in the German city of Dresden will cast the last ballots on Sunday in the country's inconclusive national election, as they go to the polls two weeks late because of the death of a neo-Nazi candidate. The delayed round brought Chancellor Gerhard
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      Lock icon China's Pacific power play
      859 16  -  TIM JOHNSON -KRT Is China adding muscle to its military to match the Pentagon's might? news@newstoday.com.sg DALIAN (China) If the United States Navy's Seventh Fleet sails to Taiwan's defence one day, China's large fleet of submarines could be lurking with a lethal surprise. The submarines waiting
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    • Junction woes
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        Build iron barricade instead
        148 18  -  CHIONH CHYE KIT Letter from I REFER to the report on "Accident waiting to happen, happens" (Oct 1). Every evening when I drive along Cecil Street to Collyer Quay, I witness many pedestrians jaywalking from the side of CGU Insurance Centre to Republic Plaza and vice-versa
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        Underpass not user-friendly
        248 18  -  KAINAZZKAGDA Letter from HAVING worked in the area for 15 years, I find the latest move by the LTA to be one of the most unsafe road management practices ever. What was LTA thinking when they made changes to such a busy junction in the heart of
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        Relook D'Almeida St's entry
        78 18  -  MICHAELLOH Letter from BECAUSE of the way the entry to D'Almeida street is constructed, there appears to be a way through from Robinson Road to D'Almeida Street One way to stop through traffic is to reconstruct the entrance to D'Almeida Street so that it becomes a
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      Injuries during simulated attacks, who's responsible?
      157 18  -  HENRY LIM LI SHUN Letter from I AM concerned about the Government's intention to test public awareness and reaction in the wake of terrorist attacks to the extent of using loud explosions to simulate such attacks. Your report, "Without warning, next month, there will
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      'Accept it and smile' won't do
      282 19  -  LIM BOON HEE Dangerous talk to suggest minorities deserve less Letter from I REFER to the letter "Why spend all that money on a minority?" (Oct 1-2). Mr Khoo Lih Han's closing words that "the disabled are a minority in our society, and to
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      Why the rush to punish SAVH?
      369 19  -  LEONG SZE HIAN Letter from I REFER to your report, "Funding tap for SAVH turned off" (Oct 1-2). It has been said that all seven programmes run by the charity for the blind didn't meet minimum standards. What are these "minimum standards"? When were
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      FOCUS ON THE FAMILY
      242 20  -  JAMES DOBSON BYDR FLATTERY VS PRAISE It's a good thing to praise children forthe praiseworthy things they do; but is there a limit to the compliments we offerthem? Praise is essentialtoa child's self-esteem and the children who grow up without it typically wither like un-watered plants.
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      Try face-to-face counselling instead of repulsive images
      177 20  -  WONGTECKTIAN Letter from SINGAPORE has held anti-smoking campaigns for many years. This begs the question: Has the campaign been successful in convincing people to kick the habit? Campaigns have emphasised the healthrelated consequences of smoking such as higher chances of suffering from cancer,
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      Lock icon isay SMOKING OUT THE ROOT OF THE PROBLEM
      617 20 ROBYN M SPEED IT WAS recently reported that cancer centres in Asia, including Singapore, have signed an agreement to work towards completely banning tobacco within a decade. While it makes sense from a health perspective to encourage people not to smoke, is
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    • Habit won't wash off
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        Stay away from smokers if bothered
        179 21  -  KAMALADEWI Letter from I REFER to Mr Dave Paddon's "How about paying back smokers with spray of water" (Oct 1). I'm disgusted by his suggestion, as well as how some Singaporeans treat smokers. I am not encouraging smoking, but I believe smokers should not
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      • Letter
        Why stop at spraying water?
        96 21  -  JOSHUA LEE Letter from MR PADDON makes an interesting case against smokers and I empathise with his righteous indignation of having his personal breathing space violated. I look forward to seeing how this measure is played out On those same lines, others would arm themselves
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        Be cool, don't puff
        126 21  -  JOCELYN KOH Letter from, DAVE Paddon is very kind when he proposes that non-smokers be allowed to spray water at invasive smokers. I always have a strong urge to spray ammonia or nitrogen gas on their faces. I reckon I should have the right to do
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    • Traffic woes – It's all in the design of roads
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        Build overpass on PIE to reach Braddell exit
        201 22  -  JASON TAN Letter from, I READ John Bay's letter, "Possible solution to persistent traffic tie-ups" (Sept 29), and agree that the ERP charges during evening peak hours along the north-bound CTE have done no good. I live in Bishan and it is
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        Need to redesign bus-lane markings on some roads
        132 22  -  KHOO LIH-HAN Letter from I REFER to the article, "Bus lane penalty eased" (Sept 30). I am delighted to hear that demerit points are no longer a bus lane penalty. However, I feel that the bus lane markings on some roads should
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      Lock icon Age is no hurdle for this skater
      672 22  -  WU NAN YONG TORCHING LI At 57, this civil servant who picked up the sport last year is set to take part in the Samsung inline skating contest I 57, Interpreter and inline skater I WATCHING this 57-year-old grandfather of three cruise around
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      Punish both missing kids and 'host' parents
      252 23  -  MURALI SHARMA Letter from THE case of 13-year-old Chia Xu Zhen, who went missing last Monday afternoon and was reunited with her family only on Thursday, is not only sad but also highly reprehensible. It is sad because the family is not well-to-do.
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  • Business today
    • market watch
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        Lock icon Singapore
        170 24 AFP SHARE prices could get a boost this week on hopes of strong economic growth in the third quarter ending September, dealers said. A stronger-than-expected 11.8-per-cent rise in industrial output for August has lifted optimism that this year's growth may exceed the top end of the Government's gross domestic
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      495 24  -  CHRISTIE LOH Car dealer Tan Chong to launch homes on Oct 29 christi e@newstoday.com.sg LONG-TIME car distributor, Tan Chong International, is not about to let its new indulgence of building houses take its eye off the steering wheel of Nissans or Subarus. Not when selling cars
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      524 25  -  DOW JONES Budget carrier also considering a 2nd base SINGAPORE-based budget carrier Tiger Airways is ruling out codesharing with major shareholder Singapore Airlines despite rival Jetstar Asia and its 44.5-per-cent owner, Australia's Qantas Airways, moving to codeshare in the region. Tiger, 49-per-cent owned by Singapore Airlines, is
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      135 25 —AFP TOKYO The world's biggest banking group in terms of assets was launched in Japan on Saturday through the merger of Mitsubishi Tokyo Financial Group and UFJ Holdings. The total assets of Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG) are estimated at 190 trillion yen
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        166 26 -AFP French oil giant Total has signed a memorandum of understanding with China's largest oil firm China National Petroleum Corp (CNPC) to develop a gas field in north-west China, state media said on Saturday. The alliance will work on the Sulige gas field, located in
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        683 26 -AFP China, India ink pacts next month to team up on oil, gas deals SOUTH-EAST Asia stands to gain if regional powerhouses India and China succeed in jointly securing long-term energy supplies to fuel their fast-growing economies, analysts said. The two former rivals are now
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        336 27 CHANNEL NEWSASIA Singapore Reits continue to offer good value: Analysts SINCE they were first introduced three years ago, real estate investment trusts (Reits) have been popular among investors in Singapore. And despite the growing number of such trusts, they still offer good value, according to analysts. Singapore
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          106 27 FRASER AND NEAVE ($17.20) HOLD Kirn Eng Research has upgraded F&N to "Hold" from "Sell", and revised the target price to $17.70 from $15 because the positive sentiment on the stock could prevail given its good exposure to the retail real estate investment trust (Reit) and residential markets. This is
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          73 27 UNITED OVERSEAS BANK ($14.10) NEUTRAL Credit Suisse First Boston (CSFB) keeps "Neutral" on UOB as the bank is losing market share to other banks in the loan market. UOB is focusing less on the lucrative treasury and fee income compared to DBS, CSFB said. On the positive side, it said
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        393 29  -  LEE U-WEN Greenlight for IRs has increased demand for culinary, hospitality courses u-wen@newstoday.com.sg On April 25 this year, staff of renowned culinary and hospitality institute Le Cordon Bleu came to Singapore. They were in town to conduct briefings to recruit students. Estimating
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      263 32  -  Denyse Tessensohn CONCERTREVIEW by m HER first and possibly last concert in Singapore was a highly anticipated event. Having travelled around the world for 45 years, Nana Mouskouri gave an exhilarating gig on Saturday that fans will remember for years to come. The
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        74 32 Paris Hilton ended her five-month engagement to Greek shipping heir Paris Latsis, 22, on Saturday. "I have seen the breakups between people who love each other and rush into getting married too quickly. I do not want to make that mistake," 24-year-old Hilton said, adding that
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        93 32 American Wo/winner Fantasia Barrino, 21, revealed that she is illiterate and had to fake her way through some scripted portions of the televised talent show, which she won in 2004. She has also signed contracts she didn't understand. In her memoir Life is Not a Fairy Tale,
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        70 32 California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger signed a law on Friday tripling damages celebrities can win from paparazzi if they are assaulted during a shoot and denying the photographers profits from any pictures taken during an altercation. The new law comes as Los Angeles authorities are trying to crack
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        81 34  -  RAHUL VENKIT Instead of prancing around trees, Bollywood stars Hrithik Roshan and Priyanka Chopra were prancing around the concrete jungle of Raffles Place yesterday. The first mega Indian movie under the Film in Singapore scheme began filming two weeks ago and sources say director Rakesh Roshan
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        354 34  -  EUSACHIA Not on The Apprentice, butAngie swears that there's no stopping her elisa@newstoday.com.sg ANGIE McKnight felt the whole of America behind her when she was fired from Donald Trump's business reality show The Apprentice 3. The episode was shown last night on MediaCorp TV Channel 5. "It's
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      573 39 -AP Torre's team complete a remarkable turnaround to win pennant against Red Sox MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL Red Sox 4 Yankees 8 BOSTON Not their best season. Not their smoothest. And certainly not the biggest title for a franchise that has 26 World Series championships in
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      457 39 -AP BOXING 180 light heavyweight title TAMPA, Florida Antonio Tarver raised his arms in triumph and climbed up on the ropes. Roy Jones Jr, smiled, gave his corner a high-five with his glove and admitted he was beaten by a better fighter. Tarver
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      556 40 -AFP Ex-All Blacks skipper Oliver tells all about the legendary team WELLINGTON Former captain Anton Oliver has lifted the lid on a booze culture within the All Blacks, according to excerpts published yesterday from his soon to be released biography. In a no-holds barred expose of life
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      378 40 —AP WELLINGTON All Blacks winger Jonah Lomu, who has signed a seven-month contract to play in Wales, criticised the New Zealand Rugby Union (NZRU) yesterday, saying they ignored him during his recovery from a lifesaving kidney transplant Lomu, 30, confirmed he had
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      196 40 -AP LIMA, Peru Balls implanted with a computer chip will be tested again at December's Club World Championship and Fifa will decide in March whether to use it at the 2006 World Cup in Germany, the world body's general secretary said Saturday. Urs Linsi disclosed
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      548 41 AFP Thai wins his first tournament since 2000 in dramatic fashion, Mardan shares sixth GOLF Crowne Plaza Open BEIJING Thailand's Prayad Marksaeng was the last man standing after a thrilling final day at the US$2OO,OOO ($338,390) Crowne Plaza Open yesterday, notching a playoff victory over
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      320 41 -AP I GOLF Office Depot Championship RANCHO PALOS VERDES, California Hee-Won Han (picture) considered herself lucky, and not just because she built a threeshot lead at the LPGA Office Depot Championship. The South Korean golfer was one of just 71 players to finish
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      370 41 -AFP GOLF Greensboro Chrysler Classic GREENSBORO, North Carolina South Korea's K J Choi, seeking his first US PGA victory in three years, fired a five-under par 67 Saturday (yesterday morning, Singapore time) to share the lead after three rounds at the Greensboro Chrysler Classic. Choi
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      220 42 -AFP SYDNEY Former Manchester United striker Dwight Yorke left Sydney FC with the perfect going-away present, scoring the winning goal in a 2-1 win over Perth Glory in Australia's A-League at the weekend. Yorke, who caught a latenight Saturday flight to Panama for Trinidad and Tobago's
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      293 42 -AP BANGKOK Top-seeded Roger Federer (right) successfully defended his Thailand Open title yesterday by defeating British teenager Andy Murray 6-3, 7-5. The world No 1 has now won 24 consecutive ATP finals, including seven the season. "I had to work hard to get
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      484 42 -AFP Sanchez sparks unheralded side backto the top as Barca draw PRIMERAUGA Getafe 2 Valencia 1 MADRID Getafe continued their amazing start to the season by going back to the top of the Spanish first division, with a 2-1 win over previously unbeaten Valencia on Saturday (yesterday morning,
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      237 42 SERIEA Udinese3 Lazio 0 ROME Vincenzo laquinta marked his return to the Udinese team by scoring the first goal and setting up the second, in their 3-0 home win over Lazio on Saturday (yesterday morning, Singapore time). The 25-year-old striker, back in favour with the
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      486 43  -  JOSE RAYMOND Plug could be pulled on rookies after one season in S-League jose@newstoday.com.sg THEY promised to add a new dimension to the 10-year-old S-League and were given the green light to be the competition's 10th team for the 2005 season. But in a shocking
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      390 43  -  LEONGWEEKEAT weekeat@newstoday.com.sg COME 2010, Singapore will churn waves when it becomes the first Asian city to host the International Canoe Federation (ICF) Canoe Marathon World Championships. Though dates for the event have yet to be finalised, the two-day championship will be
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      183 43  -  CUBBYLEONG ST JAMES'Park may be 7,000 miles away, but for the 300--strong Newcastle United Supporters Club Singapore (NUSCS), their love for the English Premiership outfit is just as strong as the Geordies that pack the stadium at every home match. The languages may vary from Malay
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      333 44 Gunners win, as Birmingham keeper's beaten by deflection ENGLISH PREMIERSHIP Arsenal 1 Birmingham 0 LONDON In the end, a deflected shot by Robin van Persie gave Arsenal the win over 10-man Birmingham City yesterday. The visitors had to play with 10-men for 65 minutes after skipper Kenny Cunningham
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      205 44 -AFP LONDON Ruud van Nistelrooy's agent has claimed the Dutch striker may leave Manchester United next summer in order to join Real Madrid. The 29-year-old has been linked with a move to the Spanish giants before but has always pledged his loyalty to United. However, close friend and
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      294 44 -AFP ENGLISH PREMIERSHIP Man City 2 Everton 0 LONDON Danny Mills' spectacular goal sent Manchester City on their way to a 2-0 victory over struggling Everton, in an otherwise uneventful match for this earliest fixture in Premiership history yesterday. Starting at just 10.15am, it seemed neither
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      356 45 -AFP Misfiring Reds crash to humiliating defeat at home ENGLISH PREMIERSHIP Liverpool 1 Chelsea 4 LIVERPOOL Reigning champions Chelsea opened up a nine point gap at the top of the Premiership table after a stunning 4-1 demolition of Liverpool at Anfield yesterday. Jose Mourinho's side look
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      512 45 ENGLISH PREMIERSHIP Aston Villa 2 Middlesbrough 3 BIRMINGHAM A Yakubu brace helped Middlesbrough to their third Premiership win of the season against Aston Villa yesterday, reported BBC Sport. Yakubu put Boro ahead in the 33rd minute with a thumping volley. Minutes after the
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