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Advertisement143 2000-10-09 1 Hot LINKS Tommy’s bid to flee foiled Tommy Suharto (above) had his visa application rejected by the Italian Embassy in Jakarta. The multi-millionaire and reputed playboy made a desperate attempt to avoid the 18-month jail term recently imposed on him, but the Italian Embassy said no. See Page 2 The143 words
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News & Views
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Article201 2000-10-09 2 FIVE mobsters in New York have actually fathered children while serving their prison sentences. Prison guards were bribed to smuggle out the mobsters’ sperm to fertility clinics where the wives and girlfriends waited. The US Justice Department is expected to press bribery charges against the five mobsters from the201 words
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Article, Illustration340 2000-10-09 2 Italian embassy rejects his visa application JAKARTA His imagination took flight, but fate pinned him down. The Italian embassy in Jakarta has rejected a visa application by multimillionaire and reputed playboy Tommy Suharto to fly to Rome. The online newspaper Mandiri yesterday reported howAP - 340 words
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Article, Illustration307 2000-10-09 2 SHAKE-UP AMONG INDONESIAN TOP BRASS Reuters JAKARTA Indonesian army chief General Tyasno Sudarto announced yesterday that he would soon be replaced the latest head to roll in President Abdurrahman Wahid’s shake-up of the country’s beleaguered security forces. “I was summoned by– Reuters; AFP - 307 words
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Article, Illustration475 2000-10-09 3 Sue-Ann Chia - He wants opposition to use the forum By Sue-Ann Chia sueann@sph.com.sg THE quiet grassy patch at Hong Lim Park is all abuzz, because it could soon become a regular opposition playground. Chiam See Tong, 64, Singapore’s longest serving opposition MP, told Eyeball he was “thinkingPictures: Dominic Ong - 475 words
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598 2000-10-09 3 Eugene Wee - TANJONG PAGAR DISTRICT MEETING By Eugene Wee eugenew@sph.com.sg THERE may well be a new hunting ground for potential grassroots leaders and even Members of Parliament the district meetings being organised by the various Community Development Councils (CDC). Hinting at this after Tanjong Pagar CDC’s598 words
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Article, Illustration936 2000-10-09 4 Wong Sher Maine - It’s also legal to tap your phone here By Wong Sher Maine sher@sph.com.sg DEPRAVED bosses in Britain have something to cheer about: A new law, just tabled last week, allows them to be Peeping Toms. Once passed, the law will give themMik Zarzuela - 936 words
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Ground ZERO
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Article, Illustration693 2000-10-09 5 Karl Ho - But it’s okay for some depending on what you do By Karl Ho karl@sph.com.sg TONGUE-PIERCING might be acceptable in the American workplace. But such fashion statements are not palatable for most companies in Singapore. Mary Haudenshield, 29, a woman from LosDesmond Wee - 693 words
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Local LOG
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Article148 2000-10-09 6 A MAN died instantly on Saturday afternoon when a speedboat rammed into him in the Kallang River. He was thought to have been swimming at that time in a designated skiing area. There were no identification papers on the deceased, believed to be a Chinese148 words
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Article205 2000-10-09 6 AP SPOTTED in the waters off Singapore yesterday more patches of oil. Patrol craft from the Maritime and Port Authority (MPA) “reported small broken patches of treated oil” in several areas around Singapore, said an MPA news release. Crews also continued to clean up several oil-soaked– AP - 205 words
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Article, Illustration143 2000-10-09 6 CANNED foods aren’t the only things with long shelf life. Just when the nation is talking of increased rates of divorce, along comes an event that shows marriage can be forever. Seventy-seven couples, almost all celebrating their 40th wedding anniversary, walked down the aisle onceWang Huifen - 143 words
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97 2000-10-09 6 YESTERDAY’S Polish presidential elections were the first to have voting centres outside Poland. In Singapore, 63 Polish citizens were registered for voting. By 5 pm yesterday, 47 of them had already cast their vote. Their votes were tabulated locally and faxed to Warsaw. The97 words
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74 2000-10-09 6 THE National University of Singapore is tops once again. This time for its MBA school, which has been ranked numero uno in Asia for the second year in a row by Asia Inc, a monthly regional business magazine. The Nanyang Technological University should also74 words
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Article, Illustration44 2000-10-09 6 The ‘Easy Riders’, a group of about 60 bikers, were among the estimated zoo motorcyclists who lent their support to Animal Planet’s ‘Rescue the Rhino’ drive by riding down and gathering at the Singapore Zoo yesterday morning. Desmond WeeDesmond Wee - 44 words
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Article396 2000-10-09 6 Denyse Yeo - Breast cancer affects husbands too By Denyse Yeo denyse@sph.com.sg BREAST cancer has always been perceived as a woman’s problem. That’s not true. Men, particularly husbands, also bear a large part of the burden. Said Jackie Ng, chairman of the men’s support league at the Breast Cancer396 words
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Article, Illustration1014 2000-10-09 7 Luke Pachymuthu - Governing body likens it to a car COE if you can pay, you can play By Luke Pachymuthu luke@sph.com.sg IF YOU’RE just another Tom, Dick or Harry who wants to play golf in Singapore, forget it. As long as the Singapore Golf AssociationDesmond Wee - 1,014 words
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Article, Illustration59 2000-10-09 8 A woman joining the fray hurling rocks at Israeli forces yesterday in the West Bank town of Hebron. Israeli President Ehud Barak issued a new warning to Palestinian President Yasser Arafat yesterday to end the clashes, saying Israel would declare the peace process dead andReuters - 59 words
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Article333 2000-10-09 8 Kelantan Chief Minister angers women’s groups AFP KUALA LUMPUR Malaysian women’s groups have reacted angrily to a remark by the chief minister of an opposition-ruled state who said women were the main cause of social ills, a report said yesterday. On Saturday, Kelantan Chief Minister Nik Abdul– AFP - 333 words
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World WIDE
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Article132 2000-10-09 8 Reuters ZAMBOANGA Muslim rebels holding five mostly foreign hostages have hinted they might surrender as they flee deeper into the jungles of Jolo in southern Philippines, an army commander said yesterday. “They have no food, no medicines and nowhere to hide,” southern military commander Lt– Reuters - 132 words
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Article143 2000-10-09 8 AP HONG KONG Daring the police to arrest them, more than 1,000 people demonstrated yesterday to protest against a law that prohibits public demonstrations by more than 30 people without police permission. The protesters, including students and an 85-year-old woman escorted by two teens, gathered– AP - 143 words
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Article, Illustration130 2000-10-09 8 AP MANILA Accusations by a Philippine governor that President Joseph Estrada regularly received money from illegal gambling operations are groundless and could seriously hurt the Philippines, a government spokesman said yesterday. Press Undersecretary Mike Toledo said the government would wait for Governor Luis Singson of– AP; Reuters - 130 words
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Article147 2000-10-09 8 AP MOSCOW A team of Russian divers flew to Norway yesterday as final preparations for the recovery of bodies from the Kursk nuclear submarine disaster got underway, news reports said. Fifteen divers, three medics and a small group of specialists left the second city of– AP - 147 words
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Article64 2000-10-09 8 AFP France A mushroom weighing a record 28.8 kg was found by three amateur mycologists mushroom specialists in Mayres, south-east France. Even though the prize fungus is in good condition and perfectly edible, it will not be sold but frozen at -20 deg Celsius and– AFP - 64 words
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Article, Illustration44 2000-10-09 10 A child playing near a burnt police vehicle in front of the Yugoslav Federal Parliament in Belgrade on Saturday. Yugoslavia’s citizens are ready to make a fresh start with the election of its new president Vojislav Kostunica. APAP - 44 words
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603 2000-10-09 10 But maritime experts express concern over potential damage to sea bed LONDON If you have oceans of money to spend, perhaps you should sink it under water and buy your own personal submarine. Gone are the days when the ultimate status symbol was603 words
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Article315 2000-10-09 10 CHANGE IN ACT LONDON The time is not far away when British criminals might come face-to-face with a one-legged police officer or have to flee a one-eyed policeman in a pursuit car. This is because the exemption of the British police force from the Disability315 words
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Article, Illustration78 2000-10-09 13 Jon Andrews, centre, holding his son Oscar Qavin, at Robinson Hospital in Ravenna, Ohio, as father-in-law Jim Qiarrono, left, and mother-in-law Vicki Qiarrono, look at their grandchild last Jhursday. The baby had been torn from the womb of Theresa Andrews moments after sheAP - 78 words
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Article229 2000-10-09 13 WOMAN SUES FOR $217,000 TENNESSEE A woman who claims she was permanently scarred after a hot pickle from a McDonald’s hamburger fell on her chin is suing the restaurant for more than US$lOO,OOO (*****,000). Veronica Martin claims in a lawsuit filed in Knox County Circuit Court229 words
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462 2000-10-09 13 Many are moving their wares online MOSCOW Pirated-music lovers who weep at the thought of a Napster-free world might soon have reason to dry their eyes. The Russian Mafia, the swashbuckling cowboys of global CD and DVD piracy, are slowly moving their wares online,462 words
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Article, Illustration35 2000-10-09 15 Hot air balloons filling the sky above Albuquerque in New Mexico. The mass ascension was the highlight of the opening of the 2000 Kodak Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta on Saturday. APAP - 35 words
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114 2000-10-09 15 – Francis Kan - Francis Kan DO YOU want to get corporate news as quickly as the professionals watching the market? Log on to businesswire.com for the latest business news from around the world. The most valuable feature is the “Today’s News on the Net” query box.114 words
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Article427 2000-10-09 15 $2.54 m budget to fix image problem LONDON Britain’s famed Barclays Bank has embarked on a firefighting mission to improve its badly battered public image. Among its plans, the bank once a paragon of excellence but now railed by consumers will send 10 model employees427 words
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Article347 2000-10-09 15 EARNINGS WARNINGS MAY HURT Reuters SINGAPORE shares look set to fall this week after fresh US losses spurred by new earnings warnings from high-tech firms and resurgent fears of US interest rate hikes. “The week ahead will see the market dropping... Friday’s fall is a hint– Reuters - 347 words
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Article, Illustration580 2000-10-09 16 Andrew Chin - IBM’s A20m is for more complex work By Andrew Chin andrewc@sph.com.sg IBM’s A series aims to be every bit as good as your desktop computer, but starts at a steep $3,116. If you’re on a smaller budget, look for other budget laptops, which costWang Huifen - 580 words
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Tech FILES
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Article97 2000-10-09 16 THE wait for Transmeta’s Crusoe-based notebooks ended on Saturday in Japan as Sony released its first Vaio laptops containing the processor, reported CNet. Transmeta’s chips are compatible with Intel’s, but consume less power than either Intel’s or AMD’s (Advanced Micro Devices) mobile processors. Crusoe-based laptops also tend97 words
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Article112 2000-10-09 16 AN UNCREATED clone of a dairy cow, Mandy, was being auctioned last Friday to farmers at the World Dairy Expo in Wisconsin, USA, reported New Scientist. Expected to fetch seven times the price of Mandy’s normal calves, a biotechnology company, Infigen, is very confident of its112 words
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Article, Illustration148 2000-10-09 16 AFP SEOUL Cyber-warriors from around the world gathered in Seoul on Saturday to dispute the first computer game “Olympics”. The World Cyber Game Challenge (WCGC) was declared open at the Everland amusement park in Yongin, south of Seoul, with challengers from 17 nations to start their– AFP; AFP - 148 words
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Article150 2000-10-09 16 LEGAL experts say the new Human Rights Act could allow parents to select the sex of babies born through vitro fertilisation, something which is presently banned by the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA), reported the Observer. Alan and Louise Masterton from Scotland caused150 words
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Article, Illustration727 2000-10-09 17 Andrew Chin - The 25 Airbus A3XX’s size has merits, but drawbacks too By Andrew Chin andrewc@sph.com.sg Source: Airbus Industrie, Boeing IT’S said to be the bigger, better deal. And it couldn’t possibly get any bigger than this. The 25 Airbus A3XX, which Singapore Airlines purchased forSource: Airbus Industrie, Boeing; Paul Eric Roca - 727 words
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478 2000-10-09 17 CHRISTMAS SHAKEOUT AFP WASHINGTON The dotcom graveyard is growing more crowded as firms approach what some analysts say will be a make-or-break holiday season for struggling Internet retailers and information sites. Joining the list of dotcom failures in the past few weeks were shopping site– AFP - 478 words
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Article, Illustration978 2000-10-09 20 ‘Why do we whiner (Oct 6) SINGAPOREANS complain too much we all agree. But the vote is split as to whether it’s a sin, or just human nature. Eyeball readers add to the debate. SPOILT AND UNTHINKING I HAVE to agree with Dr Raj Vasil thatPaul Eric Roca - 978 words
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Article, Illustration971 2000-10-09 21 ‘Hit by A-level bines’ (Oct 4) THE new A-level exam will require more thinking from students, and it will start with this year’s batch of Secondary 4 students. One older reader reassures them; while two student Eyeballers have their say. CHANGE CAM BE POSITIVE THOSE of you971 words
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EyeSport
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Article, Illustration451 2000-10-09 23 Brilliant strategy sees Schumacher end Ferrari’s title drought Wires SUZUKA For much of the race, it looked like Michael Schumacher would have to take the battle for Formula One glory all the way to the final Grand Prix in Malaysia on Oct 22. But key incidents in the– Wires; AFP - 451 words
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Article, Illustration74 2000-10-09 23 Bong Fortin Drivers’ championship Bank Driver Team Pts. Constructors’ title Place Team Pts. l. M. Schumacher Ferrari 98 i. Ferrari' 156 2. Hakkinen McLaren 86 2. McLaren 143 3. Coulthard McLaren 67 3. Williams 36 8W Barrichello Ferrari 58 MHBHM Benetton 20 5. R. Schumacher WilliamsBong Fortin - 74 words
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Article267 2000-10-09 23 Wires SUZUKA-If Michael Schumacher was not one of the all-time greats in Formula One before the Japanese Grand Prix, he is now. His victory in Suzuka gave him his third world drivers’ championship and gave Italian team Ferrari its first world champion in 21 years. The last– Wires - 267 words
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Article, Illustration532 2000-10-09 24 Nazvi Careem - Schumi-Hakkinen friction good for F1 By Nazvi Careem nazvi@sph.com.sg CONSIDER these words uttered by Michael Schumacher and Mika Hakkinen after one of their many tangles. Schumacher: “I think he was mad when he tried to overtake me like that...it was stupid to take a risk.”AFP - 532 words
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Article, Illustration411 2000-10-09 24 Adam Hashidy - ASIAN XGAMES AT THE YOUTH SKATE PARK By Adam Hashidy hashidy@sph.com.sg UNDER the shrieking heat, the Asian Xtour landed in Singapore for the first time. Almost 200 of Singapore’s best gathered at the Youth Skate Park over the weekend asDominic Ong - 411 words
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Sport IN SHORT
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Article77 2000-10-09 25 Wires CARDIFF Norway needed a late strike by substitute Thorstein Helstad to salvage a 1-1 draw against determined underdog Wales in Cardiff in their World Cup qualifier. Nathan Blake put Wales ahead early with a header from 12 yards. Norway, the group favourites along with Ukraine and– Wires - 77 words
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Article, Illustration103 2000-10-09 25 Wires MILAN- Two early goals in four minutes by strikers Filippo Inzaghi and Marco Del Vecchio set up Italy’s 3-0 victory over Romania at the San Siro. Francesco Totti added the third just before half time. The second-half was a more forgettable affair but, given the scoreline, coach– Wires; Reuters - 103 words
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Article86 2000-10-09 25 Wires SAN MARINO Scotland won 2-0 at semi-amateur San Marino thanks to goals by Matt Elliot and Don Hutchinson. The victory on the road, in this tiny independent republic nested in central Italy, gave Scotland six points in two games and the lead in the group standings.– Wires - 86 words
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Article69 2000-10-09 26 LISBON Second-half substitute Matt Holland scored a 73rd-minute equaliser to earn Ireland a 1-1 draw with Portugal in a European Group Two World Cup qualifying game. Holland’s curling, long-range effort pulled the defensive Irish team level after Sergio Conceicao had broken the deadlock with a 55th-minute goal.69 words
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Article, Illustration112 2000-10-09 26 STOCKHOLM Substitute Tayfur Havutcu converted a controversial penalty with only 20 seconds left to salvage a 1-1 draw for Turkey in a European Group Four World Cup qualifier against Sweden. Playing in injury time, Swedish defender Karl Corneliusson brought down Turkish libero Ogun Temizkanoglu inside the area.AFP - 112 words
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Article69 2000-10-09 26 MADRID Gerard Lopez and Fernando Hierro led Spain to a 2-0 win over Israel in a qualifying match for the World Cup in 2002. Lopez scored ip the 22nd minute on Saturday after juggling the ball with his chest following a pas%ftPtn Ismael Urzaiz. y Spain’s-second goal69 words
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Article, Illustration769 2000-10-09 25 Kevin Keegans resignation as England manager has prompted the usual flurry of speculation on his replacement. We identify the top three contenders for the managers post. 1 TERRY VENABLES ALL things being equal, Terry Venables should walk into the England manager’s job left vacantReuters - 769 words
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Premier POINT
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Article333 2000-10-09 26 Chris Lakey - Germans win last Wembley match but Keegan steals headlines By Chris Lakey peppoint@sph.com.sg THE English public took their blindfolds off on Saturday and finally discovered there had been a revolution in Belgrade, the country’s most infamous gangster, Reggie Kray, had died and England was once again333 words
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Article, Illustration458 2000-10-09 26 Luke Pachymuthu - By Luke Pachymuthu luke@sph.com.sg FOOTBALL fans from around the world agree that Kevin Keegan did the right thing by stepping down as England manager. Fans from as far as Swaziland flooded football message boards following the latest twist in the travails of English football. KeeganAFP - 458 words
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Unwind
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Television
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Article, Illustration883 2000-10-09 27 The goggle box is on an estrogen high as an army of women characters troop in to stake their claim on prime time. JEANMABIETAN (jeanm @sph. com.sg) traces the rise of SheTV. WHAT’S that line from the notorious Helen Reddy song? I am woman/ Hear me roar. On883 words
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Article, Illustration597 2000-10-09 28 Jeanmarie Tan - By Jeanmarie Tan jeanm@sph.com.sg HE diversity of television T women contribute to an iconology of “woman” in all her multi-faceted femininity. Yet viewers identify with more than just the object, but also with the ideals and value systems behind the image. Here are the femmes now saturating597 words
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TV TATTLE
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Article61 2000-10-09 29 ROSIE O’Donnell is considering leaving her successful daytime TV show in order to do something “more fulfilling” like devote time to her non-profit organisation, Rosie Adoptions, which facilitates adoptions between birth mothers and future families. O’Donnell, who now has four children, said she loves her show61 words
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Article, Illustration76 2000-10-09 29 Manheim guests on Will Grace CAMRYN Manheim, one of the star lawyers in The Practice, will be a special guest star in an episode of the Emmy-winning sitcom Will Grace this November. She will portray Will’s crazy psychic. This isn’t the first guest appearance in a TV series for theAFP - 76 words
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Article65 2000-10-09 29 – Jeanmarie Tan - Jeanmarie Tan JENNIFER Love Hewitt is breaking out of her wholesome TV image with a new devilish role. The booby babe will play Satan in The Devil and Daniel Webster. In the film, Alec Baldwin plays a writer who sells his soul to the Devil65 words
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Armchair CRITIC
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Article, Illustration634 2000-10-09 29 It’s hip, it’s funny and it’s brilliant. Malcolm In The Middle, says JEANMARXETAN (jeanm@sph.com.sg),is head of the class in the sitcom pack. SCORING high in comic aptitude, Malcolm In The Middle (Wednesday, 8 pm, TCS 5) is the latest screwball series that deserves to be head of the634 words
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Article205 2000-10-09 29 – Ronald Rajan - Ronald Rajan MUSIC IS MY RADAR Blur (Parlophone/EMI) CALL them eccentric or just another bunch of baggy geezers, but Blur’s musical adventures know few bounds. They’ve also been responsible for some truly exhilarating moments in music video history. From the brooding film noir motif of205 words
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Books
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Article, Illustration525 2000-10-09 31 Nobel favourites AFP This years Nobel Literature Prize will be announced on Thursday. The hot favourites are VS Naipaul and Philip Roth, reports PAUL-CLAUDE WACKERMANN TOCKHOLM With Sjust days to go before this year’s Nobel Literature Prize is announced, two English-language writers, Philip Roth of the United– AFP - 525 words
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Article, Illustration407 2000-10-09 31 AS 1996 winner Graham Swift commented, “the Booker remains special. It’s the one which, if we’re completely honest, we most covet.’’ For good reason too. Every Booker Prize winner is practically guaranteed a huge increase in sales, first in hardback and then in paperback. Eyeball presents this year’s407 words
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Article, Illustration833 2000-10-09 32 Jim Hoffa LETTERS BETWEEN A FATHER ANDSON V S Naipaul (Abacus) $26.68 OWARDS the end of Tthis book, the yet to be published V S Naipaul writes to his sister Kamla that he is working on a sketch he intends to call Life In London.– Jim Hoffa - 833 words
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Book MARKS
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Article107 2000-10-09 32 TO ARREST declining sales, Marvel Comics has asked Spidey and its other heroes and villains to undergo a makeover to appeal to younger readers. The result is Ultimate Marvel, a new series of comics in updated settings with hyper-realistic computer graphics and recast characters. The change begins107 words
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Article, Illustration132 2000-10-09 32 HARRY Potter has made a splashy official debut in China, despite anxious debate within the People’s Literature Publishing House over whether the schoolboy wizard is politically correct. An initial print run of 600,000 copies of the first three books by British author J K Rowling wasAP - 132 words
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Article85 2000-10-09 32 June Wan THE belongings of Lady Naomi, one of Scotland’s greatest 20th-century authors, are up for auction, attracting buyers worldwide. Items for sale, said the auctioneers, reflect the colourful life of a woman who wrote more than 80 works, married Labour MP Dick Mitchison and was– June Wan - 85 words
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Article, Illustration870 2000-10-09 33 – Angelica Tan - Angelica Tan A POSTCARD MEMOIR Lawrence Sutin (Graywolf Press) $36.99 □EFORE one even begins to read the text, a flip through the pages of this book calls to mind a black-and-white silent movie, Whose stars are an untold series of faces. Lawrence Sutin’s text,870 words
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Article, Illustration183 2000-10-09 33 THE NEW NEW THING Michael Lewis IT’S about: Silicon Valley, but mostly about geekzoid gazillionaire Jim Clark, founder of Silicon Graphics, Netscape, and Healtheon; and his obsession with navigating his yacht, Hyperion, across the Atlantic using technology, not a captain. Jim Clark is: A Texas-born visionary; a183 words
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Article59 2000-10-09 34 MOVE over Takuya Kimura! The latest gender-bender ad to hit the glossies is Calvin Klein’s print ad, featuring the delicious Daniel Wu as its face in Hong Kong. The rising star is styled for four distinct looks. The last has him barebodied and smudged with black eyeshadow, donning tight59 words
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Article70 2000-10-09 34 MICHAEL Dao Tai-yu is finally getting hitched to his girlfriend of 11 years on Thursday in Hong Kong. And although many bridal boutiques have come forward with sponsorship deals, the TV actor said he has declined them all. It’ll be a simple affair, with dinner for70 words
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Article84 2000-10-09 34 KAREN Mok apparently has her paws aimed at music wunderkind Wang Lee Horn. The two were spotted huddling in the backseat of her manager’s car after drinks at a Lan Kwei Fong bar recently. There was more wheeling and dealing going on. Apparently, Mok, who thinks highly84 words
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Article87 2000-10-09 34 – Tan Dawn Wei - Tan Dawn Wei CHINESE action star Jet Li is kicking some major ass in Hollywood. The former national wushu champion will pocket US$7.5 million (Ssl3 million), his highest salary to date to make a sci-fi action film, directed by James Wong. In the new movie, slated to87 words
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Article, Illustration386 2000-10-09 34 Tan Dawn Wei - By Tan Dawn Wei dawntan@sph.com.sg THERE was a whole army of them jamming the first few top-priced rows at Harbour Pavilion all sporting “Danieland” yellow tees, brandishing cut-out cardboards of his moniker, whistles and Cyalume sticks. But the object of their affection, Daniel Chan, was no teenybopperPictures: Dominic Ong - 386 words
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Article, Illustration402 2000-10-09 34 Zoe Tay, Tay Ping Hui and Edmund Chen get ensnared in romantic and financial shenanigans in a new TCS drama. JEANMAR.TE TAM (jeanm@sph.com.sg) visits the set. RAMATIC strategems and romantic liaisons. Keep this in mind when you tune in to the upcoming TCS 8 drama serial Shiji402 words
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Article180 2000-10-09 35 REMEMBER when... A computer was something on television from a science-fiction show? A window was something you hated to clean, and ram was the cousin of a goat? Meg was the name of a girlfriend, and gig was a job for the night? An application was for180 words
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Miscellaneous491 2000-10-09 35 Movies Pretty Woman 9 pm Star Movies 58 An old story is tackled with a fresh approach as a successful but stuffy businessman hires a fun-loving, energetic young hooker to be his companion for a week. The film caused some controversy over its upbeat portrayal of prostitution, but its popularity491 words
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Article, Illustration314 2000-10-09 36 Denyse Yeo - Denyse Yeo Wires WHAT a sticky situation. Showbuzz host Vivien Tan arrived at Shaw Centre yesterday afternoon, togged not in the latest DKNY frock, but in snazzy Post-It Notes. Yes, those same adhesive pieces of paper you paste on your terminal to remind yourself– Wires; Wang Huifen - 314 words
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Article, Illustration105 2000-10-09 36 PAULA Jones (above), whose sexual harassment lawsuit led to US President Bill Clinton’s impeachment by the US House of Representatives, will feature in a nude spread in Penthouse. The former Arkansas state employee, who once vowed never to pose naked, is to appear in105 words
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Article, Illustration109 2000-10-09 36 Wires WHAT the world knew later on, Boris Yeltsin (right) learnt months earlier. The former Russian leader said he knew of the impending sex scandal involving US President Clinton, but chose not to tell him. Yeltsin, promoting his new book, said he still– Wires - 109 words
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