Today, 4 July 2007

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    15 1 TODAY §1 i FDSF MICA(P) 314/10/2006 we set you thinking Wednesday July 4, 2007 todayonline.com
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    Lock icon Will this car be part of the NDP?
    251 1  -  LAN DE COTTA TODAY ian@media corp.com.sg SPECTATORS at the National Day Parade may be in for a loud treat. Today understands that, even as the clock ticks down to Aug 9, parade organisers are exploring the possibility of a last-minute addition to
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    Lock icon Doctors of destruction
    781 1  -  CHEOWXINYI AGENCIES But British resilience, resolve a model to emulate: Prof Jaya cheowxinyi@mediacorp.com THE web of terror surrounding the car bomb attacks in Britain has extended to this region. A 27-year-old Indian national, working in Australia as a doctor, was detained yesterday in connection with last week's
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    EXTRA STROKES OF THE CANE: RARE ERROR BUT TAKEN SERIOUSLY
    194 1  -  CHEOWXINYI It's a rare occurrence but the Government takes the incident of the prisoner who was mistakenly given three extra strokes of the cane seriously. Said Prof S Jayakumar, who is also Minister of Law: "There are hundreds, if not
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      Lock icon Feeling the strain
      787 2  -  TAN HUI LENG TANHUILENG Rising dengue causing bed crunch; minister says elective surgery may be postponed huileng@media corp. com. sg AS THE number of dengue cases increase, the bed crunch at public hospitals here may get worse, warned Health Minister Khaw Boon Wan. In a deja vu
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    • Prime murder suspects: The spouses
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        Lock icon Teenaged murder suspect visits crime scene
        368 3  -  ANSLEYNG WHAMPOA ansley@mediacorp.com.sg FOR about 40 minutes yesterday afternoon, teen murder suspect Muhammad Nasir Abdul Aziz surrounded by five plainclothes detectives stood outside the 16th-floor unit at Whampoa Drive Block 74 where disc jockey Manap Sarlip's body was found in a pool of blood.
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        Father mourns his favourite
        282 3 I STIRLING ROAD RECOUNTING memories of his "favourite daughter" at his tworoom flat, Mr Abdul Aziz Abdullah told Today that the last time he saw Madam Smaelmeeral Abdul Aziz, 32, was at a family gathering two months ago. He had objected to her marrying Tharema Vejayan
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      Unrelated, yet so many parallels ...
      165 3 Unrelated, yet so many parallels There were enough parallels in the two unrelated murders on Sunday to raise a few eyebrows. The bodies of disc jockey Manap Sarlip and factory operator Smaelmeeral Abdul Aziz were found just three hours apart in two HDB heartlands. Both spouses of the victims have
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      Steady drop in number of Cut Waste ideas over the years
      321 4  -  LINYANQIN yanqin@media corp.com.sg IT STARTED out with a bang in 2003, receiving wide support from the public for its aim in cutting public wastage. But response to the Cut Waste Panel (CWP) which draws on suggestions from the public
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    • SINGAPORESNIPPETS
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        CASE ALERTS CONSUMERS ABOUT AZTEX
        189 4  -  -SHERALYNTAY The Consumers Association of Singapore (Case) has issued a consumer alert about timeshare company Aztex International after several of their customers failed to receive refunds as promised. According to Case, the timeshare leasing and resale company had promised a refund if it was unable
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      Lock icon A death vow, two maids and three suicide notes
      537 4  -  LEONG WEE KEAT Love between two Filipino women ended in tragedy when one fell for a man weekeat@media corp.com.sg THE lovers made an agreement that "there will be death" should one of the two women cheat While Ms Stella Abella Concepcion
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      Lock icon Book that ride
      431 6  -  DAPHNE CHUAH National Library, SMRT launch Book Crossing in local cabs daphne@mediacorp.com.sg YOU can now emerge with something valuable other than loose change the next time you alight from an SMRT cab. Under an island-wide initiative, some 2,000 SMRT cabs have been roped in to allow Singaporeans
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      Jail, caning for heist accused
      208 6  -  LOH CHEE KONG cheekong@mediacorp.com.sg A FORMER second-hand goods dealer, who had escaped the gallows for his role in a mil-lion-dollar cellphone heist, was sentenced to 16.5 years jail and 24 strokes of the cane yesterday. Arsan Krishnasamy Govindarajoo, 39, was originally charged with murder along
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      NATIONAL DAY PARADE TICKETS UP FOR GRABS
      101 8 Today is giving away two pairs of tickets for the NDP preview on July 28. Simply answer the question below and you could be on your way to celebrating the nation's birthday at the floating platform at Marina Bay. The question is: How
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      This year's morphing NDP bag
      228 8  -  ■LEEU-WEN THOSE of you attending the National Day Parade (NDP) this year might notice something different about the funpack. Called the Assembly bag (picture), each is made up of three rectangular fabric panels that can be detached and reassembled to create bags of different sizes
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      NOT IN OUR NAME
      816 8  -  ASIMSIDDIQUI Blaming foreign policy not the answer. Where are Muslim marches in revulsion against acts of terror in Islam's name? THE events of the last few days (terror attacks in Britain) have been sobering for all. The response from some United Kingdom Muslim groups (influenced by
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      73 4 DON'T BE LEFT OUT OF THE INTEGRATED RESORTS INDUSTRY! Ssll BILLON INVESTED •60 THOUSAND JOBS 2 IRS The tourism and hospitality industry will boom with the opening of the 2 IRs and Formula One races. Don't be left out of this ll sunrise industry! Find out from our panel of
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      450 5 it^Qmlr Catch The Great \j>% <l»ff£fa£l& Singapore Sale Sjk^ j By The River 'I central v Riverfront shopping. Riverside dining. The Great Singapore Sale beckons and there is only one place to make a splash. By the river, above Clarke Quay MRT station, Central presents a whole new world of
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      289 6 Advertising Feature FINANCIAL GENIUSES TO SHARE THEIR I^^^"^al Special Article 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
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  • world news
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      New Riau law allowing small fires likely to worsen haze
      398 10 -AFP JAKARTA A new law in a fire-prone Indonesian province that allows small patches of land to be burned is expected to worsen an annual haze that spreads across the region, officials said yesterday. Lawmakers from Sumatra's Riau province passed
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      Cop alleges police lies at murder trial
      257 10 ■AP TARGET MAO: The giant portrait of revolutionary leader Mao Zedong in Tiananmen Square in Beijing was the target of an attack for the second time in two months on Sunday. A man (picture) with a bag full of lit fireworks had rushed
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      Jakarta inks safety pact in bid to save tourism
      357 10 EU's upcoming ban against its airliners already hurting JAKARTA Indonesia has signed an international pact in a bid to reform its troubled aviation industry after its airliners were banned from European Union airspace, Antara news agency reported yesterday. The move came
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      Thaksin vows to fight extradition
      418 11 -AFP Charges are politically motivated, says his lawyer BANGKOK- Ousted Thai prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra has vowed to fight any attempt by Thailand's military-installed government to extradite him, said his lawyer yesterday. Mr Thaksin was ousted in a bloodless coup in September and faces a
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      Children's snacks fail tests by Chinese authorities
      200 12 -AP BEIJING Chinese inspectors found dozens of children's snacks that failed food standards and seized hundreds of bottles of fake human blood protein from hospitals, officials announced yesterday. Inspectors in south-west China's Guangxi region found excessive additives and preservatives in nearly 40 per
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      China orders probe into attack on striking workers
      217 12 -AFP BEIJING China's Construction Minister has demanded an investigation into an attack on striking workers, reflecting toplevel unease over the latest example of brutal treatment of labourers. Mr Wang Guangtao ordered the probe following reports that hired thugs last week attacked 300
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      Taiwan's Vice-President visits Latin America to save ties
      241 12 DPA TAIPEI Taiwan's Vice-Pres-ident Annette Lv departed for Latin America on Monday to strengthen diplomatic ties, one month after Costa Rice dropped Taipei to recognise China. She will visit the Dominican Republic, Paraguay and Guatemala and may pass through Panama. She will
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      Japan Defence Minister quits
      68 12 ■AFP TOKYO Japanese Defence Minister Fumio Kyuma tendered his resignation yesterday after sparking outrage with remarks seen as justifying the World War II atomic bombings of Japan. Meanwhile, Ms Yuriko Koike, the country's National Security Advisor, has been appointed as the new Defence Minister. An expert
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      Iran, Venezuela seal anti-United States alliance
      212 14 -AFP ASALUYEH Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and his Venezuelan counterpart Hugo Chavez sealed their anti-American alliance on Monday by laying the foundation stone of a joint petrochemical plant. The two leaders pledged to "stand against all enemies", a reference to the United States, as
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      Hillary brings in her big gun
      214 14 -AFP DES MOINES, lowa —With her nearest rival gaining momentum in the 2008 United States presidential race. Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton brought in her biggest weapon yet in her quest for the presidency her husband Bill. The charismatic former president's first campaign swing with
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      Bush commutes Libby's jail term
      321 14 AFP WASHINGTON President George W Bush commuted a 30-month jail term imposed on former White House aide Lewis "Scooter" Libby, for lying to federal investigators in a case which highlighted doubts over the Administraton's stand to wage war in Iraq. "I respect the jury's verdict.
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      Deadly battles at Pakistan mosque
      245 15 AFP ISLAMABAD Pakistani security forces fought gunbattles with students from a pro-Tal-iban mosque in downtown Islamabad yesterday, leaving at least nine people dead and 140 others hurt, officials said. The violence followed months of tension at the Lai Masjid, or Red Mosque, which has challenged
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      Wrestler Benoit's doc charged with drug distribution
      215 15 BLOOMBERG NEW YORK Professional wrestler Chris Benoit's doctor was indicted on charges of illegal distribution of prescription drugs a week after Mr Benoit killed his wife and 7-year-old son before hanging himself. DrPhillippeAstinlll, 52, (picture) was charged with prescribing drugs such as Percocet,
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    • GLOBALROUNDUP
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        LEADERS MULL OVER 'UNITED STATES OF AFRICA'
        94 15 -AFP African leaders at a regional meeting in Ghana are mulling over the creation of a United States of Africa. On the second day of an African Union summit in Ghana on Monday, the leaders were split over whether to create such a
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        WOLFOWITZ JOINS WASHINGTON THINK TANK
        66 15 -AFP Mr Paul Wolfowitz, the former president of the World Bank, has joined a Washington-based think-tank American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research as a visiting scholar. Mr Wolfowitz, 63, will work on "entrepreneurship and development issues, Africa and public-private partnerships", said the institute. He
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        PLAYING VIDEO GAMES = LESS TIME SPENT ON HOMEWORK
        106 15 PLAYING VIDEO GAMES LESS TIME SPENT ON HOMEWORK AFP Adolescents who play video games spend less time reading and doing homework than their counterparts who do not play video games, according to a new study. Youth who play video games spent 30 per cent less time reading and 34 per
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    • Charities: Time for new rules?
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      Big shock at hospital over missing sister
      460 17  -  NEO BENG LIN Sister had been moved to another bed, but nurse said she had died Letter from I RECENTLY had an extremely disturbing encounter at Changi General Hospital. My younger sister was admitted to the hospital on June 24 for an infection.
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      Hospital: Sorry for staff's mistake
      207 17  -  TKUDAIRAM Letter from CEO, Changi General Hospital I REFER to the letter by Mr Neo Beng Lin regarding his recent experience at Changi General Hospital. We sincerely apologise for the anxiety caused to him and his wife as a result of being wrongly informed by
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      FOCUS ON THE FAMILY
      262 18  -  DR JAMES DOBSON BY HELPING THE UNDERACHIEVER There's a fancy word for kids who don't do well in school. The ones who turn in sloppy work and goof off whenever possible. We call these kids underachievers. They have the brains to do school work but they
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      isay NECESSARY CHANGES OR JUST LESSONS IN FRIVOLITY?
      458 18  -  HO KONG LOON I FAIL to appreciate why some school heads love to mark their tenure with issues that border on the mundane or selfserving. I am talking about their propensity for changing the school badge, the school uniform and even the
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      HDB dwellers can only sigh
      277 19  -  SERENA LOW More greenery could enhance the view Letter from RECENTLY, Minister for National Development Mah Bow Tan announced plans to develop the Marina Bay area to include high-end residences boasting great landscaping and views of Marina Bay. No doubt, the area is meant to
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      NEA has list to check 'high risk' places
      165 19  -  S SATISH APPOO Letter from Director, Environmental Health Department National Environment Agency WE REFER to the letter, "Vacant pools may be a haven for mozzies" by Mr David Kwok. We thank him for his feedback and wish to assure him that National
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      More lots than season parking tickets issued: HDB
      211 19  -  SENIN AMAK Letter from Head, Sengkang Branch Office Housing and Development Board I REFER to the letter by Ms Karen Lee, "More labels than parking lots" (June 28). HDB parking lots are generally located next to or near the HDB blocks they
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  • Business
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      The Singapore-US defence connection
      822 20  -  JOHNSON CHOO ST Engineering positioning itself in America as a hub for growth into new markets johnsonchoo@mediacorp.com.sg THE Singapore Technologies Engineering (ST Engg) group is slated to more than double its revenue in the next five to 10 years to about $10 billion if its growth
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        Production poised for growth
        191 22  -  CHEOWXINYI Manufacturing index scores largest gain since March'o2 cheowxinyi@mediacorp.com.sg A KEY manufacturing index had its largest gain since March 2002 last month, boding well for Singapore's economy. The Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) hit 52.3 points in June, up 2.3 points from the previous month's 50.0 points.
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        STRONG MANUFACTURING TO PUSH S'PORE TO GROW EVEN FASTER: CITIGROUP
        252 22 BLOOMBERG Singapore's economy will grow faster this year because of a stronger-than-expected rebound in manufacturing, said Citigroup Inc. The US$l34-billion ($204--billion) economy will probably expand 6.6 per cent this year, quickening from an earlier forecast of 6.2 per cent, according
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        S'pore creates value: MM to Japan firms
        297 24  -  NAZRYBAHRAWI US, European companies have expanded setups here nazry@media corp.com.sg MINISTER Mentor Lee Kuan Yew urged more Japanese companies to emulate their United States and European counterparts and look at Singapore as an investment destination that can create value. Officiating at the launch
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        Housewife beats traders at their game
        354 24  -  JOHNSON CHOO johnsonchoo@mediaccirp.ccim.sg A HOUSEWIFE beat professionals at their game when she emerged the overall winner of a warrant trading contest organised by Macquarie Securities. Trading over the past eight weeks in a simulated environment mirroring the SGX warrants market, Madam Chua Chwee Heok
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        Thailand to award 3G permits by year-end
        377 25 -AGENCIES THAILAND'S National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) expects to complete long-awaited regulations for thirdgeneration (3G) mobile telephone services and start awarding such licences to operators by the end of the year, the commission's chairman said yesterday. "We initially planned to issue the regulations by
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      • Article
        Shenhua joins share sale frenzy in China
        412 25 AGENCIES CHINA Shenhua Energy Co is planning the world's biggest share sale by a coal mining company, to raise as much as US$6.3 billion ($9.6 billion) to expand pits and delivery networks as demand for the fuel surges. The nation's largest coal producer
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      1437 26 m« With the latest Harry Potter I\\m, Daniel Radcliffe has joined the big league, as VENESSA LEE reports from London STRIPPING in public is empowering, apparently. Be that as it may, it's slightly disconcerting hearing this from Harry Potter. Speaking about his recent role in
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        90 28 ARK Pictures are on the lookout for talented teenagers to fill roles on a newtelevision comedytargetedtowardsyoung adolescents. Producers are holding casting calls in search of three male actors to play local students, aged 12 to 20. These characters include a baby-face boy who loves
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        80 28 Ditch the ciggiesfor a free meal —that's the message the Octopus Group wants to get across to its patrons. The group, which counts the various ESKI bar. Liquid Kitchen and Archipelago outlets among those it owns, has launched a scheme in which smokers can surrender their
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      401 28  -  JEANINETAN Hollywood? Cannes Film Fest? Shu Qi is more interested in a good script jeanine@media corp.com.sg SEXPOT. Not a serious actress. These are what one tends to associate with Taiwanese star Shu Qi. Nonetheless, she does have rather specific requirements for the kind of roles she takes on.
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      130 28 -AP AN HEIR of Romania's former royal family put "Dracula's Castle" (picture) in Transylvania up for sale Monday, a US-based investment company said. The Bran Castle, perched on a cliff near Brasov in central Romania, is a top tourist attraction because of its ties to Prince
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      236 29 AGENCIES THE three-year marriage of author Salman Rushdie and Padma Lakshmi has ended, their publicists said Monday. "Rushdie has agreed to I divorce his wife because of her desire to end their marriage," his representative, Jin Auh, said in a statement "He asks
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      428 30  -  ZULOTHMAN Now Anugerah winners can look forward to recording contracts zul@media corp.com.sg THE finalists in Anugerah a weekly singing contest have more reason than ever to sing their hearts out As the competition heats up, the organising station MediaCorp TV 12 Suria announced yesterday that additional
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      556 32  -  TANYO-HINN EXCLUSIVE Singapore men's team set to play in Malaysian league nextyear yohinn@media corp.com.sg THE days of the Malaysia Cup are well and truly over, Singapore and the Malaysian states have not been involved in such intense, high-stakes football competition since 1994. But starting next year,
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      525 32  -  DARREN LAI 2007 NTUC INCOME-YEO'S S-LEAGUE Geylang United v Young Lions Bedok Stadium, 7.45pm darren@mediacorp.com.sg THERE were so many heroes from both sides of the Causeway in the clash of the legends on Saturday at the National Stadium, but as he so often
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      184 33 -AFP PERTH World No 1 Annika Sorenstam will lead Team International and Pak Se Ri will take charge of Team Asia when the season-ending Lexus Cup moves to Perth this year, after two years in Singapore. Organisers said yesterday the matchplay event, in its third year,
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      428 34 COPA AMERICA, GROUP C Argentina 4 Colombia 2 MARACAIBO, Venezuela Juan Roman Riquelme is having a ball after coming out of international retirement. The Argentinian midfield playmaker scored twice to help his country beat Colombia 4-2 in a Group C clash on Monday
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      450 35 —AFP Czech teenager wows the crowd and knocks out champion Mauresmo TENNIS Wimbledon LONDON Czech teenager Nicole Vaidisova proved she has grit as well as the glamour when she sent defending champion Amelie Mauresmo spinning out of Wimbledon yesterday. Vaidisova won their rain-interrupted fourth round clash
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