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  • 13 1 TODAY /A=LJJJ\CORP share your free newspaper MICA(P) 192/07/2006 Monday September 25, 2006 todayonline.com
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  • 752 1  -  LEE U-WEN New curriculum to include communication, negotiation skills as a core requirement u-wen@newstoday.com.sg TO ENABLE its students to perform better in the workplace, the SIM University (UniSIM) will be beefing up its curriculum with an extra set of core courses, which will focus on
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    • 726 2  -  KIM QUEK IN THE chorus of protests against Singapore Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew's recent remark that Chinese Malaysians have been marginalised, one simple question remains unanswered. If there has been no racial marginalisation, why has the word meritocracy been a taboo in
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    • 460 2 Doyen of Chinese-language education says issue was avoided by Chinese parties KUALA LUMPUR Comments made by Singapore's Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew at a forum last week reflected the reality in Malaysia but it was an issue the Chinese parties in the ruling Barisan
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    • 650 3  -  DERRICK A PAULO Ministry of Education recognises 13 schools for exemplary approaches derrick@newstoday.com.sg SCHOOLS say they have always been doing it Now they are being evaluated on it- and recognised when they do it well. The Ministry of Education is giving out awards for character
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    • 327 3  -  -DERRICKA PAULO IT DOES not offer the Integrated Programme. It is neither an independent school nor a Special Assistance Plan school. But once again, a school has shown that being one of the three is not a prerequisite for being the best Cedar Girls' Secondary is one
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    • 203 3 -AGENCIES I ROME Envoys from Iran, Turkey and Morocco have confirmed their participation at a meeting with Pope Benedict XVI today, as part of an unprecedented diplomatic offensive to show his willingness for dialogue following the outrage over his remarks on Islam. The meeting at Castel Gandolfo,
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    • 169 3 THE Sunday Times has apologised for the distress caused by an article it published that sparked off angry reactions from local convent schools, their students and parents. On page two yesterday, the newspaper noted that in its Sept 17 article, "Singapore A-Z once
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  • Singapore news
    • 426 4  -  LEE U-WEN SIM University offers working adults flexible study options with its tie-up with regional varsities u-wen@newstoday.com.sg THE seeds for an Asian network of open universities have been planted, paving the way for more opportunities for working adults who want to upgrade their
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    • 416 4  -  LEE U WEN IT WASN'T quite sink or swim in love, but the first ever speed-dating event on water had some participants struggling to make a move. Organised by the Social Development Service (SDS), 40 singles 20 men and 20 women went
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    • SINGAPORESNIPPETS
      • 73 4 -938 LIVE Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong will make a two-day visit to Vietnam from today, at the invitation of Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung. Mr Lee will attend the 10th Anniversary celebrations of the Vietnam Singapore Industrial Park in Binh Duong province. He will
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      • 43 4 CHANNEL NEWSASIA A 26-year-old German woman was found dead in a hotel at Perak Road on Saturday. Police said they responded to a call at about 4.30pm. They are still investigating and have classified the case as unnatural death.
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      • 114 4 CHANNEL NEWSASIA Residents can now include drinks cartons in their recycling bags, something that was not allowed before. Environment Minister Yaacob Ibrahim announced this when launching Recycling Day last Saturday. A task force has been formed to develop a packaging agreement for Singapore,
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    • 646 6  - Stepping down and he keeps going CLEMENT MESENAS EDITOR-AT-LARGE clement@newstoday.com.sg OUTGOING NTUC Income CEO Tan Kin Lian, who is stepping down after 30 years at the helm, is not one to put his feet up and relax. Although he only leaves office in April next year, he is already planning
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  • world news
    • 405 8 —AP Thaksin allegedly left Thailand with assets before coup BANGKOK Former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra may have whisked some of his assets out of the country aboard two aircraft days before a military coup ousted him from power, airline officials said yesterday. An official from Thai Airways
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    • 211 8 AGENCIES Thailand's junta yesterday rolled their tanks out of Bangkok's royal and government centre less than five days after a bloodless coup. A group of 10 tanks posted at the symbolic centre of power in the Royal Plaza since last week's coup were withdrawn as
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    • 206 8 -AP KATHMANDU Five rescue helicopters flew to Nepal's mountainous east yesterday to search for a helicopter, which was carrying 24 high-profile passengers and was reported missing since Saturday, officials said. The passengers onboard the helicopter chartered by conservation group WWF, included Nepal's forest minister
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    • 288 8 —AFP WASHINGTON The Saudi government put a damper on a French newspaper report alleging that Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden had died several weeks ago, saying in a statement that it "has no evidence to support" the contention. The statement, issued by
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    • 274 8 —AFP MANCHESTER British Prime Minister Tony Blair yesterday refused to give a clear indication of support for Finance Minister Gordon Brown as his successor, despite repeated questions on the subject. In an interview with BBC television, Mr Blair attending his last Labour Party annual
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    • GLOBALROUNDUP
      • 102 10 -AFP A new classified US intelligence report has concluded that the war in Iraq has helped spawn a new wave of Islamic radicalism and heightened the overall terrorist threat, leading US newspapers reported yesterday. The findings contained in the National Intelligence Estimate seem to
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      • 75 10 DPA Seventeen people were injured in a bomb blast on Saturday evening in eastern Turkey just hours after another bombing, blamed on Kurdish extremists, derailed a train. The boml was planted in a truck parked outsidi a police station in Igdir province, said Turkish news
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      • 71 10 -AFP North Korea has criticised Japan for imposing new financial sanctions on the communist state over its missile programme. "Japan is blindly copying whatever policy of the US," the official Korean Central News Agency said. "(This) would only result in straining the situation
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    • 413 10 —AFP Venezuelan official says incident related to Chavez speech NEW YORK Venezuelan Foreign Minister Nicolas Maduro said he was temporarily detained, threatened and stripped of his travel documents at New York's John F Kennedy International Airport, prompting an apology from the United States government. "I
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    • 674 12  -  HANNAH ALLAM -MCT To attract foreigners, Islamic rules are relaxed on this island news@newstoday.com.sg KISH ISLAND (Iran) Travel brochures advertise this Iranian island as "the pearl of the Persian Gulf". Girls are allowed to ride bikes and smoke water pipes in public. Boys can
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    • 749 14 —AFP DPA Myanmar's armed forces now under control of Than Shwe's protege BANGKOK Myanmar's secretive junta leader Than Shwe remains firmly entrenched as head of state of one of Asia's poorest nations despite control of the armed forces shifting to his trusted protege. Senior General Than
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    • 236 14 —AFP WASHINGTON Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad yesterday signaled his government's readiness to put "everything" on the negotiating table, if those in the United States government who talk about regime change in Iran abandon their plans. "If they change their behaviour, it is possible to
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    • GLOBALROUNDUP
      • 96 14 —AFP In an election which has been marked by violent protests, Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh has won another sevenyear term in his first real electoral test, but the opposition has slammed the results as illegal. He won 77.17 per cent of 5.37 million
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      • 73 14 -AFP Two Indonesian Catholics executed earlier this week for leading a militia that killed Muslims were buried in their villages yesterday, while the body of a third was flown home, a lawyer and a priest said. Their executions last Friday in Palu, the provincial
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      • 81 14 —AFP Bangladesh said 1,788 fishermen and 391 trawlers were still missing yesterday, six days after a sudden storm in the Bay of Bengal that has killed many in coastal regions, including India. The government raised the death toll in Bangladesh to 36
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    • 602 16  -  BRAEMAMATHI Framework, laws, employers' help needed to hold maid agencies accountable Letter from President, Transient Workers Count Too I REFER to Mr Eric Chau's letter, "Account for the money" (Sept 20). We thank Mr Chau for his interest in this important issue and we also
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    • 251 17  -  UMBOONHEE Piecemeal monthly passes from the various transport providers will not really cut travelling expenses Letter from IS THE unlimited monthly SBS Transit season pass really cheaper and more convenient? ("SBS Transit launches Season Pass for public", Sept 23). It is only cheaper
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    • 221 17  -  NARAYANA NARAYANA Letter from IN HIS letter "Modify SGX rule on takeover bids" (Sept 22), Mr Denis Distant correctly highlights the absurdity of mandatory takeover bids at prices below the market, which benefit only "the fortunate (merchant) bank, legal personnel, the printers and
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    • 194 17  -  SIEWNGUNGCHIA Letter from I REFER to the report, "More COEs every month from next month" (Sept 21). Many would agree that the COE and ERP systems have contributed to our success in traffic management The COE works by keeping the numbers of cars at
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    • 306 18  -  TANHUCKGIM Letter from Director, Administration Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy I REFER to the letter "Lure of foreign scholars" by Mr Leong Sze Hian (Sept 21). The Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy has a broader mission than most other
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    • 799 18  - isay CRUCIAL TO THINK BEYOND RAMPS LIFTS RICHARDO CHUA Due to be announced today are more measures to develop a barrier-free environment. Reflecting on how successful efforts so far have been, an undergraduate shares his experiences in The Amazing Wheelchair Race, organised by the Society for the Physically Disabled and
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    • 263 20  -  DR JAMES DOBSON HOMEWORK FOR KIDS: GOOD OR BAD? Here's a question submitted by a parent: "How do you feel about homework given during the primary school years? Do you think it's a good idea, and if so, how much is best?" Having written several books
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    • 242 20  -  LAI YEW CHAN Don't just decry name-calling, focus on preventives or cures Letter from I REFER to the commentary, "Handle labels with care" (Sept 23-24). Despite the writer's call against critical labelling, I am afraid we cannot wish it away. Also, I do not
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    • 129 20  -  DENIS DISTANT Letter from RECENT experiences suggest there are at least three types of taxi drivers in Singapore. There is the driver who remains seated while passengers struggle to load their barangbarang into the boot Presumably he recalls horror stories of motorists seeing their cars driven off
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  • Businesstoday
    • 814 22 -DOW JONES Leading Chinese dairy firm will easily top target of 4 million straws of bull semen and 9,600 cow embryos: CFO CHINA Milk Products Group should easily exceed its targets for the production of bull semen and cow embryos in fiscal 2007, according
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    • 296 23 -DOW JONES INDUSTRIAL and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) intends to sell HK527.6 billion ($5.6 billion) worth of shares to several strategic investors in its upcoming initial public offering, including the Singapore Government and Singapore-based United Overseas Bank (UOB). According
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    • marketwatch
      • 156 23 -AFP TRADING in the Singapore stock market is expected to remain cautious this week as investors monitor the situation in Thailand after the military coup that ousted Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra last week, dealers said. They said foreign investors remained jittery over the political future of Thailand and there
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      • 36 23 US$ 0.6309 UK£ 0.3314 Yen 73.423 HK$ 4.9133 RM 2.3198 Euro 0.4921 Rupiah 5,798.9 Baht 23.629 Peso 31.754 AS 0.8364 Indian Rs 28.992 Won 597.65 C$ 0.7039 Yuan 4.9988 NZ$ 0.9574 NT$ 20.786
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      • 26 23 y Bloomberg Gold US$/oz 595.20 Silver US$/oz 11.25 Platinum US$/oz 1,148.10 Rubber cents/kg 279.75 Palm oil RM/tonne 1,500.50 Brent crude US$/barrel 60.41 Information nrnvirlerl by
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    • 136 23 ARA Trust Management, the manager of Suntec Real Estate Investment Trust (Suntec Reit), has launched a programme to acquire office units in Suntec City Office Towers not presently owned by the trust, according to a statement it filed with
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    • SUCCED the business of learning
      • 751 24  -  LOHCHEEKONG NTU Dean wants students to succeed in the global niche creative industry cheekong@newstoday.com.sg IT MUST be every animator's fantasy to work for Walt Disney and see one's creations lapped up by audiences. So it was a coup of sorts when Nanyang Technological University (NTU)
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      • 407 24  -  —ALKACHANDIRAMANI —TAN —AGNES MEURZEC Our On The Go column featuring Aware president Tan Joo Hymn last week struck a chord with many readers, who wrote in to share their thoughts. We extract a few here: "WE HAVE so many possessions, be
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      • 103 24 "Loyalty is dead in the workplace." Agree? MR TAN KIN LIAN, CEO, NTUC INCOME, REPLIES: "I would disagree. Take NTUC Income for example: We have an annual turnover of less than 10 per cent, which is about half the turnover of the financial sector. Our colleagues like working here
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      • 265 24 SUCCEED AS A SECRETARY A secretary's job can be challenging and stressful. LCI Executive Seminars offers a one-day course which will teach participants to identify their strengths, manage their time effectively and stress-busting skills. Ms Shirley Taylor, author of The Secretary in Training, will also show you how to
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      • 800 25  -  SNYDER AS TOLD TO CLEMENT MESENAS Extraordinarily successful people are not driven to succeed, but to be different SINGAPORE has great schools, great students, great teachers and great leadership. That's indisputable. Yet, while there are many great schools in the world and
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      • 271 25  -  LEE U WEN BRAINFOOD www.leadership-tools.com WHAT makes a great leader stand out from an ordinary one? Experts say it's the desire to constantly grow one's knowledge and skills set, because those who don't build their arsenal of tools typically find themselves trailing behind their competitors in their respective
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    • 159 23 Ellenborough Market Cafe has expanded with 2 new buffet counters and a 'live' cooking station! In conjunction, Guest Chef Kathryn, well-renowned local 4th Generation Peranakan, will be whipping up a traditional Tok-Panjang Peranakan Cuisine with irresistible dishes like Beef Rendang, Nyonya Cheh Hu, Nasi Ulam, Sambal Udang Petai and Hee
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      759 26 t.* JONATHAN LEONG AND a j ZA GAVE IT THEIR ALL AT THE k SINGAPORE IDOL GRAND FINALS mmt m^L—a\ MB V tea iiir 1. CHASING CARS by SNOW PATROL It was a bit mind-bending to see a talent show contestant belt out a song by Northern Ireland
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    • 49 27 Many of Jonathan's ardent fans wore T-shirts articulating their strong backing for their Idol I'm going to do whatever I can to help my son achieve his dream. Mary Leong, Jonathan's mum (left) with dad Joseph Leong, when asked how much she'd vote
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    • 44 27 The public's vote is most important. Logically, my votes can't beat what the public can contribute. Mardiana Ahmad, Hady's mother (left) with dad Norazman Yunos Hady's supporters were out in full force, even coming up with this rousing cheer
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    • 478 28  -  JULIANA JUNE RASUL Ballroom-dancing senior citizens give hip-hoppers a run for their money at The Dance Floor auditions plus@newstoday.com.sg THEY came, they shook, they got through. As predicted by host Glenn Ong, The Dance Floor auditions over the weekend saw an abundance of dancing talent, as compared
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    • in cinemas
      • 165 30  -  -DAVID CHEW SHUTTERBUGS, start capturing something old and something new in a single image and you could be on your way to a resort. "Something old, something new" is the theme for Banyan Tree's inaugural photo competition. Open to Singaporeans and Permanent Residents,
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      • 292 30  -  AMELYNN LIONG Singer Umi Yushida goes for tasty originality with her new album, Introspice plus@newstoday.com.sg HOMEGROWN singer Umi Yushida has put a humorous spin on jazz. One of the tracks on her latest album Introspice, On TV is a song that gently mocks starwannabes eager
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      813 32  -  LAUREEN TOH eat oul food@newstoday.com.sg At Aburiya, you get your own circular barbecue pit and a whole range of yummy cuts THERE'S something about being a shortorder cook and impatiently turning over food that takes away the need for conversation. Coupled with the quality meat that Aburiya serves, dinner
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        104 34  -  If you have an ice cream craving but can't finish a whole serving, go for F&N's new Magnolia Petite Multipacks. Magnolia Mag-A-Cone Petite ($5.50 per pack) —the mini version of the popular Mag-A-Cone come in packs of eight chocolate-coated scoops of vanilla ice cream, set in crispy
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        130 34  -  You can get more than your favourite se meals at Yoshinoya, thanks to the new YoshiYen promotion. Simply purchase any Yoshinoya set meal plus a Coke, Sprite or grape soda, and get one YoshiYen in giftredemption currency. Three YoshiYen entitles you to redeem a vanilla doughnut ice-cream,
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      520 38  -  TANYO-HINN Singapore permanent resident floors world No 3 to win her maiden singles crown TABLE TENNIS Volkswagen Open Japan 2006 yohinn@newstoday.com.sg IN A stunning triumph, Wang Yuegu won her first individual title on the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) Pro Tour circuit in Yokohama, Japan yesterday. In a
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    • 177 38  -  -TANYOHINN THE Singapore Cricket Club (SCC) defeated Bucks Rugby Club 16-8 to clinch the NRC Division 2 Bowl title at the Padang on Saturday. SCC took only three minutes to open the scoring, as No 8 Valmiki Nair converted a penalty to put his side 3-0
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    • 380 39 Uefa say wrongdoers must be banned for life, as bungs scandal rolls on in England ZURICH Uefa yesterday said that anyone found guilty of illegal dealings in football should be banned from the sport for life. Their stance follows BBC Panorama's investigation into the alleged payment of
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    • 233 39 Bolton manager Sam Allardyce. Two agents, Teni Yerima and Peter Harrison, claimed they paid him bungs, but Allardyce denies the allegations. Harrison also describes offering to pay money to Allardyce's son Craig, who Panorama claims received secret payments from agents during three transfer deals. Craig Allardyce denies any wrongdoing
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    • 322 39 -AFP CRICKET DLFCup KUALA LUMPUR Australia crushed the West Indies by 127 runs to win the DLF Cup Final yesterday and send a chilling warning to their rivals ahead of the Champions Trophy next month. Set 241 to win, the West Indies were
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    • 1098 40  -  JOSE RAYMOND jose@newstoday.com.sg THIS is the 11th season of the S-League. Much hyped when it kicked off in 1996, the competition has changed over the years and now features two foreign clubs in Sporting Afrique and Albirex Niigata. The S-League is now an industry with an
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    • 1043 41  -  JOSE RAYMOND Referee Kumar awards SAFFC a last-gasp penalty as protagonists share a point each NTUC INCOME-YEO'S S-LEAGUE 2006 SAFFC 1 Woodlands 1 jose@newstoday.com.sg WOODLANDS Wellington have every reason to feel hard done by, after last night's 1-1 draw against SAFFC in an NTUC In-come-Yeo's S-League 2006 clash
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    • 126 39 NEW TASK FOR TAMPINES! Needs win to keep up with pace! S.League Sport Afrique Gombak Mon, 25/09/06 B.oopm S.League Sengkang Tampines Mon, 25/09/06 B.oopm UE Champions CSKA Moscow Hamburg Wed, 27/09/06 12.30 am UE Champions Arsenal Porto Wed, 27/09/06 2.45 am UE Champions Lille Milan Wed, 27/09/06 2.45 am UE
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    • 259 42 LIVERPOOL Liverpool boss Rafa Benitez has backed strikers Dirk Kuyt and Craig Bellamy to fire his side into contention for the English Premiership title. Kuyt scored his second goal since his move to Anfield last month as Liverpool beat Tottenham 3-0 on Saturday. But
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    • 594 42 Cahill equaliser earns point for aggrieved Toffees I ENGLISH PREMIERSHIP I Newcastle 1 Everton 1 NEWCASTLE Tim Cahill's powerful header cancelled out Shola Ameobi's controversial opener to earn Everton a draw in a match marred by two red cards, reported BBC Sport. Ameobi sprung Everton's offside trap
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    • 310 42 —AFP ENGLISH PREMIERSHIP Reading 1 Man United 1 READING Maybe he was trying to deflect attention from the fact that his team dropped two more points on the day Chelsea went to the top of the table. Quite possibly, he was trying to spark his superstar, after
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    • 651 43 -AFP Americans stuffed in Ireland as Clarke sets off emotional scenes atthe K-Club GOLF Ryder Cup STRAFFAN, Ireland Eu- J rope's rampant golfers re- tamed the Ryder Cup at the K-Club yesterday, crushing the United States in the closing 12 singles to complete a second straight rout.
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    • 294 43 —AFP BADMINTON World Championships MADRID Lin Dan produced moments of magic to at last win the world title here yesterday, posting an 18-21, 21-17, 21-10 victory over his Chinese team-mate Bao Chunlai. Bao once again showed the steady temperament, good defence and ability
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