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  • 29 1 TODAY a, to 1)1 N share your free newspaper Monday October 16, 2006 todayonline.com MICA(P) 192/07/2006 TODAY /AediaCorp share your free newspaper Monday October 16, 2006 todayonline.com MICA(P) 192/07/2006
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  • 1048 1  -  CLEMENT MESENAS Legislation Japan-style may provide means to keep older workers employed EDITOR-AT-LARGE clement@media corp.com.sg DESPITE the worsening haze, older workers are breathing easier these days, in a manner of speaking, and it's because of the rise in another index that of the
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  • 575 1  -  JOSE RAYMOND jose@media corp.com.sg THEIR love affair was described as the perfect sports match. The love story of Ronald Susilo and Li Jiawei made the headlines for months after they announced in September 2004 that they were engaged to be married,
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous
    • 33 1 hot news 2 Singapore news 4 world news 10 voices 18 business 24 succeed 26 plus 28 eatout 34 1v radio listings 37 classad 38 sports 39 we set you thinking If BS
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    • 28 1 OUT OF AFRICA AND INTO THE FIRE ffl I PLEASE SEND US TO DOHA Critics scoff at Madonna's adoption stunt I Asian Games rejects beg for a chance
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  • hot news
    • 683 2  -  KAUNGASENEVIRATNE Rich, poor can learn from Nobel laureate news@newstoday.com.sg I HAVE been a fan of Professor Muhammad Yunus and his Grameen Bank from Bangladesh for almost 20 years. When I heard he had received the Nobel Peace Prize, I was delighted by the good
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    • 325 3  -  TORCHING LI South-easterly winds ring in extended hazy spell chingli@media corp. com. sg THERE will likely be no reprieve from the hazy weekend today as south-easterly winds prevail, bringing smoke haze from fires in Kalimantan over to Singapore. The National Environment Agency (NEA) issued
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    • 441 4  -  DAVID CHEW davidchew@media corp.com.sg NATURE-LOVERS looking for something to do on the weekend now have a new playground Changi Point The completed 2.6 km Changi Point Coastal Walk, stretching from Changi Village to Changi Beach Club, was unveiled to the media on Friday. What
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    • 402 6  -  CHOW PENN NEE New centre will serve Jurong community's medical needs pennnee@media corp.com.sg WHERE it would have previously taken Madam Yeo Sar Moey one-and-a-half hours to get to Alexandra Hospital by bus, she is now a mere 15-minute ride away from the new Jurong Medical Centre
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    • 401 6  -  TEOXUANWEI news@newstoday.com.sg CRIME Library Singapore has found an important partner in its work of helping to find missing persons. Transport operator SMRT has agreed to allow the local volunteer group to display missing persons' posters at all its 51 MRT stations
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    • 531 8  -  DAVID CHEW Artists Village to be vacated to make way for Sentosa IR david.chew@mediacorp.com.sg IT WAS set up five years ago to liven up the arts and cultural scene on Sentosa. But with the grand plans for a casinoresort right on the site where it is located,
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    • 235 8 938 LIVE TAXI drivers can now look forward to more health benefits and more extensive insurance coverage, as part of a new Taxicare package launched yesterday. The Taxi Operators' Association (TOA) has tied up with NTUC to provide the new scheme. Under the Taxicare scheme available
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  • world news
    • 502 10 -AFP Russian envoy says North Korea considering return to stalled negotiations MOSCOW North Korea is considering a return to six-party talks on its nuclear programme, a top Russian envoy said yesterday, even as the international community broadly welcomed the United Nations' move to impose sanctions on
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    • 240 10 —AFP TOKYO Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Aso yesterday hailed United Nations sanctions on North Korea and said the country should provide support for the United States military in inspecting Pyongyang's ships, a major step for the pacifist country. Hours after the UN Security Council's unanimous resolution in
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    • 201 10 —AFP JERUSALEM Israel's ambassador to the United Nations yesterday urged the Security Council to take tough measures against "demented" Iran for its nuclear programme in the wake of North Korea's declared atomic test "The international community should learn the lessons of what occurred in North Korea,"
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    • 246 11 NTUC Income was formed in 1970, with the mission of providing affordable insurance protection. On Oct 5 2006, we celebrated 36 years of serving the community. The celebrations were held at the Swissotel, The Stamford. President S R Nathan and
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    • 265 12 AFP KIRKUK (Iraq) Insurgent car bombers blitzed the northern Iraqi oil city of Kirkuk yesterday, killing 11 people and wounding 62 in five brutal attacks, including one on a school training young women teachers. Brigadier-General Adel Ibrahim of the Kirkuk
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    • 379 12 -AFP Meanwhile, Thaksin wants to return home PHNOM PENH Thailand's military-backed Prime Minister Surayud Chulanont visited Cambodia yesterday as part of a regional tour, one day after he revealed that the man he replaced, deposed Premier Thaksin Shinawatra, wanted to return home. General Surayud, who arrived
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    • 360 13 -AFP Drive part of international mediation efforts COLOMBO -Japanese peace envoy Yasushi Akashi was set for peace talks in Sri Lanka yesterday. He was to mediate between government and rebel leaders amid fears that the island is veering dangerously close to
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    • GLOBALROUNDUP
      • 85 13 -AFP The United States population will hit the historic milestone of 300 million tomorrow, according to the US Census Bureau. The bureau estimates that an American is born every seven seconds, one dies every 13 seconds and a migrant crosses into the US every
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      • 56 13 -AFP A home-made bomb exploded in Indonesia's religiously-divided Poso district, where tension has been rising since three Christians were executed, police said yesterday. Police believed the blast, which took place at the Poso district office, was caused by a home-made bomb packed in a plastic container.
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      • 66 13 -AGENCIES As part of a protest against India's caste system, more than 3,000 lowcaste Hindus have converted to Buddhism and Christianity. By converting, Dalits once known as Untouchables can escape discrimination, said the BBC. The conversions come after several Indian states implemented new laws
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    • 796 15  -  WILLIAM PFAFF Major powers can't keep their weapons and expect others to play by the rules THE main government destabilised by North Korea's claimed nuclear explosion is clearly that of the United States. Washington had previously said it would prevent this from happening.
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    • 373 17 -AFP Muslim, Christian women up in arms over action against scarves, crosses LONDON Battles over religious symbols raged in Britain as a Christian woman took on British Airways over her cross necklace and a Muslim teaching assistant defended her stance on wearing the veil.
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    • 381 17 -AFP BEIJING Washington has lodged a protest with Beijing over an incident where Chinese border soldiers killed one person trying to flee Tibet into Nepal, a United States embassy spokeswoman said yesterday. "The US ambassador on Thursday had gone to the foreign
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    • 218 17 -AFP SYDNEY Australia yesterday barred Papua New Guinea's (PNG) prime minister from visiting the country, as a diplomatic row between Canberra and two South Pacific nations escalated. Foreign Minister Alexander Downer said Australia would cut ministerial contacts with its northern neighbour until an investigation was held
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  • Voices
    • 886 18  -  USA WALSH AS A Los Angeles-born American, there were only three things I had heard about the small island metropolis before I made first contact with my Singaporean fiance-to-be. One: Michael Fay. Enough said. Two: Chewing gum is a banned commodity (although this ban
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    • 264 19  -  LAW SIN LING Offer fairer payment method if system turns faulty midway Letter from BUS commuters learned from SMRT recently that when "the ez-link system on board a bus is out of service, passengers would need to pay the fare in cash based
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    • 321 19  -  CHRISTOPHER CHING Letter from I WORK as a safety supervisor for a main contractor. My job is to promote safe conduct at work and ensure that the operations of the worksite meet government regulations on safety, environmental and health issues. My
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    • 242 20  -  DR JAMES DOBSON BY I FINE FINDING A BALANCE BETWEEN LOVE AND CONTROL I've often been asked: "Which is more damaging to children? A parenting style that's very authoritarian and rigid? Or one that's permissive and loose?" Actually, both these extremes leave their characteristic scars on
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    • 347 20  -  LIM LE-ANNE Move to make eligibility issues transparency welcomed Letter from I REFER to the report, "Can you afford that loan?" (Oct 13). It explains the need for an eligibility letter before purchasing a new or resale Housing Board flat as part of
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    • 221 20  -  RAJ M MAIDEN Letter from I READ with interest the article, "Bangladesh's banker to the poor wins Nobel Peace Prize" (Oct 14). My humble congratulations to Professor Muhammad Yunus on receiving the Nobel Peace Prize for his endeavours in micro-financing. Prof Yunus started this
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    • The real cost of connection
      • 429 21  -  LEONG SZE HIAN Letter from I REFER to the article "Singapore, one giant hotspot" (Oct 11). Under the new NEU PC Plus scheme, about 10,000 needy families with school-going children and household monthly income not more than $2,000, will pay
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      • 57 21  -  LAU KIM HUP Letter from THE Government has announced free wireless Internet access at public areas for the next two years. I suggest the telecom operators look into giving affordable packages for the elderly to surf the Internet at broadband speed at home. This
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    • 111 21  -  ALVI LEE Letter from I REFER to the HDB's reply, "'White' lots for limited coupon parking hours" (Oct 13). I find it ridiculous to expect drivers to stop at all car park entrances just to look at the signs indicating what the coupon parking hours
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    • 174 21  -  KOHSIOKMIN Letter from I REFER to the article "Love me, love my dog" (Oct 13). I abhor the way Kendra, Mr Kua Cheng Hock's guide dog, was treated by some. Kendra, trained with the aim of helping the visually handicapped to "see", was
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    • 339 22  -  DAVID POON Letter from I REFER to He Vi Hua's letter, "Degrees of distinction" (Oct 10) and Ran Xia's letter, "We're scholars for good reasons" (Oct 12). I am Singaporean and recently graduated from the National University of Singapore (NUS) with a
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    • 621 22  -  CHUA CHIN TAT I READ Jeremy Lim's "A few magical wishes" (Oct 9) with no small measure of impatience. Simply put, my first reaction was that it was a collection of complaints thrown together. I thought What a load of whining. But
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    • 168 23 LET me clarify, in response to Mr Chua's letter and to others, that I was not complaining. I was only amused by my observations and wished that people who own rights should spare some thought for others. I don't expect pedestrians to risk injury as a result
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    • 157 23  -  TANG SIEW HONG Letter from ON SATURDAY morning, a voluntary welfare organisation organised an outing for a group of special-needs children to visit the Dali Sculptures at Orchard Road and Raffles Place. Saturday was to have been the last day of the display. All the
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    • marketwatch
      • 242 24 AFP SHARES are expected to trade on a positive note in the week ahead after the main index closed at a new all-time high on investors' confidence in the economy, dealers said. The benchmark ST Index closed at a new record high of 2,666.68 points last Friday, a shade
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      • 36 24 US$ 0.6317 UK£ 0.3394 Yen 75.397 HK$ 4.9181 RM 2.3259 Euro 0.5038 Rupiah 5814.3 Baht 23.659 Peso 31.583 AS 0.8406 Indian Rs 28.688 Won 602.65 C$ 0.7161 Yuan 4.9906 NZ$ 0.9578 NT$ 20.922
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      • 26 24 SGX, Bloomberg Gold US$/oz 593.50 Silver US$/oz 11.71 Platinum US$/oz 1,083.30 Rubber cents/kg 291.75 Palm oil RM/tonne 1,507.50 Brant crude US$/barrel 59.52 Information provided by
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    • 463 25 OVERSEAS Union Enterprise (OUE) has bought over the shares in Clifford Development of its equal joint-venture partner UOL Group for $212.3 million, the landlord and property developer said yesterday. Clifford Development owns Overseas Union House and Change Alley Aerial Plaza, both in Collyer Quay.
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    • 250 25 AFP There were some errors in our report headlined "SPH profit down 12.3%" dated Friday, Oct 13. We apologise for the errors. This is the corrected version: SINGAPORE Press Holdings' (SPH) net profit in the year ended Aug 31 fell 12.3 per cent on lower
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    • SUCCEED the business of learning
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        • 87 26 The Rolex Awards for Enterprise will be presented in Singapore for the first time this year. In conjunction with the event, the Singapore Management University (SMU) is holding a public discussion with the world's leading scientists and explorers, with an expert panel which boasts two local
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        • 102 26 So you want to set up your own company, but how do you do it the smart way and avoid pitfalls? This two-day workshop put together by the Singapore Institute of Management (SIM) will help you deal with issues in the most efficient way. The content
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        • 135 26 TICKETS TO SEMINARS ON BULLYING Bullying is a real problem in Singapore, in schools and on the Internet. For those who want to find out how to deal with the problem and identify the telltale signs, two seminars will be held next month. The
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      • 596 26  -  LOHCHEEKONG Survey finds S'poreans are model workers, but quick to leave for promise of higher pay cheekong@newstoday.com.sg IF THE findings of a recent international survey are anything to go by, many Singapore workers are nothing short of model employees: Enthusiastic and focused, rising above
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      • 265 26  -  Yuwa Hedrick-Wong LEE U WEN BRAINFOOD Reality check: Asia's female consumers have changed their behavioural and spending patterns drastically over the past decade. Their disposable income has increased, and crucially, they are ageing too. Experts estimate that female
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      • 401 26  -  Kimberly Q: Mr Joseph lay's article, "Balancing from the top", highlighted the problem of task-oriented and uninspiring management that should partly take the blame for the lack of creativity in the workplace. I'm leading a team in a Business Development division of a bank and would like to know
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      • 948 27  -  LOH CHEE KONG onthego cheekong@media corp.com.sg WITH a name like his and a morbid fascination with the netherworld since youth, it is a wonder 40-year-old funeral director Bony Sim took so long to find his calling in life. It took 19 years a period that
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    • 789 28 Out of Africa into the fire Madonna sets tongues wagging again LILONGWE (Malawi) Where Madonna goes, controversy follows. After the media frenzy over the 6m crucifix she used on stage during her latest concert tour, the Material Girl may have stirred up her biggest storm yet by adopting a 13-month-old
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    • 397 30  -  JULIANA JUNE RASUL Father, daughter reconcile while competing in Amazing Race plus@newstoday.com.sg WHAT do you do when you need to repair a broken father-daugh-ter relationship? Why, you join The Amazing Race, of course. That's exactly what Duke and Lauren Marcoccio did when they needed to heal a
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    • INADDITION ...
      • 97 30 -AFP Acclaimed British physicist Stephen Hawking will trade in scientific journals for the big screen by starring in a movie. The Sunday Times reported. The film. Beyond the Horizon, aims to explain some of the theories backed by Hawking and his fellow physicists, including
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      • 119 30 -AP Freddy Fender, the "Bebop Kid" who turned his twangy tenor into the smash country ballad Before the Next Teardrop Falls, died on Saturday at age 69. Fender, who was diagnosed with lung cancer early this year, died at his Corpus Christi home with
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      • 88 30 The ABC Extra Stout concert returns for the sixth time this year on Dec 6 at the Singapore Indoor Stadium. The theme of this year's concert is True Friendship and will feature performances by Pin Guan, Chen Sheng and Mayday. For a pair of tickets,
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    • THE BLOOD RUSH
      • 364 32  -  Zul Othman CONCERTREVIEW by I Slayer Live at Singapore Expo EMERGING to the almost deafening roar of 3,000 screaming fans enthusiastically chanting their name, thrash metal legends Slayer brought an overwhelming cacophony of speed and aggression to the Singapore Expo
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      • 436 33  -  DAVID CHEW david.chew@mediacorp.com.sg BEWARE the latest exhibition at the National University of Singapore (NUS) Museum at the University Cultural Centre. Pencil doodles and sea creatures such as squids and octopi lurk among genitalia and blood. Eyes and innards
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        • 208 35  -  EVELINE GAN You don't need to head Down Under for a taste of tantalising seafood. Until Oct 22, the Greenhouse at The Ritz-Carlton, Millenia Singapore, will showcase gastronomic Australian delights prepared by executive chef Geoffrey Bone. Highlights include appetisers (above) made with oysters from around Australia,
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    • 436 39 —AGENCIES Ronaldo dismissed as aggressive Getafe send Capello's side spinning to defeat PRIMERAUGA Getafe 1 Real Madrid 0 MADRID Brazilian striker Ronaldo's miserable season slumped to a new low when he was sent off in the last minute of Real Madrid's 1-0 defeat at Getafe on Saturday
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    • 417 39 —AFP LONDON Under-pressure Steve McClaren (picture) insisted yesterday he would not quit as England coach despite the barrage of criticism which followed the 2-0 defeat to Croatia in midweek. The England boss was loudly criticised following the goalless draw with Macedonia at Old Trafford last Saturday. When he
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    • 813 40 —AFP Mourinho urges FA to take action against Royals player for hurting his keeper ENGLISH PREMIERSHIP Reading 0 Chelsea 1 READING, England Chelsea keeper Petr Cech underwent surgery for a depressed fracture of the skull after he was injured during the Blues' 1-0 win at Reading on
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    • 358 40 —AGENCIES MANCHESTER Wayne Rooney has reportedly entered into talks with his Manchester United paymasters about a new contract at Old Trafford, reported Sky Sports yesterday. The precociously gifted England international has made the headlines of late for a series of displays that have fallen
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    • 189 40 —AFP LONDON Arsenal have Marseille's France international Franck Ribery firmly in their sights for next season, the pacy midfielder's agent revealed yesterday. In pre-season, the 23-year-old Ribery, who rose to prominence when he helped France reach the final of the World Cup in Germany 2006, was linked
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      578 41 —AFP China, Japan flex their muscles as newjudging system irks many competitors GYMNASTICS World Championships AARHUS, Denmark -Title-holders China led Olympic champions Japan as the new system of judging generated spills and controversy at the world gymnastics championships here on Saturday (yesterday morning, Singapore time). The Chinese, on
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    • 290 41 -AFP SYDNEY Dutch swimming star Pieter van den Hoogenband has warned of fewer world records at the Beijing Olympics if finals are moved to the mornings to appease US broadcasters. Van den Hoogenband, who is bidding for three consecutive 100 m freestyle gold
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    • 844 42  -  SHARANI KHAMIS With another league title beckoning, Duric continues to enjoy his football sports@newstoday.com.sg ALEKSANDAR Duric began his football life as a defender. At 14, he was playing as a sweeper when he signed a youth contract with Sloga FC, the club of his hometown Doboj, in
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    • 399 43  -  JOSE RAYMOND They are missing four key players, but Balestier are not cowed NTUC INCOME-YEO'S S-LEAGUE2OO6 Albirex Niigata v Balestier Khalsa jose@media corp.com.sg THEY go into the game having already lost twice to their opponents and to make matters worse, four of their key players will be missing.
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    • 300 43 ONLY defending champions Tampines Rovers look capable of stopping SAFFC from lifting the 2006 NTUC Income-Yeo's S-League title. The Stags moved into second spot in the standings after a 3-1 win over Woodlands Wellington last night But the Warriors are just seven points away from the
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    • 364 43 Registration for SAFFC's KidzWarriors 2007 pro gramme is now open and will close on Oct 20. The nine-month long Community Soccer Programme is specially organised for kids (boys and girls) aged 7-11 years (born between 1996-2000). It will kick off on Jan 14,2007 between
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    • 208 44 —AFP MELBOURNE -Coach John Kosmina grabbed Melbourne Victory skipper Kevin Muscat by the throat in a sideline melee as his Adelaide United team won 1-0 in their tense A-League clash here yesterday. Greg Owens grabbed the winner in the 83rd minute before 32,000 fans to end
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    • 530 44  -  TANYO-HINN Thrown out of Asian Games squad, Dv and Zhang hope SAA will listen to their appeal yohinn@media corp.com.sg SINGAPORE shot put stars Zhang Guirong and Dv Xianhui are in despair. Last Friday, the Singapore Athletic Association (SAA) dropped the pair from the Asian Games
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    • 247 44  -  Volkswagen Masters -AFP GOLF -China SANYA, China Retief Goosen (right) retained his Volkswagen Masters-China title by three strokes yesterday, the first successful title defence of his career. The world No 7 shot a one-under-par 71 to finish with an impressive 21-under-par 267 total at the Yalong Bay
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      467 45 —AFP Taufik wilts as world champ bags his sixth title of the year BADMINTON Japan Open TOKYO World champion Lin Dan defeated Olympic goldmedallist Taufik Hidayat 16-21, 21-16, 21-3 yesterday to retain his Japan Open title. The Chinese star could not keep up with Taufik in the first
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    • 233 45 —AFP TEST CRICKET The Ashes SYDNEY Skipper Ricky Ponting has rejected suggestions that Shane Warne's close friendship with Kevin Pietersen shows Australia are too friendly with Ashes rivals England. Former Test stars Merv Hughes, Allan Border and Mark Waugh have urged Ponting's team
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      384 45 GREAT WORK, POLICE SERBIAN police arrested a group of 37 football fans for "racist behaviour" directed at a black player during a league match in the central town of Cacak yesterday. The fans of Cacak side Borac, wearing white hats and inscriptions of the Ku Klux Klan, shouted racist
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