Today, 21 September 2001, Afternoon Edition

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  • 7 1 TODAY Frid&V September 21, 2001 MITA(P) 138/11/2000
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  • AFTERNOON EDITION
    • 61 1 Reuters WASHINGTON Hard-line conservatives want President George W Bush to use his "war against terrorism" to go after Iraq's President Saddam Hussein and finish the job they feel his father left undone 10 years ago. But officials say the prevailing administration sentiment at least for now favours a
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    • 27 1 AFP NEW YORK Stocks fell hard again yesterday, as the Dow industrials tumbled 381.19 points to 8,377.94 and the Nasdaq slid 57.11 points to 1,470.69.
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    • 26 1 -AFP NEW YORK The number of people officially reported missing in the ruins of the World Trade Centre rose by 911 to 6,333 yesterday.
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      341 1 Reuters Blair sits in while Bush talks to Congress WASHINGTON President George W Bush, in a televised speech to Congress yesterday, urged global support for his war on terrorists, warning the world: "either you are with us, or you are with the terrorists". Mr Bush warned that following
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    • 192 1 Reuters WASHINGTON US lawmakers are working quickly on a nearly US$l5 billion ($26 billion) airline bailout that would include direct cash aid and loan guarantees, White House and congressional sources said. House Republican leader Dick Armey of Texas said negotiators were finalizing the measure
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  • HOME NEWS
    • 210 2  -  Audra Lint THE CAR workshop industry is concerned that "authorised workshops" will be favoured over the rest with the setting up of Independent Assessment Centres, announced last month. In response to such centres validating accident insurance claims, the Singapore Motor Workshop Association
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    • 465 2  -  Ng Hwee Koon Biomed experts see promise in Singapore hweekoon@rtewstoclay.com.sg AS THE global economies reel in the aftershock of the New York World Trade Center bombing, and the local market forestalls recovery hopes, one sector at least looks bright and optimistic. In the recently released second-quarter labour
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    • 106 2  -  Pearlyn Tkam WONG LI SHAN Four new HDB standard showflats are now open for public viewing. Located in Sembawang and Sengkang, there is one 4-rooni and one 5-room showfiat at each of the two sites. Together with two skowftats in Punggoi, HDB now has six showflats for
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    • 165 2 Channel News Asia WHEN a man returned to his flat at Block 18 in Bedok South Road at about 9.30pm on Wednesday, he found it locked from the inside, and had to call the police for help to get in. Inside, he was greeted by a horrible
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    • 115 2 MEDIACORP TV's Channel 5 and TVMobile will be bringing viewers a two-hour commercial-free "live" fund-raising programme presented by the American networks tomorrow. America: A Tribute to Heroes will be telecast "live" at 9am, and a second telecast is scheduled for Channel 5 on the same
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    • 122 2  -  Sol E Solomon LOCAL students can look forward to overseas work attachments in the infocomm industry as part of an Academic Exchange Programme (AEP) set up by the Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore (IDA). The AEP, which has a $2 million budget at its disposal,
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    • 213 3 Channel News Asia BY the end of next year, most government transactions and services will be available online, through E-Government. Minister for Communications and Information Technology Yeo Cheow Tong said this at the Forbes Global CEO Conference yesterday. Mr Yeo said the aim of the Singapore
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    • 144 3  -  Cathken Tune HOUSEWIFE Low Siew Ai said her husband, a sub-contractor, demanded that she wake him up and prepare his breakfast every morning. One morning in March this year, she roused Mr Tan Lee Heng, 32, from his slumber by pouring hot water on him. Then she
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    • 97 3  -  Sol E Solomon A RETRENCHMENT survival tips website to help Singaporeans cope with job loss has been launched under the Infocomm Development Authority's (IDA) eCitizen initiative. Providing free advice, it looks into reliefs for the retrenched such as employment benefits and tax relief. The site also features
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    • 440 3  -  Elaine Quek Hwa Chong JC disappointed despite conning up tops by elaineWnewsto day. co m. sg WHEN the ranking of Junior Colleges (JCs) came out yesterday, one JC was a little disappointed with its ranking under the value-added performance indicator. This indicator is calculated by comparing students'
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    • 218 3  -  Joy Frances BEFORE Mr Teh Ting Kwee died in 1968, he left a shophouse to his adopted son and daughter. He made his second wife, Madam Lim Leng Hie, who died last year, and his brother-in-law, Mr Tien Chee Tee, the trustees
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    • 320 4  -  Zackaria Abdul Rahim Fourth university should admit working adults by zackanatgn uws to d ay. i; urn. a g ENTRY requirements flexible enough to admit working adults. A modular system which allows students to complete their studies at their own pace. And, research tie-ups with industry. These were
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    • 96 4  -  Sol E Solomon A LOCAL website for the Singapore Muslim community, KampungNet, has launched a Condolence e-Book in memory of those who perished in the recent tragedy in the United States. Both Muslims and non-Muslims are invited to record their condolences. Describing the tragedy as "a crime
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    • GROUND ZERO/ FINGERING THE MASTERMINDS
      • 630 6 Agencies Israeli military intelligence points at Iraq, terrorist link WASHINGTON Two of the world's foremost terrorists have now emerged as the suspected brains behind the Sept 11 attacks in the United States, at least in the eyes of the Israeli intelligence agency. Jane's Security, a website specialising
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      • 299 6 AFP ISLAMABAD While Pakistan's two biggest political parties backed President Pervez Musharraf s (picture) call for national unity, rival India has slammed his national address. Gen Musharraf, who has offered the country's airspace and logistical support for any attack on Afghanistan by the United States, said
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      • 84 6 Reuters TEHRAN Iran yesterday rejected the use of its airspace by United States' military aircraft to attack neighbouring Afghanistan. "We will never allow American airplanes to use Iranian airspace to attack Afghanistan," Foreign Ministry spokesman Hamid Reza Asefi said. Iran has repeatedly called
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    • 516 7  -  Cathleen Tung All SMRT employees in face-to-face programme to make customers happy by -~,4.1 c atliJ eenlSTiewstoday. com. sg ANSWERING ticketing and direction queries from tourists, giving a woman a helping hand with her groceries, helping parents push their prams through the side gate these may
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    • GROUND ZERO/ BALANCING ACT
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        398 8  -  Elisia Yeo Helping US without angering Muslims by cli sia@n ews today.cotn.sg PRESIDENT Megawati Sukarnoputri has struck a careful balance between domestic and international interests during her current visit to the United States. Just hours after a meeting between President George W Bush and Ms Megawati on Wednesday,
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      • 200 8 WASHINGTON Reflecting ideological and strategic differences in the Bush administration, officials are quarrelling over the military response to last week's terrorist attacks, the New York Times reports. Deputy Defence Secretary Paul Wolfowitz and Mr Lewis Libby, Vice-President Dick Cheney's chief-of-staff, are leading some senior officials
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    • GROUND ZERO/ A NEW KIND OF WAR
      • 366 9  -  Kim-Kyna Tan by kim@newstod ay. com. sg BILLIONAIRE publisher Mr Steve Forbes (picture, left) has an unconventional anti-terrorist strategy. Starve the perpetrators of their funds and hit them where it hurts, he told Today in an interview yesterday. "Obviously, they launder money through banks and
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      • 355 9 As US warplanes begin flying into Gulf, paper talks of secret plan WASHINGTON Although the US has started to build up its forces in the Gulf, the much-anticipated war may not take the form of an invasion of Afghanistan or the US-led Desert Storm against Iraq in
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    • GROUND ZERO/ VIEW FROM CHINA
      • 497 10 Bloomberg Beijing has a direct stake in Afghan situation BEIJING When Chinese Foreign Minister Tang Jiaxuan visits Washington today, he needs only refer to a map of central Asia to explain his nation's interest in the US war against terrorism. China shares a border with
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      • 137 10 A MEMORIAL service will be held at Singapore's National Stadium this Sunday to remember those who lost their lives in the Sept 11 terrorist attacks in the United States. Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong and the US Ambassador to Singapore, Mr Franklin L
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      • 349 10  -  Shoba Tsering Bhaila by: THE defaced skyline of Manhattan is symbolic of the change in the American geopolitical and economic landscape. Consumer confidence has plunged and continues to plummet. The American boom which began after the Gulf War in 1991 and ended only recently was
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  • LETTERS
    • 466 12 Time-frame needed for answers to poor SEA Games performance I REFER to the article "Let's not start a witchhunt, says Singapore's chef-de-mission Kwan" (Today, Sept 18). I suppose most of us could go along with Singapore's chef-de-mission, Col (Retd) Kwan Yue Yeong's, plea: "Today is not the
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    • 160 12  -  Foo Hut Lin A mother's tears, A mother's fears for mothers who weep Yesterday He said goodbye Drove the bus to work Last Week She cycled up for the weekend How she enjoyed life in the city, she said Last month She got married
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    • 153 12  -  Sahara Md I AM truly devastated and shocked by the massive destruction caused in America by the terrorists. For years, America has been known for its democracy and sense of unity. I understand that they are going through pain, anguish and anger. But what satisfaction is
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    • 338 12  -  Charles Tan THERE has been much hype over the rise of China as an economic power. While the world acknowledges that China has the innate potential to be a powerhouse due to its enormous domestic market, China has much
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  • BUSINESS NEWS
    • 430 14  -  Francis Kan Case asks banks to help borrowers by francistsriewsto aay.c om.sg SHOULD local banks cut interest rates now in line with the global trend and to help cashstrapped borrowers beat the economic slump? Yes, says the Consumer Association of Singapore (Case), which has called on banks to
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    • Market Watch
      • 50 14 FEDERAL International (2000) has posted a 45.9 per cent fall in interim net earnings to $1.3 million despite a 8.7 per cent increase in revenue to $38.6 million over the same period. It said that earnings were affected by increased operating expenses and greater competition.
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      • 28 14 Your S$1 US$ 0.5733 I UK£ 0.3907 Yen 67.368 HK$ 4.4714 RM 2.1785 Euro 0.6177 WBKHEm Rupiah 5483.6 adit 25.388 Peso 29.453 A$ 1.1629 Rupee 27.561 Won 744.48
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    • 351 14  -  Chan Chao Peh by eh a o peh@newstoday. co m, sg SINGAPORE Airlines (SIA) has warned that it will cut capacity and might have to retrench staff in the face of falling demand and loss of consumer confidence after terrorist attacks in the
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    • 312 16 Bernama Economic downturn to last longer, says ADB MANILA The Asian economic downturn should last longer than previously expected, as the terrorist attacks on the US add an element of uncertainty to external risks now faced by sluggish economies, the Asian Development Bank said. The ADB said first-half
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    • 186 16 AFP LONDON British Airways (BA) said it is axing 7,000 jobs one in eight of its staff as a result of last week's terrorist attacks in the United States. It would also cut flights by 10 per cent and pull 20 aircraft from its
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    • 92 16  -  Chan Chao Peh WEST Pharmaceutical Services, a maker of healthcare products, will invest US$7 million ($12.2 million) to expand and upgrade its manufacturing operations here. The company has enjoyed post-pioneer tax status since it started operations in 1983. The EDB has granted the company 50 per cent
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    • 111 16 MITSUI Chemicals of Japan yesterday broke ground on a US$lOO million ($174 million) elastomer plant on Jurong Island. It will start production in 2003 and will have an annual capacity to produce 100,000 tonnes of Tafmer, a patented plastic product. Tafmer can be used as a
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    • Market News
      • 238 16 THE market opened lower yesterday with the ST Index down 28.69 points at 1313.47. Sellers overwhelmed buyers three to one, while 294 counters were unchanged. Turnover was 227 million shares worth $368 million. Proxies of the economy like DBS, OCBC, UOB, SPH, City Developments and Capita Land tumbled eight
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      • 194 16 THE Kuala Lumpur Composite Index (KLCI) proved surprisingly resilient yesterday, despite less than conducive factors. It managed to end the day with a modest 3.78 point loss to 629.74, underpinned by selective support of index-linked heavyweights. The rest of the market was actually weak 688 counters finished down, compared
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    • 473 18 Bloomberg Developers slash prices to help sales MR Jack Chua, president of Singapore's largest listed real estate agent, Hersing Corp, is telling developers to hold back on selling new homes. "The worst thing is uncertainty," said Mr Chua, whose company has 1,100 property agents.
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    • 289 18 JONES Lang LaSalle has estimated that the direct losses due to New York real estate alone could range up to US$lO billion(sl7.4 billion) following the collapse of the World Trade Centre twin towers. Its preliminary findings showed that in Manhattan, the immediate reduction of
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  • WORLD NEWS
    • 220 20 Agencies Veto threat in South Korea SEOUL Mounting pressure from the opposition has prompted South Korean President Kirn Dae Jung to issue a warning that he will veto parliamentary decisions. Mr Kirn gave his warning after the opposition demanded that the government secure the approval of the national
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    • 154 20 AFP SYDNEY Australia's Qantas Airways yesterday proposed leasing 19 aircraft from Ansett Airlines and a regional subsidiary to fill the gap left by the collapse of its long-time rival. Qantas said the plan was the best means of providing urgently-needed extra capacity after Ansett's
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    • 132 20 AFP HONG KONG China's most-wanted fugitive, Lai Changxing (picture), has admitted to taking money from a Hong Kong worker, Ng Yuen Kwan, who was arrested in connection with a cross-border money-laun-dering scam. However, Lai, who is in the middle of an expensive extradition battle in Canada, insisted
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    • 233 22 Agencies World's first long-distance operation succeeds PARIS Space and distance are no barriers in surgery as the world's first long-distance operation bears testimony. Surgeons in New York used a robot to remove the gall bladder of a woman in France, the head of the team said on Wednesday
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    • 190 22 Agencies CANBERRA Australia should allow the use of adult stem cells for research but ban cloning for reproductive purposes, a national inquiry urged yesterday. But the parliamentary committee, set up to propose national guidelines, was divided on the use and destruction of embryos to obtain stem
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    • 154 22 AFP MANILA The American couple held captive by the rag-tag Abu Sayyaf group in May are still alive, the Philippine military said yesterday. However, the health of Christian missionaries Martin and Gracia Burnham and other hostages could be deteriorating in Basilan's rugged terrain, where malaria was epidemic and
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    • 206 24 Media expose hurts Taiwan's military TAIPEI The Taiwanese military was unable to track Chinese vessels for about six months due to a newspaper report on its spying methods. On May 19 last year, the Chinese-lan-guage Power News had given details of how the military tracked Chinese spy ships.
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    • 102 24 Reuters HAMILTON (Bermuda) Police and customs agents found 60kg of cocaine aboard a US plane diverted to Bermuda when the US closed its airspace after last week's terrorist attacks. Bermuda authorities were searching the diverted Continental Airlines plane for weapons when they found
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    • 137 24 KUALA LUMPUR Malaysian girls do better than boys in school due to their superior learning strategies and the higher number of women teachers. The conclusion was based on a study by a special panel which interviewed thousands of primary and secondary school students, reported
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    • 198 26 Reuters BEIJING China is fast becoming a litigious society as its people become more aware of their rights and protections under the law. They are so well-informed that even elementary school children are resorting to legal action to seek redress. More than 400
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    • 289 26 Reuters SYDNEY It is boom time now for Australian producers and exporters of exotic meat, thanks to inadcow, dioxin as well as foot-and-mouth scares. "Every time there's a food scare in Europe, madcow and dioxin, we see a jump in kangaroo sales," said Mr
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    • 123 26 Reuters BEIJING A Chinese tanker carrying 8,600 tonnes of diesel oil partially sank after a collision with a Greek container ship off China's southeastern coast yesterday, officials said. "There is no diesel leakage from the tanker as we have taken many preventative steps," said an official of
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    • 200 24 Celebrating Mid-Autumn Festival 3 September 1 October 2001 Orchard Hotel Singapore relives the tradition of celebrating the annual mid-autumn festival once again at the newly renovated Hua Ting Restaurant. From 3 September to 1 October, Hua Ting's traditional mooncakes will be on sale together with the flavour of the year
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    • 822 28  -  Chua Chong Jin Clear thinking needed in criticising our sportsmen and women by QUITE justifiably, some of our sportsmen and women have been criticised for their pathetic performance at the recent SEA Games in Kuala Lumpur. That's the cruel rule of sports. You deliver or stand
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    • 968 29  -  Aditee Ghate A female film fan looks at India's awards/inning director and her work by_ Mira Nair is the first Indian and the first woman director to win the prestigious Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival (picture below) for her latest film Monsoon Wedding.
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    • 408 32 PERHAPS one of the reasons why dogs seem to have fewer moods is because they are colour-blind. After all, some psychologists believe that colour affects mood, and preferences for colour and colour mixes reflect the psychology and mood of the individual. Healthy people, for example,
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  • INCINEMAS
    • 1004 33 Bollywood animators target the world Reuters/Variety Indian studios want bigger slice of overseas business BOMBAY Tucked away in a lane behind a sprawling pharmaceutical factory, alongside abandoned industrial blocks, a modest three-storey white building is bustling with youngsters creating magic. The 70-odd animators at Crest House in central Bombay, almost
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    • 240 33 Reuters/Variety LONDON The London Film Festival will open on Nov 7 with the world premiere of director Robert Altman's Gosford Park, festival organisers announced yesterday. Some 200 films will be screened, many of them for the first time, during the twoweek festival. The
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    • 190 34 Reuters/Variety HOLLYWOOD For the first time since its 1968 debut, 2001: A Space Odyssey (picture) will be released in theatres for a limited run in its original 70mm format, Warner Bros announced on Wednesday. Seattle's Cinerama will start screenings of the digitally restored Stanley Kubrick
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    • 121 34 Reuters/Variety HOLLYWOOD Dream Works' hit cartoon Shrek (picture) received 12 Annie Award nominations from ASIFAHollywood, the International Animated Film Society, on Tuesday. The picture racked up nods in categories such as animated theatrical feature, directing, writing and voice acting (male). Walt Disney's The Emperor's New
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    • 134 34 Reuters/Variety HOLLYWOOD Warner Bros Pictures is closing a deal to produce Bad News, a comic caper based on a recent novel by Donald Westlake. Milos Forman (The People vs. Larry Flynf) will direct the Phoenix Pictures project from an adaptation by screenwriter/playwright Doug Wright (Quills).
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    • 503 35  -  David Ngiau Top funnymen Lawrence and De Vito combine their talents in unfunny comedy FILM REVIEW What's the Worst that Could Happen? (Now showing) by day id@newstoday, com. sg TT THAT'S the worst that could happen, VV to this interesting pairing of Martin Lawrence (far right)
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    • 215 35 THE prospect of Angelina Jolie and Antonio Banderas in hot embraces on screen seems a sure fire bet, even though critics in the US haven't bitten the apple of Original Sin. Off-the-wall, frank and quirky, the enigmatic Jolie is still a major draw. In interviews
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  • LIMELIGHT
    • 336 36  -  Sophia Ang by SQphia@newstoday.cora.sg MIRROR, mirror, on the wall, who's going to look the oldest of us all? For a brief moment, Allan Wu (right) felt like he was looking some 40 years into the future. Staring at his potentially older self
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    • 326 37  - This teacher had a 'sexier' role model Sophia Ang IN MouLmein High, Cynthia Koh may come across as an unconventional teacher. She joins her students in horsing around; she has her own agenda when it comes to handling the rebellious among them, and she fights for their rights, even if
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    • 221 38 DON'T be fooled by the smiles on their faces. It was not easy posing for these pictures on Mun Nork, a remote island in Thailand. It was on this island that Zoe Tay and her husband, pilot Philip Chionh, recently
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    • 195 36 CHANGE is for the betxer.That is the reason for the Channel: Channel 8 Channel 5 City TV new programme schedules on MediaCorpTV. Title: The New Legendary Swordsman AWar Diary The File ofYoung Kindaichi We saw the first change on Sept 10. Channel B's Old time slot: Every Tue, 10.30pm Every
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  • TIMEOUT
    • 376 40  -  David "old fogey" Ngiau Comfortable like home, easy on your pocket LONG before the Mohammad Sultan strip sprang up, there was The Yard. This "olde" English pub is on the main road near the junction of River Valley Road and Mohammad Sultan Road. Founded in 1983,
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  • 295 41 Ryder Cup PENNSYLVANIA US captain Curtis Strange believes the partisanship that marred the 1999 Ryder Cup will give way to a friendlier contest next year, reported BBCSport.com. His team will now defend the Cup against Europe at the Belfry from Sept 27-29, 2002. The
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  • 405 41 -AFP Athletics NEW YORK Trinidad and Tobago sprinter Ato Boldon (below), who tested positive for a banned stimulant at a California meet, defended himself in a website message, saying he was undone by a cold remedy. The 27-year-old tested positive for ephedrine at
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  • 144 41 -AFP Baseball CHICAGO Roger Clemens became the first pitcher in Major League Baseball history to go 20-1, reaching the landmark plateau here yesterday by hurling the New York Yankees past the Chicago White Sox 6-3. Clemens secured his sixth 20-win season, continuing a phenomenal season for the
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  • SPORTS
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      • 562 42 Uefa Cup .|First Round-First Le fi Inter Milan 3 Bresov 0 LONDON Inter Mian. ILrtt '.uiks KJMOs, aad to a 3-0 victory in its n.'l:. Cud first round, first leg tit ;-!-;;im;-t 'io;:.' 11i =1 -1 clrh [>--=;-,civ In?:. return to competitive action
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      • 238 42 LONDOfV- Charlto:i AUilc-tic lt.a:in:igii:r:t lutsr Milar..maaagtr Alan Cmiisiilcy sai:l vns-hii^h-h -jismier league Charlton in^iod a three-year agree menl with the Serie A dub in September 1999. It Inn! lisped Jie unique lel.ilV.ni^h'i; .•■l'll]:] s^r; J.i^e of Inter's players travel jui> to
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      • 832 43 AFP Chelsea the only English winner in Uefa Cup first leg matches Uefa Cup (First Round First Leg) Aston Villa 2 Varteks 3 LONDON- It was a disappointing night for England's representatives in the UEFA Cup first round, first leg ties last night.
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      511 44 Striker to sign mega-million pound deal, but Fowler's future in doubt DORTMUND Michael Owen last night revealed that he expects to sign a new five-year contract with Liverpool next week that will make him one of the richest footballers in the world. The 21-year-old England forward has all
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    • 251 44 -AFP LONDON Manchester United skipper Roy Keane (right) believes the English Premiership giant needs to be more boring if it is to realise its Champions League dream, it was reported yesterday. The outspoken Irish midfielder said Tuesday's dour 1-0 win over French side
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    • 148 44 AFP LONDON Struggling English second division side Queens Park Rangers is being targeted for takeover by the Unification Church, it was reported yesterday. The cash-strapped west London club, relegated from the first division last season, is currently in administration and is seeking backers to bail
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    • 393 45  -  Jose Raymond Plans afoot to send SEA Games discus champion to 2002 Asiad by jo se@ne wsto day. c om.sg JAMES Wong is the only Singaporean track and field athlete to have won five consecutive gold medals in the same event at the biennial South-east Asia
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    • 302 45  -  Kelvin Phang by kelvin@ne wstoday. c om. sg IF England v Germany is one of the great rivalries in football, then futsal's biggest match-up is probably between Brazil and Spain. The Brazilians ruled futsal (indoor five-a-side football) from 1989 to 2000, winning three consecutive Fifa World
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    • 482 46  -  Jose Raymond NTUC Income S-League Today exclusive by jo se@newsto d ay.com .sg GOAL 2010 project director Jan Poulsen (right) looks set to extend his contract. And barring any last minute complications, the 55-year-old Dane will also remain as the coach of the senior national team.
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    • 397 46  -  Kelvin Phang by kelvin @ne wstoday. com. sg HOME UNITED fans should pray that star striker Indra Sahdan Daud rediscovers his scoring form soon. The national Under-23 captain seemed to be suffering from a post-SEA Games hangover in Home United's 2-1
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    • 314 47 Mardan and Chih Bing for Davidoff Nations Cup MARDAN Mamat (right), enjoying his finest season in Asia, and big-hitting Lam Chih Bing have been picked to represent Singapore in the Davidoff Nations Cup, to be held in Malaysia from Sept 27-30. The duo hope to qualify for
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    • 284 47 KUALA LUMPUR-The Malaysian cabinet has directed the Sports Ministry to look into the problems faced by the country's track and field athletes and find solutions to them. This follows the sport's failure at the recently concluded SEA Games, reported the New Straits Times yesterday. Sports Minister
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    • 115 47  -  Kelvin Phang WHOEVER says bowling for fun is a waste of time and money should think again. Last month, Jeffrey Ma found himself $30,000 richer when he hit 12 consecutive strikes in the weekly Slumberland Foursome League, organised by Cathay Bowl, Safra Tampines. The 185-pinfall
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