Streats, 3 December 2004

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  • 12 1 Streats FRIDAY, DECEMBER 3, 2004 website: www.streats.com.sg e-mail sfreats@sph.com.sg MICA (P) 196/03/2004
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  • 586 1  -  b 2L Pradeep Rajan Rudy Giuliani surprises many who think he should focus on 2008 presidential race NEW YORK The man who rallied New Yorkers when terrorists struck at the heart of their city in 2001, and who is widely expected to run for president
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  • Morning Rush
    • 343 2 -AP Jailed rebel says he saw cleric in Philippines JAKARTA Alleged South-east Asian militant chief Abu Bakar Bashir gave a speech to recruits at a southern Philippines terrorist-training camp where Muslim militants learnt bombmaking skills, a radical testified in an Indonesian court yesterday. Bashir, 66, is
      -AP; Reuters  -  343 words
    • 132 2 AN 11 -year-old girl who remembered reading newspaper reports about a serial molester in Choa Chu Kang on Wednesday called the police when she encountered him, leading to his arrest. The girl was at the void deck of her home at Choa Chu Kang
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    • 251 2 -AFP JAKARTA Indonesia’s top budget airline, Lion Air, said yesterday that the number of people using its flights had not decreased after one of its planes crashed during landing in Central Java, killing at least 26 people and injuring more than 100.
      -AFP  -  251 words
    • 424 3  -  By Christopher Lim COMMUNITY development council (CDC) members are often faceless figures, working behind the scenes for the public good. Take 22-year-old Sandy Tan, the youngest councillor in the fourth Central Singapore Community Development Council (CS CDC). When her friends are having a night out,
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    • 195 4 AFP PARIS A rash of group suicides that has shaken Japan is a worrying sign of the Internet’s potential for encouraging suicide pacts, the British Medical Journal (BMJ) said. In the latest incident, seven people were found dead on Monday, bringing to at least
      – AFP  -  195 words
    • 386 4  -  Recycling firm K K Asia launches buyback scheme to cut waste By Sarah Ng THERE is now one more incentive besides saving the earth’s resources for people to recycle their used plastic bottles. Homegrown plastic recycling company K K Asia is offering one cent
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    • 198 6 KUALA LUMPUR The People’s Action Party (PAP) has won praise from an unlikely quarter. The PAP, which celebrated its 50th anniversary recently, has been praised as one of the most successful political parties in the world by Utusan Malaysia columnist Zin Mahmud, The Star
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    • 291 6 US panel reviews P&G patch that ups sex drive WASHINGTON Women may soon get the equivalent of male impOtency drug Viagra to help them improve their sex drive. Procter Gamble was due yesterday to address a US advisory panel of experts appointed by
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    • 193 6 -AFP TOKYO The world’s top endoscope maker, Olympus, has joined the race to develop a capsule camera, a disposable device the size of a fingertip that can be easily swallowed to scan the body from the inside. The Olympus group’s medical products arm said it had
      -AFP; AP  -  193 words
    • 282 6  -  Sarah Ng HOTEL operators know that it is better to sell rooms at a discounted rate than leave them empty. Capitalising on this, an Australian-based online hotel booking company Wotif.com has been busy making a success of its operations. Established in
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    • 390 8 Secretary-general receives wide backing from other countries and UN staff -AP UNITED NATIONS The United Nations has rejected a US senator’s call for the resignation of Secretary-General Kofi Annan, saying no country has asked him to step down and 2,700 UN staff members have signed a
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    • 231 8 -AP NEW YORK Jeopardy! whiz Ken Jennings (right) finally met his match after a 74-game run in which he became the biggest winner in TV game show history with a haul of U 552,520,700 (Ss4.l million). The pop culture icon who made
      -AP; AP  -  231 words
    • 123 10 BUZZSTOP THE government has extended the manufacturing tender for “biometric” passports by another seven days. But the project is still on track for launch next October, The Straits Times reports today. Machine-readable and tamper-proof computer chips embedded into the new passports
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    • 143 10 ‘Daughter stole deeds for overdraft’ AN elderly woman and her daughter may lose their bungalow of 37 years if a bank succeeds in its claim over the property because of a defaulted $l-million overdraft facility, The Straits Times reports today. The 88-year-old Madam Bebe Mohammad
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    • 162 10 Bribes said to total $174,500 TWO former employees of BMW distributor Performance Motors were charged in court yesterday of taking bribes from a car dealer and a finance company, The Straits Times reports today. Former sales and marketing director Patrick Pow Kwok Yun, 47,
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    • 183 10 Text and Picture by Ashleigh Sim YOU can expect to see this lm tall porcelain ewer (in the background) with its dragon lid at Sentosa in the middle of next year. Discovered by German businessman Tilman Walterfang (pictured), 47, the ewer is part of the Tang
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    • 92 10 PRIME Minister Lee Hsien Loong was yesterday elected the secretary-general of the People’s Action Party (PAP), a party press release said. The other office-bearers of the PAP’s new Central Executive Committee (CEC) are chairman Lim Boon Heng, vice-chairman Yaacob Ibrahim, first assistant secretary-general Wong Kan
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    • 111 10 A 34-YEAR-OLD woman will be in court this morning to face a charge of murdering a paint mixer, Ms Yeo Cheng Buay, 40, following a dispute. The suspect had drinks with Ms Yeo and some other friends in a pub in Golden Mile Complex on Nov
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    • 89 10 -AP FOREIGN vehicle entry fees will be reduced by one-third on weekdays to attract more visitors. Foreign motorists will pay $2O a day from Monday, said the tourism board and transport authority yesterday. “Visitors, especially our Malaysian friends, will find it more attractive to drive
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    • 98 10 -AFP A SYDNEY businessman yesterday brought a landmark case against Qantas and British Airways claiming compensation for deep vein thrombosis he developed on board a flight and which led to a stroke, court officials in Canberra said. If successful, the case brought by Mr Brian
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  • Financial
    • 472 14 Investigations into derivatives losses may take weeks; oil firm to continue trading Wire services SINGAPORE The Singapore Exchange (SGX) yesterday called for the return of chief executive of China Aviation Oil (Singapore) Corp (CAO) to Singapore from China where he flew after his company
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    • 383 14  -  By Gregory Leow CHIP maker STMicroelectronics unveiled some good news for Singapore as the nation tries to place itself more firmly on the higher-value rungs of the manufacturing ladder. Its chief executive officer, Mr Pasquale Pistorio, announced yesterday that his company plans to invest
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    • 145 14 -AP SINGAPORE Oversea-Chinese Banking Corp, Singapore’s third-largest bank, yesterday said that it plans to take control of Indonesia’s Bank NISP by raising its stake in the lender to 51 per cent from its current 28.5 per cent. The deal is expected to take up
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    • 101 14 Bloomberg SINGAPORE The Government of Singapore Investment Corp (GIC), which manages US$lOO billion (Ssl63 billion) of the nation’s reserves, and US developer Tishman Speyer Properties will form a real estate investment venture with stakes in 12 US office buildings. As part of the alliance, GIC sold
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    • 118 14 -AFP SINGAPORE Singapore Airlines (SIA) passengers will be able to surf the Web or catch up with their e-mail when high-speed inflight Internet services come on board next year, the carrier said yesterday. In a team-up with Connexion by Boeing, a business unit of the US aircraft
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    • 422 16  -  Ex-chairman fails to get nominees elected at reconvened AGM By Conrad Raj AFTER an acrimonius battle for control, former construction group Wee Poh Holdings will now focus on completing its restructuring and reverse takeover by Hongkong watch manufacturer The Winning Group. This follows yesterday’s
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    • 401 18 Increased consumer spending for 3rd month running gives US economy crucial boost -AFP WASHINGTON US consumers splashed out in October, delving into new pay packets from a resurgent job market and delivering a crucial boost to the economy, government figures showed on Wednesday. Consumer expenditures which
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    • 430 20 -AFP India’s low-cost carrier to diversify, in talks with Virgin’s Branson BANGALORE, India India’s pioneer low-cost carrier, Air Deccan, plans to raise US$5O million (5581.7 million) in private equity by shedding a 26 per cent stake and also aims to enter the corporate business jet
      -AFP; AFP  -  430 words
    • 28 20 STI: 2,062.76 M 23.92 *AS AT DEC 2 US$: 551.633 553.169 EURO: 552.182 Ss: 62.53 YEN Ss: RM2.328 Ss: HK54.761 Ss: 23.97 BAHT Ss: 5,524 RUPIAH
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    • 68 22 Prototypes of the (from left) Peugeot 107, Toyota Aygo and Citroen Cl. Carmakers PSA Peugeot Citroen and Toyota Motor Corporation on Wednesday unveiled prototypes of the three new models to be manufactured at their TPCA joint venture plant in the Czech Republic. All three models will
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    • 586 22 Analysts say that it has bitten off more than it can chew -AFP SHANGHAI Shanghai Automotive Industry Corporation (SAIC), which has stated ambitions to become the world’s sixth largest carmaker by 2010, has expansionist dreams that some say are far too big. SAIC, China’s largest
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    • 337 25 It will focus on underwriting domestic shares Bloomberg HONG KONG Goldman Sachs Group Inc, the third-largest US securities firm, received approval from the China Securities Regulatory Commission to establish an investment banking venture, enabling it to underwrite domestic share sales for the first time. Goldman
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    • 146 25 Reuters NEW YORK Drinkers might want to keep a clear head when ordering a martini at New York’s historic Algonquin Hotel or they might pay US$lO,OOO (S$ 16,400) for that cold sip. The hotel offers a US$lO,OOO martini, complete with a loose diamond at the bottom.
      – Reuters; AFP  -  146 words
    • 294 26 -Reuters SINGAPORE Oil prices steadied above US$45 a barrel yesterday, to put a floor under a 7.4 per cent tumble after a big increase in US heating oil stocks eased worries of a winter supply squeeze. The cooling-off came as Opec’s outgoing president and
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    • 138 26 Bloomberg LOS ANGELES Nissan Motor and Toyota Motor led US sales gains for Asian automakers in November, maintaining a pace that may give the region’s companies a record share of the world’s largest auto market this year. Sales at Nissan rose
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    • 234 26 Bloomberg ■m. ifc’-A"''W TOKYO Nissan Motor Co, Japan’s second-largest carmaker, said yesterday that it may cut production next year because of a lack of steel, the second time a shortage of the metal has interrupted production. Nissan chief executive Carlos Ghosn
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    • 681 26 Oil prices stable after 7.4% tumble A one million barrel buildup in heating oil stocks alone narrowed their supply deficit versus 2003 to 14 per cent. Analysts have for weeks been expecting stocks to rise as refineries ramp up runs after maintenance and unusually mild early-winter weather in parts of
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  • Comment
    • 909 28  -  By PHILIP LEE THE greatest happiness in life is the conviction that we are loved; loved for ourselves, or rather, loved in spite of ourselves. Most people reading these words penned by 19th-century French novelist Victor Hugo will at once think of their mother and see
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  • Vocal
    • 239 31 THE chequered past of the Singapore bourse has seen some alarming failures of listed companies Pan El, Amcol, Asia Pulp and Paper, to name but a few. All these companies were blue chip and some were even CPF stocks. The experience with these companies should
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    • 254 31 AFTER reading Mr Wong Wei Kong’s commentary, “Be tougher with sloppy IPO managers, SGX” (Streats, Nov 30), I am afraid that he has his priorities wrong. Let us take a critical and dispassionate look at initial public offers (IPOs). When the first shares were offered to
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    • 140 31 WHEN something as big as the total collapse of China Aviation Oil (CAO) happens, small investors are kept in the dark and are the last to know anything until it is far too late. Many of them get badly burnt. When it comes to creditors’ rights,
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    • 535 33 I REFER to Ms Sarah Ng’s commentary, “Recycling firms not up to mark” (Streats, Nov 29), and the subsequent letters of response. The National Environment Agency (NEA) launched the National Recycling Programme in April 2001 to provide residents in all HDB
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    • 96 33 I REFER to Ms Rachelle Low’s letter, “Leave postal notices securely” (Streats, Dec 1). We are deeply concerned to learn that our delivery notice was found on her staircase landing. It is Sing Post’s practice for delivery notices to be placed securely at the door of
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    • 203 33 I REFER to the letters “Flatownership rules tough on PRs” (Streats, Nov 25), by Mr Don Lim Chee Kong, and “HDB flat rule alienates SPRs” (Nov 26), by Ms Michelle Ong. Public housing in Singapore caters primarily to the housing needs of Singapore citizens and
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  • Global
    • 422 35 Heavy military presence seen as threat Reuters NARATHIWAT, Thailand Despite almost daily attacks on Thai checkpoints and outrage over the recent deaths of 78 Muslims in military custody, outward signs of extremism are strangely absent from daily life in the country’s south,
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    • 134 35 -AFP MANILA President Gloria Arroyo has ordered the use of her own helicopters to help in rescue and relief efforts for victims of a deadly storm that has left nearly 600 dead or missing in the Philippines, the air force said yesterday. All four helicopters
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    • Article, Illustration
      42 35 Volunteers from the Swiss Aids Foundation assemble 6,000 lighted candles in the shape of an Aids Ribbon as part of a demonstration entitled Africa Needs Medicine Now’ at the parliament square in the Swiss capital Bern on Wednesday Reuters
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    • 113 35 -AFP KARACHI Burrowed at the end of a labyrinthine warren of shabby rooms in Karachi’s old quarter, Mr Abdul Sattar Edhi directs a private welfare network almost as old as Pakistan itself. The Edhi Foundation does what the cash-strapped government does not welfare provision, all on
      -AFP; AFP  -  113 words
    • 221 35 -AFP COLOMBO Sri Lanka’s peace hopes have dimmed after the government rejected rebel demands and the nation is drifting closer to a resumption of war, analysts said yesterday. The government on Wednesday rejected Tamil Tiger demands for the resumption of peace talks and accused
      -AFP  -  221 words
    • 357 38 China set to ditch ‘proactive’ stance in economic planning -AFP BEIJING China yesterday announced adjustments to economic planning for next year that will change current “proactive” fiscal and monetary policies to more “prudent” measures. The move is aimed at stimulating growth in the agricultural sector
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    • 38 38 Miss World hopefuls, Singapore's Lisa Huang (left) and China's Yang Jin posing for a photo shoot in Sanya in southern China. Contestants from around the world are there to compete for the title tomorrow AP
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    • 287 38 -AFP SEOUL South Korea’s ruling party said yesterday that it would approve a controversial Bill aimed at curbing the power of big business conglomerates despite an opposition boycott of the vote. The revised Fair Trade Act would cut the voting rights of
      -AFP  -  287 words

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    • 344 42 Reuters NEW YORK Nutritional deficiencies early in life may predispose children to behavioural problems into their teenage years, new research suggests. The study of nearly 1,600 children from Mauritius, an island in the Indian Ocean, found that those with signs of malnutrition at age three were more
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    • 150 42 Bloomberg BOSTON Stress appears to accelerate a woman’s ageing process, according to a study published yesterday by the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. The study, which involved 58 healthy women aged between 20 and 50, revealed that participants who were raising sick
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    • 502 44  -  A new brand of whirlpools, from a scion ofthe Jacuzzi family, is oil set to get a slke ofthe local and regional market By Zubaidah Nazeer ’TIS the season to go shopping. And what’s better after a day’s running around than a long soak in a
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    • 303 44 -AFP NEW YORK Furniture, art, jewellery, books and bric-a-brac from slain US president John F Kennedy’s five family homes will hit the block on Feb 15-17 next year at Sotheby’s in New York, the auction house announced. Some 600 lots, worth
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    • 201 44 THE number of home breakins dropped substantially in the first 10 months of this year by comparison with last year, but there was a sharp rise in burglaries of commercial premises, according to the police. The number of home break-ins reported fell to 364 from
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    • 318 48 -AFP AMSTERDAM Visionary art dealer Siegfried Bing popularised the arts of the Orient in 19th-century Europe and America and whose gallery gave its name to the Art Nouveau movement. German by birth, Bing (1838-1905) settled in Paris as a young man to run the French subsidiary of the
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    • 133 48 Swallowing glass? “Shaolin stgle headstand? Balancing knives on the forehead? See it to believe it at the Incredible Feat Challenge! Showcasing the most extraordinary feats by Singaporeans from all walks of life, this amazing event is sure to dazzle your mind! Don’t miss it! Venue Bishan Junction 8, Level 2
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    • 649 51 One of the earliest ska hands in Jamaica will perform in Singapore on Sunday. ZUBAIDAH NAZEER talks to Ken Stewart, the Skatalites manager and keyboardist MENTION Jamaica and images of white sandy beaches packed with toned bodies swaying to reggae music come to mind. But not many
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    • 97 51 AUSTRALIAN singer Kylie Minogue has criticised wannabe pop stars for lacking staying power, but craving money and fame, reported news service ananova.com. The singer, who had her first hit in 1988, said that gaining and keeping star status takes non-stop effort. She told GQ magazine: “If
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    • 93 51 TAIWANESE band 5566 will be performing at the Golden Horse Award ceremony in Taipei on Saturday without Jason Hsu. Hsu, 19, was hospitalised for acute appendicitis two days ago. He had been complaining about stomach pains for the past week, but thought that it was a
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    • 133 51 -AFP JAPANESE actor-director “Beat” Takeshi Kitano, 57, whose often violent films have won him international awards but a mixed reception at home, was named a professor at an elite university yesterday, even though he is a college dropout. Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and
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      • 371 55  -  By Sharlene Tan RENOWNED Colombian artist Fernando Botero was at Suntec Singapore yesterday to visit one of his monumental sculptures, installed in the lobby. “I’m very pleased to see my Woman With Mirror in this centre which is visited by millions of people. I hope many
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      • 99 55 -AFP A MANET, a Monet and a Degas will be in Shanghai for an exhibition at the Shanghai Arts Museum, part of a yearlong festival celebrating French culture in the country. The Impressionist works are on loan from the Musee d’Orsay in France and are valued
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    • 376 57  - Local stations bypassed at AT V AWARDS By_ Yvonne Kwok DESPITE dominating the Asian Television Awards since its inception nine years ago,. Singapore’s terrestrial channels hardly made a dent at this year’s show, held at the University Cultural Centre last night. Media Corp TV, which scored 18 nominations, had only
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    • 312 60  -  By Sharlene Tan IT was Goh Hock Quee’s humorous and laidback approach to wine appreciation that won over the more than 60 Streats readers attending the last Streats Wine Masterclass at Royal Plaza on Scotts last Saturday. Goh, who said that he has
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    • 424 62  -  Stylish eating on a shoestring By JUDI LOW SAUSAGES used to be the butchers’ way of using up off-cuts and combining them with cereal to make cheap meat. Today, there are gourmet sausages ranging from just pork to tandoori chicken. Here’s a tasty one I’ve designed
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    • 232 62 A HOST of topnotch writers have joined a campaign to raise money for Aids victims in southern African. Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Susan Sontag, Paul Theroux, Salman Rushdie, John Updike, Gunter Grass, Margaret Atwood, Woody Allen and Arthur Miller each contributed a short
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    • 134 63 Pet owners across the US have to start preparing their companions for winter. They are being advised to bring their pets indoors, fill up the dog house with blankets and elevate them off the cold ground. If owners let their pets freeze to death or they
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    • 518 63 (.coin Yourdailyhoroscope by Kelli Fox at AQUARIUS JAN 20-FEB 18 PISCES FEB 19 -MAR 20 Tension can be either stressful or suspenseful. If this is one of your better days, you’ll probably enjoy the stimulation. The more people you involve, the greater your potential for utter chaos or total revelation.
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    • 516 64  -  Debutant Timor Leste eyes semi-final place in Tiger Cup Tan Kim Han TIGER CUP debutant Timor Leste has no proper stadium to train in, no benefit of overseas training and just one friendly international before its Vietnam assignment. Yet, the two-year-old nation is aiming for a semi-final
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    • 342 64  -  Serene Tay BOWLER Gina Lim and sailor Scott Glen Sydney were crowned the Singapore Sports School’s (SSS) Most Outstanding Students of the Year at its inaugural Awards Night yesterday. For Gina, 14, winning the award was a vindication of her decision to
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    • 567 66  -  From chasing cattle, Kenyan marathoners are now pursuing world titles By Gayathri Raghavan KENYANS Joyce Jepchumba (left) and Tegla Loroupe will attempt to outrun each other in Sunday’s Standard. Chartered Singapore Marathon, starting from Esplanade Bridge and ending at the Padang. They will be competing in
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    • 115 66 BOWLING SINGAPORE’S young bowlers hit top form at the Commonwealth Youth Games in Bendigo, Australia, to capture two golds, one silver and one bronze yesterday. Jazreel Tan and Tay Hui Yang got the ball rolling when they paired up to clinch second place in the Girls’ Doubles
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    • 92 66 BASKETBALL -AFP PHOENIX Steve Nash and Leßron James shared the first Player of the Year honours handed out this NBA season on Wednesday, but it was Nash’s Suns who emerged the victors when they beat James’ Cleveland Cavaliers 120-101. -AFP Other results Boston 101 Milwaukee 100 Orlando 129
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    • 142 66 GOLF SINGAPOREANS Choo Tze Huang and Goh Kun Yang shared the limelight with Thai Anujit Hirunratanakorn with the lowest rounds four-under 68 on the final day of the TMCC/JGF Singapore Open Junior golf championships at Tanah Merah’s Garden course yesterday. While Anujit kept his top position for the
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      583 68  -  Kluivert may have the class, but his desire is questionable Soccer smart By GARY LIM AS a teenager with Ajax Amsterdam, he was a legend in the making. He was the striker every top club in Europe wanted. Blessed with superb technique and a towering physique, Patrick Kluivert
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    • 475 68 TOMORROW: Aston Villa (6) vs Liverpool (7) Head to head: Villa won 52, Liverpool 80, Draws 34 Previous league meetings: Jan 10, 2004 Liverpool 1 Villa 0; Aug 24, 2003 Villa 0 Liverpool 0 Last 6 league matches: Villa LWWWDW; Liverpool WLWLDW Team news: Villa Laursen doubtful, Vassell
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    • 485 70 Man United’s five-man midfield strategy effective but boring Wire services MANCHESTER Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger (left) has admitted that Manchester United deserve their place in the League Cup semi-finals, but he does not think much of the tactics used to win it. After falling behind to lone
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    • 308 70 -AFP LONDON Liverpool may have battled back from the brink of defeat to book a League Cup semi-final berth, but a penalty shoot-out win against Tottenham Hotspur did nothing to alter manager Rafael Benitez’s view of a competition his club have won a record
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    • 212 70 -AFP MANCHESTER England international Phil Neville insisted that he wants to stay at Manchester United despite being reduced to a season mainly spent on the bench. Neville had a rare start on Wednesday when he skippered a United second team to a 1-0
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    • 231 70 AFP MADRID Zinedine Zidane is convinced that Real Madrid are about to hit top gear and make up for last season’s trophyless campaign. Real, one of the richest clubs in the world, ended last season drawing an embarrassing blank on all fronts, and the Galacticos
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