Project Eyeball, 18 January 2001

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    11 1 projecteyeball. eyebaU.asial.com.sg Mita (p) 077/02/2000 Thursday, January 18, 2001 80 CENTS
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      514 1 FAT QUESTION If your girlfriend/wife asks you: Do I look fat? You’d better have the right answer or you’d better be an Olympic sprinter, says fleet-footed Engene Wee. See Page 13 That’s the experimental 3G phone behind the man. Don’t panic. It’ll be much smaller when it hits the market
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  • NEWS & VIEWS
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      110 2 A FOOTBALLER faces a five-match ban and a fine after being sent off for swearing at a match spectator his mum. Phil Miles, 31, was defending for Chatham Town when his mother kept criticising him from the touchline. He shouted: “Shut up and watch the f***ing game!” He was
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      Lock icon This shopping centre wants you to conceive
      388 2  -  First 1,000 Jurong couples to get pregnant snag $700 hampers By Denyse Yeo denyse@sph.com.sg HERE’S another “baby bonus”. The Jurong Citizens’ Consultative Committee and Jurong Point Shopping Centre have set up their own scheme, and they’re giving away $7OO hampers full of strollers,
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    • Eyeball NEWS
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        Lock icon Zahara gets early release
        71 2 FORMER Channel News Asia anchor Zahara Abdul Lateef was released on Tuesday morning from Changi Women’s Prison, the prison’s spokesman told Eyeball. Zahara, who served two-thirds of her two-month sentence, was granted a remission for good behaviour. She was scheduled to be released on Feb 4.
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      • Article
        Lock icon Students can get hepatitis B vaccine
        115 2 THE Ministry of Health yesterday unveiled a plan for immunising the population against the hepatitis B virus. From February, Secondary 3, second-year junior college and third-year students at centralised institutes will be screened for and immunised against the virus. Students will only have to
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      • Article
        Lock icon More suffer from heartburn
        135 2 HEARTBURN, one of the more common symptoms of gastro-oesophaegal reflux disease (GERD), is on the rise here. According to a study conducted by Dr Ho Khek Yu, associate professor and consultant gastroenterologist at the National University Hospital, adopting some simple lifestyle changes can help to alleviate
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        Lock icon No damage from tremors
        60 2 THE tremors recorded in Singapore on Tuesday evening did not result in any structural damage. Immediately after the tremor, police received 23 calls from residents of affected buildings in the central and eastern sectors of Singaopre, following which checks were conducted by the Building Construction Authority
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        Lock icon JBJ’s plea turned down
        142 2 EIGHT members of the organising committee of the first Tamil Language Week yesterday turned down a request from Workers’ Party leader JB Jeyaretnam to withdraw proceedings against him after he said that he made a scheduled payment a day after the deadline. Jeyaretnam was required to
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        Lock icon PM, DPM Tan keep party posts
        44 2 THE People’s Action Party’s central executive committee (CEC) has re-appointed Deputy Prime Minister Dr Tony Tan as party chairman and Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong as its secretary-general. Brigadier-General Lee Hsien Loong will continue as first assistant secretary-general.
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      357 3 VIENNA An Opec ministerial meeting approved a 1.5 million barrel-a-day production cut that aims to keep oil prices afloat near US$25 (5543.75) a barrel. JERUSALEM Israeli and Palestinian negotiators said after a round of talks that they saw no chances for a breakthrough by their weekend deadline the
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      Lock icon Mahathir names new ministers
      424 3 Reshuffle comes ahead of planned general elections Wires KUALA LUMPUR With an eye on general elections now three years away, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad appointed two new ministers in a Cabinet reshuffle yesterday. In an effort to stem the growing influence of an
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      Lock icon M’sian DPM on traffic fines list
      219 3 Wires KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia’s Deputy Prime Minister, a strong supporter of a police crackdown on unpaid traffic fines, has discovered that he himself is on the list of offenders. Abdullah Ahmad Badawi made the startling discovery when he dropped in unexpectedly at a traffic
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    • Eyeball FOCUS
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        Lock icon Diff’rent shops for diff’rent folks
        900 4  -  Youths shun suburban malls for city By Foo Lyn Lee lynlee@sph.com.sg CALL it a shopping divide. Suburban shopping malls seem to attract the older family-type customers while younger shoppers are still gravitating towards Orchard Road. “I definitely won’t go to Orchard unless I have to.
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        185 4 NEW BOOK’S ADVICE FOR RETAILERS RETAILERS have all but 30 seconds to impress their customers. If that sounds like too short a time, just think of the countless shops and malls available in Singapore. Creative retailing is, therefore, the key to survival, according to Dr
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    • Singapore
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        998 5  -  ‘Self-CPR’ instructions on Net a hoax By Sue-Ann Chia sueann@sph.com.sg THIS one is not so “yum”. Yet another chain e-mail is now doing the rounds. This time, though, it’s not some salacious cock-and-bull story. It’s about a radical new method to help a heart-attack
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        Lock icon The right way to do CPR
        262 5 Cardio-pulmonary resuscitation can he as easy as A-B-C, as shown by these simple steps extracted from openseason.com, a health information website. Airway Place the victim flat on his/her back on a hard surface. Shake the victim by the shoulders and shout, “Are you okay?”
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        Lock icon Forget dusting for fingerprints
        335 6 The Singapore Police showed off their hardware at the International Economic Crime Conference yesterday. Some of the devices, such as the communications gear, are cutting edge, while others are tried-and-tested, like the polygraph. ANDREW CHIN (andrewc@sph.com.sg) checks out the zone where technology and crime-busting meet. COLOURFUL
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        Lock icon Learn music as part of IT diploma
        590 6  -  Interdisciplinary studies encouraged at Ngee Ann Poly By Wong Sher Maine sher@sph.com.sg AMELIA TANG, a mass communications student at Ngee Ann Polytechnic (NP), plays the piano but never had a chance to study music in school something she would have loved to do.
        Wang Huifen  -  590 words
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        305 7  -  ALLAYING NEIGHBOURS’ FEARS By Joanna Lim joanna@sph.com.sg SINGAPORE’S rise in international stature and its recent efforts to forge a bilateral agreement with the US could damage its standing with its neighbours, who may feel that the city state is trying to raise its own profile
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        Lock icon Learning the Bali way
        46 7 Students from Singapore Chinese Girls’ School (SCGS) learning the intricacies of Balinese dancing from Ida Ayu Arya Satyani. The event is part of “The Bali Project’’ -a theatre education programme designed to introduce Balinese art and culture to Singaporean youth. Desmond Wee
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        Lock icon Self-help groups may not help
        611 7  -  Success of ethnic self-help groups may divide people, says NMP Zulkifli By Sue-Ann Chia sueann@sph.com.sg IT’S a question that’s been asked before, but is particularly relevant in the light of recent events: Should the Government do away with ethnic self-help groups? Yes, say some academics.
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    • The World
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        Lock icon Estrada let off the hook
        733 8 Senate votes not to inspect potentially incriminating records Wires MANILA President Joseph Estrada, who was being tried for receiving bribes, siphoning off government funds and protecting a friend from government regulators, has been virtually let off the hook. Late on Tuesday, the Senate conducting his
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        Lock icon Child leaders of Myanmar militia surrender
        335 8 HTOO TWINS MAY GET ASYLUM IN THAILAND Wires SUAN PHUNG (Thailand) Luther and Johnny Htoo, the enigmatic child leaders of the God’s Army militia, and 12 of their followers have surrendered to the Thai border police. The gun-toting twins, whose followers credit them with
        – Wires; Reuters  -  335 words
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        Lock icon Jakarta cops fire at 3,000 protesters
        479 9 Gus Dur pressed to answer charges Wires JAKARTA Police yesterday fired volleys of tear gas at about 3,000 protestors who gathered outside Parliament calling on Indonesian President Abdurrahman Wahid to answer corruption charges or step down. But there were no actual clashes and police
        – Wires; Pictures: Ap  -  479 words
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        Lock icon POLICE BUY 60 STUN GUNS
        104 9 AFP JAKARTA Indonesia’s capital is getting tougher with protesters. It has bought 60 German-made Melcher gas pistols which can paralyse a person for 10 minutes. The head of the city public order office, Hadi Utomo, told the Jakarta Post that the stun guns, which cost
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        Lock icon KGB thought 007 gadgets were real
        457 9 MUSEUM TO UNLOCK SPY SECRETS AP CLEVELAND The secret is out: Some of James Bond’s biggest fans were KGB agents. But the Soviets weren’t interested in how the fictional British spy liked his martinis or seduced femme fatales The KGB thought Bond’s goofy weapons
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    • Technology
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        Lock icon Keep a low profile, 3G
        435 10  -  Don’t repeat WAP mistake by overhyping, Siemens tells vendors By Eugene Wee eugenew@sph.com.sg PSSST...3G is a reality. But the vendors of this wireless broadband technology don’t want too many people to get excited about it just yet. When 3G (3rd generation) services are launched commercially
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        Lock icon Phone that’s as big as a fridge
        385 10 IT IS an actual working prototype of a 3G mobile phone. The pity is that it’s the size of a fridge. Siemens gave the media a demonstration of its 3G platform at its Kallang office yesterday. The prototype is cobbled together from several
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        Lock icon Computer users lose in war on piracy
        260 10 SOFTWARE CURBS AP SAN JOSE (California) A Holly-wood-backed anti-piracy scheme that could change how hard drives, recordable DVDs and MP3 players are built, goes too far to protect the rights of business at the expense of computer owners, privacy advocates say. Most of
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        Lock icon Opt for features or a cheap price
        684 11 Want a portable MP3 machine hut dont want to fork out a fortune? Then check out these MP3 CD players. Their solid, skip-free quality will surprise you. STEVEN NG (stevenng@sph.com.sg) takes a look at one budget-priced player and another for the more well-heeled.
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    • Business
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        357 12  -  4% CPF RESTORATION By Sonny Phua sonnyp@sph.com.sg THE countdown to the restoration of the final 4-percentage points that companies contribute to employees’ Central Provident Fund (CPF) kitty may have begun. NTUC Secretary-General and Minister Without Portfolio Lim Boon Heng said yesterday that the
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        Lock icon Concorde on test flight
        54 12 Posing with Air France s Concorde on Tuesday at Paris’ Roissy airport are pilots, cabin crew and technicians. The plane, which was grounded after a Concorde jet crashed on July 25 last year, resulting in 113 deaths, leaves today for a military air base for a
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        Lock icon Trade likely to grow much less this year
        569 12  -  US economy, electronics and oil sectors expected to slow down, says TDB By Nicholas Yong nicyong@sph.com.sg DON’T be surprised if your company’s year-end bonus isn’t all that hot this Christmas. And it’s not just the company you’re with it’s the entire economy.
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      • E-Male ADDRESS
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          Lock icon ‘Do I look fat?’
          680 13  -  By Eugene Wee eugenew@sph.com.sg ALL women are fat. Some people like to use euphemisms like pudgy, bloated, chubby and bovine-like. But for the sake of this discussion, let’s just stick to fat. Before my groin gets on the wrong end of a size six Ferragamo pump,
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      • Eyeballing THE NET
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          Lock icon Virtual beauty, real money
          406 13  -  By Eri Akbar eri@sph.com.sg MEET the stars of the New Economy. Webbie Tookay, Kyoko Date, Ananova they’re among the world’s most sought-after computer-generated stars with good looks, endearing personalities and successful careers to boot. When Lin, a Lara Croft-type virtual newscaster created by China Television Network
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        Lock icon Reaching young people – their way
        1145 14 Reaching young people their way ON MONDAY night, Marine Parade Mayor Eugene Yap engaged with surfers in Eyeball’s live webchat. For 45 minutes, ideas and questions poured in from some 30 chatters. “If we want to reach out to the youths, we’ve to do things their way,” the Mayor said,
        Alphonso Chan  -  1,145 words
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      26 2 Qood morning! i* Showers with thunder over most areas in the afternoon and early evening. High: 31C I Low: 23C Tides: 5.50AM/2.5M 6.50PM/2.2M Met Service: http://www.gov.sg/metsin
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      58 5 http://www.nichecom.com/ vfw/ vn/vnll4.html If you have received the chain mail and want to read Rochester General Hospital’s disclaimer. http:// www.cpr-ecc.org The proper methods of CPR from the American Heart Association. http://urbanlegends.about.com/science/ urbanlegends/library/blxatoz4.htm An A to Z of current Net lore circulating in cyberspace. If you have received any other emails
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      34 8 For more on the Estrada trial, log on to: http://www.inquirer. net/24h/pbreaks4.htm This newspaper reveals the contents of the sealed envelope that the Senate voted not to open. http:// www.inquirer. net/impeachment Details of the trial.
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      34 9 Read more on spy toys and gadgets: http://www.cnn.com/ SPECIALS/cold. war/experience/spies/ The real tools of the trade during the Cold War. http://www.smdc.army. mil/SecurityGuide/ Spystory/Intro.htm True US spy stories. http://www.spy gadget.com/ Hidden cameras and surveillance equipment.
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      35 10 Want to know about the anti-piracy plan and what others say? Check out: 4C Entity: http://www,4 centity.com Motion Picture Association of America: http://www.mpaa.org The Privacy Forum: http://www. vortex .com/privacy.html The Electronic Frontier Foundation: http:/ www.eff.org
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      55 11 HELEN, SWEETHEART OF THE INTERNET so. after a senes of expulsions, you envev up at the UNIVERSITY OF MICHi&AH WHERE I CAlMcV POWN COnSlVBRABlV. \-\e YOU WERE FORCBU TO LEAVE THERE, TOO, THOUGH, WEREN'T YOU? AT GUNPOINT? OKAY, THAT STORY HAG BEEN WAY OVERBLOWN! weu, of COURSE! THEY GAVE ME
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      23 13 Visit the celebs at their cyber-homes: Webbie Tookay http://www.illusion2k.com Kyoko Date Diki: http://www.geocities.com/Tokvo/Flats/2135 http://www.kvokodate.com Ananova http://www.ananova.com http://www.clubananova.com Adam http://www.adamsoft.com/adam Lili http:// www.mtvasia.com/Channel/VI s/Lili/actual.html
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  • EyeSport
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      Lock icon Retiring Rafter in last hurrah
      452 15 It*s Day 3of the Australian Open. ADAM HASHED? (hashidy@sph.com.sg) selects the highs and lows of the first Qrand Slam of the year. MATCH OF THE DAT IN WHAT could be his last Australian Open as he contemplates retirement, Patrick Rafter edged closer towards a fairy-tale
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      Lock icon OFF THE COURT
      121 15 AFP Ring me: A new ring on the finger of Belgium’s Kim Clijsters, the girlfriend of Australia’s young star Lleyton Hewitt, caused a stir of excitement on Wednesday. Lleyton did give it to her, but nuptials are not in the offing yet: “It was a birthday present,”
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    • Sport IN SHORT
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        Lock icon Replacement search
        98 15 AFP LONDON Manchester United chief executive Peter Kenyon hinted yesterday that the club could look abroad for a replacement for manager Sir Alex Ferguson, who retires at the end of next season. It had previously been understood that United would restrict its search to the British Isles when
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      • Article
        Lock icon Deal with Beckham
        85 15 AFP LONDON The Red Devils are confident they can satisfy David Beckham’s wage demands and sign a new contract with the midfield star. United has ridiculed reports that Beckham wants a staggering £160,000 (S$418,000) a week to stay at Old Trafford, insisting talks have not started. David
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        Lock icon Yorke to retire if...
        60 15 Reuters MANCHESTER United striker Dwight Yorke has announced that he will retire from international football if Trinidad and Tobago fail to qualify for the 2002 World Cup. “I think this is my last chance. If we don’t qualify I will hang up my boots in terms
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        Lock icon SPORTSTALK
        34 15 “EVERY time Venus tossed up to serve I was thinking: ‘Oh no, they won’t fall out, will they?”’ Former player Pam Shriver, commenting on Venus Williams’ revealing two-piece top in her first-round match.
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        Lock icon Hoping to return
        138 16 Wires MADRID Real Madrid midfielder Steve McManaman hopes his recent performances for the European champions can secure his return to the England side for February’s friendly international against Spain. “I haven’t spoken with the new manager (Sven-Goran Eriksson) but I would love to play against Spain and
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      • Article
        Lock icon Edu goes to Arsenal
        82 16 LONDON Arsenal have completed the signing of Brazilian midfielder Edu for an undisclosed fee, the English premier club said. The 22-year-old, whose full name is Eduarde Daude Gaspar, also qualifies for a Portuguese passport through his father and has been cleared to work in Britain by
        – Wires  -  82 words
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        Lock icon DID YOU KNOW
        25 16 DID you know that after the Australian Open moved to Melbourne Park in 1999, a total 0f4,634,510 people have attended the event.
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        Lock icon Duval at Phoenix
        63 17 AP PHOENIX David Duval has decided to give the raucous Phoenix Open another chance. Duval yesterday committed to play in the Jan 25 to 28 event despite a confrontation with fans during last year’s tournament. Duval had an exchange with hecklers at the 12th hole during the
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        Lock icon Hardaway injured
        73 17 Reuters PHOENIX The Phoenix Suns returned guard Penny Hardaway to the injured list yesterday with what team officials described as acute inflammation of the soft tissue and soreness in his left knee. He may miss the rest of the season after his injured knee failed to respond to
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        Lock icon Luca lor Ferrari
        50 17 AFP MARANELLO Italian Luca Badoer has agreed to test drive for world champion Formula One stable Ferrari for the 2001 season, the Italian outfit announced. The announcement ensures that Germany’s world champion driver Michael Schumacher and Brazil’s Rubens Barrichello will also be staying on with the team.
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      • Article
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        33 17 “NOTHING really worked for me today. It was, for women, you know, one of those days.” Former Wimbledon champion Conchita Martinez explaining her 5-7, 6-3,8-6 loss to Emmanuelle Gagliardi.
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        Lock icon Relay in doubt
        81 18 AP LONDON Bet on Marion Jones to compete in four events, not five, at this summer’s World Championships. Yesterday, Jones hinted she would probably skip the 4xloo relay in the Aug 3 to 12 event in Canada. “I’ve yet to win a world championship in the long
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        62 18 Reuters BARCELONA Uninspired Barcelona reached Spain’s King’s Cup quarter-fmals after a goalless draw against third division Gimnastica Torrelavega on Tuesday. It made the last eight 1-0 on aggregate thanks to Brazilian forward Rivaldo’s goal in the first leg. Barca made it to the last eight of the King's
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        Lock icon Soler suspended
        56 18 Reuters PARIS St Etienne general manager Gerard Soler was suspended for a year on Tuesday, for his role in a fake passport scandal, while the football club will lose seven league points for having used players with false papers. The two accused players Alex and Maxim Levitsky were
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        Lock icon DID YOU KNOW?
        24 18 DID you know that the women’s qualifying draw for the Australian Open increased for the 2000 event from 64 to 96.
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      Lock icon First Tyson, now the IBF is in the dark
      443 16  -  Boxing group unaware of M’sia bout By Luke Pachymuthu luke@sph.com.sg JUST wait for two or three days. That is what Malaysian firm Promote Classic is saying about the on-again, off-again Mike Ty-son-Lennox Lewis fight in Kuala Lumpur in March. Someone should
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      353 16 2000 WORLD SPORTS AWARDS AFP LONDON A galaxy of the world’s top stars graced the 2000 World Sports Awards here at the Royal Albert Hall yesterday. The list of sporting heroes past and present included boxing legend Muhammad Ali, Olympic 400-m gold-medal holder Michael Johnson
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      Lock icon Jordan has high hopes
      440 17 F1 team believes Honda engines will make cars competitive. AP SILVERSTONE (England) Jordan is hoping Honda’s engine dominance in the late 1980 s and early 1990 s will help the team rebound from an abysmal 2000 season. Powered for the first time by a factory-built Honda
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      Lock icon TRULLI GUTSY
      302 17 Wires LONDON Just who is Jarno Trulli? Some people spell his name “Jarno Trullie”. Most, though, go without the “e” in the surname. Either way, the Italian doesn’t really care. He prefers to let his driving do the talking. As far as we can tell, he’s about ready
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      206 18 NFL: There’s one on every team. An “inspirational” story, that is. On the New York Giants, that story would be Kerry Collins. Just two years after being labelled a quitter, an alcoholic and a racist, the Giant quarterback is leading his team into the Super Bowl. Catch his
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      556 18 Camby apologises to coach and team for on-court brawl Wires WASHINGTON Chris Webber of the Sacramento Kings moved past the Minnesota Timberwolves’ Kevin Garnett in the final week of all-star voting to make him the top vote-getting forward for the Western Conference. In the closest
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    • Tee TIME
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        Lock icon Women’s golf just got sexy
        236 18  -  LINGERIE DEAL By John Crean sports@eyeball.com.sg OH LA LA, whatever next. Following in the fashion footsteps of tennis toppers like Anna Kournikova, Martina Hingis and Venus Williams, European women’s golf has signed up a leading lingerie company as a major sponsor. The Ladies European Tour
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      33 15 Log on to http:// www.ausopen.org for full results of all the matches. If you can’t get Super Sports (SCV Ch2o), don’t fret. The official website has a live scoreboard for all the matches.
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  • Unwind
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      Lock icon Dolls for dudes
      622 19 AY Hello Kitty, say goodbye. The toys which are increasingly ending up on the display shelves and DJ consoles of club-culture cognoscenti aren’t what you can call cute. There’s Crazy Children and Tom.kids, a series of streetweartogged figures with pock-marks and fierce scowls; Kai and Mera, two
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    • Clubbing
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        Lock icon Hong Kong’s designer king
        531 20 IN HONG KONG, he is known as the king of action figures. His is a toy collector’s designer brand, whose plastic embodiments of cool can burn huge holes in your pocket. Michael Lau, artist, designer and hip-hop toy designer extraordinaire, has carved a niche for himself
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        Lock icon A QUICK GUIDE TO BEING STREET SMART
        454 20 TOM.KIDS (right) Price: $9OO a set What: Toys created by Michael Lau for Hong Kong website Tom.com, these six cybernerds have funky features like an old Macintosh for the head and floral print shirts. There are only 1,000 sets available worldwide, and each
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        Lock icon CELTIC CHUCKLES
        237 21 MONGCHACHA 50, who says his occupation is drinking BIS JOEE: Irish people always like to go alamak! (Slaps his forehead). That’s why they all botak. ROBERT HOYES-COCK 20, works in a sandwich joint HIS JOEE: Here are some great Irish inventions: An inflatable dartboard The solar-powered torch The
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        Lock icon Irish spirit
        295 21 At Muddy Murphy's 40th birthday on Friday, JEREMY AU YONG (pedas@sph.com.sg) found no shortage of whiskey, merrymakers and fake red hair. Eyeball decided to jump right into the action and got a sampling of some drink-induced Irish humour with a Singaporean twang. ERE’S a little historical note of
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    • Movies
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        Lock icon Movies mount the peaks
        798 22 The movie, Vertical Limit, features a group of climbers inching its way on a rescue mission up K 2, the second highest mountain in the world. But the movie isn't the only peak scaled by Hollywood that we have seen. TAY YEKKEAK (pedas@sph.com.sg) gives us the
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        1051 24 Reviews: Sandi Tan CAST AWAY (PG) Tom Hanks, Helen Hunt THE movie Cast Away is an unusual contender -for the Oscars, for people’s hearts in general. It’s nothing like the Survivor-esque thriller the trailers claim it is. In fact, it’s a film nearly impossible to market. Even
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        1230 25 THE FAMILY MAN (PG) Nicolas Cage, Tea Leoni A VERSION of the Grinch more captivating than the one with Jim Carrey encased in green fur. Nicolas Cage plays Jack, a Ferrari-driving Manhattan money machine who dates nubile blondes (like Amber and belts out La Traviata
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        219 25  -  Jeanmarie Tan CLARISSA X www.ifilm.com HAVE you heard the one about the man who had sex with a mysterious femme fatale, only to discover she’s a spook? It’s a cliched urban legend or a case for the X-Files. But Thomas Trail’s stylish, grainy black-and-white treatment comes close to
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          75 26 WALKING away from near-death experiences may come naturally for the James Bond, but former Bond star Roger Moore seems to have developed a liking for this extreme act as well. The 73-year-old actor and his Swedish partner Christina Tholstrup walked away uninjured and apparently unshaken from a
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          86 26 AFTER appearances in the 1968 film Che and Madonna’s Evita, the memory of South American revolutionary Ernesto Che Guevara will once again come to the big screen. Titled The Motorcycle Diaries, the movie is based on Guevara’s pre-freedom Fighter days. It will centre on a 11,000-km motorcycle
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          87 26  -  Jeremy Au Yong CRITICS have widely hailed Wilson’s effortless performance as Tom Hanks’ stoic sidekick in the blockbuster Cast Away. The volleyball’s (whose name is also its brand) performance was so eloquent that the Broadcast Film Critics association named it the Best Inanimate Object. All this fame
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        665 26 The Qolden Qlobe Awards are Hollywood’s fave night out. But this is an awards party with a difference it honours new talent, says JEANMARIE TAN (jeanm@sph.com.sg). F THE joke of The Golden Globe Awards ceremony is that the much-invoked “foreign press” that bestows the awards are mostly a
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        252 26 KEEP your eyes peeled for these titles, which we think are set to dominate the Golden Globes. GLADIATOR VISUAL maestro Ridley Scott proves that a marathon action epic can still entertain the mob. This time, Scott rebuilds the Roman Empire to tell the tale of heroic warrior Maximus
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      40 26 For a complete list of the 2001 nominations, visit http://www.goldenglobes.org. Tune in to the live telecast of the 58th Annual Golden Globe Awards at 9 am on Jan 22, Star World Ch 18, with a repeat telecast at 10 pm.
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      141 27 How to annoy people Leave the copy machine set to 99 copies, extra dark, 17-inch paper. If you have a glass eye, tap on it occasionally with your pen while talking. Reply to everything someone says with, “That’s what you think”. Highlight irrelevant information in scientific papers
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      491 27 Movies Sitcoms/serials Intent To Kill 11.30 pm Star Movies 58 Ex-porn star Traci Lords stars in this thriller about a beautiful young woman who has to deal with two types of men those who love her and those who want her dead. Very weak on plot but strong on action.
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      118 28 THE Duchess of York has ended her relationship with her Italian suitor Court Gaddo della Gherardesca, days after the pair was spotted snogging at Gaddo’s palazzo in Tuscany. The split comes at a time that the Duchess, Sarah Ferguson, is increasingly frustrated with the playboy behaviour of
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      77 28 JODIE POSTER will be heading this year’s Cannes Film Festival Jury, when the festival kicks off on May 9. “Jodie promised me she would do it a number of years ago,” Gilles Jacob, the chief of the fest, said Reuters in a statement. “Every time we spoke of
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      108 28 CHRISTINA AGUILERA’S (right) boyfriend is leading a secret double life, according to exclusive reports in the National Enquirer. According to the US tabloid, when he’s not romancing the teen songstress, he’s parading around New York with gay porn stars. Jorge Santos. 24, who is one
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      45 28 We have 100 Cast Away movie T-shirts from the States (each worth $25) for our readers. Just send in this completed coupon to Project Eyeball/Cast Away, Circulation Marketing, News Centre Level 2, 82 Genting Lane, Singapore *****7 by Jan 23.
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      73 28 BRITISH TV host Chris Evans has told his lover Billie Piper to pull out of a movie, because he believes that the movie is an unflattering depiction of him. The 18-year-old was supposed to play a young pop star in her debut effort Tabloid TV,
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      115 28 EIGHT times is enough for Elizabeth Taylor. The 68-year-old actress, who has walked down the aisle eight times, swears that she will not be marrying again. But she would “live with someone if he were cute, intelligent, compassionate, adorable, had a good sense of humour”, said
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        105 28 AMERICAN director Oliver Stone might be bidding his directing career adieu after his next two projects. Stone, who is currently working on Beyond Borders, said he would be making another major film and that would be his “final movie...a funeral oration”, reported Premiere magazine.
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        64 28 SEEMS like Van Morrison might not be performing at the inauguration ceremony of President-elect George W Bush after all. A statement released by the singer’s label said that initial reports about Morrison performing at the bash were “absolutely false”. “Mr Morrison was never scheduled to
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        45 28 DIRECTOR Guy Ritchie can’t wait to have more kids but he is leaving it to his new wife, Madonna, to “play her cards right”. And the 42-year-old Material Mum said she would hire a surrogate mother if it was necessary, reported Peoplenews.com.
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