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Title Section11 2001-04-12 1 projecteyeball. eyeball,asiaLcom.sg Mita (p) 105/03/2001 Thursday, April 12, 2001 80 CENTS11 words
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Advertisement549 2001-04-12 1 TOUGH TIMES AHEAD: ARE BUSINESSES DESPERATE TO STAY IN THE BLACK? r Clubs are dangling that irresistible carrot (or vodka cranberry) to draw pubbers to their watering hole free drinks. And while it’s usually the ladies who get the better deals, one club is targeting the guys as well, reports549 words
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NEWS & VIEWS
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Article, Illustration111 2001-04-12 2 A CANADIAN news website that gained notoriety by using naked female newsreaders has finally given what its female fans want its first nude newsman. Former financial adviser Lucas Tyle will make his Naked News debut today. The http://www.nakednews .com was launched earlier this year and boasted that its female111 words
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Article, Illustration366 2001-04-12 2 Gail Aw - Students present inventions By Gail Aw THE problem with being stuck in peak-hour traffic is that it’s always too late to get out of it. But a new system devised by students from Ngee Ann Polytechnic alerts drivers of real-time traffic conditions via366 words
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Article, Illustration192 2001-04-12 2 Sue-Ann Chia - By Sue-Ann Chia sueann@sph.com.sg FIRST, the National Solidarity Party (NSP) advertised for election candidates on its website. Yesterday, it announced that its assistant secretary-general, Steve Chia, would be leaving for a 7,000km, three-week-long motorbike trip to north Thailand to “think throughLaw Kian Yan - 192 words
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Eyeball NEWS
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79 2001-04-12 2 FROM today, Temasek Polytechnic (TP) staff can volunteer to work four half-days each year at a welfare organisation and get paid for it by the polytechnic. Its “volunteer leave” scheme was launched yesterday for TP Community Day, an annual event organised by TP’s79 words
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Article113 2001-04-12 2 THE Singapore Malay Youth Library Association yesterday urged individuals and groups in Malaysia to cease using Malays in Singapore for their political or personal agendas. Its statement was issued in reaction to Umno Information Chief Dato Mustafa Muhammad’s statement that Malays in Singapore were marginalised. A113 words
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Article80 2001-04-12 2 COMMANDER Yuwendi from the Indonesian Navy and Col Kevin Santa Maria from the Republic of Singapore Navy jointly officiated the opening of the third Indonesia-Singapore Bhakti Sosial (ISBS) in Pulau Bintan, Indonesia, on Tuesday. The three-day joint socio-civic mission underscored close ties between the two80 words
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Article, Illustration390 2001-04-12 3 MOSCOW An operation to lift the sunken Russian nuclear submarine Kursk is likely to go ahead in August or September, after Russia signs a deal today to finance the US$BO million (Ssl44 million) needed for the salvage operation. MADRID The autonomous government of Spain’s Mediterranean Balearic Islands votedBong Fortin / Roca - 390 words
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Article, Illustration600 2001-04-12 3 Wives protest as Malaysia confirms men held under ISA Wires KUALA LUMPUR The wives of detained Malaysian opposition activists protested in anger yesterday even as the police confirmed that a total of seven supporters of jailed politician Anwar Ibrahim were arrested under the Internal Security– Wires; AP - 600 words
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Eyeball FOCUS
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Article, Illustration816 2001-04-12 4 Despite backing of governments, losses due to illegal copying rise IN 1976, the bespectacled 20-year-old founder of a one-year-old software company wrote an open letter to “hobbyists”, chastising them for stealing software, and urging them to “pay up for it”. Even then, Bill GatesMike Lee - 816 words
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Article123 2001-04-12 4 MICROSOFT has an anti-piracy team here too its first member was hired three years ago. Now it has a total of four members in two sections. The Singapore Business Group (SBG) focuses on marketing programmes and education. Its current education campaign on not using pirated software123 words
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Eyeball FOCUS
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Article, Illustration814 2001-04-12 5 Eugene Wee - Ministry and SEC don’t see eye to eye By Eugene Wee eugenew@sph.com.sg CAR-FREE DAY suggests that you should leave your wheels at home, right? Well, that’s what the Singapore Environment Council (SEC) wants you to do next Thursday to reduce your dependenceDesmond Wee - 814 words
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Singapore
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Article, Illustration582 2001-04-12 6 Wong Sher Maine - NIE testing out video-conferencing via broadband By Wong Sher Maine sher@sph.com.sg FIVE pairs of eyes were glued on the one trainee teacher, watching her every gesture and command intently. But the four other trainees and one supervisor were not actually in the classroom with her.Pictures: Mike Lee - 582 words
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Article, Illustration231 2001-04-12 6 YESTERDAY, trainee teacher Sheryl Tan met fellow trainee teachers in cyberspace to “commiserate” with each other and laugh about their new teaching experiences. Held once a week for 90 minutes, they were “chatting” with one another and their National Institute of Education supervisor using the multi-point desktop231 words
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Article, Illustration45 2001-04-12 7 Yen Meng Jiin Maxwell food market, formerly dim and messy, has been given a sleek new look. Foodies can head to Maxwell Road to sample fare at the centre’s 106 stalls when it is officially opened on April 20. Wang HuifenYen Meng Jiin; Wang Huifen - 45 words
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Article353 2001-04-12 7 Toh Bee Ping - Users can’t connect for past five days By Toh Bee Ping beeping@sph.com.sg STARHUB Internet subscribers must be scratching their heads. Since Friday, many of them have been unable to log on to the Net. One surfer told Eyeball that he hasn’t been able to make a353 words
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449 2001-04-12 7 Andrew Chin - I.R.A.S. CONFIDENT OF HITTING 600,000 TARGET By Andrew Chin andrewc@sph.com.sg THE numbers look good, but the teething problems remain. Some 491,000 taxpayers or 49 per cent -of the 1 million who have filed their taxes so far, have done so electronically. This is449 words
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The World
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Article, Illustration786 2001-04-12 8 Maureen Dowd - Fears of FMD and mad cow disease chewing America’s collagen-injected socialites By Maureen Dowd NYT NO ONE wants to talk about ruminant fears in polite society. But abattoir betes noires do lurk. Will elegant Upper East Side socialites, lunching at Cipriani, suddenly start foaming at the– NYT; Paul Eric Roca - 786 words
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223 2001-04-12 8 COMPENSATION SCAM LONDON The British Army has accused farmers of deliberately infecting their animals with the foot-and-mouth virus in order to get compensation from the government during this crisis. Major Lucy Giles, part of the Army’s foot-and-mouth operation headquarters in223 words
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Article223 2001-04-12 9 EXCERPTS from the letter, written by US Ambassador Prueher to the Chinese Minister of Foreign Affairs Tang Jiaxuan. “Both President (George W.) Bush and Secretary of State (Colin) Powell have expressed their sincere regret over your missing pilot and aircraft. Please convey to the Chinese people and223 words
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Article, Illustration414 2001-04-12 9 US says ‘very sorry’, China says ‘humanitarian considerations’ prevailed Wires BEIJING In the end, the United States said it was “very sorry” to secure the release of 24 American crew being detained in China. Not once. Twice. But, in a cleverly constructed letter it still– Wires; Reuters - 414 words
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246 2001-04-12 9 SENIOR Minister Lee Kuan Yew did not made any statement urging the United States to take an uncompromising stance against China over the spy plane row. Such remarks, attributed to him in a German magazine interview, are false, said SM’s press246 words
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Technology
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Article379 2001-04-12 10 Cubic Eye gives cyberspace that 3D feeling IMAGINE the Web on walls that’s what the new Cubic Eye browser is offering. Unlike any other on the market, this browser gives surfers a three-dimensional (3D) Webbrowsing experience. And possibly a headache as well. Yet, the new 3D browser might379 words
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Article, Illustration224 2001-04-12 10 Steven Ng - By Steven Ng stevenng@sph.com.sg IT LOOKS cool, but judging by the free beta version Cubic Eye Free, users won’t be abandoning their current browsers soon. That’s because pseudo-3D effects aside, the view on each panel is still 2D Cubic Eye lacks many of the features that popular224 words
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391 2001-04-12 10 SAN FRANCISCO It looks like the days of two-dimensional Internet surfing will soon be over even for folk with 56 kbps modems. Spurring this change are Macromedia and Intel, reports CNet. Macromedia’s Director 8.5 Shockwave Studio incorporates 3D software technology from Intel into its authoring391 words
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Article260 2001-04-12 10 LONDON Do you remember the 1980 s Atari game Battle Zone? Whether you were a fan or not, or perhaps too young to ever have played it, today’s gamers owe no small debt to this tank game. It was the first to offer a firstperson perspective260 words
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279 2001-04-12 11 GERMAN RAIDS BERLIN Move over Eminem, this bunch rocks to Adolf. But their head-banging party days came to an abrupt end when German police yesterday swooped down on the homes of more than 100 computer buffs in a new crackdown on the illegal– Reuters - 279 words
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Article, Illustration56 2001-04-12 11 Standing among thousands of human brains stored in plastic containers in the Harvard Brain Tissue Research Centre in Belmont, Massachusetts, Dr Francine Benes, the centre s director, looks at a cross-section of a human brain. The centre is the largest repository of human brains in the US, with aReuters - 56 words
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Article540 2001-04-12 11 Pioneer portal opens online porn store to bolster revenues Lat-Wp LOS ANGELES Now here’s an innovative way to beat the dotcom slump. Yahoo, struggling for profit amid a shaky dotcom marketplace, has gone ahead and embraced the porn industry, opening an online store stocked with thousands of– Lat-Wp - 540 words
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Business
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Article, Illustration472 2001-04-12 12 Deal unlikely to benefit Amazon.com which will serve competitor’s customers Wires NYT THE Borders Group, the secondlargest bookseller in the United States, is closing its struggling online store and will have Amazon.com serve its customers instead, executives involved said on Tuesday. Spokesmen for both Amazon– Wires; – NYT - 472 words
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380 2001-04-12 12 FALL IN AD REVENUES NYT IN CONTINUING signs of retrenchment among the Internet magazines, one publication has been closed, and another may soon follow. Time Inc is negotiating to buy Business 2.0 magazine, with the intention of using its subscriber list and combining the– NYT - 380 words
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Article, Illustration51 2001-04-12 12 A customer counting wads of Indonesian rupiah banknotes before making a purchase in Jakarta shop on April io. The weakening rupiah has caused imported goods’ prices to soar. An International Monetary Fund team was to arrive to review its stalled US$5-billion lending programme for the country.AP - 51 words
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Article186 2001-04-12 12 NYT TIME was, being the chief executive meant one thing: You were the boss. Now, many large companies have several chief executives one for each division, perhaps, or maybe one for each continent. Titles apparently come cheap. In decades past, a vice-president or perhaps a president– NYT - 186 words
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Article, Illustration598 2001-04-12 13 Nicholas Yong - Move gives it a chance to enter China By Nicholas Yong nicyong@sph.com.sg A FOOTHOLD in Hong Kong, and an opportunity to enter mainland China. That’s what Development Bank of Singapore (DBS), South-east Asia’s largest bank in terms of asset size, stands to gainPaul Eric Roca - 598 words
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Article, Illustration394 2001-04-12 13 Francis Kan - IT WAS BAD ENOUGH WHEN NASDAQ CRASHED LAST YEAR By Francis Kan francisk@sph.com.sg THE Nasdaq crash which happened this day a year ago pales in comparison. In a nutshell, that is the story of Singapore’s dotcom stocks today. For instance, i-One.Net, the first Internet firmPaul Eric Roca - 394 words
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Business BUZZ
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Article82 2001-04-12 13 THE Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore (IDA) yesterday handed out three of its four third-generation (3G) mobile communication licences, calling off a planned auction. The fourth available licence failed to attract solid interest. The late withdrawal of Hong Kong’s Sunday Communications left the three82 words
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Article108 2001-04-12 13 SHARES of Singapore T elecommunications (SingTel) closed lower yesterday, amid concerns that the company may not be included in the Australian Stock Exchange Index when it is listed in Australia, analysts said. They said SingTel will only be listed on the Australian Stock Exchange, replacing Optus, once108 words
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Article75 2001-04-12 13 SHARE prices moved up on the local bourse yesterday, with the benchmark Straits Times Index (STI) gaining 11.08 points to close at 1,616.20 points in thin trading. The total volume expanded to 267.53 million units worth $411.93 million. Rises led falls by 160 to 101 with 309 counters remaining flat.75 words
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Article34 2001-04-12 13 MAINBOARD-LISTED Chuan Hup Holdings has decided to indefinitely defer the planned sale of its 32.72 per cent stake in electronics component maker PCI, which is also listed, until “market conditions improve”.34 words
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Mailbox
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Eyeballing THE NET
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Article, Illustration740 2001-04-12 16 Lim Puay Leng - By Lim Puay Leng puayleng@sph.com.sg LAST week, I received yet another forwarded message appealing for blood donors. As usual, the recipient would be a bed-ridden young kid sadly inflicted with an incurable disease. To help him, I was urged to donate my blood to the740 words
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Article, Illustration93 2001-04-12 16 http://www.donorweb.org DUE for launch this Saturday, Donorweb is a non-profit website created by local volunteers to put together a network of regular, long-term blood donors, and linking them with those in need. It’s got details and maps on where and how you can donate blood. http://www.joyears.com Since last93 words
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E-Male ADDRESS
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Article, Illustration582 2001-04-12 17 Eugene Wee - By Eugene Wee eugenew@sph.com.sg “BOYCOTT” is a word often uttered when we Singaporean consumers feel that we have been wronged by the workings of corporate machinery. When met with what we feel are unfair prices, bad service or unreasonable business practices, the word rollsWang Huifen - 582 words
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Net BUZZ
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374 2001-04-12 17 FEW things have quite stirred up consumer activism as petrol pump prices. Here’s a sample of the buzz on the Internet: CONTINUE PRESSURE TO PLACATE ever-growing rumbles for a blanket price reduction, the oil companies have grudgingly allowed some stations to give a374 words
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Article73 2001-04-12 17 WILL you take part in the boycott of oil companies? 61% Enough! Petrol companies won’t notice unless the bottom line’s hit. 19% More as a symbolic show of defiance and to raise consumer awareness. 8% No, it won’t dent their bottom lines or attitudes. 8% Can’t be73 words
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Miscellaneous24 2001-04-12 2 Qood morningJ *4 Showers with thunder over many areas in the afternoon. High: 32C 1 Low: 24C Tides: 1.13AM/2.8M 2.30PM/2.7M Met Service: http://www.go v.sg/metsin24 words
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Advertisement92 2001-04-12 5 Find out more about how environmental groups around the world intend to celebrate Car-Free Day at http://www.carfreeday.com Who says ITALIAN FURNITURE is EXPENSIVE MORE MODELS AVAILABLE IN OUR SHOWROOM JIMMY CHAISE LOUNGE NOW .f. *****9 r SsBBB nett EDEN SOFA BED LIMITED PERIOD ONLY! WHILE STOCKS LAST! UP.: *****3 NOW:92 words
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Advertisement16 2001-04-12 6 Watch our video of trainee teacher Sheryl Tan video-conferencing with other trainee teachers at http^/eyebalL adal-mmag16 words
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Advertisement44 2001-04-12 7 How satisfied are you with the dial-up service the ISPs here provide? Do you get a clean connection to the Net most of the time? Or do you have to try repeatedly? And how often does your connection drop? Tell us at http^/eyebalL adalmmgg44 words
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Advertisement12 2001-04-12 9 For a complete transcript ofSM Lee’s interview with Wirtschaftswoche, logon to http://eyeball.asial.com.sg12 words
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Advertisement31 2001-04-12 9 Is your family life complete, without a Child Provide foreign child adoption services for intending Parents Chinese, Malaysian and Indonesian kids Greenhouse Adoption Agency Reg. no *****419 L Tel: 284 9109.31 words
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Advertisement48 2001-04-12 10 Learn more about three-dimensional programs by clicking on these links: http:// www.2ce.com Try the free beta version of the Cubic Eye 3D browser http:// www.my virtual model.com/ See how My Virtual Model uses 3D software to let you try on clothes online, even with a 56 kbps connection.48 words
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Advertisement14 2001-04-12 16 Another source of career opportunities EyeOnJobs, a new feature in Project Eyeball every Friday.14 words
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EyeSport
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Sport IN SHORT
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Article95 2001-04-12 18 AP CANBERRA. Four-time Olympic gold medalist Alexander Popov came out yesterday to defend his Russian-born coach Gennadi Touretski, 51, against steroid possession charges. Touretski’s other high-profile swimmer, Michael Klim, reiterated his stand against drugs. The Australian Institute of Sport swim team issued a statement read by Klim as– AP - 95 words
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Article72 2001-04-12 18 Reuters LONDON Aston Villa goalkeeper David James is the target of Spanish giant Barcelona, British newspapers reported yesterday. The Daily Star, quoting an unnamed Barcelona source, said James, 30, is one of three goalkeepers under consideration by Barcelona coach Llorenc Serra Ferrer to join current No 1 Jose– Reuters - 72 words
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Article68 2001-04-12 18 AFP JAKARTA Soccer’s world governing body Fifa has threatened to bar Indonesia from hosting another World Cup qualifier if it failed to ban firecrackers at matches, reports said yesterday. Firecracker bursts were heard during Indonesia’s opdner in the World Cup qualifiers against Maldives in Jakarta’s Bung Karno stadium– AFP - 68 words
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Article100 2001-04-12 20 AFP MOSCOW In three months time, construction on a motor-racing circuit aimed at bringing the glamour and glitz of Formula One to Russia will get under way, local media reported on Tuesday. The Itogui weekly quoted Moscow tourism chief Grigori Antiyufiev as saying work on a US$lOO-million– AFP - 100 words
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Article97 2001-04-12 20 AFP LONDON Leeds manager David O’Leary is planning to bolster his squad with a summer spending spree after the trial of stars Lee Bowyer and Jonathan Woodgate collapsed this week. The Guardian reported O’Leary would be given the go-ahead to draft in replacements with Bowyer and Woodgate both– AFP - 97 words
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Article63 2001-04-12 20 Reuters LONDON Leeds United’s Olivier Dacourt has insisted his comments on French television about misleading a Football. Association disciplinary panel to protect fellow Frenchman Patrick Vieira were a joke, British newspapers reported on Wednesday. Arsenal’s Vieira was suspended for one game by the panel for kicking Dacourt during– Reuters - 63 words
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Article, Illustration769 2001-04-12 18 Luke Pachymuthu; YS Lam - Top Asian Olympic officials back Beijing’s bid to host 2008 Games By Luke Pachymuthu and YS Lam luke@sph.com.sg TOP Asian Olympic officials have strongly backed Beijing’s bid for the 2008 Olympic Games. Despite a recent US resolution urging International Olympic Committee (IOC) officials to block Beijing’sAFP - 769 words
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Article, Illustration523 2001-04-12 19 Mourning’s best game after return helps Miami beat Philadelphia AP MIAMI Alonzo Mourning’s best game yet made all the difference against the Philadelphia 76ers. Mourning had 20 points, 16 rebounds and a crucial block of Allen Iverson’s final shot attempt on Tuesday night, helping the Miami– AP; Pictures: AFP; Reuters - 523 words
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440 2001-04-12 19 HIS AIRNESS SENDS OUT MIXED SIGNALS AP WASHINGTON Once again, Michael Jordan downplayed the notion that he’s planning a comeback. Once again, he left the door one-tenth of a percentage point open that it just might happen. Responding to comments– AP - 440 words
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Article175 2001-04-12 19 AP LOS ANGELES With 20 points, four assists and six steals to equal a career-high, it was a triumphant return for Kobe Bryant, when he helped the Lakers overpower the Phoenix Suns 106-80 on Tuesday. “I felt pretty good. I was able to slide my feet– AP - 175 words
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470 2001-04-12 20 RACE FOR DRIVERS’ CHAMPIONSHIP JUST six points behind Michael Schumacher’s 26, David Coulthard is sniffing very closely at the defending champion’s heels. But the German is not too worried, and is more wary of Mika Hakkinen, as he remembers too well how the Finn470 words
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Article, Illustration367 2001-04-12 20 Be has ‘no place on the tennis courts’ AP AMELIA ISLAND (Florida) Get out of the game, Richard Williams, said one of the greatest women’s player in tennis. Martina Navratilova was never one to mince words when she was the most dominant women’s tennis– AP; ©GRAPHIC NEWS - 367 words
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Article173 2001-04-12 20 NRA: So who’s going to join the big boys? NBA fans might want to check Sportsline.com’s draft rumours. Many of this year’s top NBA prospects are underclassmen, some of whom have declared that they are ready to join the big league. There’s a big list of underclassmen who173 words
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Unwind
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Article, Illustration786 2001-04-12 21 Tanking up without spending a dime is a cinch 1 these days as more clubs offer free hooze to pull in the crowds. KARRi HOD (karl@sph.com.sg) tells you where to go. I WE HAVE PROOF J PRODUCED AMD BOTTLED NIGHTLY IMPORTANT I TO ATTRACT clubbers786 words
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Clubbing
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Article, Illustration916 2001-04-12 22 No problem. You can tank up every day if you re a woman, thanks to the tidal wave of free-flow/drink specials that is flooding Singapore's clubs these days. KARL HO and LIM HUI LING lists some of the placesClarence Chan - 916 words
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Article, Illustration537 2001-04-12 23 Club maestro Michel Lu has another new outlet in the works and ids right under his yet-to-open Centro 360. KARL HO (karl@sph.com.sg) has the story on this and what plans might be in store for Qrease. VEN before it officially opens its doors537 words
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Pick of the CLUBS
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Article, Illustration105 2001-04-12 23 Basement, Marriott Hotel Telephone: 831 4656, 831 4657 ENTER the kitschy domain of 1920s Shanghai with its legendary glitz and glamorous image. Be teleported into a world of chinoiserie and Shanghainese posters, as cigar girls peddle their wares alongside shoeshine boys on Vive105 words
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214 2001-04-12 23 41 Seah Street Telephone: 337 7750 NEWCOMER on the clubbing fraternity, Spanky’s boasts to be different. A diner cum chill-out joint, it soft-launched a few weeks ago. Open for lunch (11.30 am to 3 pm), tea (3-6 pm) and dinner (6-9 pm), it’s armed214 words
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Article14 2001-04-12 23 G@llery Evason Hotel 76 Robertson Quay Telephone: 831 4656, 831 465714 words
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Article64 2001-04-12 23 – Lim Hui Ling - Lim Hui Ling B-106 Chijmes, 30 Victoria Street Telephone: *****18 LADIES, you can get Moet Chandon champagne at $10 a glass all night long from 7 pm on Wednesdays. That’s not all. Any champagne order made by a lady between 7 to 10 pm entitles her to enjoy64 words
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Movies
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Cyber SNITCH
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Article68 2001-04-12 24 TOMB RAIDER fans who’re eagerly awaiting the movie can satisfy their curiosity at Film.com’s Hello Lara Web special. At http://www.film.com/ topten/movies/ tomb raider/index.jhtml, different aspects of the production have been highlighted in short webcasts. Watch the trailer, interviews with director Simon West, a documentary-like spin on Lara68 words
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Article96 2001-04-12 24 ASPIRING film-maker but don’t know how to start? Go to dScoop.com. The site, at http://www.dscoop.com, has a store of clips submitted by amateurs and professionals alike. Filtered into categories like drama, arts, comedy, documentary, music and travel, each clip is a slice of life packed with visual96 words
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Article79 2001-04-12 24 AT THE other extreme of the movie award brouhaha, The Hastings Bad Cinema Society has created “the world’s most comprehensive bad movie ballot” called The Stinkers: The Ultimate Bad Movie Awards. Honouring the cream of the crass, the site at http://www.thestinkers .com/profiles a complete list of the79 words
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Article33 2001-04-12 24 “You re like a cockroach. Every time I get rid of you, you appeal to the union and you re right back here.” Steven Seagals boss in Exit Wounds33 words
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Article, Illustration682 2001-04-12 24 – Jeanmarie Tan - Jeanmarie Tan DANCER IN THE DARK (PG) Bjork, Catherine Deneuve, David Morse, Peter Stomare SHE may have ruffled a few feathers on Oscar night with her Swan Lake tutu. And she may have been cheated of a Best Actress Academy Award nomination. But Icelandic ingenue Bjork,682 words
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Article, Illustration1116 2001-04-12 25 THE MEXICAN (PG) Brad Pitt, Julia Roberts, James Gandolfini WHEN megastars of Brad Pitt and Julia Roberts’ calibre are cast, a project ceases to be a film and turns into an event. Or in the case of The Mexican, a non-event so ephemeral that it1,116 words
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Article168 2001-04-12 25 June Wan UNDERCOVER BROTHER EPISODE 12: MELTS IN TOUR BLEEPIN’ MOUTH John Ridley http://www.urbanentertainment.com Time: 3 mins 15 secs UNDERCOVER BROTHER, an Afro-headed, bell-bottom-wearing, cooler-than-Shaft type character works as an agent for The Brotherhood. The entity, run like a mafia den, attempts to level the playing field for– June Wan - 168 words
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Article, Illustration739 2001-04-12 26 NYT Thanks to Ang Lee, Wong Kar Wai and Edward Tang, Chinese-language cinema is chartering new territories —from France to Britain to the ultimate destination: Hollywood. SINCE the Cannes film festival last May, Chinese-language cinema has swept across new borders, winning awards and audiences on Hollywood’s turf.– NYT - 739 words
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Article, Illustration210 2001-04-12 26 Movies being shot BIG SHOTS FUNERAL THIS is a comedy about a Western director who goes to China to make a film. It stars Donald Sutherland as the director, Rosamund Kwan (left) as his adopted daughter, and Chinese award-winning actor Ge You, last210 words
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Article, Illustration574 2001-04-12 27 Survivor star Alicia Calaway is probably the most famous personal trainer in T\ 7 -land. In an exclusive phone interview, JEANMARIE TAN (jeanm@sph.com.sg) chats with the Ab-Fab girlfighter about nemesis Kimmi Kappenberg, finger-wagging and Playboy. ON’T be fooled by Alicia Calaway’s tough exterior and bad-ass attitude. ThisReuters - 574 words
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Article, Illustration523 2001-04-12 27 Dawn Tan “THE heat is on in Saigon,” goes the song from the long-running musical, Miss Saigon. Come August, the heat wave will hit Singapore instead. So hopes IMG Arts Entertainment, the producer of the show opening at the Kallang Theatre on Aug 1. It’s been– Dawn Tan - 523 words
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