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Games-Southeast Games open in Singapore with spectacular ceremony

By Julian Linden

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SINGAPORE, June 5 (Reuters) - The 28th Southeast Asian Games opened in a blaze of colour and pageantry at Singapore's new national Stadium on Friday, providing the sports world with a brief moment of celebration after a week of soccer-related scandal.