Today, 29 November 2000

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    Masthead
    8 1 TODAY Wednesday \o\i ii.lm t It, 2000 3
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    Our fear of free speech
    545 1  -  Zackari.j Ahilul Rahim Over-conditioned? Or plain cautious? hv ?:irk.iri3'""lr!PWh!i!f*ay-rom-Sg AS discussiooa ru, this one went right to the l;eart of the dilemma that Sinjl. tpore faces today. Are we ready to talk sex in puhlic? To debate race and religion? To voice views on all
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    Lock icon Hospital in-patient infections set to rise
    180 1 CNA TI number of patients who E£ hospital-acquired infecti a■ ia set to rfa c About 10 per l lit of inpa Ei :..l- in Smgapon hospitals suffer from the ioi tions. The Infection Control Association of Sin npore (ICAS) t.i: th; n> :in«
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    Wanted for murder, theft ... caught with drugs
    126 1 Wanted for murder, theft caught with drugs WANTED for murder. Wanted for theft. Caught for suspected drag trafficking. On M mday, a 26-year-old was arrested at his rented flat in Woodlands Aye 1. The Central Narcotics Bureau ;ot a tip-off at 4pm that the man pas pushing heroin in small
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  • HOT NEWS
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      Lock icon Check in, take MRT...
      446 2  -  Ng Hwe« Koon and have a luggage-free ride to airport By hweekaom.''newsu "-bi, .com. c-u: FLYING out of town? Dump your luggage at a city check-in point, do a bit of last minute shopping and take a train all the way to the airport. This dream
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      SQ 006 pilots: Minister responds
      286 2  -  Nj<! Bhm Koon hy iwee) iun@new stoday.com.sg EVEN coming from the Minister of Communications and Information T chnology, tfafl me_. a is still one of wait. Mr Yeo Cheow Tor..; s 'id il has made representations to tbe '.::'•'-an t;o\.. rnment for the return of
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      DAP runs from devil to deep blue sea
      173 2 KULEM The entire Kulim arm of the i c ioci-.idc Action 1 arty resigned in disgust yesterday, just one day after the party's leadership decided to join the opposition alliance campaign in Luhas after all, reported Bernama. The DAT had earlier yanked
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      PM replies – as chairman
      424 3  - PM replies as chairman N(i Boon Yian Response to Gus Dur must be seen in context of Asean summit, says Prof by b f.CO I.: THE Chairman of the 4th Asean Informal Summit (AIS) has stepped out to clarify Indonesia President Abdurrahman Wahid's recent accusations against Singapore. And the Chairman
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      Lock icon Be a millionaire with MediaCorp
      325 3  -  Hazel Tan .-Is you can see, we have saved the fl best for ourselves. M Mr Ernest Wong by hiizd@newstoday.com.:- COME next year, the gameshow landscape in Singapore will change dramatically. Singaporeans will soon stand a chance to win a million dollars in a local
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      28 3 $0 Jobs Career i I _J 400,000 unique job seekers are using JobsDß.com in their job hunt Free services www.jobsdbcorn.sg ASIA PACIFIC NO. 1 JOB SITE JO^ll U.COITI
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      48 3 Win $260,000 in treasure hunt WANT to take part in a treasure hunt? And win $260,000 in casb and prizes'.' Hunt for can? from SP E-Servtces a subsidiary of Sir;;apo!; Power, which have been scattered -i' over Singapore For mem details, turn ti ttu advertisement on Page 5
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  • RUSH NEWS
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      E-novel by Catherine Lim
      345 4  -  Zackaria Abdul Rahim Download 2 chapters every 2 days for 65 cents by zackana(""iK'.'. (oday.com.; LOCAL author Catherine Lim is no stranger to publishing books, but she achieved a first in Singapore yesterday when she launched a series of Ebooks with Internet company Lycos Asia. Dr
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      New school, new name for recruits
      121 4 COME 2004, the Home Team will get a brand new training facility with its own mock-up neighbourhood police centre, ft piLon, and a DB town centre. The new Law Enforcement Academy of Sugapore will be the key learning institution for the Ministry of Home
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      Tourism stars unveiled
      78 4 THE Singapore J'turism Board jiesterday presented its Tounsm Amwrdi lo one indtvuiiuife waA 12 The eiftnl sanr a record number of foreign nominations, up by 15 per cent. The STB feels this reflects Singapore's increasing international recognition for tourism prodocts and services. TTk tourist industry wai among
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      Bus-ambulance crash kills patient
      123 4 AN SBS bus slammed into the si le of an SC OF ambulance early yesterday nioruing. C ie man, the p^ient in the ambuMnce, died in hospita, later, while sis others suffered varying de rees of injury. It was mst past midnight when the accid nt
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      Car break-ins: Boys held
      57 4 THREE boys were arrested yesterday 01 suspicion of being responMtj.V for a spate of car hreak-ins around Bukit Panjang New Town. At about 6.15 am, police were tipped-off that three males were trying to break into cars at the carpark at Blk 651 A. The boys
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      TV series on volunteers
      111 4 THE Singapore Broadcasting Authority has commissioned Making Difference, an infoeducational TV series on volunteerism to celebrate the United Nations International Year of Volunteers. The SBA said the series, which wffl cost $216,000 to produce, is part, of its efforts to support quality programmes of relevance and
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      112 4 READ 0N... Orchard Rd of the We jt Plans to make Bukit Timah hip and lively/6 Land Sales Programme for 2001 The Government will cut private housing supply lo between 6,000 and 7,000 units next year/8 DBS Finance to merge It will be absorbed by DBS Bank in the First
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  • HOME NEWS
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      One woman's solace in 'scrub' songs
      221 6 CHEERS to Jean Danker's column last week on Sing A Song Of Cheating Scrubs, which I found to be very real and somewhat heartwarming. Without an elemeni o: doubt, women do find solace in songs wl'i' h bring out their innermost emotions and feelings
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      Orchard Rd of the west
      513 6  -  Ng Boon Yian Plans to make BukitTimah hip and lively by boonyian@r-f".vR1-AH.qv.roin ?r BUKIT Timah grassroots leaders want to bring back a lively alfresco wine-and-dine, shop-and-stroll culture back to Upper Bukit Timah area. More that that, they want to restore the Old Beauty World site
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      Lock icon Now you'll know why autism is an invisible disability
      268 6  -  Kim-Kyrui Tan by kim@newßtoday,CQm.sg SO you think that if your child is autistic, the con dition will jump out and stare you in the face? Then how do you explain the fact that a bright, grown man did not realise he
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      26 6 MAIL fj*£ I most certainly hope this music trend of antiScrubs songs stays, even after I eventually find Mr Right! Angela Dawn Yee Telok Bsnngah Drive
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  • BUSINESS NEWS
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      Lock icon Cut in land for homes
      444 8 Bloomberg News Short-term supply of private homes still in excess, says analyst SINGAPORE will cut the area of land for private homes for sale by as much as 33 per cent in 2001 compared with this year. This is after home prices fell for the
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      Lock icon Online education for company shareholders
      370 8  -  Chan Chuo Peh By dn aopeh@f f?wr today x om. ig RETAIL investors will soon be able to view video clips on investment seminars and conduct "live" chats with investment professionals. This online web-casting service will be provided by MediaCorp Interactive, together with the Securities
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      Lock icon Asia hotel occupancy rate rose 8 per cent between Jan and Sept
      260 8 Bloomberg News HOTEL occupancy in Asia rose an average of 8 per cent and room rates rose 3 per cent in the first nine months of this year, boosted by increased business and leisure travel, consultancy Arthur Andersen
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      DBS Finance to merge with parent
      386 9  -  Lee Yew Meng Merger comes as no surprise, say market watchers B' 5 lfiW IA DBS Finance will be merged with its parent bank by the first quarter <>f nest year. DBS Bank said 11 0 staff at the finance unit, which has five
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      Lock icon Aircraft manufacturer TPA to list on Sesdaq
      272 9  -  Lee Yew Mer»i{ By yewniengffnewgtoday.com.sg TPA Strategic Holdings will be the first supplier of aircraft components and repair services to be listed on the Singapore Exchange. It is riding on the increasing demand for aerospace repair and overhaul services. The company has also
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      ST Microelectronics wins honours
      97 9 ST Microelectronics, the world's seventh largest semiconductor company, has been conferred this year's hiuhe-it corporate honours. The sward Distinguished Partner in Progress Award is the first given to a semiconductor company, since the award's inception in 1991. ST Microelectronics was among the first semiconductor companies to
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      Shipyards in online alliance
      95 9 BIG local shipyards Keppcl 1 I LS, Sembawanjj Shipyard and Krppel Hitachi Zosen -are in an alliance to make purchases through the online portal OmixAsia.com. The poital, which has aircat^ acquired more tkan 60 supplier membei i< aer*& a ii: iction volume of $1 tuition for
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  • MARKET NEWS
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      Separate ways
      382 10 Forced selling and profit taking push market down SINGAPORE shares slipped further on thin volumes on profit taking and forced selling by brokers yesterday. Buyers were driven to the sidelines in the absence of fresh leads. The weak Nasdaq also weighed down on toch stocks which bore the
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      Market absorbs profit-taking to end higher
      449 10 KUALA LUMFUR SivoiHi-linui and siluational issues sucournlnil lo proi it-taking yesterday alien i i. The KLCI howevffl continued U> advance, aided by domestic institutional buying on selected index-linked i ■i!i g lias by N li-, Tcna.-i V isional and Tel< [com Mala\ ia led
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  • WORLD NEWS
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      Lock icon Gore's a bore, says poll
      312 12 Reuters But he could still win WASHINGTON- Opinion polls show -h< to people as bein ■•■...■ary with the presidential cntiflict. But that could change should Vice-President Al Gore win a battle to get all votes in Florida counted before a bona fide winner is declared.
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      Lock icon Canada PM wins big
      210 12 Reuters. OTTAWA Prime Minister Jean Chretien steamrolled to his largest election win yet the first time since World War Two that any Canadian leader has won three consecutive majorities in Parliament. He holdly called an election only 3 1/2 years into his fiveyear mandate, defying his
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      Mid-air scare in HK
      437 14 Air traffic controller suspended after near-miss involving Cathay HONG KONG An Metaiffic trailer ha* be< >> ided following a mill i [i [in- iThe incident is the fourth of its kiiul at ll''Hi.' Kern ■in i r >-iy S. iti 1 of ti I air I
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      Lock icon Air China crew arrested in drug trafficking scandal
      122 14 AFP HONG KONG Several crew members of China's flag carrier Air China have been arrested on allegations of being involved with international syndicates trafficking drills. The Chin: -e-lant>uage Sun Daily yetterdsj cued unidentified reliable oun as saying the- dtC v*:as uncovfcred aft*
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      Aussie quiz king killed
      129 14 PERTH Just five months afi. -r befc crowned, au Australian quiz ki[i(4 has (Jied in a bor C Lt CrasJl, Mr Drelt McDonald was driving the fast car hu bought fioin the As2so,ooii (*****,000) wmi on the !f';visi...i game sJw« SWw Wauls To Be A Millionaire
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      Lock icon Mum kidnapped own son
      123 14 -AFP CALABASAS (California) A mother allegedly hatched a plot to kidnap her five-yen ih>M son in otH t to «et US$2OO,OOO (I 10,000) from her husband lo pay off debts m India. The drama b«g*Q the night ol Aug S, when two gunmen dad in army
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      Lock icon The ice man cometh... in NY
      101 14 Reuters NEW YORK P;iS-iOis-by and the media watch magician David X! i■ as he is entombed in a six-tun block of ice close to tfae start of a stii U in Times Square. Blame will attempt (.o stay in the ice flea i•■ hours.
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      Lock icon Indian truce to divide militants
      273 15 5 Ceasefire aims to bring groups to negotiating table SRINAGAR The guns fell silent in '■mir yesterday, as India officially began a unilateral ceasefire in the disputed territory. The government is hoping that the truce will sow discord, or at least confusion, among separatist groups
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      Lock icon Model with a mission
      151 15 Rev 4SI.LIA Brazil's Lop supermodel has proved thai Bis more th;m jut. acl'the iorsf barinK her ert'cU'iitii-i n t ivocnre fnr the worki: fjno: mid tht ".exiilr iiulusiiy where some of them toD, Mod' C Bundches (picture), scbc earns v io I i,OCO CS$25,5#Q) for stnuting
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      Lock icon Lasers to the rescue of women
      116 15 AFP CHICAGO Women suffering from the p.unful side-effects of certain tumours may soon be able to choose laser surgery over the surgeon's knife. Rariiolotn sat S Mai Hospital in London have sue- \s-sfully treated women will uterine fibroids (b tumoi l ..;tppin<J Lhuni lasers,
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      Lock icon Website goes to original owner
      120 15 Reuters SAN FRANCISCO Aj a i |or change on the intei ending a b i bli Odi 'I imjy'ie OW r arguably the i iMe piece of ri-.il in cyberspace the rights ti name 'ffIXCOO Let Judge. Monday ordered Mr Stephen Cohen, who has turned
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      'Sorry'a bout those exam papers
      162 15 KUALA LUMPUR The on-jjuint; n -'ional examination in Malaysia has met with so many problems that <he Education Ministry had to apologise in Parliament. Tht mishap-' in the Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia (Malaysian Education CerbtiC'i!: pxaniiiiaLion im hnie errors and blank pa s, po ed the
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      39 12 CASIO f The Gift of the Season! c -i.. |j -pad i' I, n family fond id A The SI i m PDA (Actual Size] I MmuS Emportum Pw Lid Sefrrfn SttrtUotu tyle Mid jjdj^4j rax j. '443$.wri|afeE wvwjti-
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      252 13 THE MARATHON IS HERE. RUN FOR YOUR LIFE. Wl'^t/'f Vr W\L International I TCCP" ADSHCI, The 10th Singapore International Marathon The five races are: The starting point for the 10th Singapore is a marathon unlike any other. We're Full (42km) Marathon (Local, Open Veteran International Marathon is at the National
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  • COMMENTARY
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      Lock icon And the moral of the story is ...
      656 16  - And the moral of the story is Fiona Tnn Char I sAsui. What is right or wrong? What is good or evil? IT'S been bugging me for wme time. The question of journal i-- h;iving moral convict-- Not ill i" I'"i againsi if [ffi jtl i \ii I Hhi miestion
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      Lock icon Former Peru spy chief lived like James Bond
      323 16 Reuters LIMA- A swaei !iatchw;iy muter bath leading to an most. Cameras hidi P '.'.'thin >of loud; is.'!: i W joden ilc> -i protect' ed b\ innour plating. And a bed wiih a portable satellite tetephone within arm's teach 1 I :>:ii!
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      Lock icon Why the odd couple fell out
      861 17  -  Neville Stack Tony Blair and Margaret Thatcher trade punches by SUxJ'Tl'".'. THE i Id piard of both irai i inj were sgfastt when the Iron Lady, Marparet Tbatcfter aud tiie charismatic younjj. ririi i lorry Blair appeim-a to have farmed a mutua! .I'liniratiksn -eh
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      532 18 5 1 '▼21^^ 1-00 Mid-Day Mows 7.30 Tirai Ikafati Suci (Ep. 2.00 A Chair i 'on Among Os B,<K> Berila aJ 2.30 Dragon Ball 8,30 Dctifc (Kp.35): In 1990, sin |^h| 3.00 Tfchran Ecology tistics from the My.: ,of I' S.OO tefFfttre 3.30 Art You My Brot&et? rt > aniy
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      522 19 Noon Di ■iosaur Detectives QN CABLE ON RADIO 12.30p;n School Hoiidav Special Star Movies (Ch 58) Gold 90.5 PM \nimated Classics h n Rocketeer Gold Dedications w.-th L,yn 1.'.V0 Pip The Apple -rl light 9 pin pxo '.i.'M Tilt Blfj Comfy Couch Biil L lpbril JtftTß M an air-rac- Cekibnifirjii,
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  • RELAX
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      Close shaves
      350 24  -  Hazel Tan Nanxing s brushes with death or the set by li CV.SI L.■ ai ady lost his life on ihe ct of tl :< 'irama serial Dare To Strikr. Al [easl. he thoughL be had Ut extremely do I iit 11 ie one but (WO h;.urov. in-
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      Lock icon Losing a breast could be a matter of choosing the right... or wrong doctor
      568 25 -AFP CHICAGO Lofting i breast to cancer could come down to the luck of the draw for m iqj women, a H'ding to a study by US researchers released Monday. T!k sp iaii t v,oni;ui lliooscs,
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      Lock icon Bowie takes a bow
      368 25 -Heuten Original glam rocker voted the musician's musician in Top Pop survey < INDOX David Bowie has been crowned the musician's musician, beating the Beatles and alternative rockers Radiohead in a survey that asked hundreds of top rock and pop stars to name their h music;
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      Haider harmony
      197 26 Austrian right-wing politician sings in praise of his homeland VIENNA IF General Wiranto can do it, then so can Joerg Haider. The Austrian extremist right-wing politician is all set to release a CD celebrating the province he governs, reports Ananova. The CD, which will feature Mr Haider's modern
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      Lock icon PRobert Downey arrest saddens Tinseltown friends
      215 26 -Reuters HOLLYWOOD-Rol Downey jr' r" B: rest for drug use last Saturday night in Palui Springs has cast a .11 over the film < :>mn >inity. Merv Griffin asid: "We j.liould form a group of fellow actors, fir keep him from goim. I prison
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      In time for Christmas: Music sale online
      148 26 BMC; Hutcrfainment has appointed Mcrcurix as a "Prcft rrcd Cl< ii House" to digitally distribute the for m i ;ic vta&Qgac in Asia-P«nfic, aad f i s-ijpph the I nalogyi I -If: of ciiciypied music tracks fen -rile o- a die Jo 'uei.
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      Lock icon Hurley to model Scottish lingerie
      276 27 -Reuters Liz to become world's highest paid bra model after she signs £3 milllion contract LONDON British ai ami model Eliznh' I is about I i si n a tl million pound Ira) deal with a •C ish lingerie company, iu'wsp;ipers said on Monday. R-pur
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      Lock icon Mother drugs groom night before wedding to to prevent him marrying 'wrong' girl
      190 27 AFP VERSAILLES (France) -A French cmiple, wliDi! wedding rurned into an ;ill-out bra^nn.lW" :-n the fiiinili-;? at Ihi end nlv uoaasj dl< fit the knot alter poli' sd -ecui it. cordon around ttu h: ide and groom,
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      Stars fight music swap net sites
      358 28 Elton John leads protest group against 'free music' swapping on the Internet LONDON Sir Elton John, Billic Rpex and Ba& ment Jaxx i all backing a Critisli cam- i awareness of the "lluoat" free music oa the hiterncl could have on tin.ratUM industry, repeats
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      Lock icon Meet iOne – the cybermonk on an online crusade
      34 28 Meet iOne the cybermonk on an online crusade Fy<idtwl\tt>Uir:\>i4n\tKVuk*iLinJTmitofQ?)erso>...', n>puUt t* aMesaatt a/HtttHUnt. vt j ike door on his vnrldty life as ihf &.'■■■> \~j a Mtsaov tern magaitne mtd 0 monk man onhi ftEVTSRSfik
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      Carrey on Grinch
      966 29  -  Spencer f)erdc-n The star of this Christmas' biggest family movie talks about being the mean green man by 1. I GoofiiK id a realist through .uid through: Eli lew m-, 'me March, I have no acpe< i Ition whatcVM that the Grinch and Oscar nil Lie thr-
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      Lock icon cool Chinese chic
      243 30  -  Elaine <}u< k WONG KIIINC CIIONG b in iiev y.i i n.; Who says the Chinese can only flaunt their glorious reds and magnificent dragons during Chinese New Year? With these corporate suits and smart casuals from Shanghai Tang and Yue Hwa, anyone can don HKese auspicious
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      243 24 Do You Know I m m m I Our products do v m IL% M not use any j preservatives or J f f II additives J J V Do you know t^at many cost- etics use preservative ar": fn al aril I tives which might be stimulus to Ine
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      606 32 Rfu Akram to play his lOOthTest match against England today LAHORE T!it SCC3M was a nt!W3 coirif ■n< ihe Oval cricket i>i(Hin<i in London after a World Cup malch ftstyear. Pakistan had ji eaten Zimbabwe to read lt-e semifinals and its captain Vi'asim i v,-; t eld i
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      227 32 Si ISI AMABAD Pakistan coach Javed Miandad is confident that his spinners will help him defeat England in the second Ti which star.- today. He <iid: "I am confident we will win in the cond Test an'l the > |ip
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      304 33 -AFP Lara's slump blamed on fling with English model BRISBANE Brian Lara's batting slump has been blamed on an 18-year-old English model the West Indies star has been allowed to take with him to Australia. The 31-year-old Lara, who scored a duck and four runs in
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      474 33 DELHI He made a sensational international debut, coming into the side in the Third Test against England in 1984-5 and scoring 110. He followed that up with tons in the fourth and fifth Tests, becoming
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      268 35 -Batter* Talks to get Guvs Hiddink to coach Korea for 2002 World Cup SEOUL South Korea is in talks with a former national soccer coach from the Netherlands in a bid lo help the Asian team advam G to the round of 16 in the 2002 World
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      152 35 i\FP BAJRCKI.ONA-j.tpaiw-- linker Akmon Ntahisvwa (abnv: of )gae side CVivzo O-.tka has been loaned i.o Spanish I 1 di\ ii n club Ispanyol v h-! Junr 2001, the Catalan lub said on Monday. Ni'-hizawa, 24, will be eligible lo |ilay f ii i- pamol
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      645 36 After all these years, Karl Ma one is st A,. Star material ITAH Malone Es asked if he is in the be-t shape of his c;<; "I don't know" hut he grins, in a way that means he does ki> r, ■Ylien you get older, it's more mentai
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      467 36 SEATTLE You knew it was coming. According to ESPN, the firing of Paul Westpbal (bottom) was, as everybody close to the team and even casual observers knew, inevitable. He coached a team that had volatile personalities and a different
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      439 37 AFP BRISBANE Greg Norman belicvi s the m-w young learn led by Aaron rJaddeley has the pi a who can saccettfully ca tr torch for />. ustraliaii golf th.it he has borne for so lonj Tru> 45-vi ir-oid 'In man has taken on an ujiofli* \A i
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      170 37 -AFP LISBON Marat Salin got the draw he didn't want here on Monday as he was put in the Red <lroup at the US$3.7 million Master- Cup alongside Pete Sampras. Nevertheless, Safin is poised to become the youngest ever year-end men's tennis champion. Aussie teenager Lleyton
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      181 37 -AFP SYDNEY lan Thorpe will be given until the last minute to join Dutch Olympic swimming champions Inge de Bruijn and Pietcr van den Hoogenband at next month's Skins in Sydney. De Bruijn and van den Hoogenband, who won five Olympic gold medals between them,
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      368 38 R- liters Striker's double wins cup for Boca Boa Juniors 2 Real Madrid 1 KYO Boca Juuic'i a h d i d) am Start with two goals in the >pening six minutes, and held on to beat Rl-.il Madrid 2-1 in a superb World Cinb Cup final at
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      735 38 LONDON -When it comes to moments like this when a national hero must decide whether to pnt hi? international reputation on the lice by helpinp a I if m! T< ri y Vena' It fall? hack or oik
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      421 39 Says former Liverpool star Mark Lawrenson LONDON Former Liverpool great Mark Lawrenson (light) believes that th J'reiniership iit c is ove- In an interview with Uie The Minor he said: "The rest at the Premiership might as well pack up and go home "It is a
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      463 39 Says angry Manchester boss Alex Ferguson LONDON Manchester United boss Sir Alex f-'erf.tison (left) has slammed suggestions that the title race is already over. He insists it is nonsense to claim his side has already bagged its seventh Premiership in nine years, eported The Mirror. Few would back
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        258 40 Realm's TOKYO Japan's French national coach Philippe Troussier believes that his recently-crowned V;ian siwxer champion can win the next World Cup on home soil in 2002. Speaking si [he Foreign Co isj md is' Club of Japan on mday,
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        494 40  -  I i-uiiiirtl Thomas Will Manchester Unlted's reserves beat Sunderland at the Stadium of Light? Get a copy of the afternoon edition of Today to find out. by letnarri' •.< w- -> y. ALI oi i uclck :i, Japan coach Philip Troui rji nr
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