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  • 13 1 TODAY /A=DIJ\CORP share your free newspaper MICA(P) 192/07/2006 Monday July 31, 2006 todayonline.com
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  • 841 1  -  LOH CHEE KONG New GPS technology can track objects down to the centimetre cheekong@newstoday.com.sg FORGET about public surveillance cameras or tracking devices that monitor the movement of people. They are being eclipsed by a new Global Positioning System (GPS) infrastructure which, when it becomes operational
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  • 870 1  -  RAHULPATHAK ASSOCIATE EDITOR rahul@newstoday.com.sg TO EVERY question that has been raised about the United Nations, the answer—for Dr Shashi Tharoor arrived by boat 25 years back. A Vietnamese family tried to escape their troubled country on a vessel powered by
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  • hot news
    • 765 2  -  LIANG DINGZI New tracking technology may improve worker efficiency, but abusing it may create an Orwellian nightmare FOR writer George Orwell (1903-1950), 1984 was the stuff of sci-fi, the distant future. For today's generation, all that it portends has become a reality. Big
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    • 169 3 -AFP QANA (Lebanon) At least 51 people many of them children were killed in an Israeli air blitz on the Lebanese village of Qana yesterday, triggering outrage across the region and warnings of retribution for Israel's "war crime". The raid on Qana, which
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    • 477 3  -  SHERALYNTAY Conference calls for better psychological treatment of victims of violence, accidents shera lyn@newstoday.com.sg WANTED: Ideas on how to make a more concerted effort to help victims of violence and trauma, such as rape and accidents, deal with the psychological aftermath. Urging mental health professionals
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  • singapore news
    • 455 4  -  CHRISTIE LOH HPB, NEAto convince more hawkers to use oil with less saturated fat christie@newstoday.com.sg WHAT will your favourite oyster omelette taste like with less fattening oil? Probably as yummy as before, assures the Government, as it starts persuading hawkers to replace regular cooking oil
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    • 246 4  -  CHRISTIE LOH WITHIN two weeks, the Government will unveil a strategy to tackle the rising trend of Subutex abuse, which is the only approved drug prescribed to help heroin addicts cope with withdrawal symptoms. Health Minister Khaw Boon Wan said he was
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    • 368 6  -  SHERALYN TAY shera lyn@newstoday.com.sg AT THE day's end, HCA Hospice Care nurse Lily Chern is often tired from her visits to terminally ill patients. At the age of 70, she feels it a little more than her colleagues especially in her shoulders. She
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    • 347 6  -  LEE U-WEN Film on psychosis produced by students, targeted atyouth u-wen@newstoday.com.sg TO EDUCATE fellow youth about the stigma surrounding mental health, a group of polytechnic students have produced a video they hope will be played in schools island-wide. Called A View from the Other
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    • 151 6 The number of people being accepted into the Early Psychosis Intervention Programme (EPIP) is on the rise. When it was first founded in 2001, there were just 181 referrals. The following year, this more than doubled, to 390. As of June this year, EPIP has screened nearly 1,400 people
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    • 365 8  -  TAN HWEE HWEE hweehwee@newstoday.com.sg THE National Stadium is literally going to go out in a blaze of glory when it hosts its last National Day Parade. This year's fireworks spectacular to celebrate the nation's birthday will be of operatic proportions featuring an overture, three
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    • SINGAPORESNIPPETS
      • 121 8 CHANNEL NEWSASIA There was less rubbish left behind after Saturday's National Day Parade previewwhich saw a turn-out of 55,000 people and credit goes to the Eco Youth Champions project. Spearheaded by the Environmental Challenge Organisation, the project involved more than 400
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      • 108 8 CHANNEL NEWSASIA Singapore's biomedical sciences sector will get an injection of $1.44 billion over the next five years to enhance healthcare standards and clinical research capabilities. The funds will come from the National Research Foundation (NRF), the Ministry of Health and A*Star. Dr
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    • 305 8 CHANNEL NEWSASIA, 938 LIVE Online visa application system extended to medical providers FOREIGNERS seeking medical treatment in Singapore can now apply for visas online, as the Submission of Application for Visa Electronically (Save) system has been extended to medical providers such as Raffles Medical Group.
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    • 170 8 CHANNEL NEWSASIA THEY were asked to reflect on questions such as "Am I a racist?" and "Does racism exist in Singapore?". The 90 Racial Harmony Ambassadors, from youth groups at South West and Central Community Development Councils (CDCs), were put through a
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    • 495 9 Europe has more to offer you than its size and diversity. It is the world's second largest economic bloc and offers investors growth potential. This is because Europe enjoys an exciting and enriching A mix of established, stable markets like the United Kingdom and Germany, and the dynamic potential of
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  • world news
    • GLOBALROUNDUP
      • 68 10 -AFP Thai authorities are threatening people with a 2,000 baht ($83.40) fine for failing to report sick or dead poultry following the death last week of a boy from bird flu, officials said yesterday. Officials also ordered the slaughter of 300,000 chickens after the second
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      • 104 10 AFP Residents of a drought-stricken Australian town of Toowoomba in the state of Queensland have rejected a plan to drink water recycled from sewage, striking a blow to conservationists who want the scheme to be rolled out across the country.
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      • 59 10 AFP The Japanese government has assessed that North Korea's test firing of a long-range missile on July 5 was a "complete failure," the Mainichi Shimbun said. The United States told Japan that its satellite information indicated the long-range Taepodong-2 missile had exploded
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    • 520 10 Israeli forces devastate Lebanese village again -AFP Raids kill 51 civilians, including children, handicapped persons QANA (Lebanon) Mothers hugged their dead children in a final hopeless embrace as Israeli firepower again rained down on the Lebanese village of Qana, turning houses and other buildings into twisted and dusty piles of
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    • 238 10 -AFP BEIJING A farmer who received China's first face transplant after being mauled by a bear said yesterday that he had been discharged from hospital, but would need further surgery to adjust a lopsided smile. "I'm really happy. I can't believe this is
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    • 475 11 M'sian PM dismisses Umno calls for protest move by world's largest Islamic bloc KUALA LUMPUR Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi has dismissed calls from within his ruling party for Muslim countries to quit the United Nations over its inability to force a ceasefire
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    • GLOBALROUNDUP
      • 123 11 -AGENCIES Malaysian parents will no longer be allowed to give their children names deemed unsuitable by the National Registration Department, according to the New Straits Times newspaper. Malay names such as Zani —which means male adulterer, and Woti (sexual intercourse) have been
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      • 93 11 -AFP Indonesia s largest Islamic movement, the Nahdlatul Ulama (NU), is considering issuing an edict that would ban Muslims from producing or watching popular television gossip shows. Mr Ali Machsan Musa, head of NU's East Java chapter, said the
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      • 104 11 -AFP North Korea has cancelled its annual propaganda festival, citing damage caused by torrential rain and tension over United States-South Korea joint war games, tour operators said yesterday. The Arirang festival was to run from Aug 15 to
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    • 334 11 KUALA LUMPUR Malaysian police are investigating several websites that allegedly carried inaccurate and speculative reports on last Friday's pepper-spray attack on former premier Mahathir Mohamad. The owners of the websites could face charges if they are found to have breached the Sedition Act, said
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    • 217 12 -AFP SHANGHAI Authorities in China, increasingly concerned about terrorism threats, have finished building an underground bunker in Shanghai that can accommodate 200,000 people, state media said yesterday. The bunker was built to shelter people in the event of explosions, emissions of poisonous gas or
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    • 577 12  -  LAN LYE Some employers flee, leaving them behind news@newstoday.com.sg IN THE hot, crowded room, they sat huddled in loosely formed groups, amidst piles of baggage. Conversation welled in the background, despite the übiquitous "Keep Quiet, Please" signs in English and Tagalog on the walls. While foreigners
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    • 241 10 Featuring Assoc. Prof. Wang Wenyu, English Professor Interpretation Specialist, Nanjing University; Mr. Daniel Ang, President of Singapore Interpreters' and Translators' Union (SITU); Mr Shaun Yeo, Accredited Translator. This session will benefit working executives who need to work between English and Mandarin. Date 15 August 2006 (Tuesday) Time 7.00pm 8.30pm Venue
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  • Voices
    • The choices S'poreans make
      • 249 14  -  PJJOHN Letter from I REFER to Liew Kai Khiun's letter, "Emigration no certainty of 'greener pastures'" (July 28). The grouses about Singapore have to do with the stress of overworking to maintain materialistic lifestyles, the cost and standard of living, and what
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      • 293 14  -  RICK LIM SAY KIONG Letter from IT IS difficult to agree with Mr Liew's opinion when he does not produce convincing evidence that other countries are no better than ours. When comparing Singapore with other countries or cities, Mr Liew
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      • 209 14  -  KHOO LIH-HAN Letter from MANY younger Singaporeans think life in a foreign land is perfect- there is less stress, a slower pace of life. But this perception is often proven wrong once they emigrate. A friend left for Australia with his family about
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    • 171 14  -  JEFFREY HOW Letter from MY RELATIVE in Malaysia had bought a second-hand used car and was planning to drive it into Singapore. Knowing the strict laws here, I told him that we should check with the Land Transport Authority (LTA) if
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    • 254 15  -  LIMTHIAMPOH Reserve immigration lanes for S'porean Bio Pass holders to ease peak-hour jams Letter from STARTING August, Singaporeans will be issued with biometric passports (Bio Pass) that would enable immigration officers to identify and clear travellers faster at the checkpoints. As a Singaporean motorcyclist
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    • 299 15  -  HENGCHOCHOON Letter from YOUR report "More parents storing cord blood" (July 28), while extolling the virtues of storing children's cord blood at birth, failed to address the risks involved. Banking cord blood is not an entirely risk-free procedure despite what the private banks
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    • 227 15  -  LIM BOON HEE Letter from WHILE I fully share the enthusiasm of the Urban Redevelopment Authority in developing the Marina New Downtown, one critical aspect of planning must not be overlooked: The provision of enough roads, drop off bays and parking to support
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    • 242 16  -  DR JAMES DOBSON BY BLUE FINGERS I was walking toward my car outside a shopping centre a few weeks ago when I heard a loud and impassioned howl. I spotted a man about 15 metres away who was in great distress. His fingers were caught in
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    • 318 16  -  JOLENETAN Most crimes committed by repeat offenders who have been jailed Letter from I REFER to Charles Tan's News Comment, "Paying for crime is expensive" (July 28), in which he highlights the considerable demerits of prison as a criminal justice response. I, too, would urge
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    • 53 16 sa yagain We have the right to know the companies that acted unjustly against pregnant mums. Expose or blacklist them, lest they continue to thinkthey can get away with a minor penalty. Man Kah Lok, on companies that retrenched mums-to-be, as cited in the article "MOM to the aid of
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    • 454 16  -  NALEEZAEBRAHIM Letter from Deputy Director, Media Relations Land Transport Authority (LTA) I REFER to Mr Mohan Lai's letter, "Road link will disrupt area's peace" (July 11). Mr Mohan is concerned that the new link being built from Bedok North Avenue 3 to the Pan
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    • 85 16 CATHERINE LIM ...AMUSES MUSES The Victorian lady called panties 'unmentionables' How simply ingenious of Zen She referred to some body parts as 'unspeakables' To use teasing paradox and frolic Said she to the maid Dianne For the serious task of freeing us 'Now bring out the hot iron From the
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  • Businesstoday
    • 656 18 -AFP Many fear that collapsed trade talks can't be revived GENEVA The freeze in global trade talks could turn out to be deeper than a similar crisis that gripped the system in 1990, because of acrimony flying between the world's two biggest trading powers the
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    • marketwatch
      • 203 18 -AFP SHARE prices are expected to move in line with corporate earnings reports this week, dealers said. Blue chips, Singapore Airlines and Sing Tel, are both to announce quarterly earnings and their lead could prove crucial as the market digests solid gains made last week despite a negative external
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      • 36 18 us$ UK£ Yen HK$ RM Euro Rupiah Baht 0.6336 0.34 72.643 4.9224 2.3232 0.4965 5747.1 24.002 Peso A$ Indian Rs Won C$ Yuan NZ$ NT$ 32.638 0.8255 29.581 604.38 0.7170 5.0514 1.0260 20.772
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      • 26 18 Gold US$/oz Silver US$/oz Platinum US$/oz Rubber cents/kg Palm oil RM/tonne Brent crude US$/barrel 647.80 11.37 1,233.70 358.00 1,503.00 73.38 Information provided by SGX, Bloomberg
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    • 192 18 —AP KUALA LUMPUR Economic development planned in Johor state will turn the area into a world-class hub on a par with Hong Kong and Shenzhen in China, Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi said yesterday. The South Johor Economic Region, located just across the
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    • 387 19 DOW JONES LONDON Virgin Atlantic Airways owned by Singapore Airlines and British tycoon Richard Branson's Virgin Group and rival British Airways (BA) stressed that they were committed to expand services between London's Heathrow and New York's John F Kennedy (JFK) Airports amid
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    • 558 19 DOW JONES CEO of the parent company sees recovery of its water treatment unit BOUSTEAD Singapore is rebuilding its water treatment arm and aims for the business to have annual orders of $100 million within 18 months, chief executive Wong Fong Fui said. The water treatment
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    • 292 19 BLOOMBERG THE US dollar posted its biggest weekly slide since June against the yen and euro after reports by the United States government signalled that the US economy was slowing. The value of all goods and services produced in the US rose at
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    • 132 19 Healthy Japanese Participants Needed Pfizer Clinical Research Unit (PCRU) Singapore is inviting healthy Japanese participants to join our paneFof volunteers, with the opportunity to participate in future clinical studies. Such studies allow us to advance our understanding of new or existing medicines to meet the world's changing healthcare needs. Pre-requisites:
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  • SUCCEED the business of learning
    • 158 20 ANOTHER institution eyeing the hospitality pie is rolling out its red carpet to those keen to ride on the anticipated tourism boom. The University of Nevada Las Vegas (UNLV) the largest hotel college in the United States will unveil its 12,000 sq ft Singapore
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    • 343 20  -  LEE U-WEN Hartford's new hotel management course offers chance of Kurrajong internship u-wen@newstoday.com.sg THOSE eyeing a career switch to the booming tourism and hospitality sector, especially with the integrated resorts opening in 2009, are becoming increasingly spoilt for choice when it comes to arming themselves with the
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    • 645 21  -  JOHNBITTLESTON They motivate staff and boost productivity, and the only cost is time IN AN extreme emergency, a good commanding officer takes off his jacket and gets on with what needs to be done. But that's only in an emergency. A commanding officer who did so
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  • plus
    • 898 22  -  Ross Wallace SCIENCE can be stomachchurning when you're a reptile hunter. Especially when the job involves flushing out the insides of hundreds of alligators to find out what or who they had for breakfast. Dr Brady Barr spent years doing this sort of nausea-inducing work, somehow keeping
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    • 661 24  -  ELI SA CHI A Puppeteer Kevin Clash reveals some Muppet secrets (kids, don't read this) elisa@newstoday.com.sg HAVEN'T seen the little red guy around lately? It could be because Elmo recently packed his bags and left Sesame Street for a whirlwind tour of Australia, Malaysia and
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    • Article, Illustration
      221 24 -AP Anderson and Kid Rock wed LOS ANGELES She was once Pamela Anderson Lee. Now actress Pamela Anderson is Mrs Kid Rock. The former Baywatch babe wed the rock star on Saturday in St Tropez, The Associated Press reported. Anderson, 39, and Kid Rock, 35, were engaged in Las
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    • 116 24 Macca Mills split -AP DITCHED! LONDON Paul McCartney has filed for divorce from Heather Mills McCartney, formally starting proceedings in what could be one of Britain's most expensive breakups, newspapers reported on Saturday. The 64-yearold former Beatle blamed his estranged wife for the split, saying her behaviour was unreasonable and
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  • Page 24 Miscellaneous
    • 66 24 SUDOKUpIus ■■■■□■BQQ QBEHKMM ■OHIBEIHEH ■■■□■■HDB QEEMDHHHH I DIFFICULTY RATING:+++++I WEEKEND'S SOLUTION: timPJ^tJßltcj^lME 1 HOW 10 PLAY: ILILf bJLJMMLIEI The rules are easy. Fill in the grid nnH^^lnro so at evervrow' every column, nnnnnnrinci anc' ever V ox contai ns the LIiIUMMMFIEIM digits 1 through 9. PIEIFIEIEIIHEIEIE] What are your views
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  • 305 26 -AFP Hollywood star 'deeply ashamed' of drunk driving episode LOS ANGELES Hollywood star Mcl Gibson apologised yesterday for a drunk driving arrest as well as for unspecified "despicable" statements he made during the episode. Gibson, 50, a devout Catholic whose 2004 epic The Passion of
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  • 309 26  -  David Chew THEATREREVIEW by TWO short plays that debuted over the weekend as part of the Esplanade's successful Theatre Studio Season have deepened the perception that a revival is underway in the Singapore stage scene. Part of a double bill with Verena Tay's The Car,
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  • eatout
    • 547 27  -  EVELINE GAN At Swissotel The Stamford's KopiTiam, local favourites are served in a cosier setting eveline@newstoday.com.sg KOPITIAM, located at Swissotel The Stamford, is one of the grand dames of Singaporean hawker cooking. As the name suggests, the 18-year-old Kopi Tiam serves coffeeshop fare. But unlike the
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    • 729 30 -AFP German legend thrills the home fans with another win, as title race heats up FORMULA 1 German Grand Prix HOCKENHEIM Michael Schumacher boosted his chances of snatching an eighth world title when he won the German Grand Prix for the fourth time with a faultless
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  • sports
    • 471 31  -  Tan Ho-Hinn Despite the punishing conditions, Uniquely Spore crew would love to do it all once again THEY used up a sizeable chunk of their life savings to spend 10 months risking life and limb to battle treacherous seas, sub-zero temperatures, fatigue and punishing routines
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    • 813 32  -  CUBBY LEONG Skipper believes Eagles will soar again, as he plots long Lions' stint cubby@newstoday.com.sg SO MANY of his international team-mates are currently chasing trophies, either at home or in the case of the players from Tampines Rovers (AFC Cup hopefuls), on the continent as well. For
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    • Article, Illustration
      249 33  -  CUBBYLEONG A LACK of depth and some poor luck, those are the reasons cited by Sengkang Punggol coach Trevor Morgan for his side's abject performance so far in the 2006 NTUC IncomeYeo's S-League. Last night, in front of their own fans at Hougang Punggol, the league's bottom team
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    • 978 33  -  CUBBY LEONG Tampines trio suspended, but coach believes Stags can win to keep up title hopes NTUC INCOME-YEO'S S-LEAGUE 200 C Tampines Rovers v Albirex Niigata cubby@newstoday.com.sg THREE Tampines Rovers players will be missing through suspension when the defending champions take on Albirex Niigata in an NTUC Income-Yeo's
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    • 382 34 AGENCIES NEW YORK- United States Olympic Committee (USOC) chairman Peter Ueberroth used Gatlin's announcement as an opportunity to slam all drug cheats, without addressing the specific case. "Doping in sport is a cancer," Ueberroth said. "It undermines the credibility of what we see. It compromises
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    • 635 34 —AFP World and Olympic 100 m champ admits he tested positive for testosterone LOS ANGELES Justin Gatlin's announcement that he had tested positive for testosterone was yesterday greeted with dismay, tinged in some cases with a wistful hope that the world and Olympic 100 m champion might
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    • 478 35 -AGENCIES English star questions striker choice and training regimen LONDON England midfielder Frank Lampard believes former coach Sven-Goran Eriksson blundered when he left Jermain Defoe at home, instead of taking the Tottenham Hotspur man to the World Cup. There were many who believed England's campaign
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