Today, 2 April 2007

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    17 1 TODAY a, to §1 Si MICA(P) 314/10/2006 we set you thinking Monday April 2, 2007 todayonline.com I
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    Lock icon A permanent vroom?
    565 1  - A permanent vroom LAN DE COTTA >DAYEXCLUSIVE Amid F1 buzz, there is now a plan to build a track at Changi ian@media corp.com.sg FIRST, it was Formula 1, a glamorous annual event to ratchet up Singapore's image as a cosmopolitan tourist puller and put the Republic's skyline on hundreds of
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    Envoy pushes for hassle-free Causeway card
    550 1  -  LOH CHEE KONG cheekong@media corp.com.sg TO ENTER Singapore through the Causeway, regular Malaysian commuters just have to flash a card. That same ease of travel for Singaporeans headed to his country is now being pushed by Malaysian High Commissioner N Parameswaran. In an interview
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      Lock icon Social isolation and its effects on elderly
      776 2  -  JASMINE YIN KfiANNtL NtWSASIA New study to identify causes and find solutions jasmine@media corp.com.sg THAT lonely existence facing four walls at home every day is bad enough to drive some elderly Singaporeans to depression or even suicide. Or, taken to another extreme, even
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      Lock icon No such time as 'good' time or 'bad' time: Swee Say
      423 3  -  LOHCHEEKONG Labour chief says upcoming ministerial pay hike is timely cheekong@media corp. com. sg AMID the ongoing debate over the impending ministerial pay rise, labour chief Mr Lim Swee Say (picture) is confident that more Singaporeans "will come to
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      isay INFORM, EDUCATE, ENTERTAIN... EXPOSE?
      892 3  -  LOH CHEE KONG AS A young journalist searching for answers to questions that many have pushed out of their minds, I should have been pleased to hear Dr Vivian Balakrishnan tell the media that one of its roles is to expose Government wrongdoings. "If there
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      321 2 IS EARLY RETIREMENT POSSIBLE WITH RISING COSTS? A good education, a good paying job and retirement at 65. That's hardly the case nowadays. With the escalating tag on all expenses, it is time to reflect on the harsh reality. However, retiring young and rich is not out of the question.
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  • Singapore news
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      Lock icon It's barrier-free travel for Hong Kah North residents
      326 4  -  SHERALYNTAY TRAVELLING around her neighbourhood in Hong Kah North used to be quite tedious for wheelchair-bound Miss Tan Kin Kee who had to manoeuvre herself up little curbs or over small drains. But since last month, Miss Tan has been finding it
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      Lock icon Birthday boy's highseas charity drive
      508 4  -  SHERALYN TAY Singapore-based Aussie teacher paddles with his arms to Batam and back sheralyn@mediacorp.com.sg IT WAS a novel way to celebrate one's birthday: Paddling with arms, not oars all the way from Singapore to Batam, dodging container ships that ply the world's busiest shipping lanes,
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      Lock icon Arguing for a common cause – fight against diseases
      228 4 Arguing for a common cause fight against diseases DPA ACUTE threats to health in a globalised world will be the focus of World Health Day today when political, business and opinion leaders gather in Singapore to highlight the need for collective action. A high-level debate between Dr Margaret Chan, director-general
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      Lock icon The crying is over, the healing has begun
      665 6  -  LEONG WEE KEAT Widow overcomes tragedy to help others weekeat@media corp.com.sg SHE may not suffer from a medical illness, but Madam Lee Siew Lian (picture) says a part of her may never heal. On May 7, 2003, Mdm Lee suffered a double
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      Magazine's millionaire lifestyle for high flyers
      432 6  -  TORCHING LI chingli@media corp. com. sg JUST as overseas trips and Rolex watches are fast becoming standard incentives in the insurance industry, Prudential Assurance representative Peter Tan has something new to offer his agency's top performers: A taste of the millionaire lifestyle com- plete
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      287 6 THE RICH GET RICHER THE POOR GET POORER! Money makes money is an age old saying. In a recent newspaper article, it was highlighted that the rich is getting richer whilst the lower income group is struggling along. This is because the lower income group is competing with workers from
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      472 7 o j^^. Getting to Britain just got easier vSrjl^V B*d*f prifa* Flights 4 Nights Accommodation from Qdj -I QQQ* Optional car hire from only Sssl per day* l^£p J. 9 (3 *J CJ Ha I mm AMmA A w^jf* mmmmmmt IP if I'D /fi ?TBj?7 Bfßiy 4 II FI ft
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  • world news
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      Lock icon Rocks, firecrackers thrown at UK embassy
      404 8 —AGENCIES Students call for envoy's expulsion over alleged naval incursions TEHRAN About 200 hardline students rallied outside the British embassy in Tehran yesterday throwing rocks and firecrackers in protest at Britain's alleged violation of Iranian waters, which led to the seizure of 15 British
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      Lock icon No 'political fix' in Aussie Taliban fighter's trial
      232 8 -AFP SYDNEY Australian Foreign Minister Alexander Downer insisted yesterday that Canberra had no role in the sentence that keeps Guantanamo Bay inmate David Hicks (picture) behind bars until after this year's federal election. The case of the 31-year-old Australian, jailed on Friday
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      Lock icon Scandal-tainted but not down
      297 8 AFP TAIPEI A former leader of Taiwan's main opposition party, who is set to stand trial on corruption charges this week, said that a guilty verdict would not prevent him from running for president. Mr Ma Yingjeou (picture), who until recently had a distinctly clean-cut image,
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    • GLOBALROUNDUP
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        Lock icon NEPALESE REBELS JOIN CABINET
        105 8 -AFP Nepal's Maoists were sworn into a new interim government yesterday, in a major step forward for a peace process that ended a decade of civil war in the Himalayan nation. The former rebels hold five portfolios in a Cabinet tasked with steering the impoverished Himalayan
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        Lock icon POLITICIAN SHOT DEAD IN PHILIPPINES
        116 8 —AFP A candidate for congress in May 14 elections in the Philippines has been shot dead in what police said was likely a politicallymotivated slaying. Mr Vicente Diestro Rabaya of the Nationalist People's Coalition was found dead in the front seat of his car in
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        NEW LAW TO SPARK DIVORCE BOOM
        161 8 New pension laws coming into effect in Japan could lead to an explosion in divorces, some experts have warned, according to the BBC. The rules will make it easier for wives to claim up to half their husband's pension once the marriage is ended.
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      Lock icon Needed: Louder welcome from Johor's CM
      419 10 SINGAPOREANS that Malaysian High Commissioner N Parameswaran interacts with have one question uppermost in their minds when it comes to investing in Johor's Iskandar Development Region (IDR): What is the view of Johor's Chief Minister Abdul Ghani Othman (picture)? Not surprising because Mr Abdul
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      Lock icon Arguing pilots cause of crash?
      342 10 -AP CANBERRA The pilots of a Garuda Airlines passenger plane were arguing moments before it crashed last month at an Indonesian airport, killing 21 people, a senior investigator said in an interview broadcast yesterday. The Boeing 737-400 burst into flames after overshooting the runway and
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      Lock icon Most Thai provinces hit by drought
      204 10 -AFP BANGKOK Scorching weather and lack of rain has left more than eight million people in Thailand, the world's top rice exporter, suffering a drought that is ruining their farmland, officials said yesterday. The drought has hit 58 of Thailand's 76 provinces, the government
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      Lock icon Young and restless in Iran
      750 12  -  NAZRYBAHRAWI Youth want President to focus more on economy and spend lesson defence IN TEHRAN nazry@media corp.com.sg PRESIDENT Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's sabre-rattling and massive defence expenditure may raise the decibels and Iran's profile in the Middle East, but a growing discontent among its restless youth and
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      Lock icon Cambodia goes to the polls
      313 12 -AFP PHNOM PENH Voters in Cambodia cast their ballots yesterday in local elections which will likely see the country's ruling party further tighten its grip on power ahead of next year's national polls. Some 12 political parties fielded a total of 102,266 candidates for commune
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        Lock icon NO MORE DELHI BELLY?
        105 13 -AFP Auto rickshaw and truck drivers swear by samosas, kebabs, spiced vegetables, tea, hot breads and a myriad cheap snacks sold by the estimated 300,000 hawkers whose makeshift stalls (picture) dot New Delhi. But India's Supreme Court ruled in February that most of them have to
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        Lock icon SUDOKU CHAMP HAILS FROM HARVARD
        64 13 DPA Mr Thomas Snyder a 27-year-old Harvard doctorate student who grew up in New York has beaten 140 entrants from 32 countries in a three-day championship to be crowned the world's best sudoku puzzler of 2007. The second annual World Sudoku Championship was held in
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        GOOGLE MAP USES PRE-KATRINA IMAGES
        90 13 Google, the Internet search business, has been asked by a United States congressional committee why it was "airbrushing history" by replacing post-Hurricane Katrina satellite imagery on its map portal with images of the region as it existed before the storm destroyed neighbourhoods, uprooted trees and
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      Lock icon Death toll spikes after crackdown
      329 13 AFP Fatalities in Iraq rose 15 per cent last month BAGHDAD The death toll in Iraq last month rose 15 per cent with more than 2,000 Iraqis killed, an official said yesterday, as insurgents and sectarian militias continue to defy a military crackdown in Baghdad.
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      Lock icon WE CAN'T WIN, SAYS KISSINGER
      154 13 -AP Former United States Secretary of State Henry Kissinger who helped engineer the US withdrawal from Vietnam said yesterday the problems in Iraq are more complex than the earlier conflict, and that military victory is no longer possible. "A 'military victory' in the sense of
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  • Voices
    • Where's the trickle-down effect?
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        As we pursue wealth and F1 fame, let's not ignore the poor
        290 14  -  BRENDAN DE SOUZA Letter from I READ with much interest the article by Jasmine Yin and Gracia Chiang entitled, "How many portions of help, Sir?" (March 31-April 1) and I was very impressed by what was written. Credit
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        Bridging the widening gap
        93 14  -  DAPHNETAN Letter from THANK you for highlighting the issue of those living on public assistance schemes, particularly the elderly who live alone. It's a sobering reality which needs to be brought to attention, especially since we're living in an age where it's not uncommon to find
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      Of cabs and graciousness ...
      335 14  - Of cabs and graciousness EVELYN TAN Letter from RECENTLY, I visited a friend who lives in a HDB estate in Boon Lay, and we were waiting for a cab at the foot of the block. After a five-minute wait, a young girl in her 20s came along, stood several metres
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      Anti-smoking law may not work here
      127 14  -  NELSON QUAH Letter from I REFER to David Miller's letter, "Ban cigarettes, just like chewing gum" (March 31 April 1). It is true that tobacco is worse than chewing gum and should be banned. But because of the huge tax revenue collected from the
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      Managing expectations
      307 15  -  WONGSIEWHOONG Teacher appraisal system designed to meet their aspirations Letter from Director of Schools, MOE WE THANK Mr Ho Kong Loon, Mr Lee Wee Hing and Ms Pauline Tan for their feedback on the appraisal of teachers, particularly the Enhanced Performance Management System (EPMS). The EPMS is meant
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      Simulated anti-smoking ads are hardly convincing
      214 15  -  SHEIKH ABDUL MARTIN Letter from THE smoking advertisements you see in the local media these days are intended to highlight the harmful effects of smoking. There is nothing wrong with that. The means by which they have been produced, however, is unethical. We have
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      Recording donations is a must
      273 15  -  DR MOHD EFFENDY BIN RAJAB Letter from Executive Director, The Singapore Scout Association WE REFER to the letter by Ms Sarah Lim, "All donations should be recorded" (March 30). We thank Ms Lim for the feedback regarding the manner in which the two scouts approached
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      FOCUS ON THE FAMILY
      234 16  -  DR JAMES DOBSON BY UCl HEALTHY FIGHTING It's not the fights that should worry us but it's what happens when the fights are over. Almost all marital partners experience conflict from time to time. And these minor confrontations can actually be healthy for the relationship. A
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      Lock icon HEART MATTERS
      1193 16 In this age of fancy diagnostic tools, sometimes the basic ones are enough to do the job coffee with TERRANCE CHUA 47, cardiologist AS A young doctor, Terrance Chua got hooked on the mysteries of the heart. It was the squiggly lines from the electrocardiogram (ECG) readings that
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      130 17 Before great people change the world for the better, they are students. We are committed to the creation of student experiences that encourage learning. As a research university, you'll learn from people forging new frontiers of knowledge. You'll be inspired by an environment where boundaries of nationality, culture and discipline
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  • Businesstoday
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      Lock icon PSA bids for Turkish port
      311 18 BLOOMBERG The latest bid is for Turkey's state-owned port in Izmir SINGAPORE'S PSA International, the world's number two port operator, has entered a bid for Turkey's state-owned port in the city of Izmir. In a faxed statement on Friday, the Turkish government's asset sales agency
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    • marketwatch
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        Lock icon SINGAPORE
        99 18 ■AFP Share prices may trade cautiously this week amid geopolitical tensions in the Middle East. Iran's detention of British military personnel since late last month has pushed crude prices to new 2007 highs, causing fresh worries among investors about the impact of higher energy prices, dealers said. A local
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        Your S$1 buys
        28 18 USS 0.6591 UK£ 0.3349 Yen 77.6687 HKS 5.1503 RM 2.2789 Euro 0.4936 Rupiah 6011.9303 Baht 21.3558 Peso 31.8129 AS 0.8152 Indian Rs 28.6537 Yuan 5.*****
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        Lock icon Commodities
        23 18 SGX, Bloomberg Gold US$/oz 669.00 Silver US$/oz 13.45 Platinum US$/oz 1,254.8 Brent crude US$/barrel 68.42 Palm oil RM/tonne 2,022.5 Information provided by
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      Lock icon Creative expects loss of $30m in Q3
      248 18 -BLOOMBERG CELEBRATED entrepreneur Sim Wong Hoo continues to fight an uphill battle to revive a flagging Creative Technology. The company he founded, which had first struck gold by selling soundcards, is expecting to spill red ink of about US$2O million ($30.3 million) for
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      Temasek welcomes minister's assurance
      203 18 FINALLY, some relief from Bangkok for Temasek Holdings. The Singapore investment firm says it welcomes the Thai Finance Minister's remarks that his administration should not take back telecommunications group Shin Corp. In a statement released to Today, Temasek's country head for Thailand, Mr Goh Yong Siang
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      Lock icon Malaysian PM to meet Volkswagen execs
      339 20 ■AFP MALAYSIAN Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi is expected to meet with top officials from German giant Volkswagen over the future of ailing national car manufacturer Proton, a senior official said yesterday. "A high-level meeting is expected soon. It is being arranged," said the
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      Lock icon China's city banks to boost capital
      388 20 -BLOOMBERG Govt will push all to maintain CAR of 8% City commercial banks have slowly evolved from being the ugly ducklings of Chinese banks but a huge amount of risk remains. Mr Tang Shuangning, vice-chair of China Banking Regulatory Commission TO IMPROVE the financial
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    • SUCCEED the business of 'earning
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        Lock icon COPING WITH CRITICISM
        853 22  -  SALL! O'REILLY THE GUARDIAN Stop being such a sore loser, we can all learn from our mistakes CLEARLY you are brilliant —the best a boss could ever hope for and an example to all junior (and indeed some senior) members of staff. But you know, sometimes the
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        CEO101
        130 22  -  PROFESSOR TAN SERKIAT the big question: what's the secret to retaining top talent in your company? [PICTURE), GROUP CEO OF SINGHEALTH AND CEO OF SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL: "Pay is important, but alone it's insufficient to provide job satisfaction. While staff must be remunerated fairly, what's important is to create
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          BEING A COMPETENT MANAGER AT WORK
          125 22 What should a manager do after giving instructions to his subordinates to carry out some tasks? How can the supervisor follow up on goals and objectives that have been set for his team? And, more importantly, how can one ensure that his employees carry
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          GET RID OF THOSE "LAHS" AND "TORS"
          89 22 Boost your awareness of English grammar by learning from the experts. Writing grammatically correct English is regarded as a fundamental skill in business writing. This interactive workshop, conducted by the British Council, will demonstrate how to avoid errors and grammatical mistakes and save
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          MANAGE CONFLICT, DON'T LET CONFLICT MANAGE YOU
          145 22 Differences and misunderstandings can lead to serious conflicts, which could result in severe repercussions for those involved, especially if they are left unresolved or not properly managed. A valuable way of resolving such differences amicably is through mediation a process where a neutral
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        WINNING WTTH A UNIQUE STAMP
        748 23 ontnego u-wen@media corp.com.sg AS AN army captain, Mr Senthiyl s/o Sundram Sivaswamy Gounder was a respected senior leader in the military, having spent 11 years donning the green fatigues. But while it seemed he would continue serving the nation until retirement, the itch to try
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        Lock icon JobsCentral
        217 23  -  LEE U-WEN LEE U-WEN BRAINFOOD www.jobscentral.com.sg LOOKING for that all important first job or planning to switch careers? Point your mouse to Jobs Central, one of Singapore's largest and oldest job portals and one owned by career channel specialist Jobs Factory. After a simple registration, you can spend hours
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      spectacular spectacle
      1074 24  -  Juliana June Rasul And expensive, expansive the BBC's latest documentary series showcases Planet Earth in a stunning, entirely new light A MILLION caribou trek patiently southwards across the Arctic wastes in search of warmth and food, their journey followed by a rich, patient voice that could only belong
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      ARTS CENTRAL GETS FRESH
      318 25  -  JULIANA JUNE RASUL Big things are coming to MediaCorp TV 12 Arts Central as the channel undergoes a massive facelift to keep things fresh. It's just as well, as recent feedback from viewers and Singapore's arts community was that Arts Central had become "messy". "(People) didn't
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      Fray at the edges
      344 26  -  AMELYNN LIONG But US band plans to hit the big time with more tours plus@newstoday.com.sg THE Fray might not be a household name yet, but chances are you've heard the Cold-play-esque piano chimes of How To Save A Life played on the Zach Braff-fronted comedy Scrubs
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      Lock icon Old is gold at this year's Pradhana Vizha
      228 26 AT LAST Friday's Pradhana Vizha, organised by MediaCorp TV 12's Vasantham Central, it seemed the oldies were the goodies. Held at the MediaCorp TV Theatre, the award ceremony now into its ninth year showcases the best talent and programmes the local Indian
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      383 31 -AFP CRICKET WORLD CUP Australia v Bangladesh hdhdhd ST JOHN'S, Antigua Glenn McGrath (picture) played down comparisons between himself and Wasim Akram, after breaking the Pakistan legend's record for World Cup wickets. McGrath, who had been one behind the legendary left-arm fast bowler's mark
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