Today, 9 July 2003, Afternoon Edition

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    13 1 TODAY SHARE YOUR FREE COPY Wednesday July 9, 2003 MITA (P) 002/11/2002 www.todayonline.com
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  • AFTERNOON EDITION
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      Lock icon Pentagon roadblock ...
      264 1 Pentagon roadblock Agencies to STT's Global Crossing bid WASHINGTON The Pentagon plans to oppose on national security grounds a deal by Singapore Technologies Telemedia (STT) to buy a majority stake in bankrupt telecom company Global Crossing Ltd, a US official familiar with the situation said yesterday. Concerns by the Pentagon
      – Agencies  -  264 words
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      Lock icon Freedom becomes a death wish
      454 1 WHEJN Ladan and Laleh Bijani died yesterday, they were alone. For the first time they were two separate individuals, capable of being in different rooms or lying on different beds. The Iranian twins had made it plain that they would risk death for a chance
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  • HOT NEWS
    • AFTERNOON EDITION
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        Lock icon US stocks extend rally
        125 2 -AFP NEW YORK US stocks rose yesterday, extending gains from Monday's strong rally. The Dow Jones industrials, trading in negative territory for most of the day, edged up 6.3 points, or 0.07 per cent, to 9,223.09 in a late surge of buying. The tech-heavy Nasdaq benefited
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        Lock icon The Chia spin
        577 2  -  Jose Raymond Heshe co-founder buoyant despite facing bankruptcy by, jose@newstoday.com.sg HE IS a man who has never shied away from publicity, having contested elections and even toyed with the idea of becoming Singapore's first elected President And it was telling that even as he faced his biggest
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        Lock icon Go-ahead for bartop dances, 24-hr nightspots
        192 2 Newsradio 93.8 THE BIG debate over bartop dancing can now be put on ice permanently. The Singapore Police Force, the licensing authority on such matters, has decided that such dancing will be allowed in Singapore. Bartop dancing was one of the recommendations proposed by
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      Pot of Gold
      615 3  -  Derrick A Paulo Imovation Singapore Redefining performance by derrick@newstoday.com.sg THE National Skills Recognition System (NSRS) assessors can be difficult customers. In order to test Poh Heng Jewellery's 92 salespeople on their competency in handling sales, as part of the NSRS, the assessors role-played as customers and asked
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      137 3 X -Jfi '4^l A.\~ C \V Vi"" "f >• "VjidHr Jk -Aft lm TB Br .^a^^'S^^" M From the seeds of wild ideas are boirm Iruits of innovation. And w@ are the richer from such @x« fflf'ealkthroy|hs,... Ifs time we recognise those m Bcreativity his signlficwtly imipacted our lives. By
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  • HOME NEWS
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      Lock icon US hits KL plan to fight media piracy
      189 4 -AFP KUALA LUMPUR The US has warned that Malaysia's proposal to cut prices on computer software and compact discs could backfire and prompt producers to shun the country. Market forces will compel producers based in the US, which owns 70 per cent
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      Lock icon Media road map
      522 4  -  Kim-Kyna Tan Serene Foo by $100 m to help creative juices in the industry flow and kim@newstoday.com.sg IN A move that some cynics may pan as yet another state-engineered endeavour, the Media Development Authority (MDA) will pump $100 million into the media industry. The aim is to
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      Lock icon Study perks for healthcare workers
      307 4  -  Lim Wei Vi TWO Tan Tock Seng Hospital nurses are among 130 healthcare professionals who will be spending a month to two years in the US, Australia, Germany and Taiwan to develop further their expertise in their fields of work. Ms Prema Balan, 43, a
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      Lock icon Sars figures expected to rise
      168 6 Channel News Asia THE number of Sars cases in Singapore is set to be revised upwards, said Sars Combat Unit chief Khaw Boon Wan (picture) yesterday, after a staff appreciation lunch at the National University Hospital. Mr Khaw, who is also the incoming Health Minister,
      — Channel News Asia  -  168 words
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      1.4 m stepped out and spent
      389 6  -  Jasmine Yin Life returning to normal in Sars-hit economy by jasmineyin@newstoday.com.sg THE Singapore Tourism Board's (STB) Step Out! Singapore programme revealed that Singaporeans would always be Singaporeans. Step Out! Singapore was aimed at getting Singaporeans out and about and spending money to revive an
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      Lock icon Prosecution's liver expert has his say
      307 6 Channel News Asia A LIVER expert brought in by Ms Andrea De Cruz's lawyers maintained that Slim 10 was the most likely culprit behind the MediaCorp artiste's liver failure. Dr Dede Sutedja from the National University Hospital (NUH) rejected claims made by the defence
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      138 6 Banking on Cells An Educational Talk on Stem Cells Over the last few years, public awareness on stem cells has grown. To manage the growing interest on stem cells, Cord Life conducts educational talks aimed at educating expectant parents about cord blood and stem cells; their applications and the latest
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  • LETTERS
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      The yardstick by which we judge others
      227 8  -  Michael Loh Yik Ming I REFER to Mr Jason Lee Boon Hong's letter, "Limits to liberalism" (Today, July 8). Mr Lee advocates maintaining the current conservative attitude towards homosexuality, if it exists, in the light of the Government's move to employ homosexuals. To
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      Issue of equality
      430 8  -  KyleLoh Don't drag Asian values into debate on gays I REFER to Mr Jason Lee Boon Hong's letter, "Limits to liberalism" (Today, July 8). While feedback on Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong's statement that homosexuals are no different from other Singaporeans has been positive generally, the sentiments
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      129 9 Deutsche Post World Net MAIL EXPRESS LOGISTICS FINANCE _SS«£™ _JHSSt_ —2 X™, _SHS^ «JMBt- _SHB&™ wmtEmSmem U- ■I i a V .^fll HE BOA V i B v v There's a new global standard in express delivery, freight and logistics. DHL Worldwide Express, global leader in air express, Danzas, global
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  • BUSINESS NEWS
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      Lock icon Sign of recovery
      305 10 Bloomberg Machinery orders up, indicate turnaround for Japan JAPANESE machinery orders rose unexpectedly in May, suggesting companies were preparing for a recovery in the world's second-largest economy. Private machinery orders rose 6.5 per cent to 932 billion yen ($13.8 billion) from April, the Cabinet Office said in
      – Bloomberg  -  305 words
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      Lock icon ST Eng 2Q profit up 12%
      110 10 Bloomberg Bloomberg SINGAPORE Technologies Engineering Ltd, South-east Asia's largest defence company, said its second-quarter profit rose 12 per cent, helped by the completion of a military project at its land systems unit. Net income for the three months to June 30 rose to $90.7
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    • Market Watch
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        STI – Intra-day
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        Singapore
        69 10 SINGAPORE'S stocks gained for the sixth day, its longest winning streak in 19 months. The index closed at 1,518.95, up 2.86 points, adding to a five-day, 4.7 per cent climb. The STI and the Nasdaq Composite Index have had a correlation of 0.87 in the past three months. A
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        SGX top rises
        79 10 By$ By percentage June 8 Close Change Venture 17.200 +0.300 GreatEast 10.500 +0.200 Cosco lnvRCCPS*****41.570 +0.170 ShangAsia2kHKS 5.550 +0.150 KepCorp 5.050 +0.130 MetroHldg 0.765 +0.110 June 8 Integra R ChipEngS W*****2 Integra R500 BBR Goldlron Heshe Close Change 0.025 +66.7 0.030 +50.0 0.020 +33.3 0.025 +25.0 0.025
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        SGX top falls
        85 10 By$ June 8 Close Change By percentage June 8 Close Change DBS Bk 6% NCPS*****.800 -0.200 Liang Huat 0.045 -18.2 SPH 100 18.700 -0.200 GMGUSS 0.030 -14.3 Creative 50 14.900 -0.100 New Toyo W*****7 0.030 -14.3 Robinson 6.500 -0.100 SembKim 0.115 -11.5 SingamasC 2kHKS 3.400 -0.100 PDCCorp
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        World markets
        61 10 Index Nikkei 225 Value 9898.72 Change Pts 103.56 1.06 Hang Seng KLCI Sydney All Ords Taiwan Weighted 9992.87 727.00 3013.60 5367.97 100.47 -3.40 8.20 45.71 1.02 -0.47 0.27 0.86 Korea Composite Thai SET Index 708.34 496.64 +4.05 +7.31 +0.58 +1.49 Jakarta Composite Philippines Comp Shenzhen B Mumbai 518.53
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        SGX most active
        61 10 By volume June 8 Horizon Chartered GES DatacrftUSS Full Apex Pac Cent Hotung USS Digiland Citiraya Beyonics Close 0.105 1.060 0.480 1.150 0.510 0.270 0.150 0.125 0.575 0.240 Change +0.015 +0.010 +0.030 -0.010 +0.015 -0.005 +0.015 -0.005 +0.015 '000 +16.7 75,845 +1.0 68,339 +6.7 61,996 -0.9 38,063
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        Your S$1 buys
        36 10 US$ 0.***** UK£ 0.***** Yen 67.4249 HK$ 4.***** RM 2.***** Euro 0.***** Rupiah 4,674.81 Baht 23.6602 Peso 30.3569 A$ 0.***** Indian Rs 26.3359 Won 671.544 C$ 0.***** Yuan 4.***** NZ$ 0.***** NTS 19.5514
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        Commodities
        21 10 Gold uss/oi 345.527 Silver uss/oi 4.***** Platinum uss/oi 660.000 Rubber centsAg 175.75 Palm Oil RM/tonne 1421 Brent crude uss/barrel 27.40
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      He wants hi?^| dad's undying mve
      361 11  -  Melody Tan Nine-year-old Scan hides his dad's cigarettes and points out the danger of smoking to him by I melody.tan@newstoday.com.sg NINE-YEAR-OLD Scan Yeo is on a crusade. He wants his father, Patrick Yeo, 40, to stop smoking. According to Patrick's wife, Susan Eng, a
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      172 10 I HOTEL SINGAPORE -OgpJt where traditional hospitality never dates. \\oVJ^" ZiT^v V^ All-time mouthwatering Singapore Thai favourites! Daily Buffet Lunch (12:00pm 2:3opm) $15.50* per adult $11.50* per child Weekend Buffet Dinner (7:oopm 10:30pm) (Sat, Sun, Eve of Public Holiday Public Holiday only) $16.80* per adult $12.50* per child BALMORAL ROAD
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      127 11 Brought to you by: V*^ Health \s Promotion Board "Choose Life. Call It Quits" contest WE'VE got 10 shopping vouchers, each worth $50, to give away! Simply answer these questions and the first 10 all-correct entries will win. Q. There is no point in quitting since the damage caused by
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  • BUSINESS NEWS
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      Lock icon Corporate Briefs
      166 12 AFX-Asia Francis Kan AFX-Asia SAMUDERA SHIPPING LINE, in reply to queries from the Singapore Exchange, said it was not aware of any reasons behind its shares jumping 25 per cent on the stock market on Monday. The counter gained another 2.6 per cent yesterday to close at 40
      – AFX-Asia; — Francis Kan; AFX-Asia  -  166 words
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      Protest at EGM
      346 12  -  Francis Kan Minority vote against PSC exec stock options By francis@newstoday.com.sg PROVISIONS Suppliers Corporation's minority shareholders failed yesterday in an extraordinary general meeting (EGM) to defeat a proposal that may see the company's executives pick up stock options at discounts of up to 20 per cent off
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      111 14 Bloomberg Bloomberg CAFE de Coral Holdings, the world's largest Chinese fast-food chain, reported its first decline in annual profit in eight years amid an economic slump and mounting competition in Hong Kong. Net income declined to HK5245.2 million ($55 million), or 44.3 Hong Kong cents a share, for
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      Licensing challenge
      353 14  -  Derrick A Paulo by FTA sparks change in patent field derrick@newstoday.com.sg ONE hundred years of intellectual property rights (IPR) evolution in the United States meets eight years of Singapore's patent system. That is one way of looking at the free trade agreement between the two nations. With the
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      He's hot on Singapore
      425 16  -  Lee Yew Meng Major HK developer upbeat about local market, keen to work with HDB by yewmeng@news today, com, sg CHEUNG Kong Holdings, the flagship of Hong Kong billionaire Li Ka-shing, is keen to team up with HDB Corp to build Singapore-style townships in China. It
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      Lock icon Not HK but S'pore for property trust
      205 16 Bloomberg CHEUNG Kong Holdings plans to raise as much as HK5681.6 million ($153 million), choosing Singapore over Hong Kong to list its first real estate investment trust (Reit). Hong Kong's biggest developer by market value will package five shopping malls worth HK$3.2B billion
      – Bloomberg  -  205 words
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      Lock icon M'sia beats forecasts
      263 18 Bloomberg Economy did not slow down as expected amid Sars outbreak MALAYSIA'S industrial production rose in May at more than twice the pace forecast by economists. This suggests the economy did not slow down as expected amid an outbreak of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (Sars) in Asia.
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      Lock icon PTP grows
      102 18 Bloomberg THE Port of Tanjung Pelepas (PTP) handled 37 per cent more containers in the first half of the year than a year earlier, after luring Taiwan's Evergreen Marine Corp from its Singaporean rival, PSA Corp. The Malaysian port handled 1.6 million 20-foot containers in the first six
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      UNIT TRUSTS & FUNDS
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      63 15 Kjß^U" SINGAPORE'S —il fSBSIPwi I ChannGi WK^mk Prime Time Viewership Share* I 43% I Source: TNS, P4+ (1 Jan 30 Jun 2002: 3,808,000) (1 Jan 30 Jun 2003: 3,847,000) p 'Ol Prime Time: I 7pm 11pm as defined by Media Development Authority 6 Months: Jan Jun*o2 6 Months: Jan Jun'o3
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      243 17 S^" CNETAsia Gartner Summit 2003 19 20 August, Suntec Singapore The much-awaited CNETAsia Gartner Summit 2003 is here. This premier IT industry conference brings together world-class speakers, including leading market analysts, top-notch consultants and vendors. This '^L X two-day Summit explores today's most pressing issues in business transformation, and provides
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  • WORLD NEWS
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      Lock icon Tung on the way out?
      373 19 AFP China 'may remove HK leader over his handling of anti-subversion Bill' BEIJING China's blue-eyed boy in Hong Kong may be heading for a tearful end, analysts said. Seven years since China took Hong Kong back from Britain, Chief Executive Tung Chee-hwa is, for the
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      Lock icon Child, 2, survives plane crash that kills 115
      164 19 -AFP KHARTOUM A total of 115 people were killed when an airliner of the national flag-carrier, Sudan Airways, crashed in eastern Sudan early yesterday, the state-owned Radio Omdurman reported. A two-year-old child was the only survivor of the crash, the radio said,
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      Lock icon Bush slip
      285 20 Agencies US admits Iraq report error WASHINGTON Already facing a credibility crisis over intelligence reports that supported the war in Iraq, the White House has admitted for the first time that President George W Bush's claim in an address in January that Iraq had sought to buy uranium
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      Lock icon Oil the reason for tour of Africa
      276 20 Agencies LONDON After turning a blind eye on Africa, US President George W Bush has undertaken a five-nation tour of the continent Critics argue that Mr Bush's new found interest in Africa is far from charitable. Instead, it is seen as a US
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    • AROUND THE WORLD
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        Lock icon SADDAM'S RALLY ON TELEVISION
        73 20 Reuters AL Jazeera television aired a purported audio recording yesterday from ousted Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein. "Returning to covert attacks is the appropriate means for resistance," the voice on the poor quality tape said. "Your main mission, Iraqis, is to evict the invaders from Iraqi territory.
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        Lock icon BEST COUNTRIES TO UVE IN
        85 20 Reuters Norway, Iceland, Sweden, Australia and the Netherlands have been ranked as the top five countries in which to live in the 2003 United Nations Human Development report yesterday. The report measured a nation's well-being based on factors such as educational levels, healthcare and life
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        Lock icon NEW US CENTRAL COMMAND HEAD
        53 20 AFP MR John Abizaid, a Lebanese-American general and Middle East expert who is fluent in Arabic, has replaced Mr Tommy Franks on Monday as head of the US central command He will direct forces in 25 countries in the Middle East and South-west Asia, including
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        Lock icon THAI AIDS CAMPAIGN RAPPED
        43 20 Reuters THAI community groups wanted to use a logo featuring two elephants having sex for next year's World AIDS conference in Bangkok but the plan was criticised by health authorities because the male elephant was not using a condom.
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      105 20 I Terms conditions Valid for a la carte menu only. I l This advertisement cut out must be presented when T requesting for the bill. Not valid for use with set menus, promotional offers, privilege cards and on festive 1 seasons. Offer ends 31 July 2003 \1 J^M\ JT? y
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  • COMMENTARY
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      Lock icon No tears for Aceh
      1269 21  -  Andrew Tan A serious problem for Indonesia but rest of Asean won't lose sleep over it by news@newstoday.com.sg THE armed rebellion in Aceh, led by the Independent Aceh Movement (GAM), has been a significant internal security threat to Indonesia since it broke out in 1976. The
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  • WATZUP?
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      Remembering Pala
      988 22  -  Navtej Singh Last week, the sudden death of Senior Counsel R Palakrishnan, ex-President of the Law Society, left the legal fraternity and a large coterie of his friends, clients and admirers to mourn his death. What manner of man was he? Navtej Singh, a friend of Pala from
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      Cultural viruses
      421 23  -  Sian E Jay Malaysian artist Ahmad Shukri gets under your skin by news@newstoday.com.se WITH the recent Sars scare just over, an art show entitled Virus may raise a few eyebrows. But for young Malaysian artist Ahmad Shukri, the concept of the virus something that infects another entity is
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      A REALLY PHAT GIVEAWAY
      81 23 WE JUST just realised that there was no question in the Too Phat giveaway yesterday. Which means the 10 copies of 360, T00 Phat's latest album, have yet to be claimed.The question is: What is the name of the single featuring both Malaysian rap group Too
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    • IN CINEMAS
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        Lock icon The unstoppable T3 box office machine
        319 25 Reuters/Hollywood Reporter LOS ANGELES He's back, just as he promised. And boy is he BIG. After a 12-year absence, the nearly unstoppable cyborg from the future returned in Warner Bros' Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (picture), which raked in U5544.04 million ($75.07 million)
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        NORTH AMERICAN BOX OFFICE TOP 10 (JJULY 4-6)
        125 25 weekend gross cumulative gross 1 T3: Rise of the Machines US$ 44.04m US$ 72.39m 2 Legally Blonde 2 US$ 22.22m US$ 38.51m 3 (1) Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle US$ 14.01m US$ 67.07m 4 (3) Finding Nemo US$ 11.51m US$ 274.94m 5 (2)
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        SINGAPORE BOX OFFICE TOP 10 (JULY 4-6)
        85 25 weeks 1 The Twins Effect (Mandarin) 1 2 1) Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle 2 3 Dumb and Dumberer 1 4 3) Finding Nemo 5 5 2) The Hulk 3 6 4) Basic- NCI 6 2 7 Twenty Something Taipei (Mandarin) 1 8 10)
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        Lock icon Matrix-inspired killings stymied
        420 26 Reuters Three Mafr/x-mimicking teens planning a Columbine-style killing spree arrested OAKLYN (New Jersey) Three teenagers, said to have dressed like characters from the Matrix films, were charged with attempted murder on Monday for plotting a Columbine-style killing spree that police apparently foiled in the nick of time.
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        Lock icon Ex-KGB spies versus Russian DVD pirates
        253 26 Reuters/Hollywood Reporter MOSCOW Russia's nascent DVD market is in danger of drowning in a sea of high-quality pirate discs that hit the market weeks before the films premiere at cinemas, let alone come out as licensed video or digital versions, distributors, retailers and industry
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      Lock icon Le Tour d'Australie
      510 30 AFP Australia flexes cycling muscles in one of world's great sporting spectacles Cycling Tour de France Aussies dominate early on SYDNEY Australians yesterday basked in the glow of their cyclists dominating the early stages of the Tour de France. The news from France couldn't get any better
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      Lock icon American coach slams judges' anti-superpower bias as Cuba shines
      520 30 AFP Boxing World Amateur Championships Eight US boxers fall in first round BANGKOK American boxers are experiencing a backlash at the World Amateur Championships because of their country's superpower sorties, infuriated head coach Frank Gentile claimed yesterday. "As long as we
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      Lock icon Rocky road ahead, Kobe
      579 32 Agencies US supports NBA All-Star, but will he suffer after sexual assault allegation? LOS ANGELES In the court of public opinion, sports stars aren't always considered innocent until proven guilty. The National Basketball Association's (NBA) Los Angeles Lakers' Kobe Bryant (picture) could face sexual assault charges
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      Lock icon It seems surreal, but Lunke's now a Major winner
      375 32 -AFP I Golf I Lunke who? I NORTH PLAINS Hilary Lunke, a 24-year-old who never finished better than 15th in an LPGA Tour event, outlasted Angela Stanford and Kelly Robbins in an 18-hole playoff to capture the US Women's Open on
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      Dad wants stricken Lomu to dump rugby
      192 32 WELLINGTON The father of ailing rugby union superstar Jonah Lomu fears his son may be risking his life if he plays for New Zealand in this year's World Cup, reported BBC Sport Online. The 28-year-old All-Blacks wing has a serious kidney condition which
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      Hockey death
      59 33 ANKARA Russian ice hockey great Roman Lyashenko, who played for the New York Rangers and who was on holiday with his family in Turkey, was found dead in his hotel room near the southern city of Antalya, a Russian embassy official said yesterday. Lyashenko, 24, on holiday with
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      Holy cow!
      60 33 GSTAAD Wimbledon champion Roger Federer is now the proud owner of a cow after Swiss Open organisers marked his Grand Slam success in bizarre fashion yesterday. The Swiss, who pocketed U*****,000 ($1 million) in taking the Wimbledon men's singles title, received the unusual gift after being given a
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      Bergkamp off?
      59 33 LONDON Dennis Bergkamp's agent has dismissed the new contract Arsenal is offering the Dutch striker as "too embarrassing for words". Bergkamp has reportedly been proposed a one-year deal but on a lower salary than he was receiving before. The 34-year-old, who is remaining in Holland until his future
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      On the mend
      64 33 BOMBAY India's ace off-spin-ner Harbhajan Singh may not need surgery to rectify a longterm finger injury in his bowling hand, his doctor said yesterday. Dr Anant Joshi, the Indian specialist who has been treating him, said Harbhajan had responded to physiotherapy after consulting a specialist in Melbourne
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      Nakata chase
      58 33 ROME Serie A giant Inter Milan has joined the race to sign Parma's Japan international Hidetoshi Nakata, according to the Gazzetta dello Sport. The Italian sports daily reported that Inter, which has so far been quiet in the transfer market, is tussling with rival AC Milan and English
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      582 33  -  Tan Yo-Hinn Singapore Open runner-up hampered by a lack of competition by yohinn@newstoday.com.sg NOT much was expected of Ronald Susilo at last year's Yonex-Sunrise Singapore Open. But after a stunning charge to the final of the five-star event and with an expectant home crowd fired up
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      Lock icon Portuguese star Pauleta could send Ronaldinho to United
      255 33 -AFP PARIS A bid by Paris St Germain to buy Bordeaux's Portuguese striker Pauleta might open the way for its Brazil World Cup star Ronaldinho to join Manchester United. The I'Equipe sports daily reported yesterday that PSG had offered 8 million euros
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      Lock icon Young Lions make last eight of Cup
      472 34  -  Tan Wee Boon Anuar's brace helps Sivaji's youngsters beat the Tigers by weeboon@newstoday.com.sg THE team could not have picked a better moment to end a dismal seven-game winless streak. For the Singapore under-23s' 3-1 triumph over Balestier Khalsa in the Group C Big
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      Junior sprint stars bound for Canada
      418 34  -  Tan Yo-Hinn by yohinn@newsto day. com. sg IZWAN Firdaus and Tang Yue Han are not household names yet. But the two 17-year-olds could be Singapore's future in sprinting in a couple of years. Last night, the duo left for Sherbrooke, Canada, where they will
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      Paddlers must get it right in Vietnam
      317 34  -  Tan Wee Boon SINGAPORE'S paddlers embarked on the first of their training missions yesterday determined to iron out their weaknesses before the Southeast Asia (SEA) Games in December. A women's team and two men's teams flew to Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam to
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        Lock icon Chelsea duo face the axe
        438 35 Agencies Hasselbaink, Gudjohnsen first victims of Russian overhaul LONDON Ignoring warnings from manager Claudio Ranieri and departing fan favourite Gianfranco Zola, Chelsea's new Russian owner Roman Abramovich continued his revolution yesterday by dispensing with two of the team's most prolific strikers. Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink has
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        Lock icon Milito to replace Hierro
        156 35 -AFP MADRID Real Madrid is set to sign Argentina international Gabriel Milito from Independiente, the Spanish first division club said yesterday, which will shore up its weakness in central defence. Real Madrid failed to defend its European Champions League title last season and poor defence, particularly
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        Ranieri threatens to quit if Chelsea's new owner interferes with selection
        369 35 LONDON A day after his job was called into question, Claudio Ranieri yesterday threatened to quit Chelsea if new owner Roman Abramovich tries to get involved in team affairs, reported the Daily Mirror. Ranieri issued his stark warning after
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