Today, 17 August 2001, Afternoon Edition

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    7 1 TODAY Fnd&V August 17, 2001 MITA(P) 138/11CM0
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  • AFTERNOON EDITION
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      Medi-cheer
      388 1 Casemix may allow patients to withdraw more from Medisave MEDISAVE is currently a one-size-fits-al! system. When someone falls ill, there is a limit of $300 per day for any medical condition. Casemix could change this, said Senior Parliamentary Secretary (Prime Minister's Office and Health Ministry) Mr Chan Soo Sen
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      Lock icon Studios form joint Internet film service
      233 1 Reuters LOS ANGELES In Hollywood's biggest move yet to zap movies digitally to viewers through the Web, five major film studios yesterday announced a joint on-demand movie service that will offer old and new releases for broadband Internet users in the US. The studios
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      Lock icon Stocks gain
      77 1 AFP NEW YORK Stocks clawed their way back from an early slide to post modest gains yesterday as investors rushed in to scoop up beaten-down shares, but analysts said the outlook was clouded by economic uncertainty. The Dow Jones industrials rose 46.57 points (0.45 per cent) to close
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  • HOT NEWS
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      Handphones are safe: IDA
      389 2  -  Zackaria Abdul Rahim Radiation emitted will not cause cancer by z a ckar j a@newstoday. com. sg THE word is out: Your handphones are safe regardless of which model or telco you use, however far or close you are to a base station. The radiation emitted
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      High-living drug pusher nabbed
      147 2  -  Skazalina Salim CENTRAL Narcotics Bureau (CNB) officers, acting on a tipoff, arrested a 38-year-old drug pusher and some of his customers on Wednesday afternoon in an ambush. The unemployed man, who drove a flashy white BMW sports car and operated out of hotels, was spotted with
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      Admin error gave DBS boss Harvard PhD
      317 2 WHEN it rains, it pours. DBS Group Holdings has been taking a beating for a long time now. It started when it closed a number of POSBank branches and imposed a $2 service charge if an account holder fails to keep a minimum
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    • Article
      'Bullets in the mail' extortionist charged
      140 2 ONE of three Malaysian suspects was charged with attempted extortion of a Singaporean businessman yesterday. Yap Kok Foy, 47, and two others are said to have sent an envelope containing two bullets and a tape to Mr Bernard Ngiam, 41, executive director of IPC
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      Lock icon NTUC Tower to join CBD skyline in 2004
      160 2  -  Audm Lint Today photo by COME 2004, the junction of Raffles Quay and Marina Boulevard will see the rise of a new workers' icon: the 32-storey NTUC Tower. The $400 million project will house the NTUC headquarters as well as public and
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      Lock icon Tycoon in trouble
      374 3 HK'sTung Chee Hwa did not discuss artistes' assault with police HONG KONG Police have clarified that Chief Executive Tung Cbee Hwa did not discuss the assault of artistes Eric Tsang and Spencer Leung with Police Commissioner Tsang Yam-pui. Referring to a local report, which said Mr Tung
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      Lock icon Four Malaysian suspects arrested for bombings in Indonesia
      199 3 AFP KUALA LUMPUR Reports that four Muslim Malaysians are suspected of involvement in a series of bombings in Indonesia have sparked concerns of growing Islamic militancy. Jakarta police said they had identified three more Malaysian suspects believed to be responsible for the
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    • Article
      Think Centre pulls the plug on online group
      185 3  -  Lee Ching Wern A POLITICAL think-tank in Singapore has decided to close its online discussion group to protest against a new law on Internet election advertising. Think Centre announced yesterday that it was discontinuing its Speakers' Corner Online, a wellknown feature on
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      Informatics in tie-up
      191 3  -  Zackaria Abdul Rahim THE University of California Berkeley Extension had been looking for a presence in the Asia Pacific region. Its search came to an end last year when it met up with local public-listed Informatics, an international provider of Lifelong learning services. Its director of International
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    • Article
      Five teens charged in stab and slash case
      117 4 POLICE have arrested five teenagers who are believed to have attacked a 16-year-old student in Ang Mo Kio on Wednesday. The suspects, aged between 17 and 19, were armed with a knife and three choppers. They stabbed their victim in the stomach
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    • Article
      SMS phone deal for deaf
      149 4 MEMBERS of the hearingimpaired community can now subscribe to SingTel Mobile at $8 per month, instead of the normal $28 Classic 100 plan. Currently, there are 5,500 registered members with the Singapore Association for the Deaf {SADeaf). As part of the package, subscribers can send
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    • Article
      Save Swiss!
      360 4  -  Leong Phei Phei The cry of Swiss Cottage Primary's ex-students by ph eiphe i newstoday. com. sg School mergers and closures seem almost de rigeur these days, so much so that nobody raises an eyebrow when it happens. But former students of one particular school have decided to
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    • Article, Illustration
      Lock icon Creativity and academia behind bars
      216 4  -  Lee Ching Wern AT Kald Bukit Prison School, prisoners attend classes daily and mug for important examinations like their 'A' and '0' levels. This gives them a shot at better career opportunities upon their release. "This place provides me with the hope to carry on
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  • Page 4 Miscellaneous
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      63 4 Today If 24 Meet the doctor who chooses to paint toys and teddy bears RAVELLER 25 Indulge in glorious shopping and eating in Hong Kong f 26 Toys on the fast lane Interiors 27 Tips for a cosy home InOnemas 28 1 Chicken Rice War goes to Toronto rr 29
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  • LETTERS
    • Article
      Sad tale of Chek Jawa
      540 6  -  Tan Choon Ming Don't we want to keep this wetland for our children? I AM writing to express my discontent over landfill works that are scheduled to proceed within the next few months at Tanjong Chek Jawa, Pulau Übin. In Singapore, any piece of ground
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      Link to NS is sexist
      216 6  -  To m Ong I REFER to the letter "Women equal and yet weaker" (Today, Aug 15), where the writer was perturbed at the different treatment women and men get in sex-related court cases. The men face a penalty, while the women get away scot-free. However,
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      Thank you, Singapore
      141 6  -  Fariba Reza Safarcki WE would like to share a heartwarming story of Singaporean hospitality and kindness. Our nine-year-old son who doesn't speak English was accidently left on bus No 30 at about 6.30pm on Tuesday. And a kind-hearted lady went out of her way by taking two
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      Lock icon Tunnel charity walk
      607 7  -  Shazalina Salim Do your bit for the needy and enjoy your once-in-a-lifetime experience by shazalin a@news tod ay. com. sg DARK, dingy, with poor ventilation that's how most people imagine MRT tunnels to be. But that's not going to be the case as those who take up
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  • HOME NEWS
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      Bomb under the boss' seat?
      131 9  -  —Jose Raymond IF you receive a telephone call and the person at the other end says that there is a bomb placed under the boss' seat, would you laugh it off as yet another bomb hoax? Airport security experts say that is the last thing
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      Depressed, so she went shoplifting
      68 9  -  Pearlyn Tham A WOMAN, depressed when her son cancelled Mother's Day lunch with her, went on a shoplifting spree, a court heard yesterday. Mak Yin Heng, 46, who had five previous theft convictions, was jailed six months for stealing an $89 T-shirt from a Lacoste
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      Cutting blood test costs
      263 9  -  Lee U-Wen by uwen@news tod ay. com. sg WHEN Ms Athi Lachai May, (ablove) a nursing officer at Alexandra Hospital, examined her patients' blood culture results in the laboratory, she was alarmed when the tests showed a growing rate of contamination. This resulted in patients receiving
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  • BUSINESS NEWS
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      Poor property auction sale
      365 10  -  Ivay Tan Buyers waiting for bargain basement prices by ivay@newstoday.com.sg MORE properties have been put under the hammer as the economic downturn worsens, but buyers are not biting. Yesterday's Knight Frank auction at a local hotel saw a full capacity crowd, but they were there more
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      Lock icon F & N to buy back up to 5% of shares
      323 10 F N to buy back up to 5% of shares Bloomberg FRASER Neave will begin buying back as much as 14.9 million shares, or about five per cent of its stock, over the next six to seven months. In a statement to the Singapore Exchange, the company said this is
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    • $ Market Watch
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        SGX's $49 million profit
        62 10 THE Singapore Exchange Ltd, which runs the country's derivatives and securities market, said profit for the year ended June 30 was $49 million. Earnings per share were 6.46 cents, down from 14.22 cents the year before. Singapore Exchange was created in December 1999 by a merger
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        Datacraft Asia's profit up 40%
        35 10 DATACRAFT Asia has achieved a 40 per cent increase in fiscal 2001 profit to $44.2 million. The company is a unit of Dimension Data Holdings, South Africa's biggest computer-servic-es company.
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        Cyber Village launches IPD
        94 10 CYBER Village Holdings, a Malaysia-based Internet-business consulting company, yesterday launched its IPO of 16.16 million shares at 21 cents each. A total of 15.76 million shares will be sold to large investors. The public can buy 400,000 shares, "The proceeds from the sale will be used
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        Achieva's profit dips 2 per cent
        140 10 ACHIEVA Limited has suffered a two per cent drop in net profit to $3.82 million for the six months ended June 2001. This came despite a 51per cent rise in turnover to about $160.55 million. The profit fall was due to higher research and
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      Taiwanese companies invest in Hong Lai Huat
      194 12  -  Chan Chao Peh by ch aopeh@newsloday.com. sg TWO Taiwanese companies have bought a 10 per cent stake worth $4,66 million in construction company Hong Lai Huat. The two companies Yu Tai Industrial Corporation and Chiloo Industries, are both subsidiaries of Taiwan's Central Investment
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      Supachai's WTO rounds
      277 12 He will become new chief next September BANGKOK Mr Supachai Panitchpakdi (picture) is mobilising different groups to ensure the World Trade Organisation (WTO) produces results. In retrospect, the former deputy prime minister said it was a stroke of luck that he got the WTO's top job, even
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      Lock icon Hope for US Q4 growth?
      185 12 -AFP NEW YORK US Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill said yesterday that the US economy was on the threshold of recovery, holding out hope for higher rates of real growth in the fourth quarter. Real economic growth had been bouncing around close to his expectations of
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      Lock icon Manufacturing sales fall
      105 12 Channel NewsAsia MALAYSIA'S manufacturing sales fell 9.7 per cent in June. That makes it the fourth consecutive month of decline, in the wake of sagging global demand for the country's exports of electronic goods and components. Electronics comprise almost 60 per cent of Malaysia's exports and over
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      Prudential launches first credit card
      173 12 PRUDENTIAL and Standard Chartered Bank yesterday launched the first and only credit card in Singapore that allows life insurance premiums to be paid from reward points earned on the card. Called the PruCard, it will replace the Prudential Dreams Card, a loyalty card that offers
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      Lock icon Joint bid for power plant
      315 14 Bloomberg SembCorp to team up with foreign partner SEMBCORP Industries said it is teaming up with an international power company to bid for one of three state-owned power plants that Singapore is selling. "We have already identified the partner. It's a global company in the
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      Lock icon Quantas' profits slashed
      83 14 AFP SYDNEY A weak Australian dollar, coupled with rising fuel costs, slashed the profits generated by Qantas Airways by more than 20 per cent last financial year. Australia's biggest carrier posted a pre-tax profit of A5597.1 million ($549.39 million) in the 12 months to June 30, down
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      Lock icon Mercedes sales in SEA to fall?
      179 14 Channel NewsAsia DAIMLERCHRYSLER expects sales of its Mercedes-Ben*: cars in Southeast Asia and Taiwan to fall about five per cent below its sales targets. But for Singapore, the German automaker says the sales volume is expected to remain the same as last year's 3,500
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    • Market news
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        Singapore
        189 14 THE poor corporate results from Singapore companies had many buyers sidelined. The STI index finished 10.59 points down at 1634,10 on two losers for every gainer while 337 counters were unchanged. Turnover was 238 million shares valued $385 million.. Topping the actives was Pacific Century, which rose three cents
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        Malaysia
        97 14 THE Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange was among the most resilient vis-auis the regional bourses, which had suffered a major sell-down following the weaker US markets overnight. The Kuala Lumpur Composite Index (KLCI) ended down 1.1 points to 655.15. The overall market tone was mixed, with 269 gainers against 289
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  • WORLD NEWS
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      Lock icon Mega firm on national unity
      408 16 Agencies President offers olive branch to Aceh, Irian Jaya JAKARTA True to her nationalist sentiments, Indonesia's President yesterday told Aceh and Irian Jaya that they would not be allowed to break away. In a lengthy speech marking the anniversary of independence from Dutch colonial rule
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      Lock icon Tommy's role 'not proven'
      153 16 Agencies JAKARTA Indentifying the bullets which killed a judge who sentenced former president Suharto's son to jail does not prove that Hutomo "Tommy" Mandala Putra ordered the shooting, a lawyer said yesterday. "The evidence is too weak," Tommy's lawyer Nudirman Munir said. "The bullets could have
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      Lock icon S Koreans to face music after festival
      181 16 AFP SEOUL Criminal charges await a South Korean delegation upon its return home after visiting Pyongyang for a political festival, reports said yesterday. More than 100 members of the 337-man delegation attended a reunification festival on Wednesday in Pyongyang at which North Korean
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      Lock icon New hope for heart patients
      96 16 Reuters LONDON There's a simple and new treatment for heart disease victims. And it costs £1 ($2.50) a day. The treatment, being trumpeted by British doctors, involves a dose of aspirin and a drug called clopidogrel, which is already licensed as an alternative to cut
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      Lock icon Army training helps
      151 16 -AFP SYDNEY Some former People's Liberation Army soldiers have given a new meaning to the training received in the Chinese army. According to The Daily Telegraph, the trained soldiers have been roped in by a Chinese crime syndicate in Sydney to invoke fear in the local Chinese
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      Lock icon Something's out there
      101 16 Reuters WASHINGTON Astronomers have discovered a planetary system with two planets centred around a star that is similar to the sun in chemical composition, the Washington Post reported yesterday. The astronomers say the circular paths and sizes of the two planets hint at the presence of smaller,
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      Lock icon Would you drink this?
      35 18 AFP photo HONG KONG A promoter tastes scorpion-flavoured rice wine at the territory's Food Fair 2001. The wine, from Shandong province in China, is beJieved by people to have healing properties.
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      Lock icon UN put on the rack
      348 18 Renters US: Settle court membership issue or no WASHINGTON The United Nations is being held to ransom and will have to borrow to pay staff salaries. Republican leaders in the US House of Representatives are threatening to withhold US$5B2 million ($l.Ol billion) Washington owes the
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      Police chief held for 'callous firing'
      189 18 MUMBAI A former Indian police chief is in trouble. Former joint commissioner of police R D Tyagi was remanded yesterday by a special commission of inquiry into the violence that erupted at a Muslim bakery in January 1993. It is one of the few
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      Lock icon Breakthrough in stem cell research
      168 18 AFP SYDNEY An international breakthrough in isolating large numbers of brain stem cells was announced by a group of Australian researchers yesterday. The cells can grow into new tissues and muscles. The research, published in the international journal, Nature, could move some stem cell research
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      215 20 v V Family ExQress g^ y ...a smoother ride on life's journey Families do go over some bumps these days. In spite of these obstacles, our families can remain strong and J^i^ happy on life's journey. What makes the ride a smoother r !sv3 r/- C^QLi one? We can build
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  • COMMENTARY
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      Lock icon Sound of silence
      881 22  -  Ravi Veloo We're war victims, too but where's the Singapore noise? by WHAT is it with the Japanese? How do we tell them that we would really like to forgive their shocking atrocities here during World War II and what they did to our fathers and mothers
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      Lock icon Backlash in Asia over attempts to 'harvest souls'
      545 22 Reuters NEW DELHI When Pope John Paul II visited Asia in 1999, he prayed that a "great harvest of faith will be reaped in this vast and vital continent". But planting the cross in Asia will take more than prayer in a
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  • UPFRONT
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      Bear necessities
      671 24  -  Pauline DLoh Why the doctor chooses to paint toys and teddy bears SHE was drawing as soon as she could hold a pen, but she grew up, became a doctor and married a doctor. In following a more accepted path in both career and family, Dr Tan Keng
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      Listen up, women ... Hear the men
      513 24  - Listen up, women Hear the men PMS My Say by p oorm anon shelf @newsto day.c om.sg SOME women constantly screech about how difficult it is to be both career woman and homemaker, and demand the world change so they can manage. It is a self-inflicted problem. Only the homemaker
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  • TRAVELLERS
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      Lock icon To shop and eat in Hong Kong
      867 25  -  Pauline D Loh How to spend four days indulging in two favourite pastimes by pauline@n ews t o day. c om. sg SHOP till you drop takes on new meaning when you visit Hong Kong. On a recent trip, our quartet of friends
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      QUICKTOURS
      204 25 Hong Kom. Catch the Summer Sale in Hong Kong before it ends next month. See today's Page I advertisement on SlA's EZ travel package to Hong Kong. New Zealand Tour prices for 11D from $2,088 with stops in Christchurch and Auckland. Sight seeing includes: Christchurch City Sights, Willowbank Wild
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      In command
      494 26 Kids can now take to the Fast Lane with these toys FOR children more inclined towards trucks, bulldozers, diggers and other things mechanical, Toys "R" Us has the answer in Fast Lane, a brand of high quality, safe toys. With Fast Lane toys and sets, children aged three
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  • INTERIORS
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      Hints for a cosy home
      584 27 Plan ahead and do not over decorate THE dilemma of decorating a home is that, sometimes, it just doesn't look right. That may be true for you whether you are a first-time homeowner, or if you've had the good fortune to have owned several homes
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      330 27  -  Sophia Ang A GUN shop in Singapore? Yes, but it sells guns only for ornamental purposes, of course. Only a few places in Singapore would normally have an armoury places like the armed forces camps and the police academy. It is thus a surprise to
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      213 28 Reuters/Variety LOS ANGELES Oscar-nominated actress Kate Hudson (left) sued her former personal assistant on Wednesday, claiming that the woman secretly spent U5563,000 ($110,552) of the Almost Famous star's money on herself. Hudson's lawsuit, filed in the Los Angeles Superior Court, seeks restitution and
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      Chicken Rice War goes to Toronto
      356 28  -  David Ngiau david@n ewsto d ay.com.sg AFTER having a mixed reception here in Singapore last November, local film Chicken Rice War is playing to sellout screenings at film festivals xoverseas. Just earlier this week, the made-in-Singapore film was selected for this year's Toronto Film
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  • LIMELIGHT
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      363 30  -  Sophia Ang He has to lower emotional guard and pants for role by sophi a@ne wstod ay. com. sg The human conscience can be sedated by the lure of fame, wealth or lust, as demonstrated in Through Thick And Thin, which highlights the trials and tribulations of
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      329 30 -Reuters MIAMI Casa Casuarina, the elegant Miami Beach palazzo where Italian fashion designer Gianni Versace was shot dead by a serial killer, will be turned into a luxury hotel and restaurant, city officials said Wednesday, The city's Historic Preservation Board gave the green
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      69 30 SINGAPORE HIT AWARDS 2001 Come join your favourite artistes for a night of fun and glamour! I HIT lL AWARDS Date 8 September 2001, Saturday Time 7.30 pm Venue Suntec City Convention Hall 602 Price $80, $50, $30 TicketCharge Hotline: *****29 Tickets now available at all TicketCharge outlets Priority booking
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  • TIMEOUT
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      Lock icon Be tempted at Eden
      352 32  -  Ivan Lim by ivan news today, com. sg YOU could meet a couple of real serpents in this garden of Eden. And quite a few beautiful people as well. Club Eden stands out invitingly among the many along Mohamed Sultan, its bright green signage beckoning you
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      Go crazy at the Wicked Festival 2001
      589 32 THE Wicked Festival 2001, as its name suggests, is not for the uninitiated. The two-day festival looks set to be a feast for hardcore clubbers' ears, as local and international DJs and bands blast Fort Canning Green with their music. Local act Concave
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      292 32 music Asia South Pacific Symposium On Choral Music This series of choral music performances showcase some of the best groups in Asia and the South Pacific.The special guest for this series of concerts is the LUND University Chotr from Sweden. Date;Aug 13-17 Time: Noon, I pm, Bpm Venue: Jubifee
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        531 33 Reuters Duval, Fasth among seven players in the lead DULUTH British Open champion David Duval and runner-up Niclas Fasth brought their form from that major to the Atlanta Athletic Club yesterday as they held a share of the US PGA championship lead. Duval and Sweden's
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      928 34 England 0 Holland 2 LONDON The heavy weight of expectation that England will have to carry with it to Germany must have lightened significantly last night as Sven-Goran Eriksson sustained a first, and comprehensive, defeat as the national team's head coach. Outplayed and outpassed on its own soil
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      Lock icon Germany, Portugal and Czech Republic crush their opponents
      330 34 Reuters LONDON As England crashed, its World Cup qualifying rival Germany swept to a 5-2 victory over Hungary on a hectic night of international friendlies across Europe. Germany's goals came from Jurgen Bohme, Sebastian Kehl, Carsten Jancker, Frank Baumann and Oliver Bierhoff.
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      Riise ditches his mom as agent
      230 35 LONDON Liverpool defender John Ame Riise will no longer use his mother as his agent after becoming fed up of being labelled a "crybaby". The Norway Under- 21 international has been represented by his mother Berit since he moved to Monaco aged 17, reported
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      Lock icon Play in Europe like foreigners
      402 35 Stam reveals what Ferguson tells his players to do LONDON Jaap Stam has revealed how Sir Alex Ferguson tells his Manchester United players to act like foreigners whenever they play in Europe. The Dutch defender claims diving in the Champions League has got so bad
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      Lock icon Brazil wins, Argentina in
      673 36 Reuters South American Qualifiers RIO DE JANEIRO Struggling Brazil beat Paraguay 2-0 yesterday to enhance its chances of following Argentina, which became South America's first qualifier after beating Ecuador by the same score, to the World Cup finals. First half goals from Juan Sebastian Veron and
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    • AFTERNOON EDITION
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        Lock icon Ronaldo returns
        245 38 AFP Inter Milan star confirms comeback in charity match MILAN Inter Milan forward Ronaldo (picture) has confirmed yesterday that he will make his comeback for his club this Sunday in a charity match against Nigerian champion Enyimba. The 25-year-old Brazilian international, who has not played since April last
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        Lock icon Finidi George joins Ipswich, might play tomorrow
        99 38 Reuters IPSWICH English premier league club Ipswich has signed Nigeria international Finidi George from Spanish side Real MaUorca. The 30-year-old, who can play on the flanks in midfield or attack, has agreed a four-year contract. He is in line to make his debut
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        INTUC Income S-League closing odds
        139 38 Match 3 Gombak v Marine Castle Bukit Gombak Stadium 17 August 7.30pm IX2 (1) Gombak $2.20 (X) Draw $3.20 (2) Marine Castle $2.70 1/2 Goal Gombak (-1 1/2) $3.35 Marine Castle (+1 1/2) $1.25 Total Goals 0 goal $9.00 1 goal $4.70 2 goals $3.90
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        World No.1 eliminated
        207 38 WORLD No.l Chen Hong joined All-England champion Pullela Gopichand on an early flight home when he was sent packing by littleknown Malaysian Ismail Sam an in the second round of the YonexSunrise Singapore Open yesterday. In an emphatic display of power, speed and grit, the 58th-ranked Ismail
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        Lock icon Rams stay bottom
        123 38 Jose Raymond WOODLANDS Wellington remains firmly entrenched at the bottom of the SLeague after falling by a solitary goal to title-chasing Geylang United yesterday. That goal came in the 30th minute, courtesy of a header from Brian Bothwell. It was the second time in two weeks that
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      Early end to ban on Jurilj, Pfannenstiel
      382 39  -  S. Murali Surprise Fifa decision based on technicality by m u raU@n ewsto d ay. c nni .sg FIFA'S worldwide ban on Mirko Jurilj and Lutz Pfannenstiel will end this month instead of next January. That was the surprise decision that has been
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        Lock icon Hewitt shocked
        159 39 Reuters INDIANAPOLIS Third seed Lleyton Hewitt was upset by Morocco's Younes El Aynaoui 6-3, 6-7, 6-3 in a rain-interrupted third round at the Indianapolis Championships yesterday. "It was one of the worst matches I've played," Hewitt said, "It was tough and there was a bit of a drizzle.
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        Lock icon Australia in control
        273 39 -AFP LEEDS Ricky Ponting rediscovered his form with a fine 144 as Australia finished the first day of the fourth Ashes Test yesterday well placed at 288 for four. His eighth Test century came in just under three hours off 113 balls including three sixes and 11
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