Project Eyeball, 9 November 2000

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  • Title Section
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    11 1 projecteyeball. eyeball.asial.com.sg Mita (p) 077/02/2000 Thursday, November 9, 2000 80 CENTS
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  • Article, Illustration
    Lock icon Dead heat in US polls
    276 1 FLORIDA HOLDS THE KEY As director Rob Reiner said when interviewed on CNN, if he took a script detailing what actually happened in the US presidential election to a Hollywood studio, it would have thrown him out. Consider this: With Republican candidate George W Bush
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      207 1 PCS TO WEAR Wearable personal computers are now available for a whole host of practical purposes in medical and other areas. See Page 15 CAPITAL OF COOL We brave rain, bouncers and toilet queues to bring you the ultimate London guide. See Pages 25-26 Passenger sues SIA The first lawsuit
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  • News & Views
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      Lock icon QUICKIES
      175 2 IF YOU’RE visiting Transylvania, better known in novels as the birthplace of Count Dracula, don’t forget to bring your own blood. Especially if you happen to get hospitalised there. This is because Dorin Florea, the nationalist mayor, has told staff at the hospital that they should save blood for
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    • US Elections 2000
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        Lock icon Here for the elections
        418 2  -  SINGAPORE INSTEAD OF FRISCO By Denyse Yeo denyse@sph.com.sg THE action was all across the US. Nevertheless, Joanne Blakemore, 49, flew 19 hours from San Francisco, where she was visiting a friend, to watch the most dramatic US presidential elections ever unfold here in Singapore. President of
        Pictures: Alphonso Chan  -  418 words
      • Article
        Lock icon Florida holds key to White House
        641 2 Slim margin leads to mandatory recount of votes Wires WASHINGTON The state of Florida, with its 25 electoral college votes, has always been seen by US election-watchers as crucial to paving the way to the White House. No one expected this, though. The result
        – Wires  -  641 words
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        Lock icon Champagne stays uncorked
        590 3 Close race catches all on wrong foot Wires NASHVILLE Democrat Vice President Al Gore was just two blocks away from addressing a disappointed crowd waiting for him at a war memorial when his motorcade turned back. Instead, it was Gore’s campaign chairman William Daley who faced the
        – Wires; AFP  -  590 words
      • Article
        Lock icon Victory will be bittersweet
        543 3 WEAK SUPPORT AND BROKEN PROMISES EXPECTED Reuters WASHINGTON Pity the winner. Whether Republican George W Bush is eventually confirmed as the next president, or Democrat Al Gore somehow pulls out a victory, the winner will grasp what may soon become a poisoned chalice. Bush, the governor
        – Reuters  -  543 words
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        Lock icon Written in the stars
        134 3 Wires NEW DELHI The US presidential election may be too close to call, but a prominent Indian astrologer said yesterday that victory was already written in the stars for George W Bush. Lachhman Das Madan said in a statement dotted with horoscope charts that he had
        – Wires  -  134 words
      • Article
        Lock icon Strange places
        166 3 Reuters LOS ANGELES Americans voted yesterday in unexpected places: mortuaries, ice cream parlours, bowling alleys and lifeguard huts. Voting in a US election can and does take place in the most unusual places. For example, Republican Representative Rick Lazio cast his ballot at a Ford car dealership in
        – Reuters  -  166 words
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        Lock icon Nader misses goal
        135 4 Wires WASHINGTON-Ralph Nader (below) failed to shake the two-party system at its very roots. He also missed his goal of garnering 5 per cent of the votes, which would have brought his Green Party federal money in 2004. But he may have played a larger role by
        – Wires  -  135 words
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        Lock icon A taste of democracy
        71 4 AP BEIJING Some Chinese took a lesson in American-style democracy. Crowded inside a Beijing hotel ballroom, 3,000 Chinese invited by the US embassy got an insight into the electoral process. A big screen television brought in the election results via CNN. And some even took part
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        Lock icon Dead man voted to US Senate
        375 4 Late Missouri governor’s widow will serve in his place Wires ST LOUIS These days, it seems that you don’t even have to be alive and kicking to get elected to the US Senate. It may be bizarre, but it’s true: The people of Missouri
        – Wires; AP  -  375 words
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        Lock icon Media blows the call
        225 4 Wires NEW YORK It was a bizarre night of election coverage for the media, and it left everyone, including newscasters, flabbergasted. Newspapers pushed back deadlines and planned extra editions. But still goofed. Many papers went to bed, prematurely declaring Bush the winner, including The New York
        – Wires  -  225 words
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        Lock icon GOP retains narrow lead in Congress
        385 4 DEMOCRATS GAIN Reuters WASHINGTON Republicans held off a strong Democratic challenge to score a double-barrelled win in a tense fight for Congress, narrowly retaining control of the US Senate and the House of Representatives. But the Democrats scored key victories when Hillary Clinton won
        – Reuters  -  385 words
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        Lock icon Republican victories
        113 5 AP WASHINGTON Republicans kept control of two committees crucial to US foreign policy, holding slim control of both houses of Congress. In the House of Representatives, the top four Republicans on the International Relations Committee ail won their seats. However, German-born Representative Sam Gejdenson, the ranking Democrat, lost
        – AP  -  113 words
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        Lock icon Lieberman wins seat
        141 5 NYT NEW YORK Senator Joseph Lieberman, who ran both for vice-president and re-election to his own seat in the Senate, trounced his Republican challenger to win a third term. Lieberman would gladly give up his third term to become the first Jew ever elected to national office.
        – NYT  -  141 words
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        Lock icon Hillary on the Hill
        847 5 It won’t be smooth, but Mrs Clinton is tops at deflecting criticism SALON.COM NEW YORK There is an old adage in politics: Book a small room. That way, the room always looks full. But Hillary Clinton took that conventional wisdom to the extreme. Inside the Grand
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    • SIA FLIGHT 006
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        Lock icon Tendency to blame pilots for accidents criticised
        292 6 AN ORGANISATION representing more than 100,000 pilots worldwide has denounced “in the strongest possible terms” the tendency to pin blame on pilots for airline accidents. The threat of criminal or civil proceedings will only hamper information from being given freely and fully by
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        Lock icon SIA hit with first lawsuit
        437 6 American survivor charges that pilot acted recklessly Lat-WP LOS ANGELES The first lawsuit has been filed against Singapore Airlines (SIA) over the horrific crash of Flight SQOO6 in Taipei. It was filed by John Diaz, best remembered as the first survivor to speak to CNN
        – Lat-WP; Desmond Wee; AP  -  437 words
      • Article
        Lock icon Net helps – and hurts – victims
        334 6  - Net helps and hurts victims By Thao Hua thaoth@sph.com.sg VICTIMS who were once likely to accept compensation without question may be getting more savvy about their rights. This is mostly because of the Internet, said legal experts, which could prompt more people in countries which are not traditionally litigious to
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      Lock icon Balancing act
      50 7 Cafe chairs were a lifeline for this man attempting to cross the flooded St Mark's Square in Venice on Monday. Four people were killed as heavy rains and strong winds swept across northern Italy, causing floods and landslides, and forcing scores of people to evacuate their homes. AP
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      Lock icon AMP ‘should avoid political controversy’
      496 7  -  It should become thinkers for community, says ex-chairman By Joanna Lim joanna@sph.com.sg THE Association of Malay-Muslim Professionals (AMP) has veered into a contentious area of politics With its collective leadership proposal. And it should avoid this in the future, said former AMP chairman Ahmad Magad
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      Lock icon MOE not importing teachers from Indonesia
      328 7  -  Dawn Lee and Joanna Lim dawnlee@sph.com.sg joanna@sph.com.sg RUMOURS that the Ministry of Education (MOE) was planning to bring in a hundred Indonesian teachers to help with the Malay language teacher shortage here have turned out to be unfounded. The rumour has been making the
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      Lock icon EMPLOYERS CAUTIOUS AND AMBIVALENT
      290 8 EYEBALL asked several companies how they would react to employees entering politics. Most had no objections to their staff becoming MPs unless it would negatively affect their work, or their company’s reputation. Some of the replies: IBM “We do not have a specific policy relating to
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      Lock icon Pick MPs from New Economy workers
      352 8  -  This techno-savvy breed may be just the talent the Govt is looking for By Sue-Ann Chia sueann@sph.com.sg THE company you keep does mat- ter especially if you want to be in politics. That’s because most companies would rather that you stayed out of politics.
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      Lock icon WHAT COMPANIES SAY
      217 8 ALTHOUGH most companies say they will let their staff join politics, almost all seem to have their disclaimers. Said IBM: “We do not have a specific policy relating to employees joining politics.” While it may not have any outright objections, it will, however, review cases individually. Said
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      Lock icon WHAT MPs SAY
      283 8 THE MPs tell a different tale altogether. Although they concede that politics does eat into their time, their careers seem to be doing just fine, thank you. Inderjit Singh, an MP for Ang Mo Kio GRC, said: “I was committed to both my career and to serving
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      Lock icon Hard-hitting reforms
      35 9 Even safety helmets arent “safe” anymore. A South Korean unionist breaks them in protest against structural reforms, which he and his fellow unionists hlame for the bankruptcy of Daewoo Motors, announced yesterday. AFP
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      Lock icon Employers may add to Medisave
      265 9  -  Scheme to follow civil service model By Joanna Lim joanna@sph.com.sg YOUR boss could be contributing more on top of your regular CPF into your Medisave account in the future, if the tripartite committee on portable medical benefits agree to use the current civil service model.
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      Lock icon HDB launches car centre and industrial e-bidding
      412 9  -  By Leong Pik Yin pikyin@sph.com.sg BE IT for spray painting, panel beating or just getting the car washed, motorists can head down to Sin Ming Auto Care, a five-storey ramp-up motor workshop. It’s the second one-stop shop for motorists and opened yesterday. Similar
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    • Local LOG
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        Lock icon Mi ‘first’ to unveil GPRS
        170 10 MOBILE telecommunication service provider Ml yesterday unveiled its GPRS (General Packet Radio Service) for its corporate customers in Singapore. The advantage of the service is that it lets customers surf the net at a faster clip than a WAP-enabled phone would. The company said in
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        Lock icon Woman jailed for maid abuse
        122 10 A WOMAN was jailed yesterday for three weeks for torturing her maid with clothes pegs. Faridah Abdul Fatah, a 42-year-old tour guide, had clamped eight clothes pegs to Sugiarti Sugino’s ears and then yanked them off one at a time. It was her way of
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        Lock icon Setting standards for trainers
        185 10 THE Ministry of Manpower has set up a committee to develop a set of national trainer competency standards. Members within the committee include the Singapore National Employers’ Federation (Snef), the Singapore Training and Development Association (Stada) as well as other stakeholders within the private sector, training
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        Lock icon Vying to be top composter designers
        161 10 STUDENTS at Crescent Girl’s School have developed a device to reduce kitchen garbage into quality compost in just one-sixth the time it takes naturally. In conjunction with the Clean and Green Week, 46 students from 13 secondary schools took part in Ngee Ann Polytechnic’s
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        Lock icon Study mission to Australia
        133 10 THE Women’s Executive Committee Co-ordinating Council will soon undertake its first official study mission overseas, making it the first women’s grassroots delegation from Singapore to do so. The study mission, led by Mrs Yu-Foo Yee Shoon, Senior Parliamentary Secretary for Community Development and Sports, will visit
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      Lock icon RACIAL
      43 10 Wedded to equality Married this year, Stephanie Williams and husband Lenzy going to the polls in Mobile, Alabama, to vote for an amendment abolishing the prohibition of interracial marriages, a law that the state’s igoi constitution still has on the books. AP
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      Lock icon DIVIDE
      58 10 Begging for mercy A video dated January igg8 was aired on South African television recently showing a black prisoner being attacked by a police dog supposedly part of training for the South African canine unit. In one five-minute sequence, six dogs were given turns savaging him as he begged
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      Lock icon Suharto trial to resume
      362 11 Ruling comes as raids to find Tommy are carried out Wires JAKARTA The noose tightened around the clan of ex-president Suharto yesterday when an appeals court ordered the resumption of his trial for corruption, and police raided several of the family’s homes in search of his
      – Wires; AP  -  362 words
    • World WIDE
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        Lock icon Barak: Palestinian state possible
        264 11 Reuters JERUSALEM Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak has told world leaders he is ready to accept the creation of a Palestinian state, but only if it is born out of agreement and not through violence, his office said yesterday. The remarks, contained in a letter to
        – Reuters  -  264 words
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        Lock icon KL police tortured us, say protesters
        199 11 AP KUALA LUMPUR Dozens of protesters arrested during Malaysia’s largest anti-government rally this year claim police tortured them during their detention, a defence lawyer said yesterday. At least 28 men are suffering from broken ribs and gashes after allegedly being beaten by police hours
        – AP  -  199 words
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        Lock icon Estrada’s wife stands by her man
        95 11 AFP MANILA Philippine First Lady Luisa Ejercito said yesterday that she was standing by her embattled husband, President Joseph Estrada, who faces possible impeachment over alleged corruption. “Our marriage vows remain valid, especially in these times of my husband’s hour of need,” said the
        – AFP  -  95 words
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        Lock icon Death sentence for 14 smugglers
        157 11 Reuters BEIJING China sentenced 14 people to death yesterday for their roles in a multi-billion dollar smuggling scandal based around the southern port of Xiamen, the official Xinhua news agency said. Five local courts in the southern province of Fujian sentenced 14 people to death,
        – Reuters; Reuters  -  157 words
    • Article
      Lock icon BIZ SITE OF THE DAT www.prnews asia.com
      171 13  -  Nicholas Yong HERE’S a site that promises you the hottest news, every minute, on the minute. This site specialises in Asian corporate and financial news. It also functions as a platform for press releases and corporate information targeting the Asian marketplace. So you
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      Lock icon Ralph Lauren’s plush e-world
      323 13 Designer is selling more than Just clothes online AP NEW YORK When it comes to e-commerce, Ralph Lauren doesn’t just want customers to buy a pair of chinos. The designer wants to have them literally set foot into his lush world of country club chic, from
      – AP; Reuters  -  323 words
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      Lock icon Analysts foresee 10.1% growth in third quarter
      526 13 RATE REVISED UPWARDS Reuters IF YOU haven’t already heard folks, the economy is booming. According to a poll of 10 research houses, the Singapore economy is forecast to have grown on average by 10.1 per cent in the third quarter of this year,
      – Reuters  -  526 words
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      Lock icon Bulls&Bears
      84 13 Straits Times Index (STI) Top 3 Active VOLUME CENTS PacCent 61,723,000 140 Omlnd 49,166,000 386 MediaRing 27,567,000 39.5 Top 3 Gainers CENTS V- F&N 690 45 7.0 Datacrft US$ 780 35 4.7 Creative 50 2830 30 1.1 Total number of gainers: 90 Top 3 Losers CENTS Bukit Sem H60
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      Lock icon Students get a taste of movie magic
      369 14  -  Apple teaches use of digital tools By Eri Akbar eri@sph.com.sg YOU’RE never too young to be a film-maker, as a few 13-year-olds who are producing a two-minute digital movie in the first Apple Masters iMovie programme conducted in Asia have proven. Eighteen students
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      Lock icon AMD beats Intel with new chipset
      334 14  -  HANDLES TWICE AS FAST MEMORY By Andrew Chin andrewc@sph.com.sg ADVANCED Micro Devices (AMD) has stolen the march on Intel by releasing the first chipset in the world, the AMD 760, that supports DDR (Double Data Rate) memory. DDR memory is twice as fast as
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      Lock icon Hard wear
      580 15 Wearable PCs have practical purposes AP ATLANTA Wearable computers, which enable individuals to exchange information, pictures and even sound on the run, are now becoming available for practical purposes. Doctors at Emory University Hospital are using tiny vest computers to monitor life indicators of infants. Dr Gary Freed,
      – AP  -  580 words
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      Lock icon Chips to prevent driving licence forgery
      271 15 JAPAN POLICE MAY ISSUE THEM IN 2004 TOKYO A few years down the road, drivers in Japan may well be carrying drivers’ licences which carry information on integrated circuit (IC) chips. According to sources, the National Police Agency is considering issuing such licences from
      – AP  -  271 words
    • Article
      Lock icon Can’t afford ‘free music’
      274 16 ‘Pay for Napster’s; stuff? Sounds good’ (Nov 7) SELL-OUT is what e-music fans are calling Napster’s decision to join ranks with German media group Bertelsmann, which owns music goliath BMG. With suggested future subscription rates of US$4.95 (S$8.60) per month, is this move reasonable and inevitable?
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      Lock icon Three types of women bosses
      514 16 ‘Colouring women’ (Nov 7) SO YOU think you’ve heard everything about the Woman Boss? Think again! Eyeball readers share their thoughts on women bosses and the different types they think the breed comprises. WOMEN BOSSES...OH MY! HAVING worked for different women bosses in my short
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      23 2 Qood morning! Showers with thunder over many areas in the afternoon. High: 32C 1 Low: 24C Tides: 9.33AM/2.7M 9.48PM/2.7M Met Service: http:/ www.gov.sg/metsin
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      22 6 X I saw things I’d rather not talk about, Diaz tells LA Times. Read more about it at http://www.la times.com/news/ nation/*****101/ t*****4455.html
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      51 8 What do you think? Should companies have more faith in their employees and allow them to enter politics? Is is too much work for one individual to hold down both posts, or is it important to take part in the running of the country? For your say, log on to
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  • Page 14 Miscellaneous
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  • EyeSport
    • Sport IN SHORT
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        Lock icon Kournikova wins
        64 17 AP VILLANOVA Anna Kournikova easily advanced to the second round of the Advanta Championships women’s tennis tournament on Tuesday, beating American Mashona Washington 6-2,6-0. Kournikova, seeded seventh, is seeking her first WTA Tour title. Kournikova won the final 10 games to end the match in 46 minutes. Kournikova
        – AP; AP  -  64 words
      • Article
        Lock icon Coach wanted
        58 17 Lat-w NEW YORK-The Yankees announced yesterday that Don Mattingly has withdrawn his name from the dwindling list of candidates for their hitting coach job. Manager Joe Torre telephoned Mattingly at home in Indiana to gauge his interest in the position, and the former Yankees captain apparently was not
        – Lat-w  -  58 words
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        Lock icon Boca crash out
        82 18 AP BUENOS AIRES South American champion Boca Juniors crashed out of the regional Mercosur Cup after Brazilian side Atletico Maneira held them to a 2-2 draw in the quarterfinal second leg. The Argentine team needed a two-goal victory after a 2-0 defeat in the first leg last
        – AP  -  82 words
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        Lock icon Magic still there
        85 18 AP COPENHAGEN-Magic Johnson was two points short of a triple double yesterday as the Magic Great Danes beat the Honka Playboys of Finland 90-79 in the Northern European League. Johnson had eight points, 11 assists and 12 rebounds as his Danish club avenged an earlier loss to
        – AP; AFP  -  85 words
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        Lock icon Champions League wrap-up
        199 19 Reuters LONDON In the cold of Moscow, defending champions Real Madrid lost 0-1 at Spartak Moscow, no thanks to an own goal by Cameroon international defender Geremi after 47 minutes. Madrid, however, has qualified for the second round. In the Ukraine, Group B winners Arsenal were hammered
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        Lock icon Who’s in, who’s out
        34 19 Group A: Real Madrid, Spartak Moscow Group B: Arsenal, Lazio Group C: Valencia, Olympique Lyon Group D: Galatasaray, Sturm Graz Uefa Cup qualifiers: Bayer Leverkusen, Shakhtar Donetsk, Olympiakos, Glasgow Rangers
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        Lock icon New Jordan chief
        52 20 AP LONDON John Putt has been appointed chief operating officer of the Jordan Grand Prix, said the Formula One team. Putt, 49, a team adviser from 1996 to 1998, will oversee the daily management. Joint managing director Trevor Foster stays in his main role of overseeing the
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        Lock icon Clubs spending up
        58 20 AFP LONDON The demand for success prompted English football clubs to forget last month about potentially dramatic changes to the transfer system. Only £8.5 million (5521.4 million) was spent on players in September, compared to £2l million last year. Last month, clubs spent nearly £2B million almost
        – AFP  -  58 words
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        Lock icon Weah’s captain
        61 20 AFP MARSEILLE Liberian forward George Weah of French first division side Marseille has replaced Patrick Blondeau as team captain, club sources said. Marseille is in the relegation zone, and is having a mini-crisis as club president Yves Marchand has quit and sports manager Eric Di Meco was sacked.
        – AFP  -  61 words
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        Lock icon ON THIS DAT
        29 20 IN 1995, Scottish great John Wark was sent off in an English Premier League match between his side Ipswich Town and Norwich City. Ipswich lost 0-3.
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      Lock icon DID YOU KNOW
      58 17 MANCHESTER United is the only club in the world which has a 100 per cent stadium attendance in the 1999/2000 season. Liverpool was the next best supported club with 97 per cent. In Italy, Inter Milan and AC Milan were fifth and sixth in the rankings, with
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      Lock icon Keegan to sue tabloid
      515 17 England’s ex-coach denies gambling Wires LONDON Here’s something you may read in the News Of The World: Former England soccer coach Kevin Keegan is planning to sue the British tabloid. Its sin? That it ran allegations of gambling and rifts in his Euro 2000 squad. “Mr
      – Wires  -  515 words
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      Lock icon Did gambling affect team morale?
      362 17 PLAYERS AND COACHES SPEAK UP ASTON Villa’s Paul Merson has blamed gambling for England’s failure in Euro 2000. “The main problem is that it is so mentally draining,” said the 32-year-old former gambling and cocaine addict. “I know that when I was throwing money at
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      48 18 “I’m a bit concerned about his hair. If he’s on my chest, his hair is in my face. He has got a high hairstyle that might get into my eyes if we get into a clinch.” Lennox Lewis on his opponent David Tua’s hairstyle.
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      Lock icon ‘Pathetic’ Lakers go down
      779 18 Rockets outshoot defending champs Wires HOUSTON In the crowded hallway, outside a locker room where teammates stayed behind to explain one of the worst offensive games in Los Angeles Lakers’ history, the heart of the offence strolled by, jaws set, expression distant. Kobe Bryant muttered, “I’m
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      Lock icon Suns burn Spurs
      210 18 Wires PHOENIX Shawn Marion had 23 points, eight rebounds and three steals and Tony Delk added 20 points off the bench as the Suns beat the Spurs 100-81. The Suns managed to keep the ball out of the hands of Tim Duncan and David Robinson. Duncan got
      – Wires  -  210 words
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      Lock icon Rangers’ hopes go up in smoke
      634 19  -  Draw with Monaco knocks them out of Champions League By Zaki Amrullah zaki@sph.com.sg IT MAY become a reality after all. Dick Advocaat may leave the Rangers pretty soon. Earlier in the week, British newspaper reports claimed that Advocaat, manager of the Glasgow Rangers, would
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    • Tee TIME
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        Lock icon Ballesteros trapped on the tee
        461 20  -  Wayward driving becomes his bogey By John Crean sports@eyeball.com.sg THE decline and fall of Seve Ballesteros is one of the saddest stories in golf. The first true superstar of the game, with three British Opens, two US Masters and a grand total of 88 titles
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      Lock icon Singapore must win big
      444 20 STRIKERS WORRY SUBRAMANIAM AFP SONGKHLA Singapore coach Vincent Subramaniam has warned his players that he will be looking for a more clinical edge in tonight’s Tiger Cup clash with minnows Laos. Subramaniam’s squad got its Group B campaign off to a winning start with a 1-0
      – AFP  -  444 words
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  • Unwind
    • Movies
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        Lock icon Hanks casts away
        1268 21 The New York Times Twenty years and two Oscars into his career, Tom Hanks reveals his hopes for his latest project, Cast Away, that stars simply himself, a volleyball, and an island. MARGrY ROCHXJN has the report. QARLY last month, 44-year-old Tom Hanks was watching an almost-final
        – The New York Times; Sandi Tan  -  1,268 words
      • Cyber SNITCH
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          Lock icon Get Indie act with cinemanow.com
          90 23 IF YOU have a broadband connection and Windows Media Player, bookmark www.cinemanow.com. Trashy American indie director Gregg Araki’s feature film The Doom Generation is now streaming at the site without cuts or interruptions. The aimless teen movie stars Ruth McGowan and features blood, bodily emissions
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          122 23 TOMBRAIDER MOVIE.COM will host a live webcast from the Tomb Raider set in London’s Pinewood studios on Nov 9 at 11.30 am PST that’s 3.30 am for us tomorrow. Or catch the repeat telecasts more information’s at the site. The webcast is being billed
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          19 23 Sandi Tan “Cheerleaders are dancers who have gone retarded Cheerleading coach in Bring It On
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        665 23  -  Reviews: Sandi Tan BAYSIDE SHAKEDOWN (PG) Yuji Oda, Toshiro Yanagiba, Eri Fukatsu IT STARTS off looking startlingly like a Hollywood movie helicopter shot of a bay bridge, detective in a car staking out a house, body found in the river then the goofy Japanese humour tiptoes in:
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        951 24 BRING IT ON (PG) Kirsten Dunst, Eliza Dushku, Gabrielle Union WHAT a surprise that a comedy about cheerleaders could also have smarts. While this affectionate satire of the peculiar American high school institution may not be quite as sharply honed as Alexander Payne’s high school election
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        908 25 It 5 a hard job, but somebody's got to do it. Our intrepid reporter RONALD RAJAN (ronrajan@sph.com.sg) checks out the hot clubs in Britain s capital of cool. SO YOU’VE finally made it to London. Like every kid in a candy store, you’re now beset with
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        558 26 In London and looking for a good time? Whether you like drum V bass, garage or techno, you ll find the right sounds in one of these clubs. BAR RUMBA Where: 36 Shaftesbury Avenue When: Thursdays, 8.30 pm to 3 am Party: Movement How much:
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          374 26  -  Siti Hadijah Velvet Underground 17 Jiak Kim Street DJ PIPPI, resident at Pacha, Ibiza, brings his style of soulful, deep garage and house to the Velvet Underground. Pippi is one of the original DJs from Ibiza, who created the Balearic vibe. Party to his set on
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      245 27 A BUSINESS magazine recently ran a contest in which editors were looking for people to submit quotes from their real-life managers. Here are some of the submissions: “As of tomorrow, employees will only be able to access the building using individual security cards. Pictures will be taken
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      516 27 7T. VX T £4* m-.... Stallone pumps the pecs, loads a big gun, then goes hunting for revenge in Rambo: First Blood. Movies Rambo: First Blood, Part 2 3 pm Star Movies 58 Sylvester Stallone reprises his role as special operations veteran John Rambo. This time, he’s sent back to
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      Lock icon Angel's confession: I was a headbanger
      83 28 CHARLIE’S Angel Cameron Diaz (above) may look a classy lady now, but she has a dark past —a love of poodle rock. As a teen, she loved to head bang in Long Beach, California, because she was drawn to men in make-up. She told
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      265 28 Reuters IT IS getting harder and harder to find a really dumb blonde these days. Take Lisa Kudrow (right) in reel life, she is the ditzy massage therapist Phoebe in Friends who cannot hold a tune, keep a parent, or get a joke. But the
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      218 28 AP HOW long does it take before Spices go stale? The recording industry will find out this week when the Spice Girls (above) return with their third album, Forever. One of the best-selling pop acts in the world just two years ago, the
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        54 28 LOOKS as if Angelina Jolie has a new leading man for Oliver Stone’s new movie, Beyond Borders. Sources said Jolie had complained that 45-year-old Kevin Costner was too old to play her lover, but IMDb.com reports that Ralph Fiennes has now taken the part
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        91 28 Wires HARRISON Ford and his wife, screenwriter Melissa Mathison, are living apart. And it looks as if Lara Flynn Boyle, star of the television law drama, The Practice, may have something to do with that. Ford, 58, and Boyle, 30, have been linked romantically by the National Enquirer, which
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