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Title Section22 2000-10-04 1 STREATS Treats for the Streets WEDNESDAY 4 October 2'GOO Another quality publication of eJgf* Singapore Press Holdings E-mail: streats@sph.com.sg MITA (P) 103/06/200022 words
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Article58 2000-10-04 1 /I it’s stress- W /Uful running a household while maintaining a career they lose Utheir cool with their children because of the stress i JlW%Think they might I /Udie prematurei ly from the stress of working and raising children mTm they have Uno choice but to have a58 words
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429 2000-10-04 1 SARAH NG - by? SARAH NG daddies and bosses, take note: Working mums are worrying themselves to death. And not only from trying to cope with the kids stuck at home because of the Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease scare. Can die429 words
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Article, Illustration160 2000-10-04 1 THE HONGKONG authorities think that heart-throb Nicholas Tse is so hot, he’ll cause traffic accidents. i And that’s why they have banned his poster from being displayed injl the Cross-Harbour Tunnel between, Jjy Hongkong and Kowloon, Shin Min Daily News. Faye Wong’s 19-year-old%queeze willPic: Oriental Daily News - 160 words
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Article364 2000-10-04 2 Yvonne Kwok - by Yvonne Kwok PARENTS, if you’re wondering how to keep your child meaningfully occupied while he stays at home to wait out the Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease, here's help from the experts. Hopefully, these little exercises, contributed by Ms Mary Sng, the principal364 words
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Article, Illustration300 2000-10-04 2 HELP is at hand for stressed-out parents trying to find alternative arrangements because of the island-wide closure of childcare centres. Some bosses have allowed their employees to work from home. Others permitted their staff to take their children in to work with them. If you’re300 words
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Article, Illustration368 2000-10-04 3 CJ upholds delinquent's two-year sentence THE father of a 14-year-old boy was ticked off soundly in the High Court yesterday for not being able to control his delinquent son. Chief Justice Yong Pung How called him a “hopeless368 words
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Article, Illustration107 2000-10-04 3 A BBC news bureau was opened in Singapore yesterday by Mr David T E Lim (right), Minister of State for Defence and Information and the Arts. The occasion also witnessed the launch of a new radio programme, Asia Business Report, which will be aired on the BBC107 words
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Article101 2000-10-04 3 SPH AsiaOne grows 34 SPH Asia One has reported a 34 per cent increase in total turnover to $5.5 million for the year ended Aug 31. This was driven mainly by advertising revenue, which rose 56 per cent to Ssl.7 million. SPH Asia One’s online advertising revenue, which has continued101 words
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Article, Illustration202 2000-10-04 3 SINGAPORE lawyer Loo Choon Beng, who had been detained in Malaysia since June for his alleged involvement in a horse race-rigging syndicate, was handed over to the Singapore authorities on Saturday. Here, he was taken into custody, interviewed, and subsequently released, said a Singapore Police Force202 words
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Article206 2000-10-04 4 ON MAY 16, 1998, at around 2am, Marinah Salleh gave birth to a baby girl at the National University Hospital. At around noon on the same day, Marinah settled the discharge papers and left the hospital. Her baby, meanwhile, showed symptoms of drug withdrawal and206 words
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Article, Illustration181 2000-10-04 4 AN 18-YEAR-OLD part-time Pizza Hut delivery boy who was looking forward to spending time with his family on his 19th birthday, died on the job just a day shy of it on Monday night. According to the police, Mohammed Faizal was making a right turn181 words
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Article130 2000-10-04 4 onekindact. Tracy Tan, 22, sales marketing officer I WAS on my way to Alexandra Hospital to visit my father when it started to rain heavily. Though many passers-by had umbrellas, none offered to shelter me. Being anxious to see my father, I began to run to the130 words
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Article159 2000-10-04 4 AN OIL tanker which ran aground Bkm from Sentosa yesterday has leaked 7,000 tonnes of crude oil into the sea. So far, the spill hasn’t reached Singapore waters, but the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) is keeping a close watch. An MPA spokesman159 words
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Article95 2000-10-04 4 A FILIPINA maid who stole nine times from her employer was jailed for 18 months yesterday. Lorina Gildo Oracion, 25, pleaded guilty to stealing cash and goods worth $24,033 from Mr Kenneth Khin Chong, 35, at his home in Upper Thomson. Oracion stole on five occasions95 words
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129 2000-10-04 4 A 84-YEAR-OLD man died after being knocked down by a taxi along Jalan Anak Bukit on Monday morning. At about 11,25 am, Mr Lee Mong Hua was crossing the road behind the Bukit Timah Shopping Centre towards the bus stop when he was hit129 words
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Article138 2000-10-04 4 ACABBY was robbed by a passenger he had picked up at Yishun MRT station on Monday. At 8.15 pm, cabby Goh Siew Biow, 36, was travelling along Yishun Avenue 2 when the suspect flagged down his taxi at the MRT station. He was then told to138 words
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Article228 2000-10-04 4 A BUSINESSMAN who knocked down and killed a 53-year-old woman was jailed for six months and six weeks yesterday. He was banned from driving for 15 years. Choo Kim Teng, 52, admitted causing the death of Madam Jamaliah Osman. He hit her as she was walking along the228 words
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Article88 2000-10-04 4 SINGAPORE bodybuilder Tan Yew Heng was found guilty of doping in a routine doping control exercise conducted on Aug 2. Tan tested positive for prohibited anabolic agents in his urine in a random, out-of-compe-tition doping control exercise conducted under the SNOC/SSC Anti-Doping in Sports programme. A Commission of88 words
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Article63 2000-10-04 4 Yesterday, we printed the Ministry of Manpower’s number to call to check on prospective tenants’ work pass details as 1800-*****22. This is incorrect. The number is 1800-*****22. In the article “Thriller Litter” yesterday, we said Mr Eugene Seah headed the Habitat Forum. This is incorrect. Mr Seah heads one63 words
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Article, Illustration197 2000-10-04 5 THERE were succulent oysters glistening in their shells laid among plates of delicious pink lobsters. It was a spread worthy of the champions who attended Cray Quest at the posh ShangriLa Singapore ballroom last Wednesday. The dinner guests are unlikely to forget the night theyPic: ST - 197 words
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Article360 2000-10-04 5 MOEto develop syllabus and award grades A NEW generation of students in a new economy needs new thinking skills. To reflect this new emphasis on thinking skills, information technology, creativity and national education, the A-level examinations will be changed. Under the new arrangement, the Education Ministry360 words
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Article, Illustration75 2000-10-04 5 Keep those umbrellas by your side because today's going to be yet another rainy day. You can expect showers with thunder in the late morning and early afternoon affecting most areas. Temperatures will go up to a high of 32 degrees Celsius. High tide will reachPic: Charles Ng - 75 words
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Article70 2000-10-04 5 Good news for parents who send their children to childcare centres run by NTUC Childcare Co-operative. Starting from today you will get a refund of fees for the period when the centres are closed to curb the spread of Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease. Fees for up70 words
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Article43 2000-10-04 5 Those of you who take Express 503, don't forget that it is now Express 511. Its route has also been cut back from Sengkang to Hougang Central. This is because the extension of I Express 501 from Hougang I Central to Sengkang.43 words
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Article47 2000-10-04 5 Have a quick lunch and head down to the M 2-13 Dance Studio of the Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts (NAFA), where you'll be entertained by NAFA's dance students performing delightful Chinese and modern dances. From noon to 12.45 pm. It's free! Call 337-8913.47 words
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Article259 2000-10-04 6 betweenthelines. is unusual about this (Vanity Fair magazine's) hottest-of-the-hot list, especially for a magazine that specializes in putting naked movie stars on its cover, is that it is made up entirely of business executives. Cool businessmen? That would once have been an oxy moron,259 words
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Article, Illustration583 2000-10-04 6 THE deaths of siblings Gary, two and a half years, and Sylvia Chua, 15 months, within three hours of each other last Saturday morning just doesn’t seem like the sort of tragedy that can strike sunny Singapore. They died, possibly583 words
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Article262 2000-10-04 8 -AP Tommy is the first member of Suharto's family to be convicted of graft JAKARTA The youngest son of ex-dictator Suharto admitted he was guilty of corruption and appealed for a presidential pardon to avoid an 18-month prison sentence, his lawyers said. “He has agreed he is-AP - 262 words
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Article67 2000-10-04 8 Reuters PHNOM PENH Nike has cancelled a contract with a Cambodian garment factory because it was employing an underage worker. “We pulled an order with the factory on the basis of underage labour,” said Yvonne Iwaniuk, Nike UK’s head of corporate communications, defining underage as younger– Reuters - 67 words
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Article49 2000-10-04 8 Tons and tons of those reference books proved something of an anachronism in the Net revolution. Those that survived took the digital route and Encyclopaedia Britannica metamorphosisedintoßritannica.com. You can now browse the entire collection be it arts, science or health, without paying a single cent.49 words
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Article58 2000-10-04 8 The Net converges various media to create the best learning experience. While the sights and sounds can do wonders at times, all will be lost if your vocabulary is limited. Consult Dictionary.com while you're surfing. It can translate text and Web pages too. There's also a58 words
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Article129 2000-10-04 8 -AFP BANGKOK Thai authorities are coming down hard on pigeons. City officials have launched a project to capture thousands of pigeons and move them outside Bangkok to protect the city from massive droppings. “District officials yesterday trapped more than a thousand pigeons in Sanam Luang (in central-AFP - 129 words
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68 2000-10-04 8 Rescued evangelist leader Wilde Almeda is comforted by Philippine President Joseph Estrada as he and 11 of his 'prayer warriors' arrived at Malacanang palace in Manila to be presented to the media yesterday. Almeda, who suffered a stroke while in captivity, and the others were held hostage by Abu SayyafPic: AP - 68 words
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60 2000-10-04 8 BANGKOK Thai police seized a record haul of methamphetamine pills in a raid on a shop in Bangkok suburb. Police “seized 1,948,000 methamphetamine pills in a raid on a shophouse in Sukhumwit Soi 105” on Monday, said police Major Supatchara Pungpuang. “The drug haul...60 words
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Article126 2000-10-04 8 -AFP JAKARTA Indonesian customs officers opened a consignment labelled hot chilli peppers for export to Singapore last week to find the boxes seething with hundreds of live snakes. The Jakarta Post said the discovery of the protected jali snakes, packed in 62 boxes, was made at-AFP - 126 words
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Article169 2000-10-04 8 -AFP BANGKOK Girls from some of Thailand’s most prestigious schools have realised there is a buck to be made in finding younger girls to have sex with wealthy men. These new “madams” are encouraging friends or younger school colleagues to sleep with rich older men, the Nation-AFP - 169 words
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Article57 2000-10-04 8 -AFP KUALA LUMPUR A Malaysian learner driver’s first on-the-road session proved traumatic when his instructor had a fatal heart attack and crashed the car, reports said Tuesday. The 24-year-old learner driver was unhurt in the crash in Malacca on Monday and tried in vain to revive his-AFP - 57 words
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Article141 2000-10-04 8 AP TOKYO All 71 residents on a small island in southern Japan were evacuated from their homes after several moderate earthquakes prompted fears of landslides, officials said yesterday. The residents on Akuseki Island stayed overnight at a community centre on Monday after a magnitude 5.7 earthquake rocked the– AP - 141 words
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Article, Illustration257 2000-10-04 10 Reuters Israelis and Palestinians make contradictory statements about afresh ceasefire agreement GAZA Israelis and Palestinians agreed yesterday to try and end days of fierce fighting, Palestinian security forces said. They said in a statement the Israeli forces had agreed to stop shooting and withdraw from flashpoints and– Reuters; Pic: AP - 257 words
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Article82 2000-10-04 10 -AFP LA PAZ, Bolivia Talks between the Bolivian government and unions broke down on Monday, as police shot dead a youth, and more than 128 people were injured in protests. This comes after more than two weeks of strikes and roadblocks to protest government policies,-AFP - 82 words
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Article43 2000-10-04 10 go figure Survey by a property consultancy company How many Hongkongers are flocking to China? In the next two years, about 375,000 Hongkong residents, driven by cramped apartments and soaring property prices in Hongkong, will purchase homes in China.– Survey by a property consultancy company - 43 words
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Article87 2000-10-04 10 -AP LONDON The University of Surrey is appointing what it says will be the first professor of airline food. The International Flight Catering Association gave £500,000 (Ssl.3 million) in sponsorship, the university said. The university is based in Guildford, 30km west of Gatwick airport.-AP - 87 words
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187 2000-10-04 10 VILNIUS, Lithuania Lithuania’s parliament voted to return hundreds of Torah scrolls to international Jewish communities yesterday, as a forum gathered in Vilnius to probe lost assets of the Holocaust. Thousands of Torah scrolls were lost in Europe during the Holocaust. Some 370,187 words
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Article140 2000-10-04 10 -afp DOHA, Qatar Qatar has decided to open its hospitals to Palestinians wounded in clashes with the Israelis, following the example of Jordan, the health ministry said Tuesday. The Emir, Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa alThani, has called for “our Palestinian brothers wounded in the recent Israeli-afp - 140 words
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Article111 2000-10-04 10 Reuters BELGRADE Yugoslavia’s army chief asked striking miners to return to work during overnight talks at Serbia’s biggest coal mine, a radio duty editor in the mining town said yesterday. The duty editor at radio Lazarevac, a Belgrade satellite town where the mine is located, said– Reuters - 111 words
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Article129 2000-10-04 10 -AFP KARACHI Military ruler General Pervez Mushrraf has decided to publish the report of an inquiry into Pakistan’s debacle in the 1971 Bangladesh war. “What happened in 1971 was a disgrace but I have decided to make the report public,” Musharraf said on Monday. The-AFP - 129 words
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Article72 2000-10-04 10 -AFP DUSSELDORF Youths set fire to a synagogue in Dusseldorf with firebombs, police said yesterday. Police arrested two adolescents yesterday following the attack, which occurred shortly before midnight. The assailants first threw bricks at the glass doors of the synagogue and then tossed three firebombs at the-AFP - 72 words
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Article, Illustration211 2000-10-04 11 -AFP COLOMBO Sri Lanka’s Olympic silver medallist Susanthika Jayasinghe, returned home yesterday to a political storm over her allegations of sexual harassment against a minister. The alleged sex pest Sports Minister S. B. Dissanayake was absent from the welcome ceremony. Jayasinghe dropped a bombshell in-AFP; Pic AFP - 211 words
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Article, Illustration124 2000-10-04 11 these action men can’t keep still. After their stunts in the charity show Affairs of the Heart, Media Corp artistes Vincent Ng, lx Shen and Tay p ing Hui will be heading off to Thailand on Oct 13. Their mission to do more good deeds. The trio will124 words
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Article218 2000-10-04 11 -AP London Jeffrey Archer, the novelist ar >d disgraced politician, appeared in court yesterday on charges of perjury in connection with a 1987 libel case. Lord Archer didn’t enter a plea, and spoke only to confirm his name and address during a brief appearance at Bow-AP - 218 words
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Article, Illustration186 2000-10-04 11 MENTION Paris to Japanese pop star Namie Amuro and it’s very likely that she’ll turn up her nose. Not that the City of Romance is not good enough for the 23-year-old mum. It’s just that she thinks the city stinks. Literally. Like many people, Namie had I186 words
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Article, Illustration43 2000-10-04 13 Reports say the Asian male is finding a special place on the Western catwalk. But local male pageants like Manhunt are hardly the springboard to stardom. Flip the page and find out why Pic: Francis LeePic: Francis Lee - 43 words
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Article, Illustration703 2000-10-04 14 Yvonne Kwok; Francis Lee - Local male pageants do not make good hunting grounds for modelling agencies, say experts bv' by Yvonne Kwok by Francis Lee GUYS who strut their stuff on a catwalk don’t necessarily make model material. Not here, and certainly not in the West. That’s the expert opinion of703 words
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Article, Illustration442 2000-10-04 16 Cara van Miriah - twwitch's hour by Cara van Miriah A CLUBBER could be spoilt for choice in Mohamed Sultan Road. You name it, it’s there clubs, pubs and wine bars sprouting in every available space. Amidst these new soundscapes, the dance arena has gradually increased. Dance a formerly-unknown sound442 words
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Article, Illustration55 2000-10-04 16 8.30 pm, TCS 8 Dasmond Koh and Mark Lee join forces to j bring you this SDU in a gameshow. Sing- i les play games that i bring them closer I to each other in this I 13-part variety pro- gramme that brings back memories of Per- i55 words
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Article37 2000-10-04 16 9.30 pm, Suria Based on a novel by Muhammad Ariff Ahmad about a girl’s unrequited love, this series features Malaysian stars, Kuza and Jalauddin, in the lead roles. This local print-to-screen effort is certainly worth catching.37 words
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Article, Illustration56 2000-10-04 16 10pm, Central L Forty years after Ait was filmed, Psycho remains one of cinema’s eeriest and most ■F terrifying movies. W Janet Leigh is fabV ulous as the embezzler who spends the night in the Bates Motel only to end up as Norman’s (Antony Perkins) shower date. No one56 words
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Article, Illustration55 2000-10-04 16 spm, VV Entertainment (SCV 56) A Michelle Yeoh, t Kent Cheng and f George Lam I d star in this mo- IP vie about a beautiful robber V who escapes after 1 a billion-dollar heist. Two investigators are sent on her trail, with complications resulting when a web55 words
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Article53 2000-10-04 16 10.30 pm, V V Drama (SCV 55) Debut of this Japanese drama starring heartthrob, Takizawa Hideaki. Michi is a high school teacher who falls in love with Hikaru, a 17-year-old student. They fight against society’s strictures against their forbidden love, but in true hankie-wringing tradition, love53 words
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Article, Illustration313 2000-10-04 18 Deepa Vijiyasingam - Media Corp actress Madeline Tan has been married before, and has a kid as well. Does she intend to get married once more? by Deepa Vijiyasingam F This is a daily feature in which we ask the most pertinent (or impertinent)313 words
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Article100 2000-10-04 22 -AP SYDNEY An Olympic boxer from Western Samoa appeared yesterday in a Sydney court charged with sexual assault against a 22-year-old woman in downtown Sydney last week. Pauga Lalau, 24, was arrested at the Athletes’ Village last Tuesday by New South Wales state police. He did not-AP - 100 words
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Article, Illustration58 2000-10-04 22 -AFP SYDNEY Australia honoured its most successful Olympic team in history yesterday with a triumphant tickertape parade through the heart of Sydney. Hundreds of thousands of people lined the city streets to give a hero’s welcome to the athletes who brought home 58 medals, including 16 gold.-AFP - 58 words
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Article68 2000-10-04 22 Reuters BEIJING President Jiang Zemin and members of the all-mighty Communist Party Politburo welcomed China’s Olympic team home yesterday from a Games that gripped the world’s largest country in joy and patriotism. Jiang invited the team to the Great Hall of the People on Tiananmen Square hours– Reuters - 68 words
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Article, Illustration103 2000-10-04 22 -AFP SYDNEY The man behind the planning of Olympic Games hailed as the best ever staged has been denied the lOC’s top honour on the orders of Olympics Minister Michael Knight, it was reported yesterday. Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (SOCOG) chief executive Sandy Hollway-AFP - 103 words
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Article59 2000-10-04 22 -AP FILDERSTADT (Germany) Martina Hingis and Anna Kournikova have renewed the partnership that last year took them to five titles, including the Australian Open and Chase Championships, and the final of the French Open. They beat Nicole Arendt and Manon Bollegraf 6-3 6-2 in the first-AP - 59 words
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Article59 2000-10-04 23 -AP TORONTO Sisters Venus and Serena Williams have signed a three-year marketing agreement with Canadian telecommunications company Nortel Networks. The Williams sisters, who won the doubles gold medal in the Olympics, will make personal appearances for the Internet and communications company that specialises in fibre-optics. The-AP - 59 words
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Article, Illustration99 2000-10-04 23 -AFP PARIS France suffered a blow to its preparations for friendlies this week against Cameroon and South Africa, when star midfielder Zinedine Zidane (right) as well as Manchester United goalkeeper Fabien Barthez and AS Roma player Vincent Candela all pulled out injured. A spokesman for the-AFP - 99 words
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Article89 2000-10-04 23 -AFP BUCHAREST Romanian gymnast Andreea Raducan, who was stripped of her all around Olympic gold after failing a drugs test, has agreed to a film being made of her life, it was revealed here yesterday. The family of the gymnast have just signed an exclusive contract-AFP - 89 words
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Article85 2000-10-04 23 AP NAIROBI (Kenya) Health advisories warning of the very high incidence of Aids in Kenya are being issued to the ICC Cricket Trophy teams. “All teams should advise members of the risk of HIV infection,” the advisory says. “Should anyone be beguiled by the charms of the– AP - 85 words
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Article, Illustration79 2000-10-04 23 Reuters AMSTERDAM Juventus midfielder Edgar Davids (left) and Barcelona left winger Boudewijn Zenden will return to the Dutch squad for Holland’s next two World Cup qualifiers. Dutch coach Louis van Gaal will be particularly keen to see the return of Davids. His absence, while he recovered from– Reuters - 79 words
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Article, Illustration375 2000-10-04 22 Reuters LONDON This time last year, few Arsenal fans would have believed that Thierry Henry was capable of scoring a goal like the outrageous effort which gave their side a 1-0 victory over champion Manchester United. The jury was still out on the 23-year-old, signed for 10.5– Reuters; Pic: Reuters - 375 words
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Article, Illustration217 2000-10-04 22 AFP RIO DE JANEIRO It was Brazil’s failure to see off eventual Olympic gold medallists Cameroon in Sydney that called time on Wanderley Luxemburgo’s era as national coach. His position was not helped either by the whiff of scandal that followed him around like a trusted– AFP - 217 words
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111 2000-10-04 22 Reuters RIO DE JANEIRO Coaching assistant Candinho will take over as Brazil’s caretaker manager after the sacking of Wanderley Luxemburgo, officials said. Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF) president Ricardo Teixeira told a news conference that Candinho would take charge for the World Cup qualifier against– Reuters - 111 words
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Article, Illustration296 2000-10-04 23 AP Champions Los Angeles Lakers begin the new season with some'good additions' EL SEGUNDO (California) The Los Angeles Lakers didn’t stand pat after winning their first National Basketball Association championship in 12 years last June. Those who remain believe the addition of Horace Grant, Isaiah Rider– AP; Pic: AFP - 296 words
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Article, Illustration451 2000-10-04 23 Reuters He has ensured that the professional side does not interfere with a private life that is as near to ordinary as possible LONDON After nine seasons in the Formula One spotlight, Michael Schumacher travels to Japan’s Suzuka circuit this week still hiding his private personality– Reuters - 451 words
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Miscellaneous463 2000-10-04 18 If it's your birtfm l fou share it Susan Sarandon Your Daily Horoscope AQUARIUS JAN 20-FEB 18 You do best among Librans and Sagittarians, although other Air and Fire Signs can join the club, too. Everyone else should back off. In your excellence, you have no patience for the struggles463 words
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Miscellaneous392 2000-10-04 19 The story so far iia Yuzhen is a 69-year-old renowned antique dealer. He buys an ancient screen for US$3 million. A year later, jet black hair sprouts on his previously bald head, and he looks 30 years younger... Has Jia Yuzhen discovered an anti-ageing agent? Or, has he transcended time392 words
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