The Straits Times, 31 March 2003

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  • 33 1 The Straits Times PACIFIC AREA NEWSPAPER OF THE YEAR Established 7Sr> JVl OIICuW March 3 1 2003 •78 Pages m five parts mita (P) 033/03/2003 •if A Singapore Press Holdings publication \J\J Cents
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  • 748 1  -  BERTHA HENSON ♦3rd patient dies ♦Teen bringsfbug home Sars more infectious than thought By \KV\ s h 1M lOli AIRLINE passengers entering Singapore from Sars-hit areas can expect to see a nurse waiting for them at the aerobridge from today, following news that a fifth
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  • 532 1  - War in Iraq may last well into summer months DERWIN PEREIRA Bu US CENTRAL COMMAND DOHA QMAR' THE war on Iraq looks set to stretch into the summer as the United States switches tactics, focusing on building up its forces and launching pulverising air raids before going m for the
    AFP  -  532 words
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    • 508 1 SL li^ EY: Singapore locks away more offenders m prison than many other countries home 112 IN SmGArUl^^^^^^^ Total with Sars 91 these people to ♦m hospital wards 41 g*%fi£ ♦In hospital intensive care 12 Fan J un Li Xll: Discharged 35 Ma Yun Km. O eao 2* Zhang Feng
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous
    • 184 1 Sunday, March 30 4.30 am Singapore time: US bombed main training site for Fedayeen forces, a presidential palace, intelligence complex and missile sites m Baghdad. 8.30 am: Former British Cabinet minister Robin Cook launches angry attack on the war m Iraq and calls on Prime Minister Tony Blair to bring
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  • SARS OUT BREAK
    • 916 2  -  SALMA KHALIK By UK Mill OKKKSPOMH VI Ex-stewardess, nurse and a patient who died trio had so much virus they spread loads of it around Most victims here infected by 3 women FACING UP TO A POTENTIALLY LARGER PROBLEM There are other dues that face-to-face contact is not
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    • 607 2  -  WENDY TAN D building PWI people m HK bh infected Bu MORE than 100 people m a single apartment building m Kowloon, Hongkong have come down with Sars m the last four days, fuelling fears around the world that the disease
      AP  -  607 words
    • 642 3  -  GOH CHIN LIAN Authorities did not name him and stopped short of saying he is the one they had been seeking, but he has quarantine order Bl A TAXI driver has come forward to say that he may be the one who ferried
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    • 515 3  - Sick woman saw docs in China to no avail BEN NADARAJAN 5i MISS Chong Pei Ling the fourth person to bring the Sars virus home to Singapore had consulted two doctors when she fell ill m Beijing. The first doctor at a hospital put her on a drip for a
      HOW HWEE YOUNG  -  515 words
    • 417 4  - Tabs on 1,000 kids who had holiday in Hongkong KRIST BOO The latest new victim is a Bowen Secondary School boy but there are no plans to quarantine the students Bu MORE than 1,000 schoolchildren here had vacationed m Hongkong during the March holidays, the week health officials warned Singaporeans
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    • SINGAPORE UPDATE
      • 130 4 JUNIOR college students have started a petition asking for their schools to be reopened because they are so bored at home. About 300 are behind the latest request by students to the Government. Earlier, polytechnic students asked for tertiary institutions to be shut. But neither
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      • 142 4 THE onset of Sars has sent people rushing to insurers. Wealth management firm dollarDEX reports that applications for health insurance have soared 130 per cent, and those for travel insurance, about 30 per cent. And insurance companies are responding m many ways. At least one nas
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      • 139 4 WHEN schools here shut last week, 3,000 students from Raffles Institution (RI) and Raffles Girls' School (RGS) were already holed up at home as part of a week-long online learning programme whereby their lessons were put on a website. RI started the programme four years
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      • 106 4 IF AN online chat here is any indication, youths m Singapore are worried about Sars. Youth support organisation Students Care Service held a two-hour Sars webchat yesterday. About 15 youths took part. Their questions ranged from whether masks are enough protection to whether students
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    • 671 5 Bug warrior pays with his life He alerted world to the disease, now... WHO physician who first raised alarm about Sars dies m Bangkok after being infected while working with patients DR CARLO Urbani, the scientist who first discovered that a dangerous new microbe was beginning to spread around the
      The Washington Post; Cox Newspapers; Los Angeles Times; AFP  -  671 words
    • WORLD UPDATE
      • 81 5 TORONTO Health officials said last Saturday that as many as 100 people, mostly health-care workers, may be sick from an outbreak of a deadly respiratory illness m Ontario, Canada's largest province. The news comes after Ontario health officials closed a second hospital
        AFP  -  81 words
      • 55 5 HONGKONG The Hongkong government yesterday called on members of the public to join m a Household Cleaning Day as authorities continued with an intensive two-day operation to disinfect streets, public facilities and cleanse 160 public housing estates as part of efforts to combat the
        AFP  -  55 words
      • 78 5 TAIPEI Taiwan Premier Yu Shyi-kun said yesterday his government is weighing a proposal for the temporary shutdown of direct "mini links" with China through fortified Kinmen and Matsu, the two island groups near the south-eastern Chinese province of Fujian. His remarks came two
        AFP  -  78 words
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  • IRAQ WAR
    • MILITARY STRATEGY
      • Article, Illustration
        863 6  - RUMMY'S FOLLY? MICHAEL HO ARE ggdgggdg 111. UNITED STATES Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld's war strategy of high-tech precision bombing and a small ground force has been blasted by his own top brass. Former soldiers and senior officials m the Pentagon said they had warned before the war began that 125,000
        REUTERS  -  863 words
    • ON THE BATTLEFRONT
      • Article, Illustration
        201 8 U "Every day he is losing more control of the country. If I were Saddam Hussein, I'd be pretty scared." Pentagon spokesman Victoria Clarke "It is easy to show you are resolute when you are not one of the guys m a sand storm peering around for snipers." Former
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      • 624 8  - Shoot first, talk later WILLIAM CHOONG That could be one result of the suicide bombing which killed four American troops Bu THE suicide bombing that killed American soldiers has opened a grim new chapter m the war, forcing coalition ground troops to adopt tough tactics that will affect ordinary Iraqis
        LESLIE KOH; MIKE M. DIZON; AP; REUTERS  -  624 words
      • 183 8 ARBIL (Iraq) Iraqi opposition groups claimed yesterday that President Saddam Hussein's forces had executed many Iraqi soldiers who tried to cross from government territo- ry to the Kurdish-held north to join their ranks. The claims, which could not be independently confirmed, came from an official m
        AFP  -  183 words
      • 266 8 WASHINGTON Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said yesterday that the United States has "no plans for pauses or cease-fires" m its war against Iraq. Maintaining that the fiercest fighting and gravest danger lay ahead as troops advanced towards Baghdad, he said he could
        Reuters; AP; AFP  -  266 words
    • THE PROPAGANDA WAR
      • 514 9  -  ASAD LATIF bs the US military momentum slows, there's no holds barred m the media coverage on both sides as battle rages for the moral high ground Hu- THE US-led military thrust into southern Iraq may have stalled, but the propaganda
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      • Article, Illustration
        435 9 HYPE REALITY Round-the-clock coverage of the war is making it even harder to sieve fact from fiction, given the sheer volume of information on what is a constantly changing situation. IE HUN CHING looks at reports that have proven doubtful, premature or just plain wrong. SADDAMS FATE Report: Speculation about
        Guardian; AFP; Reuters; LAT-WP; AP  -  435 words
      • 157 9 AS SAYLIYA CAMP (Qatar) A general of Iraqi President Saddam Hussein's Republican Guard has been captured and is being pressed to provide strategic information, British officers said yesterday. Group Captain Al Loekwood, a British spokesman, said the Iraqi general was captured m
        Reuters; AP  -  157 words
    • REGIONAL SECURITY
      • 530 12  -  GOH CHIN LIAN Despite the terror threat, it ranked highest for personal security m a recent survey of expatriates m the region m DESPITE the ever looming terrorist threat, Singapore is still considered the safest of 12 Asian locations to live m, says a
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      • 58 12 AS THEIR artillery guns pound targets m the Iraqi military stronghold of Abu al Khasib outside the city of Basra m southern Iraq, grim-faced men from Britain's 8 Battery, 29 Commando Regiment Royal Artillery, shield their ears from the din of the bombardment. They
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      • 651 12  -  GEMMA KOH Advertising Feature Engineer was oblivious to his hair loss until a hair stylist pointed it out to him. Fortunately, he found a herbal solution that helped him achieved significant results within weeks. Written by HAIR LOSS is no more for
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      • 437 12  -  DERWIN PEREIRA US CENTRAL COMMAND DOHA, QATAR THE commander of the US-led war m Iraq, General Tommy Franks, said yesterday that American forces had destroyed a "terrorist facility" m the northern part of the country. Speaking m a daily briefing at the
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      • Article, Illustration
        166 12 44 This snake is more than S(X) km and we are going to cut this snake into pieces." Iraqi Information Minister Mohammed Said al-Sahaf on supply line of US-!ed forces "You can't live your life so that you're worried about a suicide bomber even five seconds, so you can't
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    • ANTI-WAR DEMOS
      • 423 13  -  CHUA CHIN HON China lets 150 expatriates march to the US Embassy to demonstrate against the war, but nervous authorities cancel a second rally By rut NIK UTS riMES BEIJING China saw its first open protests against the war m Iraq yesterday as small groups gathered
        REUTERS  -  423 words
      • 286 13  - 200,000 hold peaceful march in Jakarta ROBERT GO By THE STRAITS TIMES INDONESIA BUREAU JAKARTA As many as 200,000 Indonesians, representing Muslim, Christian, student and non-governmental organisation groups, marched peacefully to the US Embassy compound m Jakarta yesterday, m the largest such demonstration since war m Iraq started 11 days
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      • THE WAR ROOM
        • 108 13 WASHINGTON Bloodied US battle fatigues believed to be those of soldiers from an ambushed army maintenance unit were found m a hospital m Nassiriya, Iraq, a Pentagon official said yesterday. The name tags and flag patches seemed to have been ripped off the
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        • 71 13 IN SOUTH-CENTRAL IRAQ Thousands of United States Marines pushed north yesterday m "seek and destroy" missions, trying to clear the route towards Baghdad. Marine infantry and tank units moved into previously unsecured areas, seeking to provoke attacks m order to locate Iraqi
          AP  -  71 words
        • 97 13 Oil revenue to be placed in UN trust CAIRO The United States and Britain will place Iraq's future oil revenue m a United Nations-supervised account, said British Prime Minister Tony Blair. In an article published yesterday m Egyptian newspaper Al-Ahram, he said that he, President George VV. Bush and Spanish
          AFP  -  97 words
        • 107 13 Suicide bomber injures 26 in Israeli cafe NETANYA (Israel) A Palestinian suicide bomber killed himself and injured 26 others at a cafe here yesterday. The hardline Palestinian Islamic Jihad group said m a statement that the act was a "gift for the embattled people of Iraq and to mark the
          AFP  -  107 words
        • 75 13 KUWAIT CITY A coalition general overseeing humanitarian efforts m Iraq warned yesterday that civilians had less than two months of food and water. British Major-General Albert Whitley said claims by President Saddam Hussein that he had provided six months of food were false.
          AFP  -  75 words
        • 80 13 TEHERAN Iranian Foreign Minister Kamal Kharazi said yesterday Iran "will not support" an Iraqi government installed by the United States, but only one chosen democratically by the Iraqi people. "We can only respect a government if it is established under the supervision
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        • 96 13 LONDON Many Iraqi surface-to-air missiles have malfunctioned and fallen on Baghdad, the British government said on Saturday, adding that Iraq had replaced its air defence commander due to the poor performance of anti-aircraft fire. A spokesman said this might be a "possible explanation" for recent
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  • COMMENTARY • ANALYSIS
    • 932 14  - Shi' it e headache for the Americans GWYNNE DYER §3L "WIMPS go to Baghdad," they say m neo-eonservative circles m Washington. "Real men go to Teheran." It sounds tough at dinner parties, and the macho intellectuals who talk like that never worn- that genuinely hard men can overhear their silly
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    • The Straits Times
      • 558 14 ONE feature that emerged after two weeks of the Budget debate is how poor Singaporeans' morale still is. As Dr Wang Kai Yuen (MP for Bukit Timah) remarked m a grave speech which opened the second day of proceedings, confidence was at rock-bottom. With more job
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    • 1871 14  - Like it or not Asian govts need good ties with US GOH CHOK TONG »!L WRONG SIGNAL If action had not been taken against Iraq, or if the US fails m Iraq, what signal will this send to extremist groups around the world?' LIKE FACING 60 N. KOREAS C A
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    • 1009 15  - Washington bully in a china shop TANG SHI PING Bg THE end of the Cold War brought a cold reality: Not since Genghis Khan's Mongolian armies swept across the Eurasian heartland between the 13th and 14th centuries, has the world had one great power so dominant that it has no
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    • ASIAN CURRENTS
      • 119 15 HAVE DEBATE ON N. KOREA ESCAPEES THE time has come for a full-blown debate on how Japan should deal with North Koreans seeking asylum m this country. The Japanese Foreign Ministry takes the stance that North Korean escapees are not necessarily the same as refugees. This means that the
        The Asahi Shimbun  -  119 words
      • 119 15 IMPROVE NATIONS POLITICAL CULTURE THE widely-held view m Bangladesh is that it should have achieved more than it actually has m terms of attaining economic and social advancement during its more than three decades of independent existence. Political parties entrusted with the sacred task of improving the lot of
        The Daily Star  -  119 words
      • 114 15 CREDIBLE MURDER PROBE NEEDED THE murder of former Bharatiya Janata Party minister Haren Pandya, a strong critic of Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi, raises disturbing questions about security and the law and order situation m the state. Although Mr Modi sought to counter criti- cism by asking the central
        The Hindu  -  114 words
      • 118 15 BE SENSITIVE TO SAFETY ISSUES EIGHT children were killed m South Korea last Wednesday when a fire broke out m a primary school dormitory m the southern city of Chunan. The fact that children were kept at such a poor facility reminds people of the blaze at the
        The Chosun Ilbo  -  118 words
      • 128 15 VIRUS MEASURES LATE BUT WELCOME HONGKONG Chief Executive Tung Chee Hvva has gone some way m reassuring the public that the government is finally addressing the severe acute respiratory syndrome epidemic by announcing positive and decisive measures to combat the spread of the virus. Closing all schools, setting up
        The Standard  -  128 words
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  • FORUM
    • 405 17 MAS On Critical-Year Issue MAS, LIKE MANY OTHER REGULATORS, DOES NOT HAVE AN ACTIVE ROLE IN CONTRACTUAL DISPUTES BETWEEN FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS THAT IT SUPERVISES AND THEIR CUSTOMERS... THE MATTER HAS TO BE RESOLVED BETWEEN THE TWO PARTIES, PREFERABLY AMICABLY, OR ELSE THROUGH LEGAL PROCESS.
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    • 75 17 I REFER to the recent correspondence on seahorses. Cites (the United Nations Convention on International Trade m Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora) and the lUCN (World Conservation Union) has assessed the conservation status of seahorses. They have specifically provided for their export, trade and
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    • 283 17 WE WERE SHUFFLED FROM ONE MINISTRY TO ANOTHER AND WHEN WE GOT THE RIGHT MINISTRY, FROM ONE DEPARTMENT TO ANOTHER. THE Government may have come up with many wonderful schemes to encourage entrepreneurship but there is a lack of communication between
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    • 208 17 I REFER to the report, "Lawyers who undercut and do bulk deals may be touting" (ST, March 24). While touting is of concern, the fundamental question is whether conveyancing fees should even be set m the first place. Last month, the Law
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    • 512 18 I REFER to Mark Hong's commentary, "Pragmatism means backing the right horse" (ST. March 26). As a young Singaporean, it is disconcerting to see my country supporting a unilateral and unnecessary invasion ot Iraq support which is inconsistent with Singapore's
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    • 341 18 SINGAPORE HAS MORE THAN ITS FAIR SHARE OF CREATED TOURIST ATTRACTIONS WHICH DO NOT OFFER THE AUTHENTICITY OF EXPERIENCE THAT CHANGI PRISON DOES. FOR most people, Changi Prison stands for three things: Inmates serving their time, lives being renewed and the time it was
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    • 171 18 TH E world has been experiencing rising temperatures, and the main cause of this is usuallysaid to be gas emissions from human activities. Singapore could easily point to this as the cause of higher temperatures here too. However, I believe that there is another
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    • 562 18 THIS THAT Why this... and why that? I WAS involved m a traffic incident on Jan 30 at the slip road of the Tampines Expressway leading to the Sefetar Expressway that involved multiple vehicles. My car had then been registered for nine years and one month, and thus had 11
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  • The Straits Times home
    • 8 1 The Straits Times home Monday, March 31, 2003
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    • 706 1  -  THERESA TAN Retrenched Singaporeans are flocking to geomancers with not much money but one big concern where to find a new job -1 'Some of the instalments stretch to more than six months and some cheques have bounced'
      ENRIQUE SORIANO  -  706 words
    • 109 1 FORAnthom Ho, a 45-year-old fatlier of two, it cost onh $18. A former finance and administrative manager m a multinational company, he left Ins job m 2000 to avoid being laid off. He started a laksa stall but it failed. Early this year,
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    • 703 2  - Low crime rate but more in S'pore jails than other nations' K. C. VIJAYAN More than 60 per cent of the countries surveyed have fewer than 150 inmates per 100,000 people. For Spore, it's 359 B£ LIFE BEHIND BARS: How Singapore compares SINGAPORE locks away more people than over half
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    • 316 2 PUNGGOL and Coney Island m north-east Singapore as well as Changi Village were once hotspots tor sun-and-sea lovers. That cool and breezy past is going to make a comeback, but with a "wildness" theme that will, among other things, encourage camping on Coney Island. Yesterday,
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    • CASE FILE
      • 84 2 A SALES executive who left his car parked for around 35 minutes returned to find one of the windows smashed and a $3,000 laptop stolen. The 28-year-old man also lost a palm PC worth $500 and some personal documents, all of which were m
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      • 109 2 A MAN m his 30s snatched a woman's handbag on Saturday at about 7-10 am and got away with a mobile phone worth $100, plus $160 m cash, that were inside. The 48-year-old victim, who lives, on the 10th floor of Block 20? Bishan Street 23,
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    • 515 4  -  KAREN WONG Association is promoting the year-old scheme to help workers and it hopes to net 3,600 takers by year end *1L A SCHEME to help Malay and Muslim workers look for jobs which fit their skills and abilities has drawn such
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    • 582 4  -  LEONG PIK YIN WINNERS Chef of the Year Justin Quek. Les Amis Restaurant of the Yean Les Amis Asian Ethnic Chef of the Yean Shinji Shiraishi Asian Ethnic Restaurant of the Year. HuaTing Restaurant. Orchard Hotel Executive Chef of the Yean
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    • 395 5 Live, work and shopall under one roof All restored shophouses, the newly available home offices boast a slice of old-world Singapore. Located at China Square Central, the apartments are a curious contrast of preserved facades and modern, comfortable interiors. Some are just one store\", while others, like the model apartment
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    • 143 5 PM Goh returns from Japan visit PRIMP: Minister Goh Chok Tong returned to Singapore yesterday afternoon after his working trip to Japan, a statement from the Prime Minister's Office said. In his six days there, Mr Goh met his Japanese counterpart, Mr Junichiro Koizumi, as well as other political and
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    • EDUCATION
      • 734 6  -  JANE LEE *L Mrs Patricia Koh, director of Pat's Schoolhouse, which she set up. She holds a master's degree m child development from the University of London, and spent 10 years with the then Institute of Education, mostly as the head of its
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      • 65 6 IF YOU have a problem with your child's education, tell us about it and we will ask the experts to help. Please mail your question, marked "Ask the expert", to The Straits Times Education Desk, 1000, Toa Payoh North Podium, 2nd storey, Singapore *****4, fax it
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      • 374 6  -  Jane Lee FROM July 2005, the prestigious Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) will give out a full master's degree to those studying under its programme with the National University of Singapore and the Nanyang Technological University. This is a step up from the
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      • GEEK NOTES
        • 174 7 ELECTRONIC Arts' new game has been blacklisted by the German government this month. Called Command Conquer: Generals, it has been placed on an index of games that is considered violent. Such games cannot be displayed on shelves or advertised m Germany. Electronic Arts, the largest maker
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        • 146 7 AN AMERICAN association for middle-age and older adults has begun advertising on KaZaA Media Desktop, software used by millions of teenagers and young adults to swop songs online. One advertisement links the desktop users to an article on "death with dignity" from the magazine ot
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        • 32 7 SINGTEL mobile customers will get caller ID overseas now. The free service is available when you travel to Australia, China, India, Malaysia, Thailand, Taiwan and Britain.
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        • 119 7 FROM today, online portal www.can.com.sg is releasing a clue to its treasure hunt even' half hour. The first participant to identify the location on the online map using the clues wins product prizes or up to $200 cash. The contest lasts 10 days, and 24 prizes can
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        • 73 7 STARHUB is extending its free incoming calls system for another 13 months. Although m Singapore, both the caller and the receiving party pay for the call, Star Hub has been absorbing the cost for incoming calls for its subscribers since it started operation m April
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      • 880 7 The Core truth Earth really is losing its magnetic field It is happening 10 times faster than m the action flick; its strength could be halved m 1,000 years, letting m increased radiation THE Earth's core has inexplicably stopped spinning, causing a breakdown of the global magnetic field that has
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    • 59 1 The Straits Times FORGET THE IC, WHERE'S MY PHONE? 'Even if I was m Pahang and found that I hadforgotten my phone, Fd drive back to Kuala Lumpur to get it/ Low Ngai Yuen, host of a popular Malaysian TV programme, who would rather lose her icientity card or credit
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      532 1  -  DAVID HSIEH Early warning system aims to help Beijing leaders detect and avert social instability By THI STRAITS TIMES CHINA BUREAU Similar models elsewhere MANY developed countries have similar systems to monitor regional hotspots, security, economic disputes, cultural and ethnic clashes and other issues. America's Rand Corporation, England's Institute
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    • CHINA
      • 158 2 BEHIND the glamour and the fast living, Chinese youngsters are a troubled lot. Suicide is the primary cause of death for those aged 15 to 34 and women have a 25 per cent higher rate than men, according to the latest research. Rural suicide rates
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      • 550 2  - Meet China's GENERATION A CHUA CHIN HON Attitudes, aspirations mark the new youth By THE STRAITS TIMES CHINA Bl RF.AI BEIJING She is 22, slim and energetic and relishes all the attention she gets on the basketball court despite the fact that her skimpy cheerleader's costume makes her grandparents squirm.
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        55 5 XINHUA Liang Vi mourns the loss of her husband after he died fighting a forest fire m Tangwan \illage on the outskirts of the county town of Fuping, m north-west China's Shaanxi province. Eight others were killed m the blaze, thought to have started from a stick of
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      • 344 5 Taipei 'needs leaner, meaner armed forces' GROWING THREAT FROM CHINA TAIPEI Taiwan's ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) has recommended that the military build a leaner but more powerful force to face what it says is a growing threat from China, officials said. Military staff strength should be slashed from the
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      • 507 5  - How MTV scored a hit in China CHU A CHIN HON Eight years m the making, deal will let music channel enter millions of homes m Guangdong province I UK STB \!Ts IIMES Hl\ V BI'KK U BEIJING Eight years of patience has finally paid off for MTV m China
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      • 124 5 TAIPEI Taiwan's two largest opposition parties voted unanimously at separate congresses yesterday to give their leaders authority to seek a joint ticket to oppose President Chen Shui-bian m next year's election. Kuomintang chief Lien Chan and People First Party leader James Soong rivals m the
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    • ASIA
      • 748 6 Japan's job market woes I New job m top firm for son... ...but it's early retirement for dad II TOKYO The diverging fortunes within the Doi family highlight the challenge faced by Japan to reduce its record unemployment rate m a sluggish economy not enough young 3ualified workers and too
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      • 290 6 SEOUL An envoy of South Korean President Roh Moo Hyun headed yesterday for meetings m Russia and China seeking help m defusing an escalating crisis over North Korea's nuclear weapons drive. Mr Ra Jong Yil, senior adviser for national security, is
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      • 312 6 Pre-emptive strike by Japan 'okay as last resort' N. KOREAN NUCLEAR CRISIS TOKYO If North Korea were about to launch a missile at Japan, it would not be unconstitutional to make a preemptive attack on the launch site. Japan's defence chief Shigeru Ishiba said yesterday. "The Japanese government said m
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      • 451 7 Two young Indians caught m 'taboo affair' beaten to death m village SARENDHI (India; Two young lovers died when they were attacked with sticks, batons and iron rods for a relationship their families and other villagers opposed. The affair broke several taboos. He was a Hindu from the
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      • 52 7 REUTERS A father introduces his son to another era of transport as he sizes up a 1926 Handerson motorbike m New Delhi. The machine was one of the attractions which drew enthusiasts from across the country yesterday to the first rally of its kind celebrating
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      • 244 7 Muslim villagers accused of spying for Indian forces JAMMU (India) Islamic militants chopped oft the noses of six Kashmiri Muslims on Friday after accusing them of being Indian spies. The victims, five men and a woman, survived the attack m southern Kashmir's Rajouri
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      • ASIA FILE
        • 82 7 A FORMER Chinese official has been kicked out of the Communist Party and turned over to prosecutors, for building himself a lavish tomb using public funds, said the ofhcial Xinhua news agency. Former state tobacco company deputy manager Feng Wenchao ordered the grave built
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        • 51 7 AN OITI AWED Maoist group exploded mines at railway station m the southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh, causing some damage but no casualties, an official said m Hyderabad yesterday. Rebels from the banned People's War Group PWG) exploded the mines late on Saturday.
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        • 64 7 A CHINESE Chilian aircraft is expected to fly to Taiwan for the first time m half a century as early as May to undergo maintenance, it was reported yesterday. Shanghai Airlines plans to separately contract Taiwan's Far East Airport Transport Corp and Evergreen Aviation
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        • 82 7 A RADICAL Hindu group, Vishwa Hindu Parishad, seeking to build a temple on the ruins of a razed mosque yesterday threatened to "change" India's ruling federal government if it did not hand over the disputed site. "We have the power to change the government if
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        • 33 7 TWO French tourists were among three people mauled by an angry tiger m a forest reserve m the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh, forest officials said yesterday. Reuters
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      • 131 7 ISLAMABAD A twoyear ban on supplies for the Kahuta nuclear-research laboratory imposed by the United States would have no effect on Pakistan's nuclear programme, according to officials here. "The measures... were unjustified," the Pakistan Foreign Ministry said m a statement quoted by the
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    • SOUTH-EAST ASIA
      • 508 8  -  DEVI ASMARANI Vila Ilhami, a housing complex near Jakarta, takes pride m creating a living environment exclusively for Muslims By IHE STRAITS HMI-s l\l)O\KN| HI XX U 'Here you can make sure you don't have a neighbour singing church songs m one of those
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      • 359 8  -  Devi Asmarani JAKARTA With Muslims m Indonesia becoming increasingly devout m recent decades, an exclusively Islamic market has now evolved, offering strictly halal products. They range from exclusive Islamic housing estates to cosmetics and foodstuff. Take Pusaka Tradisi Ibu, a company that produces
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      • 287 8 Manila govt and rebels aim for new peace talks MANILA Government negotiators and Muslim separatist guerillas said yesterday that they had agreed to work towards resuming stalled peace talks and halting fighting which had raged m recent weeks. Moro Islamic Liberation Front guerillas broke off all contact with peace negotiators
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      • 460 9 Cambodian police raid red-light area after US-based Christian group films Viet child prostitutes, some under 10 years old PHNOM PENH Videos taken by a US-based group showing children being prostituted m a red-light area here prompted a police raid that led to the rescue
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      • REGIONAL FILE
        • 51 9 PHILIPPINE Roman Catholic church leader Cardinal Jaime Sin was hospitalised yesterday after experiencing convulsions apparently set on by a recent stroke, his spokesman said. Cardinal Sin, 74, was m stable condition and was undergoing a series of tests to determine the cause of the convulsions.
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        • 52 9 BANGKOK police have arrested three foreigners allegedly linked to a large international crime network and seized 2.5 kg of heroin destined for Taiwan, officials said yesterday. The suspects were identified as Suresh Gurang of Nepal, Fabio Jouliani of New Zealand and Reza Mohammad of
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        • 53 9 A HOME-MADE bomb exploded at a mall m the central Philippines yesterday, injuring at least two people, Iloilo city police said. The crudely made explosive device was planted inside a toilet at the Marymart Mali m Iloilo city, 450 Icm south of Manila,
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        • 56 9 PHILIPPINE troops clashed with communist guerillas m a hilly area near Manila, resulting m at least 24 deaths, officials said yesterday. About 20 rebels of the NewPeople's Army, three policemen and a soldier were killed m day-long gun battles on Saturday m Angat
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        • 74 9 THE No 3 leader of Myanmar's ruling military' junta has urged those who have borrowed from crippled banks to repay their debts quickly to alleviate the plight of depositors and the economy, a newspaper reported yesterday. The New Light of Myanmar quoted General Khin
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    • MALAYSIA
      • 317 10 Mahathir aide's son 'tried to strangle ex-wife' KUALA LUMPUR The former wife of the son of a senior adviser to the Prime Minister has alleged that her former husband tried to strangle her by pressing his foot on the back of her neck. Ms Munira Hosein, 28, a Bangladeshi who
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      • 387 10 Umno women to lead cyber charge Women's wing to set up 'cyber units' to help Umno use the Net to counter opposition allegations SEREMBAN Umno plans to counter opposition allegations through an aggressive use of the Internet and has given its women's wing the task of setting up "cyber units".
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      • 305 10 PARTY CHIEF SINCE 1986 PUTRAJAYA Malaysia's top Chinese leader Ling Liong Sik has given notice that he will quit politics m 2005 and will not seek re-election as president of the Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA). The Transport Minister said on Saturday he
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      • 170 11 'Film star' elephant seen as a danger MALACCA A rare tuskless elephant which starred m the movie Anna And The King may be put down after it attacked its keeper at the Malacca Zoo recently. Zoo officials have concluded that Adun is too dangerous to be kept m captivity. However,
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      • MALAYSIA FILE
        • 63 11 OWNERS of diesel vehicles that release excessive black smoke will get summonses by mail and may have their vehicles taken off the road. Selangor Department of Environment director Kalsom Abdul Ghani said his department was beefing up enforcement and, with the help of the Road Transport
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        • 52 11 THE government has allocated RM3OO million (SSI4O million) for reviving 97 abandoned housing projects. Second Finance Minister Jamaludin Jarjis said a total of 30,460 units, ranging from lowto medium cost, would be completed and delivered to their buyers without any increase m price. New
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        • 47 11 A ROYAL Malaysian Air Force fighter jet skidded due to a puncture tyre while landing at the Kuching International Airport on Saturday. The two pilots of the F-18D Hornet ejected from their seats for a safe exit. The Star Asia News Network
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        • 64 11 ONLY 2,000 of the 12,000 civil servants who have moved to Putrajaya have registered as voters. Election Commission secretary Wan Ahmad Wan Omar said the commission had conducted several exercises to register civil servants m the newly gazetted parliamentary constituency and said the poor response
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        • 61 11 MOTORISTS m the Klang Valley can look forward to receiving realtime information on the traffic situation through electronic messaging boards, the Internet, short messaging services, wireless application, pro-tocol-basea applications or toll-free numbers. This follows the introduction of an integrated information system that is expected
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      • 268 11 PASTR PUTEH (Kelantan) More English-lan-guage teachers are to be recruited from overseas to help improve Malaysian teachers' command of the language. Education Ministry Schools Division Director Kusaini Hasbullah said already 40 such trainers had been sent to several states, including Terengganu. 'They are placed
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      • 358 11 Pirate attacks raise spectre of terrorism at sea Anti-piracy experts warn terror groups may target ships with chemical cargo next m the Straits of Malacca KUALA LUMPUR A spate of attacks by pirates armed with automatic weapons has heightened concern about the possibility of terrorists hijacking chemical tankers sailing m
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    • The Straits Times sports
      • 608 12 SOCCER England back slams coach for fielding too many youngsters LONDON No direction, no passion and no chance. Gareth South g a t c launched a scathing attack on coach Sven-Goran Eriksson and his regime m the wake of England's unconvincing 2-0 win
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      • 318 12 ZURICH Swiss police arrested 25 England fans on a night of violence which saw five other supporters either shot or stabbed. Three men suffered gunshot wounds, while two others were also taken to hospital with knife wounds m the
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      • 329 12 LONDON A swap involving David Beckham going to Real Madrid and Ronaldo coming to Manchester United is being put together by sports manufacturers adidas and Nike. United has put a minimum £3Om (SsB4 million) price tag on Beckham and the two
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      • 414 12 NUREMBERG (Germany) A dismal 1-1 draw with modest Lithuania has reminded Germany that qualification tor major events is no longer a formality tor it. The Germans needed only eight minutes to take the lead courtesy of central defender Carsten Ramelow hut, thereafter, the host went to
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      • 57 12 RESULTS, FIXTURES Cyprus 1 1sraeli France 6 Malta 0 April 2: Slovenia v Cyprus Israel v France I P D L F Pts France 4 4 0 0 17 1 12 Israel 2 110 3 14 Cyprus 3 1114 4 4 Slovenia 2 10 13 5 3 Malta
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      • 68 12 RESULTS, FIXTURES Bosnia 2 Luxembourg 0 j Romania 2 Denmark 5 April 2: Luxembourg v Norway I Denmark v Bosnia I i P D L F A Pts Denmark 3 2 10 9 4 7 Norway 3 2 10 5 2 7 Romania 4 2 0 2 12
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      • 63 12 RESULTS. FIXTURES Holland 1 Czech Republic 1 Belarus 2 Moldova 1 i April 2: Czech Rep v Austria Moldova v Holland f I D I F Pts Holland 3 2 10 7 17 Czech Republic 3 2 10 5 17 Austria 3 2 0 14 3 6 Belarus
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      • 56 12 RESULTS, FIXTURES Poland 0 Hungary 0 April 2: Poland v San Marino Hungary v Sweden t I I l f I Ik Latvia 3 2 10 2 0 7 Hungary 3 12 0 4 15 Poland 3 1112 14 Sweden 2 0 2 0 112 San Marino 3
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      • 59 12 RESULTS, FIXTURES Scotland 2 Iceland 1 Germany 1 Lithuania 1 April 2: Lithuania v Scotland 1 P I I f I fk Scotland 3 2 10 6 3 7 Germany 3 2 10 5 2 7 Lithuania 4 112 3 6 4 Iceland 3 10 2 4 4
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      • 63 12 RESULTS, FIXTURES Armenia 1 Northern Ireland 0 Ukraine 2 Spain 2 April 2: N. Ireland v Greece Spain v Armenia P D 1 P tts Spain 3 2 10 7 2 7 Ukraine 4 13 0 6 4 6 Armenia I I I I I < 4 Greece
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      • 61 12 RESULTS. FIXTURES Liechtenstein 0 England 2 Macedonia 0 Slovakia 2 April 2: England v Turkey Slovakia v Liechtenstein P D L F A Fts Turkey 3 3 0 0 10 19 England 3 2 10 6 3 7 Slovakia 3 10 2 3 5 3 Macedonia 4 0
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      • 53 12 RESULTS, FIXTURES Croatia 4 Belgium 0 April 2: Estonia v Bulgaria i Croatia v Andorra t C I F A Pts Bulgaria 3 3 0 0 6 19 Belgium 4 2 0 2 2 6 6 Croatia 3 11)424 Estonia 2 0 110 11 Andorra 2 0 0
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      • 60 12 RESULTS, FIXTURES Italy 2 Finland 0 Wales 4 Azerbaijan 0 April 1: Serbia-Montenegro v Wales. P X D I F A Pts Wales 4 4 0 0 10 1 12 Italy 4 2 116 3 7 Serbia-Monte 3 12 0 5 3 5 Finland 4 10 3 3
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      • 60 12 RESULTS, FIXTURES Albania 3 Russia 1 Georgia 1 1reland 2 April 2: Albania v Ireland Georgia v Switzerland P D I P ft Pts Switzerland 3 2 10 7 3 7 Russia 3 2 0 19 6 6 Albania 3 1115 6 4 Ireland 3 10 2 5
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      • 684 13 con His swing is gone and he lies 5 strokes behind leaders Haas and Harrington PONTE VEDRA (Florida) Tiger Woods has a lot of ground to cover if he wants to pick up his fourth title m five starts this season. A four-under-par 68 card at
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      • 485 13 RANCHO MIRAGE (California) At the age of 13, Annika Sorenstam was a 45-handicapper m Sweden. Patricia Meu-nier-Lebouc was just being introduced to golf m France. Neither could imagine spending their spring break the way Michelle Wie is playing with them this morning
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      • 275 13 BASKETBALL SAN ANTONIO Not long ago, the San AntonioUtah rivalry was one of the NBAs most heated as the teams vied annually for supremacy m the M"id-we-t Division. Much of the antipathy remains, judging from tin boos that still shower
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      • 268 13 HORSE RACING A Dream Start w^ stevelevar IT was a dream start for the 50 Orange Racing Trust stake holders last Friaay night at the Singapore racecourse, when their first runner Crossing Time scored brilliantly m race four of the night. Meanwhile, m Malaysia yesterday six year old
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      • 539 13 Track (1-6) Soft (7-10) Yietdinq Race 1-aass 4(1) 1100 7CALDECOTTSTAR.VSivan 1 SSo Royal, C Hewitson 2. 68.Q Win, RLim 3. Margins: 3/4 len x 4 len. Time. 1-06 0 Nos. 7,5,6. Win: $6. Place: 55.59.517. FCT $17. No PFT. TCE: 564 Winner trained
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      • 501 14  -  MARC LIM RIX.BY Restricted m UK, rugby teams return to quarantine today H>, IT ENDED its Hongkong Sevens campaign without a win. It conceded a whopping 1?H points m to v r matches, the highest among the 24 competing nations. And it will not get much better tor
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      • 310 14 FIGURE SKATING WASHINGTON Michelle Kwan whipped the sellout crowd into a cheering frenzy en route to her fifth title at the World Figure Skating Championships. She fended off Yelena Sokolova of Russia to become the first woman to win five world titles since fellow-American Carol
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      • 157 14 DUBLIN England made it a double celebration yesterday. It clinched the Six Nations Grand Slam by crushing Ireland 42-6 at Lansdowne Road after its sevens team retained its Hongkong Sevens crown earlier. Tries by Lawrence Dallaglio, Mike'Tindall and Will Greenwood (two) and Dan Luger gave England
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      • 220 14 TENNIS MIAMI Andre Agassi crushed Spaniard Carlos Moya 6-3, 6-3 to win a record third consecutive, and sixth overall, Nasdaq-100 Open men's title yesterday. The American raced through the first game without dropping a point, then broke the fifth seed for a 3-1 lead on his
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      • 881 14 AUSTRALIAN RULES AFL: Adelaide 22.13 (145) Fremantle 13 1! (89i. Melbourne 16.10 (106) Hawthorn 15.10 (100). Western Bulldogs 19.16 (130) Geelonq 13.13 (91). Kangaroos 14.12 (96) St.Kilda 10.10 (70). West Coast 17.20 (122) Port Adelaide 11.6 (74), Brisbane 14.20 (104) Essendon 8.13 (61). Sydney 22.14 (146) Carlton
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      • SPORTS FILE
        • 87 14 ALL four of Singapore's bowlers crashed out of the Malaxsian leg of the Aviva Asian Bowling Tour yesterday. Evelyn Chan, Catherine Kang and Yap Seok Kirn failed to get past the opening round at the Pyramid Mega Lanes m Petaling Java, losing to Indonesia's
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        • 103 14 VETERAN golfer Mike Cunning of Arizona clinched his first title m seven years yesterday when he fired a tournament-re-cord 18-under-par 270 to win the Asian PGA Tours Indian Open m New Delhi. Cunning, 44, shot an eight-under 64, which included five birdies m
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        • 54 14 MOON BALLAD, ridden for Godolphin by Frankie Dettori, galloped to a brilliant five-length victory on Saturday m the Dubai World Cup. Second place m the 11-strong field went to lone US raider Harlan's Holiday, the mount ofJohn Velazquez, with hot favourite Nayef, ridden by
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        • 102 14 DECO SOUZA crowned a spectacular debut for Portugal with the winning goal m a 2-1 victory over his native Brazil on Saturday its first over the South Americans since 1966. Substitute Deco converted a set-piece m the 82nd minute, after Brazil's Roberto Carlos was
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        • 47 14 AMERICAN Hasim Rahman and New Zealand's David Tua fought to a 12-round draw m Philadelphia m a heavyweight bout yesterday. Rahman dominated the early rounds. But the American, who weighed m at 117 kg, appeared to tire and let Tua back m.
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        • 80 14 LARRY SCOTT, who has worked for the ATP Tour for the past 11 years, has been hired as chief executive officer of the WTA Tour. Scott, 38, was introduced at a news conference on Saturday before the women's final at the Nasdaq-100 Open
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        • 62 14 PAKISTAN beat defending champion Germany m the final of the 12th Sultan Azlan Shah Cup hockey tournament m Ipoh yesterday. After a goal-less first half, Shabbir Hussian made no mistake m converting the best chance he got m the game m the 62nd minute to
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        • 74 14 GERMAN football club Bayern Munich is to extend coach Ottmar Hitzfeld's deal by a year to 2005, club president KarlHeinz Rummenigge told Bild am Sonntag weekly. Hitzfeld, 54, who has won the Champions League with both Dortmund and Bayern m the past six seasons, is
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        • 83 14 ROMANIA captain Gheorghe Popescu retired from international soccer after his team's embarrassing 2-5 defeat by Denmark m a Euro 2004 Group Two qualifier on Saturday. The defeat, Romania's heaviest at home m 25 years, also led to the resignation of coach Anghel lordanescu
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        • 48 14 KENYA'S Edith Masai defended her women's short-course title successfully at the World Cross-Country championships yesterday m Avenches, Switzerland. She beat newly-crowned long-course world champion Werknesh Kidane of Ethiopia, completing the four-km race m 12 mm 43 sec. Kenya's Jane Gakunyi was third.
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    • Obituary, Illustration
      1227 15 r CHARLIE LIM GIM SOON Age: 52 years passed away peacefully on 29 March 2003 leaving behind loved ones. Wife: Karen Tay Hood Eng Son: Christopher Lim Wei Guo Daughter: Geraldine Lim Sue Ping Mother: Mother-in-law: Chan Soon Neo Tan Lye Hoe Brothers: Sisters-in-law: Henry Lim Ghim Siew Erica
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    • MONEY
      • 707 16 ROUND-UP h en&tt markets HO X GKON G stocks are likely to drop this week, as the prospect of a prolonged war m Iraq and an increase m the number of people developing severe acute respiratory syndrome or Sars threaten to derail the
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      • 249 17 FRANKFURT Commerzbank, Germany's fourth-largest bank, may announce about 2,800 job cuts today after incurring the first annual loss m its 133-year history last month. The reductions, which may be announced after a supervisor}' board meeting, would take the total eliminated at the Frank-furt-based bank
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        • 77 18 BETTER cost control and profit margins helpea construction group PSL Holdings return to the black with a profit of $379,000 for the year ended Dec 31, reversing losses of $2.2 million m 2001. Revenue rose 8.2 per cent to $27 million, from $25 million previously.
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        • 70 18 HEALTH information provider Reed Group saw losses for the year ended Dec 31 widen 162 per cent to $12.2 million, from $4.7 million m 2001, due to a $99 million writedown of intangible assets. Revenue inched up 0.37 per cent to $8.2 million. Loss
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        • 54 18 CONSTRUCTION firm LKN-Primefield has re- ported a loss of $49-7 million for the year ended Dec 31, up 65 per cent from $30.1 million m 2001. Turnover slid 1.6 per cent to $69-5 million from $70.7 million the year before. Loss per share was 22
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        • 78 18 HIGHER property and golf club membership sales have helped property and leisure operator Dragon Land cut losses for the year ended Dec 31 by 94 per cent to $1.7 million from $26.1 million m 2001. Revenue swelled 80 per cent to $14.2 million from
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        • 77 18 CHINA Toll Bridge Roads has reported a profit of 1.8 million yuan (*****.000) for theym ended Dec 31. down 65 per cent from 5.2 million yuan m 2001. Despite a 48 per cent rise m turnover to 55.8 million yuan from 37-8 million yuan m
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      • 439 19  -  VLADIMIR GUEVARRA Oil and gas equipment firm eyes Sesdaq listing to help m regional expansion and aims to treble turnover m five years Bu "With oil prices rising, can you imagine all these people who will be scrambling to produce more
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      • 590 20  - Property auction sales hot up with start of Iraq war SOH WEN LIN Singaporeans are on the hunt for value buys at auctions because they think the market has reached bottom, say industry players Bu t'ROIT.Kn HI I'O RTEB PROPERTY auctioneers m Singapore are reporting greater attendance, increased bidding and
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      • 611 20  -  BRYAN LEE Bu It's not a huge dip but it reflects the general sentiment of people feel ing less wealthy than before. DoIIarDEW Mr Firth SIJNKjrAFUKEAJMS bought less gold last year compared with the year before as higher prices deterred buyers and
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      • 226 20 Citibank's no-frills banking starts tomorrow UPMARKET foreign bank Citibank will start offering no-frills bank accounts to the public from tomorrow as part of industry efforts to provide affordable banking services to low-income customers. The New York-based qualifying full bank, known for its well-heeled customers, will become just the second foreign
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      • 413 20 Deloitte makes U-turn and keeps consulting business NEW YORK Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu has reversed course and said it will keep its consulting business, becoming the only accounting firm among the big four to retain consulting and auditing services. It announced plans to spin off its consulting work m February last
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    • 107 17 Golden parachute or broken umbrella? fMany high-flying execs m Singapore were given the marching orders lately. Most were thought to have gotten big fat severance pay. f Or did they? A survey I of listed companies I jD has thrown up some very surprising findings. ■s. TheßusinessTimes SINOAPOfIE ,#fa^ I
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    • 296 20 It Wasn't Too Bad FA'onomics Minister sums up Japan's fiscal ear as better than expected. page Ail T El it 0 M It's Ripe For The Picking Spore telcos harness the youth market by targeting more senices at them. paceais Companies It's Time To Expand An increase m fuel demand
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    • 13 1 Life! CELEBRATES THE WONDER OF LIFE The Straits Times Monday, March 31, 2003
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    • 259 2  -  Clarissa Oon DESPITE the severe acute respiratory syndrome (Sars) scare, over 4,000 people showed up for Hongkong stars Flora Chan, Gallen Lo and Louis Koo's concert on Saturday night. Before the house lights dimmed at the Singapore Indoor Stadium, a few m the crowd could be spotted wearing
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    • 271 2 STAR ATTACK I HOLLYWOOD Oscar-winning Michael Moore, who slammed United States President George W. Bush at the Academy Awards last Sunday, is continuing his tirade m his next doumentary. Moore won an Oscar last Sunday for his anti-gun documentary, Bowling For Columbine. His new film,
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    • 148 2 STAR ATTACK II NEW YORK Controversy queen Madonna (right) has lobbed another shocker about the music video for her new single, American Life. The final scene m the video shows her throwing a lit grenade onto the lap of United States President George W. Bush. The actor
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    • 171 2 NEW YORK Hollywood legend Marlon Brando says he is broke, say reports. The New York Post said The Godfather star's alleged financial problems emerged after he was sued for US$lOO million (Ssl76 million) for breach of contract by the mother of three of his 11 children, Cristina
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    • 491 3  -  SUHAILA SULAIMAN The curtain goes up on the third DBS Life! Theatre Awards tonight, with the irrepressible Adrian Fang returning, as the show's liost By IT'S A LET-GO SESSION IN THE PRIVACY OF OUR OWN PEERS, SO YES, TO HELL WITH RULES' Adrian Pang
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    • 398 3 JUDGING for the 2002 Awards began at the beginning of last year. The panel this year comprised the theatre critics of The Straits Times Life! section and Business Times, as well as Dr K. K. Sect of the Theatre Studies programme at the National University of Singapore; teacher
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    • 936 4  -  SAMUEL LEE Lee Byung Hun, star of Korean drama serial All In, is willing to dine with fans or catch a movie with them, thanks to a lack of paparazzi culture m Korea By o\ |i ji Ist \\i> IF KOREAN actor Brian Lee Byiing
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      • 988 6  -  Tan Tarn How VIEWPOINT Artistes are organising themselves as advocates of peace. Examples are the candlelight concert for peace tonight and Lijsistrata Lah! GALVANISED by the Iraq war, some artistes m Singapore are taking unprecedented action to organise themselves as advocates of peace. B y
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      • 352 6  -  TAN SHZR EE MUSIC MAHLER'S RESURRECTION Singapore Symphony Orchestra Esplanade Contort Hall Last Saturday By' Aits Correspondent THE Singapore Symphony Orchestra (SSO) rose to its biggest challenge since it moved into the Esplanade's new Concert Hall: Gustav Mahler's monolith of a Resurrection Symphony.
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      • 483 9  -  SUHAILA SULAIMAN Phis some sex and violence on the side 0 This acclaimed work takes to the stage from Wednesday B. WITH sensationalist re-ality-based shows and images of destruction and violence flooding mainstream consciousness through television, how does one draw an audience into the theatre? Why, with more
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    • 758 8  -  Samuel Lee STRAIGHT TALK To what extent can the intellectually disabled enjoy a normal l family life and should they be having their own children? SPENDING time with residents from Minds' Tampines Home three Sundays ago got me thinking about love and relationships tor the less
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    • 209 12  -  Lionel Seah BUZZING IT GOT off on a painfully slow footing, but the first Mercedes-Benz Asia Fashion Week was exactly what it promised: a showcase of new Asian talents. The event, which started last Thursday and is part of Singapore Fashion Festival 2003, saw the participation
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    • 110 12 LOS ANGELES King of Pop Michael Jackson was selected as the "most foolish American" m a poll, published ahead of April Fool's Day. Eighty per cent of those polled said Jackson who has been m the media spotlight again since a British TV documentary' shed
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      • 1351 14 IN THE HIGH COURT OF THE REPUBLIC OF SINGAPORE Originating Summons No. 285 of 2003/ C In the Matter of Section 73 of the Companies Act Cap 50 (Revised Edition 1994) And In the Matter of Order 88 of the Rules of Court And In the Matter of YAMAHA MUSIC
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      • 367 16 Rfjfl PROFESSIONAL/ K^d EXECUTIVE POSITIONS •Sales Mgr (Hospitality sector) •Sales Executive (2.5K 4K) (Electronic component, semcon. chemicai Ind JLPT 1 2) •Receptionist (Hospital) •Customer Service Positions •Trainer (Cosmetic Industry) s •Logistic Coordinator (MNC) •Accounting Positions •Sales Engineer (Mechanical) a Pis call WAT AM ABE g3* Mm Diploma m j I
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      • 472 17 SALES CONSULTANTS (In Internet Biz Solution) $3K& above Experience m Internet/ Sales/ Marketing Minimum '0' level. Fresh grads welcome Mature enthusiastic Able to start work immediately Call 9003-0800 or www.webwise.com.sq Indoor furniture company requires Female working environment Basic pay Commission Bonus Interested, please call 6873 5629 for an appi. Clemenh
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