Today, 30 November 2000

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    Lock icon How romantic is the PM, Mrs Goh?
    341 1  -  by Ng Boon Yian boonyiaij^'nt-ttT.iociiiy com.sg SO WHAT is the most romantic gesture that ft true Minister Goh Chok Tong has made lat< y, Mrs J'jii? A reporter's question caught Mrs Goh Chok Tong by surprise. "We're both so busy...l haven't thought about
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    Lock icon Polls blow for Mahathir
    464 1  -  S Gulam Dr M's party loses two-thirds majority in his home state by gulam®nevrstoday.coniig IN A bizai:i i y-election with chilling uii'i. rtones, Dr Mahathir Mohammed's Barisan Nasional suffered a stunning setback. Though the margin of defeat was just 530 votes about the same number that
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  • HOT NEWS
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      Super cures coming
      561 2  -  Lenng Phei I'hei Doctors excited as they hear of new plans by pheiphei('.; 01 wato day.com.sp LOCAL doctors suddenly have a glint in their eye and excitement in their voice as they contemplate all the fife saving gadgets and toys they might be abk to bring to
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    • Article
      Just one more chance to win 556.4 m
      201 2 THERE is just one chance laft to win the much coveted 56.4 million Premium Prize in the Singapore Sweep. That's next week, with the December draw. From January next year, Singapore Pools will introduce a new prize structure for its monthly Singapore
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      Lock icon Tilmans gets controversial prize
      69 2 Reuters GERMAN photograph©] Wolfgang Tillmans stands in front of a portrait of his brother at The- Tute, Britain. Tin photograph won Tillinaii- I he Turner Prize, alom; with a cheque for £20,000 (Ss49,2su). Britain's most prestigious and often controversial award, has often provoked otslx&ga amon^ the
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    • Article
      Hello honey ... noooooo
      131 2 Hello honey noooooo MELBOURNE The officer in-charge of the Malaysian container ihip that ran aground in the Great EUrri&F Reef earlier this month, was talking on the phone with his wife when the incident happened. She was also on board the ship. The An :Italian Associated Press reported that the
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      Lock icon Go on, rock the boat
      576 3  -  Kim-Kyna Tan Take a risk with your savings to enlarge nest egg, says consultant to CPF by kim^'newslodnvrnm sg THOSE who yearn for a golden sunset should take a gamble with their saviiiy-j. That's the view of William Mercer, the consulting firm enlisted by the
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    • Article
      CDC infant care centre up next year
      321 3  -  Elaine Qui:h by claine 'nt'wsloday.com.sg COMMUNITY-based infanl care a set up hv'li 1 jong Patjor CurnmuniLy f ii"-'eliipmeiLl Council l)( I will br up and iininHi 1-v Uk> first half c n t year. h's all pad of the Cl C apore 21
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    • Article
      Lock icon New fares at Bukit Panjang LRT
      89 3 C COMMUTERS m the Bukit Panjang Light Rapfal Qs it tl.RT'l Wiil lly I, Jl I 6fl .<pr cial Ini i.lm d Hnkii Panjaag LRTwIH charge new fares wlucii were TralisporT CotHtCfl itcment by the pri itka Sii' I', says Ua- Special liitrotltiLlnr, Fare
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    • Article
      They came to steal
      176 3 J. IT a day ufu-r entering Singapore, four Indonesian men broke the law. The four, aged between 20 and S3, broke inlo a car on Tue-d.iy and .-i'.slped all its com Hours later. th<'\ w<'re irrested. Thi r\cn lin! entered Singapore on Social -ilia i. Police
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  • RUSH NEWS
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      Where is your Palm, soldier?
      311 4  -  by Steven Ooi steven 9i 'sto iy.com.su MINDER presents the Wired Soldier Jean-Claude Van I'amme, eat your heart out. The wired-up, fired-up Singapore soldier of the future was unveiled yesterday by the Defc i tee Science Technology Agency (i I W), and he has enough
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      Lock icon Motorcycle made from scrap
      67 4 Reuters THAI mechanic Permkiet Ranron, 36, rides his home-made giant motorcycle next to a regular Japanese scooter in Rayong province, near Bangkok yesterday. Permkiet took eight, months and 28,000 baht (S$ 1,120) to assemble his 800 kg bike out of scrap including tractor tyres, gas cylinders,
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    • Article
      Lock icon Nigerian boy killed in bottle attack
      104 4 AFP LONDON A 10-year-old Nigerian boy who went in search of a better life ended up dead in a murder case that's shocked Britain. Damilola Taylor was attacked as he walked home from school in Peckham, on Monday, the day after he told his
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      Lock icon Israeli polls get-together
      112 4 AFP, Reuters JERUSALEM -No sooner had Israeli Prime Minister Ehud i larak called for snap elections, opposition leader Ariel Sharon offered new coalition talks with the Prime Minister. "It's a sad day in my opinion for Israel. The nation needs unity in order to reach peace," Mr
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    • Article
      Lock icon Bail for petrol-bomb man
      112 4 CNA THE man accused of throwing a cocktail firebomb and burning a seven-year-old boy was offered bail of $12,000 in the Subordinate Courts yesterday. See Chai Seng, 28, was bailed out by his father, sister, and brother-in-law, who were all present in court for the proceedings.
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      Lock icon College of Life Science
      63 4 CNA NANYANG Technological University's College of Life Science will be ready in July 2002. Announcing this today, NTU president Dr Cham Tao Soon said it will produce manpower needed for the life sciences industry and researchers for bio-technology. For a start, the college will consist of
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  • Page 4 Miscellaneous
    • Miscellaneous
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      112 4 READ 0N... PSIE firsts for one school St Hilda's Primary School turns out two top students/6 Pumpkin or fairy coach Concessionary travel for senior folk still falling short/7 Japanese company pays up Forced labourers from China jet their dues /12 Sigh meni iJN Chief'sail for Aids Day/ 16 lix hurls
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  • HOME NEWS
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      Their future LAVE in the Army
      559 5  -  Cathleen Tung Youths can study for higher qualifications, get paid and complete their NS by i LIKE Other teens who did not do well in the GCE '0' Levels, Ny Kay Yong and Kong Chye Soon were at a loss. Should they retake the
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      Lock icon St Hilda's stars
      364 6  -  Lee Ching Wern Two students top PSLE results without tuition or computers by OTH girls never had tuition. Both are left entirely to their own devices. These words describe them: Independent, determined, focused. And both girls chalked up a rare first for their school. For the first
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      Lock icon Prodigal student is school's pride
      253 6  -  Mahesha Thenabadu by MOHAMMAD Fadhli had zero intere t in school. He quit just after seven days at the beginning of last year. But one man haul: him back and now Fadhli is th< ,tar of Pandan Primary School. For year's PSLE, Fjdhli scored the
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      Win prizes for your acts of kindness
      157 6  -  Maheslia Thtmabadu by METRO gives you a chance Lo do your hit for charitj with a dash of fun in the largest ever Charity Hunt on Dec 10. Get into a team of two or four and sign up at the customer sendee
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      PSLE students overcome odds
      205 6  -  Zackaria Abdul Rahim by zacL'irir^nPwstodav.i tnu.eg FIRST, it was the unclear tapes used in the English Listening Comprehension paper. Then, the tough Mathematics p.ijter Uiat sfiit even the hriglii r stud m i spinning, lint students taking the Primary School Leaving Examination this year certainly beat
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    • Article
      SingTel users in for a treat
      197 6 SINGTEL cusiomers and movie 'mffs, this one's for you. For the next 18 months, starting December, Sing Tel will be giving ir> subscribers monthly treats of the latest blockbuster movies. They will be the first in Singapore to watch the films, promised Sing Tel.
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  • YOUR LETTERS
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      Pumpkin or fairy coach?
      574 7 Concessionary travel for senior folk still falling short I AM not particularly interested in seeing my name in print, but hope you will allow me to raise an issue which I have been pursuing for a long time. For a long time now, 1 have written
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      Open windows of 'air-conditioned' minds
      447 7 YOUR Nov 24 issue carried reports on Cherian George's timely book as well as the 5.5 million projected population scenario (against the current 3.9 million total population). Why are so many Singaporeans still so hesitant to ask pertinent questions on such an important matters as
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    • Article
      Tonight Coke war stumps Virgin guy
      179 7 RICTASID Branson is one trophy short of a full shelf. The controversial billionaire Brit, who owns Virgin Megastore, Virgin' Music, Virgin Atlantic Airways, Virgin Cosmetics and who has just signed a US$l billion deal with Sing Tel, just can't find his fizz in the
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  • BUSINESS NEWS
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      Businesses upbeat for 4Q show
      382 8  -  Lee Yew Meng But bleak mood elsewhere, survey shows B) yewmcng^'newtitfifliiv.i'nai SINGAPORE I 'asinessmen are upbeat on prospects in the fourth quarter of this year. They expect sales and profits to rise and want to recruit additional staff. All these arc reflected in the latest
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    • Article
      Insurers have to look for other avenues to improve profit
      198 8  -  I lm. Yew Mt'»|{ By I- 'I.- :'l. I "111 .--H tNSURANCE companies here fact 'iver-capacity, low premium rates and rising claims costs, and these put pressure on profitability and sh;urhold■:rs' returns. Mr Philip Tan, pai i ..cr of Pricewaterhousc
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    • Article
      Osprey expects $65 mil profit
      63 8 OSPREY a local fuel freighter, expect! profit for the yr.a ending 31 Dec 2000 to reach Us 37 million (Stss million), a 120 per cent increase, after posting losses of Usl92 million last year. The company said that it is posting profit forecasts in order
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      Ho Wah Genting to sell shares worth $190 million
      219 8 HOW ill Gentin; International, a local engine- ring -.ervi company, plans to issue- new sharr" to raise >Sl9O million to mv l in buUden and operators of Chinese highways. The proposal modifies an ear'i r p| n that bit been terminated
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    • Article
      SingTel and NCS win $40 million government broadband contract
      242 8 SINGTEL and its subsidiary, National Computer Systems have won a two-year contract 10 lay broadband n"!work for the Singapore nernment worth U I million. The network '■roadband Int'rastruc iir- foi the Government (BIG), will link government agencies and statutory boards using
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    • MARKET NEWS
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        That sinking feeling
        353 9 For every stock that gained, two lost SINGAPORE shares opened lower amid a sell-off in tech stocks. The STI index hit low of 1950.47 but closed higher at i960.71 on some index support buying. For every stock that gained, two lost while 325 counters were unchanged. Market
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        No buying interest in Kuala Lumpur
        287 9 KUALA LUMPUR The Malaysian bourse sank yesterday as buying interest evaporated and shock-term trader;; rushed to square-off recent positions, alarmed by the sharp contraction in trw ohune. Onh fi 1 million unit hanges hands yesterday, 1 lhan half that of Monday's volume. The Xi;
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      Lock icon M'sia 3Q growth slows to 7.7%
      437 10 Bloomberg News Figure in line with economists' expectations KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia's economy expanded at its slowest pace in five quarters in the period ended Sept. 30, as export growth failed to counter a slowdown in services and agriculture. Economic growth slowed to an annual
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      Lock icon Airbus Industrie wins $6 bil Qantas order, including that for 12 A3XX
      273 10 Bloomberg News MELBOURNE Airbus Industrie won a U53.4 billion ($6 billion) order from Qantas Airways that includes 12 A3XX jetliners. The purchase will help bring the proposed "superjumbo" one step closer to production. The orders, which will make
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      Lock icon Philippines to grow 3.8% says IMF
      61 10 -AFXASIA MANILA The Philippines economy will grow 3.8 per cent this year, IMF resident representative Scan Nolan said. This is slightly lower than the government's target of four per cent. Mr Nolan said an IMF mission will arrive next month for a review of
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      Lock icon Cerberus Partners eyes Taiwan banks' bad loans
      125 10 Bloomberg News TAIPEI Cerberus Partners, a iJS fund specialising in buying distressed assets, is interested in buying bad loans from Taiwanese banks under a government programme aimed at cleaning up the industry, a government official said. Mr Frank Bruno, co-presi-dent of Cerberus Japan,
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      Food importers get online service from Down Under
      115 10 SINGAPORE food importers will be able to view, select and buy products from various Australian suppliers through an online service platform known as Food Connect Australia. Food Connect Australia which buyers can use for free is a venture between Telstra, Australia's largest
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  • WORLD NEWS
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      Lock icon Food crisis of the half century
      241 11 VFP Some N. Koreans living on barks, leaves and twigs SEOUL- North Korea's food cnais is so had it will Im? one Of Ihc major disftst&rs of ibu \t half century, a US congressman who has just visited ihe coniniunist stalu said yes'.erdny. Representative
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      Lock icon Gus Dur to sue Suharto family for slander
      129 11 -AIP JAKARTA Indrtne President Abdurrahman Wahid iti yesterday, I planning m -u>. -fveral members of former president Suharto's family and their lawy< ir, 1: alleged slaiifte IS iccusations were made in relation to a meeting he had witi "hf iusiv q\ i,,
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      Lock icon Monkeys survive Ebola virus
      97 11 AFP PARIS A weaprw against one of the most terrifying dis* known to man ha* taken a p forward, Monkeys bsve been UCO fully .'arcinaLcd agairisl the Eboli vi i as. ti iri.ui> the N';tuonal lii;.iiiui.- of Health '-IHj st tdz, 3 <rj-]und, repurti-fl that fi
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      Lock icon Historic payout
      171 12 -AFP Chinese WWII victims to receive compensation from Japanese TOKYO -Japan's Kajima Corp has agreed to pay 500 million yen (557.9 million) to compensate nearly 1,000 Chinese forced to work in Japan during World War 11. The settlement is the first time a Japanese company has agreed to
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      Lock icon Nine killed in Philippine kidnap attempt
      106 12 -AFP PAGADIAN A kidnapping in the southern Philippines has claimed nine lives. During the kidnapping of a businessman's wife in Mindanao, six suspected Muslim guerillas, two bystanders and a government militiaman were killed, military officials said. At least two surviving kidnappers escaped with their
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      Lock icon Whales get with the times
      166 12 -AFP PARIS Humpback whales in the western Pacific have picked up a catchy tune from visiting cetaceans from the Indian Ocean, say Australian scientists. The finding is intriguing because it suggests whales may he attracted to a cultural novelh and adopt it themselves. Recordings were
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      Lock icon Wanted: public Santa
      70 12 Rf.uteks photo Chanty event organisers Peter Leate (top) and Caroline Speight adjust what they hope is the world's ('.<::est Christmas slocking on a Sydney city building. The .<tocki measures over IS metres long and used up more than 30 square metres of cloth. Sewn by staff and
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    • Article
      US polls: Supreme Court allows audio tapings
      172 12 WASHINGTON In one more shocking twist to an already bizzare presidential race, the US Supreme Court made media history yesterday. It granted immediate media acceas to an audio recording of the Dec 6 hearing that might rii-cide who gets i iie keys to
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      Lock icon Laos uprising put down
      97 12 AFP WASHINGTON' Laos has cm >hed a new pro-democracy uprising by students and civil servants, one year after a first abortive revolt against 25 years of Communist rule, a US-based radio station reported. More than 200 people defiec strict government control to demonstrate on Nov 17
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      Lock icon Nasa to put 'star' in sky
      113 12 AFP WASHINGTON The International Space Station will light the sky like a star following the launch of a mission ton.orrow by t: crew aboard the space slinith- Endeavour. The team plans to attach two 74-metre solar panels to the station's exterior, which will quintuple
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      Lock icon All set for euthanasia
      309 14 Reuters Dutch to pass Bill soon, but remain divided THE HAGUK The NetherlwK which has turned a blind eye to so-called m« killings for decades, will soon becom< the first country in the world to le,t'..»lise euthanasia. The lower chamber of parliament voted 104 to 40
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      Lock icon World's 'most beautiful' avenue
      55 14 JSsrrrcMS photo Thf gunttfinis n'htcl in fnHi place tic hi C&tcof&t is swn at the ttid oj the Champs Elysees with tts Christmas ditOTXiUofU- /'uves prwpiirtt fur lh\ hutiilay ttßSOtt witi the traditional illumination of the Champs Ely.-..: I, which rt riyrrn-rf to as ihr "must
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      Lock icon Jordan airline back in Iraq
      96 14 AFP AMMAN The first commercial flight by Royal Jordanian airline will land in Iraq today, after a 10-year absence. However, the historic flight will not represent the resumption of regular flights but rather of charter flights. Last week, officials said Jordan might resume regular air
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      Lock icon Charge: They tried to create illegal army in Cambodia
      161 14 AFP PHNOM PENH Cambodian American Richard Kiri Kirn (right) and three othc: American citizens have been charged vi'h terrorism ;iud nvating an illegal armed forco in the country. The chants, ont in a Cambodian court yvsterday, came after au attack by
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      Lock icon Firm to sue over murder claim
      158 14 -AKP PARIS French electronic duit-nee company Thomson-CSF wants to sue a l-'rench newspaper for defamation. On, Tuesday, 1 he 7 I had puhlished a report impliestIg I le company in the murder c;i .1 Taiwan* le colonel. with the* ice isatinris of estreme RravHy".
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      Lock icon Alleged Chinese kingpin loses freedom bid
      222 14 -AKP VANCOUVER An alleged Chinese smuggling kingpin has lost his bid to stay out of a Canadian jail while (he immigration authorities evaluate his refugee claim status. Mr Lai Changxing has been accused by Beijing of heading a four-year smuggling racket in Fujian province
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    • S$782 m for their votes
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        That's how much Thai politicians will spend to buy votes
        201 15 BANGKOK By the font Thais go to the polls on.|an 6, c.n,did,iU--i would have spent a whopping ITSS4B(3 million (Ss7B2 million) to buy votes. Never mind that this is the first time the election for the Lower House of Parliament
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        Desperate Chinese sell organs on the Net
        213 15 borne desperate Chinese citiseaa are turning to cyberspace to sell their body pa Potential donors 9&mmg o>, t, aa for sale arc using Internet websites to a* li their "wans reported the South China Morning Post. I he coat of a kidney from
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      Lock icon Christmas time for forgiveness
      102 15 -AFP OTTAWA Prime Minister Jean Chretien says he will forgive and forget those who badmouthed him during the fivewcrk election campaign. Mr Chretien, 66, could afford to play the gracious winner. On Monday, he became the first Canadian Prime Minister since World War li to win
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      Lock icon Men, help us in the Aids war
      397 16 Reuters The figures are frightful, and so is the face of Aids BERLIN Men can make a big difference in the global battle against Aids, said United Nations secretary-general Kofi Annan. They can do this "by being more caring, by taking fewer risks,
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      Lock icon Iranian hardliners strike again
      130 16 Reuters TEH KAN- Iran's hardline press court has banned a popular youth weekly as part of a crackdown on moderate puhlica tions. Iran-e Javan was ordered closed for "publishing lies and articles against public decency and attempts to disturb public opiuion", the official Iranian news agency,
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    • Article
      Lock icon You were not listening, dear ...
      156 16 You were not listening, dear Reuters CHICAGO The proof is in for something women long have suspected: Men listen with only one aide of their brains while women use both sides. But, whether that means one sex is listening better than the other remains to be determined, researchers from the
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      Lock icon Cape Town's beaches hit by crime
      168 16 -AFP CAPE TOWN This South African city's most popular tourist beaches are in the f;dp of a crime wave, with bathers reporting that thieves are making off with their belongings while they swim. Sergeant Johami Louw of the Camps Bay police station said there
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      Lock icon Christmas richness
      152 16 Reuters MASSACHUSETTS Need a Christmas present for that billionaire relath > or friend and don't quite know what to do? Tht kobb Report, a magazine for the ultra-rich, has what you need, but probably can't afford. How about a US$3O million (Sssl million), 165-foot super yacht with a
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  • COMMENTARY
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      A question of trust in our young
      709 17  -  Uehmun Kashid THE tragedy of the Vision Schools concept is that it' tl right idea at the wrong time. It may be 30 years too late. That's how If ysia has been a one-nation-two-sy terns state. One full generation has grown up in
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      Lock icon Why won't Gore just give up?
      265 17 -Reuters WASHINGTON -What keeps Democratic pi idential nominee Al Goiu tunning three weeks after the Nov V election? SiiLjily because it is his belief more Floridians intended to vote for him than i'oi Republican ci W Bush and ended up doin While tht: i-
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  • SHOWCASE
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      Butterfly lovers go Indonesian
      785 19  -  Rosalind Png Compiled by n.i!iBlirid#newsti .11 Sampek Engtay Tuday till Dec 2 8 pm Victoria Theatre This is an Indonesian version of the Chinese "The Butterfly Lovers". The romantic musical comedy is set in Indonesia instead of China. Jokes, songs and dances are incorporated in the
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      Goofy moose, flying squirrel
      647 23  -  Edmund T Shern FILM REVIEW Rocky Bullwinkle (Now showing} Cartoon icons rake in money on the big screen By edmund'['ipnka.com Forty years ago, among his other cartoons like George of the Jungle, Superchicken and Crusader Rabbit, Ja> 'V'ird invented a classic which quickly captured the imagination
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      Devil in the Details
      652 23  -  David Ngiau The Ninlh Gate (How showmgi By dnvidii ie" t iday.com.En THE PLOT Dean Corso (Johnny Depp) is an antique book expert with no scruples, lie profits from fleecing greedy yuppies of their parents' vintage libraries and pawning them off to rich collectors. One of
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  • Page 20 Miscellaneous
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      983 20 s 2,' M Monkey King movk is akmt an elder brother's Flower Mamie sacrifice r >r ly. 3.30 Arc You My Brother? achieving muih succtss, he tttOßs mj ~Sm (Ep.l7/20) the family untkoutttUwy, ht 4.30 My Sweet Mum whei fnc yean, later, he 4L 5. 0 The King ami I
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      889 21 Mi A ON CABLE ON RADIO vmv*r)tlK«JV»«^\ L^^H Entertauunent iCh 56) Cold 90.5 FM Phantoms Jazzamalzz 10 pm 8 pm midnight X Seven hundred people mysteri- Tune in to cool jazz-fusion on oualy disappear from a small town Saturdays and jazz standards on 6 30pm Ramayana (Ed ">) in Colorado.
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  • RELAX
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