Project Eyeball, 3 November 2000

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      437 1 Some who survived the fiery crash of SQ006 tell their stories. page Singapore s fountain man is one of “Buddies” in Taiwan. 6 Emotions spill over amid grisly scenes at Taipei’s airport. SIA Girl stayed behind to do her job, and suffered 45 burns They’re normally the picture of glamour.
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    • SIA FLIGHT 006 THE HEROES
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        835 2 Flight attendants Farzana and Tsang put themselves at risk to rescue others TAIWAN On a normal Singapore Airlines flight, she’s the pretty face in the sarong kebaya, who serves you coffee, tea and hot towels. But when things go wrong in the air or in this case,
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        Lock icon SIA Buddies support relatives, injured
        450 3 ON MONDAY, he has to make his Way to Antarctica to climb the 4,897 m-high Vinson Massif for Singapore’s glory the last leg of his Seven Summits climbing attempt. Today, Khoo Swee Chiow is in Taipei, a gleaming golden badge with the word “Buddy” printed
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        Lock icon A friend in deed
        523 3 Companies and staff rise to the occasion THEY are no SIA Buddies. They don’t wear any gold badges either. These companies are going about helping the next of kin in their own way. Take Motorola for instance. Five of its employees are presumed dead in the
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        Lock icon Husband waits with roses and prayers
        273 4 HER husband sent two dozen pink roses for her, but doctors wouldn’t let the bouquet in. It lies just outside the Lin-Kou Chang-Geng Burn Centre, with a note (left) asking United Overseas Bank auditor Lee Suet Yee to “Please come back soon”. Doctors decided
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        486 4 SAF major who survived crash ‘loves planes’ AEROPLANES happen to be his passion and one almost killed him. Ang Ming Chuang has secondand third-degree burns covering over 25 per cent of his body. That’s grim, yes, but for elder brother Ang Ming Kuang, it’s enough to hope
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        952 5 Families learn about deaths from TV WHO knew that it would mean so much? It was a nine-page list of SQOO6 passengers and crew who were accounted for and those who were not that was handed out by Singapore Airlines to the press on Wednesday
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        Lock icon The grim task
        803 6 Relatives go through anguish of identifying charred bodies WAS it a morgue or an airport? No one could have been faulted for mistaking the Chiang Kai Shek International Airport for a graveyard yesterday. The crash may fade from memory, but one thing will always stay to haunt:
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        1067 7 Closure should be swift this time IF ANYTHING, the last two days have shown that the agony of not knowing is sometimes more than people can bear. A bereaved man’s grief was inadvertently seen and felt by TV viewers around the world, as he burst into
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        70 36 AFP ABOVE: The grisly work of indentifying the remains of the deceased continues. TOP: Policemen and investigators dressed in protective rain attire continue to sort through the wreckage of Flight 006 at Chiang Kai Shek International Airport in Taiwan yesterday. RIGHT: A woman
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      475 8  -  Transplant method may be expanded By Thao Hua thaoth@sph.com.sg BONE marrow transplants, a saviour for leukaemia patients for years, may be medical’s newest weapon in battling other cancers as well. By next year, test trials are scheduled to apply the method to breast cancer patients
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      515 8  -  HO CHING’S EXPERIECE By Thao Hua thaoth@sph.com.sg HE’S an amazing person who tends to withdraw into a shell. But once in a while, there’s a crack in that shell, and as his mother, Ho Ching, gets a peek into his mind, “that’s when it hits”. “You
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      420 9  -  Males now getting hitched earlier than before By Joanna Lim joanna@sph.com.sg RAYMOND Huan tied the knot with his wife in early 1999, at the relatively early age of 26. But he’s not alone. According to the latest report on the Statistics on Marriages and Divorces, men
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      199 9 A MAN entered a church not to pray but to prey. He sneaked into the Church of St Mary of the Angels at Bukit Batok East Avenue 2 in the early hours of yesterday by forcing open a sliding door. He then headed for
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    • Local LOG
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        205 9 THE Consumers Association of Singapore (Case) has objected to the Institute of Estate Agents’ (lEA) move to dissuade ERA Realty Network from waiving its 1 per cent commission for buyers of HDB resale flats. “Unless the real estate agencies can show us in black
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        160 9 FORMER TCS artiste Benedict Goh, 30, found himself in the limelight for the wrong reason. Goh, the former host of The Pyramid Game, was fined $l,OOO for handling a car while under the influence of alcohol. He was charged in court yesterday. Goh was found sleeping
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        146 9 LET’S hear it for the girls! Congratulations to the founder and managing director of 0ne.99 Shop, Nanz Chong-Komo, for winning the Association of Small and Medium Enterprises’ (Asme) Woman Entrepreneur of the Year Award 2000. She started out as a fashion model and opened her
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      Lock icon First sign of peace
      426 11 Palestinian police intervene on behalf of Israeli army Wires GAZA In the first sign of peace returning to the violence-wracked Middle East, Palestinian police yesterday intervened to try to prevent demonstrators from throwing stones at an Israeli army outpost in the Gaza Strip. Just hours earlier,
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      Lock icon EgyptAir crash still a mystery
      138 11 Reuters QUONSET POINT (Rhode Island) Mourners, some angry and some resigned, viewed the wreckage of Egypt Air Flight 990 for the first time yesterday, and left still not knowing what caused the jetliner to plunge into the Atlantic, killing all 217 aboard. The Boeing 767-300
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    • World WIDE
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        112 11 AFP JAKARTA Indonesian President Abdurrahman Wahid yesterday refused to pardon the youngest son of former president Suharto, an official said, leaving him facing an 18-month jail term for corruption. The 38-year-old business man, Hutomo Mandala Putra better known as Tommy had earlier failed to
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        130 11 Reuters BANGKOK Thai Deputy Prime Minister Supachai Panitchpakdi said yesterday he would not stand in upcoming general elections, dealing another blow to the ruling Democrat Party which is trailing in opinion polls. Supachai, who is also Commerce Minister, is due to take the helm of the
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        119 11 Ap SUVA Two soldiers were reported killed yesterday as elite troops apparently loyal to Fiji coup leader George Speight fought with regular army units in a battle for control of the nation’s military headquarters. State-owned Radio Fiji said nine soldiers, including two women, were also
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    • 5 days to go
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        207 13 Wires I’m not gay Nader NEW YORK Campaign 2000 took an sharp turn this week after Gore operatives raised the issue of Green Party presidential candidate Ralph Nader’s sex life, reported drudgereport.com yesterday. California state assemblywoman Carole Migden openly inferred that Nader was gay, in an newspaper
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      452 13 He has the majority of states, but Gore is strong in populous ones Reuters WASHINGTON Republican George W Bush could win more than 30 states and still lose Tuesday’s presidential election, thanks to Democrat Al Gore’s relative strength in populous states. In
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      Lock icon Close, but not the tightest
      265 13 AFP WASHINGTON The presidential race between Al Gore and George W Bush may be the tightest in decades, but Americans have seen their share of squeakers before. All polls show next Tuesday’s election to be too close to call, both in terms of the popular
      – AFP  -  265 words
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      484 15 New start-up to emulate Dell formula Reuters LAS VEGAS Meet the Dell of the auto industry Model E Corp which will offer built-to-order sport utility vehicles through the Internet. Model E, a start-up company funded by a unit of Japan’s Softbank Corp, will give consumers
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      86 15 Straits Times Index (STI) Top 3 Active VOLUME CENTS PacCent 93,258,000 148 Oralnd 27,370,000 348 NatSteel 23,717,000 298 Top 3 Gainers CENTS V- Nat Broad 294 51 21 SPH100 2580 30 1.2 ElecUSS 326 28 9.4 Total number of gainers: 140 Top 3 Losers CENTS V- Asean 200US$ 730
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      200 15  -  Nicholas Yong IF YOU are at your wit’s end about how to go about organising your property details, here’s help. Register yourself on the website and, presto, here’s a property filofax online. And it’s pretty neat too, in as much as it allows
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      265 17 ENCRYPTED E-MAIL LONDON Cyber Rights.net has formed an alliance with Hush Communications to offer super-en-crypted e-mail off its site, http://www.hushmail.com. It claims to be so secure that bosses will not be able to snoop and read employees’ personal e-mails. The catch is that both the sender and
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      48 17 The first m ummy to he made in at least 2,800 years using the tools and techniques of ancient Egypt was embalmed hy Ronald S Wade, director of the Maryland State Anatomy Board in iqqq, and shown last month to a group of funeral directors. AP
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      531 17 A day after Napster deal, Scour sells assets to Listen.com AP SAN FRANCISCO It looks like the age of free music on the Internet might be over. One day after Napster, the freemusic site sued by record companies, announced its agreement with Bertelsmann to
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      437 18  -  Computer gamers battle it out at Iverson tomorrow By Andrew Chin andrewc@sph.com.sg PSST, fans of Half Life Counterstrike and Rainbow Six Rogue Spear, the gamers’ meet is on at Iverson Computer Associates’ office tomorrow. For 11 hours, you can pit your skills against Iverson’s (an Asian
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      551 20  -  Not all expats are jerks Who’s hung-up and insecure? Caucasian male expats -or Singaporean men? Two white expatriates and one Singaporean guy have their say. By Richard Mort rmort@sph.com.sg THREE years in hot and humid Singapore. Perhaps that’s why my notions of my beloved English homeland and
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      136 20  -  FREEANDHAPPY THE Eyeball reporter (Karl Ho) who started this discussion seems to have a sense of inferiority when he compares himself with Caucasians. And he seemed to like putting himself down by thinking that local boys are like him. Thank God most local men are
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      425 20  -  By Michael Owen Dwyer mdwyer@sph.com.sg “DON’T get me wrong. I’m no racist,” writes Eyeball reporter Karl Ho. Immortal words from Karl, I’m sure, and almost on a par with “I’m not a racist but...” Hey don’t worry, I’m not looking to cross the
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      Lock icon Lust not a desirable trait
      604 22 ‘Drive to convince youngsters virginity is cool’ (The Times, Oct 11) IS STAYING a virgin still a big deal today? British government spin doctors have just embarked on their most ambitious political campaign ever to convince teenagers that it’s “cool to be a virgin”. Is
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      308 22 Where have the nurses gene? (Oct 24) SALARIES have been upped. Perks have been added to the job. Yet, there’s still a dire shortage of nurses. Now, Nanyang Polytechnic wants to recruit overseas students in its training course for registered nurses. Are you comfortable with
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      28 8 Qood morning! Slightly hazy. Showers with thunder over many areas in the late morning and early afternoon. High: 32C 1 Low: 24C Tides: 3.54AM/2.3M 2.22PM/2.6M Met Service: http://www.gov.sg/metsin
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      44 9 OODMIIJF Total number of marriages 1998:23,106 1999:25,648 Up 11 per cent Prime marriage age for males 1998:30 to 34 1999:25 tO 29 Prime marriage age for females Consistent at 25 to 29 Total number of divorces (including annulments) 1998:5,651 1999:5,333 Down 5.6 per cent
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      74 14 Memoirs of Lee Kuan Yew 19 6 5 2 0 ftffi R1« Hi 2 m Wo f X m m m $32 At\ Av \>N° A\' xxV Y-vv>' xV -a* V FROM THIRD WORLD TO FIRST The Singapore Story: 1965 2000 On sale now at $36.05 (Inclusive of GST) Available
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      39 15 A T THE ATRIUM EVERY SATURDAY at 4PM, the atrium at PARAGON comes alive with the sound of MUS I C Talented ACAPELLA groups, JAZZ bands, STRING quartets and more will enthrall you with their music. See you there!
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      220 18 To register for the LAN gaming party and engage in death matches with experienced “killers” like “Hankman” and “iCE”, log on to http://devgru.iversonca.com Want to WIN a 3D/2N Banyan Tree Resort stay for 2 persons? We are giving away a special 3D/2N Valley Jacuzzi Villa stay for 2 at the
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    • Sport IN SHORT
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        127 23 AFP HONG KONG Sam Torrance, the new European Ryder Cup captain, is to play in next week’s Star Alliance Open in Hong Kong, organisers said yesterday. The Scotsman joins Seve Ballesteros, one of his predecessors in the Ryder Cup hotseat, in the field for the inaugural edition of
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        102 23 AFP PERTH Martina Hingis and Monica Seles will join Marat Safin in the star-studded, Asl million (*****,000) Hopman Cup, starting here on Dec 30. Tournament director Paul McNamee announced yesterday that Hingis, 20, would team up with 19-year-old Roger Federer as the Swiss pair attempt to lift
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        111 24 Reuters LONDON- New England coach Sven Goran Eriksson said on Wednesday that he hoped he would be available to coach England in three World Cup qualifiers early in 2001. His contract as England coach is due to start in July. Eriksson said negotiations with Lazio were under way
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        137 24 Reuters NEW YORK-Slugging outfielder Juan Gonzalez, who turned down an eight-year, US$l4O million (*****.4 million) contract from the Detroit Tigers, headlined the list of 21 players who filed for free agency on Wednesday. Acquired from the Texas Rangers in a blockbuster nine-player trade, the two-time MVP endured
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        106 26 AP ROME Hakan Sukur scored his first goal in the Serie A and Alvaro Recoba added another in Inter Milan’s crucial 2-0 victory over Roma. The result revived the ailing Milan powerhouse while knocking Roma off the top of the league standings. The season’s first loss
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        86 26 Wires STUTTGART Top seed Marat Safin, who had never beaten Fabrice Santoro in their four previous meetings, crushed the Frenchman 6-2, 6-4 on Wednesday to reach the third round of the Stuttgart Masters Series, Defending champion Thomas Enqvist, the fifth seed, fell to his own bete
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      Lock icon Lions in fighting form
      774 23  -  Playmaker Rafi shines on his return By Zaki Amrullah zaki@sph.com.sg BASED on Wednesday night’s 1-0 victory in the friendly against Indonesia, Singapore should be good enough for the semi-finals at the upcoming Tiger Cup. But if officials from Vietnam and Malaysia were present at the Bishan
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      35 24 “I SPOKE with Eriksson a few days ago and we agreed to rest players next week.” Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger, on fielding an under-strength team in next week's Champions League matches.
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      44 24 With the exception of the Bucks and the Raptors, the Central Division is probably the i veakest link in the league. There will be no NBA champions* coming out of this division, says Luke Pachymuthu (luked sph.com.sg) Bong Fortin
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      Lock icon Cricket stars damned
      372 25 More named in scandal Reuters NEW DELHI Maybe the recent cricket bribery scandal is just what the sport needed to raise its profile at least among people who really give a damn! Indian media yesterday heaped scorn on the sport’s fallen heroes after the country’s Central Bureau
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      56 26 DID you know that Singapore’s lone goal against Vietnam, which clinched them the 1998 Tiger Cup trophy and was scored by R Sasikumar, was dubbed “The Shoulder Blade of God”? Sasi’s shoulder connected with a long pass, nudging the ball into the Vietnamese goal. It was purely
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      Lock icon Fluid Jazz thump Lakers
      547 26 LA pays for offensive miscues LAT-WP LOS ANGELES The Utah Jazz, as it turned out, did not faint at the sight of the new yellow banner. Then again, it’s so high up there, maybe they didn’t see it. The rings? Not much there, either, apparently. Entirely
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    • Cheers & JEER
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        300 26  -  CRITICS SILENCED By Zaki Amrullah zaki@sph.com.sg CHEERS AFTER months in the wilderness, Stan Collymore signalled his return to the Premiership in style with Bradford City. He thumped home his first goal as a Bantam with a superb volley in heavy rain at Valley Parade against Leeds
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  • Unwind
    • Food
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        952 27 Atlanta Journal-Constitution Halloween or any party leave an intimidating mountain of leftover candy bars. But you dont need to waste them, it seems. JOHN KESSLER g shows you several sweet solutions. m OTHING else inspires a cook to curious kitchen feats as much as a bountiful harvest. When
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      • Pick of the EATS
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          93 29 IT’S a fine taste of Vietnam at Plaza Parkroyal’s Cafe Plaza. Buffet diners can eat their way to a free vacation as they stand to win a 3D/2N package at Garden Plaza Park in Ho Chi Minh. Two master chefs from Vietnam have been flown in to whip
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          110 29 CHEF Daniel Chambon from France is back at Hilton Hotel’s Harbour Grill and Oyster Bar. Awarded the “Master Chef of France” title, he has a penchant for updating classic south-western French cuisine with his own creativity. His delectable repertoire includes truffle soup with flakes of crusted foie gras,
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          51 29 BEAUTIFUL sundaes are meant for Swensen’s. The ice-cream parlour has new concoctions such as Peaches And Pirate, Butterscotch Boat, Chips A’hoy and Coffee Storm. You can pair these with main courses like Viking’s Spicy Spaghetti, Mariner’s Seafood Combo and Captain Catfish. The promotional meals are priced between $15.40 and
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          65 29  -  Angelica Tan Chi Lu (Sheng Tang) Char Kway Teow #Ol-91 Golden Mile Food Centre Opens: 11 am to 9 pm MOST char kway teow (fried rice-noodles) comes only with cockles and chunks of lard. But on top of plump cockles, this char kway teow (from $3) has a
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        Lock icon Bits with bite
        617 29 Que tapas? ANGELICA TAN (tanaw@sph.com.sg) certainly knows as she explores the delectable buffet of Spanish finger food. HE word tapas has Tbeen so loosely used that anything from sushi to Twisties has been called such these days. While tapas has been used to refer to finger food,
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        Lock icon Feast your senses
        666 31 No longer just about eating, the Singapore Food Festival is geared to entice all the senses with the inclusion of drama and art. ANGELICA TAN (tanaw@sph.com.sg) gives us the lowdown on what to expect of the upcoming, uh, sensuous event. HINGS are cooking Tup at Fort Canning
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        191 31 ANOTHER new event at the World Gourmet Summit 2001 will be the inaugural World Gourmet Awards of Excellence. Touted as the Oscars of Singapore’s F&B and hospitality industries, there will be 15 categories of awards. The categories include “Best Chef of the Year”, “Best Restaurant of the
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    • Music
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          99 33 SPORTY Spice Mel C enjoys being a lesbian icon although it feels “a bit weird”. The singer of ITurn To You, whose new single with The Spice Girls is topping British charts, has been plagued by rumours of homosexuality. Yet she says: “It is true that
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          104 33 HUNKY actor Mark Wahlberg has issued a heartfelt warning to top boy band ’NSync telling them to prepare for not being famous. And The Perfect Storm star knows what he’s talking about- he started his career as rapper Marky Mark and saw how fickle
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          Lock icon Name-calling among the pop stars
          143 33  -  Siti Hadijah POP stars Liam Gallagher and Robbie Williams renewed thair war of words at the QAwards in London. The pair originally went at each other’s throats in March when Robbie slammed Oasis’ album. And as Liam picked up the Best Live Act Award with
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        635 33 ALL THAT YOU CAN’T LEAVE BEHIND U 2 (Island) IT MUST have been with much trepidation that music followers charted the days that led to the release of All That You Can’t Leave Behind. After all, U2’s last two offerings had left much to be desired. And
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        Lock icon Edgy, moody J-pop
        700 34 DUTY Ayumi Hamasaki (Avex Trax) SUPERFLUOUS mega-remixes have been integral to Ayumi Hamasaki’s work since her 1999 sophomore hit album LOVEppears when her chestnut tresses covering her bare breasts took her image beyond her music. Hamasaki’s newest offering Duty is already number one on Japan’s Oricon album
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      74 30 LOOK OUT FOR OUR LATEST ISSUE! CITTA NOVEMBER 2000 $4.50 Jtjtmm fir* A^P a Ufm BP V:?l r 5 Hg I Jfc ■■fgl SH ff: BUMPER ISSUE HHhhhhm' ijj E in 4* B«1 W 3 T*j Don't miss our revamped November issue! New columns include IT, Fashion Headlines, Creative Ideas,
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      284 35 TIDBITS of wisdom and other smart-aleck remarks gleaned from the Internet: Girlfriend: And are you sure you love me and no one else? Boyfriend: Dead sure. I just checked the list again. Waiter: Would you like your coffee black? Customer: What other colours do you have? Teacher:
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      497 35 N Lin has quite a cutting personality in Master Swordsman Lu Xiaofeng. Movies Troth or Consequences 10 pm AXN 19 A newly-released jailbird stages a robbery to get enough money to help him live comfortably with his girlfriend. Plans go awry and an undercover cop is killed. Forced to hit
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      61 35 The sth5 th Wave By Rich Tennant k iD s) SI Sil SI ip™ “Hey, Philip! I think we're in. I’m gonna try linking directly to the screen, but gimme a disguise in case it works. I don’t want all of New York to know that Jerry DeMarco of 14
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