Today, 18 December 2000, Afternoon Edition

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    6 1 TODAY JVIOIIQ-lV December 18,2000 mitmpibs mnm
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  • AFTERNOON EDITION
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      Ripples as AMP says no to PM
      528 1  -  Zackaria Abdul Rahim by zackaria@newstoday.com.sg SOME call it an assertion of a democratic right. Others are filled with indignation and perceive it as disrespectful to the Prime Minister. Whatever it is, the Association of Muslim Professionals' public rejection of Prime Minister Goh Chok
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      Lock icon No answers, so crew member's family accepts SilkAir offer
      412 1  -  Elaine Quek by elaine@newstoday.com.sg AFTER three years of waiting for the truth, the family of MI185's leading air stewardess Ho Soo Phong has finally accepted Silk Air's compensation offer of $200,000. Their hopes have been dashed by the Indonesian investigation report
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  • HOT NEWS
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      Bollywood potboiler
      362 2 Actor quizzed on links with mafia and conspiracy to harm fellow star MUMBAI A police probe into links between the Indian underworld and Bollywood took a shocking twist when one of India's top movie stars, Salman Khan (right), was grilled for six hours by the Mumbai police. Apart
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      Lock icon Less stress in Indonesia – guess why
      254 2 Less stress in Indonesia guess why -AFP STRESS levels are down in Indonesia for a strange reason. The biggest pessimists have already left the country, according to a survey conducted by Hong Kong-based Political and Economic Risk Consultancy (Perc). In the rest of Asia though, stress levels were expected to
      -AFP  -  254 words
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      Lock icon Big plans for neuroscience
      122 2 -CNA LEFT to focus on complex cases, the National Neuroscience Institute could flourish into Asia's top centre for the neurosciences. That's what its new director Professor Simon Shorvon, hopes to do here. He said the less serious cases should be sent to hospitals to manage. Professor
      -CNA  -  122 words
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      Lock icon Malaysia marine police bust Straits pirates
      217 2 -AFP KUALA LUMPUR A gang of pirates preying on seafarers was busted yesterday with the arrest of 10 Indonesians in the Straits of Malacca. Marine Police chief Muhamad Muda said the suspects, aged between 20 and 39, were arrested in the Straits last Thursday
      -AFP  -  217 words
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      Lock icon S'pore banks are rupiah punters — Gus Dur
      304 3 S'pore banks are rupiah punters Gus Dur Reuters Spoke to SM Lee about stopping speculation in his currency BANGKOK Indonesian President Abdurrahman Wahid (left) said he had spoken to Singapore Senior Minister Lew Kuan Yew about stopping commercial banks in the island state speculating in the beleaguered rupiah. But Mr
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    • Article
      No to flexi-work arrangements
      277 3 MOST companies in Singapore are still unwilling to implement flexible work arrangements. The Manpower Ministry revealed this recently, after conducting a survey of 3,000 private sector establishments with at least 25 employees, reports the latest edition of NTUC News. It found that only three per cent
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      Jobless rate expected to fall in 2001
      145 3 THE Singapore Government expects the jobless rate to fall further next year, except in the manufacturing sector. Manpower Minister Dr Lee Boon Yang said the manufacturing sector will still shed workers due to structural unemployment. Speaking at a community function at Jalan Besar
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    • Article
      Money talks
      480 4  -  Ng Hwee Koon Government salaries voted hottest topic of the year by. hweekoon@newstoday.com.sg REMEMBER that Talking Point episode when Mr David Lim, Minister of State for Defence and the Ministry of Information and the Arts, was questioned about his pay? Mr Prithpal Singh from Bukit Timah wanted to
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      Lock icon Samba thrills at Sentosa
      60 4 A BRAZILIAN samba dancer thrills an enthusiastic crowd at Sentosa yesterday at the quarterfinals of the Beach Volleyball Championships 2000, organised by SportsCity. MediaCorp Studios artistes Robin Leong, Ix Shen, and Tracer Wong, and guest Wendy Jacobs defeated the team of deejays comprising Rod Monteiro, Vernetta
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    • Article
      Money stolen
      103 4 IT is not a place where people normally keep money. Nor is it a place where a thief would normally hit. But two Bangladeshi workers lost more than $2,000 when thieves hit their workplace a rubbish collection centre beside Blk 220 Yishun St 21. The workers had hidden
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      Lock icon Boat people confusion off Australia
      310 4 -AFP SYDNEY Authorities were scrambling yesterday to find out if two boatloads of illegal immigrants intercepted off the Australian coast were the same vessels feared sunk in stormy weather last week. A spokeswoman for Immigration Minister Philip Ruddock said one of the Indonesian fishing boats,
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      27 3 Merry Chri4itMa4f Special thanks to all our partners, corporate clients and job seekers for your continuous support Asia Pacific No. 1 Job Site JobsDB.com Interactive Recruitment Network
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  • Page 4 Miscellaneous
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      93 4 READ 0N... No need for human rights commission Reader says judiciary can deal with grouses/6 Come party with Karen The first of MediaCorp's big-name concerts/7 Try tearing this note Polymer's the choice for printing banknotes/9 Gloomy year-end Greenspan holds the only hope for a Christmas rally/10 Iraqi dole for Palestinians
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  • HOME NEWS
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      No need for human rights commision
      690 6 Judiciary can deal with grouses I REFER to the two letters in the Dec 16 edition of TODAY on happenings at the Speakers' Corner last weekend. First, I would like to thank Mr Phillip Mah from the Singapore Police Force for laying ou clearly
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    • Article
      No need to get personal
      394 6 I am not particularly interested in politics, and am not affiliated to or against any particular party. With this as a start, may I comment that, even at the whisper of an impending election, some readers should feel that it is already "open season" to
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      No need for ISA anymore
      176 6 I REFER to a letter in TODAY on abolishing the ISA. It is interesting to note that people were chagrined over the opposition's proposal to rescind the ISA without appreciating the actual origins and clauses of the act. The Act is comparable to the English
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    • Article
      Human rights for SQ pilots?
      116 6 THE fact that Chief Prosecutor of Taoyuan, Mr Song Kuo Yeh, did not not keep his promise to release the three SIA pilots on Dec 15 is detrimental to its public image and honour. If Taiwan really meant to uphold human rights on Dec 10
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      Lock icon Come party with Karen
      243 7 The first of MediaCorp's big-name concerts Today photo by MEDIACORP is adding "live" concerts to its stable of entertainment products. And the first on its list of big name concerts here is Hongkong's Karen Mok, who hit the headlines two months ago when she wore almost
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    • Article
      Punch-up in plane
      161 7 TWO Russian men found themselves in the Subordinate Courts on Saturday for fighting on a plane while it was still on the runway. Russian businessmen Gusevskoy Valery and Kondorev Alexandra were charged with fighting in a public area. The court heard that on Thursday night, while both
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  • BUSINESS NEWS
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      Lock icon Try tearing this $ note
      425 9 Try tearing this note -AFP Polymer's the choice for printing banknotes SYDNEY Cotton-based paper banknotes are increasingly being dumped, particularly in Asia, and replaced by a polymer version. The new notes, developed in Australia, are revolutionising the way countries produce their currency, proving more cost effective, durable, clean and secure.
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      Lock icon India rejects three Air India bids
      261 9 Bloomberg News NEW DELHI India rejected three bidders for Air India for failing to meet the required net worth of 10 billion rupees (Ss39l million), the government said in a statement, without naming the disqualified parties. The bidders include India's Tata group and Singapore
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      Tiny, tiny phone
      76 9 ALCOM Electronics Pte Ltd has introduced its TDT-3000, which it describes as the smallest phone that follows the European Digital Enhanced Cordless Telecommunications (DECT) standard for residential cordless telephones. Caller-ID memory for up to 20 calls, automatic call answer, a handsfree function with earphone, menu-based navigation, and
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      325 9 Personal finance with Today Fund managers: Are they behaving like the furry lemmings? .>■.— L A- >■ j>*-*-WHAT are lemmings? They are cute furry little each simply following the guys in front and trying The Mighty Nine: Our Asia Regional Fund critters that live in communities. They are most not
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  • MARKET NEWS
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      Gloomy year-end
      726 10 Greenspan holds the only hope for a Christmas rally THE market gave up all its gains chalked up during the first three trading days of the week. It closed at 1,948 points on the STI, down a modest 12 points. On Wednesday, the STI closed at 2,013 points,
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      Market confidence worsened by corporate issues
      595 10 KUALA LUMPUR Selling pressure, particularly from foreign institutions, forced the Malaysia stockmarket lower last week, as the Kuala Lumpur Composite Index shed 33.1 points or 4.5 per cent during the week. Morgan Stanley Capital International (MSCI) did announce its decision to move towards freefloat
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  • WORLD NEWS
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      Lock icon Train crash in Japan
      41 11 Railroad workers inspect the scene where two trains from the Keifuku Electric Railway collided in Matsuoka, Fukui Prefecture. The train crash, involving two one-carriaee trains, left one train driver dead and injured another 26 veovle. AFP PHOTO
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      Lock icon Tornado havoc
      426 11 Reuters Worst rampage in 70 years kills 10 MIAMI Alabama's worst tornado in 70 years ripped through the outskirts of the city of Tuscaloosa on Saturday, crushing mobile homes, damaging other houses and uprooting trees and power lines, leaving at least 10 people dead, 31 injured and two
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      Lock icon Send to madhouse for trying to set up worker's union
      219 11 -AFP BEIJING Workers at a Chinese silk factory are demanding the release of a rights advocate who has been interned in a psychiatric hospital for trying to set up a union to fight for unpaid wages, a New York-based labour
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      Lock icon Yet another Chernobyl fallout affects thousands of homes too
      279 11 -AFP SLAVUTICH, Ukraine Andriy Savin has no idea yet how he will survive in the future: the 46--year-old Chernobyl engineer stands to lose his job after the final closure of the ill-fated nuclear power plant. But he is determined not to
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      Boxer critical after brain operation
      137 11 SHEFFIELD British boxer Paul Ingle is critically ill after undergoing a two-an-a-half-hour operation to remove a blood clot from his brain. The boxer collapsed during his International Boxing Federation featherweight title fight with South Africa's Mbulelo Botile at the Sheffield Arena on Saturday night, reported
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      Iraqi dole for Palestinians
      482 12 Saddam cultivating Palestinian support ABU KASH, West Bank A winter cap pulled down to his brow, a look of profound grief on his face, Adnan Bayatneh stepped out into the cold to welcome his visitors. Only days before, the Palestinian waiter's son, Ramzi, was killed in
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      Lock icon Runs in the family: Tiger kills drunkard in Calcutta zoo
      159 12 -AFP CALCUTTA A drunken man who jumped a zoo fence and swam across a moat to fight a tiger was mauled to death by the animal in the eastern Indian city of Calcutta, an official said yesterday. "Witnessess said the
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      New migration wave: Malaysian VCD pirates
      272 12 KUALA LUMPUR The Government's Optical Disk Act 2000 introduced recently, much dreaded by the illegal VCD producers, has apparently prompted these Malaysian pirates to "emigrate", reported Malaysia's Business Times. They are moving into at least two neighbouring countries where labour and production costs are
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      Lock icon Jupiter looking a little blue
      25 12 Telescope. AFP photo Picture of planet Jupiter, one and a half billion miles away seen through the NASA Hubble Space
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      Lock icon Chalk another one for Bush
      170 12 -AFP WASHINGTON Time magazine named US President-elect Mr George W. Bush its Person of the Year yesterday. "For a proud son of a one-term President could there be a more humbling path to power than this?" Time asks in its opening paragraph, in reference to
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      Lock icon Powell wants 'son of star wars'
      359 14 Agencies Bush advisers to consult Britain on deployment of missiles TEXAS After his nomination as Secretary of State by US Presidentelect George W Bush, retired General Colin Powell has signified that the new administration will have the controversial missile defence programme as part of
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      Lock icon Women outshine China businessmen
      102 14 Reuters WOMEN entrepreneurs in China appear to be more successful than men, the results of an official Chinese survey show. In an economy drowning in red ink, only 1.5 per cent of 1.5 million enterprises run by women are losing money, according to the survey conducted
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      Lock icon Bizarre? Gore still has a chance
      293 14 -AFP WASHINGTON Believe it or not, it may still be premature to call George W. Bush the President-elect of the United States of America. Al Gore won the popular vote by 337,000 votes, but (apparently) lost the Presidency due to a quirk of the
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      Lock icon Tigers say 'no' to Norwegian peace plan
      159 14 -AFP COLOMBO Sri Lanka's Tamil Tiger rebels ruled out entering Norwegian-backed peace-talks until the government declares a ceasefire as attacks mounted o both sides, officials said yesterday. In a statement sent from their London office, the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) insisted
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      Lock icon Bomb attack: Briton loses his eye
      142 14 Reuters RIYADH A Briton injured by the latest bomb attack on British citizens in Saudi Arabia has lost sight in one eye, a British embassy spokeswoman confirmed yesterday. "I believe that is correct," said press officer Cecille El Beleidi, when asked about reports that
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      Lock icon Israel braced for war with Syria
      628 15 Fears that Syrian-backed Hezbollah may launch attacks across the border TEL AVTV The fate of peace in the Middle East may pivot on events in the next two months, which will be gruelling for Israeli prime minister Ehud Barak. While desperately trying to secure
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      Lock icon Man jailed two and a half years for selling dinosaur eggs
      195 15 -AFP BEIJING A man has been sentenced to two and a half years in prison and fined 3,000 yuan (*****) for selling dinosaur eggs discovered in China, state media said yesterday. Police arrested He Wenjun after they found him
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      Lock icon Manhunt for murderer in family massacre
      259 15 -AFP BACOLOD Six members of a wealthy family and two maids were found hacked and shot to death yesterday in this central Philippine city, police said. The bodies of Carlos Rivilla, 77, his wife, Florenda, 76, their son Benrico, three grandsons and two houseworkers
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      Lock icon Bashing spree: Japanese teen held
      147 15 -AFP TOKYO Japanese police arrested a 17-year-old boy for indiscriminately bashing strollers in Tokyo with a baseball bat. The high-school student, whose name is being withheld, was arrested on Saturday after he went on a spree, injuring eight people in Tokyo's Shibuya entertainment district After
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      Postal strike blues
      563 16  -  Shanoo Maharaj Lives of ordinary Indians grind to a standstill in 12-day-old strike by. in New Delhi DHANRAJO Devi, a mother of five, visited the local post office in Bihar last week to collect the monthlymoney order from her husband who works in Uttar Pradesh. The money
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      Lock icon Monkey's Forest poser for Bangkok
      137 16 -AFP BANGKOK A row has broken out among scholars over the Thai word that describes the capital, Bangkok. "The Thai word krungthep does not mean City of Angels, as commonly understood, but actually Monkey's Forest," leading Tamil linguistics scholar G. Deivanayagam was reported as saying
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      Lock icon Rome students protest Haider visit
      69 16 -AFP photo. About 5,000 students in Rome are taking to the streets to protest the visit of Austria's controversial fartight leader Joerg Haider on Saturday. Haider had a private audience with Pope John Paul II and will present the Pope with a Christmas tree from
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      Lock icon Aceh residents in fear of killings
      121 16 -AFP BANDA ACEH Fear has gripped local residents of this Indonesian province with a spate of killings before the visit of President Abdurrahaman Wahid. Residents said they are afraid with the increasing number of people killed, especially as the province prepares for Mr Abdurrahman's
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      Lock icon Bashing spree: Japanese teenager held
      164 16 AFP TOKYO Japanese police arrested a 17-year-old boy for indiscriminately bashing strollers in Tokyo with a basebail bat. This is the latest in a series of frightening youth crimes, the police said yesterday. The high-school student, whose name is being withheld, was arrested on Saturday
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  • COMMENTARY
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      A question of past and present
      1280 17  -  Michael DeGolyer The gap between the ruler and ruled is wider in Hong Kong now than before 1997, and the people don't seem to like it by. in Hong Kong SINGAPORE'S Senior Minister Lee Kuan Yew certainly knows how to make a splash. His
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  • SHOWCASE
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      Amahl and the spirit of Christmas
      727 19  -  Rosalind Png Compiled by rosalind@newstoday.com.sg Amahl The Night Visitors, The Musical (right) Today till Dec 22 7.30 pm and 9 pm Chijmes Hall An inspiring story on the true meaning of Christmas. The musical was written in 1951 and televised nationwide on NBC's Hallmark
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      935 20 2 .m f r 10.00 The Challenger (Ep. 10/20) father is upset when Murni mi 11.00 Good Morning! General! returns without Zaki. V^T (Ep.2/43) 5.30 Senario Maha Guru m^d Noon Entertainment Beat 6.00 Serangga k£i 12.30pm Love Match 6.30 Sajian Sen Ramadan l J& 6.00am Simply Baking 1.00 Mid Day
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      916 21 (Noon Maximum Dimension ON CABLE ON RADIO 12.30pm School Holidays Special AXN (Ch 19) Hll m Disney's Animal Kingdom The North Face Expeditions Presenter: Jean Danker The First Adventure 9pm A music dedication programme 1.30 Pip the Appleseed Knight Renowned international pop star where your presenter will spin 2.00 The
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      1175 22 &k GV YISHUN Unbreakable: 12.20pm, 1.40,2.30, W^ yy 102 Dalmatians: 11.35am, 4.45pm 3.55,4.10.4.45,6.10, 7,8.30, 9,9.30 JURONG Vv^^L M Charlie's Angels: 2.35pm, 7.10,9.20 102 Dalmatians: 11.30am, 1.30pm, 1 Linle Nick >': noon 12.50pm, 2.10, 3, GV MARINA 3.30, 7.15 4.20, 5.10, 6.40, 7.20, 8.45, 9.30 102 Dalmatians: noon, 2.20pm, 4.40, Charlie's
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  • RELAX
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      Lock icon Father's famous, and now the Sun
      384 23  -  Hazel Tan Son of 70s movies king of romance prefers to kick butt by. hazel@newstoday.com.sg LIKE father, like son? Not in the case of Richard Sun. There is little resemblance between him and his famous father, Taiwanese actor Chin Han, the king of movies
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      Lock icon Dr Fraud's couch
      623 24  -  Dr Sigmund Fraud On the couch this week: Najip Ali b y drfraud@newstoday.cora.sg HIS hands are full and there's much weighing on his mind right now. But, in my learned opinion, Mr Najip Ali has only one preoccupation a singular, metaphorical bee buzzing around his head that
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      Bruce says he's going solo
      150 25 BELIEVE it or not, Bruce Willis is staying away from women for a year. Now that he's divorced from actress wife Demi Moore and has dumped Spanish beauty Maria Bravo, he's decided to fly solo for the next 12 months. "I've been in and out
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      She's no angel
      228 25 DID Meg Ryan plot and lie just to get her man? Yes, according to The National Enquirer, who quoted sources as saying that Ryan (right) used a well-orchestrat-ed game plan to ensnare Russell Crowe after going gaga when a friend showed her footage from his Gladiator epic.
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      Down ... not out
      503 26  - Down not out Lee Ching Wen The Down Syndrome Association of Singapore has cause to celebrate! by. THEY are no different from other children. They laugh excitedly when they are happy and burst into tears when they are sad. And, these special children who are Down Syndrome sufferers, shower their
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      Catch these shows by the Tree at the park!
      181 26 18 Dec, Monday 8:00 B:3opm Just-Us (A capella group) 9:00 9:3opm Just-Us (A capella group) 19 Dec, Tuesday 7:00 7:3opm NTU Chinese Orchestra 8:00 B:3opm Principal Singers (ACS) (A capella) 20 Dec, Wednesday 8:00 B:3opm NTU Chinese Society (Folk Dance and
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      Pitching Perfect 10
      619 27  -  Junie Ong Musical chairs on top pop station by. www.eastciti.com.sg THERE'S Glenn and Rod in the morning, Carrie to have lunch with, Jean for company on the drive home and Daniel to bring on the dreams at night. What's with the deejay swapping over at Perfect 10?
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      Mystery of the monkey's brain
      1123 28  -  Yap Yok Foo SHARED MEMORIES SHARED MEMORIES is a look back at history that bonds Malaysia and Singapore. The series, running every Monday, will examine the common trials and tribulations that our countries shared on the rocky road to independence. It will re-live the history
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      877 29 Ed Your weekly forecast t°davart to mN YOKE Q*& i?L^ CAPRICORN |K/ TAURUS J^JjC/jfe* VIRGO VkJf^^y (Dec 2-Jan 19) V^\^^Jr^ (Apr 19-May 19) (Aug 21-Sep 21) TV Tost Capricorns have an innate understand- "Wbu're sure of both the people and the circum- TTaving faced difficult facts and talked over senlYXing
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      240 30 jrffl^^^d^|ff f Today readers let their hair down and boogie the J H LI I night away at thank you party j by David Ngiau afro-headed pint-sized, who belted out the endur■ta—^^h*^ david@newstoday.com.sg i ng Gloria Gaynor classic I Will Survive, showing off her vocal cords. I "C^R the many
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  • SPORTS
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      Lock icon These Kings can do it
      784 32 Webber can lead Sacramento to new highs NBA SACRAMENTO The real insight gained from the new Sacramento Kings came at the FleetCenter against the Boston Celtics, with a challenge greater than the game itself. The test of wills. The ICings had a two-game losing streak
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      Lock icon Cavs earn respect
      492 33 Surprise team maintains its winning streak by defeating Jazz NBA Cleveland 99 Utah 92 CLEVELAND The unheralded Cleveland Cavaliers hustled its way to a sixth straight victory on Saturday, reported ESPN.com. With Andre Miller scoring 22 points and Clarence Weatherspoon getting 15 points and 12 rebounds, the
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      Lock icon Australia-West Indies Test on a knife edge
      312 33 -AFP ADELAIDE The crucial third cricket Test between Australia and the West Indies is precariously poised after a see-saw third day at the Adelaide Oval yesterday. The Windies came back in the final session to snatch four wickets, leaving Australia with 403 for
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      Twin Towers beat Suns
      156 33 SAN ANTONIO Big men David Robinson and Tim Duncan finally got some revenge against the Phoenix Suns, reported NBA.com. San Antonio's 'Twin Towers' combined for 35 points and 15 rebounds as the Spurs avenged a pair of early season losses and last season's first-round playoff ousting
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      Lock icon Venables waves his magic wand
      360 34 EITel leads Middlesbrough to victory over Chelsea in first match English Premiership Middlesbrough 1 Chelsea 0 TEESIDE "Have you got the bottle for the battle?", asks Terry Venables in an advertising campaign designed to offload some of Middlesbrough's unsold season tickets. On this evidence, anyone
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      Lock icon Di Canio amazes with his sportsmanship
      386 34 -AFP Everton 1 West Ham 1 LONDON Professional footballers are often accused of no longer possessing a sense of sportsmanship, but Paolo di Canio (right) proved that winning is not quite everything on Saturday. The volatile Italian wrecked West Ham's last gasp victory bid
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      Keep your head, Spurs skipper tells players
      213 35 LONDON Sol Campbell will warn his Tottenham players to adopt a policy of "controlled madness" when they come face-to-face with bitter rival Arsenal. The Spurs skipper knows how easy it is for tempers to spill over in a north London derby, The Mirror
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      Lock icon No room for slip-ups
      594 35 Gunners must be at their best from now on English Premier League Tottenham v Arsenal LONDON Arsene Wenger has warned his players that Christmas is already over at Highbury and that the hard work is just about to begin. The Gunners boss gave his players a
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      Lock icon Catch the liars
      487 36 Cricket needs to clean muddy image by Nikunj Malik In Delhi SO, how does one make a good liar? More important, how does one catch a good liar? There is, of course, the nose theory one in the annals of fairy tales, where Pinocchio's olfactory organ grows
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      India's tour to Pakistan called off
      153 36 DELHI India's winter tour of Pakistan has been officially called off because of New Delhi's refusal to permit it to come, the Pakistan Cricket Board chief said. India was scheduled to arrive on December 26 for three Tests and five one-day internationals. But, the
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      Lock icon Bosman ruling reversed for Under-23s
      361 36 -AFP LONDON The European Commission (EC) has agreed to reverse the Bosman Ruling for all players up to the age of 23 as part of a series of wide-rang-ing proposals, according to English newspaper Sunday Business. The EC and world football's governing body Fifa have
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      Lock icon Real rises to the top
      523 37 European champion bounces back Spanish League Espanyol 1 Real Madrid 2 MADRID Real Madrid went top of the Spanish first division for the first time in two months after goals from Fernando Morientes and Luis Figo gave it a hard-fought 2-1 away win at Espanyol.
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      Lock icon Napoli crawls up the table
      158 37 Reuters Italian League ROME Struggling Napoli thrashed bottom club Reggina 6-2 on Saturday to move out of the relegation zone in the Italian first division for the first time this year. The former champion, back in the top flight after two years in Serie B,
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      Lock icon Wayward skill
      789 38  -  S. Gulam Masrezwan is in hot water with national selectors for missing physiotherapy sessions. What's up with the youngster? by. gulam@newstoday.com.sg WHAT'S wrong with one of Singapore's best young talents? Why is he behaving so waywardly? Is he or is he not interested in playing for the national
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      311 38 Asian Omega Hong Kong Open HONG KONG England's Simon Dyson fired a final round seven-under-par 64 to record a brilliant victory in the US$5OO,OOO (*****,000) Omega Hong Kong Open yesterday at the Hong Kong Golf Club. An unstoppable Dyson produced a vintage
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      Lock icon Hiddink's there to take charge
      84 38 -AFP SEOUL Former Holland coach Guus Hiddink has arrivee to take charge of South Korea's 2002 World Cup campaign. Hiddink, 54, is expected to sign a contract before watching this week's friendly between South Korea and Japan, the two World Cup hosts, in Tokyo. He
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      What price for this Sol?
      603 39  -  Harry Harris Today Exclusive Arsenal, Chelsea and Man U join chase to pay Campbell $256,000 per week LONDON England vice-captain and Spurs skipper Sol Campbell will become the first £100,000-per-week ($256,000) player in world football. On Jan 1, the bidding begins legitimately to turn Campbell
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        263 40 -AFP Man United 0 Liverpool 1 OLD TRAFFORD Liverpool boss Gerard Houllier saw his side end Manchester United's two-year unbeaten home record in the English Premiership, and then insisted it is still some way behind the champion. Danny Murphy brought United's 36-game run to a halt when he
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