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Title Section22 2000-09-12 1 STREATS Treats for the Streets TUESDAY 12 September 2000 Another quality publication of Qjp Singapore Press Holdings E-mail: streats@sph.com.sg MITA (P) 103/06/200022 words
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morning rush
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Article47 2000-09-12 1 IF you’re tired of singing alone, join in the first-ever National Duet Karaoke Competition organised by the Bukit Batok Grassroots Organisation and double your crooning bliss. Mooted by Dr Ong Chit Chung, MP for Bukit Timah GRC, the competition’s aim is to enhance community bonding.47 words
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Article42 2000-09-12 1 SECOND-YEAR engineering students keen on starting their own companies will soon have the space, facilities and expertise to do so, under a new engineering technopreneurship incubation programme by NUS. It includes tuition, workshops and seminars. It was launched last weekend.42 words
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Article49 2000-09-12 1 SONY Singapore’s consumer service division yesterday retrenched 15 of its 85 employees because of falling demand for repair services. They received a severance package of one month’s pay for every year worked in Sony Singapore, half of their Annual Wage Supplement and their half-year bonus.49 words
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Article, Illustration454 2000-09-12 1 (y Needles and stones near Bugis MRT IT HAPPENED outside the Bugis MRT station. She insists it could happen to you. Someone comes up to you asking for directions to Toa Payoh. What do you do? Ms Na Musawi, 33,Pic: Wanbao - 454 words
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Article, Illustration131 2000-09-12 2 Look at this man. His name is Francis. He is our photographer a big and burly one, with dyed hair to boot In short, someone you won't likely want to mess around with, should you bump into him on the street. He looks131 words
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Article338 2000-09-12 3 Participants at feedback sessions say they want more than baby bonus IT TAKES more than a Baby Bonus to make a baby. What would-be parents really need are more facilities for working mothers, more help with medical expenses and less stress in school. The toughest part338 words
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219 2000-09-12 3 KAREN WONG - By KAREN WONG A MAN allegedly hijacked his exflame’s e-mail account and read her messages. Lim Siong Khee, 29, a computer technician, allegedly also used the account to send lewd messages to her friends. He is now on trial in a district court for obtaining219 words
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200 2000-09-12 3 Background: On Sept 2,The Straits Times reported that many Singaporeans had not received their June and July utility bills. Those affected were worried that when the bills came, they would have to pay at one go. Power Supply assured customers they would200 words
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Article, Illustration316 2000-09-12 4 A YOUTH was knifed to death in Tampines Mall on Jan 15 this year. The deceased, Soh Chin Peng, 20, was there that night with eight friends to catch an 11pm movie. After buying tickets, they went to a fast food restaurant.316 words
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161 2000-09-12 4 Verdict: Loh Kar Seng and Heng Bak Tong were fined $7,000 each in the Subordinate Court for committing a negligent act TWO Primary Production Department (PPD) officers were out shooting stray dogs, but ended up killing a man instead. On Nov 2,161 words
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Article, Illustration150 2000-09-12 4 FIVE cars and two taxis were involved in a chain collision along the Pan-Island Expressway (PIE) on Sunday afternoon. Three female passengers were injured, reported Lianhe Zaobao yesterday. The accident occurred on the extreme right lane of the Paya Lebar Flyover, towards the direction of ChangiPic: Zaobao - 150 words
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247 2000-09-12 4 A SINGAPORE consular officer in Bangladesh who accepted a free air ticket back home in return for approving three visa applications was jailed for six months. Ibrahim Ismail, 47, was also ordered yesterday to pay a penalty of $2,676 by a district court.247 words
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Article, Illustration140 2000-09-12 4 A LIVELY two-year-old toddler, Lin Ruiqi died at Kandang Kerbau Women’s and Children’s Hospital on Sunday night at about 9.30 pm after having lapsed into a 10-hour coma. On Friday, Ruiqi suffered a sudden attack of high fever and was taken to a clinic in Yishun.Pic: Shin Min - 140 words
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Article88 2000-09-12 4 PRINCE and Princess Hitachi of Japan are in Singapore for a four-day visit. Yesterday, the prince, who is the second son of the late Emperor Showa and the Empress Dowager, and his wife spent three hours at the Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology (IMCB). They were88 words
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Article96 2000-09-12 4 TWO more drugs norephedrine and norpseudophedrine were included in the list of controlled substances yesterday. With this inclusion, anyone caught with the drugs, or who manufactures, supplies, imports or exports them, will be committing an offence under the Misuse of Drug Act. Penalties for such offences96 words
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Article, Illustration299 2000-09-12 5 jXereare hardly any side effects; only a bit of difficulty eating dry food and a lot of mucus discharge. -David MANAGER David (not his real name), 52, had a runny nose which discharged bloody mucus. At first, the general practitioner prescribed medication, thinking it wasPics: ST - 299 words
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Article, Illustration99 2000-09-12 5 Hi! I can finally leave my umbrella at home today! It's going to be slightly hazy and partly cloudy, with temperatures reaching a high of 32 degrees Celsius. It's a great day for a swim, so I'm going to catch the high tide which will reach99 words
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Article76 2000-09-12 5 From this month If you're thinking of getting a home loan, the Overseas Union Bank now offers the best home loan rate for the first few years. Home owners can now pay 3.2 per cent for the first year and 4.5 per cent for the second year. If your property76 words
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Article46 2000-09-12 5 Today is the day to celebrate the Mooncake Festival! So go home early tonight to have a reunion with your loved ones. For those whose loved ones are abroad, simply pick up the phone and give them a tinkle. It takes less than a minute...46 words
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Article41 2000-09-12 5 Head down to Chinatown tonight for the Chinatown i Mid-Autumn Festival k 2000. The streets of H Chinatown have been transformed into a big bazaar, with a wide variety of festive goodies, and also lantern- making demonI strations.41 words
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Streatsmart column
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Article154 2000-09-12 6 those days, the athletes competed naked, which as you can imagine meant that there was always a large audience, especially for the trampoline event In the modem Olympia, of course, the athletes wear clothes, except in table-tennis, which is why this sport is never shown on television.154 words
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Article, Illustration745 2000-09-12 6 "SEX is the great amateur art. The professional, male or female, is frowned upon. He or she misses the whole point and spoils the show.” At least once every four years, David Cort’s words from his book Social Astonishments ring truer when745 words
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Streatsmart regional
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223 2000-09-12 7 Reuters KOTA KINABALU, Sabah Gunmen snatched three Malaysians resort manager George Solomon, 40, dive master Joe Joseph Onkinah, 40, and a 30-year-old ethnic Chinese, contractor who was visiting the diving resort on Pandanan island in what some diplomats fear– Reuters - 223 words
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189 2000-09-12 7 Reuters The Democratic Party won U seats in the 60-member chamber HONG KONG Hong Kong’s Democratic Party, an outspoken critic of communist China, returned as the single largest group in the legislature on Monday but with its strength eroded by its pro-Beijing rival– Reuters - 189 words
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59 2000-09-12 7 To prepare for her role in Breakers, in which she drinks quite a bit, Sigourney Weaver of Alien fame went to a Russian restaurant with nine friends and proceeded to down seven shots of flavoured vodka, reported the New York Post. Ms Weaver tried the59 words
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Article62 2000-09-12 7 A plane's cockpit voice and flight data recorder are encased in a quarter-inch thick stainless steel box or "black box" roughly 10x10x5 inches. Black boxes, which are usually orange, are Putin the tail section of the plane, where there is supposedly less destruction, since a typical crashing62 words
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120 2000-09-12 7 -AFP JAKARTA Sixteen people were killed and dozens were injured in a head-on collision between a passenger train and a freight train in Indonesia’s Central Java province, police said yesterday. The collision happened in Ketanggan in Batang district on the northern coast of Central-AFP - 120 words
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171 2000-09-12 7 -AFP TOKYO -Forty -two postal workers were taken to hospital after suffering pain in their eyes when foul-smelling fumes leaked from a parcel at a Tokyo post office, an official said. “We have sent a total of 35 workers to nearby hospitals-AFP - 171 words
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Article123 2000-09-12 7 Reuters TOKYO There’s good news on the fiscal front for the region. Japan’s economy expanded at a robust 4.2 per cent annual pace in the three months to June, logging a second quarter of convincing growth. Gross domestic product grew a real one per cent in– Reuters - 123 words
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Article87 2000-09-12 7 Reuters SEOUL The thaw in Korean ties continues as North Korea’s top envoy, Kim Yong-sun, secretary of North Korea’s Workers’ Party and chairman of the Asia-Pacific Peace Committee, arrived in Seoul yesterday. He is to discuss arrangements for a visit by North Korean leader Kim Jong-il.– Reuters - 87 words
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Article86 2000-09-12 7 Reuters MELBOURNE It was almost like the Seattle World Trade Organisation meeting last November once more, as thousands of anticorporate activists confronted police yesterday outside a Melbourne casino complex. This is where government and business leaders were gathering for a World Economic Forum (WEF) summit. Fifty– Reuters - 86 words
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Article89 2000-09-12 7 AP BANGKOK Natural gas-powered motorcycles could soon be a common occurrence around these parts. The development of the motorcycles in Malaysia will be among the topics discussed at the three-day Gasex 2000 conference which began yesterday. With high oil prices distressing consumers, energy experts of the Asia-Pacific region– AP - 89 words
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Article80 2000-09-12 7 Reuters BRISBANE Guns from Indonesia and Australia are increasingly being traded for high quality marijuana in Papua New Guinea. Police Commander John Bonot of Mount Hagen in PNG’s central highlands said local arms dealers fly the weapons like Ml6s and AK47s directly into the highlands on light– Reuters - 80 words
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311 2000-09-12 8 AP Critics say show is just a lurid grab for ratings while producers say it covers the true face of crime and punishment LOS ANGELES A new television programme that shows the videotaped confessions of killers and rapists is stirring controversy. The first– AP - 311 words
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Article95 2000-09-12 8 Reuters COPENHAGEN Up to seven people were feared drowned after a Polish yacht collided with a tanker and sank off Denmark’s north-west coast on Sunday. One of eight people aboard the yacht, a 19-year-old woman, was rescued while the bodies of two passengers were recovered. Five– Reuters - 95 words
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Article23 2000-09-12 8 Give your browser a new wardrobe with over 30,000 skins to choose from, including animal prints and cartoons. Surf to Hotbar.com.23 words
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Article49 2000-09-12 8 Want to check out a site before divulging your credit card number online? Download a small application from Alexa.com and the site will be stripped bare right in front of you. You'll find out the country its registered in, the address, statistics and related links.49 words
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Article, Illustration245 2000-09-12 8 -AFP Emergency workers recover 10 bodies but another 12 are missing ROME At least 10 people died when a torrent of flood water raged through a campsite in Italy’s southern Calabria region in which a group of handicapped people were staying. Emergency-AFP; Pic: Reuters - 245 words
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Article, Illustration112 2000-09-12 8 Reuters NEW YORK Cats, the longest-running show in Broadway, ended on Sunday after a run of 7,484 performances. Cats’ final curtain was at 8.45 pm on Sunday in New York at the Winter Garden Theatre. The Broadway musical raked in over US$4OO million (*****– Reuters; Pic: AP - 112 words
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Article91 2000-09-12 8 -AFP LONDON Britain’s opposition Tories were exploiting fear of foreigners and encouraging racism, Foreign Secretary Robin Cook charged on Sunday. “They should stigmatise racism, not legitimise it,” Cook said in his constituency, accusing Tory leader William Hague of “exploiting fear”, especially of asylum seekers. Mr Cook-AFP - 91 words
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Article81 2000-09-12 8 -AFP DHAKA The male-dominated streets of Bangladesh are in for a facelift, following the recent launch of “women-only cabs”. “There will be taxi cabs for women passengers only, driven by women,” said Nasim Ali Khan, sales manager of Nitol Motors, which is sponsoring the scheme. “Men have to-AFP - 81 words
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Article76 2000-09-12 8 Reuters CAPE CANAVERAL With a final whisper from the control jets on Atlantis, astronaut Terrence Wilcutt gently docked the orbiter with the International Space Station on Sunday, in what Nasa called a “textbook rendezvous”. This was the third time a US shuttle had docked at– Reuters - 76 words
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Article94 2000-09-12 9 Reuters VIENNA -Opec ministers agreed to raise oil supplies by 800,000 barrels daily in a bid to tame runaway crude prices and avert a consumer scare over fuel costs. The Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries lifted production by just over three per cent to– Reuters - 94 words
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Article, Illustration125 2000-09-12 9 Reuters KISSAMA NATIONAL PARK, Angola Seven elephants airlifted from South Africa trumpet a new beginning for war-torn Angola’s stunning but decimated national reserves. The elephants’ new life in the grassy river plains of Kissama, south of the Angolan capital Luanda, began after a hard 30-hour, 3,500 km journey– Reuters; Pic: AFP - 125 words
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Article79 2000-09-12 9 Reuters MOSCOW A spokesman for Chechen rebel leader Aslan Maskhadov said three Russian officers had been taken prisoner by guerillas in Chechnya. But the Kremlin denied that any Russian officers had been abducted. “None of this is true. There was no such incident...lt is disinformation,” said– Reuters - 79 words
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Article52 2000-09-12 9 Reuters BRUSSELS Luxembourg’s Prince Guillaume and his wife, Princess Sibilla, were injured in an auto accident on a motorway near Paris. Prince Guillaume, the 37-year-old son of Grand Duke Jean and Grand Duchess Josephine-Charlotte, suffered a head injury and remains under observation. Princess Sibilla, 32, broke– Reuters - 52 words
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Article, Illustration185 2000-09-12 9 AP Lee's three-year-old case has been marked by allegations of espionage and racism ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico Los Alamos scientist Wen Ho Lee, fired and jailed on charges of mishandling nuclear weapons secrets, has agreed to plead guilty to one charge and will cooperate with investigators,– AP - 185 words
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Article39 2000-09-12 9 gofigure Who do Singaporeans trust mostl Their mothers or their spouses? Thirty six per cent of single Singaporeans trust their mothers most, whilst 41 per cent of married Singaporeans rely on their spouses.AC Nielson survey ofsoo Singaporeans39 words
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223 2000-09-12 9 Reuters The secret lies in the cerebellum; a region at the back of the brain LONDON Scientists may have unravelled a mystery which has puzzled them and millions of children for years: Why it is impossible to tickle yourself. The Daily Telegraph said yesterday the– Reuters - 223 words
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291 2000-09-12 9 Reuters GAZA The Palestinian assembly put off a planned declaration of a Palestinian state on Sunday to allow more time for peace negotiations with Israel. Israel and the US hailed the decision of the Palestinian Central Council (PCC) at– Reuters - 291 words
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Article122 2000-09-12 9 -AFP MOSCOW A vodka war is raging in Russia, with professional hits, hundreds of thousands of bottles seized and over 20,000 dead this year after drinking bootleg liquor. Vodka “kings” are locked in a struggle for a market worth some Ss2o billion, split equally between-AFP - 122 words
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Article, Illustration160 2000-09-12 10 THE world’s oldest surviving Olympic medallist, 103-year-old ‘Harry’ Hal Haig Prieste, finally came clean yesterday and gave back an Olympic flag that he stole from the Antwerp Games in 1920. “It was no good to me,” the American told reporters after basking in theFfC: AFP - 160 words
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Article, Illustration165 2000-09-12 10 BRITISH Prime Minister Tony Blair made his most popular cabinet minister, Mo Mowlam, feel like a “tea lady”, a new biography of Ms Mowlam says. The rift between Mr Blair and the highest-profile woman in his government was detailed in published excerpts from the biography,PIC: REUTERS - 165 words
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Article, Illustration107 2000-09-12 10 CAMBODIAN King Norodom Sihanouk will return home on Sept 16, after spending more than a month in Beijing for routine medical treatment, his son said. “His Majesty the King will return home on the 16th,” Prince Norodom Ranariddh told reporters. “There is a rumour saying the kingPIC: AFP - 107 words
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Article, Illustration130 2000-09-12 10 Reuters SPIKE Lee says his mother was his biggest influence. But it was a Super 8 camera that changed his life. “When I was in college, Mom would send me back my letters, correcting my grammar in red ink,” the director said in Sunday’s edition of– Reuters; PIC: AFP - 130 words
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Article, Illustration150 2000-09-12 11 TV. Y.E.S. 933.3 FM DJ Danny Yeo is to switch to TV to fill in Guo Liang’s recently vacated role in variety show Entertainment Beat, after Liang’s move to SPH Media Works. This follows DJ Dasmond Koh’s move to TV variety. Danny’s co-host150 words
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Article, Illustration160 2000-09-12 11 FIRST they’re on, then they’re off, now they’re supposed to be on again. So is Levi poster boy Takuya Kimura free or not? If the latest reports from Japan are true, he’s still happily attached to his singer-actress minah, Shizuka Kudo, says Shin Min Daily160 words
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Article, Illustration143 2000-09-12 11 RISING star Julian Cheung could be baring all soon on the big screen, but it seems he still isn’t sure he wants to go starkers on film. Shin Min Daily News reports that when asked if he was worried girlfriend Anita Yuen would exercise143 words
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Article, Illustration117 2000-09-12 11 BETCHA can’t guess what new ad Heavenly King Andy Lau is filming. Give up? Well, he may be all wrapped up, but he’s actually filming an undie ad. Before you get all excited, Andy isn’t endorsing briefs, but a brand of thermal underwear called Super Warm, reportsPic: Apple Daily - 117 words
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Article, Illustration601 2000-09-12 12 one kind YEAH, yeah, yeah we know, it’s good to be kind and there’s not enough of it going around. Weil, you’ll be surprised. Starting today, watch this space for acts of kindness that people bestow on total strangers. And, how difficult it can601 words
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Article, Illustration76 2000-09-12 13 Yvonne Kwok's report/next page When it comes to the Emmys, even Brad Pitt has to take a backseat Yup, it was the turn of the small-screen stars to bask in the limelight yesterday; as Friends' Jennifer Aniston (left, with Pitt), Dharma and Greg's Jenna Elf man (right, withPics: Reuters - 76 words
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Article, Illustration477 2000-09-12 14 Yvonne Kwok - by 'Yvonne Kwok UNDERDOG sitcom Will and Grace emerged victorious, beating more established rivals like Frasier and Friends, to clinch the Emmy for Outstanding Comedy series. In a jubilant address, the creators of the sitcom about a gay man and straight woman who are best friends,Pic: Reuters - 477 words
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Article, Illustration490 2000-09-12 15 Yvonne Kwok - fe 4by by' Yvonne Kwok SOMEWHERE out there, there is a God. And he has stopped watching David E. Kelley productions. Witness this year’s Emmy Awards where the erstwhile king of primetime went home without a single award to both his shows. The Practice490 words
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Article, Illustration73 2000-09-12 15 Bpm, TCS 5 Not satisfied with raising $1.6 million for this year’s President’s Star Charity, PCK and company continue to lay k siege to our hearts m with their brand of fk uniquely Singaporean I humour. This week’s I episode sees Rosie73 words
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Article, Illustration77 2000-09-12 15 7pm,TCS 8 Ivy Lee stars in this thriller about a woman, Chen Anqi, who is sent to jail for the murder of her husband a murder she cannot remember. One reason to follow this a serial: Robin Leong, who plays the hus- l band, Gao Ziwen. a The77 words
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Article, Illustration73 2000-09-12 15 10pm, Arts Central Based on Charlotte Bronte’s famous novel, this film verk sion stars Joan Fontaine as the 1 gutsy heroine, I who is drawn into I a web of love and deceit when she Ĕ becomes a goverf ness to the young ward of Edward Rochester. Orson73 words
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Article64 2000-09-12 15 9pm, HBO (SCV 60) Documented by an award-winning team, this programme recounts the horrific impact of war on children, particularly in Bosnia, Israel, Rwanda and Northern Ireland. Your eyes will be hard pressed to stay dry when images of children trying to keep a normal semblance of64 words
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Article46 2000-09-12 15 8pm, Disney (SCV 33) Who doesn’t have a soft spot in their hearts for this “blur” bear and his lovable companions? In this heartwarming cartoon, Pooh and friends launch a search for Christopher Robin when they think the latter has gone to “skull”.46 words
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Article, Illustration530 2000-09-12 17 Lawrence Chau - perse M speaking by Lawrence Chau HOLLYWOOD. Men tion the place and wow! Glitz, glamour and a star-spangled banner of silver screen stars leap to mind. Sorry to disappoint folks, but geographically speaking, that was the Hollywood of yesteryear the golden days when Bogart was king530 words
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Article, Illustration72 2000-09-12 22 -AFP SYDNEY Champion swimmers lan Thorpe (right), Grant Hackett and Kieren Perkins were yesterday blood-tested for the performance enhancing drug EPO. The Australian trio trained yesterday at the Sydney Olympic pool and were then taken away by drug testing officials. Results will be known within 48-AFP - 72 words
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Article73 2000-09-12 22 -Reuters SYDNEY World shot put champion CJ Hunter, husband of Marion Jones, has withdrawn from the Sydney Olympics because of a knee injury. “I am disappointed that an injury has forced me to withdraw from the Olympic Games,” Hunter said by telephone from Los Angeles yesterday. “Marion and-Reuters - 73 words
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Article, Illustration69 2000-09-12 22 -AFP SYDNEY Hong Kong’s only Olympic gold medallist, Lee Laishan (left), gave notice yesterday that she was ready to defend her Olympic windsurfing title but said she would have to outthink her rivals instead of overpowering them as in Atlanta. Lee, who turned 30 last week,-AFP - 69 words
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Article86 2000-09-12 22 -AFP SYDNEY The Olympic flame finally arrived in the Games host city yesterday evening, but only after escaping yet another hijack attempt by a man who tried to throw it into the sea on Sunday evening. A spectator snatched the torch from the hands of former-AFP - 86 words
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Article, Illustration71 2000-09-12 22 -AFP GOLD COAST (Australia) British triple jumper Jonathan Edwards (right) has described Britain’s Olympics swimmers as “awful” and claimed they were only interested in partying. The world record holder says that 90 per cent of the swimmers had no chance of winning a medal and warned that-AFP - 71 words
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Article, Illustration356 2000-09-12 22 Maurice Greene eyes gold medal more than the world record -Reuters SYDNEY Maurice Greene said he feared only himself in his quest for the Olympic 100 metres gold medal. “My biggest threat is myself, me messing up” the world’s fastest man said as he arrived in-Reuters; Pic:Reuters - 356 words
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Article, Illustration300 2000-09-12 22 Australian media feels some players don't deserve to be in the elite squad SYDNEY Stung by criticism and tested by a top rival, the United States Olympic basketball “Dream Team’ has suddenly developed something which had been lacking motivation. The overwhelming favourites for gold at SydneyPic: AP - 300 words
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Article, Illustration420 2000-09-12 23 AP Marat Safin hands Sampras the worst defeat in recent times, signifying a change of guard in men's tennis NEW YORK -Ten years ago Marat Safin came to the US for the first time. They were a select group of Russian kids, allowed out of a country percolating– AP; Pic:AP - 420 words
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Article97 2000-09-12 23 -AP SYDNEY Athletes betting on the Olympics could in future be banned from the Games, International Olympic Committee (IOC) members were warned yesterday. In a impassioned plea to the 111 st lOC Session, Mustapha Larfaroui, president of the International Swimming Federation, demanded action be taken to-AP - 97 words
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Article, Illustration88 2000-09-12 23 AP MONZA (Italy) It was a crucial victory for Michael Schumacher (right) in his bid for a third World Formula One title. But the triumph of the Ferrari driver in the Italian Grand Prix, to the cheers of thousands of fans, was overshadowed by drama. Paolo– AP - 88 words
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Article120 2000-09-12 23 -AFP PARIS Real Madrid’s colossal debts led to doubts about eligibility into the European Champions League next season so the eighttimes champions will have every incentive to see off their rivals when this season’s opening phase starts today. The Spaniards have an estimated deficit of US$247-AFP - 120 words
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Article, Illustration67 2000-09-12 23 AP BERLIN Simon Biwott of Kenya, expected to act as a pacemaker before dropping out, outsprinted Antonio Pena of Spain to win the 27th Berlin marathon. Biwott changed his mind about retiring 14 kms from the finish. He beat Pena by five seconds in a time of– AP - 67 words
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Article66 2000-09-12 23 Reuters LONDON English Premiership newcomers Charlton came back from two goals down at half-time to draw 2-2 against Derby at Pride Park on Sunday. Two of Charlton’s summer signings, Claus Jensen and Jonatan Johansson, scored in the space of three second-half minutes so the host had to– Reuters - 66 words
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Article79 2000-09-12 23 Reuters BERLIN Belgian international striker Emile Mpenza was slightly injured in a car accident in the early hours of Sunday after his goal on Saturday had helped his club Schalke 04 go top of the German Bundesliga. Mpenza, 24, said he fell asleep at the wheel– Reuters - 79 words
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Article, Illustration266 2000-09-12 24 Guess his job > win a Swatch! The most important thing to me now... Is to establish a stable career for myself in my family’s tailoring business. I really hope to succeed as I want tailoring to remain in my family for generations to come. ThePi c C> * '• tk\ - 266 words
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