Project Eyeball, 30 January 2001
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Advertisement570 2001-01-30 1 Teachin crunch Some schools in the northern region are facing a shortage of teachers, and principals are having to rely on relief teachers, part-time teachers, ex-retirees and even alumni to relieve their load. Up north, there are a lot of new schools, which invariably do not have enough teachers during570 words
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NEWS & VIEWS
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Article, Illustration103 2001-01-30 2 A NORWEGIAN fisherman has given a blind cod he has caught 35 times to a marine park. Harald Hauso first caught the fish in a fjord in March last year. It returned to his nets almost every week. He kept setting the fish which is blind in both eyes103 words
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Article, Illustration452 2001-01-30 2 Now 65 among a total of 122 countries A CONSORTIUM of analysts that had ranked Singapore among the bottom 10 for environmental sustainability in its preliminary report has now placed the Republic 65th in a final list that includes 122 countries. The final report wasMike Lee - 452 words
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Eyeball NEWS
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237 2001-01-30 2 COMMUNITY Development and Sports Minister Abdullah Tarmugi, who’s in Kuala Lumpur, has told Malaysian leaders that remarks made by Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong were meant for domestic consumption only. PM Goh had compared the progress made by Malay Singaporeans and their Malaysian counterparts237 words
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Article206 2001-01-30 2 SINGAPORE saved about $45 million conducting Census 2000, a survey of the Singapore population conducted once a decade. All thanks to the register-based census approach which had integrated information from various public sector databases. Additional information was gathered from only a 20 per cent206 words
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128 2001-01-30 2 A SUSPECTED drug-trafficker wielding two choppers kept narcotics officers at bay and, later, in a bid to escape, fell from a fourth floor flat in Toa Payoh. The incident occured on Saturday during a drug bust by the Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB). Acting on a128 words
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Article, Illustration250 2001-01-30 3 DAVOS The suspension of marathon Middle East peace talks in Egypt was the decision of Israeli PM Ehud Barak alone, Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat said at an impromptu press conference with UN Secretary General Kofi Annan at the World Economic Forum. SIMFEROPOL Some 22 people were reported deadBong Fortin - 250 words
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Article, Illustration379 2001-01-30 3 Parents demonstrate after closure of Chinese school Wires KUALA LUMPUR Police scuffled with angry Chinese protesters who confronted the Education Minister Yesterday over his controversial order to close a Chinese school. Minister Musa Mohamad shook his head and silently pushed through a crowd of– Wires; AP - 379 words
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205 2001-01-30 3 Ap SHELBYVILLE (Kentucky) The handwritten note that Tommy and Cherry Settle discovered in their basement a year ago could he the answer to one of the best kept culinary secrets Colonel Harland Sanders’ recipe for fried chicken. The couple bought their white Mansion– Ap - 205 words
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Eyeball FOCUS
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Article, Illustration1131 2001-01-30 4 Wong Sher Maine - Because of shortage, some new recruits are forced to teach subjects they barely understand By Wong Sher Maine sher@sph.com.sg CALL it the ides of January if you will, but the first month of the year isn’t exactly a great time to be a teacher1,131 words
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Article206 2001-01-30 4 HOW the Ministry of Education helped teachers last year: December 2000 TWICE as many education scholarships (275) given to young would-be teachers in 2000 as compared to 1997. December 2000 A TOTAL $2O million spent for government and government-aided primary and secondary schools to hire an206 words
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Article, Illustration407 2001-01-30 5 Many leave soon after bond expires THEY count down the years, months and days to their freedom when their bond expires and they can leave the education service. “Some of my colleagues, those who graduated with me from the National Institute of Education (NIE) start407 words
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330 2001-01-30 5 HE IS slowly but surely saving up for the $35,000 he will have to pay when he breaks his bond in 2 years’ time. Jack Tan (not his real name), 26, is a teacher at a neighbourhood secondary school, where he has been330 words
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Singapore
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Article, Illustration708 2001-01-30 6 Uyen Vu - Ubin Lagoon Resort offers firms team-training activities By Uyen Vu uyen@sph.com.sg “IT’S called the leap of faith. It’s a very powerful tool,” said Gabriel Soh, referring to the upright timber pole wobbling slightly under his weight, as he’s perched 7 m above ground, preparing toPictures: Wang Huifen - 708 words
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Health
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Article, Illustration200 2001-01-30 7 PROVIDING THE EDGE T’HE Defence Medical Research Institute (DMRI), and the Hanyang Polytechnic’s School °f Engineering, is currently Working on a prototype Protective suit that can cool sweaty soldiers and hopefully reduce stress brought on by heat. This certainly paves the200 words
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Article, Illustration462 2001-01-30 7 Denyse Yeo - Life Sciences makes its way onto the battlefield By Denyse Yeo denyse@sph.com.sg LIFE Sciences, the recent Singapore buzzword, could go a long way towards building the SAF’s Ultimate Soldier one whose ability to survive on the battlefield is enhanced by it. Take this three-in-one drug, forPictures: Clarence Chan - 462 words
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Stork OPTIONS
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647 2001-01-30 7 This weekly column features readers queries, answered hy fertility expert Dr Christopher Chen. Dr Chen: I am 37, my hubby is njJ have undergone two cycles of (in vitro fertilisation/inac ytoplasmic sperm injection) lt success. foir r the first cycle, I had seven Se647 words
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The World
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Article, Illustration432 2001-01-30 8 It could take over If situation gets bad, says minister Wires JAKARTA The military might take over Indonesia if the findings of a special commission investigating President Abdurrahman Wahid’s financial involvements ignites an open conflict between politicians, Defence Minister Mohammad Mahfud said yesterday. He was quoted by Satunet– Wires; AFP - 432 words
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Article, Illustration246 2001-01-30 8 PHILLIPINE POLITICS Wires MANILA Joseph Estrada must be declared “presi-dent-on-leave” while Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo should merely be called “acting president”, according to a suit filed yesterday with the Phillipines Supreme Court. Filed by lawyer Oliver Lozano, the suit asks the Supreme Court to explain the– Wires; AFP - 246 words
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Article, Illustration411 2001-01-30 9 Taiwan protest heats up as govt starts debate over plant Wires TAIPEI An anti-nuclear protester set himself on fire outside Taiwan’s legislature yesterday, waving his arms and rolling on the ground before witnesses extinguished the fire with bottled water. Before torching himself, the manWires; Reuters; AP - 411 words
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475 2001-01-30 9 NEW SURVEYS ON OVER VOTE BALLOTS Washington ai Gore should be upset that his new job is teaching journalism at Columbia University. According to two new independent studies, Gore, not George W Bush, should be sitting in the White House today as the newly-elected President475 words
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Article, Illustration458 2001-01-30 10 Lawrence Weshler - Not messiahs but mere undernourished children By Lawrence Weshler Salon.com THE image itself was uncanny, the caption more unsettling: Dec 6, 1999, a pair of ethnic Karen twins, the Htoos, Johnny on the left (that’s a boy?) and Luther (Luther!?) on the right, leaders– Salon.com; AP - 458 words
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Article, Illustration520 2001-01-30 10 KILLER EARTHQUAKE THAT FLATTENDE INDIAN CITY Reuters BHUJ (India) You have to scramble up a hill of shattered concrete on the road to get into the ancient walled city of Bhuj, and then at the arched gateway you skirt around or hurry throughReuters; AP - 520 words
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Technology
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398 2001-01-30 11 Anderw Chin - MaxOnline users create online petition for removal of upstream-speed cap By Anderw Chin andrewc@sph.com.sg MORE than 2,200 Singapore Cable Vision (SCV) broadband subscribes have signed an online petition requesting SCV to lift or increase the upstream speed of their MaxOnline service. An SCV spokesman398 words
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Article, Illustration58 2001-01-30 11 A Japanese boy and his father, with virtual-reality goggles on, trying out car racing on the “Amuse Vision Ride” at Megaweb, Toyota Motor’s showcase in Tokyo on Saturday. With 3D animation, sound effects and Vbration, the riders can experience, for four minutes, what a real raceAP - 58 words
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212 2001-01-30 11 DIGITAL MUSIC SITE AFP DAVOS (Switzerland) Napster, the controversial but popular filesharing system, will charge its website users a membership fee from later this year, the head of Bertelsmann, Napster’s parent company, said yesterday. “We have an idea of the price range, but it– AFP - 212 words
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405 2001-01-30 12 ONLINE BANKING AFP TOKYO Japan’s first bank to operate wholly online hopes to snare younger, savvier savers by cultivating an image to match. Japan Net Bank, which started operations only in October, is targeting one million status-conscious account holders by 2003. “We are aiming– AFP - 405 words
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Article, Illustration462 2001-01-30 12 S’poreans second-biggest users of PDA porn service IF THE guy next to you on the MRT is fingering his PDA (personal digital assistant) a little too intensely, he may not be checking his spreadsheets, but looking at pornography. Singaporeans are the secondbiggest subscribersDesmond Wee - 462 words
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Business
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Article521 2001-01-30 13 Francis Kan - Knee-jerk reaction, say analysts By Francis Kan francisk@sph.com.sg BUY on rumour, sell on news. That’s what the punters seem to be doing. The market shot up yesterday, thanks to the much-anticipated cut in interest rates by the US Federal Reserve this week. According to analysts, though, it521 words
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Article, Illustration46 2001-01-30 13 ’An activist in Bangkok wearing a mask of George Soros yesterday to protest the financier’s planned arrival next week. Soros, blamed for helping set off the 1997 Asian economic crisis, said he will not be arriving anyway because of a bad cold. AFPAFP - 46 words
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Article404 2001-01-30 13 MERRILL LYNCH’S NEW STRATEGY NYT THIS one is targeted at those who have a problem of plenty. Money, that is. Merrill Lynch Co, the biggest brokerage firm in the US, is making no secret of its appetite for the upper crust in an– NYT - 404 words
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Business BUZZ
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Article86 2001-01-30 13 SINGTEL’S third-quarter profit, forecast at $527 million, is its lowest for the fiscal year due to the telecommunications liberalisation and low holiday consumer spending. Sing Tel is slated to unveil its results today. Rival services for international calls, SingTel’s largest revenue earner, is seen as the main86 words
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Article75 2001-01-30 13 THE economic slowdown has forced airlines to buy their own stock to maintain share prices. Singapore Airlines, whose shares have fallen 10 per cent since the year began, has bought back 805,000 shares for between 5515.10 and 5515.80 each since Jan 15. Similarly, Hong Kong-based Cathay Pacific75 words
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Article95 2001-01-30 13 HONG KONG-BASED Sunday Communications plans to bid for a 3G licence here, said a company spokesman in the Hong Kong Economic Journal. However, he declined to reveal if this would be an independent or a joint bid. The Singapore Government said last October that four 3G95 words
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Article51 2001-01-30 13 THE Monetary Authority of Singapore yesterday announced a public consultation exercise in its review of the insider trading laws, which may be incorporated in the Securities and Futures Act 2001. It has invited feedback on the proposed approach for insider trading at http://www.mas.gov.sg/sing finsec/intradingpaper index.html by February 26,51 words
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Mailbox
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Article, Illustration859 2001-01-30 14 Housing policy for singles: Should it be relaxed? (Jan 26) IT’S not easy being single and under 35 in Singapore. You can’t buy an HDB flat on your own, get housing close to the city, or apply for anything bigger than a three-room apartment. Do our readersDesmond Wee - 859 words
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Expat EYE
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Article, Illustration962 2001-01-30 15 Mark Malby - By Mark Malby malby@sph.com.sg SHAKESPEARE once observed that “a rose by any other name would smell as sweet”. Clearly he’d never been to Singapore, land of the befuddling abbreviation, the obsfucating acronym. Every country has its fondness for butchering language. The Americans speak with American accents.Luz Ramos - 962 words
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Miscellaneous24 2001-01-30 2 Qood morning! mm Partly cloudy with periods of showers from late morning. High: 29C 1 Low: 23C Tides: 2.41AM/2.6M 2.16PM/2.8M Met Service: http://www.gov.sg/ metsin24 words
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Advertisement20 2001-01-30 4 Want to take up the challenge and be a teacher? Check out the Ministry of Education’s recruitment website at http://wwwl.moe.edu.sg/teach/20 words
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Advertisement48 2001-01-30 6 Here are some of the other adventure clubs available in Singapore: Singapore Adventurers’ Club http://www.sac.org Singapore Mountaineering Federation http://smf.s-one.net.sg Singapore Police Force Adventure Club (open to police officers and associate members of the police force only) http://www.spinet.gov.sg/ aboutus/ins/spfac.htm Safra adventure club (for NSmen and their families only) http://www.safra.org.sg/clubs.html48 words
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Advertisement39 2001-01-30 9 The Florida recount saga lives on online: http://washingtonpost. com/wp-dyn/articles/ A*****-2001Tan27.html The Florida recount based on interviews with the key players during and after the recount. http://www.GoPßl.com/ partners/pbpost/news/ election2ooo.html A recap of the Florida vote by the Palm Beach Post.39 words
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Advertisement26 2001-01-30 11 Do you think that the cap is fair? Are users entitled to upstream speed that’s as fast as download speed? Give us your views at http://eyebalLasiaLconi.sg26 words
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Miscellaneous56 2001-01-30 12 HELEN, SWEETHEART OF THE INTERNET f'M GLAP VOURE ON WITH THE PROGRAM, HELEN. "TBCH OUTREACH," VOUG, WE BRING COMPUTERS AMP WEB ACCESS TO PfSAPVAMTAGEP AREAS. WHV LET PEOPLE USE COMPUTERS Wf«M THEV HAVE NO CLUE WHAT TO PO WITH THEM? /-30 OF COURSE? WHAT PROGRAM? SOOP POINT. ii WHATS THE56 words
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EyeSport
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Article, Illustration1051 2001-01-30 16 Super Bowl victors Ravens show what football is about, and that’s about all Wires TAMPA (Florida) In your face, America. You don’t like the best player on your best football team grabbing a piece of the field and rubbing it all over his writhing body andWires; Reuters; AFP - 1,051 words
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Article200 2001-01-30 16 Reuters TAMPA (Florida) The brash Baltimore Ravens backed up their'boasting and then some, scoring on offence, defence and special teams to record a crushing 34-7 victory over the New York Giants in Super Bowl XXXV on Sunday. Baltimore’s record-setting defence did what it has done all year– Reuters - 200 words
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Article, Illustration522 2001-01-30 17 Luke Pachymuthu - Giants star fumbles and stumbles By Luke Pachymuthu Luke@sph.com.sg IF ANGIE HARMON of Law And Order had any reason to back out of her wedding with New York Giants cornerback Jason Sehorn, Super Bowl XXXV would be it. Sehorn, who was expected to be oneReuters - 522 words
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192 2001-01-30 17 CBS’ EYEVISION SYSTEM WHILE the Baltimore Ravens were showing off Ray Lewis and their heralded defence, CBS was unveiling a star of its own. The network that broadcast the Super Bowl brought its terrific new Eye Vision to bear. Eye Vision is a192 words
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Article229 2001-01-30 17 FOOTBALL: Ever wondered where or what the stars of yesteryear are up to now? If names like Ronald Koeman, Perry Groves or Gary Mabbutt still ring a bell, surf up http://wwwl.sky.com/ sports/ football/wherearetheynow/. The site prides itself on locating the greats of the game and you could even229 words
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Sport IN SHORT
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Article, Illustration139 2001-01-30 17 AFP TAMPA (Florida) Baltimore’s defensive tackle Tony Siragusa had a message for the critics here who said that the former Tampa Bay flop Trent Dilfer could never lead the Ravens to a Super Bowl victory. “All the people who didn’t think Trent Dilfer could lead us toAFP; Reuters - 139 words
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Article99 2001-01-30 17 Reuters TAMPA (Florida) New York Giants quarterback Kerry Collins has lived through dramatic ups and downs off the field these past few years. In a span of two weeks he has scaled new heights and endured his biggest football disappointment. “But this is the most disappointing loss I’ve– Reuters - 99 words
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Article28 2001-01-30 17 THE Giants punted 11 times. The Ravens punted 10 times. That’s 21 punts. The previous record for punts in a Super Bowl was 15.28 words
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Article41 2001-01-30 18 Wires BERLIN Bayer Leverkusen showed they were serious about their bid for the German football crown when they demolished Vfß Stuttgart 4-0 on Sunday. Leverkusen striker Bernd Schneider broke the first-half deadlock when he scored just after the restart.– Wires - 41 words
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Article72 2001-01-30 18 Wires JOHANNESBURG George Weah’s new coaching career reached a peak in Accra on Sunday as he led Liberia to a famous 3-1 win over Ghana in the African zone football World Cup qualifiers. The weekend’s set of 10 matches also enhanced the reputation of some of the continent’s– Wires - 72 words
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Article45 2001-01-30 18 Wires MILAN- Filippo Inzaghi grabbed a hat-trick for Juventus as the Turin club kept up the pressure on Serie A leaders Roma with a 4-0 home win over Vicenza on Sunday. Roma remain three points clear of Juventus after comfortably beating Napoli 3-0.Wires - 45 words
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Article66 2001-01-30 18 Wires MADRID An 82nd minute goal from Spanish international striker Raul gave Real Madrid a TO victory at Valencia on Sunday to extend their lead to seven points at the top of the first division. Real lead the table on 45 points with Deportivo Coruna in second– Wires - 66 words
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Article77 2001-01-30 18 THE prize money for the men’s and women’s draws was equal at this year’s tennis Australian Open the first time since 1995. Jennifer Capriati and Andre Agassi, the women’s and men’s singles title winners, each received U *****385 (*****,423), and the winning doubles teams each shared U77 words
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Article65 2001-01-30 19 AFP BEIJING China’s disgraced athletics coach Ma Junren, who was taken off the national Olympic team just days before last year’s Sydney Games over a drug scandal, plans to retire, local media reported yesterday. “By next Lunar New Year, I will have retired due to old– AFP - 65 words
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Article, Illustration136 2001-01-30 19 AFP SYDNEY Australia’s Nine Network had to apologise to its viewers yesterday over the foul abuse dished out to an opposing batsman by Australian cricket’s naughty boy, Shane Warne, during a match here on Sunday. Fans watching Australia thrash Zimbabwe in a tri-series match at Sydney Cricket– AFP; AFP - 136 words
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Article45 2001-01-30 19 “I GUESS you think about it when it’s over. Stats don’t lie, records don’t lie, either you do it or you don’t.” Andre Agassi discussing his feelings about his place in tennis history after winning his seventh career Grand Slam title.45 words
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Article, Illustration439 2001-01-30 18 Adam Hashidy - Former England coach looks set to manage struggling Boro By Adam Hashidy hashidy@sph.com.sg FOR all his riches, Middlesbrough’s multi-millionaire owner Steve GiSson doesn’t seem to possess much analytical skills. How else would you explain his intention to employ Kevin Keegan as manager? Okay, so KeeganReuters - 439 words
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Article, Illustration461 2001-01-30 18 Zaki Amrullah - MOHD NOH RAHMAN Zaki Amrullah FORMER Geylang United coach Alan Vest once said: “Don’t let his age fool you. He’s a tough cookie!” That was two years ago, and Vest was referring to an unknown 19-year-old named Mohd Noh Rahman. In the space of that461 words
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Article, Illustration393 2001-01-30 19 SAUBER’S F1 ROOKIE Reuters LONDON Whatever happens to Kimi Raikkonen in the next few months, Formula One pundits have their options fully covered. The 21-year-old Finn will start the season with the world wondering what to make of a man described as both a future– Reuters; Reuters - 393 words
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Article, Illustration617 2001-01-30 19 76ers win 13th road game, beating the Pacers 86-81 AP NEW YORK Shaquille O’Neal never left the locker room, and the rest of the Lakers never really showed up, either. With O’Neal sitting out because of a foot injury, the New York Knicks attacked the basket– AP; AFP - 617 words
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Advertisement14 2001-01-30 17 Log on to http:// www. superbowl.eom/u/xxxv/video/ eyevision.html for a view of this revolutionary technology.14 words
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Unwind
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Fashion
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Article, Illustration780 2001-01-30 20 Take four men, let them run riot with their ideas and this is what you get local fashions youngest cutting-edge designer cohorts with their water-inspired label, Mizu. JUNE WAN (junewan@sph.com.sg) gets her ears wet. THEIR most recent claim to fame is that Caldecott queen Zoe Tay wore onePictures: Desmond Wee - 780 words
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Article, Illustration618 2001-01-30 22 Shunji Matsuo, who has groomed the crowns of celebrities, opens his second Singapore salon on Thursday, offering Singaporean women designer cuts at affordable prices. JUNE WAN (junewan@sph.com.sg) reports. mIS first Singapore salon was such a success that celebrity-hairstylist Shunji Matsuo who has teased the tressesMike Lee - 618 words
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Article, Illustration359 2001-01-30 22 THEY wield the scissors like a Jedi with his light sabre, transforming mop tops into crowning glories. And while they may not hog newspaper columns the way Kim Robinson or David Gan do, they have no lack of devotees who turn to them for follicular359 words
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Wear & TEAR
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Article, Illustration57 2001-01-30 23 ARE there no limits to the 1980 s resurgence? Boyband Westlife (above) is doing a cover of Billy Joel’s 1983 hit Uptown Girl in aid of Comic Relief. And they’ve dragged Claudia Schiffer to join them in the video, which features the smiling Irishmen charming her away57 words
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Article56 2001-01-30 23 ACCORDING to Britain’s Daily Mail, Liz Hurley’s latest squeeze, Steve Bing, is as wild as it gets. The paper paints the multi-millionaire Manhattan-property heir as a philanderer who holds wild sex parties at his Bel Air mansion, which allegedly is a “site for sex romps56 words
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Article, Illustration128 2001-01-30 23 THE prettiest men in showbiz, Rupert Everett and Boy George (right), have air-kissed and made up after sharing a flight to Milan, where the former Culture Clubber played music consultant for the Versus and Versace collections. The feud, which had been simmering for almost two years,128 words
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Article129 2001-01-30 23 June Wan IT WAS a grand farewell. Alexander McQueen’s collection for Givenchy was a triumph. This is according to clients who were invited to the exclusive presentation last week in the all-white salon where McQueen, in a suit and sneakers, took his bow to an ovation. Marianne– June Wan - 129 words
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Personal STYLE
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Article, Illustration559 2001-01-30 23 Marion Raven from M2M talks to JEREMY AU YONG (pedas@sph.com.sg) about glitter, bell bottoms and guys in tight tees. OUNG or old? This whole Ypop princess styling business is getting confusing. First, they find the youngest-looking girls around. Then they dress the girls up like559 words
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Article, Illustration736 2001-01-30 24 One reason to watch the new Survivor series is to check out the hot, huff bods of the castaways this time around. Some of these are even droolsome enough to hit the catwalks. JEAHMARTB TAN (jeanm@sph.com.sg) gets an eyeful of candy on the first show ofPictures: CBS - 736 words
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Simply ESSENTIAL
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49 2001-01-30 24 CHERISH it or curse it, one fact can’t be denied: Love is big business. So big, in fact, that even the major labels are getting into the Valentine’s Day gift game. Here’s our guide to what’s on offer from the big names.49 words
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Article96 2001-01-30 24 SWEEP the bud/blossom/petal jokes aside, and get those olfactory bits buzzing on the poppy flower instead with Flower by Kenzo. The company claims the perfume personifies a young woman’s sensual awakening. She’ll radiate Parma violet, wild hawthorn, cassia, Bulgarian rose and vanilla. The fragrance and bath range96 words
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Article, Illustration101 2001-01-30 24 SIMPLE, sophisticated accessories for the one who sets your heart a flutter. To wear in her tresses, try the Hair Cubes in translucent jellybaby colours. Instead of pashmina, give her the Mahina scarf, which consists of three layers of delicately interwoven muslin; or the leather Bracelet Voeux, which101 words
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Article56 2001-01-30 24 THE local fashion label goes charitable this Valentine’s Day, with a limited edition Love T-shirt ($49). The Breast Cancer Foundation (BCF) benefits with proceeds from each flourescent pink jersey tank sold. Each shirt comes with a BCF pin, and is available from Feb 14 to 28, at the Song+Kelly2l56 words
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Article, Illustration75 2001-01-30 24 June Wan - June Wan FRESH from Hermes’ Autumn/Winter 2000 and Spring/Summer 2001 collections are the Fortuna Lucky Dice, a set of silver, copper and gold-plated dice in a leather Rouge Hermes pouch, to help predict your luck in love. If your partner likes a puff of a fine cuban, the Metissage75 words
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Gender
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Article, Illustration1172 2001-01-30 25 Lat The Internet has sounded the death knell for ‘skin mags. With falling circulations, reports MART K FEENEY, the likes of Penthouse, Hustler and Playboy now seem like quaint indulgences of a bygone era. 0OME 20 years ago, skin magazines were riding a wave of fleshy success. Then– Lat; Mik zarzuela - 1,172 words
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Gender BENDERS
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Article49 2001-01-30 26 SEX is a natural flu remedy. That’s what researchers at Wilkes University in Pennsylvania claim. They say sex improves the immune system up to 30 per cent by boosting levels of immunoglobulin A, the body’s first line of defence against cold and flu germs.49 words
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Article82 2001-01-30 26 ABOUT 100 protesters puckered up in public a few weeks ago to denounce sexual discrimination in Brisbane, Australia. The mass smooch, in which 50 couples kissed, was a show of support for two gay men kicked out of South Bank Parklands for kissing in public. Protesters accused the82 words
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Article, Illustration157 2001-01-30 26 – Karl Ho - Karl Ho CRICKET, once associated with blue-bloods, has now taken on a bad name. Next month, the International Cricket Council will convene in Australia to hear a match-fixing case in which illegal bookmakers hired hookers to distract or encourage top cricket players to throw matches. Former cricketReuters - 157 words
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Venus & MARS
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Article, Illustration904 2001-01-30 26 From afar, women desire pool-playing, hard-drinking men who lead dangerous lives. But after that desire becomes reality, argues RONALD RAJ AN (ronrajan@sph.com. sg), women start chanelling all their energy into rehabilitating s the bad boys. Careful, honey, the boy might crack. ERE’S an age-oldMik zarzuela - 904 words
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Advertisement41 2001-01-30 22 According to celebrity stylist Shunji Matsuo, the 2001 look is “high movement, low maintenance”. Click on to to see how he uses the zone and section cut to create a multi-textured, shaggier style to lighten the heavy hair of Asian women.41 words
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Tube Talk
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Article103 2001-01-30 27 Top io things that sound dirty at the office, but arent 10. 1 need to whip it out by 5 pm 9. Mind if I use your laptop? 8. Put it in my box before I leave. 7. If I have to lick one more, I’ll gag.103 words
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Miscellaneous399 2001-01-30 27 Variety Final Analysis 7pm# HBO 60 Richard Gere is a San Francisco psychiatrist in this glossy thriller. He falls for the glamorous sister of one of his patients. Uma Thurman is Gere’s sexually neurotic patient. It’s a plot that’s heavily influenced by Alfred Hitchcock’s Vertigo. Air America 9 pm Star399 words
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Miscellaneous168 2001-01-30 27 m 1 wM m > m < X' #Sss«iisi«s:rf ■f jIJS wi flHM |P The Spinsters are in for a big shock when Mr Frank unexpectedly shows up. Jurassic Shark 9 pm Arts Central This programme travels back in time millions of years to The Age of Sharks when creatures168 words
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Miscellaneous8 2001-01-30 27 Complete television listings can be found httPi/ZevebalLasial .com.sg8 words
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Article181 2001-01-30 28 PUFF DADDY apparently tried to woo back Jennifer Lopez with 100 white doves. The 34-year-old rap star, whose real name is Sean Combs, rang Lopez at a hotel in Los Angeles and told her to go out onto the balcony. Greeting her sight was181 words
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Article, Illustration160 2001-01-30 28 EMINEM will be appearing at this year’s Brit Awards. While it is w believed that the controversial rapper r 1 is likely to go through his rather shocking stage show, the organisers are worried that his strong language and antics may prove160 words
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Article, Illustration129 2001-01-30 28 IT APPEARS that Meg Ryan (left) is determined to get rid of her cutesy on-screen image and one way is to make a movie about boxing. The 39-year-old actress has been following female boxing manager Jackie Kallen on her rounds, with the intention to129 words
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Article, Illustration96 2001-01-30 28 CHARLOTTE CHURCH (left), whose opera career has grown by leaps and bounds, wants to get into movies. While the 14-year-old singer has already started shopping around for roles, she doesn’t want to “rush into anything and make mistakes” either, reported Popcorn.com Church intends to do96 words
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Article, Illustration125 2001-01-30 28 SHE may be the daughter of one of Hollywood’s top stars, but Hannah Gibson has no plans to follow the footsteps of father Mel (above). In fact, she had expressed an interest in grabbing a habit, taking the holy vows and becoming a nun. Perhaps125 words
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Article64 2001-01-30 28 Wires AND you think no one would turn Britney Spears down. After spending nearly US$B7,OOO (*****,000) at her favourite leather shop in LA, the teen queen begged the owner to let her star in a TV ad. But the owner declined, saying that Spears’ image was too clean for– Wires - 64 words
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