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Title Section12 2004-12-28 1 Streats TUESDAY, DECEMBER 28, 2004 website: www.streats.com.sg «e-mail: streats@sph.eom.sg MICA (P) 196/03/200412 words
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Article, Illustration649 2004-12-28 1 Wire services Death toll passes 22,000; Australia looks to set up tsunami alert network SYDNEY The absence of a tsunami alert system in the Indian Ocean has prompted Australia to consider providing one in the near future. Australian Prime Minister John Howard made– Wire services; – Reuters - 649 words
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Advertisement34 2004-12-28 1 > ‘IT WAS AS IF GOD HAD UNLEASHED HIS ANGER’ PAGE 2 9 UN WARNS OF EPIDEMICS PAGE 3 GIVING... S’PORE DONATES $500,000 TO RED CROSS FUND PAGE 4 BANGKOK AIRWAYS EVACUATES TOURISTS PAGE 434 words
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Article, Illustration441 2004-12-28 2 Wire services BANDA ACEH, Indonesia The killer tsunami that hit eight Asian countries on Sunday killed more than 22,000 people. The death toll climbed steadily as authorities released more details of the widespread disaster caused by an earthquake off Indonesia’s Aceh■ Wire services - 441 words
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Article, Illustration506 2004-12-28 3 Reuters GENEVA The UN warned yesterday of epidemics within days unless health systems in southern Asia can cope with the extensive damage caused by a tsunami. Aid agencies round the world rushed staff, equipment and money to southern Asia after huge waves, triggered by a massiveReuters; Pics: AFP - 506 words
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Article, Illustration89 2004-12-28 3 Reuters BANGKOK The 2 1 -year-old grandson of Thailand’s King Bhumibol Adulyadej was among those killed by the tsunami that struck southern Thailand, Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra said yesterday. Mr Bhumi Jensen was last seen jet-skiing off Krabi when the deadly wave battered the popular resort– Reuters - 89 words
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Article, Illustration473 2004-12-28 4 Khnshwant Singh - By Khnshwant Singh THE Singapore Red Cross yesterday launched a fund to help the victims of Sunday’s earthquake. Its corporate services manager, Ms Carol Teo, said: “The fund aims to raise $1 million within two months and we’ll be highlighting the suffering of thePics: AP - 473 words
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Article189 2004-12-28 4 Christopher Lim - By Christopher Lim BANGKOK Airways has mobilised all its available aircraft to evacuate stranded tourists for free. It has called up 70-seat ATRs, 120-seat Boeing 717-200 s and 162-seat Airbus 3205, according to Mr Ekkaphon Nanta-o-sot, a senior media relations officer for the airline. Also,189 words
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Article, Illustration453 2004-12-28 6 Wire services SINGAPORE Shares of Singapore Airlines Ltd (SIA), Korean Air Lines Co (KAL) and other Asian carriers fell after the world’s most powerful earthquake in 40 years unleashed waves that flooded coastal towns from Thailand to Sri Lanka, killing more than 22,000 and promptingWire services - 453 words
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Article, Illustration254 2004-12-28 6 Bloomberg BANGKOK Airports of Thailand Pci, the country’s biggest airport operator, yesterday asked travellers to avoid trips to Phuket airport after killer waves caused by deep-sea earthquakes destroyed hotels and homes on the resort island. “There are large numbers of passengers stuck at the airport,”■ Bloomberg; Pics: AP,; AFP - 254 words
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175 2004-12-28 6 AP SINGAPORE Hundreds of Singapore residents planning to celebrate the New. Year at beach resorts were expected to cancel their travel plans after the worst earthquake in 40 years and a resulting tsunami struck Asia, industry representatives said yesterday. “Most of them willAP - 175 words
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Article597 2004-12-28 8 Chua Kong Ho - Will travel boss bid for brother’s seized assets? By_ Chua Kong Ho ANANDA Travel boss Chan Yeuk Wai has an important decision to make: Should he bid for stakes in 12 companies he co-owns with younger brother Chan Yeuk Pun? The Agricultural Bank of China597 words
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Article, Illustration258 2004-12-28 8 -AFP KIEV Pro-West opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko claimed victory yesterday in Ukraine’s historic presidential election re-run, telling supporters the vote was a triumph for the country and proclaiming that “now we are free” from dominance by neighbouring Russia. Speaking in a hall at his campaign headquarters-AFP; AFP - 258 words
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143 2004-12-28 8 SINGAPORE has emerged as the country with the most number of successful entrants in an international business contest involving 2,190 universities in 125 countries. Out of 477 students from Singapore who registered to participate in L’Oreal’s fifth e-Strat Challenge, 31 teams comprising 93 students were selected.143 words
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Article198 2004-12-28 8 -AFP BEIJING An angry Chinese Internet user hacked into the local website of McDonald’s Corp after the fast food giant listed Taiwan as an independent country, state media said yesterday. The attack was discovered by Internet users on Saturday as they got onto the McDonald’s-AFP - 198 words
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147 2004-12-28 10 BUZZSTOP THE Health Ministry will from next year fund public sector hospitals and polyclinics with block payments to encourage the two health clusters to budget and cut waste. They are currently funded under a “piece-rate” system that allows them147 words
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Article, Illustration53 2004-12-28 10 A red-beaked gull picking food from the mouth of\gull king Gu Bing at the World Exposition Garden on Sunday in Kunming, the capital of southwest China’s Yunnan province. The gardener is called gull king for his intimacy with the birds, which he has been feeding for the pastXinhua - 53 words
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Article132 2004-12-28 10 China launches Cemet2 CHINA has launched the first backbone network of the next-generation Internet, Cernet2, breaking the US monopoly and allowing the country to dramatically narrow its gap with world leaders, officials and experts said, the Press Trust of India reported yesterday. Eight departments of the132 words
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Article123 2004-12-28 10 Robust show by biomedical sector Reuters SINGAPORE’S industrial output rose 13.2 per cent year-on-year last month after a robust performance in the bio-medical sector, the Government said yesterday. This was a sharp improvement from revised 2.2 per cent growth recorded in October. Last month’s performance– Reuters - 123 words
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Article136 2004-12-28 10 S’pore, Thailand, Brunei sign pact Reuters SINGAPORE, Thailand and Brunei have agreed a deal for passenger air travel, allowing them any number of flights between the countries four years before an Asean-wide agreement is due. Singapore Transport Minister Yeo Cheow Tong said in a– Reuters - 136 words
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Article86 2004-12-28 10 THE Housing Board has launched its second batch of flats this year under the build-to-order scheme, The Straits Times reports today. The new projects are The Anthias in Punggol, which will have 134 threeroom and 600 four-room standard units, and Coral Green in Sengkang, with 65586 words
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Article91 2004-12-28 10 -AP ISRAEL released 159 Palestinian prisoners yesterday as a gesture to the new Palestinian leadership. Interim Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas, the front-runner in the Jan 9 presidential elections, welcomed the release, but said that Israel must free those sentenced to lengthy terms. Some 7,000 Palestinians are held-AP - 91 words
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Article107 2004-12-28 10 -AP FORMER Taiwanese President Lee Teng-hui arrived in Japan yesterday for a week-long visit despite Beijing’s warnings that his trip could damage Japan’s ties with China, which sees the ageing statesman as a symbol of Taiwan’s independence movement. Holding his wife Wen-hui’s hand, Mr Lee tipped his-AP - 107 words
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Article98 2004-12-28 10 -AP RUSSIA and China will hold unprecedented joint military manoeuvres on Chinese territory next year involving both nations’ air forces and navies, Russian Defence Minister Sergei Ivanov said in the Kremlin yesterday. Mr Ivanov, speaking at a Cabinet session chaired by President Vladimir Putin, said that the-AP - 98 words
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Financial
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Article85 2004-12-28 12 SINGAPORE US oil prices slid more than half a US dollar to below US$44 a barrel yesterday as unusually mild winter weather curtailed demand. US light crude futures fell 78 US cents to U 5543.40 a barrel in very light early European trade, surpassing last Friday’s losses85 words
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Article102 2004-12-28 12 Bloomberg HONG KONG BMW BrillianceAutomotive, the joint venture between Bayerische Motoren Werke AG and Brilliance China Automotive Holdings, said in a statement that it will start recalling 1,685 BMW 5-series cars beginning on Jan 4 to repair faulty seat heating mats. The recall, which includes 1,680 cars– Bloomberg - 102 words
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Article102 2004-12-28 12 -AP BEIJING China yesterday outlined the textile export duties that it will impose after a quota system expires next month, following pressure from the US and Europe over fears of a flood of low-cost Chinese textiles. China will impose duties of between 0.2 yuan (3 Singapore-AP - 102 words
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Article65 2004-12-28 12 HONG KONG Citigroup yesterday announced that its Asia Pacific Global Corporate and Investment Banking Group has made a clean sweep of this year’s three top institutional awards given by regional publications. The honours include Bank of the Year 2004 from The Asset, Finance Asia and IFR Asia65 words
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Article, Illustration539 2004-12-28 12 Janice Wong - m ibunH tmt 9A 4% m m 1 KadyMk,. 1 By Janice Wong Former platoon mates Melvyn Wong (above) and Daniel Tay could not get enough of the Taiwan snacks they enjoyed in their army days so they set up a franchise to bring them to Spore THE% So? Loan - 539 words
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208 2004-12-28 14 STI: 2,050.99 4.57 -AP SHARES closed lower yesterday on concerns about the impact of the deadly earthquake and resulting tsunamis that have wrecked havoc in Asia, traders said. The Straits Times Index closed down 4.57 points, or 0.2 per cent, at 2,050.99, up from an-AP - 208 words
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Article24 2004-12-28 14 *AS AT DEC 27 US$: 551.640 Ss: RM2.317 553.157 Ss: HK54.746 EURO: 552.220 Ss: 23.82 BAHT Ss: 63.26 YEN Ss: 5,670 RUPIAH24 words
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Article308 2004-12-28 14 Companies with flexi-schedules may seek exemption COMPANIES that face uneven manpower demands due to their nature of operations or seasonal or business cycles can now apply to the Ministry of Manpower (MOM) to be exempt from the statutory provisions on overtime, rest day and308 words
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Article, Illustration179 2004-12-28 14 AFP BEIJING Flag carrier Air China said yesterday that it has no plans to help bail out the embattled Singapore arm of the country’s biggest jet fuel supplier, China Aviation Oil Holding Co (CAOHC), which is under investigation by Singapore regulators for alleged irregularities.AFP - 179 words
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Article, Illustration780 2004-12-28 15 Anil Ambani abstains as family rift widens at Indian corporate giant Wire services MUMBAI The board of Reliance Industries approved a share buyback plan yesterday, but vice-chairman Anil Ambani abstained from voting amid a deepening family row over the management of India’s largest privatesector company.Wire services; Reuters; AFP - 780 words
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151 2004-12-28 16 Bloomberg SHANGHAI China Minsheng Banking Corp shareholders approved plans by the nation’s first privately controlled lender to delay a Hong Kong share offer a year as it negotiates a stake sale to Singapore’s Temasek Holdings. The Beijing-based lender has extended the deadline for the– Bloomberg - 151 words
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Article, Illustration408 2004-12-28 16 Japan’s biggest bank plans alliance to take away underwriting business from Nomura Bloomberg TOKYO Mizuho Financial Group, Japan’s biggest bank by assets, plans to partner Citigroup’s Japanese investment banking venture to grab equity underwriting business from Nomura Holdings. Mizuho and Nikko Cordial Corp, Japan’s third-biggest brokerageBloomberg; AFP - 408 words
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222 2004-12-28 16 -AFP ANKARA Turkey’s new banknotes and coins, which come into circulation on Jan 1, resemble the current currency in design, but minus six zeros and with several new anti-counterfeiting measures. The new currency the New Turkish Lira or YTL, as it is called-AFP - 222 words
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355 2004-12-28 17 Bloomberg LONDON Gold prices, already near a 16-year high, may be headed for the longest rally since Richard Nixon was US president as a falling dollar and renewed concern about inflation boost bullion’s appeal as an investment. The metal has climbed since– Bloomberg - 355 words
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Article, Illustration463 2004-12-28 17 State recovers most important asset oil and ends era of oligarchy AP MOSCOW The final act in the 18month legal drama against the Yukos oil company and its founder began with an incongruous mix of Sotheby’s pomp and Soviet bureaucracy. In a drab MoscowAP - 463 words
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Article, Illustration651 2004-12-28 18 JANICE WONG - By JANICE WONG A CONSTANT refrain when I tell people that I report on start-ups is a wistful “I want to have my own business too, but...” The buts range from daunting bureaucratic rules to the lack of money or know-how. These excuses651 words
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Article664 2004-12-28 19 THE General Insurance Association of Singapore (GIA) informed its insured motorists by letter that, in the event of an accident, they must now fill in Part 1 of the Singapore Accident Statement (SAS) at the scene of the accident. The SAS is a four-page booklet, containing664 words
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Article80 2004-12-28 19 WE all now realise how catastrophic a tsunami can be, wreaking incredible havoc on life and property. This time round Singapore has escaped unscathed, but what if the seismic shift had been further south? Would we be hit like Penang and Phuket? What I am80 words
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166 2004-12-28 19 I REFER to Mr Lee Kwok Weng’s letter, “Make insurance a must for cyclists” (Streats, Dec 27). I find Mr Lee’s reasoning for cyclists to buy insurance most intriguing. Is the insurance he refers to supposed to insure the cyclists such that when an accident occurs166 words
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104 2004-12-28 19 NO work has been done on the Keppel Flyover exit, towards the World Trade Centre (WTC), for the past few months. The road junction below the flyover and the road leading to the WTC have unsightly road markers which are a mess and not104 words
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Article92 2004-12-28 19 WE refer to Mr Tan Hwai Leong’s letter, “Why the last-minute cancellations?” (Streats, Dec 27) and would like to thank him for his feedback. We offer our sincere apologies to Mr Tan for inconveniencing him especially after he had taken leave for his appointment. The lapse92 words
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Advertisement85 2004-12-28 19 HAVE ¥OOl SAY E-mail us at sfreats@spti.com.sg or write to The Editor, Streats, News Centre, 1000 Toa Payoh North, Singapore *****4. You should include your name, address and contact number. We reserve the right to edit your letters for brevity and clarity. By your writing to us, it shall be85 words
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Global
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Article490 2004-12-28 20 Government policy paper may contain clauses that bind Beijing to act if Taipei declares independence Reuters BEIJING China’s military will crush any major moves towards independence by Taiwan no matter what the cost, said a government policy paper released yesterday that accused Taiwan President ChenReuters - 490 words
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239 2004-12-28 20 -AFP BEIJING China’s five million civil servants are facing a new challenge in the form of a law that will make it easier to fire them if they do not do their jobs well enough, state media said yesterday. The draft, currently under discussion-AFP - 239 words
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Article197 2004-12-28 20 AFP HONG KONG China is taking steps to bring port development under national control as individual provinces compete for investment in the booming sector, a press report said yesterday. Efforts to draft a long-term strategic plan for the industry come as container terminals proliferateAFP - 197 words
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Article, Illustration40 2004-12-28 20 A young Chinese couple taking part in a kissing contest in the eastern Chinese city of Nanjing on Saturday. The country's authorities are still uncomfortable about discussing sex openly despite the increasingly liberal views of the people AFPAFP - 40 words
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Article, Illustration211 2004-12-28 21 AP BAGHDAD A suicide bomber detonated explosives in his car yesterday at the gate of the home of the leader of Iraq’s biggest political party, killing nine people and injuring 39, police said. The cleric was unharmed. Mr Abdul Aziz A 1 Hakim (pictured),AP - 211 words
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303 2004-12-28 21 Freedom of info laws set to unleash flood of queries LONDON Chaos is expected to reign in British government circles as freedom of information laws come into force on Saturday, prompting a flood of inquiries, The Observer reported on Sunday. The report said that303 words
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Medical
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241 2004-12-28 22 Reuters NEW YORK A global survey of sex behaviour after age 40 reveals that most people continue to have sex. However, ageing romantics tend to encounter problems in their lovemaking. An international group of researchers found that 80 per cent ofReuters - 241 words
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195 2004-12-28 22 Bloomberg SAN FRANCISCO Cancer patients undergoing surgery at US medical facilities designated as having superior cancer treatment and research facilities had the same five-year survival rate as those treated at other hospitals, the journal of the American Cancer Society reported. The five-yearBloomberg - 195 words
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Article, Illustration290 2004-12-28 22 LONDON New research indicates that choosing the right toys for your children could have a permanent positive effect on their brain function, according to a news report. So-called educational toys are nothing new, but a study by researchers at Stanford University, California, has shown290 words
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Driving ambition
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Article, Illustration745 2004-12-28 23 Keeping a wishful eye on breakthrough car models, PAUL JANSEN lists a few that he would like to see made available here Jm| SMART CAR A Daimler Chrysler product, the diminutive vehicle is the ultimate in cutesy appeal. Just 2.5 m in length and 1.51 m in width,745 words
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Article, Illustration651 2004-12-28 24 Spanish actress Lola Duenas of the award-winning film Mar Adentro proves that patience and respect for the art of acting will take you places a relief after soap operas she tells YVONNE KWOK jM BIG picture SHE has performed in serious plays and acted in fluffy soap651 words
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Article, Illustration86 2004-12-28 24 AP SOME pharmaceutical companies in the US are telling their employees to look out for the scruffy guy in the baseball cap. At least six drug companies, including Pfizer, Wyeth and GlaxoSmithKline, have warned staff not to speak to filmmaker Michael Moore (pictured). Moore hasAP - 86 words
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Article, Illustration76 2004-12-28 24 -AP ACTRESS Michelle Yeoh has taken her boyfriend, Ferrari motor racing team boss Jean Todt (pictured), to Malaysia to meet her parents for the first time. The Hong Kongbased actress, 42, who had a flashy diamond ring from the 5 8-year-old Frenchman for Christmas, said-AP - 76 words
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Article, Illustration130 2004-12-28 24 MARTIN Scorsese, the man behind films such as Raging Bull and Gangs of New York, seems to have given up on ever receiving a best director Oscar award. “I don’t know how much it means to me any more. It’s more about the movie at this130 words
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Article, Illustration520 2004-12-28 25 A recent shortfilmfestival saw not just a good number of entries but also a strong Asian influence SHARLENE TAN reports THE strong influence of Asian films among local film-makers was apparent at the recent media preview of the winning films of this year’s CanonDigital Media Hub (DMH) Digital520 words
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Article, Illustration117 2004-12-28 25 AUTHOR Salman Rushdie (pictured) has attacked the UK government for failing to criticise Sikh protesters who forced the closure of Behzti, the play which depicts rape and murder in a Sikh temple. Home Office minister Fiona Mactaggart had refused to condemn the mob and had said117 words
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Article, Illustration98 2004-12-28 25 PRINCE (pictured) is the concert tour king. He’s in the No 1 spot on Pollstar’s Top 25 tours chart for 2004, grossing US$B7.4 million (*****.4 million). He did 96 shows in 69 cities. Celine Dion, who’s been appearing at Caesar’s Palace in Las Vegas for98 words
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Article109 2004-12-28 25 THE number of movie-goers in the US dropped for the second year running. It is 2.25 per cent lower this year than last year, which itself saw a 3.8 per cent drop from 2002. Total box-office receipts are likely to be close to US$9.4 billion109 words
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Article, Illustration386 2004-12-28 26 1 Sharon Soh - wvw IN .A 1 Sharon Soh Ai Carnivore, there is no menu. You just sit back, relax and let the meats come to you. Once you’re seated, knifewelding waiters arrive at your table in quick succession, armed with large skewers of meat that they slice right onto386 words
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Article, Illustration143 2004-12-28 28 Up to eight yachts have been forced to retire from the Melbourne to Hobart race because of damage in near gale-force winds. A field of 16 left Portsea on the Momington Peninsula yesterday afternoon in the 33rd annual race. The fleet will head across Bass Strait,Pic Ashleigh Sim - 143 words
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Tune in TV & MOVIE NEWS
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Article, Illustration48 2004-12-28 28 10pm, Channel i Escaped prisoners Ned and Jim take refuge in a monastery where they pose as priests. Intending to flee across the Canadian border, they run into all kinds of trouble and encounter divine intervention. Starring Robert de Niro, Sean Penn and Demi Moore.48 words
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Article62 2004-12-28 28 9.30 pm, Central Curb Your Enthusiasm brings to life the comic vision of Larry David, the co-creator of lauded comedy series Seinfeld. The series blurs the line between reality and fiction, as David and a cast of real and fictional characters are followed around Los Angeles by62 words
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Happenin’
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Article41 2004-12-28 28 LUNCHBOX: A FUNK BLUES TREAT WITH DENISE MINEFIELD Today, 12.45 pm Esplanade Concert Hall Admission: Free Join US-born vocalist Denise Mininfield for an afternoon of funk and blues. This last Lunchbox concert of 2004 is 30 minutes with no intermission.41 words
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Article, Illustration64 2004-12-28 28 SINGAPOREAN PHOTOGRAPHER TAN NGIAP HENG’S COLLECTION Till January-end The Arts House Admission: Free Two stuffed toys, an elephant named Ella, and Zul, a zebra, are the centre of focus in these series of prints. Each image is priced at $6OO. Net proceeds of the sales go to the artists’64 words
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Advertisement715 2004-12-28 27 fire of hospitality m the hath oeniai fire of charity in the heart Washing W ft Irving CELEBRATE THIS CHRISTMAS NEW YEAR AT CAFE GEORGES CHRISTMAS CAROLLING December 20 24 The Vocal Consort renders traditional Christmas Carols Atrium Lobby 6.45 pm -7.15 pm CHRISTMAS DELICATESSEN Place your orders and take715 words
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Miscellaneous494 2004-12-28 28 Your: AQUARIUS JAN 20-FEB 18 Stay healthy. How hard can it be to take care of yourself? It’s never too soon to eliminate excess and junk from your diet. If returning to exercise from a dead stop, begin gently without overtaxing your system. ar>/TAURUS APR2O-MAY2O Electronic media and remote conversations494 words
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Sports
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Article, Illustration639 2004-12-28 29 Tan Kim Han - Casmir prefers |L Alam Shah to partner him in attack By Tan Kim Han AGU CASMIR wants Noh Alam Shah to partner him in attack. The new combination is most likely to feature in the Lions’ first-leg Tiger Cup semi-final clash against Myanmar tomorrow at Kuala Lumpur’s Cheras639 words
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165 2004-12-28 29 -AP ROME Several Italian footballers vacationing in the Maldives were seeking emergency trips home yesterday after earthquake-driven tidal waves hit the area. AC Milan striker Filippo Inzaghi, in a text message from his cellphone to Gazzetta dello Sport, said that he was “isolated but okay-AP - 165 words
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Article186 2004-12-28 29 -AFP MANCHESTER Manchester United winger Ryan Giggs said yesterday that his recent run of good form was largely due to manager Alex Ferguson’s decision to rest him at the beginning of November. Wales star Giggs, 31, missed the Premier League games against Manchester City and-AFP - 186 words
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Article, Illustration611 2004-12-28 30 LIM HAN MING - RollerCoaster ride Roller- Aer i Soccer smart. By LIM HAN MING IT’S amazing how 90 minutes can make or break a footballer’s career. Last week, Laurent Robert’s (below) days in a Newcastle jersey looked numbered after his stinging criticism of manager Graeme Souness. The French midfielder was left on theReuters - 611 words
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Article536 2004-12-28 30 TODAY: Bolton Wanderers (13th) vs Blackburn Rovers (16th) Head to head: Bolton won 59, Blackburn 52, Draws 33 Previous league meetings: Jan 10 Blackburn 3 Bolton 4; Aug 23, 2003 Bolton 2 Blackburn 2 Last 6 league matches: Bolton LLLLLD; Blackburn DDDLWD Team news: Bolton Gardner injured; Blackburn536 words
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Article, Illustration526 2004-12-28 31 FA set to study video footage of slapping incident Wire services MANCHESTER Manager Alex Ferguson leapt to the defence of star striker Wayne Rooney after he was accused of striking Bolton’s Israeli international defender Tal Ben Haim in the face during Manchester United’s important 2-0 victory at– Wire services; Reuters - 526 words
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306 2004-12-28 31 AFP BIRMINGHAM Rafael Benitez predicted that the best was yet to come after watching his Liverpool side crush hapless West Brom 5-0 at the Hawthorns. The Liverpool manager’s prediction came after the Reds routed the Premiership’s bottom side 5-0 with the damage inflictedAFP - 306 words
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Article80 2004-12-28 31 BASKETBALL Reuters NEW YORK Leßron James came within one rebound of becoming the youngest player in NBA history to record a triple-double on Sunday, hitting for 22 points, 14 assists and nine rebounds as Cleveland beat New Orleans 100-91. Other results New York 91 Charlotte 82 Milwaukee– Reuters - 80 words
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Article64 2004-12-28 31 Reuters SYDNEY New Zealand super maxi Konica Minolta held a slender lead over Australian rivals Skandia in the 60th Sydney-Hobart on Monday as rough weather slammed into the fleet and forced 17 boats to retire. Stewart Thwaites’s Konica Minolta led by just under four miles from– Reuters - 64 words
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Article94 2004-12-28 31 -AFP PARIS British yachtswoman Ellen MacArthur’s was powering ahead in her bid to set a new solo round-the-world record yesterday as she navigated 715 miles off the south-west tip of Australia. According to her website www.teamellen.com, she sailed at a swift 20 knots through the night in an-AFP - 94 words
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Miscellaneous70 2004-12-28 31 IN THE LIVING ROOM FOOTBALL: Tiger Cup s-final, first leg: Indonesia vs Malaysia (Ch 24, 8.30 pm). EPL: Portsmouth vs Chelsea (Live, Ch 23, 10.55 pm), Bolton vs Blackburn Rovers (Ch 24, 10.55 pm); Aston Villa vs Man United (Ch 24, tomorrow, 3.55 am). DELAYED TELECAST Middlesbrough vs Norwich City70 words
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