Today, 8 April 2005, Afternoon Edition

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    21 1 TODAY /AeljJaCorp MICA (P) 103/07/2004 incorporating Friday April 8,2005 todayonline.com TODAY /A=DIACORP MICA (P) 103/07/2004 incorporating utF63tS Friday April 8,2005 todayonline.com
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  • AFTERNOON EDITION
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      Lock icon Stocks up, oil down sharply
      106 1 -AFP NEW YORK US stocks extended their rally yesterday, keeping momentum from gains in the past few sessions. The Dow Jones Industrial Average climbed 60.30 points to 10,546.32, the Standard and Poor's 500 Index added 7.07 points to 1,191.14 and the Nasdaq rose 19.65 points
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      Lock icon Defence lawyers on the offensive
      1109 1  -  Derrick A Paulo Wong Fei Wan Practitioners work to change criminal law process derrick@newstoday.com.sg CARVED into the facade of the Supreme Court building is the universal symbol for equal treatment before the law, the Lady of Justice, holding an evenly balanced pair of scales. But
      Wong Fei Wan; KOH MUI FONG  -  1,109 words
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      Lock icon 'Severe earthquake' reported in Tibet
      59 1 AFP HONG KONG A severe earthquake estimated at 6.5 on the Richter scale struck Tibet early today, the Hong Kong observatory said. It said in a statement that the earthquake was monitored at 4.11 am and struck around 710 km west of the capital, Lhasa.
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      54 1 NEWSX\YIEWS Mono Sabnani Budget carriers deserve to survive shakeout/3 mr brown on trying to win races with ah peks/22 Coffee with The man who knows how to 'wow' her/24 EX-GUARD'S TESTIMONY ROCKS JACKSON DEFENCE NEW JAMES BOND'S IDENTITY REMAINS A TOP SECRET WORLD 12 KASHMIRI PASSENGERS IN HISTORIC CROSSING WORLD
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      Lock icon HDB's assurance on quality
      367 2  -  Tor Ching Li THIS PACIFIER SUCKS INCINEMAS 49 chingli@newsto day, com. sg BUYERS of future Housing Development Board (HDB) flats can rest easy with the launch of "Assure 3", a new extended-war-ranty scheme covering the three main types of housing defects for projects launched from this
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        Budget airline dogfight
        706 3  -  Mano Sabnani Independent low-cost carriers across Asia deserve to survive the imminent shakeout IT HAS been just a few years since the Asian budget-airline industry got off the ground. New players have been entering the sector and overall passenger-carrying capacity has been increasing rapidly. Airlines in the
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      72 2 AUSTRALIA MIGRATION For A Free Assessment Visit www.aumigrate.com FREE consultation with a Registered Migration Agent based permanently in Singapore Only MARA registered agents are authorised to provide migration advice. For your protection, ask to see the agents registration number and certificate. ■ffJft-AUSTRALIAMIGRATIONAGENCY """IZ^ZST"" 6 Battery Road #38-03, Telephone 6100 2878,
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      Creating a nautical Changi
      403 4  -  Patricia Yap One-15 Marina Club's ambitious plans to set sail patricia@newstoday.com.sg THOUGH marina clubs have not experienced the best of times in recent years, a new club was launched at Sentosa yesterday, with bold plans and a steely resolve. Slated as the "jewel in the crown
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      Lock icon Helping women save
      121 4 Channel News Asia THE National Trades Union Congress (NTUC) Women's Committee is trying to raise financial planning awareness among women in the workforce. The LIFE seminars for Ladies' Initiatives in Financial Education aim to equip lower-income workers who may not even know how to budget their expenditure.
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      Workers' Party rejects casino idea
      218 6  -  Derrick A Paulo THE Workers' Party (WP) has officially rejected the idea of including a casino in any proposed integrated resort. The party's executive council arrived at its decision after reviewing feedback from its members and various groups, and from a public consultation exercise it
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      Lock icon Prayers for the Pope
      191 6  -  Jasmine Yin jasmine.yin@newstoday.com.sg NEARLY 2,000 people attended a Commemorative Mass for Pope John Paul II last night, on the eve of his funeral at the Vatican. People from different walks of life gathered at the Church of the Risen Christ at Toa Payoh Central to pay
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      Lock icon Mature workers are cleaning up
      495 8  -  Lee U-Wen Company reaps benefits of hiring older folk u-wen@newstoday.com.sg WHILE many companies choose to shun them, one employer here has no hesitation in giving jobs to older Singaporeans. In fact, eight in 10 employees at Sergent Services a cleaning company based in Tampines are
      LEE U-WEN  -  495 words
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      $10m for energy audits
      394 10  -  Sheralyn Tay No excuse for companies not to reduce power consumption sheralyn(g>newsto day, com. sg THE National Environment Agency (NEA) is offering a $10 million assistance scheme to nudge local companies into taking the first step towards reducing their energy consumption. Companies in the manufacturing and
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      NKF opens cancer screening centre in heart of the CBD
      318 10  -  Chen Siya IN ADDITION to its 21 kidney dialysis centres across the island, the National Kidney Foundation (NKF) has opened its first cancer screening centre right in the heart of the Central Business District Targeting busy working adults, the Aviva-NKF
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      231 6 \QUITf \buddy7^ I was a it-J smoker too. When I say I understand, you can be sure I really do! Quit Buddyfor smokers, by ex-smokers Wmf LIVE IN GENTING ''^b Hong Kong superstar Miriam Yeung I I ML I P^ftlßv JOBFfc lights up the stage in a performance m Mm.
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      Lock icon Ex-guard's testimony rocks Jackson defence
      401 12 -AFP He claims seeing abuse through window SANTA MARIA (California) A former security guard at Michael Jackson's estate rocked the star's defence yesterday, claiming he saw the star kissing, fondling and performing oral sex on a young boy in the *****. In extremely damaging testimony,
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      Lock icon New James Bond's identity remains a top secret
      187 12 AFP LOS ANGELES The identity of the next British superspy James Bond remained a tightly-guarded secret yesterday, as rumours swirled in Hollywood over who will take over the role of the world's most dashing covert agent A day after a British newspaper
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    • this QUIRKY world
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        Not flushing is causing a stink in Penang
        59 12 Most toilet users in Penang do not flush after using public toilets, said a public health inspector who went around checking toilets on the island. The situation has created such a stink that officials are considering fines and a campaign to get
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        Lock icon No more porn in hotel rooms
        57 12 AFP In a push for more gender equality at the work place, Swedish civil servants, soldiers and politicians are not allowed to stay in hotels that show pornography. The new rule will start in July as the government negotiates a standard rate with hotel
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        Lock icon Wanted: One huge inflatable gorilla
        72 12 AFP Police are looking for an oversized but rather limp 25-foot gorilla. The owner said the inflated ape was cut from its tether at a shopping mall in Washington after the air inside was let out because of high winds. The overgrown ape was being
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      Lock icon Popular Shia named as Iraq's Prime Minister
      265 12 -AFP BAGHDAD Iraqi Shia Ibrahim Jaafari was officially named Prime Minister yesterday, following the swearing-in of Kurdish leader Jalal Talabani as the country's first democratically elected president "I have been designated prime minister," Mr Jaafari told reporters. "I hope to complete the formation
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      Lock icon Taiwan's president heads for the Vatican
      388 16 AFP As Zimbabwe's Mugabe defies EU curbs to attend pope's funeral TAIPEI The death of Pope John Paul II has created an opportunity for leaders of Zimbabwe and Taiwan shunned by most of Europe to make politically-charged visits to the continent to pay tribute
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      Lock icon Kashmiri passengers in historic crossing
      201 18 AP INDIA-PAKISTAN LINE OF CONTROL Six decades after Kashmir was split by war, bus passengers have made a historic crossing at the military boundary that divides the Himalayan region between India and Pakistan, walking across a metal bridge in a move both sides hope will
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      Lock icon HK out of control?
      343 18 Agencies Autonomy at risk after China invitation: Experts HONG KONG The Hong Kong government's decision to ask China to intervene in a dispute over how long its next leader should serve in office signals an erosion of the enclave's promised autonomy, analysts said, fearing that the
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        Lock icon Success with cervical cancer drug
        64 18 AP r A vaccine against the virus that is the main cause of cervical cancer has shown impressive results in a trial. The vaccine, Gardasil, developed by drug company Merck, gave almost complete protection against the virus types responsible for 70 per cent of the
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        Lock icon Shanghai hit by male menopause
        71 18 AFP The percentage of men showing signs of early ageing in Shanghai has doubled over the past two decades, a Shanghai hospital reported. Symptoms of "male menopause," which includes weariness, vesicular diseases and deteriorating sex- ual ability, trouble 20 per cent of Shanghai men under
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        Pot may fight heart disease: Study
        69 18 The active ingredient of cannabis can Erevent blood vessels from becoming locked by atherosclerosis, the inflammation that is the primary cause of heart disease and stroke, reported the Telegraph. The study on mice showed significant results. But doctors involved in the study caution: "The
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      Lock icon Convict escapes with jailor's wife
      444 20 AFP Fugitive US couple nabbed after 11 years CHICAGO Randolph Dial fled jail more than a decade ago, taking his freedom along with his warden's wife. Dial claimed that he used psychological games and threats to hold Mrs Bobbi Parker hostage in a one-bed trailer
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      Lock icon Blair, Brown show united front before poll
      238 20 LONDON In a bid to put up a united front ahead of next month's tough elections, British Prime Minister Tony Blair has reached out to his powerful Labour Party colleague and rival Mr Gordon Brown, saying that Mr Brown would remain as finance
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      Focus On The Family
      286 22  -  Dr James Dobson Tbnws by... THE NEED FOR MENTORS You know, many young people have only a vague notion of what they want to do with their lives, and almost no information about how to get themselves ready for what is to come. They may understand
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      Lock icon Running on plenty
      685 22  -  mr brown Aim to let wife get some air, regain fitness and run without a shirt news@newstoday.com.sg I RECENTLY started to exercise again. The final straw was my wife asking me to move, because my stomach was blocking the wind from the fan. Like I was some
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      Lock icon Know how to wow her?
      728 24  -  SAM CHOO If not, help is at hand in the person of Wo w-Her. com's relationship coach coffee with 45, Wow-Her relationship coach I CIVIL servant by day, domestic servant by night, Mr Sam Choo is on a mission to help mankind or at least,
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      WHAT IS YOUR VISION FOR S'PORE?
      111 26 TELL US AND YOU COULD MEET THE PM What is the Singapore that you want? What kind of opportunities would you like to see? Choose the one or two issues closest to your heart and tell us, in 400 words or less. Over the
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      No access to budget flights
      183 26  -  KELVIN AIKMENGFI I Letter from RAPID growth in the budget airline industry has made travel more affordable and accessible to everyone. At least, this is what I used to think. To my surprise, people with physical disabilities that prevent them from walking are apparently unable
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      Short-sighted optometrists?
      300 26  -  CHONG YEE MING Better staff training may be needed I Letter from SINCE hearing about the services available at the Singapore Polytechnic (SP) Optometry Centre, I have been taking my children there for their annual eye check-ups. Two Sundays ago, after accidentally breaking my son's only pair of
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      Cops trained to guard their guns
      243 28  -  TRISTAN SIM As an extra precaution, revolvers also secured in snatch-resistant holsters Letter frorrH Assistant Poncewreclonivieciicfflela™ns^^n Singapore Police Force I REFER to Mr Steve Ngo's letter, "Armed police officers at food centres raise concerns" (April 5). Mr Ngo had expressed concern about the potentially
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      On blocked ramps and smelly cargo lifts in Chinatown Complex
      176 28  -  JULIE CHIA LEE TEOW Letter from MR JOHN T Hurst in his letter, "Not designed for the disabled" (April 6), succinctly sums up the level of accessibility for the disabled in our beautiful garden city. I live in Chinatown and
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      Protect the parks from poachers
      388 32  -  MARCUS NG FU CHUAN Fishing these ponds is hardly a harmless act I Letter from AMID Singapore's urban landscape, the nature reserves in the heart of the island still harbour countless native wildlife in their woods and waters. Unfortunately, the easy public access afforded to
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      Terrible taxi experience drives him crazy
      278 32  -  DAVID CHAN Letter from I HAD such an unpleasant experience with a cold, heartless taxi driver on Wednesday that I'm still reeling over it I was caught in a downpour at about 3.30pm at the bus stop in front of the Thai embassy. After
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        36 34 US$ 0.6044 UK£ 0.3215 Yen 65.394 HK$ 4.7115 RM 2.2929 Euro 0.4672 Rupiah 5724.4 Baht 23.921 Peso 32.956 A$ 0.7861 Indian Rs 26.416 Won 611.52 C$ 0.7368 Yuan 4.9989 NZ$ 0.8452 NTS 19.056
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        139 34 SHARE prices closed higher led by select blue chips on lower oil prices and expectations of upbeat local corporate earnings from mid-April. the ST Index rose 10.61 points or 0.5 per cent to 2,176.39. Advancers led decliners 259 to 148, while 666.3 million shares worth $689 million were traded.
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      699 34  -  Christie Loh Divestment by Ronnie Poh suggests lack of confidence in firm: Analysts christie@newstoday.com.sg MORE uncertainty may be in store for Accord Customer Care Solutions (ACCS) as its second-largest single shareholder and co-founder, Mr Ronnie Poh, dumped a total of 16.1 million shares in the market
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      237 34  -  Christie Loh FOR the second time this week, tycoon Wee Cho Yaw has snapped up more shares in United Overseas Land (UOL), the property arm that United Overseas Bank (UOB) is trying to divest Through private vehicle Wee Investments, Mr Wee spent nearly $2.5
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        332 36  -  Valeric Law valerie@newstoday.com.sg CHINA Aviation Oil (Singapore), or CAO, may improve the terms of its current scheme of arrangement, and would do so as early as this month, according to its affidavit In its court filing of last week, CAO said that it
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        202 36 Dow Jones SEMICONDUCTOR-testing firm Global Testing Corp (GTC), which has delisted from Taiwan's secondary bourse, now aims to launch an initial public offering (IPO) in Singapore by early May, said its president According to a prospectus lodged with the Monetary Authority of
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        78 36 SARIN Technologies looks set to sparkle when trading starts today. The Israeli maker of precision products for the diamond industry be increasing the size of its issue after its initial public offering (IPO) was well received by institutions. It is allotting 9.33 million shares on
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        439 39  -  Chow Perm Nee Open skies agreement between Singapore and Australia is 'one (most difficult) step away': Yeo pennnee@newstoday.com.sg SINGAPORE has asked Indonesia to review a ban on foreign budget carriers from flying to Jakarta and three other Indonesian cities, said Transport Minister Yeo
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        131 39 CELEBRATE a month-long birthday bash with SK Jewellery this month with up to 20 per cent discounts storewide. To celebrate the jeweller's first birthday, 10,000 pieces of chocolate in SK Jewellery gift boxes will be presented to ladies today from 8 to 9am at the Raffles
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          69 39 BE PREPARED to get Xtremely Shiok when NTUC Club throws open the doors of Escape Theme Park for free tomorrow from 1 Oam to Bpm! The normal rates for Escape Theme Park are $16.50 for adults and $8.30 for children aged between three and 12.
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        319 40  -  Chow Perm Nee. SIA will 'reassess' only if there is sustained rise in oil price AIR travellers may be hit with another round of fuel surcharges, as international airlines react to rising fuel prices. Qantas Airways yesterday warned that it may double the fuel surcharge
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        209 40 Bloomberg SINGAPORE, which is eyeing a slice of the Islamic banking pie, wil join a group of central banks that sets standards on Islamic banking, the group's chairman said. A recent meeting of the Islamic Financial Services Board (IFSB) in Tehran,
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        285 40  -  Christie Loh CHINESE textile raw materials maker CG Technologies expects to launch its initial public offering here next week. Based in Fujian province, the four-year-old company plans to sell a total of 91 million shares to raise at least 65 million yuan, or
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        653 41 AFP Not for the US government alone to balance world economy: IMF chief WASHINGTON International Monetary Fund (IMF) chief Rodrigo Rato warned that the poor state of US finances coupled with rising interest rates and high oil prices are a menace to global growth. But
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        295 41 -AFP BEIJING China said that it "strongly objected" to new measures taken by the European Union (EU) against imports of Chinese textiles, calling the move a potential blow to the global clothing trade. "This departs from the spirit of free trade proposed by
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      732 42  -  Yong Shu Chiang Canadian actress Erica Durance gets up to speed in the iconic Lois Lane role on Smallville nude Superman sightings included ERICA Durance didn't worry much about taking on the iconic role of Lois Lane on season four of Smallville. She didn't have time
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        62 44 German supermodel Heidi Klum and Britishborn singer Seal are set to marry this summer. "We will marry before the birth of our child," Seal, 42, told German newspaper Bild. Klum, 31, is five months pregnant with her second child. The first, a girl, was born last
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        76 44 Wanted: Singaporeans born on 40 significant days shortlisted by the National Heritage Board for the Singapore HeritageFest in July. Some dates include June 12, 1967, when Singapore's first currency as an independent nation was issued, and Nov 28, 1990, when Mr Goh Chok Tong
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        78 44 Calling for producers to submit proposals for a 60-minute documentary that explores mysticism, folklore and other beliefs in Asia. Closing date for the fourth Discovery Pitch part of a US$7.5 million ($12.4 million) fund set up by Discovery Networks Asia and the Economic Development Board since
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      397 44  - Laugh at us PLEASE Meryin Tay mervin@newstoday.com.sg LAST year, they were the "horny" ones, playing musical horns attached to various parts of their body for the NKF Charity Show. This year, comedians Gurmit Singh and Mark Lee call themselves the "elastic" ones, as they will be "stretching" their limbs in
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      180 46 MUMBAI New York's Lincoln Centre will hold a 12-day film festival featuring the works of Bollywood legend, Amitabh Bachchan. The 13-film retrospective of the actor voted star of the millennium by a BBC News Online poll in 1999 will be held from today to April
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      291 46  -  Clarence Lim Actress Angela Chang talks about swimming with dolphins clarence@newstoday.com.sg LOVE at Dolphin Bay was not all love for Angela Chang. There was fear too. Chang plays the female lead in Love at Dolphin Bay, a drama now showing on MediaCorp TV Channel U every
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        334 48  -  by yong shu chiang Yong Shu Chiang FILM REVIEW VISIT the hair salon Queen Latifah runs in this spin-off from the hit Barbershop comedies never shown in cinemas here and you might walk away with more than just a great new hairdo. You could also receive great advice
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        436 48  -  by yong shu chiang Yong Shu Chiang Hollywood's sequel to The Ring is terrifyingly fright-free I FILM REVIEW Samara THERE is a chilling phenomenon that afflicts some horror movies. The shooting of such flicks is often filled with "eerie" stories of strange goings-on on the
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        128 48 AFP LONDON The producers of the hugely-successful James Bond film franchise have chosen British actor Daniel Craig (picture) to take over the role of the suave super-spy, a report said on Wednesday. The 37-year-old has been offered a three-film deal by Bond producer Barbara Broccoli
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        593 49  -  YONG SHU CHIANG YONG SHU CHIANG FILM REVIEWby" The Pacifier THAT man, Yin Diesel? The one you know as a muscle-bound tough guy. He snarls and scowls in movies, speaking sparsely and coolly in his deep baritone. He often uics iiuu iv piay to stereotype. The action
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