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Title Section13 2004-12-30 1 TODAY we set you thinking todayonline.com Thursday December 30, 2004 MICA (P) 103/07/200413 words
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AFTERNOON EDITION
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Article884 2004-12-30 1 Val Chua - Val Chua Proposes levy for S'poreans, PRs; experts say investors may be concerned AFTER nine months of national soul-searching, the contentious casino proposal still hangs in the balance, after the Government said yesterday it would go ahead only if investors submitted "compelling" plans for an884 words
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Article, Illustration731 2004-12-30 1 Derrick A Paulo - Derrick A Paulo MORE Singaporeans flew to Phuket yesterday to search for loved ones even as those already there took their search to the outlying provinces and islands, as it became clear yesterday that most Singaporeans were outside Phuket at the731 words
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165 2004-12-30 1 -AFP GENEVA A United Nations agency said yesterday that it wanted a tidal wave warning system set up in the Indian Ocean by the end of next year. Mr Salvano Briceno, head of the UN's International Strategy for Disaster-AFP - 165 words
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Miscellaneous21 2004-12-30 1 lookingback Pages 10 to 14 William Pesek Year for Asia to remember and forget /20 Yong Shu Chiang meets the Fockers/2221 words
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Miscellaneous46 2004-12-30 1 m SMM**m r HfJ £^m ,£r*? Sttmtr tJTi Today's morning edition has a News Comment on the urgent need for an early-warning system in the Indian Ocean. A summarised version is on Page 3. OIL PRICE SURGES AFTER SAUDI ATTACKS U.S. SHARES CLOSE LOWER world 846 words
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181 2004-12-30 2 – Val Chua - Val Chua Even if the proposed casino does not take off, the Government will extend help to gambling addicts here. "We need to do more than what we are doing now. The ministry will step up services to people in need This is181 words
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463 2004-12-30 3 Clement Mesenas 17* H^.- T^ JUj - Clement Mesenas 17* H^.- T^JUj. Foreign Editor clement@newstoday.com.sg WHEN the dust settles on the seismological tragedy that has hit southern Asia as it eventually will moves will hopefully be made to set up a tsunami early-warning system for the Indian Ocean. With the463 words
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Article, Illustration585 2004-12-30 3 Agencies TONS of food, medicines, clothing and other desperately-needed items have started arriving in countries hit by the devastating earthquake and tsunami, but relief workers faced numerous hurdles in getting the much-needed supplies to survivors. The biggest challenge was in finding the means to— Agencies; AFP - 585 words
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Article360 2004-12-30 4 -AFP Investors look beyond catastrophe, see good 2005 TSUNAMIS killed tens of thousands of people but the Indonesian and Indian stock markets are hitting record highs on perceived economic good times, in a sign of the brutal disconnect between investors and the poor who suffered the tragedy.-AFP - 360 words
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398 2004-12-30 4 Wong Fei Wan - Wong Fei Wan feiwan@newstoday.com.sg THE Singapore Government is stepping up its humanitarian and relief efforts to help her neighbours cope with the Sunday disaster. Between 600 and 700 personnel from the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) and Singapore Civil Defence Force398 words
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Article218 2004-12-30 4 – Ansley Ng - Ansley Ng EMPLOYERS here are heeding the Government's call to show "compassion and patience" to their foreign workers whose family members have suffered from Sunday's disaster. A SembCorp Marine spokeswoman said 73 Indian workers in its shipyards have flown home since Monday. The workers are218 words
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495 2004-12-30 6 Tan Hui Leng - Tan Hui Leng Outpouring of concern for victims overwhelming huileng@newstoday.com.sg THE Salvation Army's annual Christmas kettling drive may be over, but this year it is deploying volunteers, beneficiaries and staff to send the familiar bells ringing in at least 16 locations around Singapore495 words
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world news
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466 2004-12-30 8 -AFP NEW YORK The main crude oil contract here shot higher yesterday on a market shaken by twin car bomb attacks against security targets in the capital of oil kingpin Saudi Arabia. The benchmark contract in New York, light sweet crude for delivery in-AFP - 466 words
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Article, Illustration299 2004-12-30 8 PYONGYANG A vicious power struggle seems be under way in North Korea. The country's leader Kirn Jong II has purged some of his closest relatives, accusing them of trying to seize power, The Independent reported. Quoting reports in Beijing and Seoul, the newspaper said theAFP - 299 words
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Article70 2004-12-30 8 -AFP NEW YORK US blue-chip share prices dipped a little yesterday as investors skimmed profits a day after Wall Street hit the highest closing level since mid--2001. The Dow Jones Industrials Average of 30 top companies was down 25.35 points at 10,829.19, the wider Standard-AFP - 70 words
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Article, Illustration43 2004-12-30 8 AP I A young couple from St Petersburg, Russia, guests at a wedding ceremony, share a tender moment at an embankment of the Neva river, as a trained bear stands on a parapet.AP I - 43 words
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197 2004-12-30 8 -AFP PHNOM PENH A Cambodian court yesterday sentenced Indonesian terror suspect Hambali and five others to life in prison for plotting a terrorist attack in the country. "The court sentenced Hambali, (Malaysian) Ibrahim and (Egyptian) Rousha Yasser to life in prison," presiding judge Ya-AFP - 197 words
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GLOBALroundup
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Article47 2004-12-30 8 -AFP Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra said yesterday that Thailand's national elections slated for Feb 6 will go ahead as planned, despite the unprecedented disaster unleashed by the Asian quake. "It is not necessary to put off the election date," he said.-AFP - 47 words
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44 2004-12-30 8 AFP Former US Attorney-General and leftwing activist Ramsey Clark is to join the defence team of Saddam Hussein, a spokesman for Saddam's lawyers said yesterday. Mr Clark held the office of Attorney-General under US President Lyndon Johnson.– AFP - 44 words
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Article, Illustration830 2004-12-30 10 Tor Ching Li - Tor Ching Li With every conceivable incentive in place, the wait for a baby boom is now in its 2nd trimester chingli@newstoday.com.sg IT'S the $800 million question for 2005: Will Singaporeans finally get their act together and buck the downward trend of the national Total Fertility Rate (TFR)ENG KONG - 830 words
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Article, Illustration780 2004-12-30 12 Shibu Itty Kuttickal - Shibu Itty Kuttickal but where do closer ties leave Bush? shibu@newstoday.com.sg FOR United States President George W Bush, this is the time to act to recapture the hearts and minds of the Asian people. In the wake of the deadly earthquake and tsunamis that haveAFP PHOTOS - 780 words
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Article, Illustration496 2004-12-30 12 — David Chew - David Chew THIS year was one of mixed results on the arts scene. The most talked-about performances were Mamma Mia and Saturday Night Fever, while the most memorable "acting" was done, oddly enough, by audience members. Specifically, a latecomer to the Bobby McFerrin concertWEE TECK HIAN - 496 words
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Article, Illustration729 2004-12-30 14 Val Chua - Val Chua They made the biggest business stories on the local scene val@newstoday.com.sg CORPORATE takeovers on the local scene yielded some of year's most dramatic business stories. Here are three of the biggest. Tussle for United Overseas Land IT HAD all the ingredients of a729 words
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Article, Illustration544 2004-12-30 14 Agencies EVERY Olympic Games provides us with defining moments. Some are obvious like Jesse Owens' four-gold feat in 1 936 in Berlin in front of a squirming Hitler. Or, like Muhammad Ali's lighting of the cauldron in Atlanta '96. Others are– Agencies; AFP I - 544 words
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Article225 2004-12-30 16 Dr James Dobson - Dr James Dobson Tbows by THE PERSONALITY OF THE HOME As strange as it may sound, every household has a personality. You can usually detect within a few minutes if a home is light hearted and winsome, strict and rigid, or depressed and pessimistic. Every family225 words
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Article, Illustration816 2004-12-30 16 Should we be partying while the region mourns? IN THE outpouring of letters and hotline calls in the aftermath of the tsunami catastrophe, readers expressed everything from grief for the victims, to pride or shame in the way Singaporeans reacted. But the most common comment was on816 words
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370 2004-12-30 16 FOONG CHEE LEONG - FOONG CHEE LEONG I Letter from I PAAlin tftlin- FAIIA I Head, Pollution Control Department The National Environment Agency I REFER to the letter on air quality concerns by Mr James Chi ("Bad air is a long-term health hazard", Dec 27). The370 words
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503 2004-12-30 17 TAY BOON SUN I - TAY BOON SUN I Moves also taken to help owners cope I t:ttcr from get I REFER to Mr Robert Teh Kek Hua's letter, "Be pro-active in helping businesses" (Dec 24). The review of contracted rent for JTC's lessees is applicable only to long-term land503 words
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Letter55 2004-12-30 17 TRISTAN SIM - TRISTAN SIM A;; I REFER to Ms Mci Tan's letter, "Flip side of abuse" (Dec 22) about an alleged case of child abuse reported last December. Investigations are still in progress. We have since informed Ms Tan about the latest update on the case following our earlier55 words
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Article148 2004-12-30 17 LEEKENGMIN; TAN CHEK WEE - LEEKENGMIN TAN CHEK WEE hrt That the Government will do more for pupils with special needs, such as devoting more resources to special schools and the pupils. That the Government will provide more places in the local university for dentists, doctors and biomedical sciences. Give more148 words
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Advertisement457 2004-12-30 17 ELECTRICITY TARIFF REVISION Electricity tariffs will be increased by an average of 1.2% or 0.2 cent per kWh for the quarter, 1 January to 31 March 2005. The increase is primarily due to higher cost of electricity arising from higher fuel oil prices. The revised tariffs are given in the457 words
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Article60 2004-12-30 18 Index Nikkei 225 Hang Seng All Ordinaries Taiwan Wtd Value *****.56 *****.38 4042.10 6088.49 Change Pis -42.57 +69.43 -6.50 +87.92 -0.37 +0.49 -0.16 +1.47 Korea Comp KLCI SET Index Jakarta Comp Phils Comp Shenzhen B Mumbai Sensex 884.27 907.58 664.46 1004.43 1822.83 233.28 6567.94 +5.84 +1.03 +2.07 +0.5160 words
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Article36 2004-12-30 18 US$ 0.6113 UK£ 0.3171 Yen 63.01 HK$ 4.7528 RM 2.323 Euro 0.4491 Rupiah 5694.3 Baht 23.876 Peso 34.423 A$ 0.7853 Indian Rs 26.729 Won 637.28 C$ 0.744 Yuan 5.0593 NZ$ 0.848 NTS 19.5836 words
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Article21 2004-12-30 18 Gold uss/oi 444.7 Silver uss/oi 7.035 Platinum uss/oi 870 Rubber centsAg 199.75 Palm Oil RM/tonne 1400 Brent crude uss/borrel 40.7521 words
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Article112 2004-12-30 18 Dow Jones SHARE prices closed flat in listless trade, with many investors still on holiday and as sentiment remained cautious following the tidal waves that swept across much of southern Asia on Sunday. The ST Index closed 0.30 point lower at 2,057.82, after peaking at 2,067.44 in the morning— Dow Jones - 112 words
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Article57 2004-12-30 18 SGX, Bloomberg Information provided by By volume Close Teledata 0.040 UniFiber 0.250 GlobalVoice 0.105 UTAC 0.520 Media Asia 0.170 STAl$ChPSGAeCW*****7 0.145 Flextech 0.380 Thakral 0.115 STATSChP 1.030 China Sun 0.405 Change -0.005 +0.020 +0.015 +0.005 +0.055 -0.005 -11.1 +8.7 +3.0 +3.6 +16.9 -1.2 'OOO 130,712 33,520 16,567SGX, Bloomberg - 57 words
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Article78 2004-12-30 18 By Close Change Creative 50 24.100 +0.800 DBS Bk 6% NCPS10 107.200 +0.300 UOB 13.800 +0.100 By percentage Close Change L&M 0.010 +100.0 LiangHual 0.015 +50.0 Unidux 0.070 +40.0 IDT 2.280 +0.070 CrealiveSGAeCW*****0 0.580 +0.060 IRECorp 0.020 +33.3 ITechGrp 0.045 +28.6 Creative DBeCW*****2 0.420 +0.055 Flexlech 0.38078 words
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Article78 2004-12-30 18 By Close Change Thai Prime200USS 11.500 -0.500 JMH400USS 16.100 -0.300 STIETF100 20.580 -0.220 Jardine C&C 10.500 -0.200 CITYDEVW*****0 4.440 -0.140 Haw Par 5.100 -0.100 OCBC4.55SNCPS100 101.700 -0.100 By percentage Nippecrafl MediaS PNE Ind W*****8 MAE Engg Compact FHTK EKN Close Change 0.075 -28.6 0.015 -25.0 0.015 -25.078 words
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Article, Illustration285 2004-12-30 18 Bloomberg Cardholders can make payments in Singapore, Thailand and South Korea L-HIINA will let yuan-denominated bank cards be used outside the country for the first time in the latest easing of capital controls as the Chinese government prepares for a more flexible currency. Unionpay— Bloomberg; BLOOMBERG - 285 words
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134 2004-12-30 18 Bloomberg EVERITT Investments, a unit of Temasek Holdings, scrapped talks to buy a stake in Indonesia's biggest publicly traded oil company, Medco Energi Internasional. Negotiations "were halted for an indefinite period", Everitt's lawyer Melli Darsa said in a letter to the Indonesian Capital– Bloomberg - 134 words
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253 2004-12-30 18 Agencies MALAYSIAN Plantations owner of Alliance Bank Malaysia said that its largest shareholder Langkah Bahagia got permission from the central bank, Bank Negara Malaysia, to sell its 15.4-per-cent stake in the company. This approval likely gives Temasek Holdings the ability to buy a stake— Agencies - 253 words
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Article, Illustration871 2004-12-30 20 William Pesek Jr - William Pesek Jr SUDDENLY, the events of the year in Asia seem trivial. The fast-rising death toll from last Sunday's undersea earthquake and tsunamis eclipses everything else. The disaster, which has claimed at least 50,000 lives and perhaps far more, highlighted theBLOOMBERG - 871 words
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279 2004-12-30 20 Agencies GP INDUSTRIES' 49.1-per-cent owned associated company GP Batteries International issued a profit warning yesterday on its results for the financial quarter ending Dec 31, saying that a joint venture with Danish battery producer Danionics had incurred substantial losses since– Agencies - 279 words
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Article, Illustration1028 2004-12-30 22 Yong Shu Chiang - Yong Shu Chiang The two guys and a gal who play the Fockers keep up the banter offscreen COMEDIAN Ben Stiller laughed nervously, with a tinge of embarrassment, and looked set to curl up in a foetal position. Sitting next to him, all cuddly and touchy-feely, were1,028 words
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Article, Illustration260 2004-12-30 22 KIDS TAUGHT TO SPEAK THE WRONG WORDS THE twins who played Little Jack, the adorable infant grandson of Jack Byrnes (Robert De Niro), were reallife brothers Spencer and Bradley Pickren. When the Californian pair were cast, they'd not yet learned to speak. Director Jay Roach and his team took care260 words
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Article, Illustration628 2004-12-30 24 David Chew - David Chew Wong on famous friends and moral ambiguity david.chew@newstoday.com.sg IT'S really not about the celebrities, according to photographer Russell Wong. "It just happens that the work I do is so public," he noted. Yet during our hour-long conversation, celebrities seemed to be all weRUSSELL WONG - 628 words
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Article, Illustration291 2004-12-30 25 -AFP American anti-war activist succumbs to cancer at 71 NEW YORK After a long struggle with cancer, American feminist author Susan Sontag died on Tuesday at New York's Memorial Sloan-Kettering medical centre at the age of 71. She passed away at 7.10 am (B.lopm Singapore time),-AFP; AFP - 291 words
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Article, Illustration123 2004-12-30 25 "Going clubbing" on New Year's Eve isn't all about partying for Zouk marketing manager Tracy Phillips. Tomorrow night will be no exception, with Zouk's Rich and Famous party. Not surprisingly, Tracy winds down with a good read... "I always read two books at the same time, just123 words
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Article332 2004-12-30 26 Re eta Raman - Re eta Raman Tampines Mall's latest pride and joy is the Level 4 Open Plaza reeta@newstoday.com.sg OVER the course of this year, Tampines Mall has undergone a makeover to emerge with a new look. Now a landscaped, green urban oasis, the mall is one of the first to332 words
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Article122 2004-12-30 26 -AFP TOKYO Japan has launched a pilot Internet programme with the aim of having 20 per cent of the nation's work force "telecommute" from home by 2010, cutting down on the stress and family disruption caused by office life. Currently, four million Japanese, or 6 per cent-AFP - 122 words
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51 2004-12-30 26 AFP TOKYO Japan will lent out personal digital assistants with travel information and translation services to foreign visitors. The units with Chinese, Korean and English language software will be lent to selected tourists who land at Narita Airport The trial programme runs from February untilAFP - 51 words
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Article, Illustration189 2004-12-30 27 COME Jan 15, television viewers here will get to see Modern Beauty Salon's new TV commercial that stars its four ambassadors Taiwanese compere Bowie Tseng, local TV personality Kym Ng, Hong Kong actress Ada Choi and veteran actress Zhang Mm. The Modern189 words
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Article224 2004-12-30 27 Pearlyn Tham - Pearlyn Tham Temasek Poly's design students exhibit their creations pearlyn@newstoday.com.sg THEMATIC museum displays would attract us so said 33.1 per cent of youths surveyed by the National Heritage Board in July. One such "thematic display" that would surely woo the younger generations is The Muse Fashion Exhibition224 words
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Article, Illustration279 2004-12-30 27 Pearlyn Tham - Pearlyn Tham HOW does Hollywood doyenne Catherine Zeta-Jones always look so ravishing? Good genes aside, one of her other secret weapons is Elizabeth Arden make-up. For the coming spring season, Elizabeth Arden has created three different looks for Catherine, who is also the brand's spokesperson, with279 words
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Article, Illustration650 2004-12-30 28 Ch'ng PohTiong - to a bubbly new year CHEERS! Ch'ng PohTiong Party to a great festive spread complete with red, white and sweet wines toodggnewstoday.com.sg ANEW year is barely 48 hours away. As you go about preparing to usher in 2005, I'm sure one of your foremost priorities would be to ensure thatPHOTOS BY CH'NG POH TIONG; PHOTO COURTESY OF NTUC FAIRPRICE - 650 words
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Article, Illustration756 2004-12-30 29 LJla Ilnytzky - LJla Ilnytzky -AP Savouring the sights and shopping on the continent, with kids in tow By! WHEN my husband and I began planning an ambitious trip to five European countries, friends encouraged us to go without our teenage daughters. "Leave them home!" they exhorted. "You deserve-AP; PHOTOS: AFP - 756 words
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222 2004-12-30 29 VISIT LONDON THERE'S NO REASON NOT TO VISIT LONDON will be running a campaign promoting a series of activities and price breaks next month. These include theatre ticket deals, new exhibition openings, the hosting of top sporting events, January sales, accommodation offers, and bar and restaurant deals. And for shopping222 words
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Article107 2004-12-30 29 MORE than 300 of the world's top artists will be taking part in WOMADelaide 2005 in the Australian city of Adelaide in March. The festival, which combines great musical traditions with crosscultural fusions and new contemporary sounds, will be held from March 4 to 6 at107 words
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Article83 2004-12-30 29 THE city of Kobe in western Japan has designated Jan 17 to Feb 20 as "Kobe Welcome Month". During this period, tourists can obtain guide books on the city and a welcome card by presenting their passports at these places: Kansai Airport Information; the Kobe Information Center;83 words
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Article, Illustration364 2004-12-30 32 -AFP LONDON Manchester United striker Wayne Rooney was charged with violent conduct by the Football Association this morning, after he shoved Bolton's Tal Ben Haim in the face at Old Trafford on Boxing Day. The England star, who faces a three-match ban,-AFP; GETTY IMAGES - 364 words
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Article, Illustration883 2004-12-30 32 -AFP Vieira's deflected shot earns Arsenal victory at Newcastle ENGLISH PREMIERSHIP Newcastle 0 Arsenal 1 NEWCASTLE Arsenal will enter the New Year five points adrift of Premiership leaders Chelsea after a hard-fought and somewhat fortunate 1-0 win over Newcastle this morning. A deflected long-range strike from skipper Patrick-AFP; GETTY IMAGES - 883 words
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Article, Illustration552 2004-12-30 33 JOSE RAYMOND IN - JOSE RAYMOND IN Final beckons for Lions, as angry Avramovic slams Thai referee TIGER CUP SEMIFINAL, IST LEG Myanmar 3 Singapore 4 KUALA LUMPUR jose@newstoday.com.sg MYANMAR coach Ivan Kolev called it a crazy game. His Singapore counterpart Radojko Avramovic called the referee a joke. But itJOSE RAYMOND - 552 words
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Article, Illustration356 2004-12-30 33 STANLEY HO - STANLEY HO stanley@newstoday.com.sg FORGET where you come from, as long as you sign on with Team Singapore, no stone will be left unturned in the support you get. That is the message from Acting Minister for Community Development, Youth and Sports, Dr356 words
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Article86 2004-12-30 33 LONDON Sri Lanka yesterday cancelled their cricket tour of New Zealand, following the tsunami disaster that has ravaged the country. The tour had been put on hold after the first one-day international was played on Dec 26, the same day the tidal waves struck the island86 words
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Miscellaneous44 2004-12-30 33 7.25 am Cricket Pakistan Tour of Australia, Ch9s 3.57pm Cricket England Tour of South Africa, Ch9s Tomorrow 2am American Continental Tire Bowl: Football Boston College v N Carolina, Ch23 9am B'ketball Big 12 Conference: Gonzaga v Missouri, Ch23 9am NBA Heat v Pistons, Ch2444 words
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Article, Illustration958 2004-12-30 34 ROHITBRIJNATH - ROHITBRIJNATH Beating India's a giant step for Bangladesh, and an almighty moment for sport IF YOU didn't see the last few overs and after of Bangladesh's cricket win over India in Dhaka on December 26, then phone your national broadcaster. Drown them in e-mails. AskAFP - 958 words
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