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Title Section21 2000-10-27 1 STREATS Treats for the Streets FRIDAY 27 October 2000 Another quality publication of Singapore Press Holdings E-mail: streats@sph.com.sg MITA (P) 103/06/200021 words
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441 2000-10-27 1 Sarah Ng - by Sarah Ng "ROBBERY! ROBBERY!" The desperate cry, echoed between two HDB blocks at Kelantan Road off Jalan Besar, led to the arrest of a snatch thief. But it was not just the victim who was441 words
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Article53 2000-10-27 1 morningri»/» IF you’re driving into Johor this Sunday morning, avoid the Second Link. The Johor-Singapore 2nd Link Bridge Run will be held from 6.30 am to 10.30 am. Use the Woodlands checkpoint. Runners are reminded to carry their passports as they will be required to undergo customs53 words
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Article, Illustration196 2000-10-27 2 A SECURITY firm gatecrashed Deepavali celebrations at a Punggol construction site early yesterday and nabbed five suspected immigration offenders, including three Thai women who were found in a room with two Thai employees. The security firm, Safe Technology, was appointed by mainPic: ST - 196 words
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Article, Illustration318 2000-10-27 2 GOING, going, quack. Less than 10,000 ducks are left for adoption in The Straits Times charity duck race, and this weekend will be your last chance to adopt one. From noon to 8 pm tomorrow and on Sunday, the $lO adoption certificates will bePic: ST - 318 words
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Article125 2000-10-27 2 A 26-YEAR-OLD self-employed man died and his passenger was injured after the man crashed his car into a tree in the early hours of yesterday morning. Mr Gary Tan Boon Heng was travelling along Upper Aljunied Road towards Upper Serangoon Road when he lost control of the125 words
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Article70 2000-10-27 2 A MOTORCYCLIST was fatally injured on Wednesday when he was hit by a mystery vehicle after losing control of his motorcycle at 5.51 pm. Mr Tan Wai Aun, 19, a Malaysian worker with local company CWT Distribution, skidded near the satellite station while travelling on Bukit Timah Expressway70 words
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Article110 2000-10-27 2 A MOTORCYCLE pillion passenger died in an accident on Pan Island Expressway on Wednesday at 5.04 pm. Mr Haridas Lachumana, 26, a disco manager, was travelling towards Jurong when the motorcycle hit a lorry that had skidded to a halt as the lorry driver slammed on his110 words
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Article, Illustration259 2000-10-27 3 Bank customers were their targets FOUR Indonesians on social visit passes were arrested on Wednesday after police received information of their plan to commit snatch thefts on bank customers. At 12.05 pm, Corporal Hui Kok Keong, 22, from Potong Pasir Neighbourhood Police Post spotted two motorcyclistsPic: Lianhe Zaobao - 259 words
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253 2000-10-27 3 Thief caught with $2,000 worth of valuables A HOUSEBREAKER thought he could escape with $2,000 worth of valuables by hiding between two walls in a dark and narrow back lane in Bukit Purmei. But his plan was foiled by three police officers who253 words
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Article117 2000-10-27 3 morningsmile After dying in a car crash, three friends go to heaven for orientation. They are ail asked the same question: "When you're lying in your casket, what would you have liked your friends and family to say about you?" The first guy says: "I would have117 words
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121 2000-10-27 3 -AFP BANGKOK A Singaporean man was arrested yesterday after being caught trying to smuggle heroin to Amsterdam, Thai anti-narcotics officials said. Tan Gim Chye, 22, was arrested at Bangkok International Airport’s departure lounge as he was about to board a Singapore Airlines flight-AFP - 121 words
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Article, Illustration273 2000-10-27 4 TANJONG PAGAR West Coast Town Council’s recycling programme for charity has become such a hit with residents that the karang guni men are feeling the pinch. Households in the area used to rely on the rag-and-bone men to pick up their old newspapers.Pic: ST - 273 words
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Article95 2000-10-27 4 onekindact. Cindy Teo, 21, finance executive: AN OLD man carrying groceries was running because he was trying to stay ahead of a bus approaching a stop so that he could to flag it down. Luckily for him, another elderly man at the bus-stop flagged the bus on his95 words
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Article, Illustration315 2000-10-27 7 Lighting a lamp is the most important sign in Hinduism Temple priest Balachandra Shivachaya ONE HUNDRED thousand lamps to brighten the new millennium’s first Festival of Lights. Sri Mariamman Temple’s management committee hopes to achieve this by the end of January, as part of thePic: ST - 315 words
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Article, Illustration64 2000-10-27 7 Our weather girl says It's going to be another rainy day today. Expect showers m with thunder in the late afternoon and early evening, mainly in the north. Temperatures will reach a searing 32 degrees Celsius. High tide is at 10.52 am (2.9 m). Weather girl from Jeffery Chung ModelsPic: Charles Ng - 64 words
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Article53 2000-10-27 7 If you're 65 years old and above, earn less than $7OO and live in Jalan Besar constituency, you can see private general practitioners at polyclinic rates. Nine private clinics in Kreta Ayer, Simei and Bukit Panjang New Town are taking part in the pilot of the Primary53 words
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Article80 2000-10-27 7 Take out those jogging shoes and get going because this Sunday is World Walking Day. Take part in a 2.3 km mass walk organised by the Singapore Sports Council and National Heritage Board and look forward to some exciting performances after that. You can also take participate in a80 words
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Article52 2000-10-27 7 Plastique Kinetic Worms brings you Dead Fingers Talking. This sojo dance by George Chua is about a promise by a restless soul who tries to dance it out. The performance is on at 199 South Bridge Rd from 7.30 pm. Admission is free. Call 324-3221 If f°52 words
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Article, Illustration578 2000-10-27 6 IS IT just me or are men in the news lately for all the wrong reasons? I’m not even talking about those sex offenders, murderers, kidnappers, drug kingpins you name them who give men a bad name. I’m talking about Mr Ordinary, Mr578 words
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53 2000-10-27 8 Thai zoo officials catching a large python found in the ceiling of a Bangkok residence. The recent trend of keeping exotic pets such as snakes in Bangkok homes has resulted in a disturbing side effect dangerous animals that can turn against their owners and neighbours after growing to an unmanageablePic: Reuters - 53 words
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208 2000-10-27 8 AP JAKARTA After years of brutal clashes with student protesters, Jakarta’s police are using a new tactic to enforce law and order hanging out a welcome sign. When a small group of demonstrators marched down a street near ex-President Suharto’s home yesterday they were confronted by– AP - 208 words
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Article119 2000-10-27 8 -AFP SEOUL -The South Korean government has given permission for a firm controlled by Sun Myung-Moon, head of the Unification Church, to build a car assembly plant in North Korea, officials said yesterday. The Unification Ministry has given the green light to Pyongwha Automobile Co. to-AFP - 119 words
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Article119 2000-10-27 8 AFP JAKARTA -One man was killed and four people were injured in fresh violence between local Malays and settlers in the Indonesian province of West Kalimantan on the island of Borneo, the military said yesterday. Clashes erupted on Wednesday in the capital Pontianak over a. – AFP - 119 words
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Article109 2000-10-27 8 -AFP JAKARTA Indonesia has accused Australia’s opposition party of interfering in its sovereignty following a call by the party’s president for a self-determination ballot in Irian Jaya, a report said yesterday. “Irian Jaya is part of Indonesian territory by an act of international law,” the state Antara news-AFP - 109 words
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Article91 2000-10-27 8 Xinhua BEIJING A grand gathering was held here yesterday in the Great Hall of People to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the despatching of the Chinese People’s Volunteers to Korea to fight alongside the People’s Army of North Korea against US forces. Chinese President and General Secretary– Xinhua - 91 words
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275 2000-10-27 9 Reuters MANILA Philippine President Joseph Estrada, insisting he was innocent, said he would step down if it were proven he took bribes from illegal gambling syndicates. Mr Estrada, speaking to supporters in Kidapawan city, in North Cotabato province in the southern Philippines, said– Reuters - 275 words
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Article, Illustration178 2000-10-27 9 -ap AUCKLAND One Tree Hill lost its tree yesterday as a lone Monterey Pine that had become one of Auckland’s most famous landmarks was hacked down. The tree was felled and removed by helicopter because two chainsaw attacks in the last six years left-ap; Pic: Reuters - 178 words
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Article102 2000-10-27 9 AP BANGKOK Thailand is considering an Indian government request to extradite a notorious Indian gangster, wanted on 17 criminal charges including murder, a Thai foreign ministry official said yesterday. The wanted man is Vijay Kadam, alias Chota Rajan, a major figure in the Bombay underworld who– AP - 102 words
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Article50 2000-10-27 9 The precursor was not a rock group. It comes from a folktale in which a young man buries a corpse at great personal risk, then obtains a bride with the help of the grateful deceased. A version appears in the apocryphal Old Testament book ofTobit.50 words
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63 2000-10-27 9 HE was a tailor who dared to look at Lady Godiva as she rode through Coventry. In 1040, Lady Godiva's husband, Leofric, Earl of Mercia and Lord of Coventry, agreed to rescind a tax if Lady Godiva rode naked through the streets. Godiva asked63 words
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Article312 2000-10-27 10 -afp me tell you this, Hongkong's economic freedom is one of the best in the world. Its the same or better than any of the advanced countries. Tung Chee-hwa, Hongkong chief executive HONGKONG Chief executive Tung Chee-hwa played down a European Parliament report which claimed-afp - 312 words
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Article161 2000-10-27 10 AP 25 specialists practised on dolls before surgery BRISBANE A team of 25 specialists worked for 12 hours to separate Siamese twins joined at the back of the head. Six-month-old twins Tay-lah and Monique Armstrong were separated on Tuesday at the Royal Children’s Hospital in– AP - 161 words
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339 2000-10-27 12 -afp BEIJING The Three Gorges, an area soon to be flooded to make way for the world’s largest hydroelectric dam, has been found to be a cradle of Chinese civilisation, an official report said yesterday. Archaeologists have found relics in the area in southern-afp - 339 words
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180 2000-10-27 12 -afp BANGKOK A Buddhist abbot caught masquerading as a well-heeled military officer was being investigated by police yesterday after his secret life of luxury cars, bars and girls was exposed. Abbot Thammathorn Wanchai was defrocked and arrested after his illicit activities were broadcast nationwide-afp - 180 words
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60 2000-10-27 13 Protesters on Wednesday covering their mouths with Canadian dollar bills outside the G-20 finance ministers'and central bank governors' meeting in Montreal. Demonstrator say the meeting protects the interests of rich ntions at the expense of the poor. The ministers and central bankers concluded two days of discussion on globalisation andPic: AFP - 60 words
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Article298 2000-10-27 13 -AFP PARIS Health experts took aim at cramped seating in airlines’ economy class after a young woman died from a thrombosis just minutes after stepping off a 20-hour flight from Australia. Farrol Kahn, director of the Aviation Health Institute (AHI), a British charity which is campaigning-AFP - 298 words
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Article51 2000-10-27 13 -AFP gofigure How many Italians like to have sex in strange places? Two out of 10. Topping the list is a washing machine on spin cycle. Other favourite places included garages, cars, shower stall, cellar, stairways, locker rooms, the dentist's waiting room, and in a balcony at night.-AFP - 51 words
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Article, Illustration370 2000-10-27 15 -AFP yhe former f ßhodesian Prime Minister lan Smith will now stand trial for genocide Robert Mugabe HARARE Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe said on Wednesday that whites who had fought against independence fighters during the 1970 s war would-AFP - 370 words
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Article196 2000-10-27 15 AP Divers work on second hole in the sunken submarine as gales rage MURMANSK, Russia Divers recovered a fourth body from the sunken nuclear submarine Kursk and attempted to cut a second hole to reach more remains, officials said yesterday. Work continued despite a force– AP - 196 words
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Article107 2000-10-27 15 AFR Reuters TBILISI, Georgia A Russian military aircraft crashed into the Mtirala mountain on Wednesday, some 25km east of Batumi killing all 82 aboard. The head of Adzhara’s emergencies department, Mr Temur Inaishvili, said there was virtually nothing left of the plane. The victims– AFR Reuters - 107 words
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Article, Illustration152 2000-10-27 15 -AP ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast Street protesters forced General Robert Guei to flee the country on Wednesday, after a national uprising won the support of the country’s para-military police. Meanwhile, rival political protesters fought hand-to-hand with sticks and stones in the country’s main city Abidjan yesterday and-AP; Pic: Reuters - 152 words
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Article139 2000-10-27 15 '-AFP WASHINGTON Astronomers announced they had spotted at least four more moons orbiting Saturn, making the ringed giant the planet with the most satellites in our solar system. With 22 moons, Saturn now has one more than Uranus, said scientists from Cornell University in New York.'-AFP - 139 words
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Article81 2000-10-27 15 -AP DUSHANBE Border guards discovered nearly a ton of raw opium hidden in a pile of hay in a truck near Tajikistan’s border with Afghanistan, a spokesman said yesterday. Russian border guards stopped the truck on Wednesday evening in a routine check, a spokesman for the guards said.-AP - 81 words
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Article120 2000-10-27 15 -AFP DUSHANBE Security threats to the Central Asian region topped the agenda at the Commonwealth of Independent States defence ministers meeting in Dushanbe yesterday. “The military and political situation in the Central Asian region will be one of the main topics of discussion at the meeting,”-AFP - 120 words
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Article120 2000-10-27 15 -AP LIMA Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori ordered military units to hunt down his former intelligence chief on Wednesday night, but security forces were unable to find him after searching five locations. Mr Fujimori led the operation to locate the former spy chief, Vladimiro Montesinos, who returned-AP - 120 words
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Article151 2000-10-27 17 Reuters LONDON The latest two-wheel cult vehicle, the Go-ped, a scooter powered by a mini petrol engine, yesterday took on the legal status of a car. Two judges ruled that a restaurant owner, who was arrested after what he described as a “Keystone Cops” chase– Reuters - 151 words
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Article85 2000-10-27 17 -AP CHAKRI, Pakistan Pakistan’s most powerful religious party yesterday erected a tent village near Islamabad where hundreds of thousands of its supporters are to gather to advocate an Islamic revolution in Pakistan. Jamaat-e-lslam, or the Party of Islam, wants the military to hand over power in Pakistan-AP - 85 words
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Article56 2000-10-27 17 AP HONOLULU -The US government recommended this week thaj Native Hawaiians be given autonomy. Ms Jacqueline Agtuca, acting director of the US Justice Department’s Office of Tribal Justice said: “The report finds that native Hawaiians continue to maintain a distinct community and they should be allowed– AP - 56 words
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337 2000-10-27 17 "MY name is Jackie Strike. With your support, I’m going to be the first female President of the United States.” Now surely that’s a claim that’s out of this world. But then again, Jackie Strike is out of this world. She lives in337 words
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167 2000-10-27 17 -AFP LONDON -The two boys who brutally murdered British toddler James Bulger in 1993 could be eligible for release from jail as early as next year after a senior judge ruled on Thursday their minimum sentence should be cut to eight years.-AFP - 167 words
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Article, Illustration215 2000-10-27 18 Reuters UNITED NATIONS Ms Thoraya Ahmed Obaid will be the next UN Population Fund (UNFPA) chief, the first Saudi Arabian woman to hold a top UN post. The longtime UN official is currently the agency’s director for Ar-ab states and Europe. Secretary-General Kofi Annan,– Reuters; Pic: Reuters - 215 words
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Article, Illustration222 2000-10-27 18 -AFP NEW YORK Mrs Hillary Clinton, who has maintained a pro-Israeli stance in her bid for a seat in the US Senate, took money from American Muslims who support armed Palestinian resistance against Israel. According to the Daily News, the American Muslim Alliance (AMA) raised-AFP; Pic: AP - 222 words
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Article, Illustration209 2000-10-27 18 Reuters LONDON US teen pop idol Britney Spears says she is still a virgin and is not quite ready to settle down. The 18-year-old pop sensation, who took the world charts by storm with Baby, One More Time and Oops! I Did It Again,– Reuters; Pic: Reuters - 209 words
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Article, Illustration269 2000-10-27 18 AFP TAIPEI Former Taiwan President Lee Tenghui, who sparked a crisis in the island’s relations with China when he visited the US five years ago, is expected to make another visit there in December. The China Times reported yesterday that he had been invited– AFP; AFP - 269 words
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Article, Illustration108 2000-10-27 19 LEAD actor in Anna And The King, Chow Yuen Fatt, is taking on a new and challenging role on both sides of the lens. The Hongkong Tourist Association (HKTA) has asked him to play the photographer in a short film promoting the territory.The 12 part108 words
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Article, Illustration236 2000-10-27 19 FANS of Ryoko Hirosue, listen up. The Japanese actress, who caught everyone’s attention in The Beach Boys, has revealed certain personal details that you would surely want to know. Among them: She never got to pierce her ears. Although she had wanted the initiation236 words
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261 2000-10-27 19 -AFP JAKARTA The Indonesian president’s former masseur Alip Agung Suwondo, interrogated over a multi-million dollar scam, denied allegations that President Abdurrahman Wahid was involved. “I told the police that it had nothing to do with Gus Dur,” he said after being questioned by police-AFP - 261 words
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Article, Illustration183 2000-10-27 19 -AFP NEW YORK Pop music diva Madonna plans to give a free concert in New York next month, her first public performance since 1993. “This is a chance for me to get my feet wet on the stage again and a way to say Thank-AFP; ■pc: Reuters - 183 words
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Article, Illustration113 2000-10-27 22 iiiiiglllBMBP' mmim Hard partying girts. Hard-drinking pubbing. Is alcoholism just a sip away? 28 Days, a movie starring Sandra Bullock, tackles the issue of young womenalcoholics. It is eerily close to the reality in Singapore where the rank of regular drinkers among women have swelled. And they're113 words
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Article, Illustration816 2000-10-27 23 Yvonne Kwok - by 'Yvonne Kwok jfwould be sloshed by Ipm, take a short nap, wake up and be sloshed by 6pm again FIRST beer at 17- liked the taste but passed out Soon her usual was four jugs of beer, vodka, bourbon wd coke, and a red wine Partied816 words
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Article, Illustration67 2000-10-27 23 7.30 pm, TCS 5 A The only thing scary Ĕ about this movie is Ip Leslie Nielson as Kj Dracula. His dead- yk pan look is so hilari- W ous, you might just die laughing. This Mel Brooks film is, of course, a spoof of67 words
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Article103 2000-10-27 23 10pm, TCSS It is 1757 and the French and English are battling over Fort William Henry. The French forces are steadily beating down a besieged English army headed by a Colonel Munro, whose attempts to call for reinforcements have been intercepted by the enemy. Enter103 words
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28 2000-10-27 23 11pm,TCS8 Folk singer Aileen Tong investigates a series of deaths in a haunted house. This netherworld romantic thriller also stars Tao Dayu.28 words
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Article, Illustration76 2000-10-27 23 10pm, Cinemax (SCVS9) m This thriller is set M in the year 2028 laj m and follows the life of Kam, an jB assassin for a Ji government agWF ency (can you see shades of Nikita in this?) who has been genetically modified to be strong and agile. She76 words
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Article, Illustration68 2000-10-27 23 9pm, Star World (SCVIB) J The talented Dawn I French and Jenni- I fer Saunders come I together for the first time in three years for the fourth series of this highly successful show. Watch out for spoofs of Silence of the Lambs, In Bed With Madonna,68 words
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Article, Illustration1082 2000-10-27 25 Stephanie's. weekend Stephanie Goh writes 3 weekly column. Vou can reach her at gohcys@sph.com.sg IT'S easy to envy George Chua. How many of us actually have the luxury of admitting to enjoying work? It’s easy to envy a man who dances, DJs, busks and composes music1,082 words
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242 2000-10-27 28 Just one. question SINGAPORE IS a shoppers’ paradise as there are so many sales all year round. You have a lot of choices. But this also means that you get people fighting over items, like housewives quarelling over a bedsheet! Lillian Yeo, 40 I242 words
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Article, Illustration398 2000-10-27 28 Yvonne Kwok - b y. 'Yvonne Kwok Flopstars? We asked that question about Bardot when we reviewed Popstars recently. This time, Yvonne Kwok poses the questions to them directly They are in Singapore now to promote their self-titled album THE five pretty maidens were seated in a row on398 words
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Article95 2000-10-27 26 Dining etiquette when dating IT'S your big date! You managed to get a reservation at a posh restaurant and you have just ordered the most expensive item from the menu. When your food arrives, proper dining etiquette requires you to eat at a moderate pace so that you95 words
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Article, Illustration339 2000-10-27 30 at the movies You can reach Stephanie Goh at gohcys@sph.com.sg DON'T drink and drive, unless you want to end up like a certain Miss Sandy who steers the movie 28 Days on a meandering route to nowhere. Sandra Bullock plays successful New York writer Gwen339 words
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Article, Illustration250 2000-10-27 36 -AP SAO PAULO, BRAZIL Still smelling of sweat and stale champagne, a red McLaren racing suit once worn by the late Formula One legend Ayrton-Senna is being sold by a young boy needing money to pay for his education. The suit, which Senna wore-AP - 250 words
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Article, Illustration241 2000-10-27 36 ROME Lazio’s Yugoslav defender Sinisa Mihajlovic made an impassioned public appeal against racism at Rome's Olympic Stadium and vehemently denied he himself was a racist. Mihajlovic has been in the spotlight since he admitted calling Arsenal’s black midfielder Patrick Vieira “a black *****” during Lazio’sPic: AP - 241 words
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Article, Illustration286 2000-10-27 36 -AFP TURIN, ITALY Juventus midfielder Zinedine Zidane is facing the likelihood of a lengthy Champions League ban after his sending-off during his side’s 3-1 defeat by Germany's Hamburg SV Zidane was red-carded by Scottish referee Stuart Dougal for a headbutt on Jochen Kientz, thereby picking-AFP; Pic: AFP - 286 words
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Article, Illustration322 2000-10-27 37 AP A TV poll says that 68 per cent of the Germans feel he should return to coaching BERLIN At Bayer Leverkusen’s match on Wednesday against Spartak Moscow, the fans chanted from the stands “Christoph Daum, you are the best” while waving banners thanking the team’s– AP; Pic: AFP - 322 words
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Article, Illustration265 2000-10-27 37 Reuters MANCHESTER An early Champions League exit would be a disaster for Manchester United but the team’s impressive home form should see it through, striker Dwight Yorke said on Wednesday. United has to beat Ukraine’s Dynamo Kiev at Old Trafford in the final– Reuters; Pic: Reuters - 265 words
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Article165 2000-10-27 37 -Reuters LONDON The English Football Association (FA) has been given permission to talk to FC Copenhagen coach Roy Hodgson about the vacant post of England manager, according to a newspaper report yesterday. The Daily Express said the Danish club’s director, NielsChristian Holmstrom, had changed-Reuters - 165 words
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Article87 2000-10-27 37 -AP BOSTON A boxer who went into a coma after a fight last week died without regaining consciousness. Robert Benson, 24, a featherweight from Saugus who fought under the ring name Bobby Tomasello, died on Wednesday. Benson had just fought Steve Dotse of Ghana to a-AP - 87 words
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Article103 2000-10-27 37 -AP WASHINGTON Norman Blake resigned on Wednesday as the first chief executive officer of the US Olympic Committee (USOC) for lack of organisational support. Blake, who was appointed to the post in February, will remain in place until a successor is to be nominated by a-AP - 103 words
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Article79 2000-10-27 37 -AFP SYDNEY Germans have joined their Cambodian rivals in protesting against the axing of volleyball from the 2004 Athens Paralympic Games. The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) are dumping volleyball from the Games programme saying that it is not played in enough countries. But the team of Cambodian-AFP - 79 words
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Article, Illustration67 2000-10-27 37 AP MOSCOW World No. 1 Martina Hingis (right) of Switzerland comfortably breezed into the quarterfinals of the Kremlin Cup, crushing Kveta Hrdlickova of the Czech Republic in straight sets, 6-0, 6-1. Hingis won nine games in a row before Hrdlickova could hold her serve in the– AP - 67 words
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Article62 2000-10-27 37 Reuters LILLE, France French rider Pascal Herve admitted taking drugs on Wednesday the ninth and last member of the Festina team to confess. “Yes, I took dope,” he told the court hearing the 1998 Tour de France Festina scandal. He made his admission the day after– Reuters - 62 words
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Article95 2000-10-27 38 -AFP BRASILIA Pele, former FIFA president Joao Havelange and ex-Brazilian national soccer coach Wanderley Luxemburgo are among leading Brazilian sporting figures who will be called to give evidence before a parliamentary probe into fraud in Brazilian football, it was revealed on Wednesday. Two inquiries, one-AFP - 95 words
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Article90 2000-10-27 38 -AFP NAIROBI Stung by the country’s poor showing at Sydney, the Kenyan athletics officials said that they would discard the older generation and turn to junior talents in future World and Olympic championships. Speaking for the first time since the Olympic Games, Kenya Amateur Athletic Association-AFP - 90 words
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Article66 2000-10-27 38 AP MILAN AC Milan vice president Adriano Galliani says Croatian midfielder Zvonimir Boban will not be allowed to leave the Serie A club this season. Boban has been linked with moves to English clubs Chelsea and Middlesbrough in recent weeks but Galliani, who effectively runs the– AP - 66 words
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Article93 2000-10-27 38 AP TOKYO Two-time Olympian Suzu Chiba has decided to quit competitive swimming after losing an appeal over her exclusion from the Japanese team for the Sydney Olympics, her office said yesterday. In a statement faxed to Japanese swimming officials, Chiba said she was retiring at the– AP - 93 words
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Article54 2000-10-27 38 -AFP SYDNEY Nine powerlifters have tested positive to banned drugs at the Sydney Paralympics with yesterday’s announcement of three fresh doping cases, the International Paralympic Committee said. IPC medical director Michael Riding said the three were Uladzimir Buben of Belarus and Olatumbosum Sulola of Nigeria, and Jabar-AFP - 54 words
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Article, Illustration212 2000-10-27 38 In Group D, thestakes couldnotbe higher with all four sides still in the hunt -AFP PARIS Lazio and Spartak Moscow added their names to the list of teams which qualified for the second phase of the Champions League after the latest round of matches on Wednesday night.-AFP; Pic: AP - 212 words
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Article129 2000-10-27 38 Croup A: Bayer Leverkusen (Ger) 1 (Ballack 52) Spartak Moscow (Rus) 0; Real Madrid (Spa) 4 (Guti 12, Savio 42, Morientes 62,69) Sporting Lisbon (Por)0 Group B: Arsenal (Eng) 4 (Parlour 5, Lauren 8, Dixon 35, Kanu 52) Sparta Prague (Cze) 2 (Labant 41 -pen, Rosicky 90); Lazio (Ita)129 words
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Article, Illustration306 2000-10-27 38 Reuters LONDON Arsenal coach Arsene Wenger watched his side demolish Sparta Prague 4-2 in the Champions League on Wednesday and then almost apologised for killing the match off too early. Arsenal, who had already qualified for the second phase of the competition after three consecutive wins and– Reuters - 306 words
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297 2000-10-27 39 Reuters MARANELLO, Italy Michael Schumacher admitted on Wednesday that the campaign to win next season’s Formula One World Championship was already underway just three days after his victory in the Malaysian Grand Prix ensured his Ferrari team could add the constructors’ world title– Reuters - 297 words
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Article152 2000-10-27 39 -AFP LEVERKUSEN, Germany Rudi Voeller, who replaced Erich Ribbeck as national coach in the wake of Germany’s terrible Euro 2000 campaign, was given the go-ahead by the German Football Association to coach club and country for the time being. Daum was due to take over the-AFP - 152 words
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131 2000-10-27 39 -AFP BEIRUT Japan’s coach Philippe Troussier has called for Asia to mirror Africa and hold its continental championship every two years. He said Asian football would benefit enormously from staging the Asian Cup once every two years rather than once every four years.-AFP - 131 words
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