Streats, 10 October 2001

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  • 21 1 STREATS Treats for the Streets WEDNESDAY 10 October 2001 Another quality publication of Singapore Press Holdings E-mail: streats@sph.com.sg MITA (P) 429/03/2001
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  • 604 1 Wire services f LONDON Jailed by a regime which treats women worse than animals, one woman shoved a fist of defiance in the face of militant terror and won not only freedom, but a compliment.
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  • morning rush
    • 61 1 -Wire services KANDAHAR US jets bombed Mullah Mohammed Omar’s house yesterday, but the Taleban chief wasn’t there. “He is alive, thank God,” said Taleban ambassador to Pakistan Abdul Salem Zaeef. Osama bin Laden is also alive, the Taleban said. Reports said 35 civilians have been killed in
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    • 65 1 -AFP QUETTA, Pakistan Three people were shot by police yesterday as violent anti-US protests swept through Pakistan. Aggravated by US jets flying overhead reportedly on their way to attack more targets in Afghanistan the demonstrators k set fire to a police station. M T~» 1 l
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    • 94 1 iiledthreat: Marriage under Taleban PAGE 3 Ground troops poised forattack PAGE 5 Embassy under siege PAGE 5 was missing her daughter Daisy’s was birthday. But for the most part she said on she just felt angry as her captors had leban earlier promised her that she would be l the
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  • WAR veiled threat
    • 73 2 Reuters President Jiang Zemin expressed China's strongm support yet for the US-led coalition against terrorism in a telephone call with US counterpart Georg l W Bush, state press said in Beijing yesterday. However, M Jiang reiterated concerns that strikes should not be aim& at the Afghan people.
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    • 120 2 Wire services ANTHRAX is an animal disease that rarely spreads to humans. It’s transmitted through spores, a dormant form of bacteria. Like seeds, these bacteria only germinate in a fertile environment. If inhaled, larger spores lodge in the upper tract and cause little danger. Smaller spores
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    • war diary
      • 89 2 DESPITE repeated US-led airstrikes,Taleban anti-aircraft guns were yesterday still firing at allied aircraft. After the first daylight air raids yesterday, two planes were seen over Kandahar in the evening. The anti-aircraft guns opened up, but to no effect. Earlier, the Pentagon said yesterday’s airstrikes targeted Taleban
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      • 66 2 AMERICANS overwhelmingly support the US strikes on Afghanistan and President George W Bush’s response to the terrorist attacks, a CBS poll has shown. Over 85 per cent approved of the strikes launched, while 6 per cent disapproved. Ninety-two per cent approved of Mr Bush’s handling of the
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    • 299 2 Wire services CUBAN American Ernesto Blanco is 73. Until recently, he was known to friends as just the friendly bloke who sorts mails in the mailroom. But a nose swab last Friday changed all that. He’s now the US’ second victim to be exposed to the
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    • 573 3 ■magine being a Hindu bride in Afghanistan under the Taleban. Sushmita Banerjee, an Indian girl from Calcutta, married Afghan moneylender Janbaz Khan and went to live her in-laws in a remote Afghan vil!age in 1991. Janbaz was the eldest in a
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    • 175 3 Reuters Paris Shoukria Haidar, 44, is an Afghan woman who has mixed feelings about the US attacks on Afghanistan. “I am scared, sad and hopeful all at °nce we all are,” the woman activist Who fled her country 20 years ago said. Speaking of
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    • 74 3 Reuters Saudi Arabia's foreign minister Prince Saua Al Faisal said in remarks published yesterday there was clear evidence linking Osama bin Laden to the Sept 7 7 attacks. His remarks in an interview with Time magazine were the first public assertion by a senior Saudi official
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    • 96 3 war diary Wire services SEVENTY Taleban fighters have defected to the opposition Northern Alliance, a spokesman said. “Yesterday, 70 Taleban members decided to join the Northern Alliance forces which are progressing greatly,” he said. The rebel forces said they had launched ground assaults
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    • 78 3 -AFP MORE than 20,000 Afghan refugees have fled across the border into Iran since the airstrikes began, the Irna news agency reported yesterday. Deputy Health Minister MohammadEsmail Akbari said he was “worried” at the health problems which the influx of refugees would create, stressing that “in
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    • 74 3 AFGHANISTAN'S ruling Taleban militia has arrested a Frenchman disguised in a woman’s full-body burqa near the eastern city of Jalalabad, the Afghan Islamic Press reported yesterday. The Pakistan-based news agency, which has close contacts with the Taleban, said the man was with two other people in Goshta,
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    • 55 5 -AP The US-led coalition must have had "solid grounds" for their strikes in Afghanistan, Egypt's foreign minister said yesterday, in his government's first, limited public endorsement of the action. Foreign Minister Ahmed Maher also said US President George W Bush had made clear his intention to come
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    • 363 5 These Indonesian students are Protesting against the US-led attacks on theTaleban. But if the Paleban were ruling in Jakarta, these young women wouldn’t ev en be allowed to study. They wouldn’t be allowed on the streets unless accompanied
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    • 323 5 He's next No victory without ground troops IT'S this man’s turn now. US-led forces have been bombing Afghanistan for three days. But while airstrikes may knock out anti-aircraft guns and missile launch sites, they will not dislodge theTaleban. The US has to put troops on the ground. The Taleban doesn’t
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  • Streatsmart asiaone careers SUPPLEMENT
    • 411 4  -  by I KHUSHWANT SINGH IT consultant Jack Lee, 26, used to drag himself to work every morning. Once there, he went through the motions. Mr Lee got the job about a year after he returned from Hawaii with a marketing degree. He soon realised
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    • 84 4 Anthony Chai IT manager forest suit by Paul Smith orange shirt by P. S. shoes by L'ultimo career by Asia One if T v. Great IT jobs available online. IT Consultant IT Administrator IT Manager System Administrator System Programmer System Analyst Software Designer Hardware Technician Project Manager Web Master Java
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  • Streatsmart local
    • Article, Illustration
      67 6 CREATIVE BOND: This may look like a Halloween mask but it's actually a sculpture reflecting the strong bond that Aljunied residents share. It was was one of nine entries shortlisted from 60 submitted for the Northeast CDC's sculpture competition called Life in the Northeast. The person behind the
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    • 419 6  -  Central CDC also offers temporary relief for needy by DEEPAVIJIYASINGAM HE was 60 when he was faced with the prospect of enrolling in an IT course to upgrade his computer skills for a new job. Had it not been for financial help from the Central Singapore
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    • 124 6 SINGAPORE Power subsidiary Power Supply will reduce electricity charges from next month. Power Supply said yesterday that domestic customers and small businesses which receive low-tension supplies would benefit from a 4.4 per cent drop, or 75 cents less per kWh. Business and industrial customers
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    • 76 6 For those who are in the thick of the exams, keep a sweater handy so you will not catch a chill if you are caught in the usual morning shower. This kind of exam fever you don't want. Temperatures will range between 25°C and 33°C with
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    • Just a minute
      • 54 6 Women can learn how to self-examine their breasts from a video being screened at lunchtimes at the Health Promotion Board's Health Studio 2 at 3 Second Hospital Avenue. This is being held with Breast Cancer Awareness Month. For details, call 435-3954. For cancer and mammography screenings, call
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      • 132 6 This year's pilgrimage season to Kusu Island will be from Oct 17-Nov 14. During this time, ferries will leave Clifford Pier from 6.30 am on Sundays and public holidays, and from 7am Monday to Saturday. The last ferry from Clifford Pier will be spm and the last one from
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    • 352 7 SINGAPOREANS cannot afford to let their guard down even for a moment not when a new breed of criminal is using the latest technologies to launch closely ''coordinated crimes across the globe. So said Home Affairs Minister Wong
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    • 138 7 WITH the world worrying itself weary over security risks, it’s good to know that at least Singapore’s seas are safe there have been no cases of piracy in the Singapore Strait and the Phillip Channel in the past two years. This, thanks to the Indo-Sin
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    • 115 7 WIRELESS Internet providers will have more scope to diversify and improve quality of services. This development came about with a decision on Monday by the Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore (IDA) to free up sections of the 2.4 GHz radio frequency spectrum. The sections were
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    • 294 8  -  reports by 'KHUSHWANT SINGH TAN Cher Liang, 45, thought he could capitalise on his resemblance to the notorious loanshark Ah Long San. Over three months from March 24 till June 3 he extorted money from five
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    • 197 8 WHEN Mr LimYong Cheong, 19, a Civil Defence ambulance assistant, received a call from Tan Yueh Hou, 20, he readily agreed to meeting the next day. They became friends when Tan was serving his National Service as an ambulance assistant at the Ang Mo
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    • 222 8 RAHMAT Mohd Akip, 32, took his wife to a pub at Boat Quay on July 8, and tried to take home another woman’s wallet. Rahmat and his wife had met Ms Tan Khee Huan, 23, and her friend, Mr HengYongTeck, 27, at the Taps pub at
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    • news scan
      • 97 8 A WOMAN was walking down Bedok North Street 1 at 10.20 am on Monday when a man on a mountain bicycle snatched her wallet and $350. The 52-year-old housewife was heading towards Bedok Post Office. She had just passed Bedok Library when the snatch thief struck.
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      • 68 8 A BURGLAR hit an office on Übi Avenue 4 over the weekend, making off with $420. The burglar forced open the rear doors of Rany Distributors, which is on the second floor of Evan Lim Warehouse, sometime between 1.30 pm on Saturday and 8.30 am on Monday.
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      • 113 8 A QUICK bite at a cheap canteen proved to be a costly lunch for two workers when $lB,OOO was stolen from a box on their motorcycle. At noon on Monday, a 29-year-old operation manager of a cleaning company and his operations supervisor withdrew the sum from
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    • 88 8 onekindact Doris Tan THANK you to the honest person who took the trouble to return my son's wallet to Bedok Police Post on Sept 20. And my appreciation to the police station staff who returned it to Victoria School. He lost the wallet on Sept 11, so we
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  • Streatsmart regional
    • 290 9 Reuters SEOUL Police said yesterday they would arrest the crew of a South Korean ship Who dumped the bodies of 25 Chinese Would-be illegal immigrants into the sea after they suffocated in a storage tank. A police official
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    • 101 9 -AFP JAKARTA The Indonesian government has reduced its growth forecast and other economic targets for next year in apparent response to an expected downturn after the terrorist attacks in the US. On Monday, Finance Minister Budiono proposed two revised scenarios to a parliamentary hearing on the
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    • 150 9 Reuters SYDNEY -A group of mainly Iraqi asylum seekers sabotaged their rickety Indonesian vessel in the Indian Ocean, forcing the Australian navy to rescue them, Prime Minister John Howard said yesterday. The illegal immigrants are now on board the frigate HMAS Adelaide. Mr
      – Reuters  -  150 words
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  • Streatsmart global
    • 64 10 The liquid inside young coconuts can be used as substitute for blood plasma. Oak trees don't produce acorns until they are at least 50 years old. The first product to have a bar code was Wrigley's gum. The king of hearts is the only king without a
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    • 247 10 -AP NEW YORK Syria has won a seat on the UN Security Council despite it being on the US list of nations sponsoring terrorism. Israel was the only UN member to oppose Syria’s bid to join
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    • 198 10 -Reuters NEW YORK Citigroup and a drug maker top Working Mother Magazine’s list of the 100 best US firms for working mothers, released yesterday. Drug-maker Bristol-Myers Squibb was ranked first, Citigroup second, IBM third, mortgage financier Fannie Mae fourth and hotel
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    • 152 10 -AP CHICAGO TWo fighters escorted an American Airlines plane to Chicago on Monday after a passenger tried to enter the plane’s cockpit, officials said. Edward Coburn, 31, of Fresno, California, was subdued by two pilots and several passengers aboard Flight 1238 from Los Angeles, FBI
      -AP; PicAP  -  152 words
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  • easy STREATS
    • 644 11  -  Dennis Foo declares war with star-studded opening of revamped nightspot by STEPHANIE GOH HE admits readily that he is very anxious. But make no mistake, former executive director of Europa Holdings Dennis Foo is raring to go full-throttle for his muchawaited comeback. And the steely 48-year-old
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    • channel scan
      • Today's must-see TV...
        • Article, Illustration
          70 12 11.30 pm, TV Works Jerry’s car is stolen, and with it, his car phone. George takes a job moving cars from one side of the street to the other, causing traffic chaos. Kramer gets to do a line in a Woody Allen film, saying“ These pretzels are making me
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        • 42 12 7pm, Channel U Shuang keeps her family in the dark about her part-time job and they think she is a social escort. Worse, she’s allergic to her chicken costume. Hai employs Shuang as a tutor to teach Jun Mandarin.
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        • 57 12 7pm, Channel 8 Green Snake takes White Snake back to Mt Emei. Xiaohulu tells them the ape demon has escaped and that Black Snake is injured. Green and White Snake pair up to save him. Black Snake advises White Snake to stay away from Xu Xian as
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    • 270 12  -  by YVONNE KWOK TV WORKS star Adrian Pang has a message for you. “You don’t need rhino horn to be horny,” said the funnyman solemnly. Adrian has been chosen to represent Singapore in a series of public service announcements on wildlife conservation by cable channel Animal Planet.
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    • 231 12 OLIVER Stone, the director of movies such as Platoon and JFK, has said that he wants to do a film on terrorism. “I’d like to do a bullet of a movie about terrorism and how it works,” Stone told a panel at the Lincoln Center on
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    • 278 13 HONGKONG I heartthrob Louis I Koo and actor Ben I Lam turned up at I the Wanchai poI lice station on I Monday to make statements reft garding the asft sault of a busiW nessman in a karaoke lounge toilet on Saturday. Louis turned
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    • 133 13 £Harlie's Angels, The Brady jrnch, The Avengers what do bey have in common? They were TV shows of the 60s 70s that were revived on be big screen over the last tew years. Now add to this list Narsky and Hutch the Quintessential cop-buddy Action series. And
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    • 226 13 Quentin Tarantino a id on Monday that his next bm, Kill Bill, about an organisation of assassins, was likely 0 unite two action giants of s ian cinema, Hongkong’s Ten Woo Ping and Japan’s Chiba. “It’s not official and money busn’t changed any hands,” the ulp Fiction
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    • easyStreats sports
      • 460 17 Houllier blasts Gerrard for boozing, Fowler next in line LONDON Gerard Houllier has given Steven Gerrard (right) a dressing-down over the drinking session that he believes disrupted England’s preparations for World Cup qualifier against Greece at OldTrafford on Saturday. England coach Sven Goran Eriksson accepted an apology
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      • 224 17 Reuters LONDON Formula One champion Michael Schumacher did not know his younger brother Ralf had got married last Friday until after the event. “Congratulate me, we’ve just got married,” the 26-year-old Williams driver told his older sibling in a telephone call. Ralf Schumacher (left
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      • SOCCER
        • 90 17 LONDON Michael Owen is targeting a swift return to action after his latest injury scare. The Liverpool and England striker tore his hamstring against Tottenham two weeks ago and was expected to be ruled out for at least a month. But Owen insists he will return
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        • 79 17 -AP BOLTON, England Rod Wallace’s early goal gave Bolton a 1-0 win over Nottingham Forest on Monday night in the third round of the League Cup. The Premier League team held off the First Division club to become the first side to reach the fourth round. Wallace
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      • 102 17 •golf -AP NEW YORK Another book about Tiger Woods was being released in the United States yesterday, but this one will be vastly different than the other five dozen. For one thing, it’s his. Woods makes his debut as an author with “How I Play Golf’,
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      • 430 18 -AFP CHAMPIONS LEAGUE Olympiakos v Manchester United PARIS Given its poor away form in Europe over the past two seasons, Manchester United faces the stiffest examination of its Champions League resolve today when it faces Olympiakos at the Spiros Louis
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      • 271 18 EmpText LONDON Manchester United winger Ryan Giggs (right) said his team cannot afford any slipups in today’s Champions League clash against Greece’s Olympiakos. After two matches, Spanish outfit Deportivo tops Group G with four points, one more than United which lies second. Olympiakos
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      • 434 19  - Plight of national U-23 goalkeeper Lewis No 1 for country, No for club by' TAN KIM HAN In the S-League championship decider, Home United takes on Geylang on Saturday atßishan Stadium HE is Singapore’s hottest goalkeeping prodigy. At 18, when most teenagers are still kicking around in the backyard, Lionel
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      • 281 19  -  by LIM HAN MING HOME United’s star playmaker Peres de Oliveira (above) is racing against time to be fit for Saturday’s big clash against Geylang United. The S-League club feared the worst when Oliveira limped off the pitch against Sembawang Rangers last Friday.
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  • Page 14 Miscellaneous
    • 484 14 Ififs yohr w Vf youshareiffwith VL baiUSM j Your Daily Horoscope JAN 20-FEB 18 Your hands may be idle, but your mind is active. Show respect and tenderness towards those who are counting on you. Move ahead in any direction that is still open to you. PISCES FEB 19-MAR 20
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  • Page 16 Miscellaneous
    • 347 16 restaurant It's Xuan Yuan San Guang. Xiao Yuer is overjoyed to see him. Of the gang, only Jiang Yulang knows the power of Xuan, whose arrival has made Jiang sweat. Insulted by Xuan's interception, Hua Zichun flips the cup and sends it back to the villain. He is confident that
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  • Page 17 Miscellaneous
    • 49 17 nthelivingroom SOCCER: Uefa Champions League: Otympiakos v Manchester United (ESPN Ch 23 and City TV, Oct 11, 2.30 am). BASEBALL Major League (ESPN Ch23,Bam). DELAYED TELECAST DOCUMENTARY: Maradona (TV Works, 10pm). SOCCER: Uefa Champions League: Porto vJuventus (ESPN Ch 23, Oct 11, sam). European Soccer Show (Super Sports Ch22,9pm).
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    • 711 20 ADVERTISEMENT Career switch to IX brings better pay and prospects JL JL JL •-< m Graduates with an IT educational background are still in high demand among employers. William Lee, a 26-year-old graduate from Informatics Computer School with a Diploma in Information Technology, is enjoying a higher pay check and
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