Today, 3 December 2003

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    10 1 TODAY /A=DJJ\CORP todayonline.com Wednesday December 3, 2003* mita (P) 002/11/2002
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    Lock icon The missing bodies
    621 1 AFP. Mystery clouds US success story SAMARRA (Iraq) It has been touted as America's biggest victory over its enemies in Iraq, a crushing rout of the insurgents who have been snapping at its heels and shooting at its soldiers. But just after proclaiming that its troops had
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    Limp Bizkit wimps out
    498 1  -  Janice Lee and Zul Othman by. janice@newstoday.com.sg IT'S official: Limp Bizkit is not coming to town. The American "rapcore" band has cancelled tonight's concert at the Singapore Indoor Stadium, said promoter Midas Promotions. And the official reason for the cancellation? A US travel advisory warning of
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      58 1 NEWSX^/lEWS fair comment? Is the media argument a call for a monopoly?/! 0 morocco ho? Is the Banyan Tree franchise headed for Africa?/! 4 koh buck song Terrain for expression growing with influence of the Internet/28 ASEAN'S NEWEST SUPERSTAJJ^ One on one ar with M'sia's T Akmal Rizal {2$ *S^l
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  • HOT NEWS
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      Two golds and a silver for MediaCorp TV Channel 5
      110 2 IT WAS a good haul yesterday: Two gold medals and a silver. If only it were the Sea Games This year's Promax BDA Asia Conference, part of the Singapore Media Festival, ended yesterday, with MediaCorp TV Channel 5 winning three
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      Lock icon Global stir by French envoys
      417 2  -  Asif Ansar Workers at embassy in Singapore said to have joined unprecedented one-day strike by THOUSANDS of French diplomats, including some working at the embassy in Singapore, staged an unprecedented oneday strike on Monday over budget cuts that unions say make a mockery of French
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      New team, old faces?
      592 3  -  Tor Ching Li New Alpa-S exco taking shape as nominations end tomorrow and voting begins on Dec 5 by chingli@newstodav.com.sg WHILE usually an internal affair, the make-up of Singapore Airlines (SIA) pilots union's new executive committee has now become a matter of national interest, following numerous
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      Lock icon Kashmir border pull-back soon?
      318 4 -AFP India-Pakistan flights to resume from Jan 1 LONDON Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf told the BBC that India and Pakistan could begin to pull back from the divided province of Kashmir if New Delhi agrees. "If it is acceptable to India, the mutual withdrawal of forces
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      Lock icon Blair is not mad, only a lawyer
      159 4 -AFP LONDON British Prime Minister Tony Blair is not mad, a leading psychiatrist said in findings published on Monday, prompted by comments in the press that the Prime Minister has lost it over his Iraq policy. Several columnists have hinted at Mr Blair's
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    • Article
      Blackmail for revenge
      158 4 LONDON A Cambridge graduate tried to blackmail American Express for £6 million ($lB million), claiming to have evidence of its staff being involved in terrorism and corruption. The Independent reported that Kulwant Singh did this in revenge after being "spurned" by Amex. In 2001, he reported to
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      Lock icon global roundup
      81 4 Sailor on Singapore ship killed by pirates Pirates shot dead a sailor in a raid on a Singaporean merchant ship in the Malacca Strait. The MN Sea Panther heading to Mumbai from Singapore was approached by four pirates in a fishing vessel 30 nautical miles off Sumatra, Bernama
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      6 2 NUMBERS TO REMEMBER HB BIKBI J
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      238 3 Celebrate -i 111 I I Christmas 4 T I Atlas H>Fi LoeweVitros6372ZP H Bose Retail price 553,100.00 9 IvIOOGI O*Z*n 29" screen diagonal Real Flat picture tube in 4 :3format« Digital 100 for flicker-free images Ky?«I View two programmes at once with Full-PIP Operating convenience with PCS and Digital ''■y.-r-l
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  • HOME NEWS
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      Xbox snapped up at Sitex 2003
      102 6  -  Madeleine Chong THE cash registers were definitely ringing at Sitex 2003. Sales of Microsoft's Xbox was so overwhelming that exhibitors had to return to the warehouse for stocks. Two hundred units were sold in the first one-and-a-half-hours and more than 2,000 were snapped up
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      Green tax breaks
      242 6  -  Pamela Pang for those who help to nurture Singapore's gardens by pamela@newstoday.com.sj INDIVIDUALS and organisations can now get tax breaks when they help sustain Singapore's reputation as a garden city, thanks to the Garden City Fund (GCF). Said Deputy Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, who launched the
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      Singles have it tough too
      349 8  -  Madeleine Chong More are now dealing with job loss and depression by madeleine@newstoday.com.sg BEING single does not necessarily equate to being carefree. Although singles need not contend with being tied down to their spouse or children, they have to grapple with responsibilities like caring for
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      Starwood found guilty of breach of contract
      175 8  -  STARWOOD Hotels Resorts Worldwide was found guilty of breach of contract by the High Court yesterday. It was sued by Asia Hotel Investments for damages of at least US$53 million ($9l million) for breach of confidentiality and non-circumvention. Asia Hotel is a leisure
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      Lock icon 16,000 children are dyslexic
      223 8  -  Ted Chen ABOUT 16,000 children between the age of six and 16 are dyslexic, according to a 1990 study done on the prevalence of dyslexia. This means that in a typical class of 40 students, one or two students could be dyslexic. These statistics were revealed
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  • LETTERS
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      A major push for monopoly?
      452 10  -  Lawrence T Pereira The reading public is not naive, Mr Fernandez THE underlying message of the intellectual discourse on media competition entitled "Study downside of media competition" by Mr Warren Fernandez (The Straits Times, Dec 1) seems to be a classic case of "if it
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      Carry out duties with common sense
      215 10  -  Siraj Ahamed SINCE I am the subject of James Low's response ("Over-zealous? Officers do their jobs for a reason", Today, Dec 1) to Mr Narayana's letter dated Nov 26, allow me to respond directly. On the night in question, Hari Raya eve, the cars
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      A pause that refreshed?
      134 12  -  Kuang Jingkai I READ with interest and slight amusement Ms Patricia Pong's letter "Bus driver stopped to collect a hot drink" (Today, Dec 2). I am not saying that the driver is faultless, but perhaps it would have been better to exercise a little tolerance in
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      For breakfast, too
      124 12  -  Mohamad Nurhafiz Bin Mohd Noor I REFER to Ms Patricia Pong's letter "Bus driver stopped to collect a hot drink" (Today, Dec 2). I have encountered such incidents before, not once, but twice, when I travelled on bus 257 from Tanjong Gul to the Boon Lay bus
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      6 maids, each a disaster
      339 12  -  Victoria Childs Get a maid and you'll understand employers' plight, Mr Humphreys I REFER to Neil Humphreys' article on maids "Smile, you're on candid camera" (Weekend Today, Nov 22). I am a British expatriate who has been living in Singapore for more than 10 years
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  • BUSINESS NEWS
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      Necklace in the making
      430 14  -  Shobha Tsering Bhalla Banyan Tree inks deal to build a 100-unit resort in Morocco by shobha@newstoday.com.sg LUXURY spa and resort operator Banyan Tree Holdings appears to be on its way to fulfilling founder Ho Kwon Ping's well-publicised dream of "string(ing) a necklace" of resorts across the
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      corporate briefs
      277 14  -  Dow Jones Tyre maker YHI will place out 15 million new shares at $1.095 each to raise about $16 million to fund purchase of new machinery and equipment and a joint venture in China. ST Engineering, which gets half its profit from servicing aircraft, said it will win
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      Lock icon Chartered sees slimmer losses
      257 16 Thanks to rise in orders for chips used in mobile phones CHARTERED Semiconductor Manufacturing expects its fourth-quarter loss to be narrower than that forecast as orders for chips used in devices such as mobile phones and modems increased. The loss will be about US$44 million ($74.8
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    • Market WATCH
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        ST 1ndex—1728.96 -8.79
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        Singapore
        202 16 SINGAPORE shares closed broadly lower yesterday on profit-taking after making gains from the start of last week. The ST Index fell 8.79 points, or 0.51 per cent, to 1,728.96. Volume declined to 609 million shares from Monday's 838 million. Traders said the profit-taking was expected and "healthy" after the
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        SGX most active
        60 16 By volume Beauty China Chartered KXD UniFiber Mral JurTech Brilliant Ipco SingTel Japan Asia Close 0.420 1.670 0.385 0.160 0.140 1.180 0.690 0.125 1.830 0.110 Change -0.015 +0.020 -0.010 +0.010 +0.005 +0.040 +0.025 -0.005 +0.010 -0.005 -3.4 +1.2 -2.5 +6.7 +3.7 +3.5 +3.8 -3.8 +0.5 -4.3 '000
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        SGX top rises
        78 16 /enture Close Change 19.800 +0.800 By percentage North 22 USS Close i 0.040 Change +14.3 >IA 12.300 +0.300 ITE 0.315 +10.5 >IA 200 12.200 +0.200 Avaplas 0.275 +10.0 Shang Asia 2kHKS 7.200 +0.150 Wee Poh 0.055 +10.0 DBS 14.400 +0.100 Colorlanil 0.060 +9.1 Jnisteel 1.340 +0.080 IPC
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        SGX top falls
        77 16 )y$ iPH Close 19.500 Change -0.500 By percentage PSL Close 0.135 Change -30.8 SrealEast 10.900 -0.400 Strike W*****5 0.015 -25.0 iPH 100 19.600 -0.300 Rolol 0.095 -20.8 JOB 12.800 -0.300 Koh Bros W*****6 0.020 -20.0 :iTYDEV 5.850 -0.200 Golillron 0.025 -16.7 XBC 12.000 -0.200 GenMag 0.170 -15.0
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        World markets
        55 16 Index Nikkei 225 Value *****.15 Change Pis +6.88 +0.07 Hang Seng H\ Ordinaries laiwan Wtd *****.23 3196.70 5911.45 -44.76 +16.40 +41.28 -0.36 +0.52 +0.70 Korea Comp 807.78 +0.39 +0.05 KLCI 797.80 +7.24 +0.92 SET Index 646.64 +5.49 +0.86 lakarta Comp Phils Comp Shenzhen B 633.72 1336.83 272.29 +3.78
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        Lock icon Commodities
        27 16 SGX, Bloomberg Information provided by Gold us$/oi 402.300 Silver us$/oi 5.495 Platinum us$/oi 774.000 Rubber centsAg 206.00 Palm Oil RM/tonne 1 864 Brent crude us$/barrel 28.56
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        Your S$1 buys
        36 16 US$ 0.5809 UK£ 0.3377 Yen 63.5693 HK$ 4.51 RM 2.2076 Euro 0.485 Rupiah 4941.18 Baht 23.1795 Peso 32.2538 A$ 0.7979 Indian Rs 26-546 Won 696.895 C$ 0.7571 Yuan 4.8086 NZ$ 0.9021 NTS 19.8115
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    • NTUC Income News
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      Lock icon China calm over trade rows
      206 19 -AFP ahead of Premier Wen's visit to the US next week BEIJING China should not retaliate in all trade disputes with other countries but should keep a level head as it seeks to learn the rules of international commerce, the Beijing-backed People's Daily said in
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      Lock icon Gas flow from Natuna delayed yet again
      216 19  -  Dow Jones RESTORATION of the gas flow from Indonesia's West Natuna field to Singapore has been delayed again, industry sources said yesterday. The 325 million cubic feet per day flow was disrupted on Nov 15 by a leak in the I,oookm pipeline. Last
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      Lock icon Malaysian PM backs currency peg
      109 19 -AFP KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia's new Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, who is also Finance Minister, said yesterday he backed the pegging of the ringgit to the US dollar, noting it has served the economy well. Mr Abdullah took over both posts on Oct 31 from
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      India still hopeful of M'sian rail deal
      379 20 Contractors for rail project dumped after 'overpriced' bids KUALA LUMPUR India said yesterday it still hoped to win part of a multi-billion dollar Malaysian rail contract as promised before it was cut out of the deal in favour of a politically wellconnected local
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      China aims for 7% growth, 4.7% jobless rate next year
      234 20 BEIJING China's economic planners are targeting seven per cent growth next year and are resigned to a sharp increase in the official unemployment rate, state media said yesterday. China has routinely set a seven per cent growth target for the
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  • SAVVY INVESTOR
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      Fastener maker launches IPO
      243 22 HK-based firm offers 25m shares at 23 cents each SUPERIOR Fastening Technology expects to raise about $4 million in net proceeds from its initial public offering (IPO) which will be launched today. The Hong Kong-based company, which makes fasteners for home appliances and telecommunication devices, is
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    • What The Experts Say ...
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        Lock icon Chartered Semiconductor ($1.67) – SELL
        71 22 Chartered Semiconductor ($1.67) SELL 3V~llt70 nicely n-i Dow Jones While upgrade in 4Q guidance may lift sentiment on Chartered, Kim Eng keeps its Sell recommendation on the stock, saying that "fundamental improvements are already priced in". Still, it is cutting 4Q forecast loss to US$40 million ($69 million) from US$49.4
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        Lock icon OAF (53.5 cents) – BUY
        60 22 OAF (53.5 cents) BUY Dow Jones DBS Vickers raises its recommendation for QAF to Buy from Hold, with a 70 cents target price, saying that the sharp fall in animal feed prices will improve earnings, while the sale of Shop N Save should also boost income and reduce gearing. DBS
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      UNIT TRUSTS & FUNDS
      2118 22 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS I The data contained herein has been obtained from company reports, financial reporting services, r mm nm nn7fl Inn periodicals and other resources believed to be reliable. Although carefully verified, data on EnOUlTieSlCall 852-2973-6600 compilations is not guaranteed by Lipper A Reuters Company and may be incomplete.
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  • WORLD NEWS
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      Lock icon Hugo may go
      312 24 ±1 su, a Agencies Venezuela's opposition claims huge voter support for ouster of President CARACAS Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez's days look numbered, after opposition groups claimed to have collected enough signatures to demand a referendum on his leadership. As the four-day petition campaign came to a close
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      Lock icon 'Miracle' baby
      129 24 Reuters BETHLEHEM Thousands of Palestinians are thronging to see a "miracle baby" in Bethlehem. The boy has a large birthmark across his cheek that, in Arabic, roughly forms the name of his uncle, Ala, a Hamas militant killed by Israeli troops for allegedly planning a suicide bombing. The
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    • Article
      US warns Taiwan not to anger China
      195 24  -  Reuters WASHINGTON The United States sent out a subtle reminder to Taiwan not to rack up tensions with China by urging Taipei to stick to a previous pledge not to seek independence and to drop moves to hold a referendum on its sovereignty.
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      Lock icon global roundup
      161 24 AFP Out of the skies, into your home The needle nose of a Concorde supersonic aircraft that recently went out of service sold for a record £320,000 ($950,000) at a London auction on Monday. A total of 128 items, ranging from navigation instruments to ashtrays, were sold and
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      Lock icon Labor has Latham as its new leader
      297 26 Agencies SYDNEY In a move seen as a bold election gamble, Mr Mark Latham famed for his intellect as much as for breaking a taxi driver's arm in a drunken brawl was elected yesterday as the leader of Australia's opposition Labor Party. He
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      Lock icon US scraps disputed control
      188 26 Agencies WASHINGTON On Monday, Washington said it was scrapping a controversial control on foreign visitors introduced after Sept 11, which have been criticised for being intrusive. The Department of Homeland Security said men from 25 mostly Middle-eastern countries, will still be photographed and finger-print-ed on arrival,
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      113 26 AFP AFP Churchill letters go on sale Thirty-seven letters written by Britain's World War II Prime Minister Winston Churchill to his lover Pamela Plowden, were expected to fetch over US$6OO,OOO ($1.03 million) when they went under the hammer at Christie's auction house in London yesterday. The most valu-
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      154 25 Deutsche Post World Net MAIL EXPRESS LOGISTICS FINANCE Get free Robinsons shopping vouchers when you ship with DHL Express this holiday*. Every $25 you spend on your DHL Express shipments from now till 31 December 2003 will get you a $5 Robinsons voucher. But spend $100 or more, and you'll
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      884 28  -  Koh Buck Song KM news@newstoday.com.sg AS THE future role and shape of the Singapore media continue to be discussed, the landscape of expression is undergoing some fundamental changes. These shifts could have far-reach-ing effects on the wider development of society. In the most recent speech
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      680 30 Reuters Lord of the Rings director gets rousing home-coming welcome at NZ premiere WELLINGTON (New Zealand) About 100,000 ecstatic fans welcomed The Lord of the Rings (LOTR) film director Peter Jackson as their returning king to New Zealand's capital on Monday, for the world premiere
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      586 32 AFP A fed-up Santa Claus has declared war on all deer ARVIDSJAUR (Sweden) Forget the jolly ol' ho-ho-ho Santa you know and love, this Santa is furious: Rudolph and the other reindeer who help him deliver toys to kids around the world every Christmas are
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      293 32 Reuters/Billboard NEW YORK Rapper 50 Cent leads the finalists for the 2003 Billboard Awards, which will be presented Dec 10 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. The winners reflect the weekly charts published by Billboard from last December to last month.
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      347 34  -  Razali Abdullah Hendrix is here to rekindle the magic of the original Woodstock by razali@newstoday.com.sg IN 1969, the first Woodstock Festival was held in New York in a county called Sullivan. Jimi Hendrix headlined the gig, which saw the genesis of a counter culture where peace, love
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      163 36 Catch the Hong Kong star this weekend HONG KONG superstar Aaron Kwok will be in town this weekend to promote his latest drama, Romancing Hong Kong. He will be arriving on Malaysian Airlines MH0603 from Kuala Lumpur on Saturday at 12.55pm. Fans can also catch the star on
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        211 37 Friday's finale drew 1.09 m viewers MORE than one in four viewers tuned in to the finale of Holland Yon MediaCorp TV Channel 8 last Friday. The serial attracted 1.09 million viewers aged four and above, according to figures from viewership tracker TNS (Taylor
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        131 37 -Reuters LOS ANGELES The Sundance Film Festival the top gathering for independent films in the United States named its competing films on Monday. Festival organisers said the work reflected an introspective quest for knowledge in the aftermath of the 911 attacks. Sixteen dramatic films and 16
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        236 37 Keuters/HoUywood Reporter NEW YORK A who's who of specialty film honchos has been subpoenaed to appear in a federal court tomorrow, as a group of independent filmmakers seeks to overturn major Hollywood studios' controversial clampdown on promotional "screener" videos. The clampdown was instigated by
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        176 38 First Michael, now poor Jermaine Reuters UNITED NATIONS The media frenzy over accusations of child molestation against pop star Michael Jackson spilled into the corridors of the United Nations on Monday as Jermaine Jackson ran away from pursuing camera crews. The persistent journalists had pressed him with questions about his
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        113 38 North American Box Office Top 10 (Nov 28 30) weekend gross cumulative gross weeks 1 (1 Dr Seuss' The Cat in the Hat US$ 24.46m US$ 75.83m 2 2 The Haunted Mansion US$ 24.28m US$ 34.05m 1 3 (3) Elf US$ 21.65m US$129.01m 4 4 (2) Gothika US$ 12.87m US$
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        75 38 Singapore Box Office Top 10 (Nov 28 30) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 1) 11 weeks Master and Commander 1 Duplex 1 Looney Tunes: Back in Action 2 Star Runner Ma nda ri n 1 The Matrix Revolutions 4 Ruarats Go Wild 1 Wishing Stairs
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        395 38 'Tis the season for family films Reuters/Hollywood Reporter LOS ANGELES A pair of family films jockeyed for the top spot at the box office during a very competitive Thanksgiving holiday weekend where a scant US$3.4 million ($5.9 million) separated the top three. Disney's new arrival, The Haunted Mansion starring Eddie
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      Lock icon Phelps won't win seven golds
      364 49 -AFP American cannot equal Olympic record, saysThorpedo MELBOURNE American swimming phenomenon Michael Phelps cannot win seven gold medals at next year's Olympic Games in Athens, Australian superstar lan Thorpe claimed yesterday. Thorpe, who rivals 18-year-old Phelps as the world's leading swimmer, said emulating American Mark
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      Lock icon Indian batsman Dravid vows to win for Indian people
      300 49 AFP BRISBANE Indian batsman Rahul Dravid sees it as the team's responsibility to do well in the forthcoming four-match Test series against Australia to reward his cricket-crazy countrymen's unstinting love for the game. Dravid, who helped to turn around the 2001
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      Lock icon ATP proposes 'firewall' to ban tennis match-fixing
      326 49 AFP LONDON Tennis authorities were reported yesterday to be set to draw up plans to prevent insider dealing in information, following a scandal over alleged match-fixing and betting which hit the sport six weeks ago. Mark Miles, chief executive of the Association of
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      Lock icon The big divide
      481 50 AFP Chelsea entertains modest Reading in League Cup English League Cup Chelsea v Reading Blues expected to field reserve team LONDON First Division club Reading will get a taste of how football's other half lives when it comes up against multi-million pound Premiership leader Chelsea in the
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      Lock icon Jets quarterback Pennington floors Titans
      319 50 Reuters NFL NY Jets 24 Tennessee Titans 17 McNair picked off twice EAST RUTHERFORD All the pre-game attention was on injured Tennessee quarterback Steve McNair but it was Chad Pennington who stole the show on Monday (yesterday morning, Singapore time), leading the New York Jets
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      Lock icon United duo escape bans
      228 50 Agencies LONDON Manchester United wingers Ryan Giggs and Cristiano Ronaldo were fined and reprimanded by the Football Association (FA) on Monday for their part in a fracas during and after a Premier League game against Arsenal. An FA spokesman said Giggs and Ronaldo had been found
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      Lock icon FERGIE in the dark
      676 51 United boss' future uncertain with takeover speculation rife LONDON An air of uncertainty is discernible around Old Trafford. When one of the most successful managers in British football history has to reassure his supporters that he will be allowed to stay at Manchester United, then obviously
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      The battle for Old Trafford
      462 51 THE CONTENDERS Michael Glazer Speculation is rife that the American billionaire is ready to launch a £700 million ($2.07 billion) raid to buy the club. He has just raised his stake in the club to 14.31 per cent, which makes him the second biggest shareholder.
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      Lock icon England recovers
      438 52 Agencies Spinner Giles takes three quick wickets against islanders Cricket Test Sri Lanka v England, Day 1 Giles gives visitors advantage GALLE, Sri Lanka Spinner Ashley Giles struck three crucial blows to help England restrict Sri Lanka to 138-4 on a rain-curtailed opening day of the first cricket
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      Lock icon Duncan suspended for knocking referee over
      296 52 LOS ANGELES San Antonio Spurs superstar forward Tim Duncan, last season's National Basketball Association Most Valuable Player (MVP), was suspended by the league for one game yesterday for shoving a referee. The two-time league MVP and five-time All-Star made contact with Jack Nies in
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      Batty battered
      102 52 GALLE, Sri Lanka England spinner Gareth Batty went into yesterday's first Test against Sri Lanka in this coastal town after being rescued from the sea a day earlier. Batty had been body-surfing with captain Michael Vaughan and fast bowler Matthew Hoggard on Monday afternoon when all three were
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      Russell stays
      69 52 WELLINGTON America's Cup holder Alinghi reaffirmed New Zealand yachting maestro Russell Coutts was still in charge of the Swiss yacht yesterday, denying worldwide rumours he had been sacked. Alinghi spokesman Bernard Schopfer said: "Our design team co-ordinator Grant Simmer will take more responsibility in team management, so Russell
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      Wilson sacked
      59 52 LONDON Jaguar's Formula 1 motor racing team has sacked Britain's Justin Wilson and replaced him with Austrian Christian Klien. The Ford-owned Formula 1 team said yesterday that 20-year-old Klein will race alongside Australian Mark Webber next year. Klien, runner-up in German Formula Three this year, impressed Jaguar with
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      No Vieri sale
      66 52 ROME Inter Milan's sporting director Marco Branca has quashed speculation that the club would be willing to sell striker Christian Vieri when the transfer window reopens next month. Big spending English Premiership club Chelsea is keen to sign Vieri. But Branca said: "Vieri is not on the
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        Don't write off Paey Fern yet
        223 53  -  Ray Chen SHE will be 30 on her next birthday, but Tan Paey Fern (picture) has no intention of retiring. The veteran has been with the national squad since 1991 and will continue to compete while there are medals to be won. Speaking at
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        Waterpolo boys return to form
        185 53  -  Tan Yo-Hinn NARROWLY escaping an early humiliation served as the perfect wake-up call for Singapore. Following a last-gasp 7-6 win over the Philippines on Monday, the men's waterpolo team bounced back at the XXII South-east Asia (SEA) Games yesterday. At the National Aquatic Centre in
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        A miracle on Sunday?
        555 53  -  Jose Raymond Castigated and vilified, former sprint hero Shyam is out to silence his critics by jose@newstoday.com.sg TWO years ago, national sprinter UK Shyam was on top of the world. Singapore's No 1 sprinter erased C Kunalan's 33-year-old 100 m national record of 10.38s at the
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        Lock icon Heaving for gold, thanks to a teacher and an old coach
        412 53  -  Tan Yo-Hinn by yohinn@newstoday.com.sg AS TEENAGERS in China, they never realised they had the potential to become world-class shot putters. One only took part in the event to make up the numbers at a local athletics meet. The other
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        Lock icon Singapore feels the heat
        861 54  -  skipper Aide Iskandar -Jita Singh Malaysian coach Allan Harris in yesterday's New Straits Times Malaysian team manager Datuk Seri Ibrahim Saad in yesterday's NST National Stanley Ho V Sundramoorthy Malaysia better, admits Sivaji, but with more composure in front of goal, who knows? by Malaysians' superior
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    • BATTLE OF THE CAUSEWAY: SINGAPORE V MALAYSIA, live Chs 4pm
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        706 55  -  Stanley Ho SEA Games will allow Akmal Rizal to prove he is in the class of Fandi, Piyapong and Kiatisak XXII SEA Games, Football Singapore v Malaysia Akmal, the jewel in Malaysia's crown AS I spoke to Malaysia's ace striker Akmal Rizal at his hotel
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        SINGAPORE-MALAYSIA HEAD-TO-HEAD
        342 55 Probable line-ups Sngapore: Hasan Sunny, Anuar Shah, Baihakki Khaizan, Razaleigh Khalik, Sevki Sha'ban, Masrezwan Masturi, Syed Fadhil, Aliff Shafaein, Shahril Ishak, Mustaqim Manzur, Noh Alam Shah Malaysia: Mohd Syamsuri, Norhafiz Zamani, Mohd Fadali Saari, Irwan Idrus, Rajan Koran, Indra Putra, Akmal Rizal, Abdul Aziz Ismail, Muhd Juzali Samion,
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