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    26 1 TODAY Frew share your free newspaper MICA(P) 112/07/2005 Wednesday May 31, 2006 todayonline.com TODAY //\=JD]J-\COFIP share your free newspaper Wednesday May 31, 2006 todayonline.com MICA(P) 112/07/2005
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    Lock icon New term, new challenges
    650 1  -  TORCHING LI Spore can't afford to be divided, says PM, as Cabinet is sworn in chingli@newstoday.com. sg THE world will be a very different place by the next General Election, and what Singapore does over the next five years will determine its future standing. Prime Minister
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    Government gets more SMS-friendly with $2 billion initiative
    661 1  -  CHRISTIELOH christi e@newstoday.com.sg INSPIRED by the popularity of the mobile Short Message Service (SMS), the Government plans to place more transactions at your fingertips. By year-end, you will be able to dial a single SMS number to reach a range of new
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      68 1 AJ^^vW^J^ The First Seven Perform Tonight Only 2 will make it to the Top 12 wFA*Oi9zm You Vote, You Decide! H i /W 1 WP- m Janson J| Levin" JM WIN Come down to Wisma Atria between 11.30am-spm TODAY. Tell us the telecast time of Singapore Idol and win exclusive
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      BECAUSE EVERYONE NEEDS A MENTOR ...
      768 2  - BECAUSE EVERYONE NEEDS A MENTOR DINESH SENAN Fora robust multi-party system, senior statesmen should guide future leaders regardless of their parties WHERE should veteran politicians go when they have moved beyond their prime executive leadership years? That is, when they have moved from the "bronze" medal, entrylevel sphere of neophyte
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      382 3  -  LOHCHEEKONG S'poreans embrace call for unity, opportunities cheekong@newstoday.com. sg THEY came from all walks of life, at the invitation of the President, to witness their nation's leaders taking their oath of office. Many left with something to savour after hearing Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong speak.
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      Sands ready to buy a jet, hit the road
      653 4  -  VALCHUA Marina Bay IR aims to break even in 5 to 8 years, casino sends core team from Macau here, eyes homes for execs ASSISTANT NEWS EDITOR va l@newstoday.com.sg WHEN Las Vegas Sands chairman Sheldon Adelson learnt that his company had
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      Lock icon CDL TO REMAIN ENGAGED IN IR, BUT WILL NOT OPERATE HOTEL: KWEK LENG BENG
      470 4  -  JASMINE YIN jasmine.yin@newstoday.com.sg DESPITE throwing his weight behind Sands, property tycoon Kwek Leng Beng has turned down the chance to operate the hotel at the upcoming Marina Bay IR, the world's costliest casino resort. "When I
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      Lock icon It's time to break camp
      723 6  -  TORCHING LI AND CHOW PENN NEE Residents near Seletar Airbase told to move, golf club may go too chingli@newstoday.com.sg THE recently-announced multi-mil-lion dollar revamp of Seletar Airbase may mean 10,000 more jobs by 2018, but for surrounding residents it also means the loss of a
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      Stress robs women of the joy of sex
      274 8  -  CLEMENT MESENAS clement@newstoday.com.sg AN INCREASING number of Singaporean women are seeing the doctor for treatment of sexual dysfunction, says a leading urologist. In many cases, it's the stressful lifestyle and the higher expectations of the modern Singapore women that is thought to
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      MEWR launches public consultation on National Climate Change Strategy
      194 8 SINGAPORE'S effort to tackle climate change has moved up a gear following its signing of the Kyoto Protocol in April. The Ministry of Environment and Water Resources (MEWR) has launched a four-month public consultation on the proposed Na- tional Climate Change
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      Lock icon Terminal 4 on the horizon?
      358 8  -  CHEOWXINYI T3, replete with its unique design, is 70 per cent complete, so the authorities start plotting the future xi nyic@newstoday.com.sg EVEN as the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS) gave a glimpse of how its third airport terminal was shaping up, it was already
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      Lock icon 'New poly kids' graduate from school
      378 10  -  UNYANQIN REPUBLIC Polytechnic's (RP) inaugural graduation ceremony yesterday for its pioneer batch of students was not a day without hiccups the occasional wrong name was read out during the diploma presentations and a gust of wind caused a board marking the occasion to topple
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      Setting a standard for the HR community
      553 10  -  LOH CHEE KONG Shri, WDA partnership to build a higher level of HR practice cheekong@newstoday.com.sg CALLING on the human resource community to raise its level of practice, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong yesterday unveiled two new initiatives to build a "strong and capable"
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      More alike than you think
      395 12  -  DERRICK A PAULO Russian and S'porean students rank value of education in same way derrick@newstoday.com.sg BRITAIN may have given Singapore its education system, America may be the model it is looking at now, but Russia may just be more similar to the Republic in the
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      Lock icon The cost of fighting the GE
      240 12 CHANNEL NEWSASIA THE People's Action Party (PAP) spent a total of $321,900 on making posters and producing its manifesto in the recent general elections. Of this, $88,000 went into making the posters and $233,900 were spent on producing its manifesto in the four languages.
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      Lock icon President takes over Timor army
      340 14 —AFP Xanana Gusmao assumes emergency powers, sacks defence, interior ministers DILI President Xanana Gusmao (picture) assumed emergency powers and took sole control over the army in violencewracked East Timor on Tuesday but refused calls to sack his muchcriticised Prime Minister. After days of violence in
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      Lock icon RIVAL GANGS ARE DRIVING THE CONFLICT
      689 14  -  MARIANNE KEARNEY IN DILI Ethnic divide between the east and west takes on a life of its own news@newstoday.com.sg AS HE stands at the end of the road firing off a slingshot and yelling insults at the rival gang, Mr Carlope Nascimento, a skinny
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      Lock icon Indonesia militants held for plan to attack
      142 15 —AGENCIES KUALA LUMPUR Malaysian police have arrested 12 members of the Indonesian militant group Darul Islam who had been planning attacks on several neighbouring countries, The Star reported yesterday. They arrested 10 Indonesians and two Malaysians off the eastern coast of Sabah state
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      NAM's backing for Iran worries S'pore
      469 15 The stand 'doesn't help credibility of the grouping' PUTRAJAYA Singapore yesterday expressed deep concern over the Non-Aligned Movement's (NAM) stand to back Iran in its nuclear standoff with the international community. It also said the position taken by NAM does not help the credibility
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      Lock icon Thai govt clears Oct 15 poll date
      120 15 —AFP BANGKOK The Thai government approved a new election date of Oct 15 yesterday, three weeks after the Constitutional Court annulled April snap polls called by Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra in a bid to silence his critics. "The Cabinet approved the Oct 15
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      Lock icon Race to reach quake victims
      449 16 CHEOWXIN Yl Singapore sends 40-strong medical and volunteer team to help in relief efforts JAKARTA As aid workers battled to get help to more than 200,000 rain-soaked homeless and wounded Indonesian quake survivors, Singapore sent a team of 40 medical personnel and volunteers from Alexandra
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      Lock icon Striking medicos to defy court order
      202 16 —AGENCIES NEW DELHI India's Supreme Court yesterday ordered medical students and doctors to end their 19-day strike, citing the "plight of the people" but protesters vowed to continue their work stoppage. The protesters ignored a Supreme Court appeal on Monday to get back to
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      Lock icon A DICTATOR'S TRACK RECORD COUNTS
      766 18  -  THANG D NGUYEN Those accusing Suharto of corruption may be myopic straiqhrt INDONESIAN politics heated up recently when Attorney-General Abdul Rahman Saleh announced that corruption charges against former President Suharto had been dropped. The announcement which came as Mr Suharto, 84, was hospitalised for internal
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      Lock icon Modern-day Oliver Twist ring busted
      328 20 —AGENCIES European network bought hundreds of children from their families and forced them into crime ROME Police in Italy have smashed a criminal network exploiting hundreds of children from impoverished families in Bulgaria by forcing them to work as modern-day Oliver Twists. The children, aged
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      33 20 EPA A HUGE WELCOME: A gigantic billboard featuring German goalie Oliver Kahn arches over a road near the airport in Munich. The huge construction will welcome millions of guests to the World Cup.
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        Lock icon KOIZUMI VISITS TOMB OF THE UNKNOWN SOLDIER
        87 20 —AP Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi was among about 500 people who paid his respects at the country's tomb of the unknown soldier on Monday, laying flowers at a secular memorial while vowing to do their best for permanent peace. His annual tomb
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        Lock icon 10 YEARS JAIL FOR DAEWOO FOUNDER
        92 20 —AGENCIES Kirn Woo-choong, the founder of Daewoo Group, which at one time was among South Korea's largest industrial firms, has been sentenced to 10 years in jail, reported the BBC. Kirn, who was on the run for six years, was found guilty of charges
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        Lock icon BABY TUMBLE DRIED
        62 20 —AFP A 13-month-old baby girl was badly burned when she was put into a clothes tumble dryer after spilling liquid on herself, Australian police said yesterday. The baby had been left with her mother's boyfriend in a suburb of Perth while she went to the gym. The
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      Lock icon isay THESE HOLS, LET KIDS JUST BE KIDS
      399 22  -  MARTHA LEE YOU know the June schools holidays are here when you open the newspapers and see plenty of camps and enrichment programmes for the picking, often promising to unlock children's hidden potential. Understandably, parents often feel they must do something anything
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      FOCUS ON THE FAMILY
      238 24  -  DR JAMES DOBSON BY RPfl BEATING HOLIDAY BRATTINESS Erma Bombeck once wrote: "The family that plays together, fights together." And I'm afraid she's right. Why is it that children are most obnoxious and irritating on vacations and other times when parents specifically try to please them?
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      Psychiatry and faith are not mutually-exclusive
      304 24  -  HARRIS NG Medication and the power of faith should go hand in hand Letter from Author of Recovered Grace: Schizophrenia, president of the Association for The Open Minds (Atom), an association managed and driven by people who have recovered, or are recovering from mental
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      Technical glitch in warrant system
      202 24  -  AUDREY ANG Letter from Assistant Director (Media Relations) Singapore Police Force POLICE regret that a glitch in the warrant enforcement management system had resulted in the system self-generating a letter of advisory to the husband of Ms Rafidah Karim ("Fines paid, yet he is presented
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      Our kids pay the price
      193 26  -  VINITHADESILVA Making ends meet may be at the expense of our children's future Letter from I AGREE with the writer of the article, "Good parents do play bad guy" (May 25). I believe that kids and youngsters today are not "guided" enough by their parents.
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      Soft skills and coping with stress
      128 26  -  NELSON QUAH Letter from I REFER to Mr Liang Dingzi's article, "Needed: Right fix for work stress" (May 26). Some workers seek the help of psychologists and psychotherapists to handle their work stress problem. Others, needing a quick fix, might take to beer and
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      Disney in Johor may be a win-win for S'pore and M'sia
      160 26  -  COLIN ONG Letter from I READ with interest the report, "Disney plans a Malaysian adventure" (May 29), that there may be a Disney theme park planned for the state of Johor (Nusajaya). According to the report, the Disney theme
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      Protect the elderly and disabled
      148 26  -  JEFFREY LAW Letter from I READ with interest the report, "Say 'no' to workplace discrimination" (May 30). Job discrimination has been a perennial problem and the formation of Tripartite Alliance for Fair Employment Practices is a step in the right direction to eradicate unfair employment
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        Many factors other than age decide extension of NTU professors
        488 28  -  Letter from Acting Provost Nanyang Technological University PROFESSOR ER MENG HWA WE REFER to the letters by Mr Cheong Chee Lup, Mr Chia Choy Mm (May 23) and Mr Pang Yang Huei (May 26) regarding the half-time scheme for some
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        You have to understand how universities operate
        416 29  -  YEEJENNJONG Letter from THERE have been many letters written in response to the half pay and a full teaching load of the NTU professor. I like to provide an alterna tive view to the matter. I neithei know the professor involved noi do
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        Bus captain commended
        131 29  -  TAMMY TAN Letter from Director, Corporate Communications, SBS Transit Ltd WE REFER to the letter, "Kind driver deserves award" by Mr James Choo Teck Song (May 27). Firstly, we would like to take this opportunity to thank Mr Choo for his kind letter. We have commended the
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      729 30  -  JJjTTyjjj^i^jjJ —AGENCIES Investors put off by size of offering despite brewer issuing shares atthe lower end of indicative range THAI Beverage, Singapore's largest initial public offering (IPO) in 13 years, fizzled on its debut yesterday, a victim of investor concerns about market share loss and the
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      279 30 -AGENCIES UNITED Overseas Bank (TJOB) chairman Wee Cho Yaw said the lender had not decided how to use the proceeds from the sale of a key stake in Overseas Union Enterprise (OUE) and had not ruled out giving cash
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        316 32  -  CHRISTIE LOH Businesses to get unique identifier for dealings with Govt 85 per cent of Singapore's 350,000 establishments already have this number. The remaining 15 per cent which include charities, embassies, representative offices of foreign companies and management corporations will be issued with a
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          61 32 DOW JONES SHARE prices closed flat on a mix of local corporate news flow and a lack of cues from the Wall Street overnight, which was closed for a public holiday. The ST Index ended up 1.63 points, or 0.1 per cent, at 2,441.54 points. Advancers led decliners 270
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        291 34 CHOW PENN NEE BLOOMBERG The newly appointed Minister of State for Trade and Industry (MTI), Mr Lee Vi Shyan, has also been tasked to lead the Government's efforts to foster entrepreneurship here. He will take over as the Minister in charge of Entrepreneurship from Dr Vivian Balakrishnan at the
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        175 34 -BLOOMBERG UNITED States Treasury Secretary John Snow wants to leave the Bush administration by the end of next month, said Republicans with ties to the Treasury. Goldman Sachs chief executive Henry Paulson will be nominated to succeed Mr Snow, White House spokesman Tony Snow said
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        261 34 —DOW JONES Sichuan partnership to enable Capita Land to boost its residential development in China PROPERTY group Capita Land said yesterday that its China unit had formed a joint venture with Chengdu Zhixin Industrial Co in Sichuan province to boost its presence in the
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        373 36 DOW JONES Group comprising GIC makes hostile bid for airport operator A GROUP including the Government of Singapore Investment Corporation (GIC) went hostile yesterday in its bid for UK airports group BAA, raising its bid to £9.73 billion ($28.6 billion) from £8.73 billion and making a
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          189 36 SAMSUNG Asia has become the first consumer electronics company to be awarded the Singapore Service Class certification by Spring Singapore. The certification programme by provides organisations with a framework to help them achieve service excellence and enables companies to review their
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          261 36 (DWELL Body Care has developed its own Heat and Pulse Massager a small handheld device that represents a fusion of traditional Chinese medical treatments and modern technology so that one can experience acupuncture, massage and heat cupping all at the same time. Two separate channels and nine programmes
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        122 37 -DOW JONES THE Singapore Exchange (SGX) has granted United Fiber System (Unifiber) "approval in principle" for it to list and quote convertible securities and shares to be issued in connection with the planned purchase of Indonesian pulp mill Kiani Kertas. The
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        131 37 -BLOOMBERG TEMASEK Holdings, which invested in an 80-per-cent stake in India's Dove Finance earlier this year, has boosted its holdings in the financial services company to 98 per cent, the Singapore investment firm's spokeswoman Eva Ho said yesterday. The investment in the Chen-nai-based company was
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        346 37 —AFP But Canberra firm on keeping issues apart SYDNEY Singapore is pressing to incorporate a full "open skies" deal into a bilateral free trade agreement (FTA) with Australia following Canberra's refusal to grant Singapore Airlines access to the lucrative SydneyLos Angeles
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          920 38  -  LEECHINGWERN Companies get access to expertise and resources, while polytechnics get industry exposure chingwern@newstoday.com.sg AS TECHNOLOGY plays an increasingly bigger role in local businesses, the latest trend is that more small and medium enterprises (SMEs) are tapping on the polytechnics here for their technical expertise.
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      1710 40  -  Zul Othman NOT many homegrown authors come with the pedigree of Gerrie Lim. One of the few accomplished pop culture observers to grace the Singaporean literary scene, the 45-year-old former Saint Joseph's Institution and Catholic Junior College alumnus went from Singapore-based advertising copywriter to Los Angeles-based music
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      612 42 Tonight, at the piano round OUR PICK JONATHAN LEONG 23 (student) He says: I don't like the word "fans". When used wrongly, it sounds selfrighteous. We say: The unofficial "big brother" to the younger contestants has unconventional looks he resembles local male model Miguel and a baritone voice that makes
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      152 42  -  JULIANA JUNE RASUL Juliana r@newstoday.com.sg GETTING kicked off a reality show is not the end of the world, especially if you're an enterprising designer. Criticised for her "pretty but boring" dress by designer and Project Runway judge Michael Kors, Heidi Standridge was eliminated from the
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      215 43 —AP HONG KONG Paris Hilton said she had to overcome shyness to become a singer. "I have always had a voice and always known I could sing, but I was too shy to let it come out. I think that is the hardest thing
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      295 44  -  ASHRAFSAFDAR Winners of Anugerah SkrinmW collaborate with M'sian director DatukYusof Haslam ashraf@newstoday.com.sg MEDIACORP TVI2 Suria has upped the stakes in its search for the next celebrity host and actor. Winners of the inaugural Anugerah Skrin will get to work with Malaysian director Datuk Yusof Haslam, whose
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        269 46  -  —ASHRAFSAFDAR THE premise behind the second Panason-ic-MDA Digital Film Fiesta is a strong one. The two prongs of this annual competition include a national scriptwriting competition and a high-definition short film competition. The organisers have assembled an arsenal of industry veterans ranging from
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        241 46 —AGENCIES X-MEN: The Last Stand looks set to becoming the top grossing film of the year, according to box office trackers Exhibitor Relations Co Inc. The third instalment in the Marvel Entertainment comic book saga exploded with an estimated US$l2O.l million ($189.8 million) over
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      650 51  -  JOSE RAYMOND TIGER FC CAUSEWAY CHALLENGE Singapore v Malaysia jose@newstoday.com.sg IF RECENT form is any indication, then Singapore should have little problem winning against neighbours Malaysia tonight, in the Tiger FC Causeway Challenge at the National Stadium (Bpm). In recent months, the 2004 Tiger Cup
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      369 51  -  CUBBY LEONG cubby@newstoday.com.sg INITIALLY, it was thought he would not figure in the match, but after a mix-up with his passport was cleared up, Indra Putra Mahayuddin arrived in town last night, eager to help Malaysia dump Singapore. The two teams do battle tonight at
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      297 51  -  KIWI CUP RUGBY TANYO-HINN Rafflesians 22 St Andrew's 10 yohinn@newstoday.com.sg THE Kiwi Cup, which features one of the oldest and fiercest rivalries in Singapore schools sports, resumed after a 27-year hiatus yesterday. A combined Rafflesian team made up of players from
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      582 52  -  TANYO-HINN Daudy and Abapo in the main event as Singapore hosts its first international boxing event in 17 years yohinn@newstoday.com.sg SINCE the heydays of Singapore boxing in the 1960s and '70s, the sport has suffered a dramatic decline that culminated in the national sports association
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      Lock icon A clay master
      365 53 —AFP Despite Nadal's mark, Vilas cites his other records as proof of his own stunning run PARIS Rafael Nadal's record-breaking run of 54 successive clay court wins has put him in the history books and sent his admirers into a spin. While fellow players expressed their admiration
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      Lock icon Wade stars as Miami extend series lead
      232 53 —AFP MIAMI The Miami Heat's Dwayne Wade (picture) is making it difficult on the Detroit Pistons by making huge plays in the fourth quarter. On Monday (yesterday morning, Singapore time), Wade was once again on fire when it mattered, as the Heat downed
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      Lock icon The heat is on, and the Portuguese love it
      350 54 —AFP LISBON Preparations by Portugal's 23--man squad for the World Cup are going well, despite a spell of extreme spring heat sweeping the country since the weekend. "I think we are doing an excellent job despite the weather conditions," Chelsea defender
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      Lock icon Ronaldo: No to $189,000,000
      429 54 -AP Striker turns down New York club, but says he will play in the US one day WEGGIS, Switzerland Brazil striker Ronaldo revealed yesterday that he plans to play in the United States later in his career. "Right now I have a contract with Real Madrid
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      Lock icon Believing in 'Magic'
      362 55 -AP WARSAW After a rocky start with Poland's national team five goals in his first five years striker Maciej Zurawski finally found his true aim. Zurawski scored seven goals in leading Poland back to the World Cup and quickly became a cornerstone of coach Pawel Janas' national
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      Lock icon Black Stars dance
      614 55 —AFP Happy days here again for Ghana, as they rout the Reggae Boyz WORLD CUP WARM-UP Ghana 4 Jamaica 1 "We're just trying to find the best solutions. I liked how we played today and the determination we showed. "Every match will teach you something, but I
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      Lock icon Boomtown ...
      535 56 Boomtown BLOOMBERG Yes it is for the big sponsors, but hosts Germany are not exactly cashing in BERLIN The World Cup's biggest sponsors are already reaping rewards from the tournament For the rest of German business, profits may be harder to come by. "Everyone wants a slice of this huge
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      Lock icon Coaches do really work
      54 56 AFP PICTURE OF THE DAY TUNISIA'S football bosses would have been happy to see French coach Roger Lemerre earning his keep when he helped carry the goal cage during a training session in Tunis. Tunisia are in Group H with Spain, Saudi Arabia and Ukraine for
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      Lock icon Much to ponder, and maybe to tinker
      385 56 —AP EAST HARTFORD, ConnecticutThe goalkeeper has been set for more than a year and the defence fell into place months ago. Now US coach Bruce Arena must figure out the final line-up of his attackers and midfielders for the Americans' World Cup opener
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      Lock icon This one for the fans
      523 57 —AFP Ace striker Henry says French are united, as poll shows the public do believe in the team WORLD CUP WARM-UP France v Denmark PARIS France will seek to give their notoriously fickle fans something to cheer about tonight (tomorrow morning, Singapore time) as they
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        65 57 AUSTRALIAN midfielder Tim Cahill (picture) has completed a first full training session since he badly injured his right knee on April 22. The 26-year-old Everton player looked sharp as he took part in a tough workout watched by Australia coach Guvs Hiddink and his assistant Johan Neeskens.
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        SANTA CRUZ EYEING ENGLAND
        100 57 PARAGUAY'S star striker Rogue Santa Cruz is nearing full fitness from a injured right knee but is still unable to play a full part in training, the team doctor has said. The 24-year-old Bayern Munich player sustained a cruciate ligament injury to the joint in October
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        WATCH AND LEARN
        105 57 CAMBODIA'S football chief said yesterday he hoped his players could up their game and improve on a dismal record of losses by watching the World Cup. Sao Sokha,who recently took over the presidency of the scandal-hit Cambodian Football Federation, said: "Cambodia footballers could gain experience from the
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        120 57 NORTH Korea want South Korea to provide them with TV coverage of the 2006 World Cup in Germany. The request was made on May 29 by North Korea's Central Broadcasting Commission to their South Korean counterparts, the Korean Broadcasting Commission, an official at the Unification Ministry
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      Lock icon Socceroos clash the key for Japan
      309 57 —AFP TOKYO World Cup winner Guido Buchwald (picture), now coaching J-League side Urawa Reds, warned that Japan's fate in Germany 2006 hangs in the balance. The Asian champions have targeted at least getting past the first round but they face a tough battle against
      —AFP  -  309 words
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      Lock icon All but over for Wazza?
      458 58 THE GUARDIAN Position of bone break means youngster could take longer to heal MANCHESTER Wayne Rooney's dream of playing in the World Cup have significantly receded with the news that he is suffering complications in his rehabilitation from a broken metatarsal. Doctors treating the injury
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      Lock icon Raul down, and out ...
      350 58 Raul down, and out —AP MADRID Raul Gonzalez may well spend more of the World Cup on the bench, than on the field. Labouring under poor form and an increased threat from younger strikers Fernando Torres and David Villa, the Spanish captain is no longer assured of a place in
      —AP; AP  -  350 words
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      Lock icon TEST OF CHARACTER
      772 59 -AGENCIES Today has selected nine nations that we feel can stand on top of the world on July 9. After Argentina yesterday, this time Italy come into focus. In 1982, they entered the World Cup with scandal their partner. Perhaps the omens are right for the Azzurri
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      Lock icon Azzurri strike duo up for the fight
      231 59 —AP FLORENCE Italy forwards Alberto Gilardino (picture, above) and Luca Toni (below) believe they can help the Azzurri win their first World Cup title since 1982. "Playing my first World Cup at the age of 23 is unbelievable. It's a great opportunity," Gilardino
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