The New Paper, 30 April 2000
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Article, Illustration510 2000-04-30 2 Shock find during laptops raid in KL THE contents of this suitcase is enough to flatten a single-storey house. There's a detonating device, explosive believed to be C 4 hidden in plasticine, a roll of wire and a clicker (firing device) all part of aPicture/ The Malay Mail - 510 words
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Article129 2000-04-30 2 TERRORISTS favour them. Plastic explosives are, after all, powerful, and they can be moulded into shapes that make them difficult to detect. C 4, Semtex and RDX are the known types. They are widely used by Sri Lankan Tigers, the Irish Republican Army and Sikh separatists. These explosives129 words
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Article174 2000-04-30 2 INDIA AND CHINA ON BORDER DISPUTE: Source: Wire services.’ CHINA and India may have border disputes but they are still talking. That was the message from the foreign ministers of both countries who met yesterday in New Delhi. "The two sides agreed that an expert group wouldSource: Wire services.’ - 174 words
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Article, Illustration418 2000-04-30 3 Sylvia Toh Paik Choo - By Sylvia Toh Paik Choo IT was a scene straight out of My Fair Lady. With Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong as Professor Higgins and contractor Phua Chu Kang as Eliza Doolittle, the Speak Good English Movement 2000 got off to418 words
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Article264 2000-04-30 3 BEST IN S'PORE I HAVE watched the first four episodes of the new season of Phua Chu Kang and it is still the best comedy series ever to come out of Production s's sitcom department. Quite a few of the episodes, those written by Mr Ong Su Mann, come close,264 words
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Article, Illustration1190 2000-04-30 4 When columnist Suzanne Walker wrote about older women-younger men relationships last Sunday, it struck a chord. Eight people told us of similar experiences. NG WAN CHING speaks to an older woman who is happy with a younger man, despite family objections1,190 words
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Article112 2000-04-30 4 I AM turning 18 in a couple of months. I may be young, but I have been in relationships with older women. Most of them were three to four years my senior. I don't find this weird as 1 don't feel attracted to girls my112 words
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Article85 2000-04-30 4 I USED to date a guy two years younger than me. I was 18 then. Dating a younger guy can be exciting at first because the two of you are having fun together. But it can become boring later when people keep saying you look85 words
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Article96 2000-04-30 4 I AM 21 and my boyfriend is 18. We have been together for two years. With my older boyfriends, I was dumped most of the time. I would be treated like an extra to make their "lonely" national service days better or as a substitute96 words
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Article, Illustration877 2000-04-30 5 TRUDY LIM - COMMENT TRUDY LIM HAS it really come to this? Your toddler is bitten by a classmate. So you march over to his day-care centre and you bite the little viper. We all know that it happened. And last week, the woman who did the biting was877 words
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Article557 2000-04-30 5 Gloria Chandy - By Gloria Chandy IF you don't stop bullying my son I am going to sue you!! Does that sound like the kind of language a three-year-old would understand? Not likely. But that is exactly what one irate mother yelled at a toddler in a childcare centre in Choa557 words
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Article, Illustration175 2000-04-30 5 WOULD you bite a baby in retaliation? One mother did just that at a child care centre last year. She was fined $1,000. When two-year-old Linus told his mother, Goh Joo Huay, that a classmate had bitten him, she lost her cool. She marched into the centre,175 words
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Article, Illustration580 2000-04-30 6 Michelle Choh - A change In law later this year will make It compulsory for parents of delinquent children to attend "school". MICHELLE CHOH checks out what such a "school" for parents Is about By Michelle Choh PARENTS are funny people. Funny? Of late580 words
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Article63 2000-04-30 6 WHEN juveniles are first-time offenders of petty crimes such as shoplifting, they have to attend a six-month rehabilitation programme at family service centres such as Fei Yue. The juvenile and the family will have to go for counselling sessions and programmes such as the above. If either of63 words
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Article283 2000-04-30 6 BETWEEN 90 and 40 par cent of parents with children on probation or in homes do not attend ministry-run pragrenvnn or support-group meetings. But this wM chance later 4U- ...a n.Mili una jvJi nlH.il UIC WWOicfl and Young Poreons Act it amended. The—parents wN then have283 words
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Article, Illustration1156 2000-04-30 8 Gloria Chandy - Do You Remember? RememSer? She made the biggest impression at the recent Divas Concert here, which featuredfour of the biggest names in Malay music. We catch up with Singapore's very own Vegas queen Anita Sarawak J by GloriaPictures/ Courtesy Of Anita Sarawak - 1,156 words
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Article, Illustration841 2000-04-30 9 Pam Males - BY Pam Males IT may be belated, but the recent announcement that some British hospitals are interested in recruiting Singapore nurses set me thinking: As a trained nurse, what would I do if I were in the shoes of the Singapore nurse? Would I takePicture/ Joyce Lim - 841 words
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Article339 2000-04-30 9 I need friends HsythsreGus, PmalSy—r old rtwdent who haa boon Rvtngln Sbipporafor six months. I'd realty 4a y in, n,, RKe to know*you niwcontacts wnn tne expatriates whom I cm imhi friends wHh? I fool viry itrmp approaching the locals and would Ma to know the non-locals339 words
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Article, Illustration504 2000-04-30 10 You've read about them. You may even have voted for them. But have you ever wondered what makes them tick? AZHAR GHANI finds out Look at us. We need courtesy campaigns and kindness movements to remind ourselves of the need to uphold human decency. With the504 words
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Article47 2000-04-30 10 THE outstanding 10: 1) Madam Chandralatha Jayawardene 2) Madam Rosita Frando 3) Madam Pacita Cablay 4) Madam Kami Madkasdi 5) Ms Siti Komsatun 6) Madam Creesencia Caburao 7) Madam Tessie Caraulia 8) Madam Jocelyn Eusibio Bayudan 9) Ms Mercy Carolino 10) Ms Lorna Ocampo Ramirez47 words
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Article117 2000-04-30 10 THE top three winners of the "Maid of the Year" contest will be revealed in tomorrow's The New Paper. The winning maids will get: $3,000, $1,500 and $500 in cash respectively, courtesy of Maid-Power. But to find out who's the top vote-getter, join us at the prize117 words
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Article111 2000-04-30 11 GOOD news for readers of The New Paper on Sunday. There are discounted Sentosa entry tickets for you. If you'd like to see the Maid of the Year event on May 7, grab the tickets at the Buzz kiosk outside Lucky Plaza at Orchard Road.111 words
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Article, Illustration518 2000-04-30 12 Irene Kew - Here comes the bride a little bit late The couple met at a pub two years ago through a mutual friend, Joanne Fernandez. Last year, while they were on holiday in Bintan, he popped the question. She said yes immediately. The couple went through the traditional Muslim wedding rites onPictures/ Zaihan Mohd Yusof - 518 words
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Article, Illustration487 2000-04-30 14 DANNY TAN - THE WEEK Guest editor DANNY TAN CEO of eWORLDofSPORTS.com A FRIEND just returned from Paris. And, what do you know, he was gushing over what he termed the Frenchmen's level of customer service. Despite the differences in language and whatever intolerance they may have487 words
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Article, Illustration258 2000-04-30 15 Antibiotics: End of abuse? A GLANCE IS your child taking antibiotics too freely? Well, the Health Ministry will be releasing a set of guidelines for antibiotics use in children. Yesterday, the ministry released guidelines on the use of antibiotics in adults. They spell out when antibiotics should be used, andPicture/ Reuters - 258 words
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Article105 2000-04-30 15 A MAN walked into a food centre yesterday, picked up a chopper from a table and tucked it under his arm. Then he stared at a stallholder. And stared, and stared. Frightened, Madam Hasnah Bony, the stallholder, screamed. Chaos erupted at the food centre, which is next to105 words
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Article91 2000-04-30 15 HE moves through the men's clothing sections of Berlin's most select department stores. His favourite is Kaufhaus des Westens, Berlin's equivalent of Harrod's. He fingers the merchandise. Then with deft, seamless moves, he slices the clothes up with a scalpel, causing thousands of marks worth of damage.91 words
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Article102 2000-04-30 15 DBS Bank should consider holding back on imposing a $2 monthly service charge on customers who have less than $500 in their accounts, so that the Central Provident Fund (CPF) Board can work out a way to let lower-income members transfer CPF savings to long-term retirement accounts102 words
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Article104 2000-04-30 15 THE natural mother of one of two little girls switched at birth in the US has been given visitation rights. Ms Paula Johnson will now get her biogical daughter, Rebecca Chittum, aged four, at least one weekend per month. She will also be able to visit during104 words
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Article88 2000-04-30 16 VIDEO conferencing and e-mail will soon be used by Singapore courts to settle copyright and e-commerce cases. They will work with the Ministry of Law, Economic Development Board, the Singapore Mediation Centre and other organisations to come up with a framework for resolving such disputes. Chief Justice Yong88 words
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Article96 2000-04-30 16 IF you're hoping to go to Hongkong for some "chou tofu", you might find it hard to find. The deep fried dish, a popular snack among the Chinese, is definitely not the flavour of the month. It's in big trouble. The Hongkong press yesterday reported that a stinky96 words
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Article96 2000-04-30 16 YOUNG Sophonie Telcy is in a worse boat than Cuban castaway Elian Gonzalez. The six-year-old Haitian girl is alone in the US. Her mother had taken her there, then returned home and died. Sophonie's supporters are afraid she will be sent back to Haiti. They say that her96 words
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Article92 2000-04-30 16 A FORMER navy recruit was jailed 18 years in Ipoh for killing a 10-year-old girl by pulling out her intestines through her vagina. Fairuzazahairi Mat Aleh, 20, will serve this sentence after he finishes serving his first 18 years for hurting a six-year-old. The victim, Nurul Shuhaida Ahmad92 words
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Article216 2000-04-30 16 THREE out of four new jobs created here will be for the new economy. So if you don't go for re-training to learn skills needed in the new economy, you're in big trouble. In his May Day message, Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong warned that216 words
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Article62 2000-04-30 16 Ths new economy opportunities for our workers, if they are prepared to continually learn relevant skills. This may appear hard, especially to our older workers with less than secondary education f but lam confident that f so long as they adopt a positive attitude, they can learn and62 words
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Article92 2000-04-30 16 CATCH THE STARS: Don't miss Najip Ali, Tanya and Jai as they help launch Soundbuzz, an Internet website offering music downloads. Watch their gigs for free at Ngee Ann City from noon to 7 pm today. H CYCLING TREK: From 7.30 am to 10 am today, cycle 1892 words
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Miscellaneous54 2000-04-30 16 Showers with thunder expected over many areas in the late morning and early afternoon. P N V X north Showerc sunrise 6:57 om west Showers sunset 7:07 pm I control TlwndersSDnßS moonrise 341 Qm south Thunderstorms moonset 4:02 pm lN fir^ttide 2.2 m: 8:18om minimum 25 second tide.. 2.4 m:54 words
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Article81 2000-04-30 17 PUBLIC registration for the Big Walk ends on May 14. You can register either for the fun walking ($4) or competitive ($5) category. Fun walkers can sign up at any of seven registration centres at Takashimaya Square, Jurong Point, Tampines Mall, North Point, OUB Centre, SAAA and News81 words
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Article, Illustration507 2000-04-30 17 FLORENCE - REPORT AND PICTURE FLORENCE IT'S not easy being an artiste, especially a famous one. Take Thomas Ong, for instance. "When I returned to TCS, my face was like a bao (Chinese for bun)," he said, puffing up his cheeks to show me how chubby he507 words
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Article, Illustration227 2000-04-30 18 Rahul Goswami - By Rahul Goswami WHAT'S in a name? Plenty, if that name belongs to Elian Gonzalez (left). The Cuban boy is back with his father, but his name still means big bucks. On the Internet. Internet bandits quickly realised when the sagaPicture/ Reuters - 227 words
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Article449 2000-04-30 18 THE wedding, an arranged marriage, was a lavish one. There were 900 guests at the ceremony in Bradford, West Yorkshire, in Britain. But the newlyweds began arguing almost immediately. They cut short their honeymoon in Barbados, split up after 70 days and later divorced. And449 words
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Article, Illustration567 2000-04-30 19 When seven men and one woman squeeze into a rocket... IT was what she had been waiting for all her life. As a child, Miss Judith Lapierre, 32, had dreamt of becoming an astronaut. So, when the former nurse was told that she had been chosen for567 words
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Article, Illustration484 2000-04-30 20 Tourists on holiday taken hostage. You sat up straight and took notice. The kidnappers: The Filipino Muslim extremist group, Abu Sayyaf, feared for having chopped off the heads of people... YES, it's true. These children are among 22 that the AbuPicture/ Afp - 484 words
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Article155 2000-04-30 20 THE Abu Sayyaf group took 21 foreigners hostage last Sunday from the Malaysian resort island of Sipadan, near Sabah. The foreigners have since been moved to the southern Philippines island of Jolo, says a TV journalist who has been allowed access to the hostages by the group.155 words
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Article391 2000-04-30 21 AP. HE was lying on his hospital deathbed, his 54-year-old body ravaged by Aids. Mr Robert Jahn, an executive with Walt Disney Co, was confused and dazed. He was weak and in pain. He had no lawyer by his side. No family. No loved ones toAP. - 391 words
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Article123 2000-04-30 21 MR Robert Jahn was a senior vice president at Walt Disney and was in charge of making trailers and TV ads for Disney films. He died of Aids. Mr Jahn's estate then sued Disney, accusing the company of forcing Mr Jahn to sign over US$2.2 million123 words
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Article, Illustration659 2000-04-30 22 Ivan Lim - FREE SPEECH BROUGHT TO YOU BY By Ivan Lim lvanl@sph.com.sg IDA Bachtiar is slightly agitated as she takes her seat at the breezy, open-air section of Da Vinci's Restaurant at H2O Zone. It's neither the service nor the food, which are both superb. ShePicture/ Kc Wong - 659 words
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Article, Illustration532 2000-04-30 23 Thanks. It wasn't a secret liaison as Ivan so cheekily led you to believe. I was filming for an episode of Phua Chu Kang where I was invited to guest star as, ahem, myself. Ivan, as usual, invaded the set, but I think the actors didn't mindPictures/ Jonathan Choo - 532 words
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Article, Illustration316 2000-04-30 24 Catch the It Squad this Wednesday on Power 98 ISM Write a script for tha next one, win a $100 dinner voucher at H20 Zone and moat the It Squad. The It Squad will invade the airwaves on Wednesday at noon. We'll go on air, tell316 words
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Article, Illustration107 2000-04-30 24 EILEEN WEE. Just after The New Paper on Sunday had secured a deal with H2O Zone to run a series called Free Speech at its premises, our Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong told the world that Singapore is ready for a Speakers' Corner. But we assureEILEEN WEE. - 107 words
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Article, Illustration586 2000-04-30 27 CookieJar THE PLACE TO DIP FOR TIPS ITS already the end of April, and urgh, look at the clutter that has accumulated in just a few months. Pete and Pepe are trying to clean up their home and get organised. Yes, it is time586 words
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Article, Illustration177 2000-04-30 28 I AM an 18-year-old girl. I used to have a very sweet boyfriend. We were very much in love for two years. But about three weeks ago, something terrible happened to us. I had just started out on my new job and liked it very much.177 words
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543 2000-04-30 28 My parents are lying to keep us apart I HAVE known this guy for two years and our relationship has been going well. He is 18, the same age as me. I got pregnant and this led to us being apart. My parents did not agree to our marriage because543 words
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475 2000-04-30 28 I'M 16 and have had a few boyfriends before. My father was against all these relationships. Recently, I had a boyfriend who was a Malaysian. We are serious about each other. He is six years older but I don't mind. After my father found475 words
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Puberty Dr Lim Su Min clears the air over teen sex issues
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Article208 2000-04-30 28 I AM an 18-year-old boy Qnow studying in ITE. What is French kissing? How is it done? Is French kissing done to deepen a relationship? Or is it just a "courtesy greeting" as shown on television? Please tell me about the biological effects of French208 words
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361 2000-04-30 28 What the doctor says: Do you know that... MANY readers write in to ask how pregnancy occurs. A basic primer: A female becomes pregnant through sex a process of intimate behaviour during which two partners share the excitement of giving and receiving sexual pleasure. The sexual apparatus of a female361 words
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Advertisement44 2000-04-30 28 CAN YOU HELP? If you Chink you can help with torn* useful advice, writ* or fax to Aggie by Wednesday. The boat letter will be published next week. The writer of the best reply will receive a special ©T-ehirt and a New Paper cap.44 words
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Advertisement60 2000-04-30 28 CALLUS If you need advice on matters of the heart or sex issues, write to: Aggie, The New Paper, Times House, 390 Kim Seng Road, Singapore *****5 Or fax; 737-5375, e-mail: npops@sph.com.sg (please mark Aggie) or call 1900-912-0007 (calls cost 30 cents a minute). (You can use a pen name,60 words
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Miscellaneous863 2000-04-30 29 QrVtoday] Turn An Unforgettable September Variety Vision II (Ch 56), The Stupids W 7.25 pm Channel 5, NOON Romeo Juliet An interesting look at a Beijing school A man trying to uncover a garbage Channel 5 f 7pm preparing for an athletics scam is discovered and targeted for A modern863 words
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Article, Illustration79 2000-04-30 31 THE HOVIE Rubin "Hurricane" Carter's dreams of winning the middleweight boxing title are destroyed when he is wrongfully arrested and convicted of the murder of three people. Serving his three life terms in prison, he writes a book about his own story. The book reaches the hands of79 words
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356 2000-04-30 31 LINGAM PONNAMPALAM - This film’s a knockout great acting, gripping storyline. But... by LINGAM PONNAMPALAM WHAT'S there not to like about The Hurricane 7 It's a movie withjuxrient race and racism history ofviofnuce and injustice for storytelling. Upon closer tnk backdrop. Tlymovie, to me, is aboiMlhe triumph of the/iuman spinJ^er^THQkiTl^sadvKrsit^ Am there's a356 words
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Article96 2000-04-30 32 Lingam Ponnampalam - Edited by Lingam Ponnampalam lingam@sph.com.sg After the shooting at the Lafayette bar in 1966, Carter (Denzel Washington) and a fan, John Artis (Garland Whitt), are pulled over by the police on the same night Policeman: "We're looking for two negros in a white car.*' Carter "Any two will96 words
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Article, Illustration315 2000-04-30 32 MICHELLE CHOH - by MICHELLE CHOH THE Hurricane has all the elements of a typical Hollywood movie. There is the protagonist Rubin "Hurricane" Carter (Denzel Washington). An underprivileged black who has been a victim of police racial prejudice ever since he was 12. But he never gave up on315 words
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Article187 2000-04-30 32 Online review by James Berardinelli: "Alternatively tragic and triumphant, The Hurricane is an exhilarating trip through the life and times of the title character, who spent 19 years behind bars for murders he did not commit. It not only details the crime and the miscarriage of justice that187 words
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Article, Illustration88 2000-04-30 32 Non-stop arguing A man and woman are having marriage problems, and decide to end their union after a very short time together. After a brief attempt to reconcile, the couple goes to court to finalise their break-up. The judge asks the husband: "What has brought you to the point that88 words
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Article65 2000-04-30 32 How did he do it? A MAN went to the police station wishing to speak with the burglar who had broken into his house the night before. "You'll get your chance in court" said the Desk Sergeant "No. no, no!" said the man. "I want to know how he got65 words
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Article66 2000-04-30 32 I feel the Earth move... Near the end of a particularly trying round of golf, dunng which the golfer had hit numerous fat shots, he said in frustration to his caddy: "I'd move heaven and earth to break a hundred on this course." Try heaven." said the caddy. "You've already66 words
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Article, Illustration303 2000-04-30 35 CORTLAN BENNETT - Report/ CORTLAN BENNETT WANT a chance to feed tigers? You can do precisely that in China's Xiongsheng Bear and Tiger Mountain Village, just 15 minutes from the popular scenic city of Guilin. There, right before your eyes, the big cats are fed live domestic animals. Privately funded,Pictures/ PAUL HILTON - 303 words
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Article, Illustration235 2000-04-30 36 > into the arena next, seemingly unaware of its impending doom at the jaws of a large, lean, full-grown cat, which is immediately let loose from its cage and goes straight for the calf s throat. The calf mews and cries, kicking at the tiger and struggling to remain or235 words
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Article, Illustration613 2000-04-30 37 Janice Wong - singleColumn by Janice Wong wonghlj@sph.com.sg CONTRARY to popular belief, I am painfully shy. I suspect I suffer from a chronic social deficiency: Small talk disorder. I can't make polite conversation about inane topics to save my life. I would examine613 words
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Article, Illustration744 2000-04-30 38 Siva Choy - Column A FORTNIGHTLY COLUMN BY SINGA PORE'S BUSIEST FUNNYMAN by Siva Choy MY friend Lai achieved a life-time ambition recently he travelled to Egypt and saw the pyramids. And, he told me triumphantly, he paid less than $2,000 for the privilege. I told him I didn't know744 words
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Article, Illustration368 2000-04-30 39 Carol Leong - By Carol Leong carol@sph.com.sg IF you've always associated the bamboo plant with food for pandas, well, open your eyes panda-wide! Bamboo figured greatly in the inventions of Thomas Edison and Alexander Graham Bell (see other report below), and it saved the life of the subject ofPictures/ Joyce Lim - 368 words
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Article117 2000-04-30 39 BAMBOO is the fastest-growing plant on earth. In one day, it can grow up to an astounding 1.2 m and one cluster can produce 200 poles. It's a good alternative to wooden furniture. "Then you don't have to cut down so many trees!" declared Uma. Bamboo also117 words
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Article, Illustration752 2000-04-30 40 R Chandran - by R Chandran I HAVE a feeling that for the past 400 years, no one has said anything nice about "ignorance" (or "blur" in Singlish). It must have been Shakespeare who then said in standard English: "Ignorance is752 words
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Article, Illustration633 2000-04-30 41 SETO NU-WEN - Vonue Text and pictures by SETO NU-WEN SETO NU-WEN IN cherry blossom time, not only sakura but the entire city of Tokyo comes to full bloom. Welcoming the cherry blossoms is ritualistic for the Japanese. From early March, daily newspapers chart the progress of how fast the633 words
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Article418 2000-04-30 47 PICK OF THE DAY This smart four-year-old is definitely heading for better things. An impressive winner last August, he resumed after a spell last month with another display of power, coasting home in lmin 12sec over the Kuala Lumpur 1,200 m. His time was418 words
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Article122 2000-04-30 47 RACE 2: King Romance, Harrier. RACE 3: Federal Highway, Breezy Vee. RACE 4: Alfred's Princess, Kenwin. RACE 5: Fortune Machine, Energy Special, Ooatari, Caro Lad, Hula Fighter. RACE 6: Breezy, Great Dream, Winmic, Steptronic. RACE 7: Rich Strike, His Highness, Safe Harbour, Squawk Box, Boy Emperor, Verified, Must Invest,122 words
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640 2000-04-30 47 TODAY'S KUALA LUMPUR RACE CARD —Going forecast: Good No. L—t 6 run« Horn Wt Rating Joctoy Bwriw (AgatortgkVm, tnlmt-omm) 1 BOOM BOOM BOOM 57 (57) KLOo 4 (3ag Velu-Kuality Mas) 2 MELODY MAKER 57 (57) DO Heare 2 (3nzg T Tan-Loh Lap Sang) 3 44 CONVERGENCE 57 (55) 'M Huzairi640 words
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1577 2000-04-30 48 No. Luttnim Horw Wt RUng Joctoy Berrtw (kgahrifrl—x, tratnf-ownf) 1 15-745 FOLLOW THE WIND 57 (61) DBrereton 10 (5nzg Murray-Happy Union) 2 ***** FORTUNE MACHINE 57 (61) SMarzuki 1 (4nzg Loh-Fortunes) 3 4809-- GOODWILL 57 (61) MKway 16 (6nzg W Leong-Dana) 4 *****-1,577 words
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1062 2000-04-30 49 YESTERDAY'S KRANJI (COURSE D) RESULTS Going: Good 6 MASCOT 57 (9-6) M Kway (3) 3 1 1 (512) 2 DUAL WONDER 58.5 (19-6) DOHeare (4) 6 6 2 (417) 4 GOOD FIGHTER 58.5 (121-21) E Wilkinson (2) 5 4 3 (524) 7 ROYAL DRAGON 56.5 (53-11) JSalfudln (1) 7 71,062 words
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414 2000-04-30 49 YESTERDAY'S PERTH (ASCOT) RESULTS Going: Good 5 HONOUR YOUR DEBT 52.5 (29-8) Pitrick Carbery (8) 1 4 ZOLOTO 53 (29-9) PaterKnuckey (6) 2 2 LADY FIDELIA 55.5 (34-9) Jason Whiting (2) 3 Also ran: AT THE CLUB Stephen Miller, SPIRIT OF JULES Troy Turner. ANCHOR BUOY Noel Rudland, CLEMENTI Jason414 words
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Article, Illustration460 2000-04-30 50 Tan Thean Loon - By- Tan Thean Loon THE duel to the post between Mascot and Dual Wonder, the top tow fancies respectively in the opening event of the eight-race card at Kranji yesterday, was a tense affair. It looked like a deadheat. But, in the end,Pictures/ David Tan - 460 words
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Article, Illustration1301 2000-04-30 51 RACE 1: WALL STREET BROKER was scratched by the vet surgeon when found to be lame near-fore. Jockey D O'Heare was allowed to replace jockey O Chavez on DUAL WONDER as Chavez was injured in a fall during trackwork last Friday. DUAL WONDER jumpedPicture/ David Tan - 1,301 words
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Advertisement62 2000-04-30 51 Presenting a quality selection of genuine < classy 2YO horses from New Zealand. Ready to race for you in no time. Watch them Breeze-Up at Singapore Racecourse from 9.30 am, May 2 nd Auction at Singapore Racecourse 7pm, Friday May sth.5 th For information, catalogues or videos please contact John62 words
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Advertisement477 2000-04-30 53 INDRASAHDAN W (T«MPINES): I want to than that moMy wtth lay family. I IMr WIIH buy a Porsche, would build a big house for aN five of us. Mercadeaanda Tliere must boa iacuzzi inside the house. STtVBjTW E~=T a» »V^ Ch 4 I have never seen so much money i477 words
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SPORTS ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE 2000: RACE FOR EUROPE RACE FOR EUROPE: CHELSEA 2 George Weah 3, Roberto Pi Matteo 13 LIVERPOOL 0
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Article, Illustration639 2000-04-30 54 EDWIN YEO - COMMENT EDWIN YEO IT irks me that everybody assumes Liverpool has secured its Champions League place. Even the Premier League Highlights on Sportscity showed the local crew going around asking the public whether they thought Leeds or Arsenal would get the third Champions League place. As Liverpool'sPicture/ Reuters - 639 words
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Article101 2000-04-30 54 RACE FOR EUROPE: GOALS from George Weah and Roberto Di Matteo gave Chelsea a 2-0 victory over Liverpool. The result threw wide open the race for Champions League places next season. Champion Manchester United earlier beat Watford 3-2 for its ninth successive win, a result which confirmed Watford's101 words
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378 2000-04-30 55 Ian Brown - By Ian Brown THE last of England's football elite remaining in Srivate hands seems set to oat and challenge Manchester United's supremacy in the Premiership. The 51 per cent imyority shareholding of the Moores' family is reckoned to be restricting Liverpool's378 words
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Article, Illustration716 2000-04-30 55 RACE FOR EUROPE; EVERTON 0 ARSENAL 1 Marc Overmars 34 OTHER RESULTS: ASTON VILLA 1 Gareth Barry 60 SUNDERLAND 1 Niall Quinn 85 Crowd: 33,949 NEWCASTLE 2 Alan Shearer 78 penalty, Diego Gavilan 84 COVENTRY 0 Crowd: 36,408 SOUTHAMPTON 1 Hassan Kachloul 4 LEICESTER716 words
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Article76 2000-04-30 55 IPSWICH Town ensured the battle for the last automatic promotion place to the Premier League will go to the last game. Yesterday, Ipswich won 3-1 at First Division champion Charlton Athletic. After Manchester City beat Birmingham City 1-0 on Friday, Ipswich had to win to stay in the76 words
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Article, Illustration586 2000-04-30 56 Lim Han Ming - TIGER BEER S-LEAOUE ACTION HOME UNITED 1 (Ernest Tapai 51st min) Main sponsor Super coffeemix Equipment sponsor Oiadora GOMBAK UNITED 1 (Ballamodou Conde 90th) Main sponsor None Equipment sponsor Umbro HOME UNITED: vazid Yasin, R Sasikumar, Aide Iskandar, S Subramani, ErnestPictures/ Mohd Ishak - 586 words
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Article54 2000-04-30 56 JURONG FC got back to winning ways at the Jurong East Stadium last night after losing to Tampines Rovers last week. Player-coach V Sundramoorthy led the way for the Cobras (Jurong's nickname) with a goal in the second half. Paul Masefield and Hrvoje Ratkovic54 words
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Article100 2000-04-30 56 HOME AWAY PWDL^FAWDJ.^A l PT5 j I 1. SAFFC 8 5 0 0 8 0 2 0 1 10 «j 21 2. Geylang United *****13 *****8 is 3. Tanjong Pagar *****2 2 2 09 *1* 4. Jurong FC **********5 16 5. Gombak United S3oib4|121««14 6. Home United *****0 72 0100 words
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Article, Illustration837 2000-04-30 57 THE RUUD VAN NISTELROOY SAGA MAYBE it would be easier on Ruud van Nistelrooy if he was as thick and as insensitive as footballers are supposed to be. That way, he might not be hurting so much inside. Maybe if van Nistelrooy was just837 words
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Article87 2000-04-30 57 YES, after all that has happened, Man U boss Sir Alex Ferguson still wants Ruud van Nistelrooy. This despite the PSV Eindhoven striker being ruled out for at least eight months with more knee ligament damage, reports Sky Sports. Fergie is adamant the 23-year-old striker could87 words
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Article71 2000-04-30 57 "We're not interested in any other striker and there's a great record in recovery rates from this particular injury. 'Take the cases of Roy Keane and Alan Shearer, and there are quite a few other top players who have had this injury and have come back playing 10071 words
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Article, Illustration88 2000-04-30 58 Name: Joselito Da Silva Age: 31 Family: Wife Katia and daughter Mariah Club: Jurong FC Previous S-League clubs: Police FC (now known as Home United), Sembawang Rangers Position: Midfielder Fav team: Vasco da Gama Fav players: Romario (Brazil), Diego Maradona (Argentina). Fandi Ahmad (SAFFC) and V Sundramoorthy (Jurong) Likes:Picture/ Kenneth Koh - 88 words
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803 2000-04-30 59 In the final Instalment of our S-League Pioneer Foreigner series, Jurong PC's Brazilian midfielder Josellto803 words
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Article127 2000-04-30 59 LITO feels that he has not wasted his time in Singapore football. He said: "I've learnt many things over here. "In my homeland, the ball is always on the ground and players are more skilful. "In Singapore, the game ie harder. I learned more about high balle127 words
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Article, Illustration146 2000-04-30 59 Reuters. MANCHESTER United captain Roy Keane (above) was named England 's Footballer of the Year. Keane, 28. who earns £52,000 ($140,400) a week, is the country's highest-paid player. Sunderland striker Kevin Phillips, who has scored 29 goals so far this season (before last night's games),Reuters. - 146 words
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Advertisement32 2000-04-30 59 INSIDE... If I earned like Del Piero S-League players dream on: Pages 60. 61 Liverpool set to strike it rich: Page 63 Ruud saga: Fergie right again, says Rob Hughes: Page 6532 words
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