Today, 30 October 2006, Afternoon Edition

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    13 1 TODAY /A=diaCorp share your free newspaper Monday October 30, 2006 todayonline.com MICA(P) 192/07/2006
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  • AFTERNOON
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      A bit more give and take for charities ?
      827 1  - A bit more give and take for charities CHRISTIE LOH Govt may tweak rules to benefit both foreign and local NGOs christie@mediacorp.com.sg FOREIGN charities, put off by some of Singapore's restrictive fundraising rules, may soon find the Republic more suitable as a hub. Sources told Today that the Government has
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      Lock icon Philippines braces for possible disaster as typhoon lashes north
      450 1 —AP MANILA Typhoon Cimaron, named after a wild ox, blasted roofs off homes in the northern Philippines late yesterday as officials said it may be one of the most powerful storms to hit the country. Hospitals and troops prepared for the
      —AP  -  450 words
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  • hot news
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      Lifting that deathly
      934 2  -  DERRICK A PAULO It's an awkward topic, but one we must start dialogue on: Khaw demck@media corp. com. sg HELPING Singaporeans manage issues of death will be one of Health Minister Khaw Boon Wan's priorities over the next five years. And although he acknowledged that it may
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      Lock icon ON WRITING THE GREAT SINGAPORE NOVEL
      782 2  -  LIANG DINGZI Local literati must tap into the country's soul THE noticeable absence of Eng-lish-language writers from the list of Singapore's Cultural Medallion recipients especially following Turkish writer Orhan Pamuk's Nobel literature prize win and Indiaborn Kiran Desai's Man Booker Prize win calls for
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  • singapore news
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      Lock icon Number of litterbugs on the rise
      398 4 CHANNEL NEWSASIA COURTESY OF DESPITE years of campaigns, fines and corrective work orders, the number of litterbugs has shown no signs of abating. About 4,003 Singaporeans were caught littering in the first nine months of this year, surpassing the 3,819 nabbed during the whole
      – CHANNEL NEWSASIA; MEDIACORPTV12VASANTHAM CENTRAL  -  398 words
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      Going for a China gamble instead?
      512 4  -  LEONGWEEKEAT Capita Land looking to other Asia options if IR bid fails IN CHENGDU weekeat@mediacorp.com.sg IF IT fails in the race for the Sentosa Integrated Resort (IR), Capita Land has its sights set on making other inroads into Asia's leisure, resort and entertainment businesses.
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      Lock icon Forging stronger ties
      421 6  -  JASMINE YIN Singapore, other Asean members plan new co-operation with China IN NANNING jasmine@media corp.com.sg SINGAPORE'S experience in economic infrastructure development will come in handy as China and the Association of South-east Asian Nations (Asean) gear up to discuss a new sub-regional co-oper-ation project today. Chinese premier
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    • Article
      Cheaper flights to India
      299 6  -  CHRISTIE LOH christie@media corp.com.sg MORE cheap flights to India could come Singapore's way, and fares could be as low as half the usual price. Air India Express, the first Indian low-cost carrier to fly here may offer Hyderabad, Bangalore, and Trichi, on top of its current
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      All for the sight of a smile
      462 8 MifcMiliH Engineer who develops products for the disadvantaged is one of a few Singaporeans at entrepreneurs' event Over 10,000 delegates from all over the world-government officiab, entrepreneurs and venture capitalists will descend on Singapore today for the four-day Global Entrepolis Singapore (GES) 2006,
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      ASESGOESPLACES
      257 8  -  -MIRAKASHINATH SO, YOU want to be the next You Tube phenomenon and are seeking a big backer? Financial muscle and professional help will meet with bright, youthful ideas this week at the first AsiaPacific Student Entrepreneurship Society Singapore (Ases) Conference. The two-day event a platform for student entrepreneurs premieres
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      818 7 l Oincome Insurance Insights Policyholders enjoyed up Good news for investors nQ L^ I j*m L^ m* i#^%^i tt^v\f f^V\ With effect from Ist July 2006, NTUC Income Why are lower charges important to the /O IvJII vJ I I%J LvJ I Ij has lowered the annual fund charges for
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  • world news
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      Lock icon President takes over
      408 10 -AFP Bangladesh leader appoints himself as head of interim govt DHAKA Bangladesh's President lajuddin Ahmed (picture) yesterday named himself and was sworn in as the head of a caretaker government to oversee national elections, an official said, sparking fears of fresh violence between supporters of rival political
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    • GLOBALROUNDUP
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        Lock icon KATSAV ADVISED TO STEP DOWN
        64 10 —AFP Israeli President Moshe Katsav should step down pending a possible rape indictment, the nation's attorney-general said yesterday. Mr Menahem Mazuz also suggested that Parliament use its right to impeach the head of state should he refuse to step down. This comes after police declared
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        Lock icon RUSSIA IS NOW TOP ARMS SUPPLIER
        110 10 -AFP The United States last year ceded to Russia and France its role of top arms supplier to the developing world as it failed to take full advantage of emerging markets and opportunities created by booming oil prices, according to a study. The annual
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      Lock icon Sultan among more than 100 feared dead in Nigeria air crash
      221 10 -AFP ABUJA More than 100 people, including the spiritual leader of Nigeria's Muslims, were killed yesterday when an airliner crashed after take-off in the capital Abuja, officials and aviation sources said. "The plane took off this morning from Lagos
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      Lock icon Trilateral talks in January on nuke crises
      212 10 -AFP TOKYO Japan, the United States and Australia will hold a strategic dialogue in early January to affirm their solidarity in dealing with the North Korean and Iranian nuclear crises, reports said yesterday. The trilateral talks reflect the international community's efforts to pressure
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      Lock icon China is welcome to nudge Myanmar along: M'sia
      203 12 AFP NANNING (China) The Association of South-east Asian Nations (Asean) must shoulder responsibility for the slow pace of democratic reform in Myanmar, but any help from China in nudging the military regime in that direction is welcome, Malaysia said yesterday. "Ultimately, Myanmar
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      Lock icon China, Asean eye trade prize
      398 12 -AFP Plans for giant economic zone are on track NANNING (China) Chinese and South-east Asian leaders will underline their commitment to creating a giant free trade zone by 2010 at a summit here, according to a draft statement seen here yesterday. China's premier Wen Jiabao
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      Lock icon Global warming could cost more than WWI and WWII
      234 14 -AFP LONDON Failure by governments to take bold action against global warming in the next decade could cost the world up to US$6.9B trillion ($10.9 trillion), according to a new report. Excerpts of a 700-page report to be released today by
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      Lock icon Blair's military policies under fire
      231 14 -AFP Memo suggests Iraq, Afghanistan have fuelled terrorism in UK LONDON British Prime Minister Tony Blair's military policies were attacked on two fronts yesterday as a leaked memo linked them with terrorism at home, and his favourite general called the Afghanistan war "cuckoo". Leaked Cabinet
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      Lock icon Suharto's son to walk free today
      204 15 -AP JAKARTA The youngest son of Indonesia's former dictator Suharto is expected to be released from prison today after serving two-thirds of a sentence for orchestrating the murder of a Supreme Court judge, a prison official said yesterday. "Tommy will leave Cipinang jail for
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      Lock icon Anwar backs Dr M's criticism
      382 15 —AFP Former deputy agrees M'sia is a police state KUALA LUMPUR Former Deputy Premier Anwar Ibrahim has endorsed former Premier Mahathir Mohamad's claims that Malaysia is a police state, and said the new government should address police brutality and repressive laws. Mr Anwar, who was
      —AFP; AFP  -  382 words
    • GLOBALROUNDUP
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        M'SIA LOOKING INTO FERRY TERMINAL FOR KOTA TINGGI
        96 15 Malaysian authorities plan to develop a ferry terminal in Kota Tinggi, Johor, which has been under-utilised since a Johor-Singapore ferry service was suspended in 2002, The New Straits Times reported. The Johor Port Authority (LPJ) has asked consultants to conduct a feasibility
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        Lock icon CHINA LAUNCHES 1ST BROADCAST SATELLITE
        77 15 AFP China successfully launched its first direct broadcasting satellite into space yesterday aboard a Long March-3B carrier rocket, the state Xinhua news agency reported. The satellite is designed to serve television and broadband multimedia systems on the Chinese mainland. Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan. It
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        Lock icon US SOLDIER KIDNAPPED WHILE VISITING SECRET IRAQI WIFE
        63 15 -AFP A United States soldier who was kidnapped this week in Baghdad had left his base to visit his secret Iraqi wife, said an Iraqi relative. The soldier was visiting his wife at a family home in downtown Baghdad when he was
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      Lock icon AT LEBANON'S 'GROUND ZERO'
      1234 16 An aid workers story of braving unexploded ordnances and using taxis to help victims of the Israel-Hezbollah conflict Mr ifeww Cook, 49, a member of World Vision's Global Rapid Response Team (GRRT), spent a month in the conflict zone helping Lebanese families affected by Israel's recent
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      Govt officials must try public transport
      247 20  -  RICHARD GOMEZ Letter from THE campaign to get Singaporeans out of their cars and onto public transport can only work if there is a complete change in the way we think. The car is a symbol of one's social status and it is hardly
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    • Article, Illustration
      Lock icon isay LET'S DO THE MATH ON THE COMMUTE
      628 20  -  ADRIAN TAN SIEW Kum Hong, in his News Comment ("Don't miss the sense for the dollars", Oct 27) gave his take on the public transport system from the perspective of "a former public transport user and current driver". Let me give the
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    • Letter
      Why not a hybrid concession pass for adults?
      353 20  -  JAN ETTA LIN Letter from WHEN I was a student years back, we had hybrid concession passes. Students could take up to four MRT rides a day and use the pass on both SMRT and SBS buses. Many of my classmates possessed
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    • Putting a stop to the full stop
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      Interbank offer rate rose 0.2%, but bank raised FBR by 0.85%
      340 22  -  LEONG NGAI KUN Letter from THE recent letters regarding banks' multiple floating board rates (FBR) and subsequent explanation given by Association of Banks in Singapore (ABS) have shown the lack of transparencies not only on the use of multiple
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    • Letter
      Making online banking safer
      452 22  -  ALOYSIUS LOW SMS one-time log-in PIN to the account holder Letter from I REFER to Mr Toh Kok Seng's letter, "Passwords: A pain in the (Oct 27). While I agree with some of the points he raised, I disagree with others. He said that most unauthorised
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      Companies need to get serious about ratings
      294 23  -  MARYANNE MAES Make exemplary performance in audit checks a part of corporate culture Letter from I REFER to the report, "Saddled with a 'B\ Cisco raises guard" (Oct 27). I read with amusement about Cisco's angst arising from its below-par performance following the
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      It matters more if my MP is down to earth and accessible
      187 23  -  JEFFREY LAW LEE BENG Letter from READING the report, "Walking the talk" (Oct 28--29), one wonders how the 24 new People's Action Party MPs will fare in Parliament, which convenes this week. Given a total of 84 MPs,
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      FOCUS ON THE FAMILY
      243 24  -  DR JAMES DOBSON BY IDA LONG DISTANCE RACE When I was in college, I ran a long distance race I will never forget. I didn't win it, but I did learn a valuable lesson about myself, and about marriage. It was my first year in university,
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      Lock icon isay GRIEVING'S NOT EASY WITH A COLD HEART OF GOLD
      918 24  -  ANITA KAPOOR ALL of sudden, death or rather, dying has gotten itself a whole lot of attention. Because of the Life Before Death campaign, now we have clever ads explaining how the terminally ill can educate others, a video diary
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    • Letter
      Flashy licence plates not legal, give us the numbers
      194 25  -  NALEEZAEBRAHIM Letter from Deputy Director, Media Relations Land Transport Authority (LTA) I REFER to Mr Kevin Lam's letter, "Questionable Plates" (Oct 19). Mr Lam has raised a valid concern about the use of licence plates with highly reflective letters and figures
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      isay GIVE MARKS FOR CARE AND DEDICATION
      497 26  -  HO KONG LOON THE Enhanced Performance Measurement System (EPMS) is the current instrument all schools use to carry out the annual ranking of their teachers. The criteria for assessment are unwieldy. My appeal is for a tweak that mandates the recognition and rewarding
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      sayagain
      66 26 While I am all for a humane approach to handling those with financial problems and debts, I draw the line at banks giving vacation loans. Paying off debts in a way that does not hinder one's lifestyle can easily be abused, as the line between an extravagant luxury and
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    • Letter
      Good service on hold
      145 26  -  OVEBYSHEIM Letter from I CALLED the KFC home delivery line on Oct 24. After being put on hold for 15 minutes, a staff came on the line only to tell me that they were not taking any orders at the moment After being on the line
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  • Businesstoday
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      Ascott Group eyes 2nd-tier Chinese cities
      414 28  -  LEONGWEEKEAT AFTER gaining a foothold in China's top metropolises, serviced residences provider The Ascott Group is aiming to make similar inroads into the country's second-tier cities. Singapore-based Ascott is looking to expand its operations in Chinese cities including Chengdu, Dalian, Qingdao, Shenyang, Nanjing and
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      CapitaLand enters China's central region
      697 28  -  LEONG WEE KEAT Buys Chinese developer as platform for next phase in country IN CHENGDU weekeat@mediacorp.com.sg PROPERTY giant Capita Land, which has already made inroads along China's top-tier coastal cities, has made its maiden entry into the country's central region. Capita Land's China Holdings acquired
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      UOB conferred Eurotnoney award
      76 28 UNITED Overseas Bank (UOB) has been conferred Euromoney's Best Corporate Governance Singapore Award in a recent poll of companies in emerging markets. The only firm or financial institution in Singapore ranked among the top 50 com- panics polled globally, this is the second consecutive year that
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    • marketwatch
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        Lock icon Singapore
        129 29 -AFP SHARE prices here are expected to be weaker this week as investors lock in profits after a record-breaking run, dealers said. For the week ending Oct 27, the ST Index closed at 2,729.98, up 43.55 points, or 1.62 per cent, over the previous week. "The valuation now is
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        Your S$1 buys
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        Lock icon Commodities
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      Signature 'forged': Bio-Treat chairman
      373 29  -  CHRISTIE LOH Company co-founder claims resignation was falsified, says his shares are missing christie@mediacorp.com.sg THE chairman of Bio-Treat Technology, a wastewater treatment specialist, has complained to the police about an allegedly falsified resignation letter. A confrontation between board members could ensue at the company's annual general
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      1044 32  -  EUSACHIA JEANINETAN Singapore's golden girl had reason to gloat at the Global Chinese Music Awards on Saturday, even if red-carpet date and Hong Kong superstar Andy Lav told her to 'eat more' AND elisa@media corp.com.sg STEFANIE Sun couldn't stop smiling during the Global Chinese Music Awards
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      178 34 HE MAY have sired the King of Pop, but it would be a stretch to call Michael Jackson's father the Head Honcho of Hip-Hop. Still, it will be as a scout for up-and-com-ing hip-hop talent that Joe Jackson (picture) will visit Singapore
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      287 34  -  DAVID CHEW Ideas people to share expertise in summit here next month david.chew@mediacorp.com.sg A MONTH-long showcase to celebrate and promote Singapore's creative industries is what Creative 2006 aspires to be. Back for a second year next month, the event promises a wide range of homegrown creative projects
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        65 36 Singapore director Royston Tan's latest film 4.30 has won yet another award at an international film festival. 4.50t00k home the Netpac Award at the Hawaii International Film Festival, which ended on Sunday. The jury commended the film for its "exquisite study of loneliness and alienation and
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      498 37  -  JEANINETAN Days of Glory, about mistreated French-African soldiers, sees justice served jeanine@mediacorp.com.sg IT'S not often that a film about historical events makes a little history of its own. But that's exactly what the French war film Indigenes its English title is Days of Glory did earlier
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        603 38  -  LOW SHI PING Traditional dishes give a splendid introduction to this little-known cuisine f ood@newstoday.com.sg SITUATED along the waterfront at One Fullerton, Sanoßar Restaurant is the latest Lebanese fine dining restaurant and bar to hit our shores. This cosy restaurant was set up by Lebanese couple
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      972 42  -  JOSE RAYMOND From the depths of despair, SAFFC's head coach is charting a remarkable new journey jose@media corp.com.sg THE team were on a high after clinching the 1996 Pioneer Series title. A little more than two months after their exhilarating triumph, the SAFFC
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      202 43 GEYLANG United picked up only their fourth victory of the 2006 NTUC IncomeYeo's S-League season when they sent Gombak United crashing to a 2-0 defeat at the Bedok Stadium last night. Goals by defender Fathi Yunus (picture, left) in the 7th mm and Hafiz Rahim five minutes before
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      985 43  -  JOSE RAYMOND With Vincent at the helm, the Protectors are aiming high NTUC INCOME-YEO'S S-LEAGUE 2006 Home United v Balestier Khalsa jose@media corp.com.sg AFTER back-to-back victories against two of the S-League's big guns, Home United could yet finish the 2006 season second behind champions SAFFC. Last Monday,
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      414 44 -AFP Blatter says referee erred in awarding Italy penalty SYDNEY Fifa boss Sepp Blatter has apologised to Australian fans saying the Socceroos should have played in this year's World Cup quarter-final instead of eventual champions Italy. Australia's players and fans were outraged when Spanish referee Luis Medina Cantalejo
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      210 44 —AFP BOSTON Red Auerbach (picture), the legendary coach of the Boston Celtics, died Saturday in Washington at the age of 89, the National Basketball Association team said. The Celtics statement said Auerbach "passed away suddenly". Auerbach joined the Celtics in 1950 as the club's third coach
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      346 44 -AP KINGSTON, Jamaica Former heavyweight boxing champion Trevor Berbick was found dead in a church courtyard Saturday with chop wounds to his head in a suspected homicide. Berbick, 52, was beset by legal problems following his retirement from the ring. He lost his heavyweight title
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      459 45 -AFP Milan come up short in San Siro thriller as champions extend lead SERIEA Inter Milan 4 AC Milan 3 ROME Inter Milan coach Roberto Mancini said the dismissal of Marco Materazzi almost cost his side victory in Saturday's (yesterday morning, Singapore time) pulsating 4-3 derby win
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      146 45 ALMOST 3,500 enthusiasts completed Singapore's biggest-ever road race for women yesterday morning. The Great Eastern Women 10K was flagged off at 7.30 am by Minister of State for National Development, Grace Fu, and it took the runners on a scenic 10km route from Esplanade Drive all
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      223 45 ■AFP PRIMERAUGA Barcelona 3 Recreativo Huelva 0 MADRID World Player of the Year Ronaldinho scored twice to help reigning champions Barcelona extend their lead at the top of the Spanish first division with a 3-0 win over Recreativo Huelva on Saturday (yesterday morning, Singapore time).
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      160 45 HOME UNITED UPSETS GIANTS! Beats two top sides in last two games! S.League Home United Bal Khalsa Mon, 30/10/06 730pm S.League Sengkang SAF FC Mon, 30/10/06 7.30pm S.League Young Lions Tampines Tue, 31/10/06 7.30pm UE Champions Spartak Inter Wed, 01/11/06 1.30 am UE Champions Levski Sofia W Bremen Wed, 01/11/06
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      657 46 -AFP Win for the club ends eight straight defeats and stops its worst run in 74 years ENGLISH PREMIERSHIP West Ham 2 Blackburn Rovers 1 LONDON West Ham hauled themselves out of the relegation zone with a passionate 2-1 win over Blackburn at
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      494 46 -AFP BASEL (Switzerland) Roger Federer fulfilled his boyhood dream with a first career title at his home Swiss Indoors yesterday (early today, Singapore time), thrashing out a 6-3, 6-2, 7-6 (7/3) victory over Chile's Fernando Gonzalez. The world No 1 came good on his
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      477 47 -AFP MANCHESTER Sir Alex Ferguson, who celebrates 20 years in charge at Old Trafford in November, wants to win the Champions League one more time before he quits as Manchester United manager. Ferguson has won eight Premier League titles, five FA Cups, two League Cups, one European
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      196 47  -  DESPITE another game-high 28 points by Mike Helms and the best efforts of the 2,500-odd crowd at the Indoor Stadium, the Singapore Slingers fell to a second consecutive home defeat when they went down 90-83 to the Sydney Kings yesterday in a Philips NBL Championships encounter. After
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      301 47 -AFP ENGLISH PREMIERSHIP Bolton 0 Man United 4 LONDON Manchester United's Wayne Rooney said it was good to be back amongst the goals, after his first Premiership hat-trick against Bolton saw him end a run of 10 scoreless games. United stayed top of the Premiership
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      87 47  -  RONALD Susilo won his first badminton title since rupturing his Achilles tendon in August last year when he dumped Kendrick Lee 21-11, 21-6 in the all-Singapore men's singles final of the US$5O,OOO ($77,982) Bitburger Open in Germany yesterday. In the mixed doubles final, Singapore's Li Yujia and
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