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Title Section22 2000-10-08 1 the new paper OCTOBER 8, 2000 ii 70 CENTS I on sunday Singapore Press Holding* e-mail: tnp@3ph.com.8g http://newpaper.asia1 .com.sg MITA (P) )19/03/200022 words
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Article, Illustration461 2000-10-08 2 Wire services. TO many, getting to the top of Mount Everest is in itself a great achievement. But for Davo Karnicar (right, shown with the trail he covered), it was only part of a dream. Four years ago, the 38-year-old Slovenian put on hisWire services.; Pictures/ Reeuters - 461 words
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227 2000-10-08 2 Source: Bernama WHEN replying to reporters' questions in Paris early this week, Senior Minister Lee Kuan Yew said the missiles are Mended only as a precautionary measure. "The missiles will face nowhere, but they are there to welcome whoever intends us harm,"Source: Bernama - 227 words
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Article, Illustration411 2000-10-08 3 Chang May Choon - By Chang May Choon PUT Hongkong popster Daniel Chan and local rock chick Tanya Chua together onstage, and what do you get? Duets that are interesting, if apparently uncoordinated, with sudden blasts of laughter and the occasional off-key bleat. But, let's not getPictures/ Jonathan Choo - 411 words
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Article189 2000-10-08 4 READY to take the roof off your mouth? This is your last week to enter The New Paper on Sunday's Great Chilli Challenge where you could tear yourself over to thousands of dollars of prizes. We are looking for those game for a burn in our189 words
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Article129 2000-10-08 4 Here are some hot morsels to chew on: Chilli peppers didn't originate in India, but in south or central America (and most probably in present-day Mexico). All hot chilli contains capsaicins. That's the substance that makes you perspire, produces the burning sensation in your mouth and makes your129 words
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Article, Illustration387 2000-10-08 5 Gloria Chandy - By Gloria Chandy SOME of her friends call her hantu cili (that's Malay for 'chilli devil'). Others have dubbed her the chilli queen. Beautician Dinah Onah, 48, is used to these epithets. She earned them ages ago. This native of Cirebon, West Java, now a permanent residentPicture/ Zaihan Mohamed Yusof - 387 words
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Article399 2000-10-08 5 Shanoo Maharaj - BY Shanoo Maharaj IMAGINE the world's second largest army conducting its manoeuvres in a kitchen. Well, India's Defence Research Laboratory (IDRL) in Guwahati is dissecting and studying a chilli to enable it to disable the enemy! It is testing the "naga jolokia", the hottest chilli399 words
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Article, Illustration752 2000-10-08 6 Gloria Chandy - Do you remember? Jul Gloria Chandy MIKE ELLERY is off the air. But this predecessor of today's babbling deejay s is still in his element. His days are spent doing what he has always done best, in the kind of place he has always felt most comfortable. A752 words
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Article, Illustration373 2000-10-08 7 DJstalktoofast... and what's with the accents? Joe Cocker, Tony BEING the audiophile that he is, does Mike listen to the radio much? "Well, no," he admits somewhat reluctantly. "I think all that has changed quite a bit," he ventures discreetly, but doesn't elaborate. "In the earlyJoe Cocker, Tony; Picture/ Drew Fritz - 373 words
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Article, Illustration25 2000-10-08 8 Chang May Choon - By Chang May Choon "Purvis, what's this rumour about you winning the lottery and buying 51% of the company's stock?" Picture/ Jonathan ChooPicture/ Jonathan Choo - 25 words
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Advertisement87 2000-10-08 2 LUCKY WINNERS MR Koh Keng Soon, 21, is the winner of our 3Q Challenge on Sept 24. He wins a Samsung A100 handphone worth $598. And the winners of our Oct 1 contest: (IC numbers) *****83,*****59, *****77,*****26, *****59,*****89, *****39,*****58, *****29,*****47, *****90,*****06, *****05,*****32, *****11,*****59, *****90,*****48, *****81 and *****13. They each win87 words
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Article, Illustration1017 2000-10-08 10 wild, wild west Timor Three days may not seem like much but in West Timor, they can feel like an eternity. MELVIN SINGH and photojournalist ZAIHANMOHD YUSOF faced real dangers. Not having a satellite phone meant they were out of touch for1,017 words
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Article, Illustration221 2000-10-08 12 IF Mars does decide to attack, Fm betting they'll head for the Singapore Expo Centre first. Why? They've already posted a couple of spy ships, there. Not that I.saw any bubble-helmeted little green men when I passed by the Expo the other day,PHOTO JOURNALIST DREW FRITZ - 221 words
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Article, Illustration317 2000-10-08 14 CLTan - Her parents don't want her Her grandmother says: How do I know she's my son's daughter? Her babysitter cannot adopt her without a birth certificate And her parents refuse to help with the birth certificate problem By CLTan REPORTING FROM KUALA LUMPUR THIS little girl with the cute fringe317 words
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Article423 2000-10-08 15 coming to Madam Chang's house to see their child. They also stopped paying Madam Chang. The babysitter tried her best to find Mr Thee Kok Loo, who is in his late 20s, and Ka Ka's mother, who's known only as Lily, and is apparently in her mid-20s. Lily423 words
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Article, Illustration198 2000-10-08 15 SHE loves watching cartoons on television and her favourite food is porridge. Thee Ka Ka is a bubbly little three-year-old with a pout that is adorable. "Each time she smiles she makes us really happy," said Madam Chang (left). The little chatterbox198 words
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Article198 2000-10-08 15 THE Malaysian National Registration Department (NRD) is willing to help find Ka Ka's birth certificate. But to do that, it needs her parents' details. If the birth is not registered, said NRD di-rector-general Datuk Azizan Ayob, "We will help apply for a late registration. However, we198 words
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@ A GLANCE
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Article, Illustration376 2000-10-08 16 HAND. FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE Since Oct l v 857 cases of hand, foot and disease have been reported to the Quarantine and Epidemiology Department Most of these had fallen ill from Oct 1-4, and had caught the infection before the closure of the376 words
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140 2000-10-08 16 ENpeus] SINCE May, the eight secondary school and polytechnic residents at Darul Ihsan Orphanage have had to share one computer and one printer. The home used to have four computers. But three broke down in May. So only the one "with the most urgent140 words
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BRIEFLY
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Article64 2000-10-08 17 ITS payback time to the tune of $380 million. That's the amount Sing Tel will have to return the Government, which is giving it $1.5 billion. The Government has decided to "subtract the tax component from the payment to Sing Tel," said the Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore64 words
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Article66 2000-10-08 17 THE first-known Sri Lankan drug ring here has been smashed. On Friday, the Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB) and Singapore Immigration and Registration (SIR) nabbed four suspected drug traffickers and 12 others suspected to be immigration offenders. They also seized nearly 3kg of cannabis worth an estimated $40,00066 words
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Article73 2000-10-08 17 A PUBLIC Utilities Board senior technician was sentenced to three months'jail yesterday for accepting a $50 bribe. Teo Keng Chuan, 43, was also ordered to pay a $50 penalty. Contractor Tan Song Chee, 39, had given Teo the bribe so he would be more lenient when inspecting the73 words
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Article89 2000-10-08 17 SHE'S 157 kg (as much as three average-sized Singapore women put together) and 1.6 m tall. And for three years, she couldn't leave her home. It was difficult to stand up and her stomach and left breast had become so heavy that it was hard to get89 words
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Article77 2000-10-08 17 THIRTY tiles fells from the 10th floor of an HDB block, and almost hit three men. The tiles, which fell from the side of Blk 928 Yishun Central, had been pasted on the outside wall. At about 1.20pm, a secondary school student was passing by when he heard77 words
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Article66 2000-10-08 17 AFP. THE son of former Yugoslav president Slobodan Milosevic left for Moscow with his family on Saturday, reported Beta news agency. Mr Marko Milosevic, 26, left Belgrade with his wife Milica and their son on Yugoslav Airlines Flight 132, the agency quoted the company's traffic centre asAFP. - 66 words
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Article67 2000-10-08 17 ADVENTURER Khoo Swee Chiow and 11 other climbers are stranded in a remote village in Irian Jaya, Indonesia. Their attempt to climb the 4,884m-high Carstensz Pyramid in Irian Jaya is being held up by red tape and a shortage of porters. Mr Khoo, 36, said in a67 words
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Article75 2000-10-08 17 HE exposed himself, then asked two of his maids to masturbate him and molested one of them. Henry Patrick Dorai, 54, manager of Casket Fairprice, was sentenced to a total of two years' jail yesterday after he was found guilty of eight charges. The father of two grown-up75 words
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Article79 2000-10-08 17 Reuters. THIRTY people were killed and 45 wounded in clashes that erupted in Indonesia's Irian Jaya province after police pulled down a pro-independence flag, the Antara news agency reported yesterday. Some of the dead were migrants from other parts of Indonesia who had been killed aroundReuters. - 79 words
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Article120 2000-10-08 17 WONDERING about this futuristic-looking place? Well, it's what Changi Airport's new $1.5 billion Terminal 3 is going to look like. The new terminal will have a flat roof with several skylights. These will be placed so as to allow the maximum amount of natural light120 words
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Article142 2000-10-08 17 JAZZ IT UP: Not only jazz music, but jazz dance is what you'll get in the exciting finale of the NAC-M1 Jazz Jam Series. Make your way to the Botanic Gardens Symphony Stage at 5.30pm today to watch the Boni de Souza Jazztet with Wendy Low and142 words
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Miscellaneous54 2000-10-08 17 Showers with thunder in the late morning and early afternoon, north Showers sunrise 6:50 am m fc Itu a a west iiMjnQersiorms sunset 6:55 pm central Thunderstorms moonrise 3:16 pm south Thunderstorms moonset 2:48 am east Cloudy minimum 24 °C first tide 2.1 m: 8:52 am maximum 31 °C second54 words
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THE WEEK
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Article, Illustration446 2000-10-08 19 CHEN LIYI - Guest editor CHEN LIYI Deejay of 93.3FM MUSIC piracy has existed for a long time. I remember walking into a neighbourhood music store even before I became a teenager, browsing through cassette tapes and asking the shop assistant to compile a tape with all my favourite446 words
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Article79 2000-10-08 19 While musicians should definitely be paid for their hard work, many Napster users would never have bought their albums even if they had not been able to download their music over the Internet. It is thus hard to discern just how much Napster actually cannibalises record sales.79 words
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Article, Illustration1032 2000-10-08 20 Shantanu Lodh - By Shantanu Lodh THERE are various ways of finding one's bearing in a new country; mine was through football. I moved to Singapore in July 1998. Since then, the beautiful game has made my stay here an enriching one in several ways. After sorting out minorPicture/ Drew Fritz - 1,032 words
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Article, Illustration436 2000-10-08 20 THERE was a time when all we needed in life was food, water, shelter and a generous portion of love. Times have changed. Our needs and wants keep increasing. Are we happier? We're looking for a better job, a better pay,436 words
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Article208 2000-10-08 21 Mark Lee - LETTER TO GUS Mark Lee LAST week, we featured a column by Briton Margaret Fiorentini, who wrote about how she came here without a job and started from scratch. She eventually found a dream job as the editor of the expat magazine, The Finder. If208 words
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Article, Illustration316 2000-10-08 22 TAKE a deep breath. Now let go of all anger and resentment. Imagine yourself at one with the universe... Meditation works if you sit cross-legged in the lotus position, arch your back like a bow or do a head stand. Yoga is an ancient Indian formPicture/ THE Week - 316 words
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259 2000-10-08 23 so says Libya's Muammar Gaddafi Wire Services. THIS was the somewhat radical statement made by Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi. It wasn't the only thing he said. Mr Gaddafi denounced the so-called "traditions" that impose household chores on women. He regretted the restrictions imposedWire Services. - 259 words
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Article, Illustration377 2000-10-08 24 5 people on ground killed All on board survive Wire services. EIGHTY-THREE people were on the plane as it slewed off the slick runway yesterday. Ahead lay houses and cars, with unsuspecting people in them. It was raining heavily, and the Aeromexico DC-9 just couldn't stopWire services.; Picture/ Reuters; Picture/ AFP - 377 words
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Article, Illustration391 2000-10-08 25 says former football star O J Simpson Former football star O J Simpson is claiming that some newspapers are secretly paying beautiful women to date him, only to leak scandalous stories to disgrace him. "I feel like the tabloids have become my391 words
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Article, Illustration592 2000-10-08 26 Mathew Thommen - It was a week of images from the streets. With celebrations in Sydney; anger, horror and outrage in Gaza; upheaval and triumph in Belgrade. We were rudely shaken out of an Olympic dreamworld by the cruel madness that erupted once again between the Israelis and Palestinians. The voices ofPictures/ AFP - 592 words
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Article, Illustration924 2000-10-08 28 Ng Wan Ching - Cookielarl J THE PLACE TO DIP FOR TIPS By Ng Wan Ching wanching@sph.com.sg IF the hand, foot and mouth disease is not contained within the next few days, your young kids might well have to be quarantined at home for a bit longer. No924 words
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Article, Illustration87 2000-10-08 30 Eugene Anthony - THE MOVIE R(A) for violence and some strong sexuality. Edited by Eugene Anthony nirvana@sph.com.sg It is the year 2000 and Jacob Kell (Bruce Payne) has become the most invincible immortal ever, amassing the supernatural strength of the 600 immortals he has killed over the centuries. The only thing87 words
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Article, Illustration427 2000-10-08 30 EUGENE ANTHONY - by EUGENE ANTHONY WHO wants to live forever? So sang Freddie Mercury in the theme song for the fmst Highlander movie. That was followed by sequels and a TV series. And just when you thought the highlander saga was over after427 words
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Article49 2000-10-08 31 n Connor to Duncan, duringa lesson IP sword fighting: "Attack me." Duncan: "But you have your back towards me." Connor, blocking off Duncan's eventual attack: "It's not about strength (then blocking off another attack), but about manipulation of body (again, blocking off another attack) arid the mind."49 words
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Article, Illustration329 2000-10-08 31 LINGAM PONNAMPALAM - by LINGAM PONNAMPALAM THERE can only be one, goes the tagline. One that comes back again and again and again. Even this wisecrack is no longer original. It was used in 1994, to accompany Highlander 111. But darn it! Those dang immortals just refuse to die.329 words
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Article170 2000-10-08 31 Kevin Thomas, Los Angeles Times: Highlander Endgame looks sensational, moves like lightning. But its script (by Joel Soisson) makes no pretence about being logical or even comprehensible, which undermines Douglas Aarniokoski's vigorous, commanding direction and Lambert's and Paul's I surprisingly poignant performances. It celebrates extreme combat between men,170 words
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Advertisement198 2000-10-08 33 An Internet buff, Shawn spends a Internet access at one flat rate of just $56 considerable amount of time on the Net per month*. What's more, he need not dialeach day. He surfs for news and enter- up to get connected each time he wants to tainment. Chats and plays198 words
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Miscellaneous452 2000-10-08 33 Highlight of the Week I K££C£r< D bu,) H sensible emperor of the Qing Dynasty who travelled incognito to investigate officers' political achievement, punished corrupted officials, wiped out local tyrants and evil gentry. Kangi Xi's journey is dished out in four distinct segments namely: Tale of the H oniloi i.452 words
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Article, Illustration992 2000-10-08 34 NG WAN CHING - Reporting from Santorini/ NG WAN CHING THE bride rode a donkey and the groom wore jeans. It was a Singaporean wedding, except that it took place on a Greek island. Santorini, where sheer cliff faces rise up dramatically from the sea and tinyPictures/Wan Pong Liang - 992 words
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Article295 2000-10-08 34 IT was after a long flight. Her pilot boyfriend was dog-tired. He was meeting her in Houston, Texas, early this year, where they were staying with friends. But fatigue did not cramp his style. Straight in from the airport, he dropped onto one knee in295 words
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Article, Illustration696 2000-10-08 35 Phillip Lim - LAST WEEK* EUGENE ANTHONY WROTE... TODAY'S COLUMNIST SAYS... by Phillip Lim ONE of my favourite movie scenes is of Timothy Hutton with Natalie Portman in the small, forgotten, indie movie, Beautiful Girls. Marty (Portman) is a precocious young girl in a never-meant-to-be relationship with her696 words
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Article, Illustration442 2000-10-08 36 Carol Leong - I carol@s K 1 CHEAP AND HIP: STYLE FOR THE BUDGET-CONSCIOUS By Carol Leong carol@sph.com.sg I KNOW. I know what everyone's going to say: "But Singaporeans don't wear hats!" But have you thought maybe it's because stores here don't carry hats that are nice and cheapPictures/ Kenneth Koh - 442 words
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Article, Illustration1189 2000-10-08 37 SERENA LIM; Crispina Robert - Venue JET, SET GO Report and pictures/ by SERENA UM SERENA LIM Edited by Crispina Robert crispina@sph.com.sg IT WAS an e-mail from London Sport that got the husband's Man U shorts into a twist. The1,189 words
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Article, Illustration198 2000-10-08 39 I'M a 15-year-old girl. I have been going steady with aguy, H, who is one year younger. We have been together for four months. During this time, we have had many misunderstandings. Usually, things will get back to normal the day after. H says he198 words
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Article183 2000-10-08 39 Last week's letter: SAN is taking his O levels this year. He has fallen in love with his classmate, a foreigner who will be leaving Singapore by the end of next month. A few months ago, he asked her out but was rejected. He then confessed183 words
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Article180 2000-10-08 39 Readers' advice: IF you are afraid of distracting her from her studies, don't put pressure on her to go out with you. Your O levels is approaching as well so I suggest you put love aside and concentrate on your studies. Should you find out just before180 words
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Article174 2000-10-08 39 YOU are probably more infatuated than in love. Your classmate has made a wise decision to remain silent. Whatever her reason, help her (and yourself) get over the examinations first before you fall head over heels in love with her. Don't make any wrong move now174 words
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Article420 2000-10-08 40 I'M a first-year polytechnic student* I can't cope with studies. Economics and Statistics give me a headache. I am a slow learner and I don't like to bother classmates by asking them to teach me. Moreover, I'm not one of those who like to420 words
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Article446 2000-10-08 40 I AH of Malay-Chinese parentage and have been datingagiri for five years. I'm 31 and she's 24. During our first two years together, she faced problems regarding conversion to my religion because she was only l9then.But I was always there for her, even picking her446 words
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Puberty Dr Lim Su Min clears the air over teen sex issues
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Article376 2000-10-08 40 I AH a male Tanzanian Q student. I would like to learn the secrets that can lead to a healthy sex life. These are the topics that interest me: a) The "mechanics" behind sexual arousal. b) The importance of sex in relation to my overall376 words
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Article172 2000-10-08 40 ARE nocturnal emissions Q("wet dreams") the way the body gets rid of built-up sexual tension? Are the people who turn to pre-marital sex or rape simply ignorant about how to satisfy their lust? If so, shouldn't masturbation be incorporated into the school curriculum for172 words
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Article, Illustration546 2000-10-08 41 U Shaft (OST) Various (BMG) 9 THE idea of anybody stepping into Isaac Hayes' shoes? Ludicrous! That's why the music from and inspired by the movie Shaft required the combined grooving of 15 other singers and groups. Let's be grateful that Mr Hayes was546 words
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Article, Illustration348 2000-10-08 41 Ming Kang - Rave Ming Kang LISTENERS all over Asia were surprised at Ayumi Hamasaki's delightful 1999 debut A Song For XX, which was full of well-crafted songs. Few could believe that this pretty, bjg-eyed babe could deliver such a credible and charismatic first album. But who would have348 words
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Article, Illustration748 2000-10-08 42 Suzanne Walker - Ik a I 9 isl *in n I/1 i srwiiiiiv\p* wW MT -W--■« *siw'- I I V-, SUZANNE WALKER. WRITES A FORTNIGHTLY COLUMN SB by Suzanne Walker WHEN I was growing up, my mother used to terrorise all the boys who came around. "Don't disturb748 words
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Article, Illustration834 2000-10-08 44 Art Fazil - |JJ pp| pj MUSICIAN ART FAZIL SOUNDS OFF by Art Fazil ALAMAK, 5.5 million people! That exclamation came from the taxi driver as we zoomed down the Seletar Expressway. "Wah! That is so many people, man!" he said. "How to cope like that?" I834 words
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Miscellaneous735 2000-10-08 48 —V~ TllVH Elizabeth Paying the Price: The Killing of Growing Up i Mill Star Movies (Ch 58)/Cinemax the Children of Iraq Channel 5,8.30 pm |L I (Ch 59), 9 pm BBC World (Ch 13), 5.10pm A new season of tough times and II a A young Queen Elizabeth I ascends735 words
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222 2000-10-08 49 Michael Lee - By Michael Lee IT WAS a classic case of horses for courses. Karma, ridden confidently by apprentice Yan Weng Kuan, proved yet again his partiality towards the straight course at Ipoh yesterday. The Chong Keng Leong-trained sev-en-year-old was the only runner in the opening222 words
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1346 2000-10-08 49 YESTERDAY'S IPOH RACE RESULTS Going: Good 5 KARMA 53.5 c 50.5 (13-7) *WKYan (7) 6 6 1 (490) 2 STEP BY STEP 57 (106-27) SAnandan (5) 2 1 2 (459) 6 VALIANT LEADER 53.5 (72-17) BTai (2) 4 4 3 (476) 10 SOUTHERN HUNTER 51 (102-24) *B Shahrul (4) S1,346 words
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1029 2000-10-08 50 RACE 1: Apprentice Jason Yeoh, the rider of GREAT MILITANT, lost the use of his near-side irons, resulting in his mount shifting outwards sharply, making contact with KARMA. Yeoh regained his stirrup iron shortly after. In this incident, CITY TIGER was also1,029 words
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953 2000-10-08 51 1 VICTORY FIGHTER 59 (104-16) KBSoo (1) 7 9 1 (497) 8 ZELDA 54.5 (23-8) VStvan (2) 9 6 2 (511) 2 BRILLIANT STAR 58.5 (39-9) LDKtman (9) 6 3 3 (437) 4 THE PEACE TRAIN 56.5 (45-11) SScrtven (7) 4 4 4 (477) 9953 words
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235 2000-10-08 51 3 WATERS RISING 53.5 (35-8) Stephen Miller (12) 1 2 NEAR TO TOD 53.5 (26-9) Troy Turner (9) 2 6 TRIBAL JUSTICE 52.5 (10-7) Paul Harvey (7) 3 Winning trainer: Vicki Lane. Margins: Shd, shd, ns. Time: Imin 37.1 sec. Forecast: $27. Tierce: $357. 7235 words
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Article, Illustration433 2000-10-08 52 Lionel Lee - Australian trainer grabs the honours in seven-race card By Lionel Lee THEY say good things come in pairs. In trainer Don Baertschiger's case, he enjoyed a running double in the first two events and soared off with an Eagle in the seventh and final event atPictures/ Joyce Lim - 433 words
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1030 2000-10-08 53 RACE 1: After being loaded into the barriers, TE AKAU became fractious and caused some delay to the start. CHEERS UP (0 Chavez), who was loaded into the barriers with a blindfold, broke through the front gate as soon as the blindfold1,030 words
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1288 2000-10-08 54 No. Last 6 runs Howe Wt Rating Jockey Barrier (Agtforigln/iex, trainer-owner) 1 *****4 GEORGE'S WONDER 57 (41) *YAifyc3 8 (7mg Benny Lim-Regent) 2 YOUNG TEEN HERO 57 (41) SHLee 3 (3mg Tiang-Command N Conquer) 3 0 BEBOPALUNA 56 (39) S Sani 41,288 words
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Article, Illustration543 2000-10-08 55 PICK OF THE PAY This Kashani three-year-old has the class to pull off his third career win in just six starts. The John Sargent-trained galloper's lead-up run over the I,loom straight last week was exeptionally nice. Watch him steam home over the 1,600 m543 words
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Article106 2000-10-08 55 RACE 1: Alfred's Princess. I RACE 2: Star Betelguese, Rakino Lad, Chaperone, Fortune Star. RACE 3: Winning Star, Alma Mater, Scud Missile. H RACE 4: Barracuda, Ooatari, Unpredictable, Verified, Harrier. I RACE 5: High Master, Our Super Gold, Professor Marvel, Breezy. RACE 6: Spin Master, The Best Action, Red106 words
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Article, Illustration327 2000-10-08 56 Gary Lim - BOWLING: SANTA CLAUSOPEN RESULTS Ist Tim Mack (US) 2nd Tom Hahl (Singapore) 3rd Kao Hai Yuan (Taiwan) S'POREANS 10th Jesmine Ho 16th Jeremy Fang 24th Jennifer Tan 29th Lim Zhong 36th Sam Goh 40th Andrew Fang By Gary Lim SUPERB. And as national coach Ron Hoppe called it:Picture/ Drew Fritz - 327 words
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Article229 2000-10-08 56 THAT will be national soccer coach Vincent Subramaniam's message to three "orang tuas" (old men). The comebacks of Saswadimata Dasuki, Steven Tan and V Selvaraj have augured inspiringly well for the Lions in preparation for next month's Tiger Cup. This evening at the Hongkong229 words
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Article, Illustration751 2000-10-08 57 WHAT: The 12th Asian Cup Finals WHERE: Saida, Tripoli Sports City in .Lebanon WHEN: Thursday to Oct 29 READY for the World Cup of Asia? Really? Just when you thought the season was over, here comes smack on your face the biggest soccer event in the world's largest751 words
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Article755 2000-10-08 57 AFC News. CHINA: Dubbed as the greatest underachieves in Asian football. New Yugoslavia coach Bora Milutinovic said:' 'We need to find the players with the capacity to resolve our problems for qualifying for the World Cup." INDONESIA: Raying in only its second Asian Cup finals, IndonesiaAFC News. - 755 words
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Article, Illustration211 2000-10-08 59 PREMIERSHIP ONSIDER the case of the M incredibly shrinking footballer. Name of Stan J*: In this instance the |r- shrinkage is strictly metaphorical since one of the Collymore has been put on the transra list by Leicester V City is the manager Peter M Taylor's anger at the player's211 words
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Article, Illustration675 2000-10-08 60 LEICESTER CITY SET TO THROW OUT TROUBLED STRIKER SATURDAY'S BIG MATCH: Manager Peter Taylor is wearing soccer's biggest smile as Leicester takes on Manchester United on Saturday in a befitting top-of-the-table Premiership clash. He says confidently: "Man U comes to our place next. So we will be675 words
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Article222 2000-10-08 60 COLL YMORE: UPS DOWNS Sf™ 7 »r Peter s trainee ternf COntra ct. Wolve>J Sall w hich I sbwe« M Bu h "SSS& I rt#r Si^L^Z S ap D Palacef or &in. ship clash. Iff '993: Nottinph* r- °Soals I psr* jsSrflia^Ra t Esr s&sr tessssapss&u. K2ST career as al222 words
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Article, Illustration718 2000-10-08 61 THRILLER IN TODAY'S JAPAN GRAND PRIX AT SUZUKA ANYONE of a nervous disposition should avoid tuning into this afternoon's Japanese Grand Prix as Michael Schumacher goes for a wheel-banging, heart-stopping, first drivers' championship for Ferrari since 1979. All he needs is a win and the titlepicture/ Reuters - 718 words
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Article293 2000-10-08 61 Reuters. AFTER nine seasons in the Formula One spotlight, Michael Schumacher—winner of the drivers' crown in 1994 and 1995,42 grands prix and more controversy than any other champion— knows that history beckons. Another victory in Ms Ferrari today and he will Join the the sport's greatest drivers,Reuters. - 293 words
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Article127 2000-10-08 62 1. Michael Schumacher (Germany) Ferrari 1:35.8255 ec 2. Mika Hakkinen (Finland) McLaren 1:35.834 3. David Coulthard (Britain) McLaren 1:36.236 4. Rubens Barrichello (Brazil) Ferrari 1:36.330 5. Jenson Button (Britain) Williams 1:36.628 6. Ralf Schumacher (Germany) Williams 1:36.788 7. Eddie Irvine (Britain) Jaguar 1:36.899 8. Heinz-Harald Frentzen127 words
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123 2000-10-08 62 There's no point to celebrate this pole position. It's nice but it doesn't mean the end results. We have to fight very hard for that on Sunday. But we're ready to do it. If we're leading in the first corner we123 words
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Article, Illustration79 2000-10-08 62 SURESH NAIR SOCCER: TOP referee Shamsul Maidin left for Lebanon with high hopes last night. He is among 12 elite referees selected by the Asian Football Confederation for the 12th Asian Cup final, starting on Thursday. "It's a great honour to be picked for this bigSURESH NAIR - 79 words
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Article83 2000-10-08 62 ASIAN CUP NEWS: Pages 58 59 SWIMMING: SYNCHRONISED diving, which made its Olympic debut in Sydney last month, has been included in next year's South-east Asia Games in Kuala Lumpur. Olympic Council of Malaysia (OCM) secretary general Sieh KokChi said: "The Sea Games Federation (SGF) executive83 words
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Article, Illustration72 2000-10-08 62 ROWING: POOR Matthew Pinsent (right). Britain's triple Olympic rowing champion has had his Sydney Games gold medal stolen from London's Heathrow airport. Pinsent was meeting his girlfriend at the airport on Friday when a light brown briefcase containing the medal went missing. "He put the case down72 words
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Article99 2000-10-08 62 Wire agencies. CRICKET: INDIA caused the biggest upset so far in the ICC knock-out trophy tournament in Niarobi yesterday. It beat world champion Australia by 20 runs in the quarter-finals. India scored 265 for nine wickets in 50 overs. Chasing a victory target of 266 runs,Wire agencies. - 99 words
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Article, Illustration609 2000-10-08 63 Blunder Surrender Keegan in shock resignation ENGLAND 0 GERMANY 1 ENGLAND 800-BOO: 14th minute: Paul Scholes is muscled off the ball deep in his own half. His recovery tackle is deemed too physical by the referee who awards Germany a free-kick. Hamann surprisingly takes a crack before England assembles aAFP. - 609 words
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Article, Illustration517 2000-10-08 63 ENGLAND'S WORLD CUP MATCHES Wednesday: Finland (away) Mar 24 2000: Finland (home) Mar 28: Albania (away) Jun 6: Greece (away) Sepl: Germany (away) Sep 5: Albania (home) Oct 6: Greece (home) 7th minute: Germany works a series of passes on the right flank.517 words
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Article249 2000-10-08 64 Edwin Yeo - By Edwin Yeo ENGLAND David Seaman 6 Partly to blame for Germany's goal, but did well in the rest of the game. Martin Keown 7 Made several important headers and looked solid. Tony Adams 7—Almost scored with a good header, but didn't marshall his defence well. Gary Neville249 words
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Article, Illustration494 2000-10-08 65 New caretaker coach recalls the old timers QUICK GLANCE England 0 Germany 1 Scorer Dietmar Hamann 14 Crowd: 76,377 Sweden 1 Turkey 1 Scorers: Sweden: Henrik Larsson 68 Turkey: Tayfur Huvutcu 90 penalty Crowd: 42,152 Northern Ireland 1 Denmark 1 Scorers: Northern Ireland: David Healy 38 Denmark: Dennis494 words
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Article118 2000-10-08 65 AP. WALES blew its best chance to turn the tables on Norway in Cardiff. It drew 1-1 with Norway. In a match that was supposed to feature a duel between Manchester United forwards Ryan Giggs and Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, it was Helstad and Welsh forward Nathan Blake whoAP. - 118 words
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Article118 2000-10-08 65 DAVID Healy struck a spectacular goal for Northern Ireland against Denmark at home. But Denmark hit back in the second half to earn a deserved 1-1 draw in its World Cup European group three qualifier yesterday. Manchester United reserve Healy let fly with a strike from 25m in118 words
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Article, Illustration472 2000-10-08 66 Wang Meng Meng - By Wang Meng Meng THE Lions can now start to roar. Singapore is almost certain to get its first two foreign soccer strikers for the national team. The S-League's two biggest names Mirko Grabovac (left) and Egmar Goncalves (right) will almost certainly be able to don472 words
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Miscellaneous25 2000-10-08 58 ON TV Some of the Asian Cup matches will be shown over SCV. Please check latest TV times in The New Paper later this week25 words
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