Today, 13 September 2001, Afternoon Edition

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  • Title Section
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  • AFTERNOON EDITION
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      Lock icon First clues emerge
      364 1 -Agencies Evidence points strongly toward Arab connection WASHINGTON The first clues began to emerge cf the Wo.dd Trade Center in New York and the Pentagon in Washington. The clues seem to point in Hirld;.'Fast flavour. In Dubai, nffirial sources Tcesday's i-tacl-s were Saudi nationals with international UAH.
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      Lock icon Pakistan warned to cooperate
      94 1 bv cvndf "WASHINGTON-The Unit:::! ;-"tr<; ■.veiiierl Pakislaii dial it expects full mope-rat ion as li hinds ll.cse Itllinl the deadly terrorist. attacks T.i jlciuals began pulling out of ■i;-'iini.--.-. i- -.-e-irerl.-.y ,-.ft-:r s...silclouk centred on Satxi dissrlcr.t :isar-a bin l:ii. leu, sLckercd by tic Ta.ijan rpv
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      Lock icon Osama 'under house arrest'
      40 1 fbbggnv DUBAI Afghanistan's mime Tahbac m I li.a has placed alleged terrorist mastermind Osama Bin Laden under lieu*.- litre;: in the w;:kt o: the suicide v t-rl v I II f pi .a.vcoui.caa.le:. M.ilia:i:iuad Aiei AlMalcni:
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  • Article
    Lock icon White House a target?
    370 2 Agencies WASHINGTON The hijacked jet that slammed into the Pentagon had a different target: The White House. But it made a sharp turn at the last minute and crashed into the US military headquarters, The Washington Post reported yesterday. Citing unnamed sources, the report said American
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    Lock icon Faceless foe
    282 2 •Continued from Page 1 The militant Islamic network, which ironically came into place because the US funded it to fight the USSR in Afghanistan, now stretches across many nations and has a life of its own. One former policy-maker suggested attacking Afghanistan, Libya, Sudan and other places where
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      107 2 I HOTEL SINGAPORE where traditional hospitality never dates, SEAFOOD Weekdays (Mon-Thurs) Aduit $16.80* &^L\ Weekends ifn sum as^i Public Holidays and Eve of P.H. I C \\C*° fiVs Ad U it $18.00* I VO^ e e^ c*/ Child d> d o nft* (4tol2»«arsold) I AiVU "EAT ALL YOU CAN" ft
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  • Article, Illustration
    Lock icon Three stabs to the heart
    1115 3  -  Ravi Veloo Was attack on US highly strategised to diminish its stature abroad? Commentary by YOU could feel the world shrink on Tuesday with an ugly shudder, as terrorists stabbed three times into the heart of American global leadership, at its centres of economics, defence
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  • Article, Illustration
    Lock icon The market puzzle
    459 4  -  Francis Kan by francis@n ewsto d ay.com .sg THE massive sell-down on the Singapore stock market yesterday came as no surprise. What did puzzle some investors was why market regulators did not suspend trading, as some other countries had done, to avoid the carnage. Panic-selling, in reaction
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  • Article
    Lock icon Get ready for full-blown global recession
    263 4 Reuters TUESDAY'S terrorist attacks could have a devastating effect on confidence in the US economy and push the world into a recession. Market watchers told Today that Singapore would have to put off any hopes of a turnaround to next year. The manufacturing sector,
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  • Article, Illustration
    Lock icon 5 Arabs are suspects
    377 5 NEW YORK Knives, paper cutters and suicidal minds were all that the terrorists needed to turn Tuesday into America's day of infamy. Two Boston newspapers reported that the authorities in Massachusetts had identified five Arab men as among the suspects in the kamikaze attacks on American
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  • Article
    S'poreans flood US with calls, e-mails
    198 5  -  Lee Ching Wern IMMEDIATELY after news of the terrorist attacks in the US reached Singapore last night, many Singaporeans with family and friends in New York and Washington DC tried anxiously to reach their loved ones through the phone and email. This resulted in
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    Lock icon Hong Leong's NY hotel staff & guests safe
    101 5 Hong Leong's NY hotel staff guests safe Channel News Asia HONG LEONG Group said all staff and guests of its Millennium Hilton Hotel at lower Manhattan, New York, were evacuated before the collapse of the two World Trade Center tTowers. It said it is unable to estimate the damage to
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  • LETTERS
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      Can the US still claim its superpower status after this?
      285 6  -  Ananda Perera USA: Terrorism gone mad I HAVE been to the World Trade Center in New York twice. To think that these giant twin towers have been completely wiped off gives considerable shock. A superpower has been humbled by a
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      Let's unite against terrorism
      84 6  -  Jane Cheng WATCHING the news on Tuesday night and hearing President George W Bush's grim message to all Americans reminded me of a clip from the movie Independence Day. Only this time, it's real. This tragedy will have serious repercussions for the world's financial and commodities
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      Lights soon
      60 6 WE refer to the letter "Turn on the lights, please" {Today, Sept 10). The JTC has already applied to Power Grid to turn on the lights along the path between MacPherson Road and the Kolam Ayer Industrial Estate food centre. We expect the lights to be switched on
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      Bond our society
      261 6  -  Tony Sok Kok Leng, Allow transfer of dividends IN view of on-going public discussions on the New Singapore Shares announced by Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong at the National Day Rally, the Socratic Circle would like to share its ideas on this initiative. We strongly recommend that
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      Sponsor contributes to zoo
      196 6  -  Robin Goh, WE refer to the letter "Salesmen at the zoo" (Today, Sept 11) by Mr Steven Wong. We regret that Mr Wong's enjoyment at the zoo was marred by bank executives promoting their credit card. The bank is one of our largest corporate adopters. It
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  • HOT NEWS
    • Article
      Media Watch to shut down
      185 8  -  Zackaria Abdul Rahim THE Media Watch community has shut its eyes after it was given the licence to operate only three months back. The reasons for this include the lack of funding and the withdrawal of its chief proponents, Dr Tan Chong Kee and Ms
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    • Article
      Excellent garbage
      254 8  -  Joy Frances Industry of the future by jny newstoday. com. sg WASTE recycling may be the industry of the future and the Government is gearing up to turn Singapore into a "centre of excellence" in this area over the next 10 years. Hence, the setting up of the
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      Woman fined for cheating on GST
      115 8 A TAIWANESE promoter brought in nearly $190,600 worth of weight loss garments and washing lotions without paying the GST on them. For this, 49-year-old Yang Jih was fined $86,000. The court heard that she was arrested at a taxi stand at Changi Airport on
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      She shoplifted to feed child
      102 8  -  Pearlyn Tham WHAT would you do if your child was hungry and you were short of cash? Pramela d/o Kunnasegaran, 23, was at a loss when her elder child asked for food. Her husband was in jail and she was unemployed. Desperate, she went to
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      Polyclinic's longer hours
      74 8 ANG Mo Kio Polyclinic will stay open until 4.30pm on Saturdays for the next two months. It used to close at 12.30pm. The longer opening hours are part of a pilot study by the National Healthcare Group (NHG) to gather inputs with a view to implementing the
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      The wrong sums
      193 8  -  Lee U-Wen SOME common questions Ms Danielle Pratt (picture) has to encounter when introducing measures to improve workplace health are: "How much will this cost my company?" and "How many man-hours will I lose?" These questions come from employers of both big and small companies. Ms Pratt,
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    • Article
      Lock icon Wage protest
      192 8 Reuters MANILA Thousands of Philippine workers held a noisy but peaceful protest in front of the presidential palace yesterday to demand a wage increase. Shouting "Across the board, raise the wage", beating drums and dancing, workers marched towards the palace until blocked by scores of policemen. They were
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      Lock icon Thank you, sister Mega
      350 10 AFP They shake hands and make up JAKARTA Putting aside past resistance to independence for the territory, Indonesian President Megawati Sukarnoputri yesterday met East Timorese leaders for the first time. At Jakarta's state palace, Ms Megawati met the man who led the struggle against Indonesia's 24-year
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    • Article
      Lock icon Protesting in jail
      185 10 Bernama PENANG Even in detention, they are protesting. Six detainees of Malaysia's Internal Security Act (ISA) have boycotted in-camp food and activities, according to an Opposition official, Mr Cheah Kah Peng, deputy chairman of the Penang Parti Keadilan Nasional (Keadilan), said the six were protesting against the
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    • Article
      Where is the sawadee?
      171 10 BANGKOK Thais are fast losing their friendly nation tag in the eyes of foreign tourists, according to a recent survey, Ms Juthamas Siriwan, deputy director of the Tourism Authority of ThaOand (TOT), said the country must work at regaining its reputation for sawadee (mark of friendliness),
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      Lock icon More mad-cow cases in Japan?
      160 10 AFP TOKYO A few more cows in Japan have displayed symptoms of mad-cow disease, according to reports yesterday. These cows were bred with the diseased dairy cow detected earlier, said the animal's owner. "There were some cows that died in a similar manner," the fanner
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    • Article
      Bioethics panel's proposals next year
      162 10  -  Ng Hwee Koon THE Bioethics Advisory Committee (BAC) plans to submit its recommendations to the Life Sciences Ministerial Committe by early next year. Appointed by the Cabinet in December last year to examine issues and recommend policies related to biomedical research, the 11-member team chaired
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      TV plus plus plus
      111 10 MEDIACORP and Sing Tel are launching a trial Interactive Television (iTV) service to homes around Bishan, Ang Mo Kio and Thomson. The service wdl provide some 300 participants with the experience of combining interactive TV programmes, video-on-demand, Internet access, home banking and home shopping in one
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  • BUSINESS NEWS
    • Article
      Mirant bonds to finance bid for power plants
      291 11 ONE of the world's leading energy producers and traders, Mirant, said that it intends to issue debt to finance its bid for Singapore's power plants, as the power industry here deregulates. The company, which is "very confident" of winning the bid for
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    • Article
      Your S$1 buys...
      28 11 US$ 0.5764 UK£ 0.3931 Yen 68.891 HK$ 4.4953 RM 2.1902 Euro 0.6367 vpmm; Rupiah 5224.8 Baht 25.617 Peso 29.510 A$ 1.1158 Rupee 27.339 Won 741.27
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      Lock icon Euro futures rate here falls
      102 11 Bloomberg LONDON The rate on threemonth eurodollar contracts traded on the Singapore futures exchange for September delivery dropped 35 basis points, indicating that investors and traders are anticipating a cut in US interest rates. The rate on the contract, an indication of where traders see
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    • Article
      Big plunge for Serial
      78 11 MAINBOARD-LISTED electronics company Serial System has reported a 91 per cent plunge in interim net profit to $221,000, The company said that this was because the figure one year ago was boosted by a $2.7 million gain from disposal or dilution of interests in related company
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      Qantas gives Ansett the pass
      194 12 QANTAS Airways will not proceed with the purchase of Ansett. According to a statement by acting Air New Zealand chairman, Dr Jim Farmer, his airline has submitted a new proposal to the Australian government for Ansett to continue airline operations in a restructured form. In
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      Lock icon The $174m injection
      235 12 Bloomberg Top US drug firm pumps in more money THE second-largest drug-maker in the United States, Merck Co, opened its second Asian plant in Singapore yesterday as the company plans to spend US$lOO million ($174 million) more to make new drugs. The plant is Merck's first major
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      Good profits from power
      101 12 A CHINA-BASED power generating company listed here, Asia Power Corporation, said that net profit for the year ended June 30 rose 12.3 per cent to $8.3 million. Turnover rose 78.3 per cent to $108.6 million, led by increased turnover from its power plants. Barring any unforeseen
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      Lock icon Hynix and creditors disagree
      225 12 Bloomberg SEOUL Hynix Semiconductor's creditor banks are haggling over which lenders will provide new funds as part of a $9.38 billion bailout package aimed at keeping the world's third-largest computer-memory chipmaker in business. Korea Exchange Bank (KEB) held a meeting of 18 lenders, including Citibank NA.
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      Market News
      323 12 Singapore ASIAN stocks reeled in disbelief in the wake of the worst terrorist attack in the United States as investors fled to the safety of cash. The STI plummeted 7.42 per cent, or 116.31 points, to 1450.45, a two-and-a-half-year low on margin selling and fund redemptions. Market breadth
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  • COMMENTARY
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      Lock icon Worry over wrinkles
      1021 14  -  Rohana Mohamed Channel News Asia and it's got to do with employers' prejudices against those over 35 by THIS may sound shallow, but I worry about growing old. Of late, I am beginning to be troubled by what the future holds and how life would pan out
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  • UPFRONT
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      Lock icon Witches and bitches
      553 16  -  Elaine Quek Are such stereotypes of women bosses justified? PUT a man and a woman together and what do you get? Sexism. And stereotypes. But as more women move to positions of power at the work place, this old issue has gotten a new twist. Must women
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    • Article
      The Bard, Australian-style
      297 16 AN Australian company is setting up an office here to teach Shakespeare to Singapore students. The Bell Shakespeare Company, set up in 1990 by artistic director John Bell, has earned a reputation throughout Australia for its productions and its role in education. Although it eventually hopes to
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    • Article
      Can't a woman simply have a baby any more?
      484 16 byPMS poormanontheshelf@newstoday.cora.sg CAN'T a woman simply get pregnant and have a baby any more? If we men were to believe what we read these days, the answer is an obvious "no". The pregnancy process is now, for the first time since
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  • INFOTECH
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      PCs in for the long haul
      830 17  -  SolE Solomon SPECIAL FEATURE Desktop PCs Despite the mobility new devices offer, the workhorse will still evolve PORTABLE devices like PDAs offer the convenience of anytime, anywhere computing. And notebooks today even have the capabilities of the larger desktops. But personal computer makers say
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    • BREAKING NEWS
      • NY WTC TERRORIST ATTACK
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          Akamai founder killed
          53 17 Akamai Technologies, a Boston-based Internet infrastructure company, has confirmed thai its co-founder ms on hoard one of the hijacked flights that crashed into New York's World Trade Center on Tuesday. Mr Daniel tewin, who was also Akamai's chief technical officer, was on board American Airlines Flight 11,
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          News sites jammed
          80 17 Momenfc ufer /ta a/rcraft slammed the two towers of the World Trade Center, and later the Pentagon, websites of major news services were swamped. Major news providers, such as CM.com, MSNBC.com, Yahoo News, ABCtiews.com andfoxNews.com became inaccessible or were slow to respond. "We expect traffic demands to
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    • DOWNLOADS
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        PostPet
        36 17 A user-friendly e-mail application and virtual pet in one. Choose a bear, rabbit, tortoise or cat that lives on your PC and fetches e-mail. But these little critters requite care and feeding as they grow.
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        Ambassador Casino
        22 17 Play blackjack, progressive slots, roulette, keno and poker. There are great graphics, private tables, personalised settings and enhanced multi-player games.
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        Qtrax
        18 17 This is a full-featured peer-to-peer [PIP] file-sharing application that can search for and download many file types.
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        Roger Wilco
        26 17 It allows you and your friends to talk to each other while playing Half-Life, Quake 111, Diablo 11, Tribes 11, Unreal Tournament and Slartraft.
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        Colors of War
        21 17 A war game based on saturating the world in your given colour. Up to three players may battle.
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  • CITYSTYLE
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      Beaded beauties
      420 19  -  Si an E Jay Get all choked up over Jaana's necklaces by WHEN you wear one of Jaana Kopra's (left) necklaces, you're almost certain to get yourself noticed. Made mainly from silver and semi-pre-cious stones, these "power pieces" are as much a statement about the wearer as they
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      Lock icon Mannequins alive in Takashimaya's main window
      107 19 Shoppers at Ngee Ann City received an unexpected treat last Saturday afternoon when "mannequins" came alive in the main window of Takashimaya Shopping Centre. Cosmetics company Shiseido and fashion label A/T collaborated to present a radical makeup and fashion show to launch their Fall/Winter
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  • INCINEMAS
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      Lock icon Imitation of life and death
      488 20 Reuters/Variety Studios mull over options as reality intrudes into plotlines HOLLYWOOD For a couple of highprofile Hollywood pictures, plotlines may now be too horribly close to the reality of Tuesday's tragic events in New York and Washington. Warner Bros' Collateral Damage may in fact become
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      Lock icon Toronto Film Fest cancels events
      377 21 Rettters/Variety TORONTO The 26th Toronto International Film Festival ground to a halt on Tuesday as horrified participants huddled around large TV screens in hotel lobbies, watching the aftermath of the attacks on the World Trade Center in New York and the Pentagon in Washington. Festival
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    • Article
      Lock icon Madonna's Rodeo lassos director, studio
      176 21 Reuters/Variety NEW YORK Celebrity photographer Dewey Nicks will direct Rodeo Queen, a film to be produced by Madonna's Maverick Entertainment with 20th Century Fox. The film is based on a Texas Monthly article about four young women competing for the title of Rodeo Queen of
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    • Article, Illustration
      The Musketeer tops box office
      111 22 LOS ANGELES The Musketeer, a remake of the classic by Alexandre Dumas, topped the North American box office returns for the weekend, raking in US$lO.3 million ($17.89 million), according to figures released on Monday. The Universal swashbuckler replaced Jeepers Creepers (picture), which led the box
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      Lock icon Thanks, George
      311 22 Reuters/Variety With his financial help, Confessions will finally be made after false starts NEW YORK Sam Rockwell has been signed to play Chuck Barris in Confessions of a Dangerous Mind, an adaptation of the game show magnate's comic memoir about how his Gong Show empire was a front
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      1366 23 MEDIACORP M-diaCorp _BBKy 'Jk> tKH Terms *or a Wi,t't Bral"' New Tow*°y Celebrity Death Ever since his newfound wealth, m Kutub UtdfU KlMllb Rohana waits eagerly for Fireworks Despite parental objections, Minjing Newman has been spending so much c Az»«z«'s ca// at home. Finally, Channel It 10 30Dm reh<ses to
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      353 24 FANS of the pop group Al (above) who are over the age of 14 will rue their advanced years. Only children between the ages of six and 14 will get a chance to meet the four-member British boy band in person. Children's TV channel Nickelodeon
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      Hear good music at NUS
      206 24 THEY graduate, you celebrate with the graduating class of 2001 at the National University of Singapore (NUS). This two-part celebration, titled Commencement 2001 Concerts, will showcase a number of homegrown talents. The first leg of this concert will feature one of Singapore's rising stars, Stella
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      Ch5 changes
      94 24 DUE to the current US crisis, the 53rd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards has been postponed indefinitely. This programme was slated for "live" telecast on MediaCorp TV Channel 5 on Monday, Sept 17. Channel 5 has also reviewed the programme line-up with sensitivity and will, therefore, be replacing programmes
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      160 24 Three-Day Listing MUSIC Prodigious 22-year-old Vertue:Victoria Concert big for the hole and a Viva Mexico violinist Natalia Lomeiko Hall solution is needed. Come experience the takes centrestage in this Price: 1 2, 17, $22 This famous Mandarin sights and sounds of popular concerto by (stalls), $28, $38 (circle), play is
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      Waving a flag for the Stags
      173 25  -  Stanley Ho NTUC Income-ToDAY Fan of the Week LOOK closely at that huge Tampines Rovers flag in the picture. Believe it or not, that flag was handmade by this man, Poh Ah Lam. The 53-year-old gardener, a diehard fan of the Stags since its
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      613 25 Reuters LONDON Members of the American and European teams have called for this month's Ryder Cup match to be postponed in the wake of Tuesday's terror attacks in the United States. "We are all devastated by what has happened, so many innocent people killed," Mark
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      Lock icon Uefa calls off all European ties in response to US tragedy
      203 25 AFP GENEVA Europe's football governing body cancelled all European club championship matches scheduled this week, Uefa announced yesterday. Chief executive Gerhard Aigner said Uefa would continue to monitor the security situation within Europe over the next few days and
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      492 26 Frenchman not worried at side's poor show at home Champions League Liverpool 1 Boavista 1 LIVERPOOL Gerard Houllier believes Liverpool will have learned a crucial lesson in its disappointing 1-1 Champions League draw with Bo a vista. Liverpool had high hopes of a winning start to Group
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      Lock icon Figo turns it on, which means 'Zizou' may be worried
      367 26 AFP ROME Luis Figo's virtuoso display in Real Madrid's 2-1 victory over AS Roma at the Olympic Stadium yesterday is a timely reminder to his teammate Zinedine Zidane that no-one at the 'team of the century' has a divine right
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      Cole sees red, but gets backing from Wenger and team-mates
      333 26 MAJORCA Ashley Cole's team-mates are convinced he will bounce back from the red card shock that cost Arsenal a Champions League setback, reported the Guardian Unlimited. Cole saw his world come crashing down when he was sent off after just
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      Not up to expectations
      422 27  -  Kelvin Phang But the target of 30 golds is still possible for Team Singapore by... kef lvin@ne ws tod ay ,C 0 m .sg DESPITE the support of Cabinet ministers, hundreds of friends and family, and not forgetting the tireless cheerleading troupe, Team Singapore has stumbled
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      Lock icon Malaysian soccer is back on the upswing
      570 27  -  S. Gulam by... gu lam® n ewstoday.t o m .sg MALAYSIAN football is back on its feet. Three straight victories have put it in the semi-finals of the SEA Games for the first time in 10 years. And it has raised the confidence
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      Lock icon Sam Bera beats his idol
      402 28  -  Kelvin Phang by... in Kuala Lumpur kelvin@newstoday.com.sg ANG Peng Siong's 50-metre SEA Games record has stood for 11 long years. But all that changed at the National Aquatic Centre last night. Sadly, it was not the two Singapore finalists Leslie Kwok and Ernest Teo who
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      No foreigners, but Thais are winners still
      569 28  -  S. Gulam by... in Kuala Lumpur gulam@newstoday.com.sg THEY don't have foreign imports. They don't have foreign coaches. And they were up against a Singapore team made up entirely of ex-Chinese players. Yet, the Thais triumphed with a spirited performance that was matched by
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      Be like Ali
      372 29  -  Jose Raymond by... in Kuala Lumpur jose @n ewst od ay.com.sg BE LIKE Muhammad AIL That was what U.K. Shyam's father Cyril kept telling him throughout the months when the 25-year-old contemplated hanging up his spikes. Said the 58-year-old retiree, who currently resides in the Philippines: "I
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      No gold on Day 5, but there's a clutch of medals for Singapore
      426 29 NO NATIONAL anthems blaring for Team Singapore on Day 5 of the SEA Games competition yesterday, but at least the Republic added four silvers and nine bronze medals to its overall tally. The highlight of the day
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      Lock icon A new star is born
      660 30  -  S. Gulam A NEW sprinting star was born at the Bukit Jalil Stadium last night. The 25-year-old Singaporean track sensation did not strike gold in the 100--metre race. But I'm sure all those who saw Umaglia Kancanangai Shyam, better known as U X Shyam, come
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    • AFTERNOON EDITION
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        118 31 vbdff LONDON Newasi c. llcilsds Peruvian international rnidfieldei Koldciio Solano lies been questioned by British police over soccer's false passports -ictTi-V, -he club said yesterday. Solano, AG. was questioned about the alleged use of false documents to obtain a Greek passport, under which he
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        Lock icon Sunderland and Everton crash out
        339 31 AFP LONDON Premiership sides Sunderland and Everton were dumped out of the English League Cup this morning after tier, in round two of the compe- Sunderland was ousted by Fust Division Sheffield Wedue^drv who won 42 at I lillsb omn ffh after e>ti-a-tiTie. Everton, meanwhile,
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