Project Eyeball, 17 April 2001
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Advertisement365 2001-04-17 1 ADVICE In the current market, you should have most of your money in something fairly conservative, such as a coffee can buried under your house. See Page 13 KEEP THE UD UP OR DOWN? Take a peek into the toilet wars of men and women. Karl Ho and Serene Gob365 words
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NEWS & VIEWS
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Article, Illustration117 2001-04-17 2 IT MUST have been like a gift from heaven for beer lovers, when a delivery truck carrying 24,000 bottles of beer crashed into the Tweed River north of Sydney last week. That gave the locals a great reason to go diving over the long Easter weekend, salvaging the bottles117 words
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Article260 2001-04-17 2 – Wong Sher Maine - Firm to spend $3m to get people to recycle regularly Wong Sher Maine CALL it a case of throwing good money on trash, in a manner of speaking. The country’s largest wastemanagement company, Semac, said yesterday that it would spend $3 million in the next five260 words
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252 2001-04-17 2 Old foes in 1 997 GE engage in a war of words IT FEELS like deja vu the two political opponents who met in the 1997 General Elections to contest the MacPherson seat are now in a war of words. The fight, between Minister of State without Portfolio Matthias Yao252 words
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Eyeball NEWS
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Article58 2001-04-17 2 GANGA and Jamuna Shrestha, the 11-month-old Siamese twin girls who went through a marathon 97-hour separation surgery last week, were back in the operating room yesterday. Dr Vincent Yeow, the twins’ plastic surgeon, said both had fevers and high white blood cell counts an indication58 words
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Article, Illustration135 2001-04-17 2 SINGAPOREANS, be proud. Captain Kenny Tay from the First Commando Battalion has shown that the boys at home can be just as good as the Green Berets, the United States’ equivalent of our commandos. Captain Tay was the only Singapore soldier, among 13 non-USYen Ming Jiin - 135 words
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Article125 2001-04-17 2 NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE’S Faculty of Law has become the first and only law school in the world to win the prestigious Philip C Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition four times. The NUS faculty emerged victorious after beating more than 300 teams from125 words
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93 2001-04-17 2 IF A crisis occurs in East Timor, members of the Singapore Armed Forces’ Peacekeeping Contingent will be more than prepared to handle the situation. The contingent’s 70 members recently returned from a one-week training stint in New Zealand. They gave Deputy Prime Minister Tony93 words
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Article, Illustration334 2001-04-17 3 LONDON A British Defence Ministry laptop computer, packed with vital information about new weapons systems, has gone missing after an official left it in the back of a taxi, the Mirror reported yesterday. BEIRUT Israel killed at least three Syrian soldiers and wounded six in raids on aBong Fortin / Roca - 334 words
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Article, Illustration364 2001-04-17 3 Officials deny Washington Post report, say Kitty Hawk headed for Guam Reuters WASHINGTON A US aircraft carrier was sailing away from China in the western Pacific yesterday, and defence officials said that there were no plans to move it where– Reuters; Wang Huifen - 364 words
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201 2001-04-17 3 Lat-Wp LOS ANGELES The captain of the US submarine that collided with a Japanese fishing trawler now claims that the presence of 16 civilians on board the sub contributed to the deadly crash on Feb 9. Cmdr Scott Waddle believes the civilians’ presence– Lat-Wp - 201 words
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Eyeball FOCUS
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Article, Illustration1619 2001-04-17 4 OTPfilf THE attitudes of the young towards nation-building came under the spotlight recently, due in part to statements made by Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong on the apathy of youth and the need for National Education. THE THRUST ACCORDING to the Ministry of Education (MOE), theYen Meng Jiin; Mik Zarzuela - 1,619 words
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Article, Illustration310 2001-04-17 5 IN THE past, newly minted Singapore citizens only had to watch a short video and read a booklet to understand their new home. Now, it’s compulsory for those who applied for citizenship based on their working qualifications to go on a half-dayDesmond Wee - 310 words
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Singapore
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Article, Illustration451 2001-04-17 6 LEONG PIK YIN - These firms have siphoned $1 million from investors since December BY LEONG PIK YIN pikyin@sph.com.sg GULLIBLE investors have lost more than $1 million byway of investments entrusted with bucket shops since December last year. And that may be just the tip of the iceberg, for this451 words
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Article, Illustration613 2001-04-17 6 SUE-ANN CHIA - TEACHING RESPONSIBILITY BY SUE-ANN CHIA sueann@sph.com.sg SO IS it a good hunting ground for potential politicians? After all, at least three former People’s Association Youth Movement (PAYM) members have gone on to become parliamentarians. The three musketeers are: Dr Teo Ho Pin (Sembawang GRC),613 words
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Health
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343 2001-04-17 7 Estrogen may be reason, study shows AP LONDON Women using the oral contraceptive pill could be up to 20 per cent less likely to develop bowel cancer, according to fresh research published by a team of Italian scientists yesterday. This finding has strengthened the– AP - 343 words
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Article, Illustration300 2001-04-17 7 STUDY ON MENSTRUAL CYCLE ODOURS WASHINGTON There is evidence that women emit a tell-tale body odour that reveals when they are fertile one of several subtle clues that overturn conventional wisdom that men cannot detect ovulation. There is now a hunt for the chemical300 words
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Stork OPTIONS
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461 2001-04-17 7 DEAR Dr Chen: My wife and I have been trying for a child for three years. I have one epidydimal cyst on my left testicle and am not sure if this has caused my anti-sperm antibodies. My doctor says it hasn’t. Is this why we can’t461 words
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The World
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Article, Illustration448 2001-04-17 8 Wires TOKYO A non-commercial snatch of news yesterday perked up the yen and electrified the shares of companies dealing in baby products. The news was the possibility that Princess Masako, wife of heir to the throne Crown Prince Naruhito, could be pregnant.– Wires - 448 words
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Article245 2001-04-17 8 LOCAL POLLS Reuters TOKYO A defeat in a local election for Japan’s ruling coalition could be good news for the popular reformist candidate campaigning to be the nation’s next Prime Minister. In an electoral reversal for the ruling bloc led by the dominant Liberal– Reuters - 245 words
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Article, Illustration413 2001-04-17 8 But he hardly spent a minute in jail as he posted bail of US$800 Wires MANILA Ex-Philippine President Joseph Estrada was arrested yesterday for corruption and perjury, but he did not spend a single minute in jail after posting bail. Accompanied by his wife, a son and a– Wires; Reuters - 413 words
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Article, Illustration354 2001-04-17 9 SAVE GUS DUR Wires JAKARTA A group of Christians has enrolled with a Muslim-domi-nated body, whose members have vowed to lay down their lives to prevent Indonesian President Abdurrahman Wahid from being ousted. Talking about this sign of political support from the Christians, Wiro Sugiman,– Wires; Reuters - 354 words
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Article, Illustration443 2001-04-17 9 Parliament speaker refused debate on jailing of anti-government activists Wires KUALA LUMPUR About a dozen opposition lawmakers walked out of Parliament yesterday after the Speaker disallowed a motion to debate the jailing, without trial, of seven anti-government activists last week. Government-appointed Deputy Speaker Muhammad– Wires; AFP - 443 words
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Technology
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Article, Illustration621 2001-04-17 11 EUGENE WEE - Nanyang Polytechnic students design award-winning army backpack BY EUGENE WEE eugenew@sph.com.sg IT’S an army backpack that’s functional yet fabulous. In a departure from the conventional rugged, square looks of the standard Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) combat haversack, two Nanyang Polytechnic students have designed one that looksLaw Kian Yan - 621 words
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Article347 2001-04-17 11 Yahoo says no, to cheers jeers PORN FLIP-FLOP IT SEEMS that for Yahoo, at least, sex just isn’t worth the hassle. Selling sex may earn the bi£ bucks but it costs a lot of image. Bowing to mounting public pressure, the Web portal giant said it wouldn’t allow the sale347 words
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Business
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Article, Illustration534 2001-04-17 12 FRANCIS KAN - Working Women’s File betters STI BY FRANCIS KAN francisk@sph.com.sg IF IT comes down to dollars and cents, women can beat men to it. An index of companies led by women in Singapore seems to have bucked the bear market better than those ledPaul Eric Roca - 534 words
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Article366 2001-04-17 12 NICHOLAS YONG - ECONOMISTS SEE ELECTORNICS AS CULPRIT BY NICHOLAS YONG nicyong@sph.com.sg SINGAPORE’S non-oil domestic exports (NODX) -a key barometer of the country’s trade-driven economy were likely to have fallen last month, according to 10 economists polled yesterday. The Trade Development Board is scheduled to unveil trade figures366 words
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Business BUZZ
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Article73 2001-04-17 12 THE Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore awarded the Air Operator Certificate to Singapore Airlines Cargo yesterday, which meant that it could operate separately from parent company Singapore Airlines (SIA). The world’s third largest air-cargo carrier, SIA Cargo has nine 8747-400 freighters, with another eight on firm73 words
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Article59 2001-04-17 12 BOON SWAN FOO, CEO and deputy chairman of ST Engineering, will resign on June 1, owing to personal reasons, and take on a non-executive position. Lim Neo Chian, chairman of Government-owned industrial landlord JTC Corporation, will take over as deputy chief executive officer and board director59 words
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Article58 2001-04-17 12 STRATECH SYSTEMS has set up a joint venture company with Hong Kong-listed Henderson Cyber. Called Henderson Stratech, it is positioned to become a dominant worldclass technology and systems developer in Hong Kong and China. Stratech said it would provide more information about the venture in a joint58 words
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Article99 2001-04-17 12 INDIA’S third-largest listed software exporter Satyam Computer Services officially opened its Asia-Pacific headquarters in Singapore yesterday. The unit will cater to clients in the region and has already executed projects for telecommunications companies in Taiwan, banks in Hong Kong and various international firms in Singapore. Satyam reported99 words
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Mailbox
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Article, Illustration826 2001-04-17 13 DAVE BARRY - BY DAVE BARRY LET’S take a look at your investment portfolio. In the current market, you should have most of your money in something fairly conservative, such as a coffee can buried under your house. If you want to diversify, you might consider investing inMik Zarzuela - 826 words
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Expat EYE
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Article, Illustration971 2001-04-17 14 BHAGYASHREE GAREKAR - BY BHAGYASHREE GAREKAR bhagya@sph.com.sg IT’S a question that has often arisen in my mind: What do I mean to Singapore? It loomed up with fresh insistence last week when I learnt that the Government had lowered its growth forecast for the year. If hard971 words
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Page 2 Miscellaneous
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Miscellaneous21 2001-04-17 2 Showers with thunder over many areas in the afternoon. High: 33C 1 Low: 25C Tides: 4.26AM/2.1M 8.37PM/2.0M Met Service: http://www.gov.sg/ metsin21 words
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Miscellaneous10 2001-04-17 14 V J'aV WE DON’T GIVE APOLOGIES, WE ACCEPT APOtfXalES!, T10 words
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EyeSport
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Article, Illustration423 2001-04-17 15 LUKE PACHYMUTHU - Australia’s Touretski to join Russian swimming team BY LUKE PACHYMUTHU luke@sph.com.sg GENNADI TOURETSKI may be disgraced as Australia’s national swimming coach, but he’s already found himself another job. Eye Sport has learned that Touretski, who is facing charges for the possession of anabolic steroids inAFP - 423 words
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Article143 2001-04-17 15 Football: The quarterfinals of the Champions League starts tomorrow morning with Valencia taking on Arsenal and Leeds United visiting Deportivo La Coruna. Log on to http:// www.football365.com or http:// www.soccernet.com for the latest results and interviews. Formula One: Fl supremo Bernie Ecclestone has pooh-poohed news of a rival143 words
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Sport IN SHORT
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Article, Illustration102 2001-04-17 15 Reuters RIO DE JANEIRO Two players from Brazilian champion Vasco da Gama were sent off for Fighting with each other during a match held over the weekend. Vasco finished its game against Fluminense with nine men after teammates Viola and Paulo Miranda came to blows in the– Reuters; AFP - 102 words
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Article41 2001-04-17 15 Reuters CHICAGO Sammy Sosa hit a three-run homer in the seventh inning to propel the Cubs to a 5-1 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates. Sosa had not hit a home run in his last 11 games at home.– Reuters - 41 words
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Article47 2001-04-17 15 Reuters OAKLAND Alex Rodriguez homered twice and drove in five runs to lead the Texas Rangers to a 10-8 victory over the Oakland Athletics on Sunday. In the three-game series, which Texas swept, Rodriquez went 6-for-10 with four home runs and 13. runs batted in.Reuters - 47 words
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Article66 2001-04-17 15 AFP OSAKA American sprint star Maurice Greene, the fastest man in the world, will spearhead a star-studded field competing in the 100 m at the lAAF Japanese Grand Prix, organisers said on Monday. The competition, to be held on May 12, is the second leg of the– AFP - 66 words
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Article, Illustration592 2001-04-17 16 ZAKI AMRULLAH - But Arsenal players confident of moving ahead BY ZAKI AMRULLAH zaki@eyeball.com.sg ARSENE WENGER is wary. The Arsenal manager is cautious about the Gunners’ Champions League second-leg quarter-fi-nal clash tomorrow at the Mestalla stadium against Spanish side Va- lencia this despite the hosts trailing 1-2 afterAFP - 592 words
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Article458 2001-04-17 16 AUSTRALIA TROUNCES AMERICAN SAMOA 31-0 Reuters THERE’S finally something useful Fifa can do with that yellow “Fair Play” banner that children parade out onto the field before international matches. World football’s governing body can burn it, for sportsmanship took a back seat last week.– Reuters - 458 words
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Article, Illustration664 2001-04-17 17 Critics silenced as Lakers stood up for one another in match against Portland Wires LOS ANGELES All’s well in La-La Land. At least for now. With 48 hours left in a regular season so long it drifted from tranquil to chaotic and back, the– Wires; AFP - 664 words
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778 2001-04-17 17 TEAM BOSS CAUTIOUSLY OPTIMISTIC Reuters IMOLA So Ralf Schumacher led from start to finish at the San Marino Grand Prix on Sunday. So he was never seriously threatened by anyone else. And word around the paddock has it that the BMW powerplant makes the– Reuters - 778 words
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Unwind
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Article, Illustration908 2001-04-17 18 Laughter permeated Oz, diffusing what might have been a potential racial landmine. TAN DAWN WEI (dawntan@sph.com.sg) reports. UMOUR is a L X marvellous tool to I soften sharp edges. P Throw in all-too-familiar racial jokes, create a farce, let us laugh at ourselves, and others.Pictures: Law Kian Yan - 908 words
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Arts
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Article, Illustration465 2001-04-17 19 JEANMARIE TAN - BY JEANMARIE TAN jeanm@sph.com.sg IF YOU always thought you could pen a story superior to the tepid Growing Up or Spin, then let that secret scribe in you out and win some cash in the process. Aspiring wordsmiths should be glad to know that the Singapore465 words
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Gender
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Venus & MARS
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Article, Illustration1054 2001-04-17 20 The unisex bathroom in Ally Mcßeal may epitomise equality, but outside of TV-land, the loo's a battlefield of the sexes. While SERENE GOH (sereneg@sph.com.sg) laments whether a fresh bowl and clean sink are too much to ask, KARL HO (karl@sph.com.sg) calls for compromise, when women arePaul Ekic Roca - 1,054 words
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Fashion
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Article, Illustration712 2001-04-17 21 Singapore might just have found its answer to celebrity photographer Herb Ritts, who bridges fashion shots and art. But reactions to David Tan’s talent are mixed. JUNE WAN (junewan@sph.com.sg) leafs through his pictures for the report. MALE model with a Versace stiletto perched on his bald pate. A712 words
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Article, Illustration713 2001-04-17 22 IHT Qoodbye minimalism and monochromes, hello images and colours. The forces that drove Pop Art into the psychedelic limeligh t of the ***** are hack in full throttle in the Noughties. SUZY MENKES welcomes hack Pop Art. PORTY years after Andy Warhol printed his– IHT; Pictures: AFP - 713 words
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Personal STYLE
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Article, Illustration475 2001-04-17 23 Joey Wong lookalike, Ericia Lee, does not need to lose weight. She also thinks dark chocolate is good for her and eschews exercise. Yet, she is one of the waifs at Media Works. Now, she’s been named ambassador for the daring image of Quess? How does sheWang Huifen - 475 words
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Fashion LOG
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Article110 2001-04-17 23 BECAUSE blue is the colour that diffuses every other colour in the spectrum, Aramis has created a range called Surface, which uses it to give the appearance of younger, healthier-looking skin. The Optimizing Skin Cream ($55) is a high-tech cream that uses tiny blue reflectors and mirror110 words
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Article78 2001-04-17 23 SHOPPERS will get more than just Song and Kelly’s freeform clothing at the duo’s new shop. Embraced within the wood, concrete and marble setting and a metal bead waterfall are products that ensure a well-rounded fashion look. There’s a new shoe line, accessories, 1950 s vintage78 words
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Article, Illustration125 2001-04-17 23 – JUNE WAN - JUNE WAN THE heat is on at MAC. Shades created just for lounging in a bikini will have sun worshippers heading indoors for quick fixes. Frost makes a comeback with the Eden Rocks range, with names that make your imagination sweat with desire. Hot Tahiti is a rose125 words
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The Back Page
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Article, Illustration219 2001-04-17 24 GOSPEL rock vocalist Carol Dennis has revealed that she was secretly Mrs Bob Dylan for six years, and had a child with him too. Bob Dylan (right) was known to have gone steady with Dennis in the late 1980 s. She now says that they were219 words
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Article112 2001-04-17 24 Chat Mouse Driving him nuts A PREACHER visits an elderly woman from his congregation. As he sits on the couch he notices a small bowl of peanuts on the coffee table. “Mind if I have a few?” he asks. “No, not at all,” the woman replies and pushes the bowl112 words
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Article, Illustration97 2001-04-17 24 JOEYRAMOME (left), 49, the influential frontman of America’s premier punk band the Ramones, died on Sunday afternoon at New York Presbyterian Hospital, reports The New York Times. He had been fighting lymphatic cancer since 1995. Ramone’s yelps shaped punk rock for the masses, while his raw music97 words
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Article, Illustration79 2001-04-17 24 SEAM“PUFF DADDY” COMBS, who now prefers to be known as Sean “P Diddy” Combs (right), was arrested on Saturday in Miami Beach for making an illegal lane change on his motorbike. He was caught without a valid licence too. According to ElOnline news, cops pulled him over79 words
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Making HEADLINES
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Article, Illustration47 2001-04-17 24 BONO has been requested to give away supermodel Christy Turlington when she gets married to heartthrob Ed Burns (above, with Turlington) later this year, reports US Weekly. Turlington’s father passed away in 1998. Apparently, Bono is yet to confirm whether he will perform the honours.47 words
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Article100 2001-04-17 24 MULTIMILLIONAIRE rap giant Marlon “Sugß” Knight, expected to be released from jail this week, just wants to have an hour-long hot bath upon stepping out of the prison walls. “I’m sick of showers,” said the co-founder of Death Row Records, a rap label. Knight has served five100 words
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