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Title Section13 2003-07-08 1 TODAY SHARE YOUR FREE COPY Tuesday July 8, 2003 MITA (P) 002/11/2002 www.todayonline.com13 words
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AFTERNOON EDITION
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165 2003-07-08 1 -Reuters NEW YORK Stocks soared in late afternoon yesterday, pushing the Nasdaq to a 13-month high, as bullish comments from Wall Street's biggest brokerages and an anticipated economic recovery fuelled buying in technology stocks. The tech-laced Nasdaq Composite Index climbed 55.13 points, or-Reuters - 165 words
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Article, Illustration425 2003-07-08 1 Shibu Itty Kuttickal; Tan Hui Leng - Shibu Itty Kuttickal and Tan Hui Leng Surgery to separate twin brains at crucial stage NEARLY 16 hours into the painstaking effort to separate the brains of conjoined twins Ladan and Laleh Bijani, neurosurgeons have dissected part of the twins' brains, according to the latest reports– Reuters photo - 425 words
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180 2003-07-08 1 JAKARTA has given six months for a highlevel panel to decide whether the entire Batam island should be turned into a free trade zone (FTZ) or to turn it into enclaves that will enjoy the same status, it is reported. Citing Government sources, The180 words
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Article, Illustration678 2003-07-08 2 News Feature/Val Chua A public relations disaster, says MP of SBS Transit's last-minute act to THE unused escalators are blocked. The metal gates are locked. A lone bicycle parked in a corner hinted at some activity. A grass-cutter at work provided the only buzz on678 words
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Article231 2003-07-08 2 -AFP NEW YORK A judge approved yesterday a US$75O million ($1.3 billion) settlement between bankrupt telecom giant World Com and market regulators, marking a major step in the company's rehabilitation after an US$ll billion accounting fraud. "The court is convinced... that the proposed settlement is not-AFP - 231 words
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Article, Illustration124 2003-07-08 2 Reuters LOS ANGELES Buddy Ebsen, the lanky, folksy actor best known for TV roles as millionaire Jed Clampett on The Beverly Hillbillies and as a canny elder sleuth on Barnaby Jones, has died at a Los Angeles-area hospital, a hospital spokeswoman said yesterday. He was– Reuters - 124 words
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Article465 2003-07-08 3 inform of station's non-opening 37 hectares of vacant state land which used to be agricultural land surrounding the station is reserved for high-rise residential projects. "The government has no immediate plans to develop it," it said. Currently, there is a lack of commercial activities in the area Apart from465 words
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Article162 2003-07-08 3 – Kim-Kyna Tan - Kim-Kyna Tan WHEELING and dealing in China comes with its share of risks and liabilities. The Singapore Petroleum Company (SPC) has become embroiled in an investigation over a joint-venture company in which it has a 50 per cent stake. Mr Kiew Hock Thiam, general manager162 words
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182 2003-07-08 3 -Jasmine Yin - -Jasmine Yin HONG KONG was taken off the World Health Organisation's (WHO) Sars list on June 23. The government has earmarked nearly HK$l billion ($225 million) to revive its economy, with HK $417 million being allocated to tourism-related programmes. The Hong Kong Economic182 words
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HOME NEWS
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Article183 2003-07-08 4 Lim Wei Vi - Lim Wei Vi IT has been 38 days since the World Health Organisation (WHO) took Singapore off its list of Sars-affected countries. Saturday saw the removal of Taiwan, the last country on the list With these events, the Sars Channel will cease transmission at midnight183 words
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IN THE NEWS
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61 2003-07-08 4 NINE local writers have been awarded Golden Pen Awards worth a combined total of $16,000 in the Media Development Authority's National Scriptwriting Competition, and some of the winning entries will soon be made into a TV series by MediaCorp TV. Viewers can expect to61 words
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Article72 2003-07-08 4 MORE than 3,700 Sinaaporeans have bid for HDB flats under the board's latest balloting exercise. This is about three times more than the number of flats on the market. About 1,286 four- and five-room flats in Ang Mo Kio, Bukit Merah and Queenstown are for72 words
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Article, Illustration576 2003-07-08 4 Joy Frances - Joy Frances by Actor says Rayson offered treatment for Andrea ioy@newstoday.com.s IN A surprising revelation, MediaCorp artiste Pierre Png told the High Court that his colleague Rayson Tan was willing to take Andrea De Cruz to China for treatment if Singapore doctors were unable to help her. MrERNEST CHUA - 576 words
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Article403 2003-07-08 4 SARS AND THE EMPLOYERS' DUTY DO employers have a duty to their workers to ensure that the workplace is safe from Sars? It could be argued that employers have an implied contractual duty to take reasonable steps to ensure their employees' safety and not to expose403 words
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Article344 2003-07-08 6 Grace Tay - Grace Tay Eli Lilly coughs up $122m to fight tuberculosi by grace@newstoday.com.sg INADEQUATE funding and treatment, coupled with ignorance have led to a steady rise in tuberculosis (TB) and multidrug resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB). MDR-TB is as infectious as TB and seen as an international health threat, particularly344 words
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Article, Illustration141 2003-07-08 6 DESPITE the bleak economy, Singaporeans have shown that they can spare a thought for the under privileged. Indonesia-based sports apparel distributor, Hardaya Equipment, raised more than $17,000 for the Down's Syndrome Association last month by pledging five per cent of the proceeds from its warehouse sale last141 words
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Article, Illustration526 2003-07-08 8 Razali Abdullah - Razali Abdullah Customer satisfaction is contractor's calling card by razali@newstoday.com.sg IT LISTS Johnson Johnson and SIS Sugar among some of its clients. It undertakes $100,000 worth of major renovation works of landed property regularly. But for Earnest Interiors and Renovation Company, it526 words
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Article335 2003-07-08 8 HAVING a maid makes life easy. Hiring one, or renewing their contracts, though, can prove quite a chore. In fact, most of us find ourselves having to apply for leave from work just to settle the administrative matters pertaining to our foreign maid. Now, you335 words
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LETTERS
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Letter341 2003-07-08 10 Gerald Giam - Gerald Giam Sin-factor events may boost tourism, but at what cost? I REFER to the commentary "The tourism S-factor" (Today, July 7). The writer is of the opinion that the "sin" factor in events held here will "put some oomph into the tourism industry" and thus the341 words
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Letter223 2003-07-08 10 Jason Lee Boon Hong - Jason Lee Boon Hong I REFER to the article "Local gays, foreign gays" (Weekend Today, July 6 and 7). Over the last decade or two, we have been taught words such as "regionalisation", "globalisation" and "knowledge-based economy". The advent of the Internet and IT age has inevitably223 words
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BUSINESS NEWS
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Article187 2003-07-08 12 Bloomberg Occupancy doubles at hotels RAFFLES Holdings Ltd doubled occupancy at its four Singapore hotels since April, analysts said, erasing concern about the effect of Sars and pushing its stock to a one-year high. Raffles is filling more than 60 per cent of its hotels' rooms, analysts said,– Bloomberg - 187 words
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Market Watch
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Article96 2003-07-08 12 AFP SINGAPORE shares surged past the crucial 1,500 resistance level yesterday amid expectations of strong gains on Wall Street, dealers said. The STI rose 29.85 points or 2.01 per cent to 1,516.09, while the broader All-Singapore Equities Index was up 8.62 points to 408.63. This was the fifth straightAFP - 96 words
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Article61 2003-07-08 12 Index Value Change Pts Nikkei 225 9795.16 247.43 2.59% Hang Seng _CI 9892.40 730.40 255.59 +5.29 2.65% +0.73% Sydney All Ords laiwan Weighted 3005.40 5322.26 4.60 170.41 0.15% 3.31% Korea Composite [hai SET Index 704.29 489.33 +11.04 -6.39 +1.59% -1.29% lakarta Composite Philippines Comp Shenzhen B Mumbai 511.37861 words
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Article36 2003-07-08 12 US$ 0.***** UK£ 0.***** Yen 67.3152 HK$ 4.***** RM 2.***** Euro 0.***** Rupiah 4,665.35 Baht 23.7542 Peso 30.4450 A$ 0.***** Indian Rs 26.4447 Won 674.812 C$ 0.***** Yuan 4.***** NZ$ 0.***** NTS 19.615236 words
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Article21 2003-07-08 12 Gold uss/oi 349.676 Silver uss/oi 4.***** Platinum uss/oz 670.000 Rubber cents/kg 174.25 Palm Oil RM/tonne 1417 Brent crude uss/borrel 27.3721 words
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Article60 2003-07-08 12 By volume July 7 Chattered DatacrftUSS StarCrusUSS Digiland GES biaFoodP MultiVis L&M IAC 200USS Japan Asia Close 1.050 1.160 0.290 0.125 0.450 0.195 0.300 0.015 1.740 0.100 Change +0.080 +0.090 +0.030 +0.015 +0.050 +0.020 +0.015 +0.110 +0.020 +8.2 +8.4 +11.5 +13.6 +12.5 +11.4 +5.3 +6.7 +25.0 '00060 words
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Article82 2003-07-08 12 _y$ luly 7 jeative 50 Close Change 15.000 +0.600 :&N 9.300 +0.500 SPH 100 )ukit Sem 18.900 +0.500 12.500 +0.300 jreatEast 10.300 +0.300 SPH 18.800 +0.300 JOB 13.200 +0.300 fenture 16.900 +0.300 iTIETFlOO 15.350 +0.220 :iTYDEV 4.700 +0.200 _y percentage Iuly7 Close Change (ian Ann W*****7 0.03082 words
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Article76 2003-07-08 12 luly 7 Close Change »IA 200 10.400 -0.100 Apollo 0.530 -0.050 .eaview 6.050 -0.050 .ingamasC 2kHKS 3.500 -0.050 Jaw Par 4.320 -0.040 .PH-SIA DBeSCW*****70.660-0.040 VVJennings AS 1.610 -0.020 .imSiangC 0.100 -0.015 Vspial 0.320 -0.010 By percentage July 7 Close Change El-Nets 0.015 -25.0 BBR 0.020 -20.0 ChipEngS76 words
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Article92 2003-07-08 14 OUT of the six Singapore companies that made it to "The Global 1000 The World's Most Valuable Companies" list of the Asian edition of the Business Week, only one rose up the chart from the previous year. The company is SingTel, which moved up from 268th92 words
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Article539 2003-07-08 14 Val Chua - Val Chua to mediate rising complaints against banks by val@newstoday.com.sg THERE is now a seven-day "free-look" period for you to cancel your unit trust investments, but one consumer who invested $40,000 based on poor advice in 1999 got a full refund, said Consumers Association of Singapore (Case).539 words
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186 2003-07-08 16 Agencies BRUSSELS The European Union (EU) is ready to negotiate a free trade agreement with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) once the current round of World Trade Organisation (WTO) talks is completed, the European Commission said. The commission will formally agree— Agencies - 186 words
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Article118 2003-07-08 16 PSA handled 2.33 million 20-foot equivalent units, a standard container size, in June, compared with 2.14 million units a year earlier, it said on its website. The Singapore Governmentowned port operator moved 8.5 per cent more containers at its terminal here last month, or a118 words
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Article620 2003-07-08 16 Business Comment/Vasu Menon LOCAL investors may not have made a lot of money from the stock market over the last two years, but if they had placed their money in an Australian dollar fixed deposit, they would have enjoyed gains of more than 40 per cent620 words
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167 2003-07-08 17 AFX-Asia KUALA LUMPUR Media Prima is finalising its purchase of private television company Sistem Televisyen Malaysia (TV3), the New Straits Times quoted an industry source as saying. The newspaper also quoted the source as saying that Media Prima is now inAFX-Asia - 167 words
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Article3253 2003-07-08 17 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS mrnmmmmimmmmmmmmmmmfmmmmmrfmmmmm^U BW^Bl^B*tfiw^faP?lM**^n'WW^iiMirwV'^ mjjmmmj|j||j|||||m Dol ate Fd Name le Fd >ric V/Bid Oiler ce Price herd een Asset Management (Asia) <1 Aierceen Anjerfcdn .Onpor.tu nftfes I '7 A iert een Asian High Yield <1 A iert een China Opportunities <1 A iert een Continental Europe Eqty I <13,253 words
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Article254 2003-07-08 18 Bloomberg What's next for $24.6b defaulter? SINGAPORE investigators have completed an 18-month investigation into Asia Pulp Paper Co (APP) and are now weighing their next move against the company that defaulted on US$l4 billion ($24.6 billion) of debts two years ago, a police spokeswoman said. "The Commercial– Bloomberg - 254 words
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Article104 2003-07-08 18 AFX-Asia AFX-Asia AFX-Asia Bloomberg SNP Corp will spend HK$5OO million ($1 12.3 million) on new acquisitions, particularly in Hong Kong. Crest Petroleum Bhd's independent and non-execu-tive chairman Badri Masri and managing director Razman Ariffin resigned last Friday. No reasons were given.— Nat Steel Ltd will hold an extraordinaryAFX-Asia; — Bloomberg - 104 words
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WORLD NEWS
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165 2003-07-08 19 Agencies LONDON A parliamentary committee yesterday cleared the British government of misleading the country in the run-up to the Iraq war but criticised Prime Minister Tony Blair for publishing an unreliable intelligence dossier. A report by the House of Commons Foreign— Agencies - 165 words
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Article238 2003-07-08 19 Families of Sars victims seek more money from govt TAIPEI Angered by the government's handling of the Sarsoutbreak, families of victims are demanding compensation from the authorities with the help of a consumer watchdog, a local newspaper said yesterday. The Consumer Foundation said on Sunday it plans to238 words
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AROUND THE WORLD
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Article80 2003-07-08 19 -AFP THE Philippines has indicted Asia's most wanted man, Hambali, and seven other people for the bombing of Manila's overhead railway that killed 22 people in 2000, the justice department said. Hambali and Faiz Abubakar Bafana, two alleged leaders of the Jemaah Islamiyah group, were indicted along with-AFP - 80 words
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Article87 2003-07-08 19 -AFP A WEEKEND hacker contest in Washington resulted in "the messiest day in the whole Internet history", as it disabled hundreds of websites from Brazil to the Netherlands, said Zone H, a site that monitors cyber attacks. The site said it was targeted even though it-AFP - 87 words
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Article, Illustration74 2003-07-08 19 -AFP LIBERIAN President Charles Taylor (picture) has accepted an offer of asylum in Nigeria to end a civil war but gave no indication when he would leave and stressed the need for an orderly depar- ture. Mr Taylor also urged Washington to intervene quickly to ensure-AFP - 74 words
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Article93 2003-07-08 19 AFP A SHOPPER in southern France determined the price of his purchases at several supermarkets near Montpellier. According to police, the 22-year-old suspect made barcode labels on his home computer and replace the originals with them to buy goods for a fraction of their real– AFP - 93 words
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Article, Illustration221 2003-07-08 20 Reuters Russia's richest man investigated for theft MOSCOW Mr Mikhail Khodorkovsky (picture), Russia's richest man, said he and a key business ally, who has been charged with theft of state property, were pawns in a power struggle between competing Kremlin factions. The head of oil giant, Yukos, said— Reuters - 221 words
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118 2003-07-08 20 -AFP LONDON A Boeing 727 plane, which disappeared suddenly in Angola in May and unnerved US intelligence agencies, reappeared last week in the Guinean capital of Conakry before vanishing again, The Guardian reported yesterday. Washington has been working with African governments in the past month-AFP - 118 words
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COMMENTARY
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Article, Illustration983 2003-07-08 22 Yeo Lay Hwee - Yeo Lay Hwee Affairs. The world does not stop if you lose and Singapore needs a soul to survive by news@newstoday.com.sg THE year 2002 was an interesting one for me. I was working in Denmark and closely observing the discussions there about necessary reforms inAffairs.; -AFP photo - 983 words
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Advertisement45 2003-07-08 22 INSTITUTE OF TheSllAis°T* INTERNATIONAL ™-9°™< ***■'<■ AFFAIRS Through different programmes for its members and Singaporeans, it is helping to make Singapore a B i more cosmopolitan and global S society with a people who know ti and care mare about the region www.siiaonline.org and Wider world.45 words
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WATZUP?
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Article, Illustration486 2003-07-08 23 Janice Lee - Janice Lee Collaborating with Warren G is all in a day's work for Malaysian rap group,Too Phat IT SEEMS to be in the nature of hiphop artists to be completely nonchalant about their music, "keeping it real" even during interviews designed to promote486 words
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Article, Illustration348 2003-07-08 24 Teng Qian Xi - Teng Qian Xi make Canadian singer Michael Buble's debut album a big seller by AMONG the many young vocalists who have reinterpreted classic songs is 25-year-old Michael Buble qianxi@newstoday.com.s; (picture), whose self-titled debut album was released here in April. Although he is an experienced song-writer, Buble348 words
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Article70 2003-07-08 24 THE Theatre Practice presents Moving Gods, a new play about urban redevelopment and its impact, tomorrow at Bpm at Jubilee Hall. Written by Lim Jen Erh and Wu Xi, who also directs, the story uses the demolition of an old temple as the jumping-off point for70 words
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HEALTH
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Article, Illustration599 2003-07-08 26 Genevieve Woo - Genevieve Woo You have a choice between anti-ageing treatments and a change in diet, lifestyle by genevieve@newstoday.com.sg SINGAPORE is the second fastest greying nation in Asia, after Japan. By the year 2050, 29 per cent of the population, or nearly one in three persons,599 words
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BUSY COOK
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Article, Illustration243 2003-07-08 27 | Pauline DLoh L - Pauline DLoh L A colourful revamp of a classic Chinese banquet appetiser ONE of the main motivators in helping the Health Promotion Board create its Guidelines to Healthier Chinese Cooking was Chef Huang Qingbiao, one of Singapore's most respected chefs and food and beverage consultant. His creations summed243 words
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Article228 2003-07-08 27 FRESH FRUITS AND JELLYFISH SALAD Ingredients (Serves 8 10): I kiwi fruit 1/2 mango 4 strawberries 1/2 nashi pear 120 g honeydew melon 50 g jellyfish 120 g cooked chicken 120 g cooked shrimp, peeled 8 g sesame seeds, toasted 4 tablespoons plum sauce 2 tablespoons apple sauce Method:228 words
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Article, Illustration151 2003-07-08 27 Chef Huang Qingbiao was the founding chef at Charming Garden, one of Singapore's first and most successful restaurants featuring Hunan cuisine of which the Vegetarian Mock Duck and Minced Pigeon Soup in Bamboo Tube are signature dishes. After a long stint there, the chef moved to Cherry Garden151 words
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IN CINEMAS
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Article, Illustration777 2003-07-08 28 Yong Shu Chiang - Yong Shu Chiang For now, Whale Rider star Keisha Castle-*! Hughes just wants to be an ordinary teen SOME actors don't care much for riding off into the sunset. If you ask veterans such as Gene Hackman, Clint Eastwood or Judi Dench, they may tell you that777 words
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Article, Illustration237 2003-07-08 30 Celebs prove an occupational hazard for five-star hotel staff THINK it's glamorous working in a swanky hotel frequented by celebrities? Think again. Two missteps by staff of the Carlyle Hotel infuriated Jack Nicholson and Nicole Kidman and resulted in firings. Nicholson complained about how a CD and a cassette-AFPphoto I - 237 words
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Article, Illustration172 2003-07-08 30 Reuters/Hollywood Reporter LOS ANGELES Two things are very popular right now: Blockbuster movies and personalising computers. MSN.com is bringing the two phenomena together in a campaign it calls "Summer Movie Mania". MSN product manager Christine Andrews said the idea is to provide "a one-stop shopReuters/Hollywood Reporter - 172 words
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183 2003-07-08 30 Reuters/Hollywood Reporter NEW YORK Countering television's bicoastal bias, a former Echo Star and CNN executive is aiming to launch a new cable channel that reflects the America heartland. The America Channel will feature original programming that emphasises community and storytelling, two attributes of interestReuters/Hollywood Reporter - 183 words
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Miscellaneous1578 2003-07-08 43 TV mW' 1 m\^s* iW urm',,s ma" Talk Ch 5,8.30pm *^c*_M_____ n'-'l,s channel ''10pm 'nt channel NewsAsia 9' 32pm V Vi^_^ A* *m Ammmmfm\a W Have you seen Gurmit, the guy with a soft spot _!fl MJ^E Sv In the war-torn wasteland of the future, a tjA^ for kids? Join1,578 words
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Article, Illustration603 2003-07-08 44 Agencies Lakers' superstar gives himself up to police, denies sexual assault LOS ANGELES The Los Angeles Lakers were shocked to learn yesterday that their superstar guard Kobe Bryant had given himself up to police in Colorado after a woman accused him of sexual assault in a hotel.Agencies; Getty Images - 603 words
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Article, Illustration478 2003-07-08 44 AFP Cycling Tour de France The race is about to get serious LA FERTE SOUS JOUARRE Lance Armstrong has been served notice by Joseba Beloki that his reign as four-time Tour de France champion could be under threat. As the raceAFP; Getty Images - 478 words
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Article, Illustration557 2003-07-08 45 Zola warns new Chelsea boss LONDON Money can't buy you everything. And for all the millions Chelsea's new owner Roman Abramovic has, it certainly can't buy him Gianfranco Zola. As he bids farewell to the club he served with distinction and style for seven years,557 words
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300 2003-07-08 45 ANFIELD Liverpool might have entered the bidding late, but the club has been talking to Harry Kewell for the last six months before eventually winning his signature. By the time you've read this, the Australian would have confirmed his impending move to300 words
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433 2003-07-08 45 Reuters RIO DE JANEIRO Rio de Janeiro beat industrial powerhouse Sao Paulo yesterday to become Brazil's candidate to host the 2012 Olympics. The picture-postcard tourist mecca of Rio, which made a failed bid to host the 2004 Olympics, willReuters - 433 words
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Article, Illustration997 2003-07-08 46 Rohit Brijnath - Rohit Brijnath Federer's Sampras-esque performance could not have come at a better time IT IS 3am in London, Monday morning, and sleep is beckoning but more powerful is the taste of victory that keeps him awake. And so, he goes on talking, still feelingGetty Images, Reuters photos - 997 words
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Article, Illustration427 2003-07-08 47 -AFP State honours Foe as autopsy reveals death by natural causes YAOUNDE Cameroon international footballer Marc-Vivien Foe, who collapsed during a match in France last month and later died, was honoured with a funeral at the Notre-Dame Cathedral yesterday. The 28-year-old Cameroon star, who starred in-AFP; AFP photo - 427 words
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289 2003-07-08 47 — Tan Wee Boon - Tan Wee Boon FOR the first time ever, a Singapore rider has qualified for the World Dressage Finals next month. And she's only 14-years-old. Catherine Chew, who only started riding competitively last year, scored a superlative 69.40 per cent in the Children's289 words
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Article225 2003-07-08 47 AFP BANGKOK The United States was left licking its wounds yesterday after all seven of its boxers were beaten in the first round in early action at the World Amateur Championships. A former powerhouse in the amateur fight game, the US has slumped embarrassingly in recent majorAFP - 225 words
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Article84 2003-07-08 47 LIVERPOOL lan Ross, Everton's head of corporate affairs, said yesterday that teen sensation Wayne Rooney was not at risk of an extortion plot. But Everton will hold urgent meetings with Rooney's agent Paul Stretford, who made the claim. The English Premiership club will speak with Stretford and local84 words
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Article69 2003-07-08 47 SEOUL South Korea's World Cup star Lee Chun Soo, Asia's young player of the year, joined Spanish first division runnersup Real Sociedad yesterday on a three-year contract. The 21-year-old midfielder who plays for Korean side Ulsan Hyundai signed a contract worth around US$5 million ($B.B million), his69 words
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Article46 2003-07-08 47 ROME Saadi Gadaffi, son of Libyan leader Muammar, made an impressive start for new club Perugia at the weekend, scoring twice in a 36 minute run-out as a substitute. The Italian Serie A club romped to a 12-0 win over the Italian amateur side.46 words
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Article64 2003-07-08 47 JOHANNESBURG Rwanda's president Paul Kagame led celebrations after his impoverished country's shock qualification for the African Nations Cup finals by treating the players to a night on the town. The tiny east African nation caused arguably the biggest upset in Nations Cup history by beating four-time winner Ghana64 words
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Article49 2003-07-08 47 LONDON McLaren has effectively ruled out racing its new Formula 1 car at the British Grand Prix on July 20. Team boss Ron Dennis said it might be some time before drivers Kimi Raikkonen and David Coulthard got to race the MP4-18, if at all this season.49 words
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