Today, 17 October 2003, Afternoon Edition

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  • AFTERNOON EDITION
    • 911 1  -  Teo Hwee Nak Lee Ching Wern High-level probe into NSman's death by and hweenak@newstoday.com.sg HIS head repeatedly dunked in water in the name of training, a 19-year-old national serviceman, Second Sergeant Hu Enhuai, died in Pulau Tekong on Aug 21. But as Defence Minister Teo
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    • 129 1 -AFP LONDON A leading conservative figure in the Anglican Church warned yesterday that the consecration of gay American Bishop Gene Robinson would lead to a definite split within the Church. "There will be a split, there is no other option," Archbishop Gregory Venables, Primate of
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    • 90 1 -AFP NEW YORK US stocks finished mixed yesterday, with the Dow retreating but the broader market gaining on fresh evidence of surging factory activity. The Dow Jones industrials, an index of 30 blue-chip shares, fell 11.33 points (0.12 per cent) to 9,791.72, chiefly due to weakness
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  • HOT NEWS
    • 386 2  -  tee Ching Wern HOW could such a serious lapse have occurred? What are the safety measures? Are they adequate? Questions came thick and fast from MPs following Defence Minister Teo Chee Hean's speech. Some MPs pointed out deficiencies in the current system. Others offered
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    • 664 3  -  Tor Ching Li PM seeks to revitalise country known more for its beauty than business by chingli@newstoday.com.sg SO what's new in New Zealand? If New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark has her way, Kiwis will no longer have their wings clipped by perception. Clad in
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    • 151 3 Channel NewsAsia FORMER CEO of NTUC Choice Homes, Lim Geok Hwee, was sentenced to five years' jail yesterday for taking $207,000 from the co-operative. He had earlier faced more than 50 charges for siphoning more than $1.3 million from Choice Homes and a
      – Channel NewsAsia  -  151 words
    • Article, Illustration
      375 4 Ferry pilot attempts suicide at home after boat rams pier NEW YORK The real drama in the ferry accident on Wednesday has shifted to the man who was piloting the vessel. The man, identified as assistant captain Richard Smith, fled the scene after the three-tiered ferry slammed into
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    • 205 4 Channel News Asia SINGAPORE said it looked forward to working with Malaysia to implement the decision of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS) in good faith. The tribunal had ordered the two countries to set up a panel of independent
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  • HOME NEWS
    • 297 6  -  Pamela Pang DIAGNOSED with asthma in her teens, MediaCorp Suria star Mastura Ahmad used to suffer between two to three asthmatic attacks a day and had to rely on the use of her blue inhalers (Ventolin) up to eight times a day. But two
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    • 497 6  -  Derrick A Paulo 26,000 HDB dwellers turned to banks for mortgages by derrick@newstoday.com.sg SINCE the Housing and Development Board (HDB) home loan market was commercialised on Jan 1, banks here have captured possibly almost $4.5 billion on the dotted line. As of Sept 30, more than
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    • 121 6  -  Derrick A Paulo SHOWER screens shattering, construction delays and water leakage at Sengkang. These problems have kept HDB busy and residents complaining. On Wednesday, HDB chairman Niam Chiang Meng admitted that some of the problems could stem from poor workmanship. But he said residents
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    • Article, Illustration
      377 8  -  Joy Frances Asst VPYew eyes MBA 23 years after leaving school by joy@newstoday.com.sg HE HAD a phobia for classrooms ever since he left school at the age of 16. So, when his employers offered, 22 years later, to send him back to school, Mr Yew Tai Wah
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    • 238 8  -  -Joy Frances BLIND people can surf the Web easily if websites are designed with their handicap in mind. But not in Singapore. In the US, UK and Australia, the law addresses issues of accessibility by the handicapped and owners of major websites
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    • 584 11  - Where kissing is risky Ng Shing Yi For your safety, limit your romance to holding hands while on MRT escalators by shingyi@newstoday.com.sg POINTING to a couple kissing on the escalator at City Hall MRT station, Mr Chan Chiak Kit, a manager in SMRT's safety services department, remarks: "There, you see
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  • LETTERS
    • 178 12  -  Mustafa More letters on Page 14 while others threatened me RECENTLY, I encountered financial difficulties due to the turmoil in the financial markets. My liabilities snowballed and I pleaded with the banks to let me convert my overdrafts to a term loan. This way,
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    • 97 12  -  Narayana Narayana I SUPPOSE one could sum up Mr Michael Backman's comment, "Is Singapore being paranoid?" (Today, Oct 8), and Mita's reply, "Backman's got it wrong" (Today, Oct 13), as a match of Fair Comment versus Unfair Comment Mita's press secretary wrote that "many Singaporeans con-
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    • 285 14  -  Deirdre Moss AT A meeting with animal welfare groups on Oct 8, the Agri-food Veterinary Authority (AVA) announced that the Stray Cat Rehabilitation Scheme had failed and would not be resumed. AVA said they made the decision based on feedback from the 16 Town Councils,
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    • 570 14  -  Goh Shih Yong isn't the only way to deal with cat problem WE refer to Ms Julie Ng Swee Ping's letter, "All it takes is one baseless complaint..." (Weekend Today, Oct 11-12). Stray animal control is one aspect of environment management, for which Town Councils are responsible in
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  • BUSINESS NEWS
    • MarketWatch
      • 94 16 Dow Jones SINGAPORE shares ended on an 18-month high yesterday, led by second-tier and laggard stocks. Blue chips were generally down but gains by Neptune Orient Lines and Singapore Airlines helped lift the benchmark index. The ST Index rose 5.23 points, or 0.3 per cent, to 1,754.19, the highest
        — Dow Jones  -  94 words
      • 56 16 By volume CAMInt LabroyMar Willas-Arr AlliedTeth Achieve UniFiber Star tech El-Nets Sunningdale KingWan Close 0.195 0.590 0.300 0.585 0.205 0.175 0.120 0.030 0.485 0.155 Change +0.010 +5.4 +0.065 +12.4 +0.005 +1.7 +0.030 +5.4 +0.015 +7.9 +0.015 +14.3 +0.010 +50.0 +0.020 +4.3 -0.015 -8.8 122,409 91,080 55,685 55,624
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      • 78 16 By$ Close Change Shang Asia 2kHKS 7.000 +0.400 KepCorp 5.950 +0.300 NOL 2.340 +0.140 By percentage El-Nets Colex Asiatravel Close Change 0.030 +50.0 0.160 +23.1 0.355 +20.3 SingamasC 2kHKS 4.325 +0.125 Amtek 1.690 +0.100 AmtekW*****0 1.350 +0.100 IRE Corp KLWW*****6 Vicplas W*****9 0.060 +20.0 0.090 +20.0 0.030
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      • 81 16 SGX, i Bloomberg Information provided by By Close Change 0CBC4.5%NCPS *****2.000 -0.300 Seaview 9.500 -0.150 By percentage Close Change KingWan W*****4 0.015 -40.0 Goldtron CPS*****6 0.030 -25.0 DBS 14.000 -0.100 L&M 0.015 -25.0 GreatEast 11.200 -0.100 JMH400USS 7.300 -0.050 CSCW*****7 0.025 -16.7 Goldtron 0.030 -14.3 JurEng 2.150
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      • 36 16 US$ 0.5745 UK£ 0.3445 Yen 62.931 HK$ 4.448 RM 2.1831 Euro 0.4938 Rupiah 4840.1 Baht 22.874 Peso 31.365 A$ 0.8344 Indian Rs 26.249 Won 674.46 C$ 0.7629 Yuan 4.7549 NZ$ 0.9658 NTS 19.476
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      • 59 16 Index Value Change Pis Nikkei 225 Hang Seng Ordinaries laiwan Wtd Korea Comp 11,025.15 12,027.57 3,302.30 6,035.74 776.97 +125.20 -28.61 +10.40 +111.36 +12.74 +1.15% -0.24% +0.32% +1.88% +1.67% KLCI 784.12 +0.91 +0.12% SET Index 583.61 +7.51 +1.30% lakarta Comp Phils Comp Shenzhen B Wumbai Sensex 649.29 1,368.81 247.39
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      • 21 16 Gold us$/oz 371.600 Silver us$/oi 4.910 Platinum us$/oz 720.200 Rubber centsAg 1706 Palm Oil RM/tonne 223.50 Brent crude us$/barrel 31.29
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    • 296 17 Channel NewsAsia New regulations to protect policyholders from unfair practices THE Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) will have the power to set rules for insurance funds once the Insurance Act is amended. The rules will spell out what receipts, income, expenses and liabilities
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    • 176 17 Chan Chao Peh SINGAPORE Education International (SEI), a group formed to promote the education market here, expects the local education industry to earn overseas revenues of $160 million over the next three years. The two main markets for Singapore's educational services are China and
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    • 245 18  -  Lee Yew Meng by yewmeng@newstoday.com.sg ASCENDAS Real Estate Investment Trust (A-Reit) turned in a net profit of $20.5 million for the six-month period ended Sept 30, 10 per cent higher than its initial public offer (IPO) forecast It will reward its unit-holders with a
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    • 380 18  -  Chan Chao Peh Dow Jones Reuters Agencies Agencies Channel NewsAsia Dow Jones Megachem Ltd's initial public offering (IPO) of 20.8 million shares at 28 cents each was about 74.3 times subscribed. The chemical solutions distributor's 3.2 million share retail tranche was about 472 times subscribed. The shares begin
      Dow Jones; — Reuters; Agencies; — Agencies; — Channel NewsAsia; — Dow Jones  -  380 words
    • 394 22 -AFP China, Vietnam,Thailand expected to boost region's GDP EAST Asia is poised for a strong cyclical recovery next year after a dip this year but the failure of global trade talks might dampen the rebound, the World Bank said yesterday. China, Vietnam and
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    • 148 22 -AFP HONG KONG International ratings agency Moody's Investors Service has upgraded the foreign currency ratings for China, Hong Kong and Macau. Moody's said in a statement that it had raised the ceiling for China's foreign currency bonds and long-term foreign currency bonds to A2 from A3, with
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    • 118 22 -AFP SEOUL-South Korea's GM Daewoo Auto and Technology will invest one trillion won ($1.4 billion) in research and development and facilities next year, the company said in a statement marking the first anniversary of its launch. The company also plans to develop and mass
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    • 132 22 -AFP APPLE Computer reported on Wednesday that increased Macintosh and iPod shipments helped it turn a fourth-quarter profit after a loss in the same period a year ago. Apple posted a net profit of US$44 million ($76.45 million), or 12 US cents a share, on
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    • SPECIAL FEATURE
      • 842 24 You just need to find the right sleepcare products DO YOU wake up feeling tired and exhausted, exactly like how you felt when you crawled into bed last night? Chances are you are not getting restful sleep. Sleep, like proper nutrition and exercise, is
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    • COMMENTARY
      • 777 26  -  William Pesek Jr Bloomberg Can Bush convince Tokyo to stop manipulating the yen and put an end to the escalating currency war? by news@news today, com, sg US PRESIDENT George W Bush arrives in Asia today to discuss trade, the war on terrorism and reconstruction in Iraq.
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    • SAVVY INVESTOR
      • 447 30 The bearish Marc Faber turns positive on Asia FUND manager Marc Faber, known as "Dr Doom" for his bearish views on markets, is now super-bullish on Asia. Dr Faber is also the editor and publisher of The Gloom, Boom Doom Report and the author of the
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      • What The Experts Say ...
        • 83 30 SGX ($1,960) BUY Dow Jones The huge jump in stock-market turnover will boost earnings, says UOB-KayHian, which increases SGX's FYO4 net profit forecast to $100.6 million from $98.1 million after raising the FYO4 forecast for stock-market volume to $1 80 billion from $162 billion. SGX's policy of paying out at
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        • 71 30 Jaya Holdings ($0,815) BUY Dow Jones DBS Vickers keeps its Buy recommendation with a 95 cents price target, seeing it as an attractive offshore play trading at an undemanding PER of 13 times FYO4 earnings anc 10.8 times FYOS earnings. With firm orders For 1 0 vessels, the company's growth
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        • 46 30 MFS Tech ($0,965) BUY Dow Jones NG Financial Research starts coverage on \AFS Technology with a Buy recommendation and a $1.06 target price. Strong growth in ;olour displays and camera-equipped phones should lift earnings by 25 per cent in FYO4 and 23 per cent in FYOS.
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  • WORLD NEWS
    • 187 32 Agencies BEIJING China yesterday completed its first manned space flight successfully when its first astronaut returned safely to Earth, sparking celebrations and a pledge of a new mission within two years. The Shenzhou V capsule landed at 6.23 am, just 4.8 kilometres off
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    • 362 32 Agencies He tells OIC nations Muslims must use brains, not just brawn PUTKAJAYA At the biggest summit meeting of the world's Islamic leaders since the 911 attacks, Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohammad gave a typically provocative speech on how to defeat Israel. The
      — Agencies  -  362 words
    • 282 34 Soon, women may opt not to give birth the natural way SYDNEY With mounting evidence that caesarean sections are safer and that more women are opting for the "C" as the way to go, giving birth the natural way could soon become obsolete. If overseas researchers
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    • global roundup
      • 36 34 Reuters Australia Prime Minister John Howard yesterday unveiled in a garden in ihe National Parliament in Canberra a memorial to the 91 Australian citizens and residents killed in last year's Roli blasts
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      • 73 34 AFP A Swiss woman diplomat raped in New Delhi after watching a movie at an international film festival has left the country escorted by police, the Swiss Embassy said yesterday. The 36-year old, an accredited diplomat, was attacked by two men as she was getting into
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      • 29 34 AFP In Manila, unknown gunmen shot dead Armando Rosimo, the head of the tax-fraud investigation division of the Philippines' Bureau of Internal Revenue yesterday.
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    • 146 34 Agencies Pope John Paul 11, 83, arriving at St Peter s Square in Vatican City on Wednesday to celebrate the 25th anniversary of his papacy. When the little-known archbishop of Krakow in Poland was elected pontiff, few would have predicted that the first non-Italian
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    • Article, Illustration
      378 38 Agencies 38 Aussie universities shut down in protest against move to cut power of campus unions SYDNEY Government moves to weaken the power of trade unions in Australia's universities sparked a nationwide walkout by 40,000 academics yesterday, shutting classrooms and libraries at nearly all the country's public colleges.
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    • 90 40 AFP photo Supplied with pens, crayons, pencils and paper from New York City, Iraqi children brought their experiences of "Operation Iraqi Freedom" to life in their drawings. This drawing by 10-year-old Iraqi Mohamad Jamal, is part of a exhibit by children from the Al Assail
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    • 274 40 -AFP Trade forum faces a future crisis of relevance MANILA Fourteen years after its being set up as the premier economic and trade forum in the Asia-Pacific region, Apec is in need of a major shakeup, analysts say. It is rapidly losing ground due to its
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    • 132 40 I Reuters WORCESTER (Massachusetts) A civilian translator at the Guantanamo Bay prison camp for Al Qaeda and Taliban suspects had hundreds of documents labelled "secret" in his possession when he was arrested last month, an FBI agent said on Wednesday. Prosecutors have accused Ahmed
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    • global roundup
      • 64 40 Reuters Even kitty litter is cleaner. That is the verdict on the results of a survey released yesterday which showed more than half of Britons could have breath that smells worse than that of their pets. A statement that accompanied the research said that most Britons
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      • 62 40 Reuters German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder said yesterday he was moved to tears by a new film about the country's unexpected World Cup football championship in 1954. Mr Schroeder, a football player in his youth, attended the premiere of Das Wunder von Bern (The Miracle of Bern)
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      • 59 40 Reuters Doctors in Dallas have begun to wean two-year-old Egyptian twins off the drugs used to put them in coma after performing a 34-hour operation to separate them at the crown of their heads. Doctors at the Children's Medical Center in Dallas where Ahmed and Mohamed
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      • 80 40 Reuters US President George W Bush, frequently at loggerheads with French President Jacques Chirac, won't let up about that kiss the French leader gave his wife's hand on her recent visit to Paris. Mr Bush has turned the First Lady's special treatment into a winning
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      • 53 40 AFP The Salvation Army in Melbourne yesterday put morals before money when it turned down a donation of Ass million ($5.98 million) from a gambling company. "We are associated with people whose lives are ruined by gambling," said a spokesman who admitted it was difficult to turn
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    • 612 61 Agencies Heartbreak for Chicago as loss fuels talk of curse Major League Baseball Cubs 6 Marlins 9 Windy City stunned by loss CHICAGO In the words of renowned Chicago Cubs baseball broadcaster Jack Brickhouse, any team can have a bad century. The Cubs, the team
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    • 327 61 Reuters NEW YORK It has all the makings to be one of the all-time classics Pedro Martinez against Roger Clemens, the Boston Red Sox against the New York Yankees the American League Champions Series (ALCS) pennant on the line. It's Game 7. Winner takes all between
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    • 330 61 Agencies EAGLE, Colorado Unidentified pubic hair and semen were found in the underwear that Kobe Bryant's accuser wore to her rape exam the day after the alleged sexual assault, an investigator testified on Wednesday {yesterday morning, Singapore time). But the samples did
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    • 441 63  -  Stanley Ho Woodlands says it is open to a possible union with embattled Sembawang by stanley@newstoday.com.sg THE two clubs are the closest things to derby rivals in the NTUC Income S-League. But while SembCorp-powered Woodlands Wellington is considered one of the powerhouses of the league, financially-strapped
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    • 89 63 TODAY photo by NEWLY-CROWNED NTUC Income S-League champion Home United ended its league campaign in style last night when it strolled past Tanjong Pagar 3-1 on the final day of the season. The Protectors were presented with the championship trophy by Peter Monksfield, general manager of
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    • 400 63  -  Tan Wee Boon by weeboon@newstoday.com.sg NEVER mind Harry Potter, two young Singaporeans are reading "It's Not About The Bike" the autobiography of five-time Tour de France champion Lance Armstrong. Travis Woodford and his younger brother Aidan named the 32-year-old American cycling legend as their source
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    • 183 63 FOR the first time, the efforts of individuals and organisations that have made contributions in promoting sports in the country will be recognised at the inaugural Sporting Singapore Inspiration Awards 2003. Organised by the Singapore Sports Council (SSC), the awards ceremony will be held
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    • 449 65 Agencies All Black star determined to play in World Cup despite knee injury Rugby World Cup New Zealand v Canada Live, today, 9pm, Ch24 MELBOURNE, Australia Injured All Black centre Tana Umaga vowed yesterday to play again in this World Cup and repay the faith of
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    • 225 65 LIVERPOOL Liverpool cruised to a 3-0 win over Slovenia's Olimpija as goals from Anthony Le Tallec, Emile Heskey and Harry Kewell helped the Reds to a 4-1 aggregate victory in the Uefa Cup first round on Wednesday {yesterday morning, Singapore time). French teenager Le Tallec
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      561 66 Agencies Many pros say Love's redesign makes course too easy GREENSBORO, North Carolina Some USPGA players are complaining about the redesigned course here for the US$4.5 million ($7.8 million) Chrysler Championship, which started yesterday (this morning, Singapore time). But if Davis Love does not like it, he
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    • 295 66 Reuters PULA, Mallorca Rejuvenated Englishman Lee Westwood will be scrapping for Ryder Cup points in the Turespana Mallorca Classic, which started yesterday (this morning, Singapore time), instead of playing the World Matchplay Championship he won in 2000. The former European No 1 did not
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    • 160 67 Davis Love 111 Nine times this year a player has triumphed at a tournament he won previously, and Love has done it in three of his four victories. He has played well at Forest Oaks in the past, winning the tournament in 1992 and
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    • 434 67 Golfs big names not tempted by bags of cash WENTWORTH, England The old adage that "money talks" is starting to fall on deaf ears in the dollar rich world of golf. When the new sponsor of the revamped World Match Play Championship, which started yesterday (this morning,
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      • 244 68 Reuters MADRID Unseeded Chilean Nicolas Massu brought Andy Roddick's 20-match unbeaten Tour run to a crashing end with a 7-6, 6-2 victory over the US Open champion at the Madrid Masters yesterday. Roddick, whose only defeat since August had come
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        341 68 Agencies Man Utd's clown prince returns to Marseille PARIS France's Fabien Barthez is to be loaned by Manchester United to Olympique Marseille, the club that turned him into one of the world's top goalkeepers, the French Ligue 1 club said yesterday. Marseille president Christophe Bouchet told the club's
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    • 903 70 Agencies Heskey, often taunted, must show more aggression on the pitch, not off it LIVERPOOL Emile Heskey doesn't say much. And when he's provoked, he still doesn't say much. The much-maligned Liverpool and England striker has endured racial abuse for his skin colour and regular abuse
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    • 245 65 Match KickOff HomeTeam Away Team (Singapore date/time) Leeds Manchester Utd Sat, 18/10/03,7.00pm Arsenal Chelsea Middlesbrough Newcastle Portsmouth Liverpool Sat, 18/10/03,10.00pm Manchester City Bolton Fulham Wolverhampton Celta de Vigo Real Madrid Sun, 19/10/03,1.30am Barcelona Deportivo Sun, 19/10/03,3.30am Check the current odds at any Singapore Pools or Singapore Turf Club outlet, or
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    • 1262 74  -  Joy Frances The 'Jack of all genres' continues to elude being pigeonholed by in Deauville, France joy@newstoday.com.sg JOHN Cusack is a tough nut to crack. Journalists who have tried to pin him down to an image during interviews have been disappointed with answers like "I don't know what
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    • 792 82  -  Zul Othman Hip-hop's not all about being a gangsta' and living an MTV life by: news@newstoday.com.sg FLASHY cars. Expensive threads. A bevy of beautiful (and bootyful) ladies strutting about in skimpy costumes. R&B and hip-hop is likely to continue to dominate the pop charts and our collective consciousness.
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    • 194 80 -AFT TAIPEI Taiwan has the highest ratio of teenage mothers among developed Asian nations as an increasing number of adolescents engage in unprotected sexual activities, health officials said on Wednesday. More than 10,500 young women between the age of 15 and 19 became mothers for
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      • 72 87 Reuters/Hollywood Reporter LOS ANGELES Nicolas Cage is set to go behind bars as a boxing coach in a fact-based feature being developed by his production company. The story revolves around Louisiana native Billy "The Kid" Roth, a former champion fighter who has volunteered
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      • 223 87 AFP SHANGHAI US film giant Warner Brothers has moved deeper into the film theatre business in China, signing contracts with two Shanghai-based companies, officials and state press reported on Wednesday. The maker of such recent hits as The Matrix Reloaded signed cooperation deals with the
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      • 555 90  -  Yong Shu Chiang Bright spark Alison Lohman lights up Match stick Men Matchstick Men FILM REVIEW by shuchiang@newstoday.com.sg THEY say having kids can change your life. For the unsuspecting, this normally blissful event may feel like a nasty prank, a surprise pie in the
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      • 402 94  -  Yong Shu Chiang Takeshi Kitano is outstanding in this violent film about Japanese gangsters by shuchiang@newstoday.com.sg TAKJihHI Kitano is one of those actors whom you can't ignore on the big screen. The man with the hard-boiled, impenetrable veneer has an undeniable screen presence, mesmerising even without
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      • 126 96 THE film was released internationally on May 18 and not even five months down the road, it's out on video and DVD. Noting the narrowing window between the theatrical and DVD releases of The Matrix Reloaded, The Los Angeles Times observed a new trend: To
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      • 143 96 My precious Fans pay hundreds for Rings tickets on eßay TICKETS for the three-film Lord of the Rings (LOTR) movie marathon on Dec 16, which sold out in all the major US cities when it went on sale last Thursday, are now being traded on Internet auction site eßay for
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      • 142 96 Reuters/Hollywood Reporter LOS ANGELES Godzilla director Roland Emmerich is strutting the tune of King Tut Tut, an action-adventure/love story, revolves around the legendary young pharaoh Tutankhamen and his attempt to reclaim his throne and save his country after the death of his father.
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