Today, 10 June 2002, Afternoon Edition

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    6 1 TODAY Monday June 10,2002 MITA(P)M3.; 11:200]
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  • AFTERNOON EDITION
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      Lock icon Strong show
      345 1 Reuters Chirac's conservatives head for victory PARIS French President Jacques Chirac's conservatives headed for a landslide victory in parliamentary elections next week after trouncing the left in yesterday's first round and taming the surge on the far-right, polls said. The mainstream right's strong showing 43.7 per cent to
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      New whistleblowers come forward
      171 1 WASHINGTON A top congressional overseer of the US intelligence community said yesterday he has more people coming forward with what they believe is crucial intelligence that could have helped prevent the Sept 11 attacks. "Significant numbers of people are coming to us with materials that had
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      229 1 Get the <i/ m\ hospitalisation cover $4X0,000 without paving cash. 91 \f_ I '""SBnl n-? —n If you fall sick, and require rz Supreme Health hospital treatment, the last >|'lPfffliTflf-refTM thing you should have to ■■■•n-.immii.i.Bßlti worry about is money. But your existing hearth cover may be alarmingly inadequate to
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  • HOT NEWS
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      Lock icon Zulfikar takes tudung issue to M'sia ... again
      172 2 Zulfikar takes tudung issue to M'sia again Channel News Asia ONE of the four girls at the heart of the tudung controversy has returned to school without her headscarf. But this will not affect former Fateha.com chief Zulfikar Mohamad Shariff s plans to challenge the no-tudung rule in court. Mr
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      True to form
      406 2  -  Tan Hui Leng 90 line up for Sembawang flats by huileng@newstoday.corn.sg MORE than 1,200 five-room and executive flats in Sembawang will be sold today under the Walk-In Selection exercise. Already, some 90 people have queued up outside the temporary on-site sales office near Sembawang MRT station after
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      Crown of pleasure
      158 2  -  Gillian Wong IT sends you into a "state of pure bliss". It's called the Orgasmatron and no points for guessing the reaction this contraption is supposed to elicit. The device, a head massager that comes from Down Under, has eight copper prongs that fit around an individual's
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      Lock icon 'Dens of sin' targeted
      316 3 Bombs found near Jakarta nightclubs JAKARTA The relative calm in Jakarta was broken yesterday after a bomb exploded near a nightclub. Nightclubs are termed dens of sin by radical Muslim groups. Early yesterday, a homemade bomb exploded, injuring five people. Two bombs were defused after they
      – Reuters  -  316 words
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      Lock icon Return of the Indian envoys?
      164 3 AFP NEW DELHI Tension between South Asia's nuclear rivals is set to cool, despite Pakistan shooting down an Indian spy plane on Saturday. US Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage said that India would make "unspecified military gestures" aimed at easing the crisis with Pakistan,
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      Empty vessels make good noise
      157 3 BANGKOK Don't throw away your used glass and plastic bottles. They could make music, literally. That was how students of a school in Bangkok charmed audiences with their unusual musical performance recently. The band Recycle Band and Music Packing made its musical debut at a
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      Lock icon Touching lives with SingTel
      253 4  -  Zackaria Abdul Rahim SOME 1,000 SingTel employees took to the streets on Saturday with their families and friends to sell flags for the SingTel Touching Lives Fund. This is the first time the telco is organising a flag day to raise funds for the less privileged.
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      Lock icon Dancing to their teacher's tunes
      319 5  -  Zackaria Abdul Rahim Lullabies, nursery rhymes and other music a hit with Ngee Ann Polytechnic students by zackaria@newstoday.com.sg WHEN Ngee Ann Polytechnic accountancy student Chong Hui Ling walked into the Finance of International Trade class earlier this year, she was greeted with pop music and
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      Lock icon S'pore, KL plan bilateral talks
      107 5 Channel News Asia MALAYSIAN Foreign Minister Syed Hamid Albar said that officials from both sides of the Causeway will meet in Kuala Lumpur on July 1. According to a report in Malaysia's Sin Chew Jit Pah newspaper, the meeting will be held to discuss outstanding
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      246 4 Our Prestigious Partner Universities University of University La Trobe Southern Illinois South Australia of Hull University University National University University of Monash of Ireland Louisville University The following programs are now open for registration in Singapore: School of Business Management PhD in Business Management -y^'^HMj^jS^B Doctor of Business Administration (DBA)
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  • LETTERS
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      A need to know
      219 6  -  Ananda Perera MOH must shed more light on Ms Raja's death I REFER to the Ministry of Health's (MOH) response to Today's reports and letters on Slim 10 victim Ms Selvarani Raja ("We did our best...", Today June 7). I understand that people need to know
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      There's fat in ads
      133 6  -  David Mayo THE article, "Is that a fat person or one lacking in self-esteem?" (Today, June 6) by Judith Tan, is fundamentally flawed in saying that "real" {or more weighty) people never appear in the media. I strongly dispute this, and refer to a famous and
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      Exchange builders
      68 6  -  Vincent Lint I REFER to the letter, "Chilling that response on air-con interchange" by Mr Narayana Narayana (Today, June 5). We would like to clarify that SBS Transit does not build nor bear the cost of building bus interchanges. As a public transport operator, SBS Transit is responsible
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      Why price hikes now?
      193 6  -  Shatrughan Yadav SINGTEL has applied to the IDA to increase its tariffs for local calls. Two reasons have been cited: It said there had been no increase in tariffs in the past few years and that rates for international calls (IDD) had been lowered because of
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      We have guidelines for trainees: KKH
      317 6  -  Steven J Sobak WE refer to the letter, "Public hospitals and the public" Today, May 30) by Mr Mohamad Rosle Ahmad. Mr Mohamad had raised concerns over the administering of an intravenous access for his daughter during her hospitalisation in October 1999. In our
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  • BUSINESS NEWS
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      Discounting the figures
      587 8  -  Val Chua 8.3% adex growth inaccurate: experts by val@news to d ay. c; om.sg ONE would feel optimistic or even euphoric at the 8.3 per cent growth of the advertising industry in the first quarter of this year, as painted by market research firm Nielsen Media Research
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      Lock icon SIA may increase flights to India
      151 8 Bloomberg SINGAPORE and India will expand an existing air services agreement to allow their carriers to increase flights between the two countries, even as security fears are leading companies to withdraw staff from India. Singapore Airlines (SIA) and Indian carriers, including Air India, will
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      Lock icon No review of Thailand pull-out
      108 10 Bloomberg BANGKOK The California Public Employees' Retirement System (Calpers) denied a newspaper report that the biggest US pension fund may review its decision to withdraw investment from Thailand. "We are not contemplating a special review of Thailand or a global review now," said Calpers spokesman
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    • Market Watch
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        Singapore
        129 10 THE benchmark Straits Times Index slid 19 points to end at 1,652.45 last week its third lowest close this year. Market sentiment was hit by fears of wars in Middle East and South Asia, negative news on the corporate front and, of course, World Cup fever. Investors, who were
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        Straits Times index — 10-Day Chart
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        SXG most active
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        World markets
        51 10 Index Value Change Pis Nikkei 225 *****.53 ■136.41 -1.11 Hong Seng Ull Ordinaries *****.71 3295.70 -96.06 -3.10 0.8' -0.0! Taiwan '.'.'id 5433.02 •358.00 ■2.8: Korea Camp SET Index 795.16 417.33 -14,43 ■0.43 ■1.71 ■0.11 lakatta Comp 514.03 +0.30 +0.01 Hiils Camp Shenzen 8 1274.B7 212.42 -27.81 ■0.37 -2.1:
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        Your S$l buys
        37 10 JSJ IKE fen !M :uro in pi all iuht 0.55B4 0.3822 69.471 4.3556 2.1217 0.5917 4967.2 23.683 Peso M Indian Its Won C$ Yuan NZ$ NT$ 28.438 0.9777 27.377 685.47 0.8557 4.6221 1.1441 18.974
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        Commodities
        21 10 iold us$/oz 325.400 iilveruss/o: 4.980 'lalinum uss/ih 563.600 Rubber i -:-i 139.0 Palm oil SM/tonm 1496 Brent crude _!*/iirel 24.11
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        SGX top rises
        70 10 lane 3-7 ilA Hind Ho Close Change 13.300 +0.6O0 1.730 +0.430 By percentage June 3-7 dose Change Amtek W*****0 0.B50+49.12: Amtek 1.140+34.91 }UE 6.950 +0.350 HaGCenWO***** 0.020+33.33: 'renlive 50 18.300 +0.300 SeeHS 0.100+33.33: ieaview Imlek lmtekWO5O610 6.500 +0.300 1.140 +0.295 0.850 +0.28O Hind Ho 1.730+33.07 Ihokral 0.155+29.16:
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        SGX top falls
        74 10 By$ lune 3-7 Close Change ISDJUSTKH10USS 40.200 -5.600 Cy percentage Juae 3-7 Strike R20Q Close Change 0.005 -50.000 DIAMONDS 10HSS 96.100 -3.500 Strike t 0.005 -50.000 Kenture 15.200 1000 I5SSP*****0SS 105.500 -0.900 UNKom Floiris W*****1 0.215 -27.119 0.030 -25.000 HOB 13.900 -(1.800 WesTerh 0.420 -22.936 GreatEost 11,000
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      Looking beyond the Alps
      973 12  -  Lee Yew Meng Singapore will gain as Swiss companies eye Asian export markets by in Zurich yewmc ng@newstoday.com.sg MORE Swiss companies are heading for Asia to tap the growth potential of China and India. The Swiss Business Network (Osec) said it has set up business hubs
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      98 12 Swiss Highlights AUSTRALIA'S UNIVERSITY OF THE YEAR 2000 2001 Developing The e-University I Bachelor of Nursing I p° THEUNIVERSITY OF Master of Nursinn w southern masteruinursing f- -II ttSSBUUM For Singapore Registered Nurses j^ B^ By distance learning in Singapore m j^l 8 modules (BN). 12 modules (MN) JulV 2002
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  • WORLD NEWS
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      Lock icon More remains at Ground Zero
      79 13 -AFP NEW YORK The clean-up operations at Ground Zero, the site of the World Trade Centre, has officially ended. But bone fragments and body parts of victims, who were killed in the terrorist attacks on the buildings, are still being found at the site, said
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      Crutch debate
      322 13 Meritocracy under fire KUALA LUMPUR Malay rights and meritocracy were the subject of a lively debate over the weekend in Malaysia. The country's Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi told the bumiputeras Malays and other indigenous groups to stop relying on the crutches of special rights
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      Lock icon Turning to capitalism to keep Lenin's legacy alive
      170 13 Reuters TAMPERE (Finland) Lenin must be turning in his grave knowing that capitalism is keeping his legacy alive. The Tampere Museum, dedicated to the founder of the Soviet Union, is perhaps the last in the world. The dwindling number of visitors is
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      Lock icon An interview? Pay $5 each
      103 14 Agencies MANILA A mental hospital chief here is charging 150 pesos ($5.30) per media interview, which he regards as "doing charity". National Center for Mental Health director Bernardo Vicente allegedly asks journalists for the "fee" when they seek to interview him on matters pertaining to
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      Lock icon Destination peace
      307 14 AFP Bush, Mubarak take different paths on Palestinian state WASHINGTON It looks like the Palestinians will not be having a state to call their own anytime soon. At the Camp David summit held over the weekend, President Hosni Mubarak of Egypt had called for the creation of a
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      Lock icon European police to start reading your e-mail?
      214 14 Agencies LONDON Personal e-mail, Internet information and telephone records are to be made accessible to the police and intelligence services in Europe in a move to help fight international terrorism. Critics say it is one of the most wide-ranging extensions of state power
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      Lock icon US sells more Apache helicopters to Taiwan
      153 14 AFP TAIPEI The US government has approved the sale of a fleet of military helicopters to Taipei to boost its capability of fending off an invasion from China, Taiwanese officials said. Taiwan will receive AH-64D Apache Longbow attack helicopters, Deputy Foreign Minister Kau
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      160 13 THERE ARE NO SHORT CUTS TO SUCCESS IN EDUCATION. BUT THERE IS THE KUMON WAY Success in education is measured by a child's ability to understand what! Hifeis being taught. At Kumon, we can point your child in the right direction, that's because we understand that raxtwo children are alike
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  • COMMENTARY
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      Lock icon Yen for bond girls
      579 15  -  William Pesek Jr Bloomberg Tokyo's hiring of models to boost sales reeks of desperation by in Sydney FEW creatures are more recognisable than Bond Girls. Those maddeningly beautiful ladies, who either slept with James Bond or tried to kill him, or both, have captivated men's imaginations
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  • UPFRONT
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      Lock icon Lifeline for the arts
      766 16  -  Kim-Kyna Tan Despite the economic slump, OCBC Bank remains committed to arts sponsorship FOR companies to stay fashionably black in times of economic hardship, helt-tightening has become the corporate dress-code. But not for OCBC Bank, anchor sponsor of the Singapore Arts Festival since 1995. When the
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      220 17 > 3 R v Je H| |l IMAGINE... THE ART OF f*» --—v\ JOHN LENNON Relive the legend of John Lennon through his art and music at this exhibition. More .*j93h9Hßv|J than 1 00 of the ex Beatles' whimsical \__g^^_^E sketches, including 10 very rare original s***^ ink sketches, and
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      744 18 SINGAPORE ARTS FESTIVAL PRESENTS... I^~' B^B^nßr F 'l^^^^^^b. '""'■r"lTi'l\J l^'ir"lr"lhV'il/"1 h BhG fi M'Vf OMIIIyUUU'UIU- bhhbb^bV -Ar^ tV^n Jjfc'^j. Bc^^ H^*^ ENCOUNTER _^^fl •jCubanismo! takes you on a journey to the dancing heart of Latin music Encounter weaves the relatively contemporary The Singapore Chinese Orchestra performs with avant-garde pianist Margaret
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      1010 19 COMPAGNIE LES MY LIFE AS A ARGONAUTES LAMP-POST ZOUFF! This exhibition of digital A motley crew of six, The E^HS^I prints by Gilles Massot takes Argonautes screams circus B a refreshing look at one of without the tent and the most übiquitous and giraffes! A fiendish fusion of hL tf|
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      921 20 trumpeter Tanaka Seiichi a HUH and guitarist Adam Lee will EXPLORE A CAPPELLA \J 0% Wjr funk up this concert. They FESTIVAL: THE STH Jf play contemporary and ANNUAL HARMONY m.'TM funky acid jazz. Including AWARD 2002 FJ Wf some of Don's oriamal The Harmony Award seeks KrA] tunes. Local
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      1017 21 READING PICTURES Philatelic Museum FRANK STELLA IN 2002 This exhibition highlights Price: $2, $1 (Concession This exhibition features 33 significant artworks drawn for students and senior recent works by Frank from the Singapore Art citizens) Stella, ranging from paintings, Museum's permanent Enquiries: Call the prints and collages to relief collection.
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      954 22 ■t, ri^^^B B^> HI dIJI^H society members during HbiH 4.4 fiiMKSI initiation ceremonies in PKjw^Rl V^^ 19th century Singapore. [If S S H You can also find out about 3^il j^k^^l 2^ the origins of the Hung Hi II established in 1 820 and is Wf *^l believed to be
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      1100 23 passionate affair with a Venue: Siloso Beach, prizes. Entry forms are »StE^*^P\J beautiful circus performer. Sentosa Island available at all libraries, arts Date: June 14 Price: Free (Sandsation); venues, CCs, the National 5^J Time: 9.15pm $11,90, $13.90 [The Arts Council reception and ||tej&£"" ""< Tw" Venue: Goethe-lnstitut Scorpion King, Live
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      97 24 I M=DJJ-\CORP i% 3 I X/^ ft UR Rm^Hii^bmmmhrr ft^ Ijk yU /O prime time Chinese audience share 1 U of the top 10 Chinese programmes No. Title Channel No. of Viewers 1. The Vagrant M 862,000 2. Sunday Prime Movie: M 633,000 The Accidental Spy 3. Who Wants To
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  • PORTFOLIO
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      Lock icon Magic money
      662 25  -  Jeffrey Tan Start compounding early, make $1 million from $1 by j<:ITl a 11 news today, com, sg CAN you start off with a single dollar and end up with a million? Those who consider themselves sensible will scoff at the idea. But if you started with a
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      501 25 PRUDENTIAL AHwjyj Limning- AlwjtviUnclvntftrvdLn^r Ask the Prudential Adviser Dear PRU Adviser, i am 26 and married. My husband and I save about $4,000 per month, earning only 1.25 per cent interest per annum. How can we make our money work harder for us? What alternative low-risk investments can we put
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  • EATOUT
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      For fajitas and tortillas ...
      517 26  - For fajitas and tortillas Amy Van Head down to Cafe Mexicana to experience the vibrant flavours of Mexico by_ seafood tostada flat tortilla base laden with mashed avocado, shredded lettuce and topped with zesty crab salad as well as a sprinkling of chopped walnuts. V^ Fans of fajitas would adore
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      Sheraton Towers offers a therapeutic respite
      406 26  -  Low Shi Ping by shiping® newstoday. com, sg ENTER The Dining Room at Sheraton Towers Singapore and you are greeted by waterfalls and lush greenery. An oasis in our urban jungle, the sight is enough to wash your morning blues away. The therapeutic ambience
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      FoodNotes
      129 27 Have a taste of the Philippines at The Mezzanine Cafe and Bar at Mandarin Singapore from now until Saturday. Buffet lunch costs $22.80+++ (adult) and $14.80+++ (child) on weekdays and $23.80+++(Adult) and $15.80+++(child) on weekends. Buffet dinner is priced at $27.80+++ (adult) and $19.80+++(child) on weekdays and $28.80+++ (adult)
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      128 26 Maybank Tr'eats Count the Cherries SMS Contest Week nine BrohandinAhmad r Sl3234llF James Lam, *****790G LohPekMee, *****614E MaeveYip, *****997H Winners will be notified by the organiser. j COUNT THE CHERRIES SMS CONTEST 5 x DINNER FOR 2 TO BE WON AT CAFE MEXICANA Ql. How many cherries can you find
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      130 28 A FTER wooing a veritable Hollywood harem of stars, including xiMinnie Driver and Winona Ryder, Matt Damon (picture) has hooked up with Ben Affleck's assistant, Odessa Whitmire. But his new squeeze's humble occupation has no bearing on whether things will work out, he told The Post.
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      104 28 Reuters/Variety LOS ANGELES Coming soon: a video game based on the botched 1993 raid in Somalia, now known as Black Hawk Down, The company producing the game, California-based NovaLogic, said the upcoming military adventure game Delta Force Black Hawk Doum would centre around a series of
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      492 28  -  David Ngiau But Shrek's sense of humour is sorely missed FILM REVIEW Sp/r/f Stallion of the Cimarron (Now showing) IT MAY be done in traditional animation, but the gorgeous Spirit Stallion of the Cimarron is far from an old-fashioned tale like The Lion King, which a friend compared
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      532 29 Bloomberg MUMBAI Three times in four decades, as simmering India-Pakistan border tensions boiled over into military conflict, Mumbai's film industry responded with a burst of patriotic fervour. Now, as the nuclear neighbours gear up for a potential fourth conflict, Bollywood hopes the formula will again prove a box-office
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      154 29 Renters/Variety CAPE CANAVERAL (Florida) The new commander of the International Space Station said on Saturday that he would rather see supermodel Cindy Crawford (picture) become the next space tourist to visit the station than pop star Lance Bass. "Weil, how about Cindy Crawford? We would
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      364 31  -  Yee Wei Zhen These girls share the same passion for music and chui kway by we i z h e n@ n ew s today.com. sg IF you don't know Kay Huang and Phoebe Huang, you would probably think they are sisters. They are alike in many
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      305 31  -  Janice Lee IT all started in a small Manhattan cafe called Central Perk, Ross Geller was lamenting the end of his marriage when Rachel Green burst in, all drenched in her wedding frock after running out on her balding husband-to-be. Central Perk's main settee became
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      44 31 Friends airs every Monday at 10pm on MediaCorp TV Channel 5. You can also catch Lisa Kudrow in Romy Michele's High School Reunion tonight. Also, David Schwimmer stars in Six Days, Seven Nights on June 24. Both movies air at 7.30pm on Channel 5,
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        322 32 Yawn it's Schumi again Reuters Defending champion makes it 150 th win for Ferrari MONTREAL Michael Schumacher (picture) celebrated Ferrari's 150 th grand prix win this morning with a commanding drive in Canada that tightened his grip on a record-equalling fifth Formula One world title. It was the 59th win
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        179 32 Reuters HARRISON Chris Smith shot a final round one-under-par 71 to win the Buick Classic by two shots, his first PGA tour title, this morning. Smith, 33, finished at 12-under 272, two shots ahead of Loren Roberts, who shot an even-par 71 this morning, Pat
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        69 32 AFP CASTRIES West Indies beat New Zealand by seven wickets here this morning to take an unassailable 2-0 lead in the five-match one-day international series. The first fixture was washed out and West Indies won Saturday's match at the Beausejour Cricket Ground in Castries. New Zealand scored
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        479 32 AFP PARIS Spain's Albert Costa (picture) won the first Grand Slam title of his career and gave himself a wedding present worth U*****,000 ($1.3 million), when he shrugged off battling countryman Juan Carlos Ferrero to win the French Open title yesterday.
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      730 33 AFP Boxer becomes best of his generation MEMPHIS Mike Tyson learned the hard way that he bit off a little more than he could chew when he sank his teeth into Lennox Lewis. Lewis flattened Tyson with a powerful right hand after two minutes and 25
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      476 33 NBA Finals NJ Nets v LA Lakers Live on Ck 23, today, 8.30am LOS ANGELES ShaquiOe O'Neal threw the haymakers in the Los Angeles Lakers' 106-83 win over the New Jersey Nets with a game-high 40 points on
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      663 34 -AFP |World Cup-Group D Iliee, today on CH2S-28, 2.30pm I SEOUL Sven-Goran Eriksson's worst nightmare is to wake up one morning and read in the British tabloid press that another of his players had been caught having a boozy night out. For Korea's Dutch coach Gus Hiddink
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      238 34 C *l. i# lICA SOIitH Korea V USA Prediction: IX2: A Korea win or a draw. 1/2 goal: USA at 1 1/2 is not worth a bet because the odds are too low. Total Goals: 2or 3 goals seems likely. Korea: Hwang Sun Hong and Yoo Sang Chul,
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      430 35 Agencies [World Cup-Group H today on Ck2s-28, spm OITA Belgium's Nico van Kerckhoven has been ruled out of today's clash with Tunisia through injury, coach Robert Waseige said yesterday. "It is too soon for him, he is not ready," Waseige told
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      527 35 Reuters 'Brazil of Europe' to adopt cautious approach I World Cup- Group D \Live, today on CH2S-28, 7.30pm CHONJU Portugal is likely to scrap the open brand of football which took it to the semi-finals of the last European Championship and play safetyfirst in today's clash with
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      760 36  -  Rohit Brijnath IT IS a relief the French Open is over. It was all getting too much. On Saturday, the wife asked who was playing Ferrero in the final and I said Raul. The World Cup has predictably caught our attention, but it
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      350 36 AFP SEOUL Holder France is hoping for another scorching afternoon tomorrow when it takes on Denmark in a decisive World Cup group A match because it is convinced the Scandinavians will suffer more in the heat. Temperatures touched 30 degrees Celsius
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      541 37 Reuters World Cup-Group G I Mexico 2 Ecuador 1 j Mexicans come from behind MIYAGI Gerardo Torrado struck a sweet winning goal against Ecuador yesterday, but warned it may not be enough to carry Mexico into the second round of the World Cup, despite six points
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      404 37 AFP World Cup-Group C Turkey 1 Costa Rica 1 Costa Rica needs a draw against Brazil to go through INCHEON Turkey's World Cup future took a late blow after it could only manage a 1-1 draw with Costa Rica here yesterday. The
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    • AFTERNOON EDITION
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        405 38 Japan has finally found its place on the football map, says Nakata YOKOHAMA- Hidetoshi Nakata claimed Japan had finally arrived on the world scene after his side's 1-0 victory over Russia. "Japan is a long way from the football powers in geographical terms, but I hope
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        Lock icon Brazil plans to take it easy
        135 38 Agencies INCHEON Brazil is set to field a second string against Costa Rica, after yesterday's 1-1 draw between its final Group C opponent and Turkey guaranteed Luiz Felipe Scolari's side a place in the second round. The move is certain to enrage Turkey, which
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        Lock icon Veron to be dropped?
        77 38 Reuters NARAHA Midfielder Juan Sebastian Veron trained with Argentina's World Cup reserves, fuelling speculation he would be dropped for its decisive group F match against Sweden. Veron, who captained Argentina in its opening two matches, had a poor first half against England in the 1-0 defeat
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      866 39  -  Leonard Thomas by e cmard@n ewstn d ay.c o m .sg IT THREATENED to make the top of the list as the most tedious match of the tournament so far. The first 45 minutes of yesterday's Japan-Russia World Cup
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      181 34 Today's Fixtures (on SCV Ch2s-Z8): Group D: Korea v USA -2.00pm (preview) 2.30pm (LIVE); f 'AilVpl IAI Group H: Tunisia v Beigium 4.30pm (preview) 5.00pm (LIVE), H V^B Group D: Portugal v Poland 7.00pm I preview) 7.30pm (LIVE) MM Ikinisia v Belgium Tunisia: The side has been having trouble scoring.
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      227 35 Brought to you by: THE WORLD CUP 2002 @f^Beer ill Match'. (W C up):::. Kick-off Time {Singopma fM Start of Sales Closes df■ iSetfe*;?:! !30 I Korea Republic vs USA Mon, 10 Jun 2002, 2.30pm Sun, 9Jun2002, B.ooam Mon, 1 0 Jun 2002, 2,00pm |31 Tunisia vs Belgium Mon, lOJun
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      143 36 Today's Fixtures {on SCV Ch2s-28): Group Korea v USA 2.00pm (previewl 2.30pm (LIVE); f"J JOf i\W £"W J ■A J Group H: Tunisia v Belgium 4,30pm (previewl 5.00pm (LIVE); H ad Group D: Portugal \i Poland 7.00pm (previewl 7.30pm (LIVE) I LEAGUE MATCH DATE IX2 1/2 GOAL rn^S W CUP
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