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Title Section13 2006-12-28 1 TODAY //\=£>Jj\COßP share your free newspaper MICA(P) 314/10/2006 Thursday December 28, 2006 todayonline.com13 words
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Article, Illustration614 2006-12-28 1 CHRISTIE LOH - CHRISTIE LOH Taiwan quakes break undersea cables, disrupting Internet connections in Asia christie@mediacorp.com.sg WHEN an earthquake struck Taiwan at 10.26pm on Tuesday the second anniversary of the deadly Asian tsunami seismologists warned of giant waves hitting the Philippines. They were wrong, but the ripples have now spreadAFP, ARTWORK EDRIC SNG - 614 words
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424 2006-12-28 1 Growing China feels the heat floods and mudslides to follow AGENCIES BEIJING Less than 50 years from now, China will overtake the United States as the world's biggest economy. Yesterday, it counted the cost of its progress and did not like what it saw. In its first ever comprehensive reviewAGENCIES - 424 words
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Miscellaneous36 2006-12-28 1 |MS|D| hot news 2 Singapore news 4 world news 12 voices 18 business 24 plus 28 chystyle 34 traveller 35 1v 38 classed 39 sports 40 we set you thinking -h THE BORAT INTERVIEW ROGER THAT36 words
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Miscellaneous9 2006-12-28 1 BROADBAND HIGHS PAGE 6 AFTER THE SHOCK PAGE 129 words
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Article, Illustration129 2006-12-28 2 DPA THE 38th and only unelected President in the United States' history, Mr Gerald R Ford (picture), died on Tuesday, CNN reported. He was 93. "My family joins me in sharing the difficult news that Gerald Ford, our beloved husband, father, grandfather and great grandfatherDPA - 129 words
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968 2006-12-28 2 TAN HUI LENG - TAN HUI LENG Says MAS blocking cheaper flights to XL huileng@media corp. com. sg LONG having challenged Singapore to open up the lucrative air route to Kuala Lumpur, the chief executive of budget carrier Air Asia has changed his tune. Mr Tony Fernandes said968 words
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Article, Illustration587 2006-12-28 3 LEE U- WEN - LEE U-WEN IDAYEXCLUSIVE Workers should not have to choose between their jobs and their families: Manpower Minister u-wen@mediacorp.com.sg IN A country that is often lauded for its wellbuilt infrastructure and is constantly polishing its hardware, it may be easy to overlook the software.TODAY FILE PHOTO - 587 words
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Singapore news
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Article349 2006-12-28 4 SHERALYNTAY - SHERALYNTAY A TOTAL of 48 applications have been submitted for the post of Nominated Member of Parliament (NMP) this year a record high since the NMP scheme began in 1990. There are 36 submissions from the general public, with 12 nominations from the349 words
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Article, Illustration21 2006-12-28 4 NMP applications through the years 4sl 37l 2l| igl 291 111 Former NMPs Chandra Mohan (left) and Eunice Olsen21 words
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Article, Illustration332 2006-12-28 4 SHERALYN TAY - SHERALYN TAY Retaining wall collapses, two families evacuated sheralyn®mediacorp.com.sg TWO homes in Upper Serangoon Road became victims of the recent incessant downpour when a three-metre-high retaining wall collapsed yesterday, damaging a kitchen and forcing the evacuation of both families. Calling it a "slope failure", the Building andCHANNEL NEWSASIA - 332 words
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233 2006-12-28 4 DERRICK A PAULO - DERRICK A PAULO ORGANISATIONS in Singapore are doing their bit to help their neighbours in Johor who have been hit by the floods. Yesterday, a second team from the Singapore Red Cross Society left for Kota Tinggi to help with relief efforts. The eight233 words
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Article383 2006-12-28 6 JASMINE YIN - JASMINE YIN Committee calls for better care to help them meld with mainstream society jasmme@media corp.com.sg FITTING in is something most kids worry about but it's an especially critical issue for a child who is disabled. Indeed, it is so important to how well they integrate383 words
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Article276 2006-12-28 6 - HEDIRMANSUPIAN - -HEDIRMANSUPIAN ON A day that Internet connection in Asia slowed to a crawl because of damaged undersea cables, Star Hub launched Singapore's fastest wired broadband Internet service. It offers subscribers a 100 megabits per second (Mbps) connection three times faster than current services. Mr276 words
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Article, Illustration810 2006-12-28 8 ADRIAN TAN - ADRIAN TAN Creativity is messy, individualistic and has a dark side: Can we live with it? CREATIVITY is a much talked about and hyped topic in Singapore. We are told that creativity is key to Singapore's continued prosperity. But are we willing or capable of paying the price810 words
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387 2006-12-28 8 LEE U- WEN - LEE U-WEN u-wen@media corp.com.sg GOING for work-related training may seem like a chore, but finishing that course could help you move up the corporate ladder, snag a higher salary, even open new doors to other jobs. A paper on structured387 words
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world news
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Article, Illustration352 2006-12-28 12 AGENCIES Taiwan quake kills two, injures 42; damages estimated to costsl.Bm TAIPEI As Taiwan took stock a day after a powerful 7.1-magnitude earthquake rocked the island, officials said the quake killed two and injured up to 42 people, and caused millions of dollars in damage. TheAGENCIES; AFF - 352 words
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235 2006-12-28 12 -AGENCIES KUALA LUMPUR The week-long heavy downpours and floods in Malaysia have caused RMBI million ($35.2 million) worth of damages to roads and bridges, and officials expect the figure to escalate as the weather worsened yesterday, Works Minister Samy Vellu said Johor-AGENCIES - 235 words
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Article135 2006-12-28 12 -AP Emergency rations and medicine were airlifted yesterday to 414,000 people displaced by torrential rains on Sumatra island, where flash floods and a landslide have killed at least 109 and left hundreds missing. Survivors waded through shoulder-high water, stood on rooftops or paddled boats to-AP - 135 words
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134 2006-12-28 12 -DPA BAGHDAD Hundreds of Iraqis have applied to act as executioner of former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein following the confirmation of his death sentence by Iraq's appeals court, an adviser to Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri Al Maliki said yesterday. Mr Bassam-DPA - 134 words
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Article, Illustration292 2006-12-28 14 —AFP TAIPEI Taiwanese President Chen Shuibian's son-in-law, Chao Chien-ming, was sentenced to six years in prison and fined NT$3O million ($1.4 million) for insider trading, a court spokesman said yesterday. Chao, a doctor suspended by the National Taiwan University—AFP; AFP - 292 words
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Article, Illustration327 2006-12-28 14 -AGENCIES Even Datuks, Tan Sris will be penalised for harbouring illegal workers KUALA LUMPUR Malaysian immigration authorities have ordered the arrest of 12 CEOs for harbouring hundreds of illegal Bangladeshi workers, reports said yesterday. Immigration enforcement director Ishak Mohamed said one of the firms involved-AGENCIES; AFP - 327 words
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Article, Illustration92 2006-12-28 16 Some 30,000 non-citizens serve in the United States armed forces. Since the 911 terror attacks on the US, the number of immigrants in the military who have become American citizens have increased from 750 to 4,600 last year. •About 100 non-citizens serving with the US military have beenmmtsM - 92 words
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597 2006-12-28 16 ASIFANSAR - ASIFANSAR Embattled US turning to noncitizens to boost troop levels asif@media corp.com.sg WASHINGTON Stretched to "breaking point" by the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the United States military is considering plans to beef up its ranks by offering citizenship to more foreigners and setting597 words
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175 2006-12-28 18 TAN KIN LI AN - TAN KIN LI AN Letter from I REFER to the letters "Bank on safety and convenience" (Dec 27). I use Internet banking. My bank recently sent me a security device. I had a lot of trouble registering it Those troubles are over,175 words
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Letter278 2006-12-28 18 NARAYANANARAYANA - NARAYANANARAYANA Have large signs on cabs to show different starting fares Letter from AN INNOCUOUSLY-placed "Notice" in the advertisement pages of one publication on Dec 27 informs the public that "the following (taxi) fares will take effect" from 6am, Jan 3. Three separate start-up metered fares will278 words
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Article492 2006-12-28 18 SIMKAHCHOON - SIMKAHCHOON APPARENTLY, my taking up of Singapore citizenship was not a popular idea. Most naysayers would, without malice, tell me it was an unwise move. For such a drastic decision, the justifications were disproportionately low. Why burn the bridge when you can be free492 words
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Article235 2006-12-28 20 DR JAMES DOBSON - DR JAMES DOBSON BY RECOGNISING MENTAL ILLNESS Every parent of a teenager may wonder at some point if their son or daughter has gone crazy. How can you tell the difference between normal behaviour and the beginnings of mental illness? Dr Paul Meier, psychiatrist and author,235 words
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590 2006-12-28 20 LIANG DINGZI - LIANG DINGZI IN THE mad holiday rush at one store, a customer decided to jump queue by going straight to the cashier on the pretext of making an enquiry about the merchandise, before passing it across the counter for payment Everyone nearby just stared,590 words
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Letter429 2006-12-28 23 YEO GUAT KWANG - YEO GUAT KWANG Watchdog stands firm on unjustified, opaque price hikes Letter from President Consumers Association of Singapore (Case) I REFER to the letters by Leong Sze Hian ("Price hikes and the role of the consumer watchdog", Dec 23) and Jeffrey Law Lee Beng ("A Case429 words
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330 2006-12-28 23 ANGELINA FERNANDEZ - ANGELINA FERNANDEZ Letter from Director (Communications) Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) I REFER to the letter, "Light, in the financial dark" (Dec 5). We agree with the writer that raising market conduct standards in the financial industry requires joint efforts by the MAS, financial330 words
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Businesstoday
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Article, Illustration784 2006-12-28 24 VASU MENON - VASU MENON news@newstoday.com.sg REGIONAL equities posted strong gains this year and they remain the preferred asset class for the coming year, according to an OCBC Wealth Management Unit poll of 18 fund managers. The fund managers were sanguine on the outlook for theBLOO_MBERG - 784 words
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Article120 2006-12-28 24 -AFP CHANNEL NEWSASIA Neptune Orient Lines (NOL) has been granted a licence by Vietnam to provide container transportation and logistics services in the country. It will set up a company called APL-NOL (Vietnam) on Jan 1 to replace its existing joint venture with a Vietnamese firm under which it-AFP; CHANNEL NEWSASIA - 120 words
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190 2006-12-28 24 Holding Company (CAH), will, through their joint venture companies, Beijing Airport Inflight Kitchen (Baik) and Beijing Aviation Ground Services Co (BGS), expand their inflight catering and ground handling businesses to eight more airports Tianjin, Nanchang, Wuhan, Chongqing, Guiyang, Changchun, Hohhot and Harbin.190 words
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Article329 2006-12-28 27 — CHOW PENN NEE - CHOW PENN NEE DBS Bank has taken its first step to gaining easier access to China's burgeoning savings market. Singapore's biggest lender said yesterday that it had gained approval from the China Banking Regulatory Commission (CBRC) to incorporate locally in China, a move that will329 words
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marketwatch
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Article99 2006-12-28 27 -DOW JONES - SHARE prices closed up after touching a record high of 2,971.53 intraday. The ST Index (STI) was up 18.72 points, or 0.6 per cent, at 2,961.25. In the broad market, advancers outnumbered decliners 477 to 173 as 1.38 billion shares worth $842.7 million were traded, boosted by active trading99 words
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Article36 2006-12-28 27 US$ 0.6504 UK£ 0.3319 Yen 77.199 HK$ 5.0584 RM 2.2986 Euro 0.4945 Rupiah 5,877.3 Baht 23.637 Peso 31.998 A$ 0.8279 Indian Rs 28.884 Won 605.19 C$ 0.7549 Yuan 5.0866 NZ$ 0.9262 NT$ 21.26536 words
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Article55 2006-12-28 27 Nikkei 225 *****.63 +79.44 +0.46 Hang Seng ASX 19,725.73 5643.20 +409.21 +39.50 +2.1 +0.70 Taiwan Wtd 7780.44 +52.85 +0.68 Korea Comp 1425.10 -8.82 -0.62 KLCI 1083.22 +5.07 +0.47 SET Index 687.88 -0.84 -0.12 Jakarta Comp 1,803.26 +19.29 +1.08 Phils Comp Shenzhen B 2881.90 424.27 +23.59 +1.84 +0.83 +0.4455 words
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Article25 2006-12-28 27 Gold US$/oz 626.90 Silver US$/oz 12.73 Platinum US$/0z1,132.00 Rubber cents/kg 298.25 Palm oil RM/tonne 1,885.50 BrentUSs/barrel 61.07 Information provided by SGX, Dow Jones, Bloomberg25 words
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Article, Illustration1251 2006-12-28 28 Neil Humphreys - Neil Humphreys INTERNATIONAL SUPERSTAR BORATTALKS ABOUT HIS SEXUAL EXPLOITS, MELVIN GIBSON AND WHY HIS BITS ARE STILL ITCHY BORAT Sagdiyev stole my handphone. The Kazakh TV celebrity strolled into the room, kissed several male journalists on both cheeks and then spotted the phone.PHOTO MONTAGE BYYENYOK - 1,251 words
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Article, Illustration493 2006-12-28 30 ZULOTHMAN - ZULOTHMAN Sparklehorse a ka Mark Linkous keeps his eyes on the music zul@media corp.com.sg CRITICISM doesn't faze singersongwriter Mark Linkous, largely because he tends not to be aware of it "I never really read press reports," the American musician, who records under the name Sparklehorse, told Today493 words
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Article, Illustration203 2006-12-28 30 THE Godfather of Soul is set to live on in movies. Music legend James Brown may have died of congestive heart failure on Monday at age 73, but his life story is soon to become the subject of a movie by director Spike Lee. The maker203 words
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Article, Illustration448 2006-12-28 32 GRACE YAP - GRACE YAP It's a case of same show, same bad luckforthree leading men of Chinese drama The Peak grace@media corp.com.sg IF GOOD luck comes in threes, so too does bad fortune. At least that seems to be the case for the trio of accident-prone actors whoTREVOR TAN - 448 words
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Article, Illustration229 2006-12-28 33 -AFP LONDON The evil Lord Voldemort and Harry Potter himself are leading the field in betting on who will kill the schoolboy wizard in the last of the popular book series, British bookmaker William Hill said yesterday. Author J X Rowling said last Thursday-AFP - 229 words
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Article, Illustration305 2006-12-28 34 i LEATHER LUXURIES iWant an organiser that will last you for years? Invest in one from the Montblanc Diaries and Notes collection. Made using traditional leather-crafting methods and priced from $185, these organisers will never go out of style or out of shape, and I will make you305 words
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Article, Illustration96 2006-12-28 34 Even while the fashion world waits with bated breath for the results of the collaboration between supermodel Kate Moss and High Street stalwart Topshop -the new clothing label will be out next spring here comes along another chic collaboration. Actress-model Milla Jovovich will be designing an96 words
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Article, Illustration107 2006-12-28 34 Since we tropics-dwellers can forget about ushering in the spring season to the thawing of creeks and blossoming fields, the next best thing to do is to inject some fresh spring colours into our wardrobe. That's the case in the new Raoul Spring-Summer 2007 collection. Men's107 words
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Article, Illustration113 2006-12-28 34 If your friends and colleagues have been making snide remarks about your dressing, make 2007 the year to really wow them. Drop by retail chain Forever 21 and buy yourself a brand new wardrobe. Don't be fooled by the brand name, though -you don't have to113 words
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Article, Illustration798 2006-12-28 35 TORCHING LI - TORCHING LI Feel the buzz and calm in ever-surprising New York City chingli@media corp.com.sg ON the highway into New York City, I spotted a splash of graffiti on a wall that stylistically declared: "I love NY" and I'm sure it wasn't spray-painted there byPHOTOS BYTOR CHING LI &AFP - 798 words
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Article, Illustration759 2006-12-28 36 -MCT Sir Paul McCartney of The Beatles once described Kerala in southern India as "God's own country". Kerala is known for its pristine white sandy beaches, lush green carpets of paddy fields and its magical backwaters. CAROL PUCCI takes the slow houseboat across the series-MCT; MCT - 759 words
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Article127 2006-12-28 36 EXPLORE ASIA THOSE planning a quick holiday getaway in the region may want to check a new series of travel guides online. The series is produced jointly by Holiday Inn Hotels and Resorts and Lonely Planet as part of the hotel chain's Explore Asia promotion. The eight travel guides127 words
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Article, Illustration124 2006-12-28 36 THEY come. They poke. They snap. And they are driving the workers at Tokyo's Tsukiji Market (picture) nuts. The market has become famous with tourists for its tuna auctions. On a busy day, more than 200 foreign tourists would stop by to witness the auction, reported the124 words
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Article, Illustration387 2006-12-28 40 -AFP LONDON Jose Mourinho had the luxury of leaving Khalid Boulahrouz, a centre-half bought for £7 million ($2l million) in the summer, on the bench. Yet, the Chelsea manager was complaining of a lack of defenders at his disposal, after the champions' stuttering 2-2-AFP; AFF - 387 words
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Article, Illustration805 2006-12-28 40 Neil Humphreys - Neil Humphreys Cost of Premiership failure means that no manager is safe, not even Ferguson news@newstoday.com.sg THE man who has recently taken charge at West Ham lost 2-1 on Tuesday to the man who once called Upton Park his home. The man at the Hammers' helm onceAFF - 805 words
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Article81 2006-12-28 41 REAL Madrid are waiting for an answer from David Beckham to their offer of a contract extension until June 2009. According to the digital version of sports daily AS, Real have given the former England captain until the end of this month to respond to their81 words
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Article77 2006-12-28 41 A WEEK after surrendering the Ashes to Australia, England's cricketers suffered further embarrassment yesterday when their bowling plans were leaked to the media -and two Australian batsmen hit centuries. The plans, which contained detailed instructions on how to dismiss the opposition, were read out on air by77 words
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Article68 2006-12-28 41 ALLEN Iverson made his first start for the Denver Nuggets a triumphant one, scoring 28 points and passing out 13 assists to power his new club past Boston 116-105 yesterday. The No 2 scorer in the National Basketball Association was traded from the Philadelphia 76ersto Denver last week68 words
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Article, Illustration554 2006-12-28 41 -AFP United manager savours psychological battle with Blues boss Mourinho MANCHESTER Sir Alex Ferguson could not resist taking a swipe at Jose Mourinho, after Manchester United moved four points clear of Chelsea at the top of the Premiership on Tuesday. Chelsea opened an eventful Boxing Day programme-AFP; AFF - 554 words
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Article215 2006-12-28 41 Results: Chelsea 2 Reading 2, Tottenham 2 Aston Villa 1, West Ham 1 Portsmouth 2, Man Utd 3 Wigan 1, Everton 0 Middlesbrough 0, Blackburn 1 Liverpool 0, Bolton 2 Newcastle 1, Sheffield Utd 0 Man City 1, Watford 1 Arsenal 2 P W D L F A PTS215 words
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Letter, Illustration1033 2006-12-28 42 Sajith Sivanandan; Rohit Brijnath - Sajith Sivanandan Rohit Brijnath AFB ARTOORK BY ENGKONG, YENYOK Letter From Reader by George Frederick Will, a Pulitzer-winning author, once said, "Sports serve society by providing vivid examples of excellence". When sport serves society in this manner, it rises above being just a game. It uplifts the spiritsAFB ARTOORK BY ENGKONG, YENYOK - 1,033 words
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