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Title Section21 2000-09-27 1 STREATS Treats for the Streets WEDNESDAY 27 September 2000 Another quality publication of Singapore Press Holdings E-mail: streats@sph.com.sg MITA (P) 103/06/200021 words
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Article47 2000-09-27 1 SINGAPORE will provide assistance valued at US$2O,OOO ($34,000) each to Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam as part of an international flood relief effort, said the Foreign Affairs Ministry. Extensive flooding in these countries has destroyed farmland and left tens of thousands of people dead or homeless.47 words
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Article56 2000-09-27 1 ABOUT 500 ,000 bank accounts have been consolidated since DBS announced in April that it would charge a monthly fee of $2 for savings accounts with less than $5OO from June 1. The move was badly received, but DBS chairman S Dhanabalan said the effect of customers56 words
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Article469 2000-09-27 1 DO YOU become cynical whenever you see a “sale” sign at a shopping centre store? Are you sick of being over-sold on “sales”? You are not alone. This is increasingly the469 words
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Article, Illustration340 2000-09-27 2 Yvonne Kwok - Comment by Yvonne K\ Yvonne Kwok AMONG Singaporeans, we call it the shop-and-save frenzy. Somehow, the urge to squeeze that extra drop of blood out of your last cent, so you can squirrel away a nest egg for that proverbial rainy day, has always been a core340 words
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319 2000-09-27 3 Verdict: The spurned lover was sentenced to 12 months in jail and three strokes of the cane UPSET that his girlfriend dumped him, a 27-year-old contractor barged into her bedroom the next day to molest her. After molesting her, he forced the319 words
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Article, Illustration360 2000-09-27 3 A MAMASAN who was badly injured in a lift accident had her compensation for post-traumatic stress reduced because the judge felt she should not be paid more than another woman who lost her daughter due to medical negligence. The High Court cut Madam Goh EngPic: Shin Min - 360 words
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183 2000-09-27 3 Verdict: Tan Chin Cheng was sentenced to one day in jail and fined $3,000 TWENTY-FIVE years ago, Tan Chin Cheng married Madam Ng Peng Hwy. They had two sons and were rather well-to-do. It was a seemingly perfect family. So perfect that Tan,183 words
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Article135 2000-09-27 3 A 23-YEAR-OLD Malaysian was killed after he fell off the back of a lorry at Gul Lane yesterday. The deceased, Mr Wai Wing Hong, was one of two rear passengers in a lorry transporting metal racks. The lorry belonged to Morris Material Handling of 48,135 words
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Article134 2000-09-27 3 HEAVY rains caused a deluge in a kampung in Lorong Buang Kok on Monday afternoon. By 12.30 pm, after more than an hour of heavy rain, the water level at Lorong Buang Kok had risen to around 1.3 m, reported yesterday’s Lianhe Wanbao. Cars were unable134 words
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Article78 2000-09-27 3 A 28-YEAR-OLD Malaysian motorcyclist suffered head injuries after his motorcycle collided with a car yesterday along Bukit Batok Street 21 at 7.28 am. The 43-year-old male driver of the car is believed to have hit the side of the motorcycle while making a right turn into Street78 words
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Article94 2000-09-27 3 IN our report yesterday, “Project School Projects”, we said “For JC and centralised institute students, project work will even count towards getting a place in university from 2004”. The Education Ministry has clarified that this is “tentatively from year of admission 2004”. The report did not stem from an94 words
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Article283 2000-09-27 4 GET wired or get fired. Singapore travel agents could find themselves out of work if they do not incorporate e-com-merce into their business plans. Said Mr Patrick Lau, chief information officer at the Singapore Tourism Board (STB): “In the overseas market, the shakeout has283 words
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231 2000-09-27 4 THEY'RE sifting through your trash and that’s only because recycling is taking off. Five waste-recycling companies are now registered with the Environment Ministry (ENV). ENV has made it a requirement for private waste-collecting companies, bidding to service areas on the island, to tie up with231 words
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Article139 2000-09-27 4 onekindact. Lynn Poon, in her 20s, temporary receptionist I'd like to thank my mentor Malcolm Frost My strong interest in Economics first came about from having such a caring and helpful Econs tutor in JC. He continued to help me even after I left JC. He139 words
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Article, Illustration365 2000-09-27 5 IT was woman power to the fore at the Institute of Technical Education’s award ceremony yesterday. This year, all three Tay Eng Soon Scholarship winners are women the first time this has happened since the award was launched in 1994. Miss Lin Xiangjun, 19, fromPic: Lianhe Zaobao - 365 words
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Article, Illustration85 2000-09-27 5 Rain, rain go away, I wanna wear my bikini today... Well, looks like my prayers were, again, not answered. There are going to be showers with thunder over ill most areas in the afternoon, and skies will be partly cloudy later. Temperatures will still hit aPic: Charles Ng - 85 words
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Article55 2000-09-27 5 If your monthly household income is below $2,000, you now qualify for HDB's Low-Income Family Incentive Scheme. You can also apply for a loan of up to 95 per cent of the flat's selling price or valuation, whichever is lower, to buy four-room budget or smaller flats.55 words
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Article35 2000-09-27 5 You have four days left to grab great bargains at the CK Tangs sale and three days before Sogo closes its doors for good. So if you're looking for good deals, head down there.35 words
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Article55 2000-09-27 5 Have you checked out The Amazing World of Chang Eng? If not, do so today because it's the last day. The exhibition features costumes and archival tit photographs of the 111 original Siamese twins. There will also be food stalls serving Thai delicacies. From 10am to 10pm55 words
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Article253 2000-09-27 6 H\e conditioning over the years has shaped Singaporeans to stop questioning the authorities or for the matter, anything around us. A possible explanation is the fear of being "marked"or that "big brother" is watching or listening! What with Internet and e-mail, this e-mail could be tracked! Fear!253 words
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Article, Illustration597 2000-09-27 6 AS a lover of fiction, a magazine junkie and a caffeine addict, I should be dancing on my head with the opening of The Book Cafe, the latest restaurant/ bookstore hybrid. I should be making a beeline for the trendy joint, and be seen597 words
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248 2000-09-27 8 -AFP Those who assembled and planted the bombs arrested JAKARTA Indonesian police are searching for the mastermind of a spate of bomb attacks in the capital after arresting 28 people, including two soldiers, in connection with the blasts. “Those arrested are the perpetrators who assembled-AFP - 248 words
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Article124 2000-09-27 8 -AFP JOLO Shell-shocked residents in the southern Philippine island of Jolo say they fear for the future amid a massive hostage rescue operation that is taking longer than planned. Most economic activity in the town centre has ground to a halt with power cuts, suspended-AFP - 124 words
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160 2000-09-27 8 -AFP SHANGHAI Ice-skating bears and hurdling dogs are competing in an animal Olympics in Shanghai, a local paper said yesterday. Elephants, Mongolian horses, spotted leopards and brown bears will compete for more than 50 gold medals in the event opening on Sunday, the-AFP - 160 words
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Article76 2000-09-27 8 Reuters BRISBANE Papua New Guinea’s cabinet has ordered Brigadier-General Carl Marpo, head of the country’s troubled military, to investigate weekend rioting by troops and press military charges against unruly soldiers. Violence flared in the capital Port Moresby on Saturday when around 100 soldiers went on the rampage– Reuters - 76 words
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Article68 2000-09-27 8 -AFP JAKARTA A militiaman was killed in a clash with New Zealand peacekeepers near the border town of Suai in East Timor. There were no casualties on the New Zealand side. “We had a contact with three militiamen 3km east of Suai. As a result, one-AFP - 68 words
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Article71 2000-09-27 8 AP SYDNEY Truck drivers lifted their blockade of three fuel depots in Melbourne yesterday, but another blockade protesting soaring oil prices continued in Brisbane. Truck drivers in Melbourne called off their protest after Victoria State Premier Steve Bracks said he would raise their concerns at a meeting– AP - 71 words
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Article80 2000-09-27 8 -AFP SEOUL South Korea will soon announce more food aid for North Korea at the request of the hunger-stricken communist state, a top South Korean official said after inter-Korean economic talks yesterday. “There were discussions (on food aid). The government will announce the plan at-AFP - 80 words
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Article59 2000-09-27 8 There's no pen in a penknife. So why "penknife"? Created specially for quill pens by knife makers of the 15th century, penknives were used to sharpen the pen's tip, which dulled easily. Their sharp blades and compact sizes made them popular items. Over time, they59 words
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Article56 2000-09-27 8 The Walt Disney Co, after nearly 43 years, has relaxed rules that banned male employees, or "cast members" as they are called, from growing facial hair, reported Reuters. Southern California's Disneyland and Florida's Walt Disney World will now allow men to grow "neatly trimmed" moustaches.56 words
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Article245 2000-09-27 10 -AP BELGRADE Yugoslav opposition leaders have given their government till today to release election results or they will declare their own candidate winner. The opposition’s Vojislav Kostunica has said he won Sunday’s presidential election, while the ruling coalition claims President Slobodan Milosevic is leading after incomplete-AP - 245 words
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Article104 2000-09-27 10 Karadzic told to pay 7.9 b -AP NEW YORK Former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic has been ordered by a US jury to pay US$4.5 billion (557.9 billion) in damages for atrocities committed by his soldiers. The jury and judge hearing the civil case against Mr Karadzic, who remains an-AP - 104 words
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Article111 2000-09-27 10 AP PANAMA CITY Panama was persuaded to let in Peru’s ex-spy chief after being told Peru risked a coup if he was refused refuge, the foreign minister said. President Mireya Moscoso and her advisers granted Peru’s Vladimiro Montesinos a tourist visa on Monday while they considered his– AP - 111 words
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Article93 2000-09-27 10 AP SEATTLE A busy bridge connecting Seattle with its eastern suburbs, was closed during the evening rush hour on Monday after men in a pickup truck yelled to a city bus driver that there was a bomb on his bus, officials said. The driver stopped at– AP - 93 words
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Article96 2000-09-27 10 WARSAW With a snappy yellow Happy End special edition model, the last Polski Fiat 126 has rolled off the assembly line, ending Poles’ 27-year love affair with the car. Poles dubbed the two-cylinder, two-door, rear-engine Fiat 126 the Maluch or Baby. Baby weighs in at 600 kg,96 words
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Article45 2000-09-27 10 gofigure. British Medical Association report How much fat as a proportion of total body weight should a healthy woman have? 22-26 per cent Fashion models and actresses have only about 10-15 per cent body fat, which makes them unrealistic representations of beauty.– British Medical Association report - 45 words
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199 2000-09-27 10 -AFP BAGHDAD Iraqi President Saddam Hussein has accused Saudi Arabia and Kuwait of trying to provoke Iraq. “They (the Saudis and Kuwaitis) come to attack us,” Saddam told a cabinet meeting. “(US and Israeli) power would be to no effect if it were-AFP - 199 words
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Article122 2000-09-27 10 Reuters LONDON Being called a fat head may not be such a bad thing after all. Britain’s Independent newspaper reported that researchers from the University of Western Ontario had found that people with big and, in particular, wide heads tended to be more intelligent. “A larger– Reuters - 122 words
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Article, Illustration149 2000-09-27 11 BELIEVE it or not, Na Ying was once mistaken for a prostitute. And by the Malaysian Customs no less, the Shin Min Daily News reported yesterday. The incident happened in 1997, when the China pop diva first visited Malaysia. Queueing up in front of her149 words
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Article, Illustration156 2000-09-27 11 MARTIN Scorsese, director of Gangs of New York, is not a happy man. The reason the lead of his new movie, Leonardo DiCaprio, is no longer a suave, good-look-ing lady-killer, but fat, fat, fat. The 25-year-old actor, currently in Italy filming Scorsese’s movie, piled on thePic: AP - 156 words
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Article, Illustration86 2000-09-27 11 HANDSOME hunk Brad Pitt really knows how to take care of his fans. And not just female fans, but gay ones too. In order to cater to his gay friends’ needs, Brad is thinking of taking over a gay bar, the Lianhe Wanbao reported yesterday. The star86 words
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Article, Illustration126 2000-09-27 11 THE students thought they were going to spend the day learning about flying from scientists. Then the white stretch limo pulled up, and out stepped Jackie Chan. “When I saw him my heart started to beat fast,” 11-year-old Shatasha McPhatter said. “I felt like I was dreaming.”126 words
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Article, Illustration116 2000-09-27 13 Our blind dates with Manhunt went, we saw, SffeL we were... Reporters Karen Chen and Stephanie Goh give their verdict on the next page Name: Kridsa Duangphung Country: Germany (of Thai descent) Age: 22 Height: 1.83 m Occupation: Fitness trainer Likes: Beading people guessing their age, weight andPic: Charles Ng ■-= - 116 words
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Article, Illustration675 2000-09-27 14 Karen Chen; Stephanie Goh - By Karen Chen Stephanie Goh 2.15 pm Europa Country Club Two bodies plonked heavily in armchairs. It was raining, perfect weather to sleep. But instead, we were faced with the task of dating two Manhunt contestants. Seriously, what else could this be but another “PR” outing? BeforePics: Charles Ng - 675 words
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Article, Illustration476 2000-09-27 16 Cara van Miriah - mFwitch's nour by 'Cara van Miriah IMAGINE the world's most gorgeous men parading before you in scanty outfits. What an ultimate treat for hunk-gazing junkies. But no, I wasn't there for such frivolous purposes. I was there on a quest. Or so I was told476 words
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Article, Illustration82 2000-09-27 16 10.30 pm, TCS 8 Xie Shaoguang takes a break from j his usual roles as a cripple /retard vil- lain/ pervert (won’t it be great if he could combine all four roles?) \pi to play the cool hero of this drama series about an elite team, known82 words
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64 2000-09-27 16 7.30 pm, TCS 5 While this comedy may not have the hype factor of Friends or even Dharma and Greg, it does have its quirky moments. Traylor Howard is definite eye ‘candy material, while the two guys, Ryan Reynolds and Richard Ruccolo64 words
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Article, Illustration98 2000-09-27 16 9pm, Central You’ve watched Whoopi Goldberg l monkeying around k with the chimps, j m Robin Williams frol- I icking with the dol- phins, now watch W Julia Roberts hors- ing around with... well, horses. The j Jr Runaway Bride appar- ently grew98 words
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Article, Illustration69 2000-09-27 16 10pm, Cinemax (SCV 59) You just never get enough of this classic. For those i who haven’t committed Ĕ this movie’s script to fl memory yet, Richard Dreyfuss and Melinda M Dillon play ordinary folks 3 who witness extraordi- nary events (think aliens and69 words
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Article51 2000-09-27 16 10pm, V V Entertainment(SCV 56) A hilarious comedy about a middle-aged j chef in a Teppanyaki restuarant who married his boss’ daughter and became a hen-pecked husband. His only escape from misery lies in j his fantasies that revolve around beautiful girls. Stars Michael Hui, Sally Yeh and Francis51 words
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Article, Illustration321 2000-09-27 17 Guess her job, win a Swatch! Name: Charissa Wong Age: 25 Gets on bus at: Whampoa Drive Gets off at: Lau Pa Sat lam... Chirpy, cheery and the exact opposite of a melancholic being. Depression is not in my vocabulary. I’m also loudPic: Francis Lee - 321 words
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Article, Illustration325 2000-09-27 18 at m movies You can reach Stephanie Goh at gohcys@sph.com.sg IT is clear from the start that Autumn in New York aspires to be a tearjerker. What you come to realise at the end of the plodding outing is that chances of a therapeutic wailing325 words
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Article, Illustration84 2000-09-27 22 AP SYDNEY Torri Edwards (right) will replace world champion Inger Miller in the women’s 200 m after Miller officially withdrew yesterday because the left hamstring injury that forced her out of the 100 m last week has not healed. She still hopes to run in the 400– AP - 84 words
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Article93 2000-09-27 22 -AFP BEIJING Disgraced athletics coach Ma Junren, taken off the Chinese Olympic team days before the Games after suspicious blood tests by his athletes, is still pulling some strings in Sydney from home, it was reported yesterday. “Ma Junren is remote-controlling Sydney,” said the Beijing Morning-AFP - 93 words
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Article, Illustration62 2000-09-27 22 -AFP SYDNEY Russia’s Yevgeny Kafelnikov (left) defeated Arnaud di Pasquale of France 6-4, 6-4 yesterday to reach the final of the men’s singles tennis tournament. Fifth seed Kafelnikov won 6-4, 6-4. He will play Germany’s Tommy Haas for the gold tomorrow. Haas defeated Switzerland’s Roger Federer-AFP - 62 words
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Article, Illustration73 2000-09-27 22 Reuters SYDNEY Cuban heavyweight j Felix Savon (right) won the fight of champions yesterday and two outclassed Americans went out in the quarter-finals. Four I Russian boxers joined Savon in j punching their way to the semi- finals and a guaranteed medal while host Australia lost its– Reuters - 73 words
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Article71 2000-09-27 22 -AFP SYDNEY- Physically and mentally broken by years of anorexia and unrelenting nerves, Leontien van Moorsel was once on the verge of death. In the last 10 days, Van Moorsel, a two-time world road individual time trial champion, has grabbed gold in the women’s individual pursuit, won-AFP - 71 words
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Article, Illustration413 2000-09-27 22 International Olympic Committee officialssaid he had tested positive four times this year for nandrolone Pic: Reuters Reuters SYDNEY World shot put champion CJ Hunter broke down in tears yesterday as he pledged to clear his name after failing four drugs tests. International Olympic Committee (IOC) officialsPic: Reuters; – Reuters - 413 words
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Article168 2000-09-27 22 ap SYDNEY The strain of lifting the equivalent of nearly three fami-ly-size refrigerators above head height proved too much for several Olympic weightlifters yesterday. Arms, knees and elbows buckled leaving the super heavyweight platform looking like a battlefield. Latvia’s Raimonds Bergmanis collapsed in agony after– ap - 168 words
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Article, Illustration266 2000-09-27 22 A seemingly harmless pill for cold costs Andreea Raducan her gold medal AP SYDNEY-This was not a sinister case of an athlete pumping herself full of steroids or human growth hormone. Andreea Raducan isn’t Ben Johnson. At 1.47 m and 37kg, her slight body is hardly– AP; Pic: Reuters - 266 words
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Article, Illustration252 2000-09-27 23 Reuters The Dane, with the best time in the world, looks hard to beat in the 800 m SYDNEY Wilson Kipketer’s bid for a first Olympic title is expected to keep the Sydney Games athletics programme on the boil today. Logically, Kipketer, the threetimes world champion, is– Reuters; Pic: AFP - 252 words
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Article263 2000-09-27 23 G S B U.S 25 15 23 China 22 14 14 Russia 17 14 20 Australia 12 20 12 France 12 13 7 Italy 11 6 11 Romania 1 0 44 Holland 8 5 3 Britain 6 8 5 Germany 5 11 16 South Korea 5 6 8263 words
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270 2000-09-27 23 Reuters MELBOURNE Cameroon kept its hopes of Olympic soccer gold alive yesterday, scoring a penalty one minute from time to defeat Chile in a tough-fought semi-final in Melbourne. It will meet Spain which entered the final for the second time in eight years after– Reuters - 270 words
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Article, Illustration74 2000-09-27 23 Reuters ADDIS ABABA (Ethiopia) Ethiopians took to the streets on Monday to celebrate Haile Gebrselassie’s (right) triumph in the Olympic men’s 10,000 m. The victory brought to the country the first gold medal of I the Games. Scores of children danced through the streets of the capital– Reuters - 74 words
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Article81 2000-09-27 23 AFP SYDNEY -A charity auction is set to receive at least Asloo,ooo (5595,590) for swimmer lan Thorpe’s autographed fast-skin swimming suit. The bid came less than an hour after the Australian double gold medallist’s announcement that he would donate the suit to Olympic Aid’s online– AFP - 81 words
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Article87 2000-09-27 23 AP SYDNEY Hossein Rezazadeh of Iran set two world records in Olympic super heavyweight weightlifting he had to, since nothing else would win the gold medal. Rezazadeh watched as one world record, then another fell yesterday Then he calmly stepped to the bar, looked to the heavensAP - 87 words
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Article, Illustration78 2000-09-27 23 SYDNEY Ni Xiong (left) of China won the Olympic springboard diving gold yesterday on his final dive, beating Mexico’s Fernando Platas. Xiong joined American Greg Louganis as the only men to defend springboard titles. Louganis won in 1984 and ‘BB. The 26-year-old Chinese became the second78 words
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Article93 2000-09-27 23 -AFP SYDNEY Pakistan set up an all-Asian semifinal against South Korea in Olympic men’s hockey after a tumultuous last round of preliminary matches yesterday. Australia takes on reigning champion Holland in the other semi-final as India and Germany crashed out on an extraordinary day. Needing a win-AFP - 93 words
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Miscellaneous474 2000-09-27 18 Your Daily Horoscope AQUARIUS JAN 20- FEB 18 You might think that you’re being even-handed, but your preferences are obvious. Admit your bias and work around it, assuming that there’s anything to be done. Someone may just need to be left alone. PISCES FEB 19-MAR 18 K N All the474 words
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Miscellaneous225 2000-09-27 19 x V m m m. The story so far... Jia Yuzhen is a 69-year-old renowned antique dealer. He buys an ancient screen for US$3 million. A year later, jet black hair sprouts on his previously bald head, and he looks 30 years younger... Has Jia Yuzhen discovered an anti-ageing agent?225 words
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