Today, 13 August 2003, Afternoon Edition

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    13 1 TODAY SHARE YOUR FREE COPY Wednesday August 13, 2003 MITA (P) 002/11/2002 www.todayonline.com
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  • AFTERNOON EDITION
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      Wage reforms an urgent task, says DPM Lee
      189 1 DEPUTY Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong (picture) said this morning that it was imperative for Singapore "for the sake of workers" to implement wage reforms. The DPM's speech at the National Day ceremony at the Oil, Petroleum, Energy and Chemical Cluster in
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      Lock icon Steady Fed lifts stocks
      117 1 -Reuters NEW YORK US stocks rose after the Federal Reserve left interest rates at 45-year lows and signalled that it will keep them low to nourish economic growth. The Dow Jones index rose 92.71 points, or 1 per cent, to 9,310.06. The technology-laced Nasdaq Composite Index
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      Net to help the jobless
      687 1  -  Derrick A Paulo Portion of CPF funds for insurance? by derrick@newstoday.com.sg RETUNE, fine-tune or tweak. Ministers and media alike have been preparing the ground for changes to the CPF system. But enough clues have been scattered to suggest that these will not be minor modifications.
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      51 1 Man Utd's new No 7 unveiled Page 38 The Hunter Valley has more than just bacchanalian attractions. Read about the alternatives and get a chance to win a holiday Down Under as well as a Canon IXUS V 3 digital camera for those memorable holiday shots. Turn to Traveller Page
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  • HOT NEWS
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        Lock icon Missile 'trader' held
        155 2 AFP WASHINGTON A British citizen was arrested yesterday in New Jersey on suspicion of trying to smuggle a Russian surface-to-air missile into the United States for sale to terrorists plotting an attack. The man, identified by CNN television as being of Indian origin, was arrested in Newark,
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        Lock icon US and its 'nuke god'
        954 2  -  Ralph A Cossa News Comment/ By Time for Washington to take the high moral ground onWMD ON Aug 6, peace activists from around the world flocked to Hiroshima, Japan, to pray for peace and remember those who died when the first nuclear bomb was dropped
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      146 3 Carrefour /£4 Singapore \^r DONT MISS Carrefour s GREAT SUPERBUYS! CHECK INSIDEI Admission open for final 2003 University 111 IWI fl lit] I W'm of London academic year commencing J J L\*J IB 25 August 2003 P^QHrVRrW LONDON DEGREES 3 Year Direct Honours BSc Business VjJ BSc Management BSc Management
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  • HOME NEWS
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      Lock icon 'Ready-to-die' special force
      263 4 Agencies Jl squad of suicide bombers still at large JAKARTA The Jemaah Islamiyah 01) terror group blamed for the Bali and Jakarta blasts has formed a special unit that comprises 10 to 15 potential suicide bombers, a report said yesterday. Indonesia's Tempo news magazine said a man
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      Lock icon Handyman pilot flies jet home safely
      147 4 AFP LONDON A pilot fixed a faulty Boeing 757 jet stranded on Spain's Balearic island of Menorca before getting weary British tourists to vote on whether they wished to be flown home aboard the repaired jet, The Times reported yesterday. The incident occurred last
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      Pala's law firm to close
      449 6  -  Jose Raymond by jose@newstoday.com.sg THE law firm led by late Senior Counsel R Palakrishnan (picture) will probably shut its doors on Saturday. Mr Palakrishnan's best friend, lawyer Abdul Rashid Abdul Gani of Khattar Wong Partners, said that it was the "most logical" thing to do
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      Three more buses for Service 136
      134 6 SBS TRANSIT has increased the frequency of Service 136 which plys between two secondary schools in the north-east area, after the MPs highlighted residents' unhappiness in closed-door meetings last week. SBS Transit had terminated five services and re-routed four as they duplicated the routes
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      Expect budget service apartments too
      195 6 A CHINA-BASED company that operates hotels and travel services has clinched the $280,000 tender to convert two blocks of conservation flats in Tiong Bahru into a budget hotel. Hang Huo Enterprise outbid four others for the project and plans to invest up to $30 million
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      Lock icon Water main bursts in Killiney Road
      89 6 Channel i News. MOTORISTS should avoid Killiney Road today. A water main under the street collapsed last night, lifting the road surface in some places and causing other stretches to subside. The torrent from the damaged main made the road impassable to traffic and
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      Walls too thin, says expert
      419 8  -  Jose Raymond Water seepage could affect more HDB units in Elias Road built the same way by jose@newstoday.com.sg AN ALLEGED design flaw could become the bone of contention in a suit between a flat owner and the Housing and Development Board (HDB) next week. The
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      Did airlines break agents' agreement?
      310 8  -  Pamela Pang WHEN members of the United Federation of Travel Agents Association (UFTAA) visited Singapore earlier this month, they received a shock. They found out that International Air Transport Association (lATA) member airlines, namely SIA, British Airways and Qantas Airways, had apparently set aside a
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      School fee hike no cause for worry
      104 8 ACTING Education Minister has defended a move by four independent girls schools Methodist Girls', Nanyang Girls', Raffles Girls' and Singapore Chinese Girls' Schools to double their monthly fees from $100 to $200 over the next three to four years. Mr Tharman Shanmugaratnam said
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      Painful, those CPF cuts
      430 10  -  Yak Chin Hua and with no expectation of a payback I REFER to the report, "No restoration of CPF cuts for now" (Today, Aug 12). The report quoted NTUC SecretaryGeneral Lim Boon Heng as saying that the CPF contribution rates should be kept as low as
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      Three years, and no interview
      185 10  -  Elizabeth Tan ALTHOUGH the Government has raised the retirement age to 60, there are few employment opportunities for people above 40 years of age. lam now 43.1 have been responding to advertisements for administrative positions but, in the past three years, I have yet to
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      An example for employers
      101 10  -  L C Sng I REFER to the article, 'Retrenchment' is not in her dictionary", on Ms Mary Yeo (Today, Aug 11). I really admire her business philosophy. But how many employers here have the same mentality? UPS is very fortunate to have a managing director like
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      The horrors socialists do when in power
      202 10  -  Thomas S Falck YOUR newspaper had a somewhat strange article, "Price and prejudice of a begging bowl", by Mr Deep X Datta-Ray, on the welfare state in European countries (Today, Aug 12). This is the first time I have seen the issue of
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      50 10 Your letter can also appear on this page. Give your full name and address and write to: Today, 24, Raffles Place, #28-01/06, Clifford Centre, Singapore *****1; Fax:65-*****217; E-mail: news@newstoday.com.sg IDZO Intensive Firming C-Serum 8t Day-Night Miracle Repair Cream O^L 14 Weeks to firmer, i^> more uplifted skin tone Newnexis Enterprise
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  • BUSINESS NEWS
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      Lock icon OCBC increases home loan rates
      419 12 Bloomberg But bank trims interest from fourth year OVERSEA-Chinese Banking Corp (OCBC), Singapore's smallest lender by assets, has raised fixed home loan rates for new borrowers in line with rising interest rates, a move that may force other banks to follow. The move came after
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      Govt may cap industrial rents to help business
      355 12  -  Lee Yew Meng INDUSTRIAL property prices and rents should start to recover next year as the market shows signs of bottoming out in the second half of this year, Colliers International said in a report The optimistic outlook came despite a continued
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      Stock calls via SMS
      189 14 BY partnering global financial information provider Standard Poor's (S&P) and VoIUM Global Markets, a content delivery platform provider, Sing Tel Mobile has made its subscribers the first in Singapore to get two wireless services from S&P. S&P Stock To Watch, using WAP and SMS, includes a
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    • Market Watch
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        World markets
        60 14 Index Nikkei 225 Hang Seng All Ordinaries Taiwan Wtd Korea Comp Value 9,564.81 10,184.17 3,134.70 5,255.24 701.30 Change Pis +77.01 +90.63 -1.80 +40.64 -3.28 +0.81 +0.90 -0.06 +0.78 -0.47 KLCI 724.21 -2.62 -0.36 SET Index 513.19 +9.99 +1.99 Jakarta Comp 506.417 +1.576 +0.31 Phils Comp Shenzhen B Mumbai
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        SGX most active
        60 14 By volume Aug 12 Sunningdale Singpu Cosco Inv MultiVis MFSTech AsiaFoodP StarCrusUSS GES TAC 200USS Interra Close 0.435 0.630 0.400 0.325 0.675 0.295 0.285 0.495 1.530 0.295 Change +0.015 +0.030 +0.040 +0.005 -0.015 +0.010 +0.010 +0.040 +0.005 +3.6 +5.0 +11.1 +1.6 -2.2 +3.6 +2.1 +2.7 +1.7 '000
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        SGX top rises
        82 14 By$ By percentage Aug 12 Creative 50 Close Change 14.900 +0.500 Aug 12 Close Change Globa 0.030 +20.0 SIA 10.900 +0.300 KianHo 0.150 +20.0 SIA 200 11.000 +0.300 IPC 0.070 +16.7 STIETF100 15.800 +0.200 Fri Links 0.075 +15.4 JMH 400USS DBS 7.000 +0.150 11.200 +0.100 ChipEngSW*****2 0.040
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        SGX top falls
        84 14 By$ Aug 12 Close Change By percentage Aug 12 Close Change F&N 9.700 -0.300 BBR 0.015 -25.0 Seaview 8.700 -0.250 El-Nets 0.015 -25.0 GreatEasI 10.100 -0.100 HiapHoe 0.015 -25.0 Shang Asia 2kHK$ 6.400 -0.100 MultiChem W*****6 0.060 -14.3 APB Breweries 6.050 -0.050 SeeHS 0.040 -11.1 OUE 7.050
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        Lock icon Singapore
        73 14 AFP SINGAPORE share prices closed higher yesterday but gains were limited by profittaking in blue chips, dealers said. The STI finished up 10.04 points, or 0.65 per cent, at 1,563.63, while the All Singapore Equities index closed at 423.29 points, up 2.55. Volume traded totalled 1.102 billion shares valued
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        STI: 1,563.63 +10.04
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        Your S$1 buys
        36 14 US$ 0.***** UK£ 0.***** Yen 67.6215 HK$ 4.***** RM 2.***** Euro 0.***** Rupiah 4,863.47 Baht 23.8418 Peso 31.2780 A$ 0.***** Indian Rs 26.1517 Won 671.615 C$ 0.***** Yuan 4.***** NZ$ 0.***** NTS 19.5895
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        Lock icon Commodities
        26 14 SGX Bloomberg Gold uss/oi 359.876 Silver uss/oi 4.***** Platinum uss/oi 697.977 Rubber centsAg 181.25 Palm Oil RM/tonne 1,405.5 Brent crude uss/barrel 30.10 Information provided by:
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      Lock icon Corporate Briefs
      180 14 Channel News Asia ACCENTURE which has about 2,000 employees in India, plans to hire 1,000 more every month until the end of the year, a report by the India unit of Merrill Lynch Co stated. Accenture, Cognizant Technology Solutions and the computer services unit of International Business Machines
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      Lock icon DBS props up Li's mall fund
      300 16 Bloomberg Fortune Reit slips 2.1 per cent on debut, DBS makes up 83 per cent of trade DBS Group Holdings, which managed the sale of billionaire Li Ka-shing's property fund, said it bought 19.4 million shares in the real estate investment trust during yesterday's
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      Lock icon CapitaLand moves on China properties
      280 16 Bloomberg CAPITALAND, which plans to double its investments in China in about three years, said it will buy land for development only when there is a demand for new homes rather than accumulate property as it did here. The developer, which started selling homes in
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      Lock icon War on fraud
      169 18 Reuters Lawyer-client secrecy can be broken SAN FRANCISCO The American Bar Association passed a controversial proposal on Monday to allow lawyers to break sacred lawyer-client secrecy rules to stop financial crime. In a 218 to 201 vote, its policy-mak-ing body amended its ethics code to allow, but
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      Lock icon Crash riles Indian oil workers
      123 18 Bloomberg INDIA'S Oil and Natural Gas Corporation employees are set to go on strike today and disrupt output at the country's biggest oilfields after union leaders said the crash of a Mi-17 helicopter that killed 26 workers on Monday was caused by lax safety standards.
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      UNIT TRUSTS & FUNDS
      3071 18 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS The data contained herein has been obtained from company reports, financial reporting services, periodicals and other resources believed to be reliable. Although carefully verified, data on compilations is not guaranteed by Lipper A Reuters Company and may be incomplete. No offer or solicitations to buy or sell
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  • WORLD NEWS
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      Lock icon S Korea hit by another scandal
      248 20 -AFP Former President's right-hand man arrested SEOUL South Korea's political scene was once again hit by scandal yesterday when prosecutors revealed that the righthand man of former President Kirn Dae Jung had been arrested on charges of taking kickbacks from the Hyundai Group. Kwon
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        Lock icon 2 SUICIDE BOMBINGS IN ISRAEL
        76 20 Agencies A Palestinian suicide bomber blew himself up in a grocery store in central Israel yesterday, injuring at least six people. Police said a second explosion near the West Bank settlement of Ariel, which killed one Israeli and wounded two others, was also a suicide
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        Lock icon 'RISKY' TOURISTS CAN NOW VISIT DENAAARK
        77 20 -AFP The Danish government is set to change its visa regulations to allow tourists from countries considered "risky" to pay a 6,730-euro ($13,000) security deposit that would be refunded when they leave the country. The proposition is a response to Danish citizens unable to
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        Lock icon THAI MINISTER BUYS 'LUCKY' 9999 PLATE
        67 20 -AFP Thai Transport and Communications Minister Suriya Jungrungruangkit has snapped up a "lucky" licence plate for four million baht ($167,000) at a charity auction. Mr Suriya's 9999 plate which he intends to give to his son was the most expensive of 42 plates auctioned
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        Lock icon RACE FOR GOVERNOR TURNED INTO SHOW
        89 20 Reuters Forget about being a "Millionaire". The latest TV craze may just be "Who Wants to Be Governor of California?" The Game Show Network has jumped into the media frenzy surrounding the unprecedented recall of California Governor Gray Davis, saying it would host a
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        Lock icon FURORE OVER NAZI FASHION
        73 20 Reuters A popular Hong Kong fashion chain has removed a line of clothes printed with swastikas and other Nazi party symbols from its stores after sparking outrage among consumers and criticism from Israel. The row erupted when the stores put up flags and banners at the
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      Lock icon A song for the President
      51 22 AFP photo Hollywood actor Lou Diamond Phillips singing before Philippine President Gloria Arroyo and Tourism Secretary Richard Gordon during a reception at the presidential palace in Manila. Ms Arroyo had awarded Presidential Citations to Filipino-American Hollywood personalities Phillips, actress Tia Carrere and film producer Fritz
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      Lock icon Microsoft gets a $900 m tab
      206 22 AFP CHICAGO A federal jury awarded a Chicago-area company and the University of California US$52l million ($914 million) after deciding Microsoft's Internet Explorer browser infringed on a patent Eolas Technologies Inc and the University of California filed a lawsuit in Chicago in 1999 seeking
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      Female M'sian air force pilot killed
      124 22 KUALA LUMPUR One of the few female pilots of the Royal Malaysian Air Force was killed when her Pilatus PC-7 training aircraft crashed in Sintok, Kedah, an air force spokesman said. "The pilot is confirmed to have been killed in the crash," Major Roslan
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  • COMMENTARY
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      Lock icon Tongue firmly in cheek
      791 24  -  DrKhoo How San An ETfrom Literalia calls up this earthling and guess what they discuss? Today by news@newstoday.com.sg HI. I am what you earthlings call an extra terrestrial (ET) from the planet Literalia. Since my name in Literalese will be incomprehensible to you, just call me
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  • WATZUP?
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      KIM-me more!
      517 25  -  Cheng Puay Koon Why 'unattractive' actress Kirn got cast in this wacky new comedy by in Seoul puaykoon@newstoday.com.sg SEXUALLY unattractive: That was why director Kirn Kyung-hyung (inset) picked Kirn Ha-neul as the female lead for his box office hit My Tutor Friend. "She's skinny," he shrugged, nonchalantly, meaning
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      Festivefilms snags rights to Korean hits
      213 25 ONLY four people are running the show at Festivefilms, but this small growing business has already acquired distribution rights to three hit Korean films that have topped box office records. The first, My Tutor Friend, has grossed more than US$25 million ($42.61 million) in
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      Go au naturel in Scaryville
      303 26  -  Janice Lee Reality show sees contestants 'beautify' themselves with plastic surgery by janice@newstoday.com.sg GOSSIP, scandal and intrigue the stuff reality TV shows are usually made of. Ooh, fun. This time, however, the American Broad-casting Corporation has come up with a reality series with a twist
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      Fancy a date with Celeste?
      111 26 DO you want to go on a date with Celeste Valdes Lim (picture), this year's Miss Singapore Universe runner-up? A personal trainer, a naval officer, a party planner, a policeman and a group of actors are among 14 fearless bachelors who are game for a
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      389 27  - Domino dancing with insects Elisa Chia A dominologist's battle with critters by elisa@newstoday.com.se AS the saying goes, good will triumph over evil but not before a huge battle takes place. Ma Lihua, 24, has been spending 13 hours every day at one of Singapore Expo's exhibition halls since July 7.
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      146 27 MAKE way for the Brothers 4 because they've stepped out in style. MediaCorp TV Channel s's new drama series, Brothers 4, was watched by 715,000 viewers last Saturday with its television premiere on National Day. The show attracted 11 per cent of viewers aged
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        630 28  -  Pauline D Loh Australia's most established wine region offers more than Bacchanalian delights by pauline@newstoday.com.sg THE Hunter is synonymous with wine, being the site of the oldest vineyards in Australia. But it has become far more than just a place to enjoy good wines. It is a
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        144 29 One of the mosi colourful chefs in Hunter Valley, A if not in New South Wales, must be Robert Molines (below), often called the father of Hunter Valley cuisine. It is a label he brushes ofl with ill-concealed impatience. He would rather talk about food and wine
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        646 30  -  Shanoo Maharaj Indian actor Shah pulls off a first, but he's not crowing by news@newstoday.com.sg NASEERUDDIN Shah (picture) threw away the script of The League of Extraordinary Gentleman the first time it was sent to him by the film's producers in April last year. He didn't even
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        224 30 Reuters LOS ANGELES The Anti-Defamation League said on Monday that actor-director Mcl Gibson's coming religious film would lead to hatred of Jews, if it is released in its current form. The Passion, Gibson's depiction of the crucifixion of Jesus Christ and events leading up
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        327 32 It wasn't me it was the press Keuters LOS ANGELES A storm of tabloid stories, negative Internet buzz and a plain bad movie led to the spectacular failure of Gigli, starring Hollywood's hottest couple, Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck (both in picture). That is, according to Affleck himself. Affleck, as
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        309 32 Reuters/Hollywood Reporter S.W.A.T. betters pre-release expectations LOS ANGELES With two new wide releases entering the marketplace in North America, Sony's S.W.A.T. stormed into the top spot at the box office at the weekend as it took U5537.06 million ($63.17 million) on its debut, landing well beyond pre-release
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    567 36  -  Tan Yo-Hinn Marlins favoured, but the Sharks are on a mission by yohmn(s>newstoday.com.sg ONE set the pace all season to earn the tag of favourite for the title. The other last season's beaten finalist has endured an inconsistent 2003, spluttering and stumbling its way
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    299 36 Beckham, a Man U legend THE strike from just before the half-way line on the opening day of the 1996-1997 English Premier League season against Wimbledon made the world sit up and take notice of David Robert Joseph Beckham. Seven years on and he's become simply David
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    290 36 -AFP MINNEAPOLIS Herb Brooks, the legendary US Olympic hockey coach who orchestrated the "Miracle on Ice" triumph in 1980 over the Soviet Union, was killed on Monday afternoon in a car accident Brooks, 66, was driving alone when his vehicle rolled over and he was
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      319 37 Reuters MADRID Real Madrid is aiming to sign a new centre-back to complete its squad but wants to release several players, including midfielders Steve McManaman and Pedro Munitis, before going through with any move. New coach Carlos Queiroz said that the team's performances on its recent
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      756 37 Reuters THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN Guarded it may be, but new-look Abramovich-powered Chelsea will surely be in the hunt for the Premiership title LONDON When the magical Gianfranco Zola announced he was leaving Chelsea on July 2, the club's fans were united in their distress.
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        333 38 MANCHESTER The question on everyone's lips has finally been answered: Cristiano Ronaldo, Manchester United's new Portuguese signing, will wear the No 7 shirt left behind by David Beckham. The 18-year-old Portuguese whizkid became British football's most expensive teenager when he signed for £12.24
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        512 38 Veron attack 'a disgrace' says Utd boss MANCHESTER Sir Alex Ferguson has branded Juan Sebastian Veron's verbal attack on him "a disgrace". Ferguson has blasted Veron for suggesting the Manchester United manager had been two-faced over the Argentinian's £15 million ($42.13 million) move to Chelsea. Veron has claimed
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        391 38 Reuters Football Champions League qualifier Ajax confident of pulling through LONDON Ajax Amsterdam needed a late equaliser by Wesley Sneijder to earn a 1-1 draw at Austria's Graz AX this morning in the first leg of their Champions League
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      481 39  -  Tan Yo-Hinn Today photo by SBA acts to increase talent pool for Thomas and Über Cups by yohinn@newstoday.com.sg IT has been a long time since Singapore badminton could boast of a men's world No. 8 in Ronald Susilo and a Commonwealth Games female champion in Li Li (2002).
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      278 39  -  Stanley Ho HE HAILS from a land blessed by the football gods. And yesterday, Brazilian striker Fabio Veloso proved his class as Jurong eased into the semi-finals of the Singapore Cup after defeating the Singapore Under-23 side 2-0 in a quarter-final clash at the
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      318 39  -  Tan Wee Boon NATIONAL swimmer Gary Tan was a mere o.l2sec off from booking his spot in the Singapore squad that will head for the SEA Games in Vietnam from Dec 5-13. Yesterday, at the Toa Payoh Swimming Complex, Tan led
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