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  • 13 1 TODAY Frew share your free newspaper Monday August 14, 2006 todayonline.com MICA(P) 192/07/2006
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  • 738 1  -  TORCHING LI DAI EXCLUSIVE 90% of Singapore could become water catchment areas with new technology chingli@newstoday.com.sg ASK Public Utilities Board (PUB) chairman Tan Gee Paw what's in the pipeline for Singapore's water resources and you'll probably get a flood of information. For a start, the PUB
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  • 710 1  -  RAHULPATHAK ASSOCIATE EDITOR ra hul@newstoday.com.sg TERROR, it seems, is a virus that spreads simply by catching the imagination. Rashid Rauf was barely 20 when he watched four airplanes become weapons of war in the hands of hijackers in the United States. Others may
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    • 33 1 hot news 2 Singapore news 4 world news 10 voices 16 business 22 succeed 26 plus 28 eatout 35 1v radio listings 37 classad 38 sports 39 we set you thinking H H
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  • hot news
    • 645 2 AGENCIES Authorities have crushed 'at least 4 major plots' since July 7, now in pursuit of up to 24 terror cells LONDON British authorities have thwarted "at least four major plots" since the deadly July 7 bombings last year, home secretary John Reid told BBC
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    • 1066 3  -  THOMAS KOSHY A review of existing laws on money laundering is needed, especially in post-911 climate THE tale is told of how Al Capone used laundromats as a front to recycle dirty money earned through a panoply of nefarious activities. Hence, it is said, the
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    • 261 2 New Lasik Technology, Promises Better Vision even at NIGHT By preserving the natural shape of the cornea, Zyoptix Aspheric Lasik reduces post-lasik night vision problems typically associated with conventional lasik procedures. No more worries about diminished visual contrast or seeing glare or halos around point sources of light. After all,
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  • singapore news
    • 313 4 SINGAPOREANS have always been known to work hard. But will that lead to success? Or is it better to work smart? Depending on whom you ask, you might get different answers. So, Today intends to ask as many people as possible, from chief executives
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    • 589 4  -  DERRICK A PAULO For 10 days next month, roads nearby will be partially or fully closed for the IMF, World Bank group annual meeting derrick@newstoday.com.sg SUNTEC City is set to become a no-drive zone of sorts for 10 days next month. The police plan to
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    • 272 6 -AGENCIES AMID a resurgence of bird flu cases in the region, over 50 Asia-Pacific health and government officials will gather in Singapore to boost cooperation and communication if a bird flu pandemic erupts. The two-day workshop, which starts today, follows the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec) Pandemic
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    • 458 6  -  ZAFARANJUM Free emergency response courses provided by CDEC, two other institutions zaf ar@newstoday.com.sg THINK tour guides are only good at pointing out places of interests to tourists? Some 800 tour guides in Singapore will gladly prove you wrong, as they prepare to undergo
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    • 491 8  -  DARREN LAI Disabled swimmer breaks 200 m world record at US meet da rren@newstoday.com.sg IN APRIL, Ms Theresa Goh had come within a whisker of breaking a world record. On Saturday, the bespectacled teenager, who was born with spina bifida and is paralysed from the waist
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    • 402 8  -  TORCHING LI chingli@newstoday.com. sg AS A bright student from St Joseph's Institution, Mr Wong Kwok Leong had the grades to make it to university but not the money. He had to cut short his education as his family could not afford to pay the
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  • world news
    • 382 10 AGENCIES Israeli forces press on with huge offensive as Cabinet approves ceasefire deal JERUSALEM Israel's government yesterday approved a United Nations resolution on ending the month-long Lebanon war, a senior government official told AFP. Twenty-four ministers voted in favour of the resolution and one abstained, the
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    • 123 10 -AFP Malaysian Muslim groups launched a boycott yesterday of Coca-Cola and Starbucks coffee, both American products, to protest against Israel's ongoing military offensive in Lebanon and Gaza. Malaysians for Peace, the Muslim Consumers Association of Malaysia and the Malaysian Muslim Restaurant Owners Association said
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    • 185 10 AFP COLOMBO Sri Lankan troops and Tamil Tiger rebels fought ground battles and artillery duels yesterday as the weekend death toll rose to 186, and the rebels denied they were ready to talk peace. Heavy fighting that started on Friday
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    • 247 10 AFP TORONTO The biggest-ever conference on Aids opened yesterday in a mammoth melting pot of science, politics, protest and glamour, 25 years into the disease's murderous march across the globe. About 24,000 delegates and journalists registered for the 16th International Aids Conference,
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    • GLOBALROUNDUP
      • 93 11 -AFP The Cuban newspaper Juventud Rebelde yesterday released the first pictures of Cuban leader Fidel Castro taken after his gastrointestinal surgery, with Mr Castro quoted as saying: "I feel very happy". The Cuban leader, who turned 80 yesterday, appeared alert and in good spirits and displayed
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      • 73 11 -AP Chinese pop diva Faye Wong's husband, mainland Chinese actor Li Yapeng, said in his blog yesterday that the couple's new-born daughter Li Van has received surgery for a cleft lip in the United States. Mr Li said: "The corrective surgery Van received in
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      • 81 11 -AFP China will ban foreign cartoons from being aired on television during prime time, state media reported. This signals an apparent attempt to help and protect local producers. Beginning Sept 1, only China-made cartoons will be allowed on television in the crucial
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      • 59 11 -AFP Indonesians working overseas are expected to send home US$2O billion ($3l billion) over the next five years as their importance to Indonesia's economy grows, the country's Manpower Minister Erman Suparno said. He said there were 2.7 million Indonesians currently working overseas and that figure
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      • 82 11 ■AFP Vandals have attacked gravestones in a Hong Kong cemetery dedicated to public servants who died in the line of duty, police said yesterday. Pictures adorning the graves of 29 of the city's fallen heroes in the Gallant Garden cemetery were smashed, apparently with a hammer, a
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      • 87 11 ■AFP Six hundred workers were struggling to contain a 9km-long crude oil slick moving slowly down the Zhou river in northwest China, state media said yesterday. The leak happened on Friday morning when staff at the Yongning Drilling Company located in Zhidan county of
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    • 436 12 -AFP Reports of ouster plans come amid fears of divisions in Umno KUALA LUMPUR Former Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad is out to topple his successor Abdullah Ahmad Badawi as fears grow over divisions in the ruling party, reports said yesterday. Cabinet Minister Nazri Abdul
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    • 205 12 LEGAZPI (Philippines) Ominous posters around this city show the nearby Mayon volcano erupting forcefully, shooting fiery sparks into the sky with blood-red lava dripping from its mouth. But the words on the poster are cheerful rather than frightening: "Visit Legazpi: Mayon Eruption 2006." The
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    • 184 13 -AFP BAGHDAD Iraqi security forces arrest a 16-strong gang of insurgents suspected of planting car bombs and plotting to kidnap relatives of Prime Minister Nuri Al Maliki, the government said yesterday. A statement from Mr MaliM's office said members of the group had been captured
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    • 392 13 -AFP 'No change'on stance on visits to war memorial by Japanese PM TOKYO China and South Korea plan to accept one visit by Japan's next Prime Minister to a Tokyo war shrine at the centre of a bitter row among the Asian neighbours,
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    • 180 13 -DPA BANGKOK The Thai army will attempt to ease tension in the majority Muslim provinces of the deep south by inviting insurgents to surrender next month, army commander-in-chief General Sonthi Boonyaratkalin said yesterday. The amnesty was designed to give young fighters a
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    • 977 14  -  VENESSALEE RICHARD RAMA, ART YEN YOK An ex-refugee talks about his experience and Aung San Suu Kyi venessa@newstoday.com.sg AFTER his release from custody, Mr Richard Rama (not his real name) was summoned to the student affairs department at his university and came face to face with the same
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  • Voices
    • 753 16  -  FRANCES ONG HOCK LIN THIS year's theme for the National Day Parade, "Our Global City, Our Home," forces me to reflect on one aspect of globalisation that often has a silent but salient impact on our future: Our children. As a result
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    • 675 17  -  LEONGSZEHIAN Lower income group should commit to a repayment plan to avoid financial stress Letter from President, Society of Financial Service Professionals I REFER to the article, "Credit cards may fit in shallower pockets" (Aug 8) and my letter, "The mystery of
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    • 249 18  -  CAPRICE NG A traffic nightmare for condo residents Letter from THE traffic situation along Tanjong Rhu Road, Rhu Cross and Fort Road on National Day was horrendous. For residents at Tanjong Rhu, the public holiday was marred by heavy traffic in the afternoon leading up to
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    • 159 18  -  DAWN LOW Letter from Senior Manager, Corporate Marketing and Communications SMRT Corporation Ltd I REFER to the letter, "Train PA notices need to be clear", by Phillip Ang Keng Hong (July 28). Currently, the announcements in our stations and trains comprise both standard, pre-recorded announcements
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    • 251 20  -  DR JAMES DOBSON BY TIME FOR TEENS There are times in every family when rules and restrictions must be imposed, even during the teen years. But let me make this point emphatically: Rules without relationship lead to rebellion. Family psychologist and author Dr Kevin Leman tells
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    • 1242 20  -  CHEN SIVA Former addict Benny Se Teo's journey started in rehab and took him to Jamie Oliver's restaurant Fifteen in the BENNY SETEO 46, executive sous chef at Tongshui Cafe news@newstoday.com.sg FANS of British chef and cooking show host Jamie Oliver will
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    • 133 16 Healthy Participants Needed We are seeking healthy participants for a scientific study involving a novel vaccine. The purpose of the study is to assess the effectiveness and safety of the vaccine in 4 different strengths administered over 2 separate days. Pre-Requisites: Healthy males and females aged between 21 to 45
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    • 79 18 CATHERINE LIM ...AMUSES 'So Eve caused Adam to lose Eden? So woman deprived man of Heaven?' The feminist, full of fire Cried, in the peak of ire 'From now on, it's Adam and Even!' MUSES Twenty million lost in the war And from cold, brute genocide Countless millions in the
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    • 133 20 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. P
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  • Businesstoday
    • 604 22 DOW JONES Pension funds are drawn to the hybrid investment because it reflects features of both equities and bonds INFRASTRUCTURE is starting to emerge as a distinct asset class for pension funds looking for non-traditional assets with durable returns, according to Macquarie Securities' global
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  • business news
    • 228 24 MAPLETREE Logistics Trust is acquiring a warehouse-cum-office property in Malaysia for RMI3 million ($5.6 million) in an yield-accre-tive purchase, the trust said in a press release on Saturday. The deal has been structured as a sale and leaseback transaction whereby the property,
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    • 299 24 Company to focus on high-margin products SINGAPORE-listed Chinese polyester products maker CG Tech reported a near-doubling in its fiscal second-quarter net profit as a result of increased turnover following the completion of the upgrading of its production facilities and the introduction of a new
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    • 89 24 SESDAQ-listed engineering services provider Multi-Con Systems said it would be making a provision of $2 million for its 30-per-cent investment in Civil Geo and receivables from Civil Geo and Civil Geo-Innovative, a joint venture between Civil Geo and another company. The move would have an adverse
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    • marketwatch
      • 121 24 AFP TRADING in shares is expected to be cautious this week as the corporate earnings season draws to a close, dealers said. Investors will be watching Wall Street for directional cues, the movement of oil prices, developments in the Middle East and further details on an alleged plot to
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      • 36 24 us$ UK£ Yen HK$ RM Euro Rupiah Baht 0.6346 0.3348 73.653 4.9361 2.3326 0.4967 5,759.5 23.702 Peso A$ Indian Rs Won C$ Yuan NZ$ NT$ 32.494 0.8276 29.531 610.38 0.7155 5.0598 1.0012 20.715
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      • 24 24 Bloomberg Information provided by Gold US$/oz 642.00 SilvarUS$/oz 11.93 Platinum US$/oz 1,254.40 Rubber cents/kg 362.00 Palm oil RM/tonne 1337.00 Brant crude US$/barrel 75.63
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  • SUCCEED the business of learning
    • 881 26  -  DERRICK A PAULO ERC Holdings' Andy Ong keeps an eye out for the budding entrepreneurs no one else pays attention to deanslist derrick@newstoday.com.sg FIVE years ago, Mr Andy Ong decided to help budding businesses "the really small ones which nobody pays attention to" to
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      126 26 the big question: is passion at work an overrated virtue for success? MS SUSAN TEH, CEO OF MOUNT FABER LEISURE GROUP, REPLIES: Virtues will never be overrated, as they are virtues. Distinguishing the real drivers behind passion is the key in determining success. There are two sides to passion:
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      267 26  -  Josh Hinds LEE U WEN mnmM SUCCESS coaches are plentiful around the world, but one that is making a big name for himself, especially with the online community, is American Josh Hinds. The 32-year-old author and syndicated columnist is making waves on the Internet with his motivational site. The
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    • 672 27  -  TOMKELLEY SO YOU'RE in the boardroom and you have this idea on the table. You've got the momentum, and you're giving your team members sidelong glances thinking: "Yeah! It's going to work!" Then suddenly, someone goes: "Hey, let me play devil's advocate for a minute". And
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    • 269 27 noticeboarcl SIM OPEN HOUSE The Singapore Institute of Management (SIM) will be holding its annual Open House on Sept 9. Find out more about the short-term courses you can take up, or SlM's diploma and degree programmes. The serious business aside, you can also shop and browse at the book
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    • 77 27 Certificate Diploma Adv Diploma f o\{\i Pre-school Teaching Ow /U Interactive Media T Hospitality Management SDF Gran* (Accommodation, F&B Operations) Approved Preview Date: 19 th August '06 (Sat), Time: 2pm J Hfl I■■ I^IB^I I Preview Date: lUI Im I I 25 th August '06 (Fri) I^\ Venue: AEC Centre
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  • plus
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      1611 28  -  Ross Wallace IT WON an Emmy Award for best writing last September, a Golden Globe for its lead actor, Hugh Laurie, in January and has been one of American TV's toprated shows for two straight seasons. However, if it had been up to the show's creator, David Shore,
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    • 159 30 -AFP BERLIN Nobel prize-winning German author Gunter Grass yesterday made the stunning confession that he was drafted into Nazi Germany's notorious Waffen SS elite force during World War 11, but denies suggestions that he joined willingly. The 78-year-old Grass best known abroad for his 1959
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    • 387 30  -  EUSACHIA Ken dismisses talk of spatwith Jacintha elisa@newstoday.com.sg ARE Singapore Idol judges Ken Lim and Jacintha Abisheganaden at loggerheads? Hot contender Rahimah Rahim's shocking elimination from the singing contest on Thursday may have made most of the headlines, but that hasn't been the only
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    • 407 32  -  RON WOO After $20m facelift, Sentosa beach gets new eateries and amphitheatre plus@newstoday.com.sg IF YOU haven't visited Sentosa's Palawan beach lately, you're in for a surprise. Reopened recently after a year-long, $20 million facelift the newly refurbished beach boasts a fresh look designed to attract families to its
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    • 322 32 -AGENCIES LOS ANGELES Walt Disney said it will continue with the distribution of Mcl Gibson's film Apocalypto, refuting reports that the company would sell its distribution rights due to the director's drunken, anti-Semitic rant "It's not true," said Disney spokeswoman Heidi Trotta on Saturday,
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    • ADDITION...
      • 113 33 -AP The mythic Dyersville, lowa baseball diamond made famous in the 1989 movie Field of Dreams came alive briefly on Saturday as the film's star, Kevin Costner, joined about 5,000 people for a concert and free screening of the movie. The event, sponsored by online
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      • 86 33 -AP The MTV Video Music Awards are about to get a dose of Jack Black (picture). The actor-rocker will host this year's version of the anything-can-happen extravaganza, which will be held on Aug 31, MTV said. "Prepare yourself for a ripsnortin' humdinger," Black said. "I
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  • in cinemas
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      245 34  -  Ashraf Safdar by I Nightshift NIGHTSHIFT, which was performed at the Esplanade Theatre Studios over the weekend as part of the Singapore Theatre Festival, subverts the viewer's idea of consciousness in much the same way that The Matrix deconstructed reality. When Catherine Dyson's Alice is startled awake first by
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      521 34  -  JULIANA JUNE RASUL Abigail Chay reveals her life story as a transsexua on Channel s's Life Story plus@newstoday.com.sg SHE has made a career out of playing un-fortunate-looking women, but Abigail Chay is certainly not uncomfortable with her own looks. When she arrived for her interview with Today,
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    • 554 39 -AP Former Russian soldier beats Rahman to seize WBC crown BOXING WBC heavyweight championship LAS VEGAS Oleg Maskaev (picture) sent Hasim Rahman staggering to the mat, and the Eastern block of title belts was complete. For the first time, all four heavyweight titles belong to fighters
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    • 461 40  -  DARREN LAI World No 5 whip Argentina to win Philips Singapore Cup, eye world championships PHILIPS SINGAPORE CUP 2006 Argentina 66 Spain 87 Slovenia 78 Serbia Montenegro 74 darren@newstoday.com.sg LIKE their football team, Spain's national basketball team are notorious underachievers at international level and have yet to
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    • 295 40 -AFP SEOUL -Team USA continued their smooth preparations for the World Basketball Championships with an impressive 111-88 victory over Lithuania yesterday to make it three straight wins on their Asian tour. The US, ranked No 1 in the world, brushed aside their
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    • 312 40 THE Singapore Sports School's hopes of bettering their performance in the Thai Sports School Games' under-14 football championships in Chonburi province came to an end on Saturday as the Football Academy exited on penalties in the quarter-finals. The Academy, who also reached the last eight
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    • 139 40  -  -CUBBYLEONG THE men's and women's teams did not fare too well at the Team of Five events at the 19th Asian Tenpin Bowling Championship yesterday. The men's team, comprising of Lee Yu-Wen, Carl de Vries, Jason Yeong-Nathan, Shaun Ng and Remy Ong, finished 12th,
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    • 529 41  -  Jose Raymond Mind games begin, but Raddy remains unfazed THE weather in Teda, an industrial township in Tianjin where the Lions set up base yesterday evening may be cool, but a heated war of words have already begun, ahead of Singapore's Asian Cup Group
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    • 326 41 -AFP LONDON Ryder Cup star Darren Clarke's wife Heather died in hospital here yesterday after a two-year battle with cancer at the age of 39. The Ulsterman, who gave up golf at The Open three weeks ago to be with her and their two children
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    • 591 42 —AP After ousting Beckham, Me LONDON David Beckham is no longer on the England team and it's not difficult to see how new coach Steve McClaren will replace him. Tottenham's Aaron Lennon was the player who took over on the right wing at the World Cup and
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    • 384 42 —AFP LONDON-England manager Steve McClaren believes right-hand man Terry Venables can bring out the best in Wayne Rooney, in the same way that he solved the Paul Gascoigne enigma in the *****. Rooney and Gascoigne, the heart of the English side managed by Venables who
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    • 209 42 AGENCIES SALT LAKE CITY Ruud van Nistelrooy celebrated his first goal since signing for Real Madrid with a firsthalf penalty in the Spanish giants' 2-0 friendly win over Real Salt Lake yesterday. The Dutch striker joined Real last month on a three-year
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    • 439 43 -AFP Crouch's late header wins Liverpool the Community Shield, as Chelsea stumble COMMUNITY SHIELD Chelsea 1 Liverpool 2 CARDIFF Liverpool beat Chelsea 2-1 in the FA Community Shield at the Millennium Stadium yesterday, putting the champions on notice that they are serious about stealing their
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    • 367 43 -AFP PARIS Steven Gerrard has labelled Manchester United winger Cristiano Ronaldo a disgrace for his behaviour towards United team-mate Wayne Rooney at the World Cup in Germany. Gerrard is furious with the way the Portugal winger intervened after Rooney appeared to stamp on Ricardo
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