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370 2001-01-05 1 Zackaria Abdul Rahim - Zackaria Abdul Rahim za cka ria ne wstoday, co m. sg AN almost essential ingredient in dishes like mee goreng and mee soto is being pulled off the shelves here because it was made using pig extracts. The370 words
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Article, Illustration49 2001-01-05 1 Reuters photo How do you deny thai you had suffered a stroke? Maybe issue a statement. Maybe call a press conference. But Iraqi President Saddam Hussein is different. He comes out blazine. firine shots into the air to prove he is alive and kicking.Reuters photo - 49 words
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139 2001-01-05 1 Reuters LONDON Britain is considering developing a high-tech homb which uses a blast of heat to destroy buildings and kill people, the Ministry of Defence said yesterday. Speculation that it could be similar to fuel-air explosives used by Russia against Chechnya for blasting bunkersReuters - 139 words
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Article435 2001-01-05 1 Lee Yew Meng - Lee Yew Meng by ye wmeng@ne wstoday. co m. sg FOE months, Asian stock investors hoped that Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan would cut interest rates. Now that he has, some wish he had waited. The surprise half-point cut, the biggest outside a scheduled435 words
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HOT NEWS
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Article363 2001-01-05 2 Ng Hwee Koon - Ng Hwee Koon Senior citizens want more healthcare help by h weekoon newstoday. com. sg GIVE more healthcare subsidies to the elderly. Throw away the working age limit. Take care of citizens for life. These were some of the calls made to the Government at last363 words
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Article, Illustration27 2001-01-05 2 A TOURIST marvels at the sculpture along the Singapore River by Chong Fah Cheong. It captures the carefree and simple life of yesteryear.27 words
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275 2001-01-05 2 Leong Phei Phei - Leong Phei Phei by pheiphei@newstoday.com.sg THE big question: Did the boy, who died of the Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease on Wednesday, get it from Pontian in Johor? For he died just over a week after his return from a trip to Pontian that275 words
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196 2001-01-05 2 THE National Trades Union Congress (NTUC) has its eyes on the financial services sector. With the Occupational Health and Safety Programme (OHS), to be launched today, NTUC, Ministry of Manpower, Tan Tock Seng Hospital and MHC Healthnet hope to ease the sector's work-related health woes.196 words
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Article81 2001-01-05 2 AFP LISBON An armed man who burst into Portugal's state television station with his wife and two daughters threatening to detonate a bomb later went on radio and said he intended to kill himself. The man, who identified himself as Manuel Subtil, said he was angry at theAFP - 81 words
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Article145 2001-01-05 3 Nokia 3210 bomb timer? MANILA Police investigators have found fragments of a Nokia 3210 mobile phone at two bomb blast sites the Ninoy Aquino International Airport cargo terminal and near the Dusit Hotel in Makati City, reported Philippine radio station DzBB yesterday. The report quoted police spokesman Col. Nicanor Bartolome145 words
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Article496 2001-01-05 3 Shazalina Salim - Shazalina Salim Man disappears after getting money from church by shazlina@newstoday.com.sg A CHURCH has fallen victim to a man who took advantage of its goodwill. The man, who called himself Vunaven Chong, walked off with $400 from a church fund after convincing the administrator and pastor that he496 words
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Article485 2001-01-05 4 Maurice Png - Maurice Png No queues, but McDonald's confident of sellout by re porter® tie wstoday. co ra.sg IT'S more like Goodbye Kitty this time around. Yesterday was the first day the new Hello Kitty and Dear Daniel dolls hit McDonald's joints island-wide. But the crowds, although there, were small.485 words
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Article80 2001-01-05 4 -AFP TALLAHASSEE A retired German couple on vacation in Florida won more than 12 million dollars in the state lottery in December. Lottery officials said that Mr Bruno and Mrs Ingeborg Lidner bought their winning ticket at a supermarket the day after they arrived there. On Wednesday, the-AFP - 80 words
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Article71 2001-01-05 4 A COUPLE believed to be involved in more than 14 cases of housebreaking and theft over the past six months have been arrested. The 27-year-old male divorcee and his 23-year-old female companion would rent a room in flats. After a short period of stay, they would break into71 words
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Article, Illustration28 2001-01-05 4 -AFP photo Poland's Adam Malysz. during training at the Bergisei ski jump in Innsbruck, Austria. He later set a new record of 120.5 metres.-AFP photo - 28 words
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Article88 2001-01-05 4 FORMER Geylang United Football Club goalkeeper, Lutz Pfannenstiel, was convicted yesterday on three charges of accepting bribes to influence the results of three S-League matches. Sentencing has been postponed til! tomorrow to allow him to settle his personal affairs and to prepare his mitigation. The 27-year-old German accepted88 words
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Article133 2001-01-05 4 TWO men who cheated a housewife, Madam Tan Yock Lan, on New Year's Day by claiming to be able to read her fortune, have been arrested. The Chinsese nationals, aged 32 and 44, and the five accomplices were nabbed at the Fragrance Hotel two days ago. Madam133 words
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Article, Illustration831 2001-01-05 5 Shazalina Salim - Next stop, Expo station Shazalina Salim People working in the vicinity will be blessed with greater convenience from Wednesday by ahazalina@newstoday.com.sg A BUILDING in space out of the cartoon series The Jetsons. That is what the new Expo MRT station, which will open its doors on Jan 10, looks like.HEDYKHOO - 831 words
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Miscellaneous107 2001-01-05 4 READ 0N... Hyflux makes water for all Local treatment firm to list in three months/9 Muled reaction US rate cuts powers rally, but grave concerns remain/10 Double Bogey Tommy or general behind bombings?/! 1 I promise t0... New Year's resolutions for the Millennium/16 Puteris and Pontianaks Malaysian playwright Jit Murad107 words
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HOME NEWS
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Article, Illustration592 2001-01-05 6 Mahesha Thenabadu - Mahesha Thenabadu Success started from kitchen and balcony by reporter@n ewsto d ay.c om.sg HER beauty products have graced the faces of some of the world's most beautiful, powerful and famous women. From Princess Diana to the exPrime Minister of India, Indira Ghandi, Mrs Shaznah Hussain592 words
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316 2001-01-05 6 Elaine Quek - Elaine Quek by elaine@newstoday. co ra. sg SHE was supposed to start her Master in Business Administration (MBA) course in France last September. But now, she has to serve a jail sentence first. Zoey Tan Chai Ping, 27, churned out fake invoices316 words
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171 2001-01-05 6 A DRUNKEN man who slashed the back of his son's head with a kitchen knife was sentenced to two months' jail yesterday. Tay Liang Chua, 45, came home drunk on the night of July 13 last year. As he turned on the171 words
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Article212 2001-01-05 7 Nielsen ratings show big surfing pickup here WHEN it comes to hot news, the Internet is alive and kicking. A survey of the home Internet by Nielsen Net Ratings for November found that the SQOO6 crash was indeed a hot item. The survey showed a 60 per212 words
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202 2001-01-05 7 David Soh ARE we ready for direct sales, alternatively known as network marketing or multi-level marketing overseas? After reading through a recent press release, it makes me wonder about the following: Are these companies' systems endorsed by the authorities, although they202 words
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Article61 2001-01-05 7 Lisa Chew THANKS for the write up in TODAY on stress and how it can put one at risk of getting coronary heart disease. Those symptoms you mention are exactly what I'm experiencing now. Thanks, I'll definitely start my jogging session every day, be it five to 1061 words
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Article74 2001-01-05 7 Narayana Narayana I REFER to Locust Cookies, Anyone? (Today, Dec 28). I was reminded of another story I read over 60 years ago in, I think, World News Digest. A traveller in the Sahara met a tribe of Berbers and was offered a bowl of soup which he74 words
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266 2001-01-05 7 Stephen Loke WE refer to your reader Vian Nah Foo and in her letter titled: You call this Paradise? in Today last Tuesday. Whilst we do not condone profiteering or rudeness from retailers unless there has been any form of266 words
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BUSINESS NEWS
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Article613 2001-01-05 8 Lee Yew Meng - Lee Yew Meng For small investors to pay lower broking commission rates by yewmeng@ne wsto day. c om.sg PAY cash upfront for share purchases and enjoy lower brokerage rates. Pay after the T plus three working days and you fork out the 0.5 per cent rate. Just give613 words
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Article, Illustration406 2001-01-05 8 Chin Weilin - Chin Weilin by SUBURBAN malls are becoming the "in" place to be for many businesses in Singapore. Retail shops traditionally based in the town areas have begun to expand their outlets and branches to the suburban malls. A case in406 words
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Article, Illustration427 2001-01-05 9 Chan Chao Peh - Chan Chao Peh Local treatment firm to list in three months by c haop eh@n ews to day.c om. sg ONE might think that penguins, textiles and microchips are worlds apart. But for Ms Olivia Lum, all these are her happy "customers". "Customer" for water,HEDYKHOO - 427 words
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181 2001-01-05 9 Bloomberg News SINGAPORE'S key indicator of anticipated manufacturing activity dropped for a second month to a 21-month low, as fewer orders from overseas forced companies to cut production and keep lower inventory. The Purchasing Managers' Index fell 2.8 points to 52.5, its– Bloomberg News - 181 words
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482 2001-01-05 9 Bloomberg News NEW YORK Mr Bill Gross, who runs the biggest US bond fund, was doing yoga across the street from his office at Pacific Investment Management when the Federal Reserve's interest rate cut caught him in– Bloomberg News - 482 words
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Muted reaction
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Article, Illustration507 2001-01-05 10 THE unexpected overnight rate cut by the US Fed prompted a spate of follow through buying and the biggest beneficiaries were the tech stocks that had been grossly oversold. Nasdaq's 14 per cent jump, its best performance to date, gave investors507 words
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Article, Illustration498 2001-01-05 10 KUALA LUMPUR Not even Nasdaq's record 14 per cent rally overnight, on the back of the surprise US Fed rate cut, could lift the local bourse out of its doldrums. In a knee jerk reaction, the market opened higher for the morning498 words
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WORLD NEWS
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Article351 2001-01-05 11 Tommy Suharto or general behind Christmas bombings? JAKARTA Coordinating Minister for Political, Social and Security Affairs Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono yesterday alleged that Tommy Suharto was connected to the Christmas Eve bombings which killed at least 17 people across Indonesia, said online news service Mandiri. But a day earlier,351 words
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Article, Illustration149 2001-01-05 11 KUALA LUMPUR After serving seven years as attorney-gen-eral, Tan Sri Mohtar Abdullah said he wanted "history to be the judge" of his actions during his tenure, reported The Sunday Star. Mr Mohtar (right), transferring his responsibility to the country's first woman AttorneyGeneral, Datuk Ainum149 words
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Article481 2001-01-05 12 Steven Ooi - Steven Ooi Pertamina fails to shake off spectre of corruption by ste ven@ne wstoday. com. sg JAKARTA Things just never seem to get better for Indonesia's anaemic state oil and gas company Pertamina. Even as its partially-new board of directors was being inaugurated with promises481 words
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87 2001-01-05 12 Reuters KUALA LUMPUR A hacker attack on the Malaysian parliament's Web site has sparked alarm over what some see as sloppy approach by government departments to Internet security, despite the country's aim to become an infotech leader. Police said they were seeking a hacker who– Reuters - 87 words
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Article, Illustration31 2001-01-05 12 Thousands of Argentine beach goers crowd Punta Mogotes, Mar del Plata, Argentina, Throughout January and February, daring their vacation season, Argentines head for the beaches. AFP photoAFP photo - 31 words
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Article74 2001-01-05 12 AFP WASHINGTON Microsoft defended its treatment of minority employees, saying it maintained "a zero tolerance policy" toward discrimination in the workplace. But a company spokeswoman had no specific comment on a five-billion-dollar class action iawsuit filed against Microsoft by seven current and former African-American employees.AFP - 74 words
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198 2001-01-05 12 AFP BANGKOK Thailand's iTV station reporters said yesterday they were considering legal action to prevent leading politician Mr Thaksin Shinawatra, whose company holds a major stake in the station, from interfering in their work. A group of 17 staffAFP - 198 words
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239 2001-01-05 13 AFP KUALA LUMPUR Armed pirates used commando style tactics to attack ships in Malaysian waters in two separate incidents on New Year's Eve, according to a report yesterday. Some 20 pirates armed with pistols and machetes raided two ships anchored off Tanjung Piai inAFP - 239 words
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131 2001-01-05 13 Reuters HOLLYWOOD A lawsuit alleging that the CBS reality series Big Brother illegally borrowed from the classic George Orwell novel 1984 has survived the first round of motions brought by defendants CBS, its corporate parent Viacom and producer Mr Orwell Prods. In an opinion handedReuters - 131 words
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Article108 2001-01-05 13 AFP JAKARTA The government has given the main monosodium glutamate (MSG) producer in Indonesia three weeks to withdraw its products from sale because it used pig by-products in their production, the health ministry said yesterday. The decision on the products of PT Ajinomoto Indonesia was announcedAFP - 108 words
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97 2001-01-05 13 Reuters LONDON British tabloids splashed pictures on Thursday of Queen Elizabeth's second son Prince Andrew enjoying a sunshine holiday on a yacht off Thailand with topless women. Forty-year-old Andrew, whose marriage to the Duchess of York ended in divorce in 1996, was relaxing offReuters - 97 words
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Article350 2001-01-05 14 Most even US Congress in over a century WASHINGTON The most evenly divided Congress in more than a century convened on Wednesday with Democrats and Republicans preaching bipartisanship, but hardliners in both parties promising bloody warfare, reported the Daily Telegraph. The accession of Mrs Hillary Clinton350 words
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243 2001-01-05 14 KUALA LUMPUR Pupils of a Kuala Lumpur junior school had a shock when they went back to school Wednesday. The seven-classroom Sekolah Rendah Agama in Jalan Kuchai Lama had no electricity and water supply. The toilets were in a mess and none of243 words
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149 2001-01-05 14 AFP MELBOURNE Signing a treaty with Aborigines would divide black and white Australia even further, incoming Aboriginal Affairs Minister Philip Ruddock said here yesterday. Rejecting renewed calls for a treaty, Mr Ruddock said treaties were agreements between different nations. Canberra should not signAFP - 149 words
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Article98 2001-01-05 14 AFP BANFF (Canada) A 30-year-old woman was fatally attacked by a cougar while cross-country skiing in Banff National Park in Alberta, the park's warden service said on Wednesday. The cougar hid behind a tree at a distance from the trail, and after the woman skied byAFP - 98 words
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Article, Illustration41 2001-01-05 14 Behind every successful woman US President Bill Clinton and the First Lady, Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton, at a reception on Wednesday at the Mayflower hotel in Washington. Mrs Clinton was earlier sworn-in to the US Senate on Capitol Hill, AFP photoAFP photo - 41 words
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209 2001-01-05 15 AFP BEVERLY HILLS Controversial rappers Dr Dre and Eminem will lead an eclectic and diverse group of nominees into the 43rd edition of the annual Grammy Awards, organizers said Wednesday. Madonna, U2, Faith Hill, 'N Sync, Joni Mitchell, Destiny's Child, Don Henley and RageAFP - 209 words
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Article395 2001-01-05 15 Aceh rebels warn oil giant: leave for your own safety BANDA ACEH Separatists in the Indonesian province of Aceh have warned Mobil Oil Indonesia, a unit of the world's biggest publicly traded oil company Exxon Mobil, to leave the region for its own safety. The rebels, fighting395 words
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COMMENTARY
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Article, Illustration1051 2001-01-05 16 DRY ICE by Sisyphus Here are some new year resolutions you will have no problem keeping IT'S the new year, new decade, new century, new millennium. There could be no better time than now in which to make irrevocable resolutions. Everyone is doing it, so let's doToday art by YEN YOK - 1,051 words
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RELAX
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Article, Illustration802 2001-01-05 17 Puterisr Pormonaks Malaysian playwright Jit Murad talks to Susanna Checketts about his passion and prejudices He comes in lightly, slim, articulate and curly-haired, a cosmopolitan faun but Jit Murad is not just a mythological creature. His concern is with Malay identity and Malaysian social problems. Jit writes plays, including Gold802 words
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Article804 2001-01-05 18 Neville Stack - Neville Stack When callow youth gives way to mellow maturity and why, some even acquire wisdom! by: nsta ck@es a tele a r. ie WHEN you hit forty, the downhill slide begins. The memory starts to deteriorate, the reactions slow down, concentration lapses. The beginning of the804 words
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Article, Illustration439 2001-01-05 19 Zackaria Abdul Rahim - Zackaria Abdul Rahim With five kids at home, Dr Anette Jacobsen still has time for more by. zackaria@newstoday.com.sg Asa paediatrician, Dr Anette Jacobsen (above) Xispends long hours in the hospital nursing children of strangers back to good health. But, that doesn't stop the Head of Peadiatries SurgeryWEE TECKHJAN - 439 words
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Article816 2001-01-05 20 DVDate vsrith Douglas Tseng DVDs to sweep you away from reality The Perfect Storm (Warner, Region 3, widescreen 2.35:1, Dolby 5.1, $40) Based on a true story, The Perfect Storm tells the heroic and harrowing tale of a group of fisherman (amongst them George Clooney, Mark Wahlberg, William816 words
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Article, Illustration632 2001-01-05 21 David Ngiau - David Ngiau TODAY photo by He transforms ordinary folks into superstars by david@newsto d ay. cn m. sg HE came to love transforming ordinary Joes into superstars, through makeup and hairstyling, so much that he took a pay cut when he switched career paths to getHEDYKHOO - 632 words
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SHOWCASE
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Article, Illustration605 2001-01-05 22 Rosalind Png - Rosalind Png Compiled by ro sa li nd@ne wstoday. co m. sg Chang and Eng The Musical Today till Jan 21 8 pm (except Mondays) Additional 2.30 pm show on Saturdays and Sundays Kailang Theatre The Siamese twins are back. This time they605 words
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family TODAY
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Article, Illustration707 2001-01-05 27 YOU work 12-hour days, come home exhausted, and bring reports home to do. Sounds familiar? If you're a working parent, chances are you wish you had more time, to spend with the kids. When family time is reduced to the hour after dinner707 words
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Article, Illustration968 2001-01-05 28 Rohoniah Saini - Rohoniah Saini It's official. Singapore children must have at least six years of education. But home schooling is accepted as a viable substitute. Why? And could you be your child's best teacher? by SOME parents do it because they are fed up with968 words
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motoring TODAY
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Article, Illustration748 2001-01-05 32 A friend of mine was driving towards a deserted corner of Changi Coast Road, where I brought the Ford Galaxy for a photo shoot, to meet me. Not knowing what a Galaxy looked like and unable to spot me since I was squatting in front of the parked748 words
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MOTORING NEWS
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Article, Illustration154 2001-01-05 33 DaimlerChrysier's Micro Compact Car (MCC) division sold more than 101,000 Smart cars in its 1 1 European markers in 2000, surpassing its target of selling 20 percent more of the cars than in 1999, when it sold 80,000 units. After a slow start, the two-seater Smart City-Coupe and154 words
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Article, Illustration165 2001-01-05 33 South Korea's bankrupt Daewoo Motor has announced that it plans to lay off 6,884 workers, or 32 percent of its workforce, through restructuring. The country's third largest automaker said in a statement released last week that it aimed to save 234 billion won (*****.6 million)165 words
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Article, Illustration185 2001-01-05 33 Want a sporty-looking car but don't need sports car performance? Audi has just the thing for you the German manufacturer has unveiled a lower-power version of the TT Roadster which it says will appeal to 'numerous convertible enthusiasts who particularly en oy driving an open-top vehicle in185 words
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Article, Illustration114 2001-01-05 33 All new Volvo car owners who purchase their cars from SM Motors now receive a three-year membership to the Volvo-On-Call scheme, which offers 24--hour roadside assistance and vehicle recovery services provided by the Automobile Association of Singapore (MS). This is the first such collaboration between AAS114 words
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Article, Illustration88 2001-01-05 33 Car modification madness reigns at www.zerotohundred. com a web site dedicated to showcasing souped-up machines from around the world. Although run by a Malaysian, the site still features content that will appeal to Singaporean motoring enthusiasts. Interesting sections include o horsepower calculator, quarter-mile timing calculator88 words
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Article, Illustration473 2001-01-05 33 Sportage Problems Q: The Kia Sporfage 4WD which bought recently from a secondhand dealer has this problem: whenever I start the car in the morning the RPM will be very high (around 1600] and it will only fall after I have driven the car for around five minutes.473 words
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travel TODAY
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Article, Illustration1620 2001-01-05 36 A walk down memory lane in Singapore During his final visit in 1 822, Singapore's founder, Sir Stamford Raffles, drew up a detailed town plan with a thriving city in mind. He decided that the north bank of the Singapore River would be reserved for government and other1,620 words
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Article, Illustration307 2001-01-05 38 Elaine Quek - Elaine Quek by elaine@newsto day.com. sg Vr\ To some, it spells L/. roses and whispers or sweet-nothings. They embrace it andyearn for it to come again. To others, it's as cursed as its namesake, Venereal Disease. They try their best to avoid it, and when it's here, they choose to307 words
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Miscellaneous1191 2001-01-05 23 4 6.50, 9.20, 11.50 China Strike Force (M): 12.45pm, 3, Meet The Parents: 11am, 1, 3, 5.15, 7.15, 9.30, 11.45 Ok^. The Sixth Day: 12.25pm, 3.30, 6.05, 5.15, 7.25 The Sixth Day: 12.15pm, 4.45, 9.15 \^y 8.40, 11.20 For Bad Boys Only (M): 11.30am, Possessed: 12.15pm, 2.30, 4.45, 7, 9.15,1,191 words
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Miscellaneous591 2001-01-05 24 CHANNEL J? CHANNEL 4PWIHiH& MORNING MORNING PRIMETIME 6.00am Behind the r* ""IW£SE 6.ooara Harley Spiny 6.00pm Fitness Kardio Knockout Velvet Ropes 6.30 Folktales of Uncle Sun 6.30 American Health Fitness 6.30 Business Morning 1 7.00 Good Morning Singapore 7.00 Magazine Asian Football Show 9.30 Wheel of Fortune *'SU~ 9.00 The591 words
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Miscellaneous578 2001-01-05 25 Sanam Bewafa Master Swordsman a/ /A Suria, 9.30 pm Lu Xiao Fena /Iw carried out for generations until mk Lu Xiaofeng finally decides to stop 6:ooam Headlines Fatekhan's daughter, Rukhsarfell /I. fc%nj^P avoiding Ouyang Qing and the 6.02 Asia Beyond for Salman. Fatekhan was against ;)j| latter forgives him for578 words
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Article, Illustration538 2001-01-05 42 NFL OAKLAND Immediately after the Oakland Raiders' 52-9 AFC West title-clinch-ing win over Carolina last December, head coach Jon Gruden (above) ventured into the "Black Hole". That is the section at the south end of Network Associates Coliseum and shook hands with the rabid Raiders fans. "I538 words
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376 2001-01-05 42 OWINGS MILLS If the road to the Super Bowl travels through Tennessee, the Baltimore Ravens know they can win there on Monday. The Ravens (13-4) are the only team to defeat the Titans in Adelphia Coliseum in 17 games over two years, rallying for a376 words
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Article, Illustration232 2001-01-05 43 Reuters Cricket SYDNEY West Indies fought back strongly on the third day of the fifth and final cricket Test against Australia yesterday to be 82 runs behind with nine second innings wickets in hand at the close. When stumps were drawn at the Sydney Cricket Ground, West– Reuters; Reuters photo - 232 words
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82 2001-01-05 43 Reuters AUSTRALIAN captain Steve Waugh 34 Sunil Gavaskar (India) scored 103 in the fifth cricket Test 29 Don Bradman (Australia) against West Indies yesterday to 27 Allan Border (Australia) move into joint fifth place on the list 26 Garfield Sobers (West Indies) of tonReuters - 82 words
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Article, Illustration392 2001-01-05 44 Utah finds O'Neal, Bryant too hot to handle NBA LA Lakers 82 Utah 71 LOS ANGELES Hack-a-Shaq didn't work, in part because Shaquille O'Neal didn't stick around. And shortly after he left, the Los Angeles Lakers put the Utah Jazz away. Kobe Bryant scored 12 of his 31ALLSPORT photo - 392 words
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364 2001-01-05 44 NBA Philadelphia 98 Atlanta 80 PHILADELPHIA Aaron McKie had better be careful or he might lose his job as sixth man. McKie had his second straight triple-double and Allen Iverson scored 21 points as the Philadelphia 76ers snapped a four-game home losing streak on364 words
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Article764 2001-01-05 45 Leonard Thomas - Leonard Thomas Free-spending but strugglingYorkshire club should return to form soon by leonard@newstoday.com.sg HOW do you figure out Leeds United this season? One of the clubs touted by pundits as capable of mounting a credible challenge to Man Utd and its championship crown this season is764 words
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Article, Illustration141 2001-01-05 45 LONDON Fulham captain Chris Coleman has been ruled out for the rest of the season after breaking his right teg in three places in a terrifying car crash, reported Soccernet.com. Coleman, 30, was trapped in his Jaguar XKB sports car for an hour after crashing141 words
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92 2001-01-05 45 Reuters LONDON West Ham United is preparing to bid for Aston Villa's transfer-listed England defender Gareth Southgate. "I rate Southgate highly, both as a player and a professional, and it's time we put in an offer," West Ham manager Harry Redknapp told The Evening– Reuters - 92 words
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Article, Illustration502 2001-01-05 46 Latest assault on Anfield hotshot could hasten his departure LIVERPOOL It seems no longer safe for Robbie Fowler to party in his native city. He is now clearly the prey for some of his Scouse brethren, and the latest sickening spectacle of a fistAllsport photo - 502 words
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295 2001-01-05 46 MANCHESTER Jaap Stam began his comeback last night having been assured of a pay rise of at least £1 million (552.5 million), reported Soccernet.com. The deal will make him the highest-paid defender in Britain. Stam, out for four months295 words
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Article, Illustration829 2001-01-05 47 -AFP Reuters Top seed Els fights back, but world No. 9 Singh succumbs to little-knownTaniguchi Golf World Matchplay Championships MELBOURNE Top seed Ernie Els came from three shots down to beat Japan's Hidemichi Tanaka yesterday, but Vijay Singh was sent packing. Els had his work-AFP; Reuters; Reuters photo - 829 words
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Article, Illustration310 2001-01-05 48 -AFP Admits Craig The Walrus'Stadler MELBOURNE A fat-again Craig Stadler (right), playing his first tournament in four months, scored the biggest win of the day at the World Matchplay Championships and credited a swelling waistline. The 47-year-old American, nicknamed The Walrus, trounced Australia's Craig-AFP - 310 words
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Article, Illustration115 2001-01-05 48 MIAMI Now Tiger Woods has something else in common with the Golden Bear. Like Jack Nicklaus, he's sporting blond hair. Woods decided to dye his hair blond as part of "just a little holiday fun," said his agent, Mark Steinberg. Woods, who attended the Orange BowlAP photo - 115 words
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Article161 2001-01-05 48 AFP JAKARTA Indonesia's young racing hopeful Ananda Mikola moved one step closer to his dream of competing in Formula 1 when he signed a two-year contract with British team Astromega to race in the F3OOO championships yesterday, Mikola, 20, said he was confident he wouldAFP - 161 words
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