Project Eyeball, 30 May 2001

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  • 11 1 projecteyeball. eyeball,asial,com,sg Mita (p) 105/03/2001 Wednesday, May 30, 2001 80 CENTS
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  • 236 1 NUH closes only clinic in Singapore that carries out the procedure, reports LEONG PXK YIN. Transsexuals have to go abroad and pay more. ‘Joe’, who was not born a guy, but wants to be one ‘When I found out, I felt it was a disaster.
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 246 1 MEGAWATI AS MUCH TO BLAME It’s not just Gus Dur’s presidency that has left Indonesia on the edge of chaos. His deputy’s lack of action is also part of the cause, says Bhagyashree Garekar. See Page 15 SHOP OR SAVE? I’m coming home with a modest stash of cash, says
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  • NEWS & VIEWS
    • Article, Illustration
      100 2 THE Czech transport minister has failed a controversial written driving test he introduced, which has faced heavy criticism from experts for being too complicated and impractical. What makes it worse for Jaromir Schling is that he is a former driving instructor himself. But the minister took the test only
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    • 528 2  -  S’pore should be more than just MNC hub; its firms should span the globe By Wong Sher Maine sher@sph.com.sg THE knowledge-based economy is passe. Well, not exactly. It has just evolved and expanded into a KGE or a knowledgedriven global economy. Introducing the concept for
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    • Eyeball NEWS
      • 119 2 AP THE new leader of the Workers’ Party says Singaporeans’ fear of challenging the long-ruling People’s Action Party is unfounded. Fear is often an excuse for political complacency in the tightly controlled country, Low Thia Khiang said in a telephone interview yesterday. “My personal
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      • 69 2 A BILLION-DOLLAR network of tunnels will free Marina South of traffic disruption caused-by digging to lay or repair service cables. A first of its kind in South-East Asia, work on the 20-km-long underground network, which will house and distribute utility services, starts next month.
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      • 95 2 NINE airlines operating from Changi Airport’s Terminal One are offering travellers the option of checking in at least 10 hours ahead of their flight via the Net, telephone or fax beginning June 1. The passengers will be assigned a seat number and allowed to
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      • 68 2 A NEW service called “e-wallet” is now available for free from the Master Card Singapore website (http:// www.mastercard.com/ sg/). Web shoppers enter their credit card information once, and this is stored securely in an icon a “wallet” you can refer to when shopping later. This allows a
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      • 30 2 NSmen demonstrating the treatment of casualties on a dummy patient at a Combat Support Hospital in Pasir Laba Camp for their employers yesterday. Emmanuel Khong
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    • Article, Illustration
      311 3 WASHINGTON President George W Bush approved the construction of a controversial memorial to American World War II veterans on Washington’s National Mall. Critics have charged the memorial will dramatically alter the Mall’s vistas and that its design was ostentatious and militaristic. OLDHAM British police patrolled the streets of
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    • 409 3 UK school also uses it to relieve stress from exams LONDON German students can’t seem to get enough of soap operas on their TV, so now they are getting their fill on mobile phones. SMS-Soap, a fictional drama played out entirely on the
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    • 234 3 Wires KUALA LUMPUR At least 10 journalists, including both editors-in-chief, for two Chinese language newspapers taken over by a party from Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad’s coalition government, have been sacked. On Monday, Nanyang Press Holdings announced that Huaren Management,
      – Wires; AP  -  234 words
    • Eyeball FOCUS
      • 1639 4  -  Last such surgery performed here In March By Leong Pik Yin pikyin@sph.com.sg JOE, 27, seems to have it all an engineering degree from Britain, a job that pays well, and a loving girlfriend of three years. Many would say he’s one lucky guy. Only thing
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    • 122 5 Tissue engineers have developed a technique which could allow women to grow new breast tissue. Using a biodegradable “scaffold" and cells from a womans own body, scientists have taken the first steps towards creating living organs that can he used as human replacement
      Source: Scientific American; © GRAPHIC NEWS  -  122 words
    • 354 5  -  PRIVATE SERVICES AVAILABLE Farrah Diba Tahar IT SEEMS that the Ministry of Health (MOH) is drawing the line between health and religion. An MOH spokesman told Berita Harian that it no long offers circumcision at Tampines Polyclinic because it is “a religious service already
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    • Singapore
      • 880 6  -  But it won’t happen in Singapore By Eugene Wee eugenew@sph.com.sg IF AN e-mail entitled Lebanese Loop is giving you sleepless nights, here’s an assurance that is better than an anti-depressant Singapore ATMs are safe. The e-mail now circulating widely asks recipients to be wary
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      • 307 6 VIRTUAL SINGAPORE VARSITIES IT’S not enough that Singapore’s institutions of higher learning all have a Web presence through virtual campuses. And, as e-learning is being stepped up in Singapore, students overseas will be able to access courses online, just like any other on-campus student. Such
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      • 798 7  -  But no one’s complaining By Toh Bee Ping beeping@sph.com.sg “CUT, cut, cut.” That’s not the refrain of movie directors alone. Today, even corporations are chanting those words. Companies in Singapore from hotels to Net start-ups, from consulting to finance have embarked
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    • The World
      • 606 8 Gus Dur backers vow violence as parliament meets today Wires JAKARTA Indonesians will wake up to an uncertain future today. Three proverbial swords hang over the country, and as the hours go by they are likely to witness the last stages of the process that will
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      • 173 8 Reuters JAKARTA Indonesian President Abdurrahman Wahid planned to declare a state of emergency while addressing the nation on Monday, but backed down at the last minute, his top minister revealed yesterday. Chief Security Minister Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono told the leading Kompas daily that the President changed his mind
        – Reuters; Reuters  -  173 words
      • 383 9 SOUTH PACIFIC SHIFT Reuters SYDNEY The Irian Jaya separatist movement is serenading Beijing in its bid to win international support for independence from Indonesia, believing that China’s growing economic clout gives it Pacific superpower potential. The courtship of China is part of a
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      • 407 9 BOOK ON CHINA NUCLEAR PROGRAMME STALLED AP ALBUQUERQUE (New Mexico) A book that could debunk the US government’s espionage charges in the Wen Ho Lee case has been blocked from publication by the US government. Dan Stillman, a retired Los Alamos scientist, wrote
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      • 403 9 China’s refusal a first since spy plane incident Wires HONG KONG China has refused a US warship permission to visit Hong Kong, the first denial since a midair collision between an American spy plane and a Chinese fighter jet off the south China coast on
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    • Technology
      • 261 11 20-GB CAPACITY NYT WITH megabyte-hoarding digital video and audio becoming more popular with home users, the storage space to keep all those wonderful creations around becomes a real need. As it did with its Zip disks, lomega Corporation has upped the ante (and
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      • 800 11 Corporate exodus from Taiwan could spell trouble for it and the US NYT LINKOU (Taiwan) Horace Tsiang’s computer company, now based in an industrial suburb of Taipei, is moving much of its manufacturing to a factory near Shanghai. The company will keep its design work in
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      • 501 12 New site taps on alliance with Shanghai Library EVER wondered where your surname came from? How your family tree sprouted? Digging up family roots online has been much easier for the Browns and the Smiths than it has been for the Tans and the Lees. Websites,
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    • Business
      • Business BUZZ
        • 68 13 AT LEAST one big name is not in the race to buy ML British telecommunications giant Vodafone Group chief executive Chris Gent said yesterday that the company would not bid for Singapore’s second largest mobile phone operator Mobile One. “We’re not bidding,” he said. Earlier
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        • 68 13 NOKIA CORP said yesterday that it had won a contract, worth more than US$4O million (Ss72 million), to expand and upgrade Mobile One’s GSM Smart Dualband network in Singapore. Under the terms of the agreement, Nokia will supply and install a full range of telecommunications’ equipment.
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        • 107 13 IPO-WATCHERS, take note. Homegrown AP Oil International, a lubricants and speciality chemicals manufacturer, said yesterday that it would offer 17.55 million shares at 23.5 cents each for a Sesdaq listing. The initial public offer is expected to raise about $3 million for expansion of the company
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      • 381 13  -  TALKS WITH QANTAS By Francis Kan francisk@sph.com.sg IT PROVED to be a veritable pick-me-up for the flagging Singapore Airlines stock. News that the national carrier was in talks with Australia’s Qantas to sell its 25 per cent stake in Air New Zealand sent
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      • Loh & BEHOLD
        • 689 13  -  It improves productivity but can lead to added stress By Mike Loh biz@sph.com.sg I RECENTLY embarked on a professional relationship with a company which has more than 300,000 employees worldwide. Because of the number of people, it is a practice to exchange name cards when co-workers
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      • Mailbox
        • Single’s SAY
          • 851 14  -  By Soh Wen Lin wenlin@brandeis.edu BY SOME bizarre twist of fate, through the labyrinth of tuition bills, phone bills, grocery bills and credit card bills, I find myself at the end of my university career with a modest amount of money saved. That is,
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          • 292 14 ‘Back to sharing rooms’ (May 23) WE ALL know about the HDB restrictions on singles. Soh Wen Lin, in her column last week, said that pro-family policies are only going to get more prevalent, and she advocates singles banding together to help each other out
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        • 60 14 WHY do you go shopping? 50% To get something I need, that’s all. 15% There’s a sale! 13% -To kill time; what else is there to do around here? 12% -1 hate shopping. 9% For a “high”, to perk me up. 1%-I must have the latest
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        • Global EYE
          • 644 15  -  By Bhagyashree Garekar bhagya@sph.com.sg IF DEMOCRACY is snuffed out in Indonesia today, it is Vice-President Megawati Sukarnoputri who must take the blame. True, it is President Abdurrahman Wahid who has reportedly threatened to declare a civil emergency and dissolve the Parliament if it
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          • 211 15  -  SINGPOREAN21 ‘Time to perk up the writing scene’ (May 22) LOCAL writers need to get a lot more thick-skinned about promoting themselves, said Eyeballing the Arts columnist Alvin Pang last week. Why not pander to the market and be aware of publicity
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
    • 31 2 Qood morning! Showers with thunder in the late morning and early afternoon mainly over northern, western and central Singapore. High: 32C 1 Low: 25C Tides: 3.50AM/2.6M 6.13PM/2.3M Met Service: http:// www.gov.sg/metsin
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 62 5 Those who feel they need help, or have loved ones who do, can call the Mount Elizabeth-Charter Behavioural Health Services helpline at 1800 738 9595. An ex-NUH gynaecologist suggested that the Health Ministry ought to appoint at least one hospital here to perform sex-change operations. Tell us what you think
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    • 133 7 What’s your experience been in this lean economy? Are your employers cutting costs? Or are they laying off people? If so, how is the matter being handled in a professional or hamhanded manner? Tell us at asial.com.sg VARIOUS TYPE of New Used turntable 33/45/78rpm. 2/3-speed o Records (English Chinese LP's),
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    • 28 8 A look at the major players involved in the unfolding Indonesian political drama and the socio-political problems that President Abdurrahman Wahid has been grappling with at http://asia.cnn.com/SPECIALS/ 2001/indonesia
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 32 9 http://www. washingtonpost.com Recaps the infamous Wen Ho Lee case, which fuelled charges of discrimination against Asians in the US. http://www.salon.com Salon contends that the New York Times helped to indict the scientist.
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  • Page 11 Miscellaneous
    • 59 11 HELEN, SWEETHEART OF THE INTERNET HELEN, WHAT IS WITH AM* THIS LOUP MUSIC OVER THE PA? I THOUGHT YOU AU MIGHT HELP Mg MORE IF YOU LISTENED TO LOUP PUNK ROCK. OH. wg CANT EVEN WORK AT ALL LISTENING TO THISTHAT'S RIDICULOUS! r Av.v.;. (J? i\ ipw 27 c~. ion
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  • Page 15 Miscellaneous
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  • EyeSport
    • Sport IN SHORT
      • Article, Illustration
        110 16 Reuters PARIS Fourth seed Jennifer Capriati eased through to the second round of the French Open with a 6-2 7-5 victory over Emiiie Loit of France on Tuesday. “I just played one point at a time and didn’t get nervous at all just went for it,” said Capriati,
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      • 125 16 Reuters PARIS Second seed Marat Safin beat Austrian Markus Hipfl 6-3 6-3 6-7 6-1 on Tuesday to reach the second round of the French Open and boost his fragile confidence. “I think some people may have forgotten that I am still playing tennis,” he said afterwards. “It
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    • 651 16 Iverson’s powerplay drives 76ers to 89-83 win over Bucks Lat-Wp MILWAUKEE It doesn’t matter, his teammates say, if Allen Iverson misses 22 shots and only makes 10. Because when Iverson has the ball in his hands, he has a Memorial Day parade of Bucks following
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    • 359 16 WESTERN CONFERENCE FINALS AP SAN ANTONIO Huge things were expected from the San Antonio Spurs, with their recent NBA title and the big-man tandem of Tim Duncan and David Robinson. Now, after their humiliating dismantling by the Los Angeles Lakers in the Western Conference Finals
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    • 339 17 But it’s letting clubs decide AP LONDON Confronted with spiralling salaries, the governing body of European soccer said on Monday that it wants clubs and players to consider a salary cap. The suggestion came a day after English side Tottenham said defender Sol Campbell was demanding
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    • 365 17 WIRES LONDON Sol Campbell’s agent has denied claims that the player demanded £130,000 (*****,000) a week to stay at White Hart Lane. Campbell will leave Tottenham Hotspur when his contract expires on June 30, after turning down the club’s latest offer. The deal,
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    • 110 17 BASKETBALL: With the Los Angeles Lakers cruising towards an unprecedented unbeaten post-season run, the comparisons are starting to be made are Phil Jackson’s Lakers as good as Phil Jackson’s Bulls? You might find the comparison at http:// espn.go.com/page2/s/ bakay/*****5.html interesting. TENM1S: It’s Grand Slam tournament time again, which
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    • Sport IN SHORT
      • 96 17 LONDON Leicester manager Peter Taylor has confirmed his interest in signing Italian striker Fabrizio Ravanelli from Lazio, reported Ananova.com. Ravanelli, 32, who had a spell in the Premier League with Middlesbrough, is available for around £2 million (Sss million). But it remains to be seen whether the Foxes
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      • 84 17 LONDON Blackburn has denied reports linking it with another move for Chelsea midfielder Dennis Wise. Speculation was rife over the weekend that Graeme Souness was keen to sign Wise ahead of the Premiership season. But club officials have distanced themselves from the reports. Chief executive John Williams
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      • 136 17 LONDON Swedish winger Jesper Blomqvist has revealed that he will train with Manchester United this summer, without being paid, to persuade the club to give him a contract extension, reported onefootbalLcom. “Of course this is an unusual situation, but I wanted it this way,” he said. The
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  • Unwind
    • Travel
      • 1294 18 You've heard stories about people buying their own island, but what about setting up your own country? STEPHEN ROTHWELL (pedas@sph.com.sg) reveals how difficult that is at the Hutt River Province Principality the other nation on the Australian continent as he meets... -L WHATEVER you do, don’t ask
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      • Travel SHELF
        • 82 20 THE Nepalese authorities are planning to impose tough regulations to prevent hikers and mountaineers leaving rubbish behind them on Himalayan peaks. A spokesman said climbers will soon need to pay the government a deposit of US$4,OOO (557,250), which will only be refunded if they bring back their
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        • 90 20 WITH the launch of the Tokai Welcome Card, tourists to the Tokai (central) region of Japan can enjoy deals and discounts in restaurants, shops, hotels and tourist attractions. They also apply to transport services. Fill in your details and print out a copy of the card
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        • 106 20  -  Lim Hui Ling UNTIL Aug 31, you can create your dream holiday to New Zealand, with a basic package priced at $1,206. The deal includes a return economy flight, arriving or departing from Christchurch or Auckland. A “Bundles of Fun” Attraction Pass allows for free entry to
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      • Article, Illustration
        654 20 NYT An ideal vacation that doubles as a game of survival in wild places. A fantasy fuelled by today's crop of reality television shows. MARTHA STEVENSON lists down some survival courses to get you ready. WOULD you like to learn how people who live in deserts gather
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    • Living Well
      • 530 21 In a home that pays tribute to the whiter shades of pale, some strict editing made it the smartest kid on the block. T TOOK great courage to look past the rusted gate, appalling grey mosaic floor and the dim, depressing rooms and sign on
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    • Arts
      • 768 22 It s highly-anticipated but the Singapore Arts Festival is a logistical nightmare. TAN DAWN WEI (dawntan@sph.com.sg) goes behind the scenes to see how frightful things can get. Artists coming down with chicken pox, late freight arrivals, equipment that breaks down just before the curtain rises. You name
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      • 293 23 They’re free! And they're at MRT stations and shopping malls near you. Shows ranging from quirky comedies, to jive-along music, acrobatics and dance will jazz up the Singapore Arts Festival over the next three weeks. Eyeball picks the best. The Cafe of Illusions Compagnie Aristobulle (France)
        Mik Zarzuela  -  293 words
      • Arts DIARY
        • 81 23 PUPPETFEST 2001, an inaugural presentation of puppet acts from the world over, is on at several malls until June 3. Marionettes, stick and hand puppets, ventriloquism and street puppetry will be showcased at Centrepoint, Causeway Point, Northpoint, Anchorpoint, Robertson Walk and Valley Point. Catch the antics of
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        • 96 23 THE Venice Bienniale is a prestigious exhibition of modern art, featuring painters, sculptors and performers the world over. It is one of the most important international visual-art festivals since 1895. This year, Singapore will be one of the proud participants of this global showcase, held in
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        • 105 23 BREAKING away from the cliched pictures of India in the age of the Moghuls, Indian-art enthusiasts in Singapore can look forward to Kaleidoscope an exhibition of contemporary Indian art by 25 established artists from the sub-continent, and one from Singapore, too. More than 170 modern works will
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        • 112 23 BASED on Madam Butterfly, Miss Saigon is set in the final days of the US evacuation from Saigon. One of the greatest musicals ever, it has played in 71 cities with more than 18,000 performances, sweeping three Tony awards. The acclaimed musical will be in
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  • The Back Page
    • 221 24 Chat Mouse Unlucky charm THERE was an who Irishman walks into a bar and asks for two beers. He then pulls a small green-skinned man out of his pocket and puts him on the counter. As he’s drinking one beer and the green man is drinking the other, an Englishman
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    • 82 24 NOT quite as neurotic as the Bridget Jones character she plays, Renee Zellweger (above) admits that she does have insecurities. According to CNN.com, the actress said she is afraid of making poor decisions. “I worry about personal failure ...letting myself down, because I compromised my
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    • 116 24 STEVEN TYLER’S gaping mouth gets him into trouble all the time. The Aerosmith frontman (right) belted out his version of the US national anthem before thousands gathered for the Indianapolis 500 race on Sunday. Tyler, draped in his characteristic scarves and garish,
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    • 107 24 WOLVERINE instills fear everywhere he goes even in real life. Hugh Jackman (left), who played the mutant hero in The X-Men flick, has had to face rabid fans ever since he starred in last year’s blockbuster. Jackman, one of
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    • 77 24 THE house where the UK version of Popstars was shot was ransacked by thieves last week. The burglars made off with electrical goods and personal photographs of Myleene Blass, member of the group Hear’Say, which was created on the set of Popstars. Klass is the
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    • Making HEADLINES
      • 62 24 PRINCESS DIANA was not an airhead. So said popular UK chat-show host Clive James, who delivered a heartfelt eulogy on Monday in Wales. He also strived to debunk any theories about Di’s IQ. “Her mind was understocked but I thought she was clever,” said
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      • 40 24 SINGER-SONGWRITER Rilly Preston, who was touring with Eric Clapton, was taken to a Nashville, Tennessee, hospital early Wednesday for high-blood pressure. The famous keyboardist is best known for his work with The Beatles and Rolling Stones.
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      • 22 24 Wires MGM executives said the studio is in negotiations to take over Jackie Chan’s shelved movie, Nosebleed.
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