The New Paper, 26 December 1990

Microfilm: NL17481
Total Pages: 55
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    12 1 the new paper WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 26, 1990 MCI (P) 75/4/90 50 CENTS
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      80 1 SADDAM'S NEW SURPRISE Iraq recalls envoys. New peace move? Page 34 HOURS Hockey roach questions members of Singapore's junior national hockey team taking part in an under-15 tournament in KL about some food they threw away. He allegedly orders them to strip, dunks them in cold water and makes them
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    Lock icon Rocky road to love
    86 1 Happy ending: "Siie s the one for me," thinks Mr Lim Chai Tiong as soon as he sees Ms Ng Bee Hoon. "He's not for me," thinks Ms Ng. He asks for a date. She says no. He persists. She finally agrees. After that first date,
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      Lock icon Reunion joy for mother
      282 2 UPI. A MOTHER in Los Angeles has had a reunion with her daughter who was allegedly taken away by her ex-hus-band eight years ago. "I have not celebrated Christmas since she left," Ms Rosemary Levi said on Monday. A Los Angeles Court interpreter, Ms Levi was
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      Lock icon War threat mars the spirit of Christmas
      300 2 Reuter. CHRISTIANS worldwide celebrated the birthday of Jesus Christ, Prince of Peace, yesterday but the festivities were marred in many countries by the looming threat of war in the Persian Gulf. In Bethlehem, birthplace of Christ, now part of the Israeli-occupied West Bank,
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      Premier from Taiwan arrives
      70 2 THE Prime Minister from Taiwan, Mr Hau Pei-tsun, arrives in Singapore today for a three-day private visit, Reuter reported. Contacted yesterday, a Singapore Foreign Ministry spokesman said: "Premier Hau's visit is a private visit conducted in a private capacity and is of a non-govern-mental nature. "As
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      174 2 TOO GOOD TO RESIST. HEINZ FESTIVE DRAWS 1 NOV '90 28 FEB '91 Now ttie nutritious goodness of Hemz Baked Beans is OronH made even more irresistible Vjll Cll IU Every can of Hemz Baked I—l Ann Ron Beans (Green Label) 440gms |HT7J V llUl IU UCIU you buy entitles
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      25 2 HOTUNEPLUS TO share a point of view, call Hotline Plus, 734-7711, or write to The Editor, The New Paper, 390 Kim Seng Rd, Singapore 0923.
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
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      Lock icon Family's vigil for crash victim
      570 4  -  By Ng Wan Ching F OR the last year and a half, Mr Rosle bin Sukaimi spent almost every waking moment in front of a television set. But none of his family members knew if he could even hear or see anything on the TV
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      Wife's battle to care for kids
      226 4 WHILE Mr Rosle's parents and siblings were looking after him, his wife was busy looking after their two sons. "Rosle's brain was damaged. He was like a retarded child," said Madam Jorah last week at her four-room flat in Bukit Batok. After his accident,
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      Lock icon Queen of auctions
      499 5 A SINGAPOREAN woman snaps up everything she can at auctions. Everything from dentures to freezers even coffins. Auction-goers say she is a big buyer for whom "even 100 men are no match". Madam Liu Meibao, 55, is probably the only woman in Singapore who makes a living
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      Lock icon WTC's new concert hall will seat 5.000
      209 6  -  By Lo Tien Yin THE World Trade Centre Complex will soon house what may be every concert organiser's dream. By late next year, it will have a hall specially equipped for live concerts and performances from Broadway musicals and dramas to dinner shows,
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      134 6 Hf WMMj WJ HUTTWTTT77T^M WTCS News Singapore says the column free hall offers maximum visibility. Seats are operated by a motorised control system. This allows organisers to arrange them in any number of tiers up to a maximum of 27. They can be retracted to make way for an exhibit
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      297 6 Hi iii CHINESE GEOMANCY Act Now For A Better Futurel Divination Designing of Residential Business Premises. Selection of Ideal Sites For Premises, Fish Tanks Plants. Selection of Auspicious Date Time For All Occasions. ZHANG RUIMIN DANNY ZHANG RUIMIN DANNY Chinos* Gaomancar, Hongkong Trained Goomancy Author of Inferior DigostPhone *****23 *****18
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      7 6 QUICK RESPONSE advertise in the Appointments pages
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      101 7 SIGNS OF AStiiJes The best of the American Lifestyle since 1850. LEVI'S BOUTIQUES M Wisma Atria #01 09 Shaw Leisure Gallery "01 24 Forum Galleria #01 -41 Parkway Parade #01 19 Chinatown Point #01 03 Adelphi Shopping Complex (Opening Soon) Levi's Concept Corners: OG Mam. OG Elite Metro Orchard Soqo
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    With such ATMs, who needs banks?
    382 8 SINGAPORETODA7 HELLO, this is your ATM speaking would you like foreign currency or local? Do you need a bank draft? Or a cashier's order? Self-service banking machines are now so sophisticated you need never step into the bank again. They have become part of
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      241 8 THE NEW PAPER DAVjHH ma O AN S»gMSfe3u-- iI 1 K 1J j ■Ms ill Ist CD Carry Compo System(CA-DW9) 2nd Cassette Player with Auto Reverse Stereo Recording complete with remote control(HS-FSOSA) 3rd Auto Reverse Cassette Recorder with remote control (TP-38) 15 Consolation Prizes Double Cassette Recorder(CS-WN2O) w HOW TO
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  • THENEWSTODAY
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      US court orders shame ads
      232 10 A N American judge has ordered offenders to adIvertise their offences in local newspapers. And these ads must include names and photographs. Judge William White in Florida passed such a sentence on 12 people charged with drunk driving, shoplifting and soliciting for immoral purposes, reports
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      S'poreans against shame ads
      273 11  -  By Colin Cheong GETTING offenders to take out ads of shame in newspapers is not a good idea. This is the view of all eight people we interviewed. Almost all of them felt it would not be effective in shaming the offenders. Only one, undergrad Kdna
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      Newspapers wary of shame ads
      168 11 AMERICAN newspapers are uneasy about the ads-of-shame move. Running the ads will make the press part of the government's sentencing scheme, said some publishers. "Classified ads are to sell bicycles and refrigerators," said Mr Peter Watson, general manager of Essex County Newspapers in Massachusetts. "They
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    Lock icon Cost no bar for these Puppies
    419 12  -  SINGAPORETODAY By Michelle Lee F I IRST there were Yuppies. Then came the Puppies. Puppies, Pre-school Children of Urban Professionals, live in designer labels. Two-year-old Liew Zheng Wei wears $120 T-shirts and $100 pants when he is out with mum. When he is at
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      182 12 NO takers for speciallymade Bat mobiles and Bugattis I in Britain./ Page 13. B' I /"W I J I 1 4 I T KlJJ aa Liii±AlLLLL;^^^^^^^^^^^l vv ppi^^v^i Not all mineral waters that you So the next time you buy mineral drink are natural mineral waters. water, look at the
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      52 12 :gyjl OUT TO BE COOL! \\&mm w *o+ w I v the coolest I thing you've -rv done today? I Ij. Nothing yet? p Well, just cut out this I I coupon and you're on your way I to the Height of Cool. at A& W and we'll /laß I
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      Toy Batmobile going for only $44,800
      237 13 ALL they wanted for Christmas was a toy car. But these two boys are in for a big disappointment unless they settle for something a whole lot smaller. Ten-year-old Leo Nabarro and brother Alexei, eight, (above) were captivated by this scaled-down Batmobile. And Matthew
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      Merry X'mas, and have a castle, dear
      265 13 MR Herbert Hillebrand had a little trouble putting his children's presents under the tree this Christmas. That is because he gave each of his 12 children at least one German castle as a Christmas gift. He bought 17 in all. "I had to
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      444 14 QOOD FORTUNE PROSPERITY H ONG LEONGF SINGAPORE FINANCE Saßl HOME ONE OR MORE OF SH! §®|U| MORE FREE GIFTS ITEMS I I2wrt» I 6.SfciT~PHIUPSGIFT items' More Prizes In ()ur Grand Lucky 1) Sil iflKi SVMIUU I Pulrt l.«w/\idr.i I** U HS4.OUU~ I ►jtpfcuw /Salt C*4 C*h wUttn %V4 uuu sm.uuu
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      Lock icon Presents of mind
      540 15 Better to give than receive, some folks say. But no matter how thorough you are, there are bound to be people you missed out in your gift list. So, what do you do when those same people pop up with a present for you and you have
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      Delis on the fast track
      482 16 Americans are tossing away the burger for the deli sandwich, reports USA Today. Are Singaporean fast food fans also defecting? MICHELLE LEE finds out SOME Singaporeans seem to be switching from fast-food restaurants to delicatessens and cafes. Four out of 11 diners interviewed cite health
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      Lock icon JUST JUNK
      365 17  -  By Angkline Song YOU know it's Christmas when your intray is buried under more than business mail. And even Boxing Day does not signal the end to this onslaught of catalogues from credit and charge card companies, year-end sale announcements from boutiques and department stores, promotional leaflets from
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      JUNK JOY
      67 17 SOME people enjoy their junk mail. Advertising account manager Belinda Tan asks to be put on some mailing lists for catalogues. "I'm interested in them for personal as well as professional reasons," said the 25-year-old account manager of DMB&B, a self-confessed shopaholic. "Since I'm in an ad agency,
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      Matchmade Bliss
      775 18 More people are turning to matchmaking agencies to find that special someone. But anything can happen, as four people who joined government matchmaking agencies tell ANGELINE SONG. Often, a lot depends on the first date, they say m 0 NCE upon a time, there was a young businessman
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      DIARY OF A COURTSHIP
      342 18 July 9: First meeting. After an SPS karaoke session, Mr Lim follows Miss Ng out, introduces himself and asks for a telephone number. Not now, next time, she tells him. July 16: Karaoke again. Miss Ng tries to avoid Mr Lim and sneak home. But he
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      'Bliss' like this they won't miss
      397 19 FROM PAGE 18: MATCHMAPE BLISS SPS MEMBER A 32-year-old receptionist. Her date was a 34-year-old technician. "He was quite a nice man, but so pushy! He wanted to rush me into a relationship when I was far from ready. "Can you imagine he was
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      90 15 mm a s- g IHCIII ,U Jh S3 SB s iEn f They're ready to play, so get ready to dance. The ADeycats playing at the Pearl of Casablanca, The Pan Pacific Hotel 6 days a week (closed on Sundays). Now 'till January 31st. The Guest D.J. with the Alleycats,
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      82 15 After all, who says everything has to remain the same? ■r Bv. xj v=— j '\Jb^^^M Breaking with tradition has always been a French heritage. Can>en Watch is the Official Timepiece Jor the Miss Singapore Untverse 1991 Miss Malaysia Universe 1991 Pageants. carven par In Sole Age"! Service Cent's VCNTRES
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      101 16 Y A ERIE S Mil I #8 i&9 :y <J(? v 4, f/S>JRJ**kj,.'' -;4 L I 1 |i *1/ WHi'v '51 H-k ,3 *sl* t'A \X- "■■</&* ifcW 4 < > V ;>' 'Vjißr' HI I There are superb buys and wonderful offers in every department, as we ring in
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      84 17 After all, who says everything has to remain the same? i n n. M* i fj^^l -11 CfP with tradition has always been a French heritage. I C<jrvfn Watch is the Official Timepiece for the Miss Singapore Universe 1991 Miss Malaysia Universe 1991 Pageants. carven pa rift Sole Agent 4
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      52 19 I "Z I w For purchases $15 and above, you get to purchase our "f A "Music On 'Hie Way" hag at XJANCY $.1.50 (usual price $7.00, tXSDOfI Lfancy model no. 3045) J j 1 Trading^ Blk 3021, IJbi Road Avenue 2 #02-181, Singapore 1410 Tel: *****09 Fax: *****08 Pager:
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      66 19 After all, who says everything has to remain the same? Breaking with tradition has always been a French heritage. Carven Watch is the Official Timepiece for the Miss Singapore Universe 1991 .Vfiss Mabysia Universe 1991 Pageants. carven par In So.? Agent Centre VCNTRES CARViN INTERNATIONAL °*E LTD "rou ;-9D9fto' *;as
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      892 20 l H or i a H fl^H Hlm| a j 1 A I I A H HIV mm v men 1 BHIHfIBHMHHHIfIHHHHIHHfIHHHBHBp The entry deal: 1 The Uik Saloon deal Mitsubishi Lancer 1.3 LS other differences dealt With Mitsubishi tialant 6 12 valves and oihcr Lancers from of U)P* efS<Ulv
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  • WORLDTODAY
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      Lock icon Vast new powers for Gorby
      268 21 Wire services. THE Soviet Parliament has approved sweeping new powers for President Mikhail Gorbachev. But the Soviet leader yesterday failed to win acceptance for a new body to enforce his decrees in the face of defiant governments in the Soviet republics. Still, the approval of
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      Daughter exposes killer dad
      552 22 A MOTHER of two in San Francisco decided that she had to betray her father in order to make the streets safer for everyone, especially young girls. Ms Eileen Franklin-Lip-sker, 30, spent weeks discussing with her husband and family members whether she should testify that her
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      Lock icon Painful memories
      303 23 AP. ON a warm sunny afternoon in 1969 Eileen Franklin-Lipsker, eight, saw her father rape her playmate Susan Nason in the back of his van. Her father, George Franklin, later smashed Susan's skull with a rock. Eileen remembered how Susan was crouching and crying when her father approached
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      Lock icon Taipei to end 'war' by May
      375 24 Reuter. TAIWAN will formally end its state of war with China before May, President Lee Teng-hui said yesterday. This will remove a major obstacle to closer ties with Beijing and further democratic reforms on the island. But in a sign of continuing pressure on
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      37 24 TAIWAN'S ruling party, the Kuomintang or Nationalists, fled mainland China in 1949 after the Communists won the civil war. Since then, both Beijing and Taipei have been vying for world recognition as the sole representative of China.
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      518 21 GORBACHEV'S CHRISTMAS BLUES >*I*l The resignation of Foreign Minister Eduard Shevardnadze has deprived President Mikhail Gorbachev of his last trusted aide In the uphill struggle to hold the Soviet Union together and put the ailing superpower back on its feet. Hardliners diehard communists, army officers think Mr Gorbachev has] betrayed
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      258 22 L I J rjn i 881 IE If ft |hL I Hamilton, the watch that became From The -Hamilton Broadway Limited*. course, Hamilton's skill and inge part of the American legend the precision watch which opened up nuity that was responsible, in 1969, Since its foundation in the historic a
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      107 23 Pick A Tulip It's Danish and delicious! Harptn Trading(S)Ptt Ltd A? 'I*. 34 Boon Leat Terracc, Singapore 0511 Tel: 472 2888 Fax: 471 3335 >; Sljft., ii 3k JlliVfUST.* I o%ar join hyst swiss c»minyinai KvMiiunint BBp d festive oj£ \/>>< A///V />///\ a feather■ uytiineJ mti\k 0 I (includes
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      68 24 i Time art A |/lt( fV'ii3 .k £> 11 > v jj^ Si vi I' A 4? ipi I JP a ft 4W /Ltt u' :_^^F m. ,-4|i !%ST^ V i $*&> /MSi&J W ■■%%&< ;&&&< w '<^cr /S2%ij'' Aroma Belle Ovale Collection. /'W ,s§&«£' Rhodium-plated. The art of wearing
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      115 25 The Metro Post-Christmas Sale. Up to 50% off. for d short time only. ;i|| I f jwsfinp>| ts? 5&k,,,« B -esSaBSKW' ®§?3£ 5 II fl *%g3WWff m... ,m IMPH a ißm > mr H\v r j S M m\m M m OjL> m o,* j? jR I jf~' 2l m
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    Shy Kay
    1510 26 YOU may have seen Lim Kay Siu as the deformed John Merrick in the play The Elephant Man. Or as the pig-tailed coolie Lim Ban Huat in the Omnimax movie Homeland. Or even as the black-dressed woman in The Maids. But I bet you've not seen him as
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      198 27 S --X UNBEATABLE SUBARU LEGACY 1 .SOL AT $73,500 For lO days only! $10,000 Extra On The Value Off Your Car When You Buy A New Legacy UNREPEATABLE And we're open daily till 10 o'clock every night selling car in its class. And no wonder. It's an unbeatable Valu<- For
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    4205 28 SHE is Bardot all over again. But this Bardot is black and her name is Naomi Campbell. They have called her an African Marilyn Monroe and the Josephine Baker of the 90s. She's in demand by top designers, from Azzedine Alaia and Jean-Paul Gaultier to Rifat Ozbek and Yves St
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      385 29 Celebrations in a ll Champagne Bubble! New Year's Eve new year's eve dinner menu -wR J.. kaJ Adieu 1990 CRISPY SAIAI) WITH M/XM) SEAFOOD m rr i Ginger Vinaiinrtte Tropics Coffee Garden The Adieu 90 Dinner $55.00++ per person inclusive of a CREW I OF (.KEFS PEAS AM) RROIS glass
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    Shy Kay
    1509 30 YOU may have seen Lim Kay Siu as the deformed John Merrick in the play The Elephant Man. Or as the pig-tailed coolie Lim Ban Huat in the Omnimax movie Homeland. Or even as the black-dressed woman in The Maids. But I bet you've not seen him as
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      986 31 wednesdaytv CHAMPIONS: MITT' J HAPPY WORLD KSiISH BOBBY CHARLTON 'AW 1 (Channel 8. 6.45 pm) (Channel 12, 9 pm) \'JS WUKONG is excited after learning M»ir2 Yilang is his father. But Baozhu just THIS week, the spotlight falls on Bobby V BRF ><. cannot accept the fact. Meili (Aileen Charlton
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    Christmas fare a big turn-off
    269 32  -  SEENLASTNIGHT By Ravindra Kumar I SWITCHED on the television set five times yesterday. I switched it off almost immediately four times. Before you jump to the conclusion that I finally found something I liked the fifth time, let me tell you what really happened. I
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      457 32 stiMia* i/fcj il <™»> JBNL ITS LIKE BEING THERE Technics X Series Midi System brings the excitement and energy of a live performance the new X Series Midi TUNER (ST-X3OIL) With new, better and more features to satisfy a wide ranee of hi-fi v Quartz synthesizer tuner with Fl. display
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      312 32 wednesdaytv 188 WEDNESDAY ON 5: THE LADY FORGETS THIS is a taut, suspenseful tale in the Hitchcock tradition. Julie Black (Donna Mills, left) suffers a concussion during a CfVfK Jmtewk mu gg> n g attempt and when she comes to, she has become -MA Rebecca Sims, a young mother who
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      Lock icon Iraq recalls envoys for talks
      343 33 Wire services. IRAQ has recalled its envoys to the US and Western Europe for urgent consultations on the Gulf crisis. A Jordanian newspaper said yesterday that the move heralded a new peace offensive. In a message carried by the official Iraqi News Agency (INA) yesterday,
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      Lock icon Withdraw or face war, Gulf states tell Iraq
      254 33 Reuter. GULF Arab leaders have ended their annual summit with a demand that Iraq withdraws from Kuwait by Jan 15 or face war. Earlier on Monday, King Fahd of Saudi Arabia warned Iraqi President Saddam Hussein that "you and your people would
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      Lock icon Colourful wedding of stars
      68 34 /V grand meeting of hearts: Actress producer Fau/iah Ahmad Daud tied the knot with actor hman Marian on Sunday, ine speculation about their relationship. There has been gossip about them since 1986 when they met while making aTV drama. The couple plans to get more involved
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      Lock icon Bob Hope tour minus girls
      310 34 UPI. THEY took away his beautiful girls and they chopped out some of his best material. But Bob Hope said nobody could keep him i from entertaining the troops on Christmas. "They couldn't hide this war from me. Boy, they tried," the 87-year-old dean of
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      Lock icon Rushdie renews faith in Islam
      258 35 Death sentence stays, says Iran paper Wire services. AUTHOR Salman Rushdie has renewed his faith in Talam The British author had in the past said he did not consider himself a religious Muslim. Mr Rushdie also promised not to authorise a paperback version of his
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      Lock icon Army coup topples Surinam govt
      154 35 Wire services. THE army has seized power in Surinam, in South America, after toppling an elected government on Christmas Eve. The Dutch Government yesterday condemned the military takeover of its former colony. No one was arrested in the bloodless coup in this poor and ethnically-divided
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      MULTI-RACIAL NATION
      61 35 SURINAM is a multiracial nation whose population consists of Indians, Javanese, bush Negroes and indigenous tribes. The mineral- ich country gained independence from the Dutch in 1975. Before the 1980 coup, it was one of the richest countries in South America. A drop in bauxite prices, inexperienced army
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      658 40  -  By Vivien Chiong WHAT was hot then is certainly not so now. The hip fashion of yesterday is "yucks, so obiang!" to four local personalities today. "Yucks, so obiang" (the local slang "obiang", loosely translated, means "awful, no class") is their general reaction when
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      573 43  -  By Lo Tien Yin T HERE may be times when musicians are actually glad there are no calls for encore. The clarinetist's lower lip may be bleeding. And the viola player's jaw may develop a sore from constant friction with the instrument. It becomes
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      635 50 Six members of Singapore's junior national hockey team say they underwent a harrowing experience in Kuala Lumpur last month. They were taking part in an under-15 tournament. It was all off the field, in their hotel room. SURESH NAIR has the details S IX schoolboys have
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      241 50 SEQUENCE OF EVENTS AS TOLD BY THE BOYS 10 pm A team meeting is held in the hotel where the players are asked to name the people who threw away part of their breakfast. The players are lined up in an air-conditioned corridor. They are given one hour to confess.
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      328 51  -  I NIGHT IN COLD HELL FROM Page 51 By Suresh Nair I HE president of the Singapore Hockey Association Anwarul Haque has T promised a full-scale investigation into what he described as "very, very serious allegations". Mr Haque sounded alarmed over the telephone when The New Paper
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      187 51 AFF Keuter. ASIA CUP CRICKET NAVJOT Sidhu hit a century off 105 balls to help India beat Bangladesh by nine wickets in the opening match of the three-nation Asia Cup cricket tournament in Chandigarh yesterday. Bangladesh were restricted to 170 for six in its 50 overs
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      163 51 AFP. ALLAN Lamb, the England vicecaptain, has been ruled out of the second Test against Australia which starts in Melbourne today. England had a two-hour practice session at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on Christmas morning when Lamb tested his torn calf muscle. "Lamb pulled up
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      416 52 EUROPE KICKOFF: ENGLAND AFP. IKE a child forced to pick from his new Christmas presents, Liverpool football i manager Kenny Dalglish faces a tough L choice in who to leave out of his Boxing Day lineup. Liverpool can stretch its lead at the top of the English First
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      277 52 SPOTLIGHT: JENNIFER CAPRIATI J BNNIFKR Capriati, the 14-year-old IJS tennis sensation, is confident of heating Steffi Graf and Martina Navratilova next year. At the end of her first season, Capriati said: "This year, as it was the first time I had played them, 1 was
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      358 53 NST. T WIN terrors Zainal Abidin Hassan and Dollah Salleh will don Pahang's state colours next season. Pahang, packing dynamite into the team, clinched the duo from Selangor for about Msloo,ooo ($64,000) each a year. The two internationals confirmed this in Kuala Lumpur on Monday. Pahang
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