Today, 26 March 2003

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    7 1 TODAY Wednesday March 26, 2003 MITA(P) 002/11/2002
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    The shadow war
    934 1  -  Jack Kelley SPECIAL REPORT FROM KUWAIT Inside story of how CIA is luring Iraqi generals to defect by news@newstoday.com.sg KUWAIT CITY Iraqi Maj Gen Abdul Qassab receives a telephone call each day in Baghdad. His daughter says an anonymous voice tells him: "Give yourself up. You cannot
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    Lock icon YESTERDAY'S DEVELOPMENTS
    177 1 Agencies US-led forces attack Republican Guards defending approaches to Baghdad, renew bombing south of capital. Iraq says it has killed at least eight more invading troops, destroyed three armoured personnel carriers and downed three US helicopters in recent fighting. US Marines in the south punch a path through
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  • HOT NEWS
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      Deadly line in the sand
      483 2  -  Ng Boon Yian by boonyian@newstoday.com.sg AS buildings shook and bombs pounded Baghdad yesterday, it was clear that US-led forces were trying to "soften up" the capital before a ground attack. Meanwhile, speculation grew about a red line that has allegedly been drawn around the city.
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      Lock icon Starving and thirsty in Basra
      268 2 Agencies US-LED forces can't seem to decide what to do with Basra a town they promised to help, but ended up hurting. First, they battered it with bombs. Then, unable to capture it, they decided to give it miss and move on towards Baghdad. Now,
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      Lock icon Targeting Pootie-Poot
      700 3  -  Elisia Yeo Storm gathers over help for Iraq as Bush calls Putin by elisia@newstoday.com.se MOSCOW For a period of time last year, the love affair between US President George W Bush and Russian President Vladimir "Pootie-poot" Putin as nicknamed by Mr Bush dominated the headlines. But, as accusations
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      Lock icon Business of reconstruction
      222 4 Reuters US companies given contracts to rebuild Iraq even before war ends WASHINGTON Even before the US-led forces took control of Iraqi installations, million-dollar contracts were awarded to firms. The US Agency for International Development (USAid), the US government's aid agency, awarded Stevedoring Services of America (SSA)
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      Lock icon Bush to seek funds for war
      104 4 AFP WASHINGTON US President George W Bush will ask Congress for US$63 billion ($ll2 billion) to pay for the Iraq war, a Democratic senator said on Monday. Senator Robert Byrd said the size of the total supplemental budget request was likely to reach US$75
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      31 2 SHOWDOWN IN IRAQ BATTLEGROUND IRAQ Watch our exclusive series for the Asian perspectives on the war. Stay tuned to Channel News Asia. Refer to page 20 MediaCorp /few Channel News Asia
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  • HOME NEWS
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      Sars hits four more
      479 6  -  Lee Ching Wern by chingwern@newstoday.com.sg THE number of people suffering from the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (Sars) has risen to 69. The four new patients include a hospital employee and three close contacts of those already diagnosed with the disease. With more than 700 people under
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      Lock icon HP seeks top women execs
      467 6  -  Grace Tay Afp photo LIKE any other industry, the IT industry has been notorious for having very few women in top positions. But, Hewlett-Packard (HP) has a policy in place to correct this age-old imbalance and is refocusing on it HP's CEO, Ms Carly Fiorina
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      Two arrested
      248 8 A MANAGING director of a chain of pharmacies in Malaysia and a salesman were arrested on Monday for allegedly bringing Viagra into Singapore without a licence. At 3.25pm that day, acting on information that two men were dealing in contraband Pharmaceuticals, Customs officials went to the Woodlands Town
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      Law Society to get tough
      403 8  -  Jose Raymond Radical changes mulled after lawyers abscond by, j ose@newstoday. com.sg LAWYERS may have to open up their account books every quarter, as part of the Law Society of Singapore's review of rules on accounting procedures and systems. This possible change comes in the
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      A gift of love
      638 9 MEDIACORP actress Andrea De Cruz, 28, survived her harrowing ordeal with liver failure last year, thanks to an organ transplant. Andrea's fiance and fellow actor Pierre Png donated almost half his liver to her, in an altruistic act that saved her life. Not only was the
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      Lock icon Wealth under the waves
      408 10  -  Joy Frances Watch rare coral spawning off Pulau Hantu by joy@newstoday.com.sg FEW but the most ardent of scuba divers would spend time studying coral reefs around Singapore when they could visit pristine reefs in nearby Malaysia, Indonesia and the Philippines. But, last weekend, that's exactly what
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      For the Iraqi cause ...
      76 10 For the Iraqi cause TO DATE, the Adult Islamic Religious Students' Association of Singapore (Perdaus) has raised $13,600 through its automated TeIeMERCY numbers for the Iraqi people. The money goes to humanitarian aid for the people of Iraq. Donations to Perdaus can be made by cheque, ATM transfer, Internet banking,
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      Online furore over seahorse soup
      245 10  -  Joy Frances AN ENDANGERED oceanic species on the menu has landed a marine park in hot soup. Some Netizens were appalled to find the threatened seahorse as apparently a part of the Underwater World Singapore's 12th birthday bash. "Neptune Tonic, a Chinese medicinal seahorse wellness
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      Questionable anti-US tirade
      473 12  -  Gheissar Hosseini Attack the Americans and support Saddam? I WOULD like to express my dismay over the letter, "After conflict, dark days", by Mr Adolf Yew (Today, March 24). Mr Yew takes on the core values of the American society in the context of the war in
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      Drastic steps needed to combat Sars
      254 12  -  Michael Loh Yik Ming WITH 11 out of 65 cases of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (Sars) in a serious condition, the health alert is indeed taking on a grave new face. Notwithstanding the directives by the Ministry of Health, which may be more than
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      High-risk medical staff
      176 12  -  Anne Pereira IN the midst of the worldwide attention on the war in Iraq, it may be timely to highlight the smaller-scale and equally dangerous "microbiological" warfare that is taking place in Singapore the medical battle against Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (Sars). Kudos to the medical and
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  • BUSINESS NEWS
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      Smart collaboration
      482 14  -  Lee Yew Meng PSB, James Cook University (Australia) partner to attract regional students by yewmeng@newstoday.com.sg PSB Corp has entered into a joint venture with James Cook University (JCU) of Queensland, Australia, in its first move to tap the promising education and training sector in Asia. The venture is
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      Lock icon Global seeks $264m in funding
      243 14 Reuters PHILADELPHIA High-speed communications network operator Global Crossing said on Monday that it was seeking up to US$l5O million ($264 million) in funding to use as general working capital when it emerges from bankruptcy. It hopes to get a commitment from the prospective lenders which
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        Straits Times Index- Intra-day Chart
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        Singapore
        74 14 SINGAPORE stocks rose for a fifth day in six, led by SembCorp Industries after the company said one of its units and Saipem Asia have won a contract worth about $175 million. The STI climbed 11.76, or 0.9 per cent, to 1,311.32, while the benchmark's underlying futures contract added
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        Your S$1 buys
        36 14 US$ 0.5671 UK£ 0.3596 Yen 67.8740 HK$ 4.4227 RM 2.1547 Euro 0.5295 Rupiah 5059.12 Baht 24.2795 Peso 30.8940 A$ 0.9493 Indian Rs 26.9982 Won 709.348 C$ 0.8367 Yuan 4.6938 NZ$ 1.0224 NTS 19.7244
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        World markets
        53 14 Index Value Change Pis NIKKEI 8238.76 -196.31 -2.33 HANG SENG 9062.15 -46.30 -0.51 ALL ORDINARIES 2822.20 -6.30 -0.22 TAIWAN WEIGHTED 4498.83 -71.85 -1.57 KOREA COMP 554.98 -14.87 -2.61 SET 363.74 2.46 0.68 JAKARTA COMP 394.94 -0.15 -0.04 PHILIPPINES COMP 1022.99 -10.10 -0.98 SHENZHEN B 194.54 -2.58 -1.31 MUMBAI
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        Lock icon Commodities
        26 14 SGX Bloomberg Gold uss/oi 333.35 Silver uss/oi 4.39 Platinum uss/oi 655.50 Rubber cents/kg 187.75 Palm Oil RM/tonne 1471.5 Brent crude uss/barrel 29.56 Information provided by:
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        SGX most active
        51 14 By volume March 25 Ocean Sky ACCS TPV SembCorp TTIttt CirPlus DatacrftUSS L&M SingTel Chartered Close 0.265 0.375 0.460 1.080 0.450 0.130 0.540 0.010 1.340 0.665 Change -0.005 -0.010 +0.040 +0.005 +0.005 -1.3 -2.1 +3.8 +4.0 +0.8 'OOO 19,376 12,955 11,186 9,388 8,710 8,674 8,491 8,278 8,021
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        SGX top rises
        80 14 By$ March 25 SPH 100 Close Change 18.500 +0.400 UOB 10.800 +0.400 Venture 14.800 +0.300 F&N 8.000 +0.200 SPH 18.400 +0.200 OCBC 9.750 +0.150 GrealEasI 9.500 +0.100 Creative 50 11.500 +0.100 Shang Asia 2kHK$ 5.650 +0.050 Ossia 0.345 +0.045 By percentage March 25 Flafrfs W*****1 Close Change
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        SGX top falls
        80 14 By$ March 25 Close Change ChODBeCW*****61 USS96.100-2.200 SIA 200 9.750 -0.250 SIA 9.700 -0.200 SingamasC 2kHKS 2.625 -0.125 Thai Prime200USS 4.880 -0.120 CWT 0.500 -0.090 APB Breweries 4.920 -0.060 Noble 1.780 -0.040 UIS 1.070 -0.040 LTAn4.08_*****10kl.120 -0.030 By percentage March 25 Presscrete Close Change 0.030 -0.010 Liang
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      Lock icon Green light
      202 16 AFP China grants unprecedented rights to SIA Cargo BEIJING China has, for the first time, given permission for a foreign airline to pick up passengers and cargo on the Chinese mainland en route to another destination. Fifth freedom rights were granted to Singapore Airlines Cargo between Singapore and
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      Lock icon Pharmaceutical exports to boost production
      134 16 Bloomberg SINGAPORE'S industrial production is expected to rise for a third month in February, suggesting a pharmaceuticals-led revival is helping the economy expand in the current quarter. Production may have expanded 11.2 per cent from a year ago after rising 13.6 per cent in January,
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      Lock icon War ripples
      584 19 Reuters Countries counting cost of conflict with Iraq FROM a request by US President George W Bush for US$75 billion ($132.2 billion) in emergency funding to the postponement by South Korea of a US$l billion bond, governments around the world yesterday counted the cost of the war in
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      Lock icon Corporate Briefs
      243 19 AFZAfews STAR CHINA UNITS: Hong Leong Asia Ltd said it posted a net profit of $37.40 million last year, reversing the net loss of $7.80 million in 2001, due to strong contributions from its China operations. Sales rose to $1.64 billion from $270.20 million, it said. "All of
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      Lock icon Office rentals dip 5%
      343 20 -AFP Property consultants see further slide due to war fallout OFFICE rentals in Singapore fell nearly five per cent in the first three months of this year, compared to the same period last year. The rentals are expected to weaken further due to the fallout from
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      Lock icon STI updates
      118 20 AFX-Asia MOBILEONE, Allgreen Properties and People's Food will replace Hotel Properties, Marco Polo Developments and United Industrial Corp as component stocks in the Straits Times Index (STI), the STI Review Committee said. In addition, ComfortDelgro, the new merged entity of Delgro Corp and Comfort Group, will be included
      – AFX-Asia  -  118 words
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      Football, not war, please
      160 20  -  Chan Chao Peh IT LOOKS like Singapore cable viewers might be more interested chasing after the World Cup football matches rather than experience the ride towards Baghdad "live" on top of a tank together with the CNN crew. According to figures from Star Hub CableTV, the
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    • Corporate Briefs
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        HELPED BY GOLDEN-AGRI:
        77 20 Asia Food and Properties narrowed its net loss to $1.64 million in 2002 from $317.12 million the previous year largely due to higher contributions from Indonesian unit Golden-Agri Resources Group and improved crude palm oil prices. Sales improved to $1.84 billion from $1.47 billion. Golden-Agri swung to
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        $7.7M LOSS FOR MAYFRAN:
        56 20 Mayfran International incurred a net loss of $7.74 million in 2002, reversing a profit of $571,000 the previous year due to losses from its hygiene and apparel units. Sales rose to $36.57 million from $26.75 million due to the inclusion of revenue from newly-acquired subsidiaries, Jeje
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        FUTURISTIC REVERSES PROFIT:
        52 20 Futuristic Image Builder registered a net loss of $3.1 million last year, compared with a profit of $1.54 million a year earlier, due to lower sales and provisions for doubtful debts and diminution in the value of an investment Sales fell to $21.61 million from $30.62 million
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        EASTERN EARNINGS DROP:
        36 20 Eastern Publishing's net profit fell 25 per cent to $669,000 last year from $891,000 in 2001 due to weak advertising revenues. Sales fell to $15.98 million last year from $16,334 million in 2001.
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        MCL GETS CONDO PROJECT:
        45 20 MCL Land has been awarded a condominium site near the Tiong Bahru MRT station by the Singapore Land Authority after posting the highest bid of $72.78 million or $301 per square foot of potential gross floor area, the Business Times reported.
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        LANKOM'S PROFIT FALLS:
        38 20 Lankom Electronics' 2002 net profit fell to NT529.69 million ($1.5 million) from NT554.15 million in 2001 despite sales rising to NT5360.77 million from NT5305.51 million as margins fell due to weak demand for electromagnetic components.
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        Lock icon OCULUS' LOSS WIDENS: Oculus
        29 20 AFX-Asia said its net loss widened to $3.92 million last year from $2.97 million in 2001 as sales fell to $10.1 million from $13.15 million.
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      Lock icon Goodbye, Mr Portable PC
      256 24 Reuters Computer pioneer Adam Osborne dies, aged 64 NEW YORK Mr Adam Osborne (picture), whose successes and failures in pioneering the first portable computer became one of Silicon Valley's great cautionary tales, is dead at 64. Mr Osborne, a British immigrant and longtime resident of Berkeley,
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  • WORLD NEWS
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      Lock icon New bid for peace
      252 26 Agencies Philippine officials to meet Moro rebels in XL MANILA In a bid to revive peace talks with Muslim separatist rebels, Philippine government negotiators are heading to Kuala Lumpur today to meet representatives of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF), the biggest Muslim guerrilla force in
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      Lock icon Satellite debris may hit Indonesia in April
      178 26 -AFP JAKARTA Debris from an Italian-Dutch space satellite may hit Indonesia next month, the Indonesian space agency said yesterday. The Indonesian National Aeronautics and Space Agency (Lapan) said exposure to toxic substances from the battery and fuel of the BeppoSAX satellite could be
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      185 26 AFP HONG KONG Hong Kong chief executive Tung Chee Hwa is in good health and did not undergo any tests for Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (Sars), a disease that has killed 10 people here. "Mr Tung is in very good health and
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      315 28 Reuters US govt fighting for case against lawyer NEW YORK The US government urged a federal judge not to throw out charges against a defence attorney that allegedly helped a militant cleric direct terrorist acts from prison, according to court papers. The Manhattan US attorney's office
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      135 28 Agencies BRUSSELS Former French Prime Minister Edith Cresson (picture) has been charged with fraud over allegations dating from her time as a commissioner in the European Union. A Belgian investigating magistrate, Mr JeanClaude Van Espen, has charged Ms Cresson and her staff with forgery and
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      136 28 AFP MUMBAI Thousands of employees at two of India's largest staterun oil firms began a three-day strike yesterday to protest the government's decision to privatise the companies. Workers of state-run Hindustan Petroleum Corp and Bharat Petroleum Corp downed tools in the refineries. The marketing
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      803 30  -  Raghav Gupta They hate the US, don't love Saddam, but teeter between hope and fear by in Dubai news@newstoday.com.sg IF THERE is any group of Arabs who are even more divided than their rulers in their assessment of the United States-Iraq showdown, surely it is the
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      34 31 Mystical Cheating |^^^H Fraud HH I °r Publ^c Education Cas^ file no. bz/tksT^H cz °s- z "hootout at 1SSt I 1 r^#fi Ao r O^ uo aA Classified: Murder 1 e A-- atus: CLOSED
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      611 32  -  Serene Foo Rising star Zhou Xun will take on sexy roles if she is touched by the stories by serene@newstoday.com.sg J-UDGING from the roles she's taken on, one might think that Chinese actress Zhou Xun loves baring her skin, n her upcoming movie, The
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        106 33 EX-HUSBAND Tom Cruise gave Best Actress Oscar winner Nicole Kidman (picture) a surprise tinkle. The Sun reported that Cruise was the first to congratulate Kidman when she switched on her mobile phone during the Oscars after-show party. Kidman was close to tears when Cruise called from the set
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        59 33 ENJOY special recipes dished out by personalities like South West Community Development Council Mayor Yu-Foo Yee Shoon or The Hour Glass chief Dr Jannie Tay in a recipe book by PrimaSPRING Singapore Baking Industry Training Centre (BITC). A Celebration of Taste contains over 40 recipes from local personalities,
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        BLUE CONCERT POSTPONED
        58 33 BRITISH boy band Blue has postponed their one-night only concert in Singapore on March 29. Midas Promotions hopes to reschedule the concert for May and advises tick et buyers to hold on to their tickets unti further notice. Ticket refunds will be available in a week's time.
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      258 33 Performing, visual arts draw greater patronage AS Oscar fever hit our island on Monday, the arts community also celebrated a record-breaking attendance sheet. According to the National Arts Council (NAC), over a million people here attended more than 2,500 ticketed performing arts events last year the first
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      558 34  -  Elisa Chia Children's entertainment group promises loads of fun by elisa@newstoday.com.sg A CERTAIN Uncle Mick Jagger may have rocked and licked the town this week, but all that the little ones here care about is to shake their bonbons to some "wiggly-giggly songs" from the children's entertainment
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      91 34 LOCAL a capella group Vocaluptuous (picture) performed at the Heritage Festival's Concert at the Park on Saturday night, giving its heartwarming renditions of local folk songs. Singers Wendi Koh and Mark Chan also took part in the event, while DJs from Centro spun
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        489 36 Reuters Iraq war may have helped Polanski's Oscar triumph WARSAW (Poland) Roman Polanski won the best director Oscar for The Pianist because he made a great movie, but he may also have been helped by the awards coming against the backdrop of war in Iraq, fellow directors
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        171 36 -Reuters BERLIN Germany may be the toast of Hollywood after its second foreign language Oscar success, but the rare victory will change little at home where Hollywood is king and dubbing dominates. Nowhere in Africa is the second German language winner after
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        484 36 Reuters LOS ANGELES War was hell on Oscar viewership, but that didn't keep the ABC television network from reaping the benefits of record advertising rates. With the conflict in Iraq weighing heavily on the minds of Americans, the subdued 75th anniversary edition of
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        182 37 Reuters/Variety HOLLYWOOD Many American movie-goers stayed at home but Bringing Down the House, starring Oscar host Steve Martin and Oscar nominee Queen Latifah (picture), continued to rule the box office. For the third weekend in a row, the Disney comedy about an uptight lawyer, whose dull existence
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      79 38 r Ww\ n6 in to Air Your Views on Channel 8, this Thursday 28 March 2003, HlT* from 10.30pm to 11.30pm, for a live discussion about issues relating to t* ajU organ donation. Guests include a doctor, donor family, and a representative W^ g^t from the NKF. This is part
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      1343 38 Spin the Bottle Channel 5, Mn ;3^ J|sm|-- Detik Suria, 8.30pm Kundun Arts Central, 10pm Felicity's trip back in time is having a ripple wfc*'^m I^^S H -Sj^l The dreaded war has begun and while the C The fascinating saga of the 14th Dalai effect on everyone and her new
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      Lock icon Gasol pumps up Grizzlies in their win over Orlando
      129 39 ORLANDO Barcelona-born Pau Gasol (picture) was one of six Memphis Grizzlies in double figures in its 110-104 victory over the Orlando Magic yesterday. Gasol, the NBA's reigning rookie of the year, notched 26 points on 10--of-16 shooting while grabbing eight rebounds.
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      515 39 AFP Eriksson says team of plumbers, wine-makers and coach drivers a threat LONDON England coach Sven-Goran Eriksson refuses to write off part-timer Liechtenstein in Saturday's David versus Goliath Euro 2004 qualifier. The game was given the go-ahead yesterday after the Liechtenstein Football Association beefed up security to
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      752 40 But look out for his challenge at the Ma. ORLANDO The first showdown went to the reigning champion, despite all those threats from the challenger. Not that Ernie Els left the Bay Hill Invitational hanging his head, never to be heard from again. It was one
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      Lock icon Newcastle star in the dock
      283 40 Agencies NEWCASTLE Newcastle chairman Freddy Shepherd said yesterday the Premiership club had severely chastised Craig Bellamy after the player's bust-up and warned him that his future behaviour will be under constant scrutiny. The 23-year-old Newcastle star was in Cardiff for the build-up to Wales' Euro
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      460 41 India's vice-captain Dravid says criticism of superstarTendulkar is just crazy LONDON Rahul Dravid has responded angrily to claims team-mate Sachin Tendulkar only performs in unimportant matches. Critics have questioned the mental resolve of Tendulkar, who was dismissed for four in India's 125-run defeat to Australia
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      Lock icon World champ hungry for more
      362 41 AFP PERTH Australia's cricketers are focused on winning the World Cup for a record-breaking third time in a row, captain Ricky Ponting said here yesterday as his triumphant team returned home. "There is no reason why we cannot win again in four years," Ponting said
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      Lock icon No way I'm a racist
      590 42  -  Tan Yo-Hinn Woodlands skipper Clark tries to repair damage after negative publicity by yohinn@newsto day. com. sg TWO weeks ago, Simon Clark was accused of being a racist. This after Tampines Rovers defender R Sasikumar accused the Woodlands Wellington captain of verbally abusing him with
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      445 42 Tan Yo-Hinn THE advice from local authorities is not to go to Hong Kong due to the high number of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (Sars) cases in the territory. Already, heavyweights Italy, France and Argentina have withdrawn from this weekend's Credit
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      Lock icon Lions too good
      621 43  -  Stanley Ho Classy Singapore runs roughshod over Pakistan Asian Cup preliminary round Group E Singapore 3 Pakistan 0 Indra leads Lions with a brace by stanley@newstoday.com.sg IT WAS not a fantastic show, but it'll do. Under fire following a spluttering start to its Asian Cup preliminary round
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      Football revolution on the way?
      368 43 LONDON Europe's biggest football clubs are prepared to ban their foreign stars from playing internationals, reported BBCSportOnline. The warning came from Arsenal chief executive David Dein, who predicted that if there is not a radical re-drawing of the international calendar within the next 12 months
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      Everton targets referee
      117 43 LIVERPOOL Everton has launched an official complaint against referee Alan Wiley after he allegedly told a fourth official to "keep an eye" on Duncan Ferguson during the 2-1 defeat at Arsenal on Sunday. BBCSportOnline reported that Everton revealed yesterday it had been inundated with complaints from supporters
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