Streats, 15 October 2001
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Title Section17 2001-10-15 1 STREATS Treats for the Streets Mother quality publication of Singapore Press Holdings E-mail: streats@sph.com.sg MITA (P) 429/03/200117 words
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PM on challenges facing S'pore after terror attacks 3 threats
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246 2001-10-15 1 W A MIDDLE EASTERN terrorist group tried to cultivate and recruit Singaporean Muslims. This dramatic revelation was made by Rime Minister Goh ChokTong yesterday, Mio said the Internal Security Department uncovered the attempt last year. Several Singaporeans were introduced V an Indonesian246 words
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154 2001-10-15 1 W OSAMA'S tactic is to turn the US war against terrorism into a war Seen by Muslims as against Muslims. “If he succeeds, he would have divided the world into Islamic and nonIslamic camps, and brought about a clash of civilisations,” said154 words
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212 2001-10-15 1 DESPITE last week’s announcement of an off-Budget package to tide Singaporeans over the downturn, Mr Goh Cautioned of “further pain ahead”. He said the two engines that propelled Singapore’s growth the rich-nation Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) and Asean have212 words
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Article82 2001-10-15 2 -Red Americans feel that victory will only be achieved if Osama bin Laden is captured or killed and the Taleban is removed from power, according to a Time magazine a opinion poll.lt showed 81 per cent consider "necessary goal" Osama's captv or death and 77 per cent-Red - 82 words
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Article, Illustration241 2001-10-15 2 'Storm of planes' will continue: Al Qaeda Beware.. Wire services STOP the attacks on Afghanistan or the storm of hijacked planes will continue, Osama bin Laden’s group warned yesterday. Also, the “ground will burn under” Westerners who insist on staying in the Arabian Gulf. “We also advise Americans and Britons,Wire services; PicAP - 241 words
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142 2001-10-15 2 -AFP THE Taleban will teach the US “a more bitter lesson” than it did the Soviet Union in the 1980 s. “We have not started our real war against the US because of technological superiority” Taleban chief Mullah Mohammed Omar told Saudi daily-AFP - 142 words
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Article72 2001-10-15 2 ANGRY Afghan protesters greeted > Western journalists when they visits Khorum village in east Afghanistan on aTaleban-guided visit. TheTaleban has claimed US airstrikes killed 200 villagers in Khorum. Villagers said around 20 to 25 bon# or missiles rained on the area in two waves of attacks. The72 words
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Article78 2001-10-15 2 A PROTESTER was killed and 12 injured yesterday when Pakistani police shot at stone-throwing, pro-Taleban demonstrators in southern Jacobabad. The crowd was trying to advance to a local airport where US forces are deployed The protesters, who had evaded a huge sect 1 rity cordon thrown up78 words
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Article54 2001-10-15 2 US WARPLANES continued bombing Kabul and Kandahar yesterday for tl> seventh day yesterday. ill Taleban stronghold Kandahar pounded for seven hours. A militafj J headquarters was hit, CNN I targets also included I power lines leading into and out the city. In Kabul, one person reportedly killed. Explosions54 words
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Article, Illustration450 2001-10-15 3 Reuters -US authorities tried to calm on Saturday after anthrax scares fears that the postal system was )e ing used to wage biological warfare. On Thursday, the FBI had warned of new attacks on the US. Federal health officials discovered five cases of anthrax exposure among coj porkers– Reuters; PicAP - 450 words
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Anthrax alarm
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Article183 2001-10-15 3 -AP LUMPUR Malaysia will Investigate reports that a letter sent from Malaysia to a Microsoft office in Nevada contaminated with anthrax. Foreign Minister Syed Hamid Albar yesterday that the government had appealed to the FBI for all relevant inforNation about the case. “We have not been able-AP - 183 words
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Article176 2001-10-15 3 Wire services SYDNEY Part of the international departures hall at Sydney airport was evacuated and cordoned off after hazardous materials experts were called in yesterday to check out a suspicious box. A spokesman for the airport operators said the box had been left near some check-in counters byWire services - 176 words
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Article79 2001-10-15 3 -AFP In a taped statement beamed last week, Osama bin Laden may have given terrorists the go-ahead to launch a new strike against the US, Time Magazine reported. A former Al Qaeda follower told US intelligence officials that Osama would not normally use the term "I swear to-AFP - 79 words
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250 2001-10-15 5 THEY came to clean the flat of a stubborn old rag-and-bone man. But when the welfare group arrived at the one-room flat at Block 90 Redhill Close yesterday morning, all they saw was a blackened common corridor.250 words
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Article, Illustration45 2001-10-15 6 LIGHTING THE WAY: A little girl offering a lamp to diners at the children's fund-raising get-together high tea organised by the Muslim Missionary Society Jamiyah Singapore and the Singapore Buddhist Lodge at the Mandarin Hotel yesterday Pic: Wu Lifen Pic: Wu LifenPic: Wu Lifen - 45 words
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383 2001-10-15 6 DEEPAVIJIYASINGAM - by DEEPAVIJIYASINGAM IT'S the “stop” button for three pirated software syndicates, to be swiftly followed by “fast forward” 15 people behind the operations will be charged in court today. The operators were slick and elusive,383 words
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159 2001-10-15 6 THE stress on the use of English in Singapore schools has improved the lives of Malays, said Mr Sidek Saniff, Minister of State for the Environment at a global conference now on in Kuala Lumpur. At the talks, on the theme of what159 words
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Article, Illustration70 2001-10-15 6 Think iced coffee or a chewy bubble tea today because it will be hot, with the temperature reaching a sweltering 34°C. Those in the northern, western and eastern areas, try to stay indoors in the late afternoon; there will be thunderstorms. The tide will reach 3.1Pic: Francis Lee - 70 words
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Article130 2001-10-15 6 There will be special rates postage for greeting cards during Deepavali, Christmas and Hari Raya from now till Dec 24. Cards weighing up to 20g will cost 22 cents to send and those up to 40g will be 3C cents, regardless of size, shapt or colour. For cards130 words
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Article69 2001-10-15 6 The Singapore Red Cross Society is raising funds for Afghan refugees. Donors should cross cheques and make them payable to the Singapore Red Cross Society, indicating 'Afghan Refugees' on the back, together with your name, address and contact number. Send to the society at 15 Penang Lane, *****86. To69 words
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Article197 2001-10-15 7 Staggered Downpayment Scheme can be used HDB will offer 4,989 flats in the West z one and Punggol from now till December under the Registration for Plat System (RFS). Successful applicants who are to select their flats can make use °f the measures to ease cash flow197 words
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Article77 2001-10-15 7 onekindact KCCheo WAS struggling with bags full of food, and I'm sure I would not have made it to the taxi stand if it were not for a kind > gentleman.Thank you, Mr Ang, for helping me about three weeks ago at Yishun NTUC Fair Price store. If77 words
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92 2001-10-15 7 THREE Singaporeans were shot during a robbery attempt in Johor Bahru yesterday. One of them was race car driver Ringo Chong and the other two are brothers, businessman Frank Chew and CC Chew, reported Channel News Asia. Mr Frank Chew was shot in his92 words
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Article203 2001-10-15 7 Osteoporosis is a condition where bones become thin and weak, as bone matter is lost faster than it can be replaced. This causes bones to be easily broken. Osteoporosis usually occurs in older women (over 55 years old), but younger women and men may also be affected. It203 words
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96 2001-10-15 8 IT is reassuring that Singapore Armed Forces troops are patrolling the passenger terminals of Changi airport and the petrochemical plants in Jurong Island. Singaporeans and visitors alike welcome signs of strengthened security in these anxious times. I suggest that such measures also be introduced at96 words
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Article142 2001-10-15 8 SINGAPORE Airlines, like DBS, has set a fine example during these difficult times with its salary cuts decision. SIA announced that it would cut management salaries by between 7 and 15 per cent, and directors on the boards of SIA and its subsidiaries also142 words
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165 2001-10-15 8 WE refer to the One Kind Act article “No need to walk” by K Hoe (Streats, Oct 3) and “Confused about breakdowns” (Streats, Oct 4), a letter by Jem Toh. We are pleased that our bus captain was helpful to K Hoe and would165 words
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Shunning America
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Article199 2001-10-15 9 -Reuters Jakarta Many Indonesians regard Qsama bin Laden as a fighter for justice support the Taleban sheltering him, According to a survey published yesterday. In results likely to surprise some, half 2,400 respondents to the online surv ey last week by a leading newspaper, lndonesia,-Reuters - 199 words
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159 2001-10-15 9 -AP &ANGKOK Two groups have urged Muslims to shun Coke, Pizza Hut, and US films to protest US strikes °n Afghanistan, reports said yesterday. The Islamic Youth Association issued list of 19 companies and services, of them American, to be shunned. These also include-AP - 159 words
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Article213 2001-10-15 9 -Wire services Kano, Nigeria At least 200 people have been killed in religious clashes in Kano, residents said yesterday. One of the worst-hit areas was Zangon district on the city’s outskirts, a Muslim stronghold with a significant Christian Those fleeing were Christians. The clashes which-Wire services - 213 words
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Article145 2001-10-15 9 -Reuters London cellphones are killing off ghosts, said a British expert who has spent years researching the occult. Tony Cornell, of the Society for Psychical Research, told the Sunday Express newspaper that reports of ghost sightings started to decline when cellphones were introduced 15 years ago.-Reuters - 145 words
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Advertisement149 2001-10-15 11 LEARNING FESTIVAL 2-18 Nov The Singapore Learning Festival returns this year, bigger and better than before! Take part in 2 weeks of interesting and refreshing activities that will reward you with skills and knowledge. More than 350 exciting learning activities await you! The Learning Web offers a network of activities149 words
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Article, Illustration469 2001-10-15 12 STEPHANIE GOH - Najip Ali and Leslie Kwok were outnumbered by a bevy of beauties at Her World's first Beauty Awards show at Takashimaya last Friday by STEPHANIE GOH NO cleavage. No clingy outfit to sashay onto the stage in. And no painstakingly applied make-up. Yet the only two casually-dressedPics: Francis Lee - 469 words
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Article, Illustration239 2001-10-15 12 YVONNE KWOK - by YVONNE KWOK TVB star Joe Ma is just a little apprehensive. And who wouldn’t be if asked to endure two weeks of Survivor-style hardship in an Australian rainforest? “This is definitely not my dream vacation,” said the star of such serials as Threshold of An EraPic: Wulifen •; - 239 words
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Article, Illustration398 2001-10-15 13 Low - w 4 B k I ll #3* r f Lr f)& V '^a<7o in JĔ f M i?mr mfgSi* woamm Low LUNCHTIME the sun is unrelenting and I’m looking for something light and low on fat; something appetising and definitely not steaming soup. There’s nothing muchPic: Wu Lifen - 398 words
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Article48 2001-10-15 13 10pm, TV Works A comedy starring sitcom actors Tim Allen and Kirstie Alley as a rich, unhappily married couple forced to flee to the Amish countryside to avoid being arrested for tax fraud. The simple life teaches them the error of their materialistic ways.48 words
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Article43 2001-10-15 13 9pm, Channel U When Wang Qin discovers that Paifeng has released Princess Jinlin he plans to capture her to regain his ministerial position. When Bamei tries to kill Bei Mengduo, Jinlin steps between them and is killed.43 words
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Article42 2001-10-15 13 10.30 pm, Channel 8 Rita agrees to marry Ah Cong. Zhedong makes his father so angry he collapses at the wedding dinner. Ah Cong’s mother feels Rita is a jinx and slaps her in front of the guests.42 words
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Article36 2001-10-15 13 9pm, V V Drama (SCV 55) Li and Quan become friends while in jail and set up a renovation company after their release. Stars Felix Wong, Guo Yao Ming, Monica Chan and Charmaine Sheh.36 words
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Article, Illustration475 2001-10-15 17 LIMHAN MING - by LIMHAN MING THE S-League title is but a pipe dream for them. Yet, Balestier Central, Jurong FC and Gombak United could turn out to be party poopers for Home United and Geylang United in the season-ending S-League party. Depending475 words
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475 2001-10-15 17 TAN KIM HAN - by TAN KIM HAN IN July 2000, Singapore Armed Forces PC had already wrapped up the S-League title with four matches to go. And all eyes were on the battle for second spot between Tanjong Pagar, Geylang United and Home United. But this475 words
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Article120 2001-10-15 17 ITENNIS Reuters FILDERSTADT, Germany Jennifer Capriati’s amazing success story will take her all the way to the top of the world rankings after Martina Hingis limped out of her Filderstadt semi-final on Saturday. A Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) spokeswoman said Capriati would replace Hingis as No– Reuters - 120 words
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Article128 2001-10-15 17 Reuters LONDON Chelsea players have agreed to travel to Israel to play Hapoel Tel Aviv in the Uefa Cup on Thursday, club managing director Colin Hutchinson has confirmed. The team held a meeting in the dressing room after Saturday’s 2-0 win over Leicester, and captainReuters - 128 words
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Article58 2001-10-15 17 TAMPINES Rovers (1951) was crowned Division One champion in the Football Association of Singapore women’s league, with a 100 per cent record in all seven games. Home United finished second in the eight-team competition while Singapore Armed Forces FC was third. In the Division Two league, National Technological58 words
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Article, Illustration364 2001-10-15 18 Reuters SUZUKA, Japan World champion Michael Schumacher underlined his season-long supremacy with victory in the Japanese Grand Prix yesterday, his ninth in 17 races which earned him an all-time points record for Formula One. The German poweredReuters; PicAP - 364 words
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Article, Illustration569 2001-10-15 19 Reuters LIVERPOOL-Liverpool manager Gerard Houllier (left) is stable after major heart surgery and will remain in intensive care “for a period of time”, the Premier League club said yesterday. The club said in a statement: “Gerard last night underwent– Reuters; Pic: Reuters - 569 words
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Article, Illustration348 2001-10-15 19 -AP COPENHAGEN Mike Tyson’s sevenround technical knock-out on Saturday (yesterday, Singapore time) over Brian Nielsen was his longest fight in five years, a workout the “rusty” Tyson said he needed. But don’t look for a title fight right away. The former undisputed heavyweight champion-AP; Pic: Reuters - 348 words
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Miscellaneous341 2001-10-15 16 tr m m 9 rr The story today... When Xiao Yuer was a boy, he was curious about who among the 10 villains is the most powerful. Nobody knew as they had never fought against one another. But it's no secret that Furious Lion Tie Zhan is the weakest among341 words
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Miscellaneous15 2001-10-15 17 Inthelivingroom SOCCER: EPL Tottenham Hotspur v Derby County (Star Sports Ch 24, tomorrow, 2.50 am).15 words
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