Today, 9 May 2002

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    7 1 TODAY Thursday May 9, 2002 MITA(P) 063/11/2001
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    Arm-twisting over $5b
    570 1  -  Joy Frances SingTel lawyer's surprise statement by j ay@ne wstoday. co ra. sg ONE is the Government's telecommunications regulator while the other is Singapore's largest Government-linked company. But all notions that the two are engaged in a friendly, genteel dispute were thrown out the window yesterday as
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    Lock icon Back in Taiwan
    31 1 Reuters photo. SQOO6 captain Foong Chee Kong (foreground), first officers Ng Kheng Leng (middle) and La tiff Cyrano (rear), in Taipei where they were questioned by Taiwanese prosecutors.
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      174 1 /A=£JjJ~\CORP GreatUNK Dynamic Progressive Balanced Steady Secure What kind of head for investing do you have? Here are five great new ways to build wealth, giving access These are funds of funds that use diversification to smooth Consider Lifestyle Portfolios as an important step towards to top fund managers not
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      28 1 caß laaa-ais-1 iss h Did the Gunners wrap up the title V^atOldTrafford? Did Dortmund add the Uefa Cup to its Bundesliga title? Call 1900-912-1122 for the full-time results
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  • HOT NEWS
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      Pilot limbo
      463 2  -  Kim-Kyna Tan SQOO6 airmen face two key questions by kira@n ews to d ay.com.sg THE three pilots of SQOO6 returned to the city of their nightmare flight, while two questions simmered in the background. The first was whether they would be prosecuted for their role in the crash
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      Andrea's cheeks are rosy again, Pierre conscious and speaking
      324 2 THE vigil has begun for MediaCorp artiste Andrea De Cruz, who underwent a 12-hour liver transplant operation on Tuesday night. Her boyfriend Pierre Png, also a MediaCorp artiste, gave almost half his liver to her after it was discovered that she
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      Lock icon Walk-In for new flats
      73 2 Channel NewsAsia ABOUT 1,900 new HDB flats in Choa Chu Kang will be up for sale under the Walk-In Selection process from tomorrow. Among them are 380 four-room units. This is HDB's second Walk-In Selection exercise. The HDB says there will be a sales office for
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      Lock icon Killer faces life in jail
      100 2 Channel NewsAsia UNfc, oi the three men accused of murdering national under-18 soccer player Sulaiman Hashim pleaded guilty yesterday to a reduced charge of culpable homicide not amounting to murder. Muhamad Hasik Sahar, 21, now faces life imprisonment. He may also be caned. Mr Sulaiman
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      Lock icon Shiv Sena man is Speaker
      97 3 -AFP NEW DELHI A right-wing Hindu leader, known for kicking the failed US energy giant, Enron Corporation, out of India, was yesterday made the new Speaker of Parliament. Mr Manohar Joshi, a leader of the right-wing Shiv Sena party from Maharashtra state, was unanimously chosen
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      Lock icon Was it India? or Osama?
      372 3 Agencies A shocked Pakistan hunts for answers KARACHI A stunned Pakistan yesterday scrambled to identify the people behind the suicide bomber who rammed into a busload of French nationals outside a hotel. The bomber detonated his car, which was packed with explosives, at around Sam
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      Hamzah denies Laskar agreement
      167 3 JAKARTA Vice-President Hamzah Haz has denied reaching any agreement with Jaffar Umar Thalib, leader of the militant group Laskar Jihad, amid criticism of their controversial meeting on Tuesday. "There were no political affairs discussed there were no political deals," Mr Hamzah told reporters yesterday. Jaffar is
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      Minister Lim heads to Shanghai
      111 4 HEALTH Minister and second Minister for Finance Lim Hng Kiang left for Shanghai yesterday to attend the 35th annual meeting of the Asian Development Bank (ADB). He will also be attending the Asean Plus Three (China, Japan and the Republic of Korea) finance ministers' meeting
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      Computer vs commuters
      334 4  -  Sarah Chua LTA looks into second delay in 2 weeks by sarah@newstoday.com.sg A COMPUTER glitch caused the Bukit Panjang LRT service to be suspended for almost five hours on Tuesday night. Singapore LRT (SLRT) said a fault on the main LRT lines caused the computers that control
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      No ban on M'sian veggies: AVA
      200 4 THE Agri-food and Veterinary Authority (AVA) yesterday rejected claims that the country had implemented a ban on Malaysian produce. Reports of the alleged import ban in the Malaysian newspaper Berita Harian were untrue, the AVA said. "In the last few days, there has been
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      188 3 1626 Customers today ask many questions. They want answers for every one of them. And they better come fast. And good. Or customers will go elsewhere. One company that has done well here is SingTel. It has work performance standards for handling customer enquiries. The company has drawn up a
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  • HOME NEWS
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      Lock icon The human advantage
      431 6  -  Tan Hui Leng SingTel operators are trained to solve customers' problems by hu ile ng@news t o d ay.com. sg THE next time you use the SingTel operator service, you might want to take time to say thank you before hanging up. The polite person on the
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      Weeding out the rot? How?
      434 8  -  Edmund Tan Yi Skern Ranting and generalising not the way I READ the commentary "Why Catholics must act" (Today, May 7) with some grave objections. While I agree that the Catholic Church should take the opportunity to re-examine itself during this time of scandal, I
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      Higher parking rates, same narrow lots
      190 8  -  Terence T Rajah I REFER to the increase in season parking rates for HDB residents. During the Budget speech, Deputy Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong mentioned that the cost of owning a car would be reduced, but the cost associated with its usage would
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      The stigma and the myth
      167 8  -  Ang Kok Ming I REFER to the letter, "Please educate our bosses" (Today, May 6). I agree with the writer that employers' perceptions of part-time education should change. However, civic campaigns are usually not very effective in engineering mindset changes. Unfortunately, in most Asian societies,
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  • BUSINESS NEWS
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      How exhibitions boost the economy
      116 10 EVERY dollar generated by Singapore's exhibition industry generates another $12 of output in the economy, said Mr Tharman Shanmugaratnam, Senior Minister of State for Trade and Industry and Education. In 2001, about $1.1 billion of value added, or 0.7 per cent of gross domestic product,
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      Is Pelepas the reason?
      391 10  -  Richard Seah PSA postpones listing, citing weak market conditions by richs@newstoday.com.sg PLANS for a public listing of PSA Corporation have been shelved indefinitely due to "weak market conditions", the Government announced yesterday, but analysts say the postponement would allow PSA to focus on more urgent matters,
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      Lock icon ING Barings for Singapore?
      92 10 Channel NewsAsia DUTCH financial group ING Barings is considering shifting its core foreign exchange trading operations from Hong Kong to Singapore. This would reverse a recent trend of banks moving operations the other way, particularly on the investment banking front. An ING spokesperson said the bank
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      Two bids for white site
      87 10 THE Urban Redevelopment Authority has received only two bids for its reserve white site at Marina Boulevard. The 99-year leasehold white site can be put to commercial, residential or hotel use. The higher bid is about $289 million by Glengary, followed by Irvine Investments' 280
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      Lock icon AGC absorbs Star Hub venture
      293 12 Bloomberg But network will still be used by both firms ASIA Global Crossing (AGC) has absorbed the 50 per cent stake in Singapore communications network StarHub Crossing that was held by StarHub, the country's second-largest phone operator. StarHub Crossing, a $20-million network linked to AGC's
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      Wizoffice gateway
      212 12 MAINBOARD-LISTED Wizojfke.com will be controlled by a Hong Kong-based investment bank following the completion of a deal announced yesterday. The reverse takeover involves the local Internet firm acquiring Japan Asia Securities Group for $80 million, which will result in the financial group taking an effective 76.2 per cent
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      Superfast link-up
      397 14  -  Chan Chao Peh 200 times faster online access in Punggol 21 for $30 by chaopeli@newstoday.com.sg RESIDENTS of Punggol 21 will soon enjoy online access within the precinct up to 200 times faster than current broadband services, with prices starting at a low $30 a month. HDB subsidiary Hdbay
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      Lock icon HP-Compaq merger: 15,000 jobs to go
      245 14 Agencies CUPERTINO (California) The merger of Hewlett-Packard (HP) and Compaq became official on Tuesday night with HP's chief executive, Ms Carly Fiorina, wavering on a promise not to cut more than 15,000 jobs. Ms Fiorina announced the formal launch of the combined company following
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      Small, cautious player
      453 16  -  Val Chua German bank takes prudent route to regional expansion by val@news to d ay.com .sg GLOBALISATION may be the name of the game for some foreign banks, but that's not the style of German bank Norddeutsche Landesbank Girozentral (NORD/LB). As Germany's third largest central savings bank,
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      Lock icon Mediator to call it a day after resolving RM37b debt rows
      223 16 Bloomberg KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia's debt mediator plans to finish reorganising a remaining RM17.2 billion ($8.2 billion) of overdue debt at Lion Group and eight other companies by July 31, then close its four-year operation. The Corporate Debt Restructuring Committee
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      UNIT TRUSTS & FUNDS
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      Lock icon M'sia eases curbs on assets inflow
      156 18 AFP KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia yesterday eased restrictions on the injection of foreign assets into listed companies as part of efforts to help distressed local firms. "The latest relaxations provide listed companies, especially those which are distressed, with more options to acquire quality assets to
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        Singapore
        78 18 WALL Street heaved a sigh of relief when the Federal Reserve announced it was holding interest rates steady and maintaining a neutral policy. The STI index added 14.45 points to 1,735.43 on renewed investor interest. The market, while mixed, was skewed positively on 541 million shares with a value
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        World markets
        55 18 Index Value Change Us Nikkei 225 *****75 +204.71 +1.81 Hung Seng All Ordinaries :im. Kill *****.31 3287.40 5711.53 -27.67 +13.70 +17.55 -0.23 +0.42 +0.84 Korea (omp SET Index Jakarta Comp Phils [omp Sbeiran B Mumbai 841.67 382.48 547.71 1345.79 226.70 3135.06 +1B.33 +7.83 +2.86 +1.96 -1.97 +11.31 +2.22
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        Your S$1 buys
        37 18 15$ 0.5528 LIKE 0.3783 Yen 71.179 HK$ 4.3114 RM 2.1000 Euro 0.6078 Rupinh 5141.1 Bohl 23.735 Peso 27.533 A J 1.0206 Indian Rs 27.061 Won 710.53 C$ 0.8663 Yuan 4.5759 NZ$ 1.2263 NT$ 19.119
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        Commodities
        21 18 Gold uWo. 311.90 Silver mm 4.632 Platinum uss/m 522.00 Rubber unn/hg 121.25 Point Oil IM/tanrw 1210 Bretit trade ulVbmel 26.01
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        SGX most active
        56 18 By volume Mays 'ODO IpCEl AiiOceon 43,369 23,277 Serial KLW Col tit i mi 19,263 18,312 14,771 By value MoyS Venture Chnrleied SPH ST Assernb UOB 45,434,100 36,973,465 22,490,060 21,890,460 20,2B2,911 FtiYu QtsriHtj EuFoptron MR Tech fohlC '000 14,580 14,293 12,969 12,900 12,741 DBS 5IA DDlocrhUSS OCBC
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        SGX top rises
        79 18 %8 Close Change DIAMONDS 10USS 99.600+99.200 /enlute 16.600 +0.600 JeoliveSO 20.500 +0.300 HBC 13.400 +0.300 JOB 14.700 +0.200 SreatEast 11.800 +0.200 :SA 1.760 +0.170 ZhartEred 4.500 +0.160 fepCor 4.360 +0.120 3BS Bk 6% NCPS *****.200 +0.100 By peiccitlage May 8 DIMItDSlK (lose Change 99.600 +*****.00 KionHoW0210l9 0.010
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        Lock icon SGX top falls
        78 18 Bloomberg May 8 Close Change IS DJ U5TECH 10USS40.900 -5.200 Thai Ptime200USS 4.500 -0.360 HoNegarcK 0.950 0.25C FSN100 7.450 -0.100 SPH 22.600 -0.100 SPH100 22.600 -0.100 SIA200 13.600 -0.100 Dayen 0.535 -0.100 liinc'du 1.110 -0.090 SingnrtiasE 2lcHKS 1.370 -0.090 May 3 (lose Change Serial 0.245 -22.222 HoNegaroR
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  • WORLD NEWS
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      Lock icon EgyptAir crash probe
      96 20 -AFP TUNIS Egyptian and US aviation experts gathered in Tunisia yesterday to probe the cause of the crash of an EgyptAir plane into the hills near the Tunis-Carthage airport a day earlier. According to an official statement, the Boeing 737-500 plane, which was carrying 64 people including
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      Lock icon Life imprisonment
      115 20 AFP JAKARTA Two men accused of killing the judge who convicted Tommy Suharto were yesterday sentenced to life imprisonment. Prosecutors said Noval Hadad and Maulawarman had planned and conducted the murder in broad daylight of Supreme Court Judge Syafiuddin Kartasasmita last July. Mr Syafiuddin had earlier sentenced Tommy
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      Lock icon China blow
      286 20 Agencies Singaporean among 112 killed in another crash BEIJING China's air safety record was dealt another blow after a second Chinese airliner crashed in less than a month. At least one Singaporean was among the 112 people on board who died after the China Northern Airlines plane plunged
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      Lock icon No rush to invest in Myanmar ... yet
      172 20 No rush to invest in Myanmar yet Reuters BANGKOK The release of Nobel Peace Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi will not attract immediate foreign investments into Myanmar, observers said yesterday. Investors remain wary of problems such as corruption, hyper-inflation and the collapsing currency in the country. Many also doubt
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      Lock icon Indon court overturns cleric's conviction
      125 20 Reuters JAKARTA The Supreme Court here quashed a 17-year-old conviction against a radical Muslim cleric, whom Singapore and Malaysia accuse of having links with terrorists. Supreme Court spokesman Djudjuk Rozzaq said the court had ruled the conviction of Indonesian Mujahidin Council leader Abu Bakar Bashir
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      Lock icon University-entry cheats nabbed
      100 20 Reuters NEWARK The authorities have arrested dozens of foreigners who paid others to take English tests needed for admission to US universities. Mr Michael Chertoff, an Assistant Attorney-General in the Department of Justice, said: "This type of document fraud is a threat to our national security. "We
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      Washington struggling to balance demands of Mideast foes
      266 22 WASHINGTON The Bush administration is once again struggling to keep up with events, after a suicide bombing near Tel Aviv killed at least 15 people, including the bomber. There was no doubt that the bomb, which exploded in a billiards club in
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      Lock icon Student charged with planting pipe bombs
      133 22 Agencies LAS VEGAS (Nevada) A slew of charges awaits a 21-year-old college student who is alleged to have planted a series of pipe bombs in rural mailboxes across the Midwest. Luke John Helder (picture) was arrested on Tuesday, eight hours after the FBI identified
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  • COMMENTARY
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      963 26  -  Roger Mitton For the answer, watch the faces of free Africans and Asians IN a small town in Eritrea, eastern Africa, where I am staying, I have breakfast in a little cafe that serves fresh orange juice, sweet cakes and locallyground coffee. Savouring this sublime treat, I
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  • UPFRONT
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      381 28 Reuters SAN FRANCISCO For Ms Jennifer Portnick, a 109-kg California aerobics instructor, the future is "fighting fit" rather than "fat chance". In a groundbreaking case that was settled on Monday, the 38-year-old fitness coach won a fight over weight bias with Jazzercise, the world's largest
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      667 29  -  NiccySKTeo Pregnancy in the pink of health is your best gift to baby IN pregnancy, a woman's body faces major changes and her nutrition needs change. To ensure a healthy baby, the mother will have to adopt a healthy diet. She needs to eat healthily to ensure
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      159 29  - Cold Or ange and Pumpkin Soup Pauline D Loh THIS is a great appetite booster for a pregnant lady. Pumpkin is full of vitamins and beta-carotene and the orange adds the vitamin C. Serve it with a glass of ice-cold milk and you have a complete light meal for a
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      132 30  -  Ariel Tarn This year's show promises great digital and electronic products for everyone T^ECHNOPHILES are in for a treat. Get A ready to ogle at exciting new gizmos from some of today's top technology brands at Cool Gear Action 2002. Organised by CNETAsia, this two-day
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      491 30 BENQ PROJECTOR SL7OSX 'T*HE I.7kg SL7OSX micro projector offers the A dynamic colour management system developed by BenQ, which delivers enhanced colour precision and saturation, allowing your creative ideas to come to life in rich and vivid colours. With 1100 ANSI lumens
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      122 30 FOSA ELITE 8100 MOBILE P4 NOTEBOOK *T*HE new Fosa Elite 8100 mobile J. Pentium 4 notebook (picture) is powered by the latest Intel technology and is equipped with the nVIDIA VGA chip. Promising power and performance, this notebook has a processing speed of Intel
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      208 32 TAsia as ia.cnet. com/down loads Ad-aware AD-AWARE scours your system including registry and temporary internet files and looks for traces of recognised adware modules. When it has finished searching, it displays a list of what it has found and lets you select the items you would like to
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      538 33  -  Elisa Chia Film to be adapted into an 1 8-part show AFTER raking in $3.78 million and rising as the second-highest-grossing local film, I Not Stupid is set for another triumph. The movie, written and directed by Jack Neo and produced by Raintree Pictures,
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      74 33 AFP AUCKLAND Lucy Lawless, aka Xena: Warrior Princess, has given birth to a boy, her family said yesterday. Her newborn, Judah Miro Tapert, is her third child. Her husband is Rob Tapert, who directed the blockbuster Xena series. Until the birth, Lawless has been starring
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      140 33 AFP HONG KONG A former chauffeur was jailed yesterday for four months after pleading guilty to claiming he was the driver when Canto-pop star Nicholas Tse (picture) crashed his Ferrari. Magistrate Tong Man said he had considered an eight-month jail term but took into account Shing Kwok-ting's
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      388 35 Text and styling: Serena Sim Hair Makeup: Trimmers (TheAdelphi) Clothes MANGO (Suntec City) Photography: Wong Khing Chong Location: The Spa (OUB Centre) The Search for the Face ofTbday is a search for the person who best represents the woman of the new millennium. Watch this space every
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      235 35 Skincare Series MENTION the word licorice and most people would immediately associate it with the candy that looks like a thick, black rope or, perhaps, the flavoured pastille types that come in assorted colours. It might be strange, then, to think of licorice as a medicine
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      Sex on his mind
      449 36  -  Leong Phei Phei in FILM REVIEW 40 Days and 40 Nights {Opens today) R(A) TOO much of anything is bad. If you don't know that already, you will after watching 40 Days and 40 Nights. Matt (Josh Hartnett) is a twenty-something San Francisco dot-commer who deals
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      292 36 -.AFP LOS ANGELES A man accused by Nicole Kidman of stalking her has filed a US$2OO million ($340.9 million) lawsuit against the actress and more than 80 reporters and news companies. Matthew Hooker, 41, filed the libel action in Los Angeles Superior Court recently, after
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      Better than Ep I
      394 38  -  David Ngiau We preview Episode II Attack of the Clones T7ORGET about the disappointment -IT that was The Phantom Menace. After having watched Star Wars: Episode II- Attack of the Clones a couple of days ago, I'm pleased to report that we can put Episode I
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      211 39 AFP LOS ANGELES Actor Bruce Willis (picture) has shown off his sweet side by buying US$l2,OOO ($20,454) worth of Girl Scout cookies to send to US soldiers serving in Afghanistan. The star was inspired to sweettoothed altruism by his eight-year-old daughter Tallulah, his
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      Lock icon Ryder finds kindred spirit in Pacino
      306 39 Reuters LOS ANGELES Actress Winona Ryder says that it's chronic insomnia, rather than her legal predicament, that is keeping her up at night. But she has found a sympathetic ear in fellow sleepless star Al Pacino. In an interview appearing in the June issue
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      502 38 Did you know that Episode II will be the first major film released to be shot entirely using digital cinematography, with the Sony and Panavision-developed 24-frame High Definition Progressive scan camera, which worked perfectly at temperatures over 50 degrees celcius. Episode 1 took US$64.B million ($118.2 million) on its opening
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  • TIMEOUT
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      354 40  -  Janice Lee The Second Gty\o perform in Singapore again WHEREVER they go, an echo of hooting and hollering follows. And this month, critically acclaimed The Second City, a comedy troupe from Chicago, tumbles into the home of the Singapore Repertory Theatre on Robertson Walk. This will
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      434 40  - An unusual montage Low Shi Ping DO you remember the places you have lived in? The people you love? Can you recall some of the more significant experiences in your life? The Ambassador, played by Ben Slater, can and he will share them with you in the production 7x7: &pdl#7
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      301 40 Three-Day Listing MUSIC Ticketing: Call NAFA at 6337 6636 shows. People in an ambassador's memories tion belongs to a Thai national, Mrs Indosuphon. DEEP Purple South East Asian Tour 2002 Extn: 390 begin to take control and rewrite history in Date: Till May 12 Rock with Deep Purple live. ways
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      Lock icon Duncan spurs team, Kobe makes error
      548 43 AFP NBA play-offs LA Lakers 85 San Antonio Spurs 88 Spurs tie the series at 1-1 LOS ANGELES Tim Duncan, who is expected to be named the National Basketball Association's Most Valuable Player, collected 27 points and 17 rebounds as the visiting San Antonio
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      380 43 -AFP KARACHI Pakistani cricket was in turmoil yesterday as officials expressed their disgust at a terrorist bombing which killed 14 people and led to the immediate cancellation of New Zealand's tour. The attack immediately threw Australia's plans to tour later in the
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      174 43 -AFP SCOTRUN World heavyweight champion Lennox Lewis stoked up the pre-fight antagonism between himself and Mike Tyson on Tuesday, comparing the American to "a cartoon character". "He's an arrogant imbecile. That's Mike, and you come to expect that. He sounds like a cartoon character," said Lewis.
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      171 43 IRVING Tiger Woods returns to the PGA Tour for the first time since his spectacular third Masters victory last month in the US$4.B million ($8.7 million) Byron Nelson Classic tournament today. "I am not sure how rusty my game will be," Woods said. "But hopefully, I'll
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      Lock icon Ferguson goes ballistic
      316 44 MANCHESTER-Sir Alex Ferguson completely lost it on Tuesday when asked about Juan Sebastian Veron and a reported bust-up with his team-mates. The Manchester United manager stopped a press conference after just a few minutes following a fourletter outburst, reported Football36s. He called members of the press 'f***ing
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      324 44 -AFP ROME Fiorentina midfielder Angelo Di Livio claimed the final berth in Giovanni Trapattoni's World Cup squad with no surprises revealed by the Italy coach in his 23-man list. Di Livio won the vote ahead of Lazio's Stefano
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      295 46  -  Kelvin Phang WHILE the tough pin positions and the thick rough tripped up most of the field, Malaysia's Danny Chia "guessed" his way to a threestroke lead on the first day of the Singapore IT Federation (SITF) Golf Masters. Chia
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      613 46  -  S. Gulam Comment by gula mtWnews Loday. com. sg WHICH would you rather watch: France vs Senegal, or Sengkang Marine vs Tampines Rovers? In case you don't already know, both matches will be played on May 31 at 7.30pm (Singapore time). Yes, unbelievably, the S-League has
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      128 46 Match 1 Match 2 Sengkang v Gombak jurong v Sembawang Hougang Stadium Jurong East Stadium 9 May 7.30pm 9 May 7.30pm IX2 IX2 (1) Sengkang $1.30 (1) Jurong $2.40 (X) Draw $4.80 (X) Draw $3.30 [2] Gombak $6.60 (2) Sembawang $2.45 1/2 Goal 1/2 Goal Sengkang
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      453 47  -  Kelvin. Phang Bowling official lambasts press for fanning rumours by kel vin @newstoday. com. sg THE routine monthly meeting of the Singapore Tenpin Bowling Congress last night was anything but. For one, it had a bevy of reporters anxiously waiting outside the room
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      362 47  -  Jose Raymond by j o se@ne ws to day. c om.sg TWO top veteran sports administrators are widely expected to step down from their positions as vice-presidents of the Singapore National Olympic Council (SNOC) after this Saturday's annual general meeting. The two
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      172 47 ROTTERDAM Senior Fifa officials led by European soccer boss Lennart Johansson are to take beleaguered Fifa President Sepp Blatter to a Swiss court for 'misuse of funds', it was announced here yesterday. The papers will be delivered in the next 48 hours. "Steps will
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      75 47 KIEV Legendary Dynamo Kiev coach Valery Lobanovsky suffered a stroke during its Ukrainian league match against Zaporozhie, the club said yesterday. The Kiev outfit added he was in a stable condition but gave no other details, including the severity of the condition. The 63-year-old, who is in his
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      497 48 University of Wales BENEFITS OF E'LEARNING Established in 1893, the University of wales has established itself as one Dedicated facilitators to aid learning m R!H| CYMRU of UK's foremost centres for TTX 11 •CO/TJ G§iSj university scholarship and scientific research Flexible study schedule II"! 1 1+r\ Inl "I*ll in VS$?
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