Project Eyeball, 17 January 2001
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Title Section11 2001-01-17 1 projecteyeball. eyebaU.asial.com.sg Wednesday, January 17, 2001 Mita (p) 077/02/2000 80 CENTS11 words
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Advertisement364 2001-01-17 1 DARING CITYFOLES A new breed of thrill seekers are exploring abandoned buildings and climbing bridges. And the “infiltration” movement has grown because of the WWW. See Page 9 Bombs aside, Sri Lanka is Eden, and here’s five ways to reach vacation Nirvana. See Pages 20-21 EQUALITY IS SCARY Sob Wen364 words
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Article, Illustration118 2001-01-17 2 GOT a Christmas prezzie that you loathe but can’t bring yourself to junk? It would’ve been a treat if you lived in Britain. The Slug Lettuce pub chain there has offered to transform the unwanted presents into free meals and money for charity. The pub is offering those who118 words
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Article253 2001-01-17 2 Feedback Group generally happy THE fireworks that usually accompany the meetings of the Media Feedback Group didn’t materialise at yesterday’s session, which discussed the post-liberalisation scene in Singapore’s media. While members would previously bang tables and clamour for more newspapers, they now appeared spoilt for choice.253 words
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Article, Illustration28 2001-01-17 2 One of the three female anacondas the Singapore Zoo brought in from Guyana for the Lunar New Year, now thought to be pregnant. Alphonso ChanAlphonso Chan - 28 words
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Eyeball NEWS
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Article135 2001-01-17 2 Ex-Lee Lee lawyers charged TWO former Lee Lee lawyers were yesterday accused of illegally accessing data contained in the law firm’s computer server. No pleas were taken from Eddee Ng Ka Luon, 29, and Tan Su-Ean, who is the daughter of Senior Counsel Tan Kok Quan. Ng allegedly copied files135 words
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Article, Illustration189 2001-01-17 2 IF YOU want to enjoy Chingay 2001, you’ll have to go down to where the action is and don’t forget your picnic basket. To stay true to the idea of Chingay being “the people’s parade”, its organiser, Singapore Chingay and Events Network (Scene) hasYen Meng Jiin - 189 words
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Article63 2001-01-17 2 Ml was fined $5OOO by Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore for contravening a section of the Telecom Competition Code. Ml had inserted a 10-second message in mobile-originated calls intended for Sing Tel and Star Hub’s International Direct Dialling (IDD) services. It was deemed to have63 words
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Article93 2001-01-17 2 BANKRUPTCY proceedings against Non-Constituency MP J B Jeyaretnam are underway after he failed yesterday to make a scheduled payment to the group of eight organisers of the First Tamil Language Week, whom he had defamed. If he is declared bankrupt by a court, he could lose his non-constituency93 words
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Article73 2001-01-17 2 THE earth shook again in Singapore yesterday. According to the Met office, tremors were detected in the island at 9.25 pm owing to an earthquake in south-western Sumatra. Among the places affected were Mandarin Garden, Marine Vista, Peach Garden, Kelantan Road, Rochore Road, Balestier and Toa Payoh73 words
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Article, Illustration329 2001-01-17 3 CAPE CANAVERAL Nasa has delayed the launch of the shuttle Atlantis, destined for the International Space Station, by at least three weeks, sending it back for booster inspections. I SAN SALVADOR The death toll from Sunday’s massive earthquake was confirmed to more than 600 people and about 500Bong Fortin - 329 words
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Article293 2001-01-17 3 He has been rebuffing the corruption investigators so Far Wires JAKARTA In a tactical move that might resolve the current political standoff in Indonesia, President Abdurrahman Wahid has decided to invite a parliamentary team probing two financial scandals to question him at the palace.– Wires - 293 words
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Article, Illustration30 2001-01-17 3 A police officer arranging illegal firecrackers to be destroyed in Fangshan, Beijing, on Monday. Some U 5526,000 (5545,000) worth of banned fireworks were confiscated from local markets. APAP - 30 words
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190 2001-01-17 3 ‘DISCUSSING INTER-KOREAN, U.S. RELATIONS’ Wires BEIJING North Korean leader Kim Jong-il was reported to be on a secret visit to China on Monday, in what would be only his second known official trip abroad in 18 years. During his secret visit to– Wires - 190 words
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Eyeball FOCUS
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Article, Illustration999 2001-01-17 4 Joanna Lim - Being No 1 brings benefits and vulnerabilities By Joanna Lim joanna@sph.com.sg SINGAPORE recently topped the first of what is to be an annual survey on the most globalised countries. The survey was held by A T Kearney, a consulting firm, in conjunction with ForeignPaul Eric Roca - 999 words
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Singapore
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Article, Illustration1006 2001-01-17 5 Denyse Yeo; and Sue-Ann Chia - Jurong Polyclinic’s cheap prices and longer hours proving popular By Denyse Yeo and Sue-Ann Chia denyse@sph.com.sg sueann@sph.com.sg T"HE Government might soon find dself having to play referee between the National Healthcare Group and the Singapore Medical Association. The pilot night clinic service atMike Lee - 1,006 words
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Article, Illustration333 2001-01-17 6 Foo Lyn Lee - By Foo Lyn Lee lynlee@sph.com.sg YOU’RE walking down Orchard Road, clutching your mobile phone and waiting for that all-important call or message, but it never rings. Just your luck. You forgot to charge your phone. The battery is flat and all your friends’ numbersWang Huifen - 333 words
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Article490 2001-01-17 6 Eugene Wee - S’pore’s excellent legal infrastructure prevents economic crime By Eugene Wee eugenew@sph.com.sg SINGAPORE is one hell of a financial and infotech hub and therein lies the problem. If that doesn’t sound like a reason to gripe, rest assured that it is. Its very status makes it an490 words
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268 2001-01-17 6 Wong Sher Maine - BIOMEDICS By Wong Sher Maine sher@sph.com.sg DO YOU have a question about a career in life-sciences oppor tunities in Singapore? From March an instant am swer will be yours if you click on Singapore’s first official life sciences website, www.Bio' Singapore.com. Jointly developed by268 words
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Article, Illustration926 2001-01-17 7 Toh Bee Ping - Warner Bros sends legal warnings to Harry Potter fan site owners By Toh Bee Ping beeping@sph.com.sg Harry Potter fan Christie a n will require more than magic ari< 3 spells to get out of this one. Letters on behalf of Time Warn- r Entertainment and authorWang Huifen - 926 words
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The World
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Article, Illustration427 2001-01-17 8 Two sets of parents duped by adoption website involved in legal battle LONDON A pair of twin six-year-old girls were sold, twice, on the Internet in a shocking cash-for-kids deal, reported The Sun. When the Allens, a Californian couple, clicked on a website that427 words
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Article, Illustration585 2001-01-17 8 FIRST LADY IN THE SPOTLIGHT ATLANTA Rosalyn Carter made a big fashion boo-boo, when her husband Jimmy became US President in 1977 she appeared in the same inaugural gown she wore when he was elected governor ofAP - 585 words
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Article, Illustration1103 2001-01-17 9 And explore abandoned sites, too Salon.com NEW YORK Julia Solis throws dinner parties in the subway tunnels of New York. In period costumes, her guests dine on vegetarian cuisine while high-speed trains clatter by an arm’s length away. She invites friends to join her for gamesSalon.com - 1,103 words
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Technology
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Article, Illustration339 2001-01-17 10 Steven Ng - Beefed up iMacs may be Introduced By Steven Ng stevenng@sph.com.sg RUMOURS on the Internet claim that the Apple’s current iMac line of products could soon be replaced by newer, beefier machines. Whispers are being heard at Mac Central Online (http://www.maccentral.com), which says that all of Apple’s currentWang Huifen - 339 words
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Article173 2001-01-17 10 AP SANTA MARIA (California) A Central California company is developing a hybrid airship -a combination blimp, airplane, hovercraft and catamaran that manufacturers say will speed cargo transport to destinations around the globe. Santa Maria-based Sky Cat Technologies expects to start building its first Sky Cat 20– AP - 173 words
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Article, Illustration76 2001-01-17 10 Britain is expected this week to sign up for a SsisB-billion US project for Boeing’s JSF X-32A futuristic new combat aircraft. The Royal Navy and Royal Air Force could need 150 of the planes, some of which would fly from new aircraft carriers due to enter service inAFP - 76 words
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366 2001-01-17 10 Teo Yen Fen - BILLING WOES By Teo Yen Fen y enfen@sph.com.sg STARHUB’S billing woes seem to have followed it into the new year, despite assurances that such problems were being fixed. Customers have complained of not getting their bills, getting billed many months later or getting366 words
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Article510 2001-01-17 11 Andrew Chin - Flat rate helps new player grab 3,000 more broadband customers in just one year By Andrew Chin andrewc@sph.com.sg IN JUST one year of operation, Singapore Cable Vision (SCV) has upstaged Sing Tel, by grabbing 38,000 residential subscribers 3,000 more than Sing Net’s asynchronous digital subscriber lines,510 words
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Article, Illustration27 2001-01-17 11 The Singer lzek” sewing machine, on display at the International Housewares Show on Monday in Chicago, can sew patterns downloaded from a Gameboy. APAP - 27 words
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Article370 2001-01-17 11 FOR a while, certain ADSL users enjoyed flat rates like their cable modem counterparts. But all that came to an end at the start of this year, and some users are hopping mad. SingTel’s decision to initiate a 2 GB volume cap on its $6O370 words
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Business
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Article, Illustration500 2001-01-17 12 Washington Post - Wanted: Veteran dotcom managers Washington Post FORGET about high-priced programmers or suave business-devel-opment staffers. What tech companies really need as they enter the new millennium are tried-and-true managers. So say venture capitalists, consultants and recruiters who watched more than 210 dotcoms go down the tube in 2000, accordingPaul Eric Roca - 500 words
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Article656 2001-01-17 12 Gary Kamiya - The Digital Rush for fools By Gary Kamiya Salon.com CALIFORNIA For the past few months, even its biggest boosters have been forced to admit that the Internet gold rush was, for all its many virtues, a colossal scam. The dotcom racket operated on the tried-and-true greater-fool theory: As long as– Salon.com - 656 words
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825 2001-01-17 13 Nicholas Yong - S$ DOUBLE GUARANTEE PLAN By Nicholas Yong nicyong@sph.com.sg WHAT if you had the chance to invest in a unit trust that gives you the growth of stock markets as well as the security of fixed-deposit investments? If you fancy such825 words
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370 2001-01-17 13 Last month’s modest growth due to weak sector demand and holidays Reuters SINGAPORE’S lacklustre stock market is unlikely to get much of a boost from the latest set of export numbers to be announced by the Government today. Singapore’s non-oil domestic export growth is– Reuters - 370 words
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Mailbox
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Single’s SAY
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Article, Illustration747 2001-01-17 14 Soh Wen Lin - By Soh Wen Lin wenlin@brandeis.edu DURING the webchat Eyeball organised, and in which I participated, last Friday, one big underlying theme was how “feminism” had become an ugly “F” word in Singapore. Which got me wondering: Were the other chat participants and I747 words
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Article291 2001-01-17 14 HERE are extracts from the webchat between our readers, Soh Wen Lin, Eugene Wee and Bertha Henson. Read the full transcript at http^/eyebalLasiaJLconusg OVERSEAS EXPERIENCE bystander: Wen Lin, has your foreign education altered your perception of women in society? SohWenLin: Yes, in some ways. I291 words
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Eye On The ARTS
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Article, Illustration681 2001-01-17 15 Alvin Pang - By Alvin Pang alvinp@sph.com.sg WISH me luck. By the time you read this, I might be fleeing terrorists and dodging bombs in downtown Manila, all in the name of art. I’m part of a contingent of Singapore writers off to the Philippines to network withAP - 681 words
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Article444 2001-01-17 15 ‘Slogans and silent crusades’ (Jan 3) IN HIS last column, Alvin Pang lamented the petulant circus that was No Art Day, and asked if artistic development in Singapore was better served by loud slogan chanting and showy controversy, or more quiet foundation-building efforts. Readers debate:444 words
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Miscellaneous18 2001-01-17 2 Qood morning! Cloudy with intermittent rain. High: 28C I Low: 23C Tides: 5.01AM/2.5M 5.11PM/2.4M Met Service: http://www.gov.sg/ metsin18 words
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Advertisement24 2001-01-17 4 Does it matter that Singapore is the most globalised nation in the world? What does being “globalised” mean to you? Tell us at asial.com.sg24 words
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Advertisement28 2001-01-17 6 Want to know more on how the Internet is being used for crime and how governments are fighting it? Log on to: http://www.aic.gov.au/conferences/ other/cybercrime.html http://law.gonzaga.edu/borders/ documents/cvberlaw.htm http://www.usdoi.gov/criminal/cybercrime Amlawful.htm.28 words
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Advertisement54 2001-01-17 7 Christie Chan’s The Harry Potter Network: http://www. hpnetwork.f2s.com Claire Field’s Harry Potter Guide: http://www.harrv potterguide. co.uk Shayna Ingram’s Harry Potter Realm: http:/ www.harry potterrealm.com Alastair Alexander’s protest site: http://www .potter war.org.uk Official Warner Bros site: http://harrv potter.warnerbros.com Other fan sites: http://www. dprophet.com http://www. fandom.com/ harrypotter http://www. hpfactsandfun. com http://www. angelfire.com/wi/54 words
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Advertisement43 2001-01-17 8 Sate your curiousity on the upcoming presidential inauguration: http://www.presidential-inaugural. com/default.htm More on the upcoming event plus links to previous inaugurations. http://www.cnn.com/ ALLPOLITICS/ Videos of past inaugural speechs by Kennedy, Bush Sr and Clinton. http://americanhistory.si.edu/presidency/home.html Learn more about the presidency at this Smithsonian site.43 words
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Miscellaneous64 2001-01-17 11 HELEN, SWEETHEART OF THE INTERNET SO YOU ATTEUPEP FlORiPA STATE AFTER fA.IT. YEP. eh •e> S3 TELL OUR REAPERS WHY A TECH GENIUS TRANSFERS TO A FOOTBALL SCHOOL, 7 MIC6 WEATHER CUTE GUYS,, fT WOULPMT BE ITS PROXIMITY TO CAPE CANAVERAL, WOULP IT? PARN IT! THE COPS ARE SUPPOSEP TO64 words
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Advertisement33 2001-01-17 12 Curious about the health of dotcoms? http:// www.upside. com/graveyard/ Probably the biggest graveyard on the web. http://www.fucked company.com Despite, its seemingly offensive name, this is a serious business website with more dotcom tombstones.33 words
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EyeSport
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Sport IN SHORT
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Article30 2001-01-17 16 Reuters ROME Lazio will move to a 50,000-capacity ground in the suburbs of Rome, the club said. Lazio currently shares the 80,000-capacity Olympic Stadium with AS Roma.Reuters - 30 words
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Article, Illustration48 2001-01-17 16 Reuters BIRMINGHAM-Aston Villa has signed Colombian striker Juan Pablo Angel for £9.5 million (5524.8 million). The striker had signed a 4 V2-year contract and will debut against Man U on Saturday. Angel, signed by Villa forSs24.B million, will make his debut against Man U. Reuters– Reuters; Reuters - 48 words
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Article43 2001-01-17 16 AFP LONDON-New England boss Sven Goran Eriksson and his assistant Tord Grip have had to take a vow of silence when discussing their new posts with the Swedish press, as every comment has to come through the Football Association’s spokesman.– AFP - 43 words
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Article27 2001-01-17 16 Reuters BARCELONABarcelona president Joan Gaspart has promised coach Llorenc Serra Ferrer he can continue in the job of technical director at least until 2005.– Reuters - 27 words
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Article26 2001-01-17 16 THE Australian Open 2000 had a global TV home reach of 545 million, an increase of more than 27 million homes from 1999.26 words
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Article66 2001-01-17 17 Reuters LONDON Dutch stalwart Ruud Gullit has said he already felt pity for England’s new coach and stressed that he doesn’t expect to return to English football. The former Netherlands international and world footballer of the year had few kind words to say about his successor at– Reuters - 66 words
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Article85 2001-01-17 17 Reuters LA CORUNA -Deportivo Coruna players said that a blazing on-pitch row between Djalminha and" teammate Victor would be resolved in private. Djalminha was seen shouting furiously at Victor at the end of Saturday’s 2-0 win over Valencia, and the match report revealed that the two had toReuters - 85 words
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Article114 2001-01-17 17 Reuters GLASGOW Rangers defender Lorenzo Amoruso has said that his impending move to West Ham United was not dead. Before the Italian left with the Scottish champions for a winter training camp in Florida, the Rangers website quoted him as saying: “It’s simple, my agent and myself– Reuters - 114 words
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Article57 2001-01-17 17 “PERSONALLY, I don’t think he (Marat Safin) has enough experience to do it year after year. If he’s going to have such a year in 2001 like he had in 2000, then good for him. But I don’t think he’s got enough experience to be able57 words
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Article43 2001-01-17 18 Reuters MAGNY COURS (France) Frenchman Jean Alesi tested Alain Prost’s new Ferrari engines for the first time when he checked out the APO 4 chassis here. Alesi, who completed 56 laps, said the car handled well and its reliability impressed him.Reuters - 43 words
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Article90 2001-01-17 18 AFP JEREZ (Spain) Japanese BAR-Honda racer Takuma Sato set the fastest time in practice yesterday at the Jerez circuit with 1 min 22.76 sec as he completed 62 laps. While Sato raced in last season’s car, teammate Olivier Panis tried out the improved BAR-Honda for theAFP - 90 words
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Article49 2001-01-17 18 AP SALT LAKE CITY Greg Ostertag withdrew his request to be traded from the Utah Jazz and disputed his coach’s assertion that he left the team and skipped practice. The centre met coach Jerry Sloan after a shootaround yesterday, but remained'suspended for the game against Houston.– AP - 49 words
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Article73 2001-01-17 18 Wires LONDON Michael Johnson, the only man to win the 200 m and 400 m Olympic titles, has announced his decision to retire from track at the end of the season. The American added that he would not compete in the world championships in Edmonton, Canada, in– Wires - 73 words
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Article32 2001-01-17 18 “WINNING trophies, my hairy white ass!” FootbaI1365’s columnist Pete Gill on Chelsea’s Frank Leboeuf s claim of winning titles with future club Monaco, which is hovering just above the relegation zone.32 words
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Article100 2001-01-17 19 Reuters LONDON-World heavyweight champion Lennox Lewis has said that his next defence of the title would be on April 21, with American Hasim Rahman or Nigerian David Izon as possible opponents. “My next date is April 21 against an opponent still to be decided,” the BBC– Reuters - 100 words
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Article, Illustration120 2001-01-17 19 AP LONDON Former England cricket star lan Botham has issued a public apology to his wife and family after details of his alleged affair with an Australian waitress were published in a British tabloid. The News Of The World reported that Botham began having an affair with Kylie– AP; AP - 120 words
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Article29 2001-01-17 19 IN THE Australian Open, the men’s singles champion is presented with the Norman Brookes Challenge Cup and the women’s champion receives the Daphne Akhurst Memorial Cup.29 words
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Article204 2001-01-17 16 NBA: So you know Knicks coach Jeff Van Gundy got hit. Log on to http://www.foxsports.com/ media/ for a video of the victim’s take on what actually happened at Madison Square Garden. Van Gundy, with bandages, kept his sense of humour. He said of Marcus Camby: “He got the204 words
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Article, Illustration578 2001-01-17 16 He was going after opponent who poked his eye AP MARCUS CAMBY threw a punch at Danny Ferry and Jeff Van Gundy got in the way. The coach got the worst of it, and Camby hung around Madison Square Garden for nearly an hour after– AP; Pictures: Reuters - 578 words
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Article, Illustration562 2001-01-17 17 Day 2 of the Australian Open. AdamHashidy (hashidy@sph.com.sg) presents the best and worst of the tennis action. MATCH OF THE DAT WAS the clash of the former No Is, and Spain’s Carlos emerged triumphant against Chile’s Marcelo Rios. Moya, whose career took off heReuters; AP - 562 words
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Article197 2001-01-17 17 AFP Road block for Jelena: Jelena Dokic’s decision to ditch Australia in favour of her native Yugoslavia has prompted a hasty rethink in the Sydney district of Fairfield. The local council had been planning to name a street after the erstwhile national heroine, whose family have lived– AFP - 197 words
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Article357 2001-01-17 18 2003 AUSTRALIAN BAN ON FIJI AFP WELLINGTON International Rugby Board (IRB) chairman Vernon Pugh wants to meet Australia’s minister of sport next month in the hope that the 2003 World Cup in Australia and New Zealand can proceed as planned. New Zealand-based deputy chairman of– AFP - 357 words
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Ball WATCHING
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Article, Illustration601 2001-01-17 18 Fifa’s new proposals to EU on transfer system irks Uefa Reuters NYON (Switzerland) The lovehate relationship between Uefa and Fifa reached a new low over proposals for the introduction of an international transfer system agreeable to the European Commission (EC). Uefa, the European governing body, lashed out at– Reuters; AFP - 601 words
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Article, Illustration587 2001-01-17 19 Ravens draw up battle plans Lat-wp OWINGS MILLS (Maryland) Baltimore Ravens coach Brian Billick addressed yesterday the logistical nightmare of preparing for a Super Bowl. Tight end Shannon Sharpe offered positive proof about what happens after one. The Ravens won’t hit Tampa, Florida, for another week,– Lat-wp; Reuters - 587 words
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Article, Illustration452 2001-01-17 19 Zaki Amrullah - MERCEDES CHAMPIONSHIP By Zaki Amrullah zaki@sph.com.sg A COOL U *****,000 (Ssl.l million) paycheque and the winner’s trophy for a cool and gracious champion. That’s the way I see it, after Jim Michael Furyk claimed the PGA season-opener Mercedes Championship in Kapalua, Hawaii, on Monday. Indeed,AP - 452 words
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Unwind
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Travel
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Article, Illustration1181 2001-01-17 20 Dorit befooled by negative reports. Sri Lanka is one of the safest holiday destinations in Asia, rich in beauty, adventure and culture. ERIK FEARN (pedas@sph.com.sg) tells us of five different ways to enjoy the Eden that is just three hours away by air. ON’T let the civil strife1,181 words
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Travel DIARY
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156 2001-01-17 22 WHAT better way to get into the new millennium than to eyeball moving images of the last. Here are two film festivals for the picking: The 3rd Annual San Francisco Independent Film Festival (Jan 11 to 21). Edgy and inventive shorts, animation and156 words
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Article65 2001-01-17 22 THE Chinese New Year is just around the bend, ditto the frenzy of spring cleaning. Fancy carting back some tres chic pieces of furniture to counter the Chinese festive kitsch? It is the International Furniture Fair 2001 (Jan 15 to 21) in Cologne, Germany. And65 words
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Article70 2001-01-17 22 Clara Chow - Clara Chow IT’S time for some Eagle Awareness (Jan 12 to 28) at Lake Guntersvilie State Park, Alabama, US. Take off, a la Survivor, to Alabama in search of America’s national symbol, the Bald Eagle. Lie on a log, squint into the sky for70 words
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Article, Illustration756 2001-01-17 22 NYT You may have heard of Airbus A-g Bo. Well, Boeing has countered that with a long-distance carrier that can go for a marathon 18 hours, whether or not you can. MATTHEW L WALD reports. OVIATI0N is full of superlatives, like the fastest, highest or most luxurious,– NYT; Reuters - 756 words
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Living Well
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Article, Illustration734 2001-01-17 23 Living in a tropical climate doesn't mean you have to have a tropical garden. In this atypical patch of green, designers break up the space into separate elemen ts water, foliage and turf to reflect a world constantly in flux. LIKE the Earth’s drifting tectonic plates, Dwight Law’s734 words
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Arts
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Arts DIARY
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Article98 2001-01-17 25 THOSE who missed the Taipan Circus here’s your second chance. The show has decided to extend its performance in Singapore. Since opening on Dec 16, the highly acclaimed clowns, acrobats and jugglers have played to packed houses, their stage a tent constructed opposite the Intercontinental Hotel98 words
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Article96 2001-01-17 25 FOR the first time, the National Arts Council (NAC) will be offering two scholarships for full-time undergraduate studies at local universities. Open to all “A” Level students, the scholarships are aimed at attracting talented individuals with a passion for the arts to contribute to the arts96 words
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Article110 2001-01-17 25 Jeremy Au Yong - Jeremy Au Yong FOR a bit of absurdity, catch Drama Box’s latest offering, the Family Of Cross. If the play seems spontaneous, it’s because the actors did not work with a script. Rather, the script was written as they rehearsed. The result is a story about110 words
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Article, Illustration409 2001-01-17 25 BEYOND THE CANVAS SINGAPORE’S NEW ARTISTS UMTZAYCHUEN ONE of site-specific artist Lim Tzay Chuen’s most successful works, which involves the audience directly, was a piece he did for the joint exhibition Diaphanous. Titled The Sphere For Monologue, Lim’s piece anticipated the founding of Speaker’s Corner. It consisted of a white409 words
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Article, Illustration359 2001-01-17 25 More Singaporean artists are trading in traditional brushes and easels for installation, performance and digital art. TAN SIULI (pedas@sph.com.sg) finds out who they are, and how they re trying to get our attention. PORGET landscapes and portraits. Artists and art students here are359 words
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Article, Illustration604 2001-01-17 26 A musical about real people facing real issues that uses the language of reggae and rock, Rent is hip and hot. And it’s coming to town. TAN DAWN Waul (dawntan@sph.com.sg) reports. O KICK-ASS soundtrack, plenty of eye candy and a hip quotient to boot. That’s what’s going to604 words
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Article, Illustration345 2001-01-17 26 Jeremy Au Yong - Jeremy Au Yong “BEFORE the play begins, please keep in mind that flash photography and the use of mobile phones is strictly... encouraged.” On that tongue-in-cheek note, Forbidden Hollywood was off to a rousing start. For the next 2 Vi hours, the cast had thePictures: Clarence Chan - 345 words
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Advertisement21 2001-01-17 25 Check out portfolios and trailers of works by Singapore’s young artists at The Yard (Young Artists Domain): http://members.nbci. com/ mookspace/ newyard21 words
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Advertisement26 2001-01-17 26 Forbidden Hollywood plays at 8 pm daily till Jan 21 at the Victoria Theatre. Tickets, priced at $25, $4O, $55 and $7O, are available from sistic.26 words
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Advertisement40 2001-01-17 26 Rent will be staged at the Victoria Theatre from Feb 10 to 20. Performances at 8 pm ($4O, $6O, $BO, $100), matinees (Feb 10,11,17 and 18) at 1.30 pm ($4O, $6O, $80). No shows on Mondays. Tickets from Sistic (348-5555).40 words
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Tube Talk
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Article261 2001-01-17 27 Dorit lie to your mother JOHN invited his mother over for dinner. During the course of the meal, his mother couldn't help but notice how beautiful John’s roommate was. She had long been suspicious of a relationship between John and his roommate, and this only made her261 words
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Miscellaneous506 2001-01-17 27 X is w 1 M. m e m a J >f|J ,:V s. Catch candid backstage shots in a Savage Garden special, on HBO at 9 pm. A levies Green Green Grass Of Home 10 pm Arts Central No, not Tom Jones’ evergreen hit, but a hit comedy featuring Kenny506 words
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Article, Illustration284 2001-01-17 28 IT’S goodbye tragedy, hello comedy for Mee Pok Man actress Cynthia Lee, who has been cast as the eponymous lead in TV Works’ first new sitcom Ah Girl. Premiering in June, this farcical offering follows the misadventures of the eternally optimistic (and Ah Lianish) Maggie whoWang Huifen - 284 words
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Article, Illustration134 2001-01-17 28 EXPECT to rub shoulders with well-heeled execs and famous celebs at Zee 10. After all, the new bar which spans across four units at Millenia Walk is co-owned by Caldecott queen Zoe Tay (right) herself. Which explains the Zee (for Zoe of course). And 10 is134 words
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Article120 2001-01-17 28 AP MILLIONAIRE builder Donald Tramp has banned a golfer from all his properties worldwide, after the latter allegedly clubbed an exotic swan to death. Cyril Wagner, who was a guest of a member at Trump International Golf Club, said he killed the 23-kg bird in self-defence. One– AP - 120 words
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Article, Illustration88 2001-01-17 28 On a r oll... WHEN boyfriend Freddie Prinze Jr proposed, Sarah Michelle Gellar (right) did not receive an engagement ring. She received a bowling ball instead. Prinze Jr stumbled upon the novel idea when Sarah couldn’t make up her mind over the diamond ring. Moreover, the “his” and “hers” balls88 words
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Article, Illustration114 2001-01-17 28 LOOKS like the honeymoon for Liam Gallagher (below) and Nicole Appleton is over the couple had their first fight over Gallagher’s boozing two weeks before Christmas. The 26-year-old singer of Oasis apparently was out partying till the wee hours of the morning, while the 25-year-old Appleton114 words
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Making HEADLINES
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Article, Illustration83 2001-01-17 28 BOYBAND A1 could pair up with Michael Jackson (above) if a discussion next month pulls through. Jackson is to pop over to Britain to give the band feedback on the tracks they penned for his upcoming album, reported The Sun Online. “I couldn’t believe it83 words
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Article150 2001-01-17 28 TWO movies as serial killer Dr Hannibal Lecter do not seem enough for Anthony Hopkins. The actor has been offered £13.5 million (Ss3s million) to step into the shoes of Dr Lecter, but in his younger days, reported Britain’s Sunday Times. Set seven years before The Silence Of The150 words
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