Streats, 12 November 2001
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Title Section21 2001-11-12 1 STREATS Treats for the Streets MONDAY 12 November 2001 Another quality publication of Singapore Press Holdings E-mail: streats@sph.com.sg MITA (P) 429/03/200121 words
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Article, Illustration470 2001-11-12 1 Alliance forces sweep to striking distance oTKatiul; US wants them to stay out of capital for two months, the Northern Alliance s at tight waiting for the right moment. Yesterday, it looked as if the moment had arrived. It is now straining at the leash after470 words
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115 2001-11-12 1 FIVE large districts, each managed by a “super” community development council (CDC), are being set up. Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong said yesterday that a full-time mayor will head each of the new councils. Mr Othman Haron Eusofe of Marine Parade GRC has115 words
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Article99 2001-11-12 1 TWO out of five Singaporeans who received New Singapore Shares (NSS) have cashed them in. “We had a lot of forms coming in after the deadline, so it has really gone up quite significantly to about 40 per cent, which is about99 words
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Article, Illustration215 2001-11-12 2 ZUBAIDAH NAZEER - by ZUBAIDAH NAZEER ACTING Minister for Environment Mr Lim Swee Say yesterday revealed that one out of every five households here has started recycling since the National Recycling Programme was launched in April. At the closing ceremony ofPic: Francis Lee - 215 words
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Article197 2001-11-12 2 WASTE not, want not is a motto Green Leaf award winner Madam Yeo Swee Keow, 47, takes seriously. Since she left her job as a public relations assistant at Keppel Bank 10 years ago, the mother of three has been involved in a string197 words
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179 2001-11-12 2 SUNGEI Buloh Nature Park and Labrador Nature Area in Labrador Park are now protected from development. “This is an important milestone in Singapore history because our natural heritage is an essential part of our national identity,”said Dr Geh Min, president of the Nature Society179 words
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Article, Illustration301 2001-11-12 3 ROADSIDE food carts once banned in Chinatown are making a comeback after an absence of nearly 20 years. But they won’t be exactly the same. For one, the carts, designed by the Nanyang Polytechnic’s School of Engineering, will havePic - 301 words
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Article91 2001-11-12 3 onekindact Nora C: On Oct 221 accidentally dropped a cheque at Lau Pa Sat Festival Market during the lunch hour. A kind soul must have found it and passed it to the Kopitiam at Lau Pa Sat who in turn looked up my office address and posted91 words
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Article156 2001-11-12 3 ZUBAIDAH NAZEER - by ZUBAIDAH NAZEER ANOTHER 913 rubber duckies will find themselves floating down the Singapore River thanks to WKRZ 91.3 FM. The Union Works radio station spent $9,130 in The Straits Times Million Dollar Duck Race, to be held on Dec 2. It plans a duck156 words
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Article, Illustration90 2001-11-12 3 Our weather girl says Those clearing their leave these next two months will enjoy an additional three public holidays. For the rest of us, we will go to work in the constant rain and humidity. Today, the north, east and west will have thunderstorms in the late morning and earlyPic: Wu Lifen - 90 words
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Article76 2001-11-12 3 GCE O and A level examination students who need a study sanctuary can go to Temasek Polytechnic till Nov 27. Four air-conditioned classrooms at level 5 Block 22 of the Temasek Engineering School will be open daily from 9am till 10pm, including Deepavali on Wednesday, but closed on76 words
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Article98 2001-11-12 3 The Ministry of Manpower's Singapore Learning Festival, on until Nov 25, will hold a workshop in English on movie special effects at Singapore Polytechnic at T 514 from 2-4.30 pm tomorrow. Call Siti Marina at 870-6113. How do primary school kids think out of the box? In98 words
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Article, Illustration353 2001-11-12 5 Peeping Toms at Japanese Garden carpark IF you are looking for some quiet time with a loved one, skip the Japanese Garden carpark for now. The garden is awfully crowded these days with voyeurs (above). Some of them even have infrared binoculars and video cameras. These PeepingPic: Shin Min Daily - 353 words
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Article136 2001-11-12 5 TWO female shoppers fell prey to pickpockets in separate incidents two days apart. On Saturday, 35-year-old Madam Wu fell prey to a pickpocket while shopping at Suntec City. She was shopping there with her mother and daughter at around 3.30 pm when she realised that her daughter’s136 words
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82 2001-11-12 5 Scooter skids one dead, one unconscious A 25-YEAR-OLD man died after the scooter he was riding on skidded yesterday morning. He was travelling along the SLE towards Woodlands. The rider and pillion rider were flung off the vehicle and landed in the drain. One of the men, believed to be82 words
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Article262 2001-11-12 7 Malaysia has always been Islamic state, says PM Reuters KUALA LUMPUR Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad has told Chinese here not to fear curtailed freedom after his recent talk of an “Islamic state”. “We have no wish to obstruct or to curtail your rights– Reuters - 262 words
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Article175 2001-11-12 7 Reuters, >,AFP KUALA LUMPUR Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad was displeased yesterday at reports that Malaysia was on Washington’s visa hit list. “This is rather regrettable because we know that even now there are terrorists who are non-Muslims. I do hope this is a temporary move,”– Reuters,; >,AFP - 175 words
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Article89 2001-11-12 7 -AP KUALA LUMPUR Indonesia extradited an Islamic militant to Malaysia after he was arrested for a spate of bombings in Jakarta, reports said yesterday. The Star said Saharani Mohd Esa, 29, is wanted in Malaysia for his alleged role in a militant group trying to-AP - 89 words
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Article120 2001-11-12 7 -Reuters JAKARTA Irian Jaya separatist leader Theys Eluay was found dead yesterday, Antara news agency reported. The cause of death was not clear. “(Mr Eluay’s) body was found dead in his car on a road... near the border between Irian Jaya and Papua New Guinea,’’the agency-Reuters - 120 words
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...the fears
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Article240 2001-11-12 8 Musharraf moves arsenal to secret sites Reuters WASHINGTON Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf ordered an emergency redeployment of the country’s nuclear arsenal days after the Sept 11 attacks, the Washington Post reported yesterday. The weapons were moved to six new, secret locations and military command of the arsenal was– Reuters - 240 words
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Article, Illustration265 2001-11-12 8 Reuters ISLAMABAD Osama bin Laden has denied any connection to the US anthrax attacks in an interview to a Pakistani journalist published yesterday. Mr Hamid Mir, editor of the Ausaf newspaper, says he held a two-hour interview with Osama early on Thursday at a secret location– Reuters; Pic: AFP - 265 words
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Article, Illustration286 2001-11-12 9 ISLAMABAD Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf’s luck has turned. He is riding a wave of respect and prominence that until recently he could only have dreamed of. He was feted in Paris on Thursday morning, addressed Parliament in London the same afternoon, and dined with President GeorgePic: AP - 286 words
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Article66 2001-11-12 9 US intelligence agencies are recruiting psychics to help predict future attacks and to find Osama Bin Laden, London's The Sunday Times reported. The recruits, known as "remote viewers" claim to be able to visualise happenings in distant places by using paranormal powers. The US government established a remote66 words
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80 2001-11-12 10 LONDON Britain is to be put under a state of “public emergency”to allow internment without trial of suspected terrorists, The Observer reported yesterday. Home Secretary David Blunkett will lay the order before Parliament by tomorrow. Anti-terrorist legislation will then be rushed through by Dec80 words
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243 2001-11-12 10 -AFP NEW DELHI Tax-dodgers are cheating India of US$B5 billion ($155 billion) of revenue every year, a report said yesterday. The Pioneer newspaper said the staggering sum accounted for almost 20 per cent of India’s Gross Domestic-AFP - 243 words
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Article195 2001-11-12 10 -AP LONDON Two teens who set a drunk vagrant afire and left him to die have been jailed for seven years. Stephen Brookes, 16, and John Iveson, 13, set George Johnstone, 41, on fire as he slept in a park, and ran off laughing as metre-high-AP - 195 words
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weird world
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Article79 2001-11-12 10 Reuters NINETY workers took just under an hour to put together 4,500 litres of ice cream and a tonne of dry fruit and toppings to make India’s biggest sundae. In less than three hours, a crowd of 15,000 in Ahmedabad, lapped up three giant vanilla, chocolate and– Reuters - 79 words
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Article62 2001-11-12 10 Reuters A GRAVEDIGGER has been arrested while trying to deliver two fresh skulls to a customer, Nigerian police said. “The man said he has been in the business of supplying human heads to people for some time,” said Mr Mike Okiro, Lagos state commissioner of police. The– Reuters - 62 words
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Article78 2001-11-12 10 JAPAN'S best smells will be revealed today at a ceremony in Tokyo. The Environment Ministry has short-listed 100 smells for the top award. Seaweed shops are on the list, as is the smell of seaweed harvesting. “Mr Peter Hadfield of New Scientist told the BBC that the Japanese,78 words
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Article, Illustration498 2001-11-12 11 YVONNE KWOK - r VB host and ormer reporter won Yap tfferstipson low to make indkeep elebrity friends V YVONNE KWOK SVON Yap SeoYing s one popular girl. During a telephone inter- m lew, no less than three reporters v ere asked to relay greetings from sen°r journalists in major newspapers,498 words
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Article, Illustration199 2001-11-12 11 MICHELLE SARAM LEE ANN D" ALEX ANDRY “They stand a chance, but they need to be consistently in the limelight "Unfortunately, Lee-Ann has gone off to France to study and Michelle is in the middle of a lawsuit, so they're not giving 100 per cent199 words
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Article, Illustration439 2001-11-12 13 Judi Low - Edmund Lon serves up j' j o r o eLL§ vjJl L >b >y. Judi Low *kky foodies are 'Ven pickier 'bout where and v hat they eat bese days no banks to the 'conomic lowdown. Since torch, food bops have seen lower business Ground, as Minister without439 words
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Article, Illustration229 2001-11-12 16 POPULAR deejay-compere-singer You Fa dropped his first bombshell last month when he said he m would quit showpi business. This time the 38-year-old motormouth of NTUC Radio Heart 100.3 FM says he’s giving it all up to be a Buddhist monk. The divorcee229 words
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Article, Illustration109 2001-11-12 16 JUST two months after George Clooney and Renee Zellweger became an item, the couple have broken up, reported People News. The Bridget Jones’s Diary star moved out of Clooney’s Hollywood home after rows over his flirting with other women, said friends. Clooney was recently spotted chatting up109 words
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Today's must-see TV...
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Article40 2001-11-12 16 7.30 pm, Channel 5 Watch this film if you like Ralph Fiennes, and Uma Thurman in skintight black leather. The crime-fighting duo take on a megalomaniac (Sean Connery) bent on taking over the world by manipulating the weather.40 words
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Article50 2001-11-12 16 10pm, TV Works Rippling biceps! Mindless hack and slash! Welcome to the world of Arnold Schwarzenegger before he became the Terminator. A much younger Arnold plays Conan, who must rescue the Princess Jehnna who has been captured by a sorcerer. Also stars Grace Jones and Olivia d’Abo.50 words
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Article74 2001-11-12 16 10.30 pm, Channel U Blinded by hatred for her stepmother and sister, Yee plans to destroy their lives. Having lost her father and left to roam the streets of America, her childhood is a grim story. She seeks help from her lawyer brother-in-law, whom she74 words
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easyStreats sports
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211 2001-11-12 17 -AFP DUBLIN Ireland boss Mick McCarthy Was a relieved man after his team broke its play-off jinx to move within touching distance of a World Cup place on Saturday. The 2-0 win over Iran leaves Ireland firmly on course with Thursday’s second leg-AFP - 211 words
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Article106 2001-11-12 17 •SOCCER -AFP MELBOURNE Australia gave its hopes of qualifying for the World Cup finals a huge morale boost when it drew 1-1 with world and European champions France in a friendly international yesterday. Defender Craig Moore put Australia ahead in the 44th minute, but France equalised four-AFP - 106 words
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Article124 2001-11-12 17 •BASKETBALL Reuters Milwaukee Kevin Garnett scored 20 points and grabbed 15 rebounds as the Minnesota UmberWolves coasted to a 98-82 triumph over the Milwaukee Bucks on Saturday in a battle of unbeaten teams in the NBA Championships. Minnesota moved its franchise-record start to 6-0, and remained one of– Reuters - 124 words
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Article140 2001-11-12 17 •GOLF -AFP SHENZHEN, China Tiger Woods said yesterday that his recently injured back was still sore, but declared he was fit and ready to fire at this Week’s World Cup in Japan. After scorching through 12 holes of a practice >r ound in eight-under par-AFP - 140 words
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Article313 2001-11-12 18 TAN KIM HAN - by TAN KIM HAN TASIAN CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP Ist round (2nd leg) 0 I SAFFCI BEC Tero Sasana 5 LfSfC Tero wins 8-1 on aggregate) A AS Singapore Armed Forces FC played its last match of the season yesterday, rumours are rife that about six of313 words
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Article, Illustration573 2001-11-12 18 i hove more X INTERNATIONAL FRlENDuT^EnglandlSwed^il^ MANCHESTER England coach Sven Goran Eriksson said before England’s draw with Sweden that there was still time for talented players to break into his squad. But whether any of those handed their chance on Saturday have definitely played their way into thePic: Reuters - 573 words
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137 2001-11-12 18 Reuters MELBOURNE France and Arsenal midfielder Robert Pires believes Australia’s Harry Kewell is a more complete player than England captain David Beckham. Said Pires of the 23-year-old Leeds star: “Harry Kewell is something special. For me, in a game, he’s much better than David Beckham.– Reuters - 137 words
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Article, Illustration257 2001-11-12 19 Reuters BUENOS AIRES -Diego Maradona wept and hobbled through an emotional testimonial match featuring a wealth of top past and present players, and watched by his former foe Pele on Saturday. A 50,000 crowd was at the Bombonera stadium, home of Maradona’s beloved Boca Juniors,– Reuters; Pic: Reuters - 257 words
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Article, Illustration472 2001-11-12 19 Germany needs goal-less draw to qualify Wire services WORLD CUP PLAY-OFFS Ukraine 7 KIEV, Ukraine Germany’s coach Rudi Voeller was happy with his team’s performance, especially after Ukraine took an early lead. Hennadiy Zubov put the Ukrainians ahead in the 18th minute after he picked up a rebound– Wire services; Pic: AFP - 472 words
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Miscellaneous220 2001-11-12 14 fwi itf Ii I ir 4 1 a Snf« ■rag *a&(KtfaE iS&g&ai Wmt&im A ■0 The story today... "It's now your turn, Jiang Biehe," Xuan Yuan San Guang says arrogantly. The two then take turns to hack the table. Soon half of the table is blasted, leaving the other half220 words
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Miscellaneous469 2001-11-12 16 urbii usha jm M Your Daily Horoscope JAN 20 FEB 18 Your mind is an open book to all who inquire. With so many strategies on hand, one of them is sure to be a perfect fit. Aquarius may be unannounced, but they are never unexpected. FEB 19-MAR 20 N469 words
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