Today, 13 April 2001

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  • 6 1 TODAY Friday •aphi 13,2001 MITA(P) 138/11/2000
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  • 447 1  -  Leong Phei Phei New centre promises to take 5 years off your biological age. But... by pheiphei@newstoday.com.sg THE birth of a posh new centre in Singapore has raised that age-old question: Is ageing reversible? Forget the herbs and the quacks. This centre is equipped with modern
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  • 170 1 THE man who played a major role in settling the final documents of separation of Singapore from Malaysia, Mr E W Barker, is dead. Mr Barker (left), who had been in the National University Hospital since an emergency operation for a colon condition in February, died
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  • 85 1 THE formerly conjoined twins from Nepal, Ganga and Jamuna, have been running a slight fever due to infection. But the spokeswoman for Singapore General Hospital said the condition was expected. Doctors have identified the bacteria and are treating it with the appropriate antibiotics. Apart from
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  • 106 1 WHEN a documentary on opposition politician JB Jeyaretnam failed to make its scheduled screening last Saturday, Think Centre was quick to respond. It called it an "act of censorship" on its website. Asked about this, the organising committee of the Singapore International Film Festival
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    • 61 1 Kl (Raffles Institution) has traditionally produced a large share of Singapore's political leaders. About a third of the H current Cabinet were from RI. Singapore's first two Prime W Ministers were Rafflesians, but I am afraid the third would not be. Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong, addressing Raffles Institute students
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    • 4 1 Ravi Vetoo's column/page 14
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  • HOT NEWS
    • 245 2 Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong went back to his former school, Raffles Institution, and he didn't just make a speech. He answered questions raised by students. Here are some excerpts from his session at Rl yesterday: I am aware that most students do fjk not focus on poli- ~W tics
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    • Article, Illustration
      401 2  -  Leong Phei Phei Some bosses don't pay their share by p h e i p h e i@ n e wstoday, co m. sg THIS is the job market's equivalent of playing with fire. Despite knowing that they are likely to get burnt, some employers have been taking
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    • 267 2  -  Joy Frances by joy@newsto day.com.sg A CITYCAB driver took a passenger for one hell of a ride last year. The passenger then unduly returned the favour. Mr Tan Beng Thiam, 38, first picked up Lionel Loh Yen Fong, 22, on Dec 3. Loh
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    • Article, Illustration
      84 3 A 3.5m-tall condominium is floating above Tangs on Orchard Road. Emblazoned with the words "Win a Waterplace Condo With Citibank Tangs Visa", it is part of Citibank's advertising campaign for the Tangs Visa Card. The balloon took a team of five nine days to make. The greatest
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    • 242 3 AFP Release of US crew angers China HAIKOU (China) As the 24 crew members of the US spy plane left China yesterday, shock and fury against the government ruled the streets of Hainan. "China is a coward! President Jiang Zemin must step down! All Chinese people will
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    • 212 3 AFP BANGKOK Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra's administration was dealt an embarrassing blow yesterday as US investigators released their findings for last month's plane explosion. After angrily rapping investigators over the slow pace of their inquiry into the Mar 3 "bombing" of
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    • 142 4 WHEN local stage director Ivan Heng conceived his new play The Woman in a Tree on the Hill, little did he expect that his Wild Rice production company would be rewarded with a $5,000 grant to help fund the project. The Singapore International Foundation (SIF) yesterday
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    • 266 4  -  Shazalina Salim More than just places of worship by shaz alin a ©newstoday. com. sg A MOSQUE with a cybercafe. With poetry reading sessions and an occasional play about Islam. In other words, an interesting place to be in. This is a vision that is slowly taking
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    • 252 4  -  Joy Frances by j oy@newstoday. c om.sg A WOMAN was sentenced to two years jail yesterday for her part in a syndicate that forged identification documents for foreign workers. In mitigation, Lim Li Choon, 44, said she met the syndicate's mastermind, Yu Jian Feng
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    • 124 4 THE M&M's vote is on and the lucky draw winner, together with Singapore's favourite M&M's, will be announced on May 15. He or she will be whisked off to the bright lights and glitzy colours of Las Vegas, in the US. Not many people
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    • 238 5 A TOTAL of 48 MediaCorp artistes will put up a highly entertaining show to raise money for 4,000 kidney patients this Sunday. Led by king and queen of Caldecott Hill Li Nanxing and Zoe Tay, A-list MediaCorp artistes Xie Shaoguang, Ivy
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    • 186 5 WE have to form friendly alliances with W other non-Indian co-operatives and organisations. We have a better chance of survival and growth when other communities have a stake in our community's survival, success and prosperity. Dr R Theyvendran, President of Tamils Representative Co-operative Society Pte
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  • Page 4 Miscellaneous
    • 101 4 READ 0N... The Big Threes Three concerns over the 3G phones/6 A little noisier, but much safer Reliable common crossings replaced Swing Nose Crossings/7 So, who will it be? Four seek LDP presidency to become next Premier/13 Just picture this The story of the Nepolese twins from a different angle/14
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    • 360 5 I 2nd Weekly Draw I 3rd Weekly Draw I Attend the I 27th April 2001 I I Special Screening of I 100 prizes to be won. I 1 jiii ir ii I in I I Are you one of the lucky 100? I One collectible I Congratulations to all 2nd
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  • LETTERS
    • 309 6  -  Colin Ong Tau Skien Three concerns over the 3G phones Japan's leading mobile communications operator, NTT DoCoMo, will introduce the world's first 3G mobile communications service in Japan in May. This milestone in the development of mobile communications would bring about "Foma" Freedom of Multimedia. Incidentally, 3G
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    • 125 6  -  Gazali Ahmad I REFER to the letter "I want to "reward" my wife through her CPF" (Today, Apr 9). It is not a very smart move for the husband to transfer his CPF money into his wife's account as his wife still can't use the money
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    • 160 6  -  Narayana Narayana I AGREE with the advice that we should "speak a brand of English that the world will understand". This presupposes the premise that there is a brand of English that "the world" understands. In reality "there ain't no such animal". Those of us who have
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    • 285 6  -  Olivia Oo I REFER to the commentary "Private affairs, public hearing" (Today, Apr 11). Lionel Wee said that the loud use of handphones on public transport has annoyed him and made commuting a less pleasant experience. I beg to differ. The life in the city that we
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    • 130 6 WE refer to Mr See Leong Kit's letter "Where's the tax money?" (Today, Apr 11). E-filing is a win-win situation for both taxpayers and the Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore (Iras), and makes it easier for taxpayers to comply with tax laws. If most
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    • 114 6 I REFER to the letter "Give our kids a break, please" {Today, Apr 9). We agree with Mr Gregory Tan that kindergarten programmes should not "stuff" the children with adult knowledge. For this same reason, the Ministry of Education curriculum guidelines for pre-primary education stipulate that kindergarten programmes
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  • HOME NEWS
    • 524 7  -  Shazalina Salim Reliable common crossings replaced Swing Nose Crossings by shazahna !3>n ewsto d ay.com. s g EVEN before the first rail of the MRT network was laid, SMRT wanted to ensure that noise pollution was kept to a minimum. The noise levels were
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  • BUSINESS NEWS
    • 299 8 Going underground is another option JTC Corporation is consulting Trade and Industry Ministry to review rental pricing and rebates for its factory space. Besides the current rental rebate of 10 per cent, it may offer other aid to its tenants. A decision can be expected
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    • 353 8  -  Ivay Tan by ivay® ne wstoday, com. sg THE economy might be contracting, given the government's cut of its GDP forecast and the electronics industry facing a cyclical downturn, but Productivity and Standards Board (PSB) officials said it is not time yet for small
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    • 119 8 -AFP SYDNEY Australia's unemployment rate fell slightly for the month of March. The Australian Bureau of Statistics announced a 0.1 per cent fall in unemployment to 6.8 per cent. The number of people employed also dropped by 8,500. Banker's Trust chief economist, Mr Chris Caton,
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    • 292 8 THE Economic Development Board (EDB) has set aside a 60 hectare plot of land near Senoko for its fourth wafer fabrication park, to be ready in phases from next year. This was announced by Trade and Industry Minister BG George Yeo at
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    • 92 8 SINGTEL has appointed Citibank/Salomon Smith Barney as the Coordinator and Mandated Lead Arranger for a bridging loan facility of up to As3 billion ($2.74 billion). The loan will be used to finance SingTel's proposed acquisition of Cable Wireless Optus Ltd (Optus). As coordinator of the facility,
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    • 195 9 Bernama Mahathir tells private sector KUALA LUMPUR The involvement of the private sector and the government in research and development is still at a low level, said Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad. "As a country stepping into the development era, all parties should give priority to
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    • 261 9 AFP CHICAGO Technology giant Motorola warned of deepening second-quarter losses and more job cuts in the year ahead, a day after it posted its first operating loss in 15 years. The Illinoisbased company predicted that the first quarter's operating loss of US$2O6 million ($370.8
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    • 135 9 SYDNEY Australia's aviation safety watchdog has given Ansett Holdings Ltd three months to overhaul its maintenance procedures if it wants to retain its full approval to operate. The announcement from the Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) follows confirmation that Air New Zealand's Ansett unit waited more
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  • MARKET NEWS
    • Banks that tanked
      • 477 10 TECH stocks on Nasdaq rallied for the third day while Dow stocks finished a tad lower on profit taking. Singapore shares could have had a field day if not for DBS drop that dented hopes for a better weekly close. The benchmark index closed
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      • 421 10 KUALA LUMPUR The Malaysian stock market staged another intra-day turnaround yesterday to narrow the widening losses in the morning to close only marginally down at the end of trading. After a downhill ride throughout the whole morning, the Kuala Lumpur Composite Index made
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  • WORLD NEWS
    • 115 12 AFP JAKARTA Indonesian President Abdurrahman Wahid has issued a decree ordering military and police to restore security and order in the rebellious Aceh province. Defence Minister Mohammad Mahfud said: "The president has issued an instruction on steps to solve the Aceh problems comprehensively." He said the
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    • 120 12 Reuters TOKYO A South Korean lawmaker vowed to continue holding a sit-in hunger strike outside Japan's Parliament over a textbook issue. Mr Km Young-jin, a member of South Korea's ruling Millennium Democratic Party, said the history textbook represented a whitewash of Japan's wartime atrocities. "Japan is
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    • 205 12 At least 43 killed at popular soccer match JOHANNESBURG At least 43 people died on Wednesday in a stampede at a football match in Johannesburg. The stampede occurred as people forced their way into the already overcrowded Ellis Stadium after police had fired teargas. The spectators had
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    • 170 12 MANILA Four policemen, among the Philippines' "wanted list" of agents, surrendered and confessed to the killing of publicist Salvador "Bubby" Dacer, The Philippine Daily Inquirer said the four, whose names were withheld pending the results of the investigation, said they were ordered to kill Mr
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    • 133 12 Reuters KUALA LUMPUR Three people were killed while digging for discarded metal when their tunnel, which was beneath a car showroom, collapsed in the northern town of Butterworth. The victims, two men and a woman, were digging under the car showroom, which the dealership, fearing
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    • 171 12 Agencies KUALA LUMPUR Malaysian Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad defended the use of the Internal Security Act (ISA), against supporters of his jailed former deputy Anwar Ibrahim. He said they used the ISA, which allows indefinite detention without trial, to forestall a pro-Anwar protest
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    • 57 12 Oana-PTI MUMBAI The visually impaired will now get to wear braille, thanks to fashion designer Wendell Rodericks. The collection, aptly titled "Visionnaire" and launched on Tuesday, has the colour of the cloth inscribed in braille to enable the wearer to identify the colour. The button holes
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    • 61 12 ■AFP BANGKOK The staggering wealth of Thailand's Cabinet show the 35 men and women are worth a collective 23.8 billion baht (S$950 million). The asset declarations show that, at least on paper, Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra is no longer Thailand's richest man. Instead, his 22-year-old son
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    • 302 13 Agencies Four seek LDP presidency to become next Premier TOKYO Four men have decided to run for the presidential race of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) to replace Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori. Former Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto, 63, former Health Minister Junichiro Koizumi, 59, the
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    • 70 13 HONG KONG The Newspaper Society of Hong Kong will consider setting up a body to collect royalties received for photocopying newspapers. The move is in response to the new copyright law which came into effect this month, reported the South China Morning Post. Business groups
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    • 52 13 Reuters SYDNEY An Australian police trainee dog got an unexpected whiff of the real thing when it stumbled on Asl3 million (Ssll.B million) worth of cocaine. As a result, police called for a search warrant and found 24.4 kg of cocaine hidden in two sports bags in a
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  • COMMENTARY
    • 668 14  - Just picture this Ravi Veloo AFP photo. The story of the Nepalese twins-from a different angle by WHAT does our fascination with the story of the Nepalese twins who were joined at the head tell you about Singaporeans? Mostly good things, no doubt. But there is also something here that
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    • 390 14 AFP In an editorial yesterday, the South China Morning Post commented on the US-China spy plane incident. THE decision by China to release the 24 crew members of the US spy plane ends a testing episode in Sino-US relations. It
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  • INFOTECH
    • 448 15  -  Yeo Suan Futt The Dragon's fate is in your hands by CHINA'S Three Kingdoms inspired the literary classic, Romance of the Three Kingdoms, and a string of games depicting the conflicts, intrigues and personalities of the period. Because there are so many themes that can be
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    • 69 15 Chinesekin.com is providing its members with a unified messaging service that lets them communicate online with family from anywhere. All that is required is a computer and Internet access to log on to www.chinesekin.com to create a password-protected family website. Each Chinesekin.com member gets a free account
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    • 17 15 FROM next week, the InfoTech section of Today will be out on Tuesdays and Thursdays,
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    • 144 15 SiliconHorizon.com, a mobile computing hardware distributor, and PocketMail Group Limited, announced availability of the PocketMail service for mobile wireless e-mail and data. The service lets subscribers worldwide send and receive messages as well as collect other information without the use of costly hardware, cables and wires. Its
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    • BREAKING NEWS
      • 100 15 Security Computer industry security experts believe they have discovered a vulnerability in certain high-speed modems manufactured by Alcatel the French communications equipment giant. The security problems could allow a hacker to bypass people 's passwords and alter the devices, rendering the modems temporarily or permanently
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      • 61 15 Can Microsoft beat the security bugs? That's the intent of a multi-pronged strategy that the software giant unveiled at the USA Data Security Conference. If successful the strategy will allow users to have the customisability that thev crave, while eliminating the security notes that have been
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    • DOWNLOADS
      • 24 15 When your computer crashes, get your messages through "p-mail". this software lets you create customised messages ana deliver them via paper airplanes.
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      • 32 15 This program handles CD tracks, WAV files, and many other digital sound formats including MP3. With o revolutionary design, the animated interface will make your PC look so cool.
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      • 27 15 To address all your label printing, this app is geared towards printing profes-sional-quality labels. Also included are sophisticated tools to add graphics and freehand drawings.
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      • 46 15 This tray-based application uses your Internet connection to download data from radio telescopes across the world and performs number crunching to look for patterns that suggest we're not alone in the universe. It's also a screensaver that displays the data analysis process using colourful pictures.
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      • 36 15 This game is an entertaining arcade romp through the ocean where you, a piranha with a serious set of dentures, have to fight your way through to rescue Mrs Piranha and all her eggs.
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  • Page 16 Miscellaneous
    • 975 16 radio highlights The Making of Super Movie Fan Club The Mexican M m Shall We Dance Class 95 FM Ch 5,1.30 pm ■fl^ JH^ IB Ch8 '10*30Pm At Wo r k N e two r k L u n c h b re a k ,1 bungling gangster (B rad
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    • 854 17 The Making of 4 V Buildinq Blocks A The Tree Channel NewsAsia, The Making of The Tree fea WT^. 3^ W Channel NewsAsia brings yon Best Actor Francis Ng, as well as H Jt umentary series that puts the life MORNING Phyllis Quek. W^,M W";~- M-j li sciences under the
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    • 1313 18 -^p handsome convict, who is EV6ntCQl6lidflr Be Part of SCENE Starting from: April II ElitCriOinttlCnt on *e run> OT^ a"for F^T* 1 Tllc People's Association Schedules: Ballet for beginJ J her and she must decide Junior Cooking Cultural Troupe is Singapore's ners (Saturdays), Chinese between the two. Deep Challenge only
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    • 1345 19 rlllTlrCSTlVQl of memory and obsession, loss and Guei leaves his village for Beijing corruption.The film follows a video- with great expectations of making a Return to Pontianak (right) grapher who is fixated on his ex-girl- success for himself. He secures a job Set in the jungles of present-day friend, a
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  • 595 21  -  Kim-Kyna Tan Slava's wondrous snowshow is a breath-taking winner by kirn® tie wstoday. com. sg woman in a dreamy white dress bursts into the scene on a swing, trailed by a jet of silver glitter; a lone rocking-horse moving to its own internal momentum in the
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    • 1192 22 ADVERTORIAL The art of war The importance of alliances on Survivor by Carolyn Wong Mr Hyde routine. was ousted two weeks ago by members of her axiumktg@spe.sony.com They put aside g^ dislike for j erri Wo w! own tribe. Very admirable!) and voted for Kucha's Jeff. This Unrepentant to the
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  • RELAX
    • 551 23  -  Hazel Tan Keep your donations coming as the stars do their part by hazel® tie wstoday. co m.sg You saw the foreign artistes do their part for the NKF charity show last Sunday. Alex To swallowed three raw eggs. William So braved the cold to
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    • 363 23  -  lan De Cotta by i an@n ewsto d ay. com. sg Who comes first, the chef or the artist? [t is a funny question because these days, you find chefs using cleavers to prepare food more for your sight "buds" than your taste buds.
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  • travel
    • 791 24  -  Serena Sim Where else can you get near enough to a shark to touch it? by serena@news today, com. sg IT is a pleasant afternoon in the picturesque fishing village of Amity Island, in New England. My partner and I are enjoying a boat ride
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  • SPORTS
    • 712 27 Indiana makes the playoffs as Reggie stars NBA Pacers 100 Knicks 93 INDIANANPOLIS Forgive the Indiana Pacers for thinking about old times yesterday. But, New York was in town and it was close enough to the playoffs that it certainly had that old-time feel, reported ESPN.com. Jalen
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    • 439 27 Celtics 97 Heat 102 BOSTON Miami coach Pat Riley didn't have time to pity the Boston Celtics after helping eliminate it from playoff contention. "We're fighting for something, too," Riley said yesterday after the Heat beat Boston 102-97 and pulled within a game of Milwaukee
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    • 653 28 Formula One LONDON When Ayrton Senna was rocking the establishment in his debut Formula One season, a leading driver of the time remarked that it was appropriate the Brazilian's name had laxative connotations. "That's the effect Senna has on me," the driver said. After the
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    • 300 28 LONDON South Africa's chances of hosting the 2010 World Cup have been hit by the death of at least 43 football fans at Ellis Park yesterday. But, world governing body Fifa has not necessarily dismissed the idea of the tournament being held
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    • Article, Illustration
      617 29  -  Scott O'Donell Sivaji and Vincent on their way to becoming best of the best by scott@n ewsto d ay.co m ,sg COME 21st November 2001, Singapore could well have two coaches who hold the highest football coaching qualifications the Asian Football Confederation has to offer. Last month, ex-national
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    • 318 29  -  Kelvin Phang by kelvin@newstoday.com.sg WINNING the schools national waterpolo championship is a big achievement. But, to represent Singapore and to win gold at the South-east Asia (SEA) Games is even more daunting. For Anglo-Chinese School's (Independent) Kirby Kwan (left) and Chan Zi An
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      485 30  -  Stanley Ho Protectors not good enough to challenge for title Balestier 1 Home 1 by stan] ey@n e wsto day. co m.sg FORGET about your title chances, Home United. Especially if you cannot even beat a team as unfashionable as Balestier Central. After stumbling in its first two
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    • 256 30  -  Kelvin Phang Gombak 0 Sembawang 1 by kelvin@news to day. com.sg GOMBAK's fans were hoping for an inspired performance by its midfteld general Ballamodou Conde to earn the Bulls their first home win of the season. Instead, it was Sembawang skipper Tawan Sripan who put up a
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    • 152 31 It keeps getting better for millionaire golfer Golf Walt Disney Co plans to announce it has signed Tiger Woods as a spokesman for it, according to a report in The Wall Street Journal. The value of the potential deal is unknown, reported BBCSport.com. Woods currently earns
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