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Title Section23 2008-05-28 1 TODAY /A~iy]J\CORP MICA(P) 132/10/2007 we set you thinking Wednesday May 28, 2008 todayonline.com TODAY we set you thinking Wednesday May 28, 2008 todayonline.com23 words
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AFTERNOONEDITION
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Article, Illustration542 2008-05-28 1 P N BALJI - P N BALJI EDITORIAL DIRECTOR balji@mediacorp.com.sg AT LAST, three months after the Mas Selamat affair blew up in our faces, we have got some kind of clarity on one important point The issue of moral responsibility. It came when the DeputyTODAY FILE PHOTO - 542 words
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Article931 2008-05-28 1 DERRICK A PAULO - DERRICK A PAULO ASSISTANT NEWS EDITOR derrick@media corp.com.sg THE setting was a courtroom, not the campaign trail. But it turned into pure political theatre with legal issues cast aside when Dr Chee Soon Juan clashed with Mr Lee Ruan Yew. All manner of questions931 words
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Miscellaneous97 2008-05-28 1 MYANMAR CRISIS FOREIGN AID TEAMS HEAD INTO DELTA WORLD PAGE 14 AUNG SAN SUU KYI OUTCRY OVER EXTENSION OF HOUSE ARREST WORLD PAGE 14 INCEST CASE DOCS ATTEMPT TO REVIVE DAUGHTER WORLD PAGE 18 RONALDO SAGA MAN U MAY REPORT REAL TO FIFA SPORTS PAGE 34 INTO OUTER SPACE STUDENTS97 words
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Miscellaneous8 2008-05-28 1 ft Lr SI/ France's new Zidane? SPORTS* 368 words
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hot news
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421 2008-05-28 2 -DERRICKA PAULO - -DERRICKA PAULO HE TRIED all means to corner Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong on the stand. But practically all of Dr Chee Soon Juan's questions were deemed irrelevant by Senior Counsel Davinder Singh and disallowed by Justice Belinda Ang. Dr Chee tried421 words
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Article, Illustration628 2008-05-28 3 LOH CHEE KONG - LOH CHEE KONG Students engage Minister on identity, political space and dual citizenship cheekong@mediacorp.com.sg FROM the word "go", the flurry of SMSes flooded onto the giant screen spelling out aspirations ranging from "world class rock drummer" and astronaut, to United Nations official andFAIZAL - 628 words
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Article175 2008-05-28 3 Asked by Dr Vivian Balakrishnan if they felt Singapore should allow dual citizenship, almost two-thirds of the 590 students at the seminar raised their hands. One Tampines Junior College student, who plans to settle down in India but is reluctant to sacrifice her Singaporean roots,175 words
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139 2008-05-28 3 RJC STUDENT: "In countries like the US where politicians engage the people they are able to refer to common concepts like the American Dream. We also complain about the lack of electrifying speeches by politicians to touch the hearts of the people. (Is it) because ours139 words
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news
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Article, Illustration552 2008-05-28 4 ZULOTHMAN - Work can't be risk-free but ZULOTHMAN Strict standards apply in tunnelling for train system zul@media corp.com.sg THE road cave-in at Cornwall Gardens last week is proof that underground tunnelling is not without its inherent risks. But even as tunnelling work is the price one pays for an efficient transportation systemTREVORTAN - 552 words
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236 2008-05-28 4 Depending on weather conditions and the progress of the inspection of power cables and gas pipes at the site, one of the lanes of Cornwall Gardens Road could re-open as early as Friday, the Land Transport Authority (LTA) said yesterday. For236 words
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Article, Illustration424 2008-05-28 6 NEO CHAI CHIN - NEO CHAI CHIN Findings on dragon boat tragedy due Friday, as regional races begin chaichin@media corp. com. sg EVEN as the inquiry panel's long-awaited report on last November's Cambodia dragon boating accident is due out on Friday, many local teams are already steaming ahead withTODAY FILE PHOTO - 424 words
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254 2008-05-28 6 — ANSLEYNG - ANSLEYNG Foreign workers who are victims of agent scams may deserve support but even so, this is no excuse for them to break the law, for which they risk a mandatory lashing if they are caught. Responding to a question from Nominated254 words
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Article, Illustration487 2008-05-28 8 TAN HUI LENG - TAN HUI LENG Ngee Ann graduate is one of 147 in the pioneer batch; 80 per cent have found jobs huileng@media corp.com.sg EVEN before they graduated yesterday, some 80 per cent of the 147 nursing students from Ngee Ann Polytechnic's pioneer batch=>HOTO COURTESY NGEE ANN POLYTECHNIC - 487 words
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142 2008-05-28 8 938 LIVE The Committee on the Expansion of the University Sector will submit its full report to the Government in July, a month earlier than targetted. Senior Minister of State for Education Lvi Tuck Yew said the committee's work was complete and the938 LIVE - 142 words
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Article, Illustration103 2008-05-28 8 THIS GIVES NEW MEANING TO FINANCIAL AID: Yesterday, the Singapore Red Cross held a one-day bloodmobile' drive at One Raffles Quay, in an attempt to tap the financial sector for greater support for the bloodbank during a period of traditionally low levels of blood collection, due to the June school001 BOON KEONG - 103 words
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SINGAPORESNIPPETS
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95 2008-05-28 8 The Land Transport Authority has relocated the entrance to the Marina Bay Station on the North-South Line to facilitate the construction of the new Circle Line Marina Bay Station and its associated tunnels. The old entrance is closed with immediate effect and commuters using95 words
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110 2008-05-28 8 A 10-year-old boy has been hospitalised for encephalitis (swelling of the brain) the second such case in the past two weeks even as the number of hand, foot and mouth disease (HMFD) continued to decline here. But, his condition has improved, said the Ministry of Health110 words
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Article94 2008-05-28 8 The Singapore Prison Service will add two new Prison Link or televisiting centres in Jurong East and Toa Payoh -to help inmates maintain ties with their families. These centres allow family members to call in on inmates remotely via video conferencing facilities, a practice introduced94 words
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world news
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Article, Illustration567 2008-05-28 12 Malaysia takes steps to claim 100 isles and reefs after Pedra Branca ruling KUALA LUMPUR Malaysian reports have declared that another island on which Singapore operates a lighthouse will not end up like Pedra Branca, even as the Kuala Lumpur takes steps to claim 100FAIZAL - 567 words
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259 2008-05-28 12 -AP TOKYO -Japanese youngsters are getting so addicted to Inter-net-linked mobile phones that the government is starting a programme warning parents and schools to limit their use among children. The government is worried about how elementary and junior high school students-AP - 259 words
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189 2008-05-28 12 AP KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia's biggest medical association criticised the deputy health minister yesterday after he said in Parliament that doctors have a "licence to kill". Deputy Health Minister Abdul Latiff Ahmad caused an uproar when he refused to apologise for his remarkAP - 189 words
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Article153 2008-05-28 12 Opposition coalition Pakatan Rakyat has called for an immediate boycott of Malay newspapers Utusan Malaysia and Mingguan Malaysia for what it said was unfair reporting and for allegedly fanning racial sentiments, reported 77?eSfarnewspaper. Opposition leader DrWan Azizah Wan Ismail, Mr Anwar Ibrahim's wife, said the153 words
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Article, Illustration236 2008-05-28 14 -AFP UNITED NATIONS UN chief Ban Ri-moon yesterday joined an international outcry as Myanmar's military rulers extended the house arrest of democracy icon Aung San Suu Ryi, vowing to work to get her and other political detainees released. "I regret the decision-AFP; AFP - 236 words
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332 2008-05-28 14 AFP Regime appears more willing to let relief supplies into Myanmar YANGON Foreign aid workers yesterday pressed into Myanmar's Irrawaddy Delta, testing the junta's pledge to open up areas where a million people have yet to receive aid three weeks after being hit by— AFP - 332 words
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159 2008-05-28 14 -CNA Singapore's Foreign Minister George Yeo has said that gaining the trust of Myanmar's military government is crucial in expediting the flow of aid to the country's cyclone victims. Asked about the immediate challenges for Asean, Myanmar and UN representatives, Mr Yeo-CNA - 159 words
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Article, Illustration200 2008-05-28 16 AGENCIES The Canadian manufacturer of Blackberry mobile phones (picture) has rejected demands by the Indian government that it help decrypt suspicious text messages. India's Department of Telecom (DoT) had earlier asked the Canadian firm to give decryption codes to Indian security agencies to enable themAGENCIES - 200 words
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Article, Illustration801 2008-05-28 16 MARIA SIOW; MARIA SIOW - LONG AFTER THE DUST AND DEBRIS MARIA SIOW MARIA SIOW Quake assistance may spark growth of a more vibrant civil society in China EAST ASIA BUREAU CHIEF mariasiow@mediacorp.com.sg THREE things are likely to linger on long after the dust and debris from the recent earthquake in Sichuan settles. First, the801 words
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Article, Illustration264 2008-05-28 17 -AFP BANGKOK A radical sect of Buddhist monks yesterday joined an anti-government protest, camping out in Bangkok's historic district in a scene reminiscent of demonstrations that led to a coup two years ago. Hundreds of members of the "Dharma Army" set up camps alongside protesters who-AFP; AFP - 264 words
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283 2008-05-28 17 -AGENCIES BEIJING Two aftershocks have caused more than 420,000 houses to collapse in China's quake zone. The Xinhua news agency said the houses collapsed in Qingchuan county after two aftershocks hit the region yesterday. The United States Geological Survey said one of the aftershocks-AGENCIES - 283 words
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166 2008-05-28 18 AFP VIENNA Austrian doctors have started attempts to revive the 19-year-old daughter of Josef Fritzl from her artifi-cially-induced coma, the hospital treating her said yesterday. Kerstin Fritzl, the offspring of Josef's incestuous relationship with his daughter Elisabeth, spent her entire life imprisoned in theAFP - 166 words
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Article196 2008-05-28 18 -AGENCIES Taiwan's ruling party chief yesterday echoed China's line that both sides are part of a single nation, Reuters news agency reported. "Both sides are tied by blood to the Chinese nation and this cannot be obliterated by anyone," Taiwan's Nationalist Party, or Kuomintang-AGENCIES - 196 words
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Article, Illustration633 2008-05-28 18 JASON LEE - JASON LEE New President will face challenges within and without news@newstoday.com.sg TAIWANESE President Ma Ying-jeou (picture) has a tough road ahead in the next four years, in spite of the seemingly overwhelming mandate he was given in the last election. His challenges will notBLOOMBERG - 633 words
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Miscellaneous16 2008-05-28 17 THE HONG KONG I TYCOON AND HIS I FEMALE FRIEND j ft I W 25 I16 words
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Letter, Illustration279 2008-05-28 20 JASON CHIAM CHIAH SERN - JASON CHIAM CHIAH SERN What about safety of workers transported in pick-ups and lorries? Letter from I REFER to Senior Minister of State for Transport Lim Hwee Hua's reply in Parliament on the issue of introducing seat belts in mini-buses. She mentioned that the issueTREVOR TAN - 279 words
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220 2008-05-28 20 VICTOR HO SOOYIT - VICTOR HO SOOYIT Letter from I READ with great dismay the report, "Pump prices up again" (Weekend Today, May 24-25). It was the second hike in petrol prices in the space of about a week and the third time this month. With analysts220 words
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Letter153 2008-05-28 20 FARAHAD DASTOOR - FARAHAD DASTOOR Letter from MY RECENT trip to Singapore from the United States has restored my faith in the honesty of the people. Last week, I left my wallet in a Comfort Cab driven by a Mr Puan Kian Beng. After I realised that I had misplaced my153 words
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Letter297 2008-05-28 21 SUHANAKHARUDIN - SUHANAKHARUDIN LTA sheds light on headlights, fog lamps Letter from Manager, Media Relations Land Transport Authority I REFER to Ms Amy Tan-Morel's letter, "Much ado about headlights" (May 16). The Land Transport Authority (LTA) requires all designs of vehicle lamps, including vehicle fog lamps and headlamps,297 words
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Letter230 2008-05-28 21 ANG BEE LIAN - ANG BEE LIAN Letter from Chief Executive Officer National Council of Social Service I REFER to the letter, "Home service for elderly creates jobs" (May 26) by Ms Jessica Chan Rho Szu. The National Council of Social Service (NCSS) would like to thank Ms Chan230 words
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Article232 2008-05-28 21 DR JAMES DOBSON - DR JAMES DOBSON BY COMPARING YOURSELF WITH OTHERS Someone once said: "Comparison is the root of all inferiority". How true that is. When you look at another person's strengths and compare them to your own weaknesses, there is just no way to come out feeling good232 words
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Miscellaneous13 2008-05-28 20 BYE, BAD BREATH Goldtron enlists US dentist to bring fresh breath to Singapore13 words
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Article512 2008-05-28 22 CHEOWXINYI - CHEOWXINYI Former CEO changes his mind after meeting with management cheowxinyi@media corp.com.sg INDUSTRY veteran Tan Kin Lian has called off his high-profile Web protest against his former employer NTUC Income over its move to restructure bonus payouts on its life insurance policies. NTUC Income's former512 words
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Article106 2008-05-28 22 Temasek Holdings is increasing its focus on Latin America. It is bumping up its manpower with the appointment of Mr Lorenzo Gonzalez Bosco from Barclays Capital as its managing director for investment in Mexico. He will complement Mr Alan Thompson, managing director for investment in Latin106 words
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74 2008-05-28 22 Beauty producers firm Novena Holdings and its key shareholder Oei Hong Leong Foundation are investing in Singapore Exchange-listed water treatment firm United Envirotech. Novena is paying $10.4 million for a 10.4-per-cent stake by buying 49.6 million new shares at 21 cents. Mr74 words
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103 2008-05-28 22 Singapore-listed luxury timepiece retailer Sincere Watch posted a 21-per-cent dip in net profit to HK534.4 million ($6 million) for the year ended March 31, blaming currency exchange losses. Its bottomline was affected when the HK dollar weakened against the Swiss franc since January this103 words
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Article, Illustration600 2008-05-28 23 CONRAD RAJ - CONRAD RAJ Goldtron enlists US dentist to bring fresh breath to Singapore EDITOR-AT-LARGE conrad@media corp.com.sg BAD breath afflicts a third of mankind, and according to American dentist Dr Harold Katz (picture), the other twothirds live in fear of it Seeking to make capital of it is struggling600 words
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159 2008-05-28 23 SINGAPORE-LISTED Parkway Life Reit is investing in the silver dollar. It is pumping $35 million to jointly buy two nursing homes in Japan. By 2050, it is estimated one in three Japanese people will be over 65 years of159 words
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95 2008-05-28 24 VODAFONE Group's chief executive officer Arun Sarin has announced his resignation after steering the world's largest wireless phone carrier by revenue to a record profit Mr Sarin, 53, will step down in July and be replaced by his deputy95 words
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Article215 2008-05-28 24 AGENCIES Ebitda, or earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation, rose to £13.2 billion from £12 billion a year earlier, topping analysts' expectations. Mr Sarin restored Vodafone to profit by expanding in developing markets including India and Turkey to make up for slower growth in Europe. HisAGENCIES - 215 words
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226 2008-05-28 24 BLOOMBERG RICE futures tumbled by their daily limit for a second session as producers eased export bans, alleviating concerns that global supplies will fail to meet demand. This follows Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen's announcement that his country's export ban had beenBLOOMBERG - 226 words
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Article, Illustration303 2008-05-28 25 AGENCIES Family feud ends as real estate boss is replaced by his mum HONG Kong real estate giant Sun Hung Kai Properties has ousted Mr Walter Kwok (picture) as its chairman, replacing him with his 79-year-old mother after a high-profile feud atAGENCIES; JLOOMBbRG - 303 words
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240 2008-05-28 25 -BLOOMBERG CHINA plans to make it easier for foreign banks to set up rural operations as it seeks to boost funding for farmers, said two sources. Overseas banks will be allowed to manage operations in different counties through a single unit or-BLOOMBERG - 240 words
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Article, Illustration1337 2008-05-28 26 Phi n Wong - Phi n Wong Christian allegories, Nazi allegations, and secret love affairs. Today gets the dirt on the young cast of The Chronicles ofNarnia: Prince Caspian IT WAS an unseasonably warm nightß in New York City, and I found my-H self wandering the length of Times I1,337 words
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Article, Illustration646 2008-05-28 28 —THE DAILY M TELEGRAPH Wa SYDNEY Pollack, who died on May 26 aged 73, was an eclectic director of Hollywood movies, who lacked a recognisable stylistic signature but made films that were often box office hits. Pollack was diagnosed with cancer about nine months ago and( —THE DAILY M TELEGRAPH Wa; AFP - 646 words
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298 2008-05-28 28 AFP AS A new film about Che Guevara, which was made in the United States, picked up an award at Cannes, his son Camilo has expressed hopes that a Cuban director might also one day make a film about his father. "That— AFP - 298 words
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Article219 2008-05-28 30 AP CAN a pure chick flick become a hit? Yes, if it draws a diverse enough swath of female moviegoers. For Sex and the City, that will be the big question. There are indications that the film, opening tomorrow in Singapore, is attracting a lot of— AP - 219 words
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Article, Illustration472 2008-05-28 30 Phin Wong - Phin Wong FILMREVIEW I The Chronicles of Narnia: M Prince Caspian This Narnia follow-up is heavy on action but light on gravitas AT THE risk of sounding like my dentures need polishing, gosh, how the times have changed. Back in my day (that would be the '80s), family472 words
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Article, Illustration385 2008-05-28 32 Genevieve Loh - Genevieve Loh Sex and the Cityls a joyous celebration of fabulous friends J Sex and the City THERE is no better way to do this so I am going to come right out and scream it: I came. I saw. I cried. I laughed. And I loved385 words
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Article, Illustration420 2008-05-28 34 AFP United threaten to report Spanish giants to Fifa MANCHESTER Manchester United have threatened to report Real Madrid to Fifa as the row over the Spanish club's bid to sign Portuguese star Cristiano Ronaldo turns ugly. United have been increasingly frustrated by Real's attempts to lureAFP; GETTY IMAGES - 420 words
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Article, Illustration590 2008-05-28 35 -AFP It may be an end of season friendly, but no England hopeful will dare be slack FOOTBALL FRIENDLY England v USA LONDON It is a friendly match against the United States at the end of a draining season. The players don't have the Euro-AFP; AF - 590 words
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Article234 2008-05-28 36 -AFP PRAGUE A double from seasoned striker Jan Roller gave the Czech Republic a morale boosting 2-0 victory over Lithuania in a Euro 2008 warm-up match yesterday (this morning, Singapore time). The lanky 35-year-old took his tally to 54 goals in 85 internationals in the-AFP - 234 words
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Article, Illustration330 2008-05-28 37 SHAMIR OSMAN - SHAMIR OSMAN ONE coach is looking to get his players used to the conditions, the other wants a dry run on tactics. Bahrain coach Milan Macala and his Singapore counterpart Radojko Avramovic are taking tonight's friendly at the National Stadium seriously. Both aim to get001 BOON KEONG - 330 words
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