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Title Section10 2004-06-17 1 Streats JUNE 17, 2004 E-mail: streats@sph.com.sg m MITA (P) 196/03/200410 words
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Article488 2004-06-17 1 Chua Kong Ho - 28 retrenched; horse racing bets falling; competition from casino on the horizon By Chua Kong Ho THE Singapore Turf Club retrenched 23 employees on Tuesday, the second time it has axed jobs since its 4-Digit business was transferred to Singapore Pools in a government-led reorganisation of legal488 words
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Advertisement119 2004-06-17 1 Thursday, june 17,2004 E-mail: streats@sph.com.sg mita (p> 196/03/2004 Imelda S Former First Lady says she thought movie about her was for thesis; sues film distributor for screening it pageso S <Co A <0 4S Vjv <0, ?< Late Gianni Versace leaves control of his $1 billion fashion empire to niece,119 words
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285 2004-06-17 2 -afp LONDON A British drug company has announced that one of its drugs has helped cure cocaine users of their addiction, in US-based clinical studies. Nearly half of addicts who participated in a clinical trial of the “vaccine” were able to stay off cocaine-afp - 285 words
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450 2004-06-17 2 sBb takeover will create world’s largest casino resort company Bloomberg NEW YORK Mandalay Resort Group has accepted MGM Mirage’s sweetened US$4.B billion (SsB.2 billion) takeover offer. The combination will create the world’s largest casino resort company, with half of the hotel rooms on the– Bloomberg - 450 words
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Article, Illustration46 2004-06-17 3 J French baker standing next to a bread we by fashion designer Jean-Paul Gaultier J the Cartier Foundation for Contemporary ft in Paris on Tuesday. Gaultier turned the T °u ndation into a giant bakery with designs of bread and wicker -4fe6oV?/y w-4fe6oV?/y / w - 46 words
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Article430 2004-06-17 3 Slain designer’s niece will get 50% stake in slb fashion house on June 30 NEW YORK The fashion world is about to welcome a new empress. Ms Allegra Versace Beck, the niece of slain designer Gianni Versace will soon see the ownership of her uncle’s430 words
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317 2004-06-17 4 Wire services Their funds not wanted, says Beijing minister, without detailing measures BEIJING China does not welcome investments by Taiwanese businessmen who are in favour of the island’s independence from the mainland, a ranking official said yesterday. “We have not said that we will– Wire services - 317 words
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Article, Illustration292 2004-06-17 4 Khushwant Singh - B y Khushwant Singh SAMSUNG’S cellphone design manager, Mr Ingon Park, 36, goes to work in casual clothes astride a mountain bike. He said such informality was unheard of eight years ago when suits were the normal work clothes for the 12 cellphone designers,292 words
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301 2004-06-17 6 Reuters JAKARTA Rebels fighting to split Aceh province from Indonesia yesterday vowed to continue their decades-long struggle despite Sweden’s arrest of their leaders in exile. Swedish police detained two senior Free Aceh Movement (GAM) officials, Mr Malik Mahmud and Mr Zaini Abdullah, in– Reuters - 301 words
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Article, Illustration408 2004-06-17 6 Protestors say movie reinforces negative stereotypes -AFP MUMBAI Gay activists in India are up in arms over what they call the negative portrayal of lesbianism in a new film, Girlfriend, which has also drawn fire for different reasons from Hindu hardliners. “Girlfriend reinforces all the-AFP; AFP - 408 words
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Article, Illustration89 2004-06-17 6 Hong Kong film stars Maggie Q and Edison Chen sharing a light moment at Raffles Hotel in Singapore last night. They were in town to mark Hong Kong film company Media Asia’s bid to list on the Singapore Exchange. The two were joined by the likes of AnthonyAshlelgh Sim - 89 words
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176 2004-06-17 6 LONDON Men with erectile dysfunction may soon be able to get faster-working help in the form of an inhaled drug. British scientists believe that breathing in anti-impotence drugs, rather than swallowing them, will enable men to get an erection more quickly and are working on176 words
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142 2004-06-17 8 BUZZSTOP THE Land Transport Authority (LTA) will miss its December 2005 deadline for all MRT stations on the NorthSouth and East-West lines to have lifts and facilities for the wheelchair-bound. Twelve of the 51 stations will not be equipped in time, The Straits142 words
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Article, Illustration36 2004-06-17 8 Members of the New Shanghai Circus rehearsing yesterday for their shows in Sydney. The circus features jugglers, knife-throwers, contortionists and a bicyclist who piles 10 people on his vehicle in a gravity-defying act AFPAFP - 36 words
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Article133 2004-06-17 8 Trans-Link to handle logistics SINGAPORE logistics firm Trans-Link has been named the official provider of luggage handling and other support services for the Athens Olympic Games’ eight villages and other official accommodation. Its area of operation will cover an area bigger than Singapore’s. Trans-Link said133 words
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Article146 2004-06-17 8 African envoy attacked last month -ap THREE Pakistanis and a Singaporean were yesterday charged in a Kuala Lumpur court with kidnapping and robbing South Africa’s No 2 diplomat in Malaysia last month. The four, who are among eight people being held by police in-ap - 146 words
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Article119 2004-06-17 8 Express immigration lanes Bernama SINGAPORE has joined an Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec) programme that allows business travellers to use express immigration lanes and enjoy greater travel flexibility among participating member nations, the organisation said yesterday. Apec said that the Singapore Government would separately– Bernama - 119 words
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Article95 2004-06-17 8 IN a move that could make it easier for some families to keep elderly relatives at home instead of placing them in a nursing home, the Central Singapore Community Development Council (CDC) has set aside $BO,OOO to help provide subsidised rides for old folks to get95 words
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Article87 2004-06-17 8 Reuters PRESIDENT George W Bush on Tuesday defended his policy of strictly limiting stem-cell research, despite pressure to reconsider after former President Ronald Reagan died of complications from Alzheimer’s disease. Mr Reagan’s death on June 5 has galvanised an effort to allow stem cells to– Reuters - 87 words
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Article94 2004-06-17 8 SOME 990 people in Singapore made $1 million last year. These new rich a 3.3 per cent rise over the year before lifted the total number of Singaporean millionaires to 31,000, The Straits Times reports today. They are businessmen, high-ranking civil servants and professionals such as lawyers94 words
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Article97 2004-06-17 8 THE US and Britain are studying new screening techniques which could soon lessen airport delays. Among the proposals is one which will offer travellers in the US a fasttrack security screening for a fee. The UK, meanwhile, will launch a test run of an iris-scanning system97 words
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Article, Illustration500 2004-06-17 10 Ckoong Choon Yee - Gates Electronics managing director AB Lee has had to make quite a few adjustments from his days in MNCs LSesd Focus] By_ Ckoong Choon Yee CLINCHING that first order would be cause for celebration for any new company. But for Gates Electronics managing director APics: Mugllan R - 500 words
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Article88 2004-06-17 10 Reuters SINGAPORE OCBC Bank, the smallest of Singapore’s three lenders, yesterday extended its offer for insurance arm Great Eastern Holdings, allowing investors another two weeks to make a decision. OCBC’s $2.9 billion offer to buy over its insurance arm, the largest life insurer in both Malaysia and– Reuters - 88 words
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Article72 2004-06-17 10 Bloomberg SINGAPORE Ascendas Real Estate Investment Trust said that it may buy more assets to boost rents, after expanding its portfolio in Singapore with its biggest acquisition. Singapore’s biggest industrial property trust said on Tuesday that it will buy C&P Logistics Hub, a cluster of three warehouses,. – Bloomberg - 72 words
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Article98 2004-06-17 10 AP WASHINGTON The Virgin brand’s new US-based low-fare airline said that it has agreed to buy and lease up to 105 narrow-body jets from Airbus SAS and that the carrier would be named Virgin America. Virgin America’s top executive, Mr Frederick W Reid, said on Tuesday at. – AP - 98 words
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Article123 2004-06-17 10 Bloomberg MANILA Philippines President Gloria Arroyo has no plan to tax text messages sent through cellphones, one of the most popular forms of communication in the country. Mrs Arroyo “is not pushing for the tax on text, has never pushed for it and has no plans– Bloomberg - 123 words
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451 2004-06-17 12 ChuaKongHo - Cellphone distributor to raise $32 million in IPO for regional expansion By ChuaKongHo MOBILE handset distributor TeleChoice International has ruled out an expansion into India this year, though it says that any future move would likely involve parent ST Telemedia, which could pave the451 words
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Article, Illustration283 2004-06-17 12 Reuters SINGAPORE The mobile arm of Singapore Telecommunications Ltd, South-east Asia’s largest phone company, yesterday said that it was looking beyond mergers and acquisitions for future regional expansion. “There are other alternatives as well, including forming what I call regional nature collaborations,” Sing Tel■ Reuters; AFP - 283 words
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Article, Illustration367 2004-06-17 14 Reuters JAKARTA Opec will seek help from producers outside the cartel to raise global oil supplies and cool high prices, which have held stubbornly above US$35 (Ss6o) a barrel, president Pumomo Yugiantoro said yesterday. He said that he would send letters to Russia, Angola,– Reuters; Reuters - 367 words
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173 2004-06-17 14 Reuters WASHINGTON Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan, heading for virtually certain Senate approval for a fifth term, repeated on Tuesday that interestrate rises were likely to bd gradual. Answering questions before a Senate Banking Committee hearing considering his nomination to remain as– Reuters - 173 words
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547 2004-06-17 17 Medan court orders UK firm’s plantation stake returned to local owner Reuters SENNAH ESTATE, Indonesia British firm Rowe Evans Investments thought it had made a tidy investment two years ago when one of its units paid US$2.3 million (553.9 million) for a palm oil– Reuters - 547 words
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Article303 2004-06-17 17 Reuters US INVESTMENT BANKS In May, a court near Jakarta declares USslBsm bond by petrochemical firm PT Tri Polyta null and void, says lawyer who represented underwriters such as US investment banks Merrill Lynch, Lehman Brothers and Credit Suisse First Boston. Tri Polyta files suit after US– Reuters - 303 words
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Article27 2004-06-17 17 •AS AT JUNE 16 US$: 551.713 553.138 EURO: 552.080 Ss: 64.01 YEN Ss: RM2.218 Ss: HK54.551 Ss: 23.87 BAHT Ss: 5,482 RUPIAH STI: 1,831.31 10.8127 words
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Article478 2004-06-17 19 Stockholm seems unlikely to act on IMF advice to cut taxes, trim benefits and privatise some services Reuters STOCKHOLM How many Swedes does it take to make a toilet? The answer is that it doesn’t matter because the level of taxes means they cost– Reuters - 478 words
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Article, Illustration636 2004-06-17 20 KHUSHWANT SINGH - Football the force that binds By] KHUSHWANT SINGH DETRACTORS will insist that football merely unites mindless clods in stadium terraces, pubs, coffee shops and Singapore Pools outlets. And that it’s a game played by 22 silly men in shorts knocking a ball about. But this game has done some regions636 words
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292 2004-06-17 22 THE Government has always called on Singaporeans to upgrade their skills and improve their level of education. Studies through full-time or part-time courses by both the government and private institutions have always been encouraged by the Ministry of Manpower. However, the one huge snag292 words
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Article96 2004-06-17 22 I WENT to Chong Pang wet market on June 12 to buy fish for my baby’s porridge. I saw a stall selling plates of fish for $5 flat and bought some. While washing the fish at home later, I detected a foul smell and realized it96 words
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Article240 2004-06-17 24 NOWADAYS, many schools are going through upgrading projects. So is my school in the city area. Most of the funds raised come from the pockets of the students and their parents. But the method of doing this is sometimes unpleasant. For example, the schools organise shows and240 words
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Article157 2004-06-17 24 I REFER to the letter “Stem-cell work brings great hopes” (Streats June 16). The writer, Mr Dudley Au, questioned why there is this big hoo-ha about the proposed cloning of the human embryo and the use of its stem cells to treat illnesses when157 words
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Article120 2004-06-17 24 IN its efforts to promote social graciousness, the SMRT has been broadcasting a series of audio ads inside trains as well as displaying posters in MRT stations. Unfortunately, most commuters remain oblivious to these messages. They still shamelessly stand near the train doors, don’t give120 words
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Article105 2004-06-17 24 LAST Saturday, a friend and I were at the Golden Village cinema in Plaza Singapura to watch the movie Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. We were extremely disappointed with the quality of the film at the 2pm screening. On many occasions, the top part105 words
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Article, Illustration362 2004-06-17 26 Pentagon had suggested in May that Taiwan target Three Gorges Dam -AFP BEIJING A top Chinese general yesterday blasted the US for suggesting that Taiwan try to destroy the Three Gorges Dam. The dam could never be hit by Taipei’s conventional arms, said Lieutenant-General Liu-AFP; Xinhua - 362 words
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Article277 2004-06-17 26 Wire services BEIJING Shanghai will resort to artificial rain to cool the city and slow down a power demand that is outstripping the supply. The man-made precipitation is part of local meteorological authorities’ efforts to set up a long-term mechanism aimed to minimise losses causedWire services - 277 words
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123 2004-06-17 26 SHANGHAI China’s first-time job seekers can expect salaries one-third less than last year, amid stagnating white-collar incomes and a glut of new college graduates. High job demand among China’s 2.8 million graduates has given employers plenty of leverage to hold down wages, despite123 words
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117 2004-06-17 26 LONDON Underwriters at Lloyd’s of London will now provide insurance for chest hair. It came up with the policy after receiving a call from the agent of an unnamed celebrity, the British Daily Telegraph reported yesterday. The policy provides men with cover of up to117 words
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385 2004-06-17 30 Los Angeles Times SINGAPORE Former Philippine First Lady Imelda Marcos filed suit in Manila yesterday to block distribution in the country of the awardwinning documentary Imelda, which she says used extensive footage of her without permission. The lawsuit against Unitel– Los Angeles Times - 385 words
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Article, Illustration67 2004-06-17 30 South Korean soldiers tearing down a battery of propaganda speakers along the world's last Cold War frontier the border with North Korea in Paju yesterday. After 50 years both the Koreas decided to pull the plug on all propaganda broadcasts that they have blared across theirAFP - 67 words
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Article188 2004-06-17 30 KUALA LUMPUR -About 140,000 of Malaysia’s armed forces personnel are to get pay raises, according to a newspaper report. The increase will apply mainly to junior officers and come into effect soon, the New Straits Times said yesterday, adding that it was understood that188 words
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Article120 2004-06-17 30 JAKARTA Excessive press freedom is a threat to Indonesia, and if elected president, Vice-President Hamzah Haz said that he would tighten control of the mass media. “It would be better to revive the information ministry to provide information to the public and control the120 words
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339 2004-06-17 32 Reuters Pacemaker-like device for epilepsy can be used on chronically depressed despite side effects such as hoarse voice, coughing GAITHERSBURG, Maryland A Cyberonics device for epilepsy is safe enough to treat chronically depressed patients, despite concerns over how much relief it could provide, a US– Reuters - 339 words
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175 2004-06-17 32 Reuters CHICAGO Treating acne with a laser does not appear to work, researchers who conducted a 40-person study said on Tuesday. Most adolescents and young adults develop acne at some time in their lives, and the red, raised lesions can leave lasting scars. Lasers, along– Reuters - 175 words
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Article, Illustration625 2004-06-17 34 GEOFFREY PEREIRA - Makers of new digital cameras dorr t seem to be pushing resolution as they used to By GEOFFREY PEREIRA The Straits Times IS the megapixel craze over? It looks like it. Or, at least, it looks like the race to add more and more pixel powerThe Straits Times - 625 words
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Article, Illustration666 2004-06-17 36 There are now more opportunities than ever to unleash your inner diva ZUBAIDAH NAZEER discovers a new talent quest that aims to unearth the next Stefanie Sun or Tanya Chun IMAGINE being as famous as Stefanie Sun or having Taiwanese star Jay Chou singing your lyrics all withAshlelgh Sim - 666 words
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Article, Illustration354 2004-06-17 38 HO LIAN-YI - By HO LIAN-YI AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS Starring Jackie Chan, Steve Coogan, Cecile de France and Jim Broadbent Directed by Frank Coraci ooo®® THE latest Jackie Chan flick Around the World in 80 Days is very much like a Loony Toons cartoon, with lots of gongfu354 words
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Article, Illustration417 2004-06-17 38 YVONNE KWOK - By YVONNE KWOK THE CHRONICLES OF RIDDICK Starring Vin Diesel, Alexa Davalos, Judi Dench and Colm Feore Directed by David Twohy FASTER and even more furious than its predecessor Pitch Black, sci-fi action adventure The Chronicles of Riddick veers perilously close to the edge of417 words
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Article, Illustration246 2004-06-17 40 Sharlene Tan - Sharlene Tan CURIOSITY is what drove Cindy Chen, 23, to join Singapore’s first Movieoke competition at the Stella Artois Starlight Cinema. “I’ve only heard of karaoke, and of acting. A combination of the two sounds pretty interesting,” she told Streats yesterday. Movieoke, which is essentially246 words
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Article, Illustration59 2004-06-17 40 WITH the Great Singapore Sale going on, your feet will surely need a treat. With every purchase of OTO’s foot reflexology system (ElectroReflexologist) at $438, customers will be entitled to a free OTO eyecare massager and a Father’s Day cake voucher. The promotion is on till59 words
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Article76 2004-06-17 40 BEAT the heat with a refreshing new scent from Hugo Boss. Today is the last day to get Boss in Motion Edition a limited edition men’s fragrance that is a mouthwatering citrusy blend with an exotic twist of jasmine, sandalwood and bourbon vanilla. Packaged in a76 words
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Article, Illustration364 2004-06-17 43 Amy Van - By_ 'Amy Van VIET Cafe has just set up shop at Suntec Fountain Terrace, after closing its late-night outlet at UE Square. This modern cafe-restaurant offers affordable Vietnamese-style dishes that feed hungry executives and throngs of shoppers. Most of the dishes here are laden with fresh herbs and364 words
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Article, Illustration204 2004-06-17 48 Elsie Chhg - By. Elsie Chhg LEGALLY BLONDE 2: RED, WHITE AND BLONDE ooo<g>® VCD REVIEW THINK Barbie doll! Perfect in every way, and packed with brains. Taken off the 2001 surprise hit, Legally Blonde, Reese Witherspoon returns as Elle Woods, a lovable ditz armed in pink. In the midst204 words
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Article, Illustration223 2004-06-17 48 Gregory Leow - By Gregory Leow ACACIA ©o®®® VCD REVIEW THE term “horror” is used rather loosely these days, as in the case of Acacia. Perhaps it is a cultural thing, but this Korean film feels more like a supernatural thriller than a horror film. The story revolves around a couple223 words
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Article, Illustration81 2004-06-17 48 READ the book The Stepford Wives before the Nicole Kidman movie comes to town. Ira Levin, bestselling author of titles like Rosemary’s Baby and The Boys from Brazil, returns with yet another story that shares a recurring theme people aren’t always who or what they seem81 words
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Article, Illustration94 2004-06-17 48 WAY before Eminem hit the big leagues as a white rap/hip-hop artist, there was the Beastie Boys. Now back with their first album in six years, the three stooges Adam Yauch, Mike Diamond and Adam Horowitz are going where no white rappers have been before middle94 words
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Article, Illustration118 2004-06-17 49 IClimate change will affect your health, twww.medicalnewstoday.com reported yesterday. As L the weather gets hotter, people will get sicker, according to a threeyear study by the Earth Institute at Columbia University and Columbia’s Mailman School of Public Health. “Some neighbourhoods will suffer more, especially poorer neighbourhoodsPic Edwin Koo - 118 words
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Article, Illustration40 2004-06-17 49 10pm, Channel i In this gripping two-hour finale, Melana must choose between two final suitors. But first, she gets an exotic overnight date with each of the two hopefuls and visits their hometowns to learn more about them.40 words
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Article55 2004-06-17 49 10.30 pm, Central As a result of the Swindon merger, a group of new staff arrive at Slough branch and David wastes no time in familiarising them with his unique style of management. David has to contend with his dynamic new boss, Neil. Meanwhile, Tim seems to be55 words
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Article, Illustration67 2004-06-17 49 THE SYC ENSEMBLE SINGERS Saturday, Bpm ACS (Barker Road) Campus, Mrs Lee Choon Guan Concert Hall Tickets at $l2 (call 6332-5813 or e-mail enquiries @syc. org. sg) This pre-tour concert showcases the choir’s repertoire for their competition tour in Italy this July. It also premieres two commissioned works Two67 words
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Article54 2004-06-17 49 RUNWAY CYCLING 2004 Sunday, 8.30 am Pay a Lehar Air Base Free Choose the 6km family route or the 15km leisure route around the runway. There will also be an aircraft display, novelty train rides, free NKF health screening, inline speed skating and hockey demonstrations and performances from the54 words
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Miscellaneous414 2004-06-17 49 Yourdailyhoroscope by Kelli Fox atAstrology.com PISCES FEB 19-MAR 20 AQUARIUS JAN 20-FEB 18 After just one more day of thinking about nothing more stressful than where to take that someone special for dinner, late tonight you’ll have another concern: breakfast tomorrow morning. You definitely won’t be shy about expressing your414 words
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Article257 2004-06-17 51 a«ourß ENGLANDvSWITZERLAND LIVE CH2I (MIDNIGHT) Reuters OBIDO, Portugal Switzerland coach Koebi Kuhn hopes his England counterpart Sven-Goran Eriksson is having sleepless nights this week. England last lost to the Swiss in a 1981 World Cup qualifier, and a repeat in the clash tonight will– Reuters - 257 words
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Article, Illustration323 2004-06-17 51 Reuters COIMBRA, Portugal England can vent four days of pent-up frustration when it faces Switzerland tonight after its loss to France. Coach Sven-Goran Eriksson has made it clear that he expects the enormity of disbelief– Reuters - 323 words
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197 2004-06-17 52 Reuters LISBON David Beckham plans to frame the shirt worn by Zinedine Zidane when the French captain scored his two injury-time goals against England. However, the England captain will wait until his Real Madrid team-mate has time to sign the shirt. Recalling the sceneReuters - 197 words
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248 2004-06-17 52 b ENGLANDvSWITZERLAND GROUP LIVE CH2I (MIDNIGHT) AFP LISBON England will have to switch to all out attack against Switzerland tonight, according to midfielder Frank Lampard. The Chelsea star said that England’s gameplan will have to switch from the conservative tactics it deployed against France. SwitzerlandAFP - 248 words
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Article, Illustration564 2004-06-17 52 Swiss goalkeeper’s mantra: Have more fan on the pitch COIMBRA Switzerland’s Joerg Stiel (above) is an oddball goalkeeper. His unorthodox approach to goalkeeping often give enough reasons for fans to laugh during a tense encounter. He proved that with a bizzare save during the dull goallessafp! - 564 words
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Article131 2004-06-17 53 AFP MOSCOW Russia’s star midfielder Alexander Mostovoi says that he is in shock after being dropped from the team for criticising his boss following the loss to Spain. Mostovoi was sent packing by team manager Georgy Yartsev on Monday evening after the veteran told theAFP - 131 words
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Article106 2004-06-17 53 ■AFP LISBON Portuguese police said that they arrested 33 people early yesterday after battling hundreds of English fans for four hours in a second consecutive night of Euro 2004related violence in the southern resort town of Albufeira. National guard captain Manuel Jorge said that riot■AFP - 106 words
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Article, Illustration532 2004-06-17 53 Win will allow Santini to rest key French players for third game CROATIA v FRANC LIVE CH2I (TOMORROW 2.45 AM) Wire services SANTO TIRSO, Portugal France coach Jacques Santini knows that a victory in its second Euro 2004 match against Croatia tonight (tomorrow morning, Singapore time) willWire services - 532 words
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171 2004-06-17 54 -AP CASCAIS, Portugal It may have been the second-biggest victory in the history of the European Championship But yesterday Sweden played down its spectacular 5-0 opening match win over Bulgaria and cautioned it is still a long way from reaching the quarterfinals. As-AP - 171 words
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Article311 2004-06-17 54 Reuters PORTO The Czech Republic’s late and hard-won 2-1 victory over Latvia on Tuesday has stiffened the squad’s resolve that they can enjoy a strong run at Euro 2004. The Latvians, making their debut at a major tournament, led through a first-half goal from Maris Verpakovskis.– Reuters - 311 words
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Article, Illustration436 2004-06-17 54 German teenager Schweinsteiger sparldes against Holland GROUP D GERMANY 1 HOLLAND 1 AFP FARO, Portugal Germany appears to have unearthed a real gem in Bayern Munich teenager Bastian Schweinsteiger (left). The 19-year-old midfielder shone as a second half r substitute in Germany’s 1-1 draw with Holland inAFP - 436 words
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266 2004-06-17 55 Wire services NBA FINALS Detroit Pistons 100 LA Lakers 87 (Detroit win best-of-seven series 4-1) AUBURN HILLS, Michigan Ben Wallace notched 18 points and 22 rebounds to help the Detroit Pistons crush the Los Angeles Lakers 100-87 on Tuesday and claim the NBA title.Wire services - 266 words
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Article, Illustration569 2004-06-17 55 Shinnecock Hills suits Europe’s finest as they push for a Major breakthrough AFP SOUTHAMPTON, New York It might be 34 years since a European won the US Open Tony Jacklin in 1970 but tonight could be the start of as good a chance as we’ll seeAFP - 569 words
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Article103 2004-06-17 55 GOLF PROMISING Choo Tze Huang bounced back into contention for the Singapore Junior Golf Championship when he shot a fizzling seven-under 65 to take a three-shot lead over first-day leader Quincy Quek at Tanah Merah’s Garden course yesterday. On a day when high scores were registered103 words
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Article155 2004-06-17 55 Reuters LONDON Jose Mourinho could face a ban from the touchline when he begins his reign as manager of Chelsea, according to British newspaper reports yesterday. The former Porto coach has been given a 10-match suspension by the Portuguese Football Association following a flareup with Sporting Lisbon defender– Reuters - 155 words
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Article73 2004-06-17 55 S-LEAGUE title contenders SAFFC’s hopes were in tatters last night after they were drubbed 1-6 by arch rivals Home United at the Choa Chu Kang stadium. Home reinforced their title charge, thanks to a hat-trick by Indra Sahdan (69th min, 78, 83), Egmar Goncalves (6, 82) and Peres73 words
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Miscellaneous32 2004-06-17 55 IN THE LIVING ROOM GOLF: US Open first round (Ch 23,10 pm) FOOTBALL: Euro 2004: England v Switzerland (Ch 21, 11.50 pm) TENNIS: Nottingham Open quarter-finals (Ch 24, 8.30 pm and 10pm)32 words
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