The New Paper, 9 October 2001

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  • 29 1 the new paper TUESDAY, OCTOBER 9, 2001 Singapore Press Holdings Email: tnp@sph.com.sg Tel: 1800-7 33 44 55 Wtbsite: rtewpaper.asia I .com.sg MITA (P) 104/03/2001 60 CENTS the new paper
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    • 69 1 IHHfI terrorism Air strikes likely to continue, no dramatic ground action yet 52 r.i i •z2 > r .5 Family targeted Loansharks jam her jBB flat padlock, son almost misses PSLE paper *sr. A>s ca 5> 7: i m as a -I ~r 3£; 1 MITA (P) 106/03/7001 60 CENTS
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  • TARGET TERRORISM
    • 465 3 Jerky, grainy, cheap... THE war is raging. Would you want live TV news images of it or pictures that are hours or even days old? The videophone makes all the difference, especially when TV news reporters are stationed in no-tech locations. Despite its grainy pictures and
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    • 120 3 VIDEOPHONES send pictures (about 20 frames per second) over circuits normally used to transmit audio information. The U557,500 ($13,500) videophone (which connects to an US$B,OOO satellite transmitter) can be set up or dismantled in minutes, usually by one person. It comes with its own batteries, or can
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    • 250 3 SUNDAY Express reporter Yvonne Ridley, who was held by the Taliban for 10 days, has been released. She crossed into Pakistan at the Torkhum border at the foot of the Khyber Pass yesterday. She was accompanied to the Afghan side of the border by officials and was
      Pictures/ Ap & Daily Express  -  250 words
    • 556 4  -  By Melvin Singh PAKISTAN'S border areas with Afghanistan are boiling over in anger. This area is populated with Afghan Pushtuns and Pakistani Pushtuns. Many of the Afghans had fled their homes after the Taliban took over their villages. Yet, they are now willing to
      Pictures/ Xinhua, Ap  -  556 words
    • 106 4 Source: Wire services. US bombers and cruise missiles have attacked a range of military targets in Afghanistan for the second night running. Kandahar and Kabul have reportedly been hit by US bombs. About 20 US aircraft, along with cruise missiles, were involved in the attack. The US said
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    • 509 5 The military strikes on Afghanistan has started. Will Muslim Singaporeans continue be on the spotlight? AZHAR GHANI brings you some of their views THIS is not a fight against Islam. So feel many Muslims here, although terrorist Osama bin Laden paints a different
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    • 89 5 The Singapore Government supports the global campaign against terrorism. So said Singapore's Permanent Representative Kishore Mahbubani yesterday at the United Nations Security Council meeting on military action in Afghanistan. He noted that the attacks are targeted only at terrorists and those who aid them. It is a fight
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    • 198 5 WHY the spotlight, again? That's what political science lecturer Suzaina Kadir (left) wanted to know. She said: "I don't understand why journalists keep on asking me about the reactions of Muslims here. "What is so bizarrs about a group off pooplo who avo thinking rationally
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    • Article, Illustration
      408 6 WHEN enemy ground troops and armour units hear the thundering thwap of the Apache's rotors, the message is clear run. The AH-64 Apache is the US military's main attack helicopter and is famed for its role as a tank killer in several conflicts, such as in Kosovo and
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    • 63 6 Cockpit Co-pflot/gunner sits in front, pilot behind. Cockpit is separated by an acrylic blast barrier and fight-weight armour shields Armoured Armoured windscreen soots Two armoured glass Crash-resistant armoured windscreen paneis seats for both crew members Maximum cruising speed 260kmh Range 400 km on internal fuel. 1,900 km on
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  • 496 7 ITMGET TERRORIST WITH terrain like this, don't expect the Afghanistan conflict to be anything like the Gulf War with dramatic battles on the ground using massive armies and tanks. Military analysts The New Paper spoke to said that the current strategy of missile strikes is likely
    Picture/ Reuters  -  496 words

  • NEWS IQ
    • 294 8 Singaporeans are still eager to travel, but many are opting for "safer" destinations like Australia, New Zealand, Hongkong and Thailand. Despite the recent outbreak of hostilities in Afghanistan and the fear of more terrorist attacks, few Singaporeans have canned their holiday plans altogether. Some 25,000 people turned up
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      90 8 PICTURE THIS Harrier jets are famous for being able to take off, hover and land like helicopters in addition to taking off and flying like regular jets. But they definitely can't land on water, yet, as this submerged British Royal Navy Sea Harrier shows. It overshot the runway
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    • 79 8 A CHAPERON service is now being offered by the Alexandra Hospital. The chaperon will make sure the patient goes to the right places for his appointments, treatments and tests. The employee will even see that the patient gets a taxi home. The hospital is probably the first to
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    • 64 8 SINGAPOREANS seem to be keeping a cool head as the US launched a military attack against the ruling Taliban regime in Afghanistan on Sunday night. There was neither a stampede to withdraw cash nor a rush to buy gold yesterday. The Monetary Authority of Singapore, the central
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    • 71 8 ONE man died from anthrax infection in the US on Friday. Now, his colleague at the Florida Sun newspaper has also been detected to be infected with the potentially deadly disease. He has not developed any symptoms, but a swab taken from his nose tested positive for the
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    • 66 8 SINGAPORE Airlines (SIA) management staff will have their basic salaries slashed by between 7 and 15 per cent starting this month. It will affect members of its management and that of its major subsidiary companies which include Singapore Airport Terminal Services and the SIA Engineering Company. SIA deputy
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    • 76 8 HANDPHONE codes are supposed to render your handphone useless if someone steals it. But a Berita Harian check on handphone shops at Sim Lim Square and Sim Lim Tower revealed that they offer to crack the codes on your handphone without bothering to check if you are the
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    • 59 8 JAPANESE Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi yesterday apologised to victims of Japan's wartime aggression against China. He did this at the Marco Polo Bridge, the site which marked the start of the 1937-1945 Sino-Japanese War. During the trip, he also received endorsement from China for his country's offer to
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    • 59 9 Malaysia has to be more forceful in controlling water supply to Singapore. Without water, Singapore may not survive. Malaysian colonel Lt-Col Azmy Yahya, in an article he wrote for Strategi, the Malaysian Armed Forrte annual journal. He also pointed out that Singapore cannot take for granted that "Malaysia will
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    • 185 9  -  By Larry Haverkamp OVERNIGHT, we saw the US stock market's first reaction to the air strikes in Afghanistan. To most observers' relief, the market reaction wasn't too bad. US markets fell only slightly (see above). The downturn was less severe than the big losers in
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    • 303 9 ON THE RACK THE TV show Who Wants To Be a Millionaire has been a hit wherever it has been aired. Networks that air the show have seen ratings and advertisement revenue go up. But not for ABC, which belongs to Walt Disney Co, reports Fortune
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    • 70 9 The Straits Times: HIT: '30 targets', more to come The Business Times: European stocks recover after Wall St cuts sharp early losses Lianhe Zaobao: US and Britain launch a second night of air strikes Berita Harian: Strikes hit 30 Taleban targets NewsRadio 93.8FM: US military action against Afghanistan
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    • 42 9 International Herald Tribune: US and UK launched 2nd wave of air attacks Asian Wall Street Journal: US emphasizes campaign against terror will be long New Straits Times: Afghanistan hit again B8C news: Another night of Americian air strikes in Afghanistan
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  • SINGAPORE
    • 483 10  -  Birthday party ends in tears for these kids By Ben Nadarajan IMAGINE tucking into a mango cake, and it turns out hard and crunchy. Shockingly, there were bits of porcelain in the birthday cake. Six-year-old Naida Suhaime's birthday party was
      Picture/ Ian Tan  -  483 words
    • 172 10 WE cannot imagine how porcelain bits could have ended up in the cake, said the bakery. Mrs Helena Ong, manager of Emicakes, told The New Paper "We do not use any porcelain cookware or any porcelain figures in our factories. "I have no idea how the incident
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    • 3 10 the new paper
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  • SINGAPORE
    • 321 12  -  Doctor threatened By' Tanya Fong HE must have been besotted with the foreign maid. So much so that when he heard she was going to be sent back home, he kept calling her employer at his home. A total of 30 times. Eventually,
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    • 16 12 Anyone found guilty of criminal intimidation can bejailedforup to two years, or fined, or both.
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  • SINGAPORE
    • Clever. Inventive.
      • 197 14 YOU could call them elevator shoes. Their heels go up and down like a lift. So you can be as tall as you like. Hmm, whoever thought of that? The Unbreakable Yls, that's who. A group of Singapore Polytechnic students who have come up
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      • 41 14 TIRED of those old socks falling around your ankles? Well, how about attaching some velcro to help hold them in place. The velcro helps as an ankle guard, especially for sportsmen, say the Y Thinkers. Pictures/Ian Tan
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      • 102 14 A GROUP called The Twist claims to have found the solution to keep housewives happy in the kitchen. It attaches a set of drawers to the simple chopping board, coming up with a solution for slicing onions, ginger and garlic without getting them all mixed up.
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    • And plain WACKY...
      • 165 15 IT'S called the Firefly Switch and the invention is as wacky as its name. This group that calls itself DNA. No, it's not the dioxyribonucleic acid that's got to do with your genes. It's about how to find the light in the dark. Literally. This DNA
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      • 119 15 THE sales pitch: "Does putting your hand into your mouth gross out your friend?" The solution: A cotton bud, similar to the one used for cleaning your ears, attached to a medication tube and a rotatable handle. The product: Ulcer Reach by Spring. The medication for
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    • 505 16  -  By Jocelyn Wong HER son was ready to go to school. He had eaten his breakfast and changed into his uniform. Madam Wan Swee Weng, 51, a housewife, went to unlock the padlock on the grille gate of her ninth floor West
      Picture/ Zaihan Mohamed Yusof  -  505 words
    • 179 17 MADAM Wan and her family moved into their flat a year ago. But the first hint of trouble came even before that. She said: "Yao Sheng and I were painting the house when my neighbour dropped by. "She said she had seen loansharks harassing the previous
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  • 419 18 slice of life COMMENT AN ex-colleague who used to used to cover the entertainment beat once commented: "There are no stars around here, except the ones in the sky." He was probably feeling jaded about the industry. Having covered the entertainment beat too, I
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  • WORLD
    • 358 23 WATCH who you are calling "cupid" in Shanghai. Because some are frauds out to make a fast buck. The partners they provide "disappear" or refuse to marry their "intended" once fees are received leaving a trail of heartbreaks. So, Chinese officials are bent
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    • 228 23 GOOD news for children. Television can be good for those who are two to three years old according to a US survey. The findings were recently published by a US journal, Child Development. The survey shows that kids in this age range who
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    • 607 24  -  BY Yeoh Wee Teck HONGKONG singer-actor Eason Chan can look as happy as a lark, but he can be pretty demanding too. We know, he said so. Even the meeting was messy. Held in the waiting area outside the Lido cinemas on the fifth level of
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    • 234 25 Thanks to J-pop boyband V 6, Fm getting loads of fan mail. But, wait... this is not the gushy sort. These are from 292 highly agitated die-hard fans of the pop group, angry that I had had the audacity to say "bad things" about
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    • 278 26 on Junichi's face? Why say that the V 6 guys were staring into space, and not the other performers? After watching that episode of Music Station on Ch 8, they even argued that their clothes were "not baggy", just "slightly oversized". Oh, whoa, fans! Surely Fm entitled to
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    • 177 26 ANIKI Jin hopes to marry as many women as possible. The hunky star told Vogue magazine he dreams of leading a life where he scores points for marrying women. So the more the merrier, he joked. "I'm the sort who will get married, settle
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    • 112 26 AYUMI Hamasaki (left) looks like an Arabian Nights' princess in bridal white on the cover of her latest CD single, Dearest. This immediately led to speculation about her impending marriage to beau Tomoya Nagase, the cute lead singer of rock band Tokio. Their relationship was exposed
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    • 365 29 What a bore school's in PRIME-TIME TV ITS time to ponteng (Malay for skip) TV again. Because Cynthia Koh and her juvenile delinquents are back at school, promising heart-warming morality tales and boundless enthusiasm. But I found the over-dramatic half-hour TV lesion very boring. Cynthia reprises her role as the
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  • Page 29 Miscellaneous
    • 254 29 Highlights Ah Girl TV Works, 8pm Maggie is mad at Kelvin. Peggy obsesses about a promotion and her cute boss. And Daddy takes drastic measures to save Mrs Fernandez, risking his life and a few limbs. Last episode. Moufenefci High Channel 5,8pm When Francine is putin charge of the choir,
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    • 115 35 Reuters HIS expression said it all. Jockey Frankie Dettori (left) was ecstatic after steering 9-4 favourite Sakhee to a majestic victory in the Prix de L'Arc de Triomphe on Sunday. It was his 100 th Group One winner of his career. "This is a real champion,"
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    • 410 38  -  BY Brian Miller JENNIFER Tan looks a shoo-in to represent Singapore at next month's Bowling World Cup. Actually, and as it stands right now, there is really no need for the Singapore Tenpin Bowling Congress to organise selection trials or even shortlist potential candidates.
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    • 167 38 STRIKER Alan Smith is poised to be on the bench for tonight's League Cup third-round tie against managerless Leicester at Filbert Street. This is after spending seven weeks on the sidelines with an ankle ligament injury, reports Sporting Life. Dominic Matteo is doubtful with a foot
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    • 496 39  -  S-LEAGUE 2001: THE TITLE CHASE REMAINING MATCHES FOR GEYLANG: Saturday v Home (away) Oct 19 v Balestier (away) Oct 24 v Jurong (home) By Ernest Luis MARK this Saturday down. If you want to watch your first S-League match, this has to be the one. The
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    • 221 39 ADULT fans, you will be charged $8 instead of the usual $5 for this Saturday's S-League Showdown of the Year at the Bishan Stadium. Children's ticket prices will remain unchanged at $1 though. This will be the third time the Protectors have hiked their
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    • 379 40 Win a trip to Melbourne HOME PROTECTORS v GEYLANG EAGLES (Bishan Stadium. Saturday. 7.30pm) FANS of the Home Protectors have a chance to win return air tickets to Melbourne, courtesy of Emirates Airlines. How do you do that? Simple, by guessing who will win this Saturdays match
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    • 682 41 WORLD CUP COUNTDOWN: CAN MIGHTY BRAZIL MAKE IT? We were able to cancel out Cafu, Roberto Carlos, Vampeta and Rivaldo," said Chile coach Jorge Garces. "But Denilson wrecked my team." The half-time introduction of the flying left winger was decisive in Brazil's 2-0 victory in
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    • 161 41 AFP BRAZIL will fly in to La Paz just a few hours before its World Cup Qualifier against Bolivia on November 7 to limit the effects of altitude. The Brazilians will immediately return home after the match to prepare for their last World
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    • 418 42 WORLD CUP COUNTDOWN: GERMANY" STRUGGLES WHILE ARGENTINA STROLLS Reuters ARGENTINA striker Gabriel Batistuta said with a huge smile: "It's as if I've never been away." Batistuta returned for his country on Monday and immediately scored his fifth goal in World Cup Qualifiers in the 2-2
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    • 453 42 Reuters GERMANS are pondering the unimaginable this week their nation's soccer team failing to qualify for the World Cup. Some are even calling on the country to give up on qualifying and start rebuilding for the World Cup in Germany in 2006. And there
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    • 245 44 DAVID Beckham is everyone's darling, but he hasn't taken England to the World Cup Finals single-handedly. Despite Beckham's world-class performance against Greece on Saturday, Opta stats show there are other players Sven Goran Eriksson and England should thank. They include
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    • 365 44 Oct ***** (Wembley) ENGLAND 0 GERMANY 1: England faced an uncertain future after Dietmar Hamann sent Keegan's men tumbling to defeat in the rain. The manager resigned immediately after the setback. Oct *****0 (Helsinki) FINLAND 0 ENGLAND 0: Under the leadership
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        240 45 ...ON THE ENGLAND-GREECE WORLD CUP CRUNCHER ROBBIE FOWLER: Now that the celebratory beers have gone completely out of the system, it is time to look at England with sober eyes. David Beckham may have sent the nation into euphoria with a life-saving free-kick right at the death, but
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        151 45 NO one is doubting the Leeds goalkeeper's ability. Truth is, he is probably better than David Seaman. But for some inexplicable reason, when he plays, England always concedes goals. And it is usually not his fault, just like the two goals Greece scored on Saturday. He was one
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      • 94 45 IF alcohol has not been made a dirty word in the England camp, it should. If England was bad, the three players who went drinking prior to joining up the training camp were the worst. Fowler and Steven Gerrard were way below their best and Steve McManaman did he
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    • 335 45 LIVERPOOL and England midfielder Steven Gerrard, who was forced to apologize to coach Sven-Goran Eriksson for being out late and drinking last week, said he'd done nothing wrong. But he admitted the timing was poor coming just a few days before England's crucial
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    • 308 46 TEDDY Sheringham was last night branded a cheat after the last-gasp drama at Old Trafford, reports The Mirror. Furious Greek defender Kostas Konstantinidis accused Sheringham of taking a dive to earn David Beckham's free-kick equaliser. Konstantinidis angrily confronted Sheringham at the final whistle as
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  • 370 47 Usher is Beck's idol England is to mount Operation Beckham an unprecedented security exercise for next year's World Cup. It will cost more than £2 million ($5.3 million) and include personal minders for David Beckham and the rest of the England players in Japan and South Korea, reports
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