Today, 17 February 2004

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    13 1 TODAY we set you thinking todayonline.com MITA (P) 002/11/2002 Tuesday February 17, 2004
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    Lock icon Beeyonce showstopper sends sporting fans into a frenzy
    160 1 LOS ANGELES Forget the blockbuster sporting events, it's the half-time shows that are really causing a stir these days. Hot on the bra straps of Janet Jackson's breast-revealing "wardrobe malfunction" during the Super Bowl two weeks ago, pop diva Beyonce did the
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    Lock icon Self-censorship? Not here
    874 1  -  Shobha Tsering Bhalla Think-tank takes Govt 'be critical' call to heart A YEAR ago, it earned the wrath of the Singapore Islamic Scholars and Religious Teachers Association (Pergas) when it invited a radical Islamic scholar and activist from Malaysia to give a talk at one of its
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      47 1 NEWS£yWWS Good sex A reality talk show to be filmed soon/2 Richard Seah Why nutritious food can be narmful/3 Free ride Want breakfast and $500 for free?/6 Hot destination Ministers flock to India for opportunities/1 7 FOCUS ON CHINA, INDIA Raintree looks for new markets to conquer/22
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      33 1 m M^WSS^^^mJKt^ if Singapore are I ere to attach us, I c bring them on. I India's coach Constantine I seems pretty confident as he I speaks to Jose Raymond. See Page 38
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      Lock icon Here's the Wei to good sex
      639 2  -  Joy Frances A DOCTOR with a passion for talking big about sex and procreation will soon be filming his own reality talk show in an East Coast bungalow kitted out kitsch-style like an Austin Powers pad. Dr Wei Siang Yu aka Dr Love, Singapore's
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        Bird flu included in Workmen's Compensation Act
        59 2 Workers who catch the bird flu in the course of their work can now get compensation. The Ministry of Manpower has amended the Workmen's Compensation Act to allow this. Only those whose occupations involve either direct contact with animals or birds, or exposure
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        Lock icon First batch of retrenchment from ANA Hotel
        77 2 Channel News Asia The first batch of 36 staff to be retrenched from ANA Hotel received their final pay cheques yesterday. A total of 200 workers will be laid off from the hotel at Nassim Hill, which closes next month to make way
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        One more Olympic torchbearer
        63 2 Adventurer Khoo Swee Chiow and national discus thrower James Wong have been named the official torchbearers to run in the Athens 2004 Olympic Torch Relay. Official sponsor Samsung is now looking for an ordinary Singaporean to be the third torchbearer. The challenge is open to all
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        Lock icon Faster connection for campuses
        50 2 Newsßadio 93.8 Students at 1 0 institutes of higher learning can now enjoy faster network access on campus and also go online while physically in another campus. The institutes of higher education include the three local universities, four polytechnics and institutes of technical education in Singapore.
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        Lock icon More men with prostate cancer
        50 2 Newsßadio 93.8 Hospitals here are seeing a high number of men suffering from prostate cancer. The Singapore General Hospital sees about 120 new cases of prostate cancer annually. The Prostate Awareness Week will be launched for the first time this Sunday at the HDB Hub.
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      Food for thought
      800 3  -  Richard Seah N EWSSSDUDSD^ Milk is full of nutrients, but don't be misled into believing it's the healthiest food MCDONALD'S serves nutritious meals. I am saying this not because I have been bribed or threatened by McDonald's, but because it is true. The technical definition of nutritious
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        Lock icon Tommy 'gave bribe money to Wahid'
        71 4 -AFP Tommy Suharto, the son of former Indonesian President Suharto, who is in prison for murder, testified yesterday that he bribed associates of former president Abdurrahman Wahid. The younger Suharto told a court that in 2000 he handed US$l.7 million ($2.8 million) to two
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        Lock icon Start of NS for Malaysians
        62 4 AP About 28,000 1 7- and 1 8-year-old Malaysians yesterday became the first inductees in a 12-week national service programme. They were the first of roughly 85,000 called up by ballot. The Government said national service includ- ing lessons in good conduct and unarmed combat,
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        Lock icon Bird flu: 9 more cases in Thailand
        82 4 Agencies Thailand announced nine more outbreaks of bird flu yesterday, just days after declaring it expected to eradicate the disease by this month. The Environment Ministry yesterday also confirmed that a leopard in Thailand died of the HSNI bird flu virus on Jan
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      Lock icon Sydney on fire
      54 4 AP Fireworks exploding along a police line in the Sydney suburb of Redfern during a riot early yesterday morning that left more than 40 police officers injured. Australian authorities launched inquiries on the same day into the circumstances surrounding the death of an Aboriginal teenager, which Aborigines
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      Air Asia takes off from Changi
      248 4  -  Ng Shing Vi Maiden Spore-Bangkok flight 60% full AIRASIA was the first budget airline to take off from Changi Airport yesterday, though it did so with a whimper rather than a bang, despite CEO Tony Fernandes declaring from the cockpit "It's cool to come
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      Lock icon India and Pakistan begin talks
      180 4 Agencies ISLAMABAD Pakistan and India yesterday began their first peace talks in more than two years in an attempt to build a framework to resolve outstanding problems, including the thorny issue of Kashmir. The three days of talks were taking place in an atmosphere of
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      291 3 YVette C/ieo I fi* ji HR Manager, Education Industry H f j y n Southern Cross University (SCU) has an international reputation for innovation and excellence in both teaching TT^^l I^^Sl and research since 1970. SCU achieved a 4-star rating for graduates'educational experience in the Good Universities Southern Cross Guide
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    Lock icon Love, naturally
    510 5  -  Gurmeet Singh Eighteen special couples go on a romantic ride with SMRT Corp on Valentine's Day VISUALLY-IMPAIRED since birth, 52-year-old Philip Lye decided to celebrate this year's Valentine's Day differently. Instead of having the usual candlelight dinner with his wife Cynthia in a restaurant, he brought her to
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      No funds, no problem. Just ask
      587 6  -  Julihabee Mohd Noor Two local entrepreneurs go in search of no-charge services, money for nothing and get them THERE may be no such thing as a free lunch, but you can get a free breakfast from total strangers on the streets of Singapore or
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      Hail our return to M'sia Cup
      133 8  -  Jeffrey Law Lee Beng THE report "Return to the Malaysia Cup?" (Today, Feb 16), is good news for both Singaporeans and Malaysians. Life has not been the same for soccer fans since Singapore stopped playing in the Malaysian League and Cup 10 years ago.
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      Talking to the Great Wall
      191 8  -  See Leong Kit Dealings with disinterested civil servants causing feedback fatigue YOUR report "Feedback letdown" (Today, Feb 12), was hardly surprising. Some people would call it "feedback fatigue". As an "active citizen" (promoted by the 1998 Singapore 21 Committee), I have contributed to the letters
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      Will manual filing save jobs?
      191 8  -  Tan Yang Chong IT was reported that the Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore (Iras) plans to retrench 6 per cent of its staff in a year's time. The reason given for the retrenchment was the growing number of people submitting electronic income tax returns and
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      Datacraft denies rumours
      314 10  -  Suresh Mark Kumar Talk of CAD raid, big losses 'unfounded', it says, as stock falls IT services consultancy Datacraft Asia yesterday denied rumours that the company's offices were raided by the Commercial Affairs Department (CAD) last Friday and that it would be reporting a massive first-quarter loss.
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      EMA delays opening up of energy market for residents
      267 10  -  Dow Jones HOME-owners will be able to join larger power consumers in choosing their own retail electricity suppliers only at the end of 2006, the Energy Market Authority (EMA) said yesterday. The new timeline follows delays to Singapore's plans for a
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        ST Index-1,861.39-2.68
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        World markets
        60 10 Index Nikkei 225 Value *****.72 Change Pis -8.97 -0.08 Hang Seng *****.53 +91.73 +0.67 All Ordinaries 3337.20 -10.60 -0.32 Taiwan Wtd 6565.37 +16.19 +0.25 Korea Comp 881.28 -0.90 -0.10 KLCI 828.17 +2.26 +0.27 SET Index 738.92 -16.26 -2.15 Jakarta Comp 775.22 +2.08 +0.27 Phils Comp Shenzhen B 1464.99
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        SGX most active
        57 10 By volume Close Change 'OOO Bio-Treat 0.870 161,607 UnitedTAC DatacrftUSS Chartered 1.020 1.380 1.710 -0.100 -8.9 43,526 -0.100 -6.8 32,438 -0.050 -2.8 29,781 Speedy-Tech 0.760 -0.050 -6.2 21,394 Rotary 0.705 +0.005 +0.7 20,811 HG Metal 0.525 +0.075 +16.7 18,687 ChinaFlexP 0.925 -0.065 -6.6 18,040 Hi-P Integra 1.170
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        SGX top rises
        79 10 By Close Change DBS 15.500 +0.200 /enture 20.900 +0.200 \?i Breweries 7.250 +0.150 DMX Tech 1.540 +0.100 IMH 400USS 9.500 +0.100 SIA200 11.900 +0.100 iPH 18.700 +0.100 JOB 13.700 +0.100 r*HI Inl 1.400 +0.100 HG Metal 0.525 +0.075 By percentage Close Change Colorlanil 0.085 +30.8 BakerTech 0.145
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        SGX top falls
        76 10 By S Close Change ihang Asia 2kHKS 7.500 -0.400 jealive50 18.300 -0.300 XBC 12.300 -0.300 Fhai Prime200US$ 11.900 -0.300 F&N 12.900 -0.200 >TI ETF 100 18.600 -0.150 JianHu 0.700 -0.115 DalacrflUSS 1.380 -0.100 lariline C&C 6.000 -0.100 By percentage Close Changi 1WTechW*****1 0.010 33.3 Strike W*****5 0.015
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        Lock icon Singapore
        141 10 Dow Jones SHARES ended slightly lower yesterday, dragged down by selling in technology stocks like Datacraft Asia. The ST Index slipped 2.68 points, or 0.1 per cent, to 1861.39. Losers led gainers 245 to 90. The volume rose to 872.9 million shares, worth $823 million from 802.4 million shares
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        Lock icon Commodities
        26 10 SGX, Bloomberg Gold ussAi 410.800 Silver uss/oz 6.582 Platinum uss/oz 845.600 Rubber centsAg 213.50 Palm Oil RM/tonne 1913 Brent crude uss/borrei 31.06 Information provided by
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      Lock icon Venture's record
      225 11 Agencies Its annual earning reaches an all-time high VENTURE Corp has reported that its earnings for last year rose 33 per cent to a record high as it sold more electronics products during its seasonally-strong fourth quarter. Net profit for the year ended Dec 31 rose to $240.4
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      Lock icon More flew on SIA
      129 11 Dow Jones SINGAPORE Airlines filled 68.7 per cent of capacity last month, down from 69.3 per cent a year ago, with higher passenger loads offset by lower cargo hauls. Last month, it carried 1.35 million passengers and 77.2 million kilograms of freight Its January passenger load
      — Dow Jones  -  129 words
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      Lock icon CORPORATEbriefs
      97 11 Dow Jones Trade and Industry Minister George Yeo will be in India from tomorrow for a four-day visit to drum up tourism cooperation between India and Singapore. Newsßadio 93.8 See Page 17 Hi-P International said its net profit more than doubled to $36.6 million, or 4.93 cents a share
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      Lock icon Dec retail sales soared to beat GST hike
      175 12 Bloomberg SINGAPORE'S retail sales rose more-than-expected in December last year as consumers rushed to beat last month's increase in goods and services tax (GST). Retail sales rose 9.7 per cent in December from that of a year earlier, the Department of Statistics
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      Lock icon Plans to recover losses turn to pulp
      325 12 Dow Jones US bond-holders lose lawsuit against paper firm JAKARTA A New York court has ruled against US creditors who were trying to stop Asia Pulp Paper (APP) from using the Indonesian court system to invalidate US$35O million ($586 million) in bonds owed
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      Lock icon Temasek ups stake in India's ICICI bank
      191 12 Bloomberg GOVERNMENT investment agency Temasek Holdings said yesterday that it spent 1.15 billion rupees ($42.6 million) last week to increase its stake in ICICI Bank, India's second-largest lender. Allamanda Investments, an affiliate of Temasek, bought 3.4 million ICICI Bank shares to raise its
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      Lock icon MTV sees high Asia ad sales
      274 14 Bloomberg Ad expenditure in Asia Pacific growing fastest MTV Networks, which is owned by the third-largest US media company, forecasts a 20-per cent increase in advertising sales in Asia this year, where 150 million homes are watching its programmes. "We're looking at several years
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      Lock icon Bidding war begins for AT&T Wireless
      157 14 -AP LONDON Britain's Vodafone Group has bid US$35 billion ($58.6 billion) for AT&T Wireless Services, setting up a bidding war for the United States' third-largest mobile phone carrier with Atlanta-based Cingular Wireless, The Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday. Because both offers are similar,
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    • BUSINESS COMMENTARY
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        Lock icon S Korea's challenges, Hyundai-style
        680 16  -  William Pesek Jr How the automaker handles the sluggish domestic demand, and a rising won, will be watched by all IF YOU are wondering about the state of Asia's fourth-largest economy, you might want to keep an eye on Hyundai Motor. Its challenges mirror South Korea's.
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        UNIT TRUSTS & FUNDS
        2710 16 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 Upper A Reuters Company and may be incomplete. No offer or solicitations to buy or sell
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      Ministers' hot new destination: India
      534 17  -  Shoba Tsering Bhalla This is follow up to DPM Lee's remark on country being huge business opportunity, say observers IF THERE have been a few familiar faces missing in Parliament for the past few months, blame it on the latest travel bug that is sweeping
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      Lock icon IPO fever expected in India this year
      505 17 -AFP NEW DELHI Call it the year of the Indian stock market stampede. Indian companies are racing to the market, seeking to tap an equity boom, in what analysts say will mark the country's biggest-ever slew of share offerings. "Investors are hungry. If
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  • WORLD NEWS
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        Lock icon No full democracy for Hong Kong in 2007
        68 18 Reuters Beijing will not allow full democracy in Hong Kong in 2007', Hong Kong newspapers reported yesterday. Talks between Hong Kong and Beijing on election reforms are just a show, and Beijing has already ruled out direct elections for the next chief
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        Lock icon No plans to double London's congestion zone
        69 18 AFP London mayor Ken Livingstone yesterday began consultations on whether to double the size of the capital's congestion zone, a year after he set up the controversial scheme to charge drivers for entering the city centre. Ahead of the project's first anniversary today,
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        Lock icon President Chen surprises with unification possibility
        50 18 AP Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian said in an interview with Time magazine that he will not rule out the possibility of unifying the democratic island with China. "Who knows if these two separate countries (Taiwan and China) might become one over time?" Mr Chen.
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      Lock icon Dr Dean denies defection talks
      380 18 Agencies But campaign head Grossman says he will join Kerry if Dean loses Wisconsin MILWAUKEE Dr Howard Dean got hit with mutiny by a top aide on Sunday as he struggled to keep alive his sputtering bid for the 2004 Democratic presidential nomination. Campaign chairman
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      Lock icon US firm on June 30 Iraqi handover
      286 18 Agencies WASHINGTON The United States overseer in Iraq said on Sunday that Washington remains open to alternatives on how to transfer power to Iraqis but is committed to the June 30 date set by President George W Bush for handing over sovereignty. Presidential
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      Lock icon Gay couples flock to San Francisco to say 'I do'
      176 18 -AP SAN FRANCISCO Since it started issuing licences for same-sex marriages in a controversial challenge to both legal and social convention on Thursday, homosexual couples have descended on San Francisco in droves to be married. Overwhelmed officials had to turn
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      Lock icon Paedophile rings haunt Bali
      345 19 Agencies CANBERRA Terrorism and a still-fal-tering economy are not the only problems that are plaguing Bali. Now, it can add child sex tourism to the list Increasingly, more and more tourists are heading to the Indonesian resort island to have sex with minors, officials say yesterday.
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        Lock icon 'No hope' of finding survivors
        60 19 Reuters Moscow's mayor said there was no hope of finding any more survivors in the freezing wreckage of a water park on Sunday, where about 40 people were feared killed by a collapsed roof. Mr Yury Luzhkov, who said 25 people were confirmed killed, said
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        Lock icon Body of cockle collector found
        64 19 AFP Police investigating the deaths of 19 Chinese immigrant cockle collectors at Morecambe Bay off northwest England said a 20th body had washed ashore on Sunday. The discovery was made by a bird watcher and comes a clay after a local community leader said five
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        Lock icon Voyeur's tips for healthy teeth?
        70 19 AFP A Hong Kong family turned on what was supposed to be a government DVD on oral hygiene but, instead of tips on keeping teeth healthy, it contained close-up shots of naked young women urinating in toilets, The Sun reported yesterday. The disc was among
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      Lock icon Kim turns 62 amid much fanfare
      209 19 Agencies SEOUL The unresolved nuclear impasse in the Korean peninsular did not stop North Korean leader Kirn Jong-Il from celebrating his 62nd birthday in style yesterday. According to the official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA), Mr Kirn's birthday was celebrated as the country's biggest
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      North, South, East, West – keeping all safe
      633 19 North, South, East, West keeping all safe The Home Team is united in one common goal IT IS not only the compass that points you to the North, South, East and West. In the Home Team, the four directions feature prominently because they are the four sectors that the ground
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  • COMMENTARY
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      Lock icon Governance of entrepreneurship
      834 20  -  Koh Buck Song Singapore scores in many basic aspects but it has to get rid of some hampering mindsets ENTREPRENEURSHIP policy is an urgent topic for the world economy. But it remains a relatively small area of study in universities around the world. What is thriving is
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      979 22  -  Serene Foo Raintree eyes home run in these markets THE pioneering movie company which made history with Singapore's first win at last year's Golden Horse Awards in Taiwan is looking to conquering new markets and scaling greater heights. Ten-year-old local actress Megan Zheng nabbed the coveted
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      379 22 1999: Its first production was off to a big bang. Liang Po Po The Movie was a box-office hit being the top grossing Chinese movie in 1 999 at $3.03 million. 1999 to 2001: Subsequent offerings like The Truth About Jane and Sam, 2000 AD, Chicken Rice War,
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      306 25  -  Zul Othman Too Phat's 3rd hip hop album is too hot FOR A duo that has been credited with bringing hip hop to the Malaysian pop scene, Too Phat members Joe Flizzow and Malique remain surprisingly modest. As Flizzow recently told Today: "It's nice to be recognised.
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        429 26 Blame game not intended Mcl Gibson said he did not set out to make a movie that would shock. His controversial film The Passion of the Christ, which will be released in the US on Feb 25, purports to be a faithful and graphic account of Christ's last
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        585 26 -AFP Cold Mountain wins just 2 out of 13 nominations LONDON Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King was the big winner at Sunday's Bafta awards, Britain's equivalent of the Oscars. Picking up five prizes including best picture, The Return
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        464 27  -  Yong Shu Chiang Indie director Sollett seeks more success and warmer climes SOMEWHERE on the Lower East Side of Manhattan, dinner was waiting for independent filmmaker Peter Sollett. "I'm going to visit my neighbour's upstairs," the 27-year-old said. "I've lived here for seven years and this is the
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        199 27 -AP BRITISH boy group Blue blamed the media for encouraging stunts such as Janet Jackson's Super Bowl breast baring, saying the mainstream press' increasing coverage of sex has made performers believe they have to push boundaries to get noticed. "It's a shame that
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        511 30  -  Lynette Leong Don't give up eating your favourite hawker food, just ask for more greens, less oil and less gravy HERE'S a useful tip for char kway teow lovers: The next time you are in the mood for a sinful plate of char
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      313 35 -AFP LOS ANGELES China's Yao Ming has gone toe to toe with an O'Neal again. But this time, it was Shag's wife and this time, he edged the verbal contest Yao usually takes the diplomatic high road, but this time he couldn't
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      461 35 -AFP Giant centre grabs MVP honours NBA ALL-STAR GAME West 136 East 132 LOS ANGELES Los Angeles Lakers team-mates Shaquille O'Neal and Kobe Bryant set aside their differences to lead the Western Conference over the East 136-132 in Sunday's (yesterday morning, Singapore time) National Basketball Association All-Star Game.
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      179 35 ROME Cyclist Marco Pantani, 34, who was found dead in a hotel room in Italy, is thought to have died of a heart attack rather than suicide as first suspected. Pantani, whose career was blighted by doping allegations, was found with 10 packets of
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      723 36 That's the only way you're going to silence those doubting Normans YESTERDAY, the incredible story of a "man" playing in a women's event was published in this newspaper, and many others around the world. It was the tale of Mianne Bagger, born a man but "converted"
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      468 36 GOLF Buick International, final round LA JOLLA, California John Daly buried his face in his hands and cried, a winner again thanks to a shot that epitomised his turbulent career. In golf, they call it an up-and-down. In life, Daly
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      449 37 Agencies Cries of 'attack, attack attack' taunt Houllier's cautious tactics FA CUP, FIFTH ROUND Liverpool 1 Portsmouth 1 LIVERPOOL You'll never walk alone. As he eased his way out of Anfield and off to a short holiday in France, Gerard Houllier must have sensed
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      317 37 Reuters LONDON American sports tycoon Malcolm Glazer sought to dampen speculation that he was preparing a takeover offer for Premiership champions Manchester United, denying he had hired a bank to give him bid advice. But he does not rule out increasing his stake
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      458 37 Reuters PRIMERA LIGA Real Madrid 1 Valencia 1 MADRID Valencia coach Rafa Benitez and club president Jaime Orti were astounded by the decision to award a last-gasp penalty that enabled Real Madrid to scramble a 1-1 draw against them at the Bernabeu.
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      430 38  -  JOSE RAYMOND Coach plans to put India on the map, starting with a Lions' defeat INDIA'S fanaticism with cricket is legendary. And the country has conquered the world in hockey. A few of their tennis players have also flirted with success at the highest level. But football,
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      432 38  -  TAN YO-HINN WHEN Football Association of Singapore (FAS) president and Minister for National Development Mah Bow Tan leads a delegation to meet their Malaysian counterparts next week, he will have plenty of support First reported in this
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      207 38  -  Jose Raymond INDIA'S top striker Bhaichung Bhutia may miss his country's opening match against Singapore at the Pandit Jawarharlal Nehru Stadium tomorrow. The striker sustained an injury during training yesterday at the Varca Sports Club ground. The team's physiotherapist, who tended to Bhutia after the striker felt
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      164 38 Reuters LONDON Holders Arsenal will visit either Liverpool or Portsmouth in the quarter-finals of the FA Cup, following the draw made yesterday. Liverpool were the last team to beat Arsenal in the competition, when they came from behind to edge them
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