Today, 8 November 2001

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  • 13 1 TODAY T ll U r S (1 ay November 8, 2001 Wth 063/11/2001
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  • 114 1 Agencies NEW YORK Media mogul Michael Bloomberg, fuelled by US$5O million {$90 million) of his own cash, scored a stunning upset in the race to succeed New York's favourite mayor Rudolph Giuliani. The Republican candidate {picture, right), defeated Democrat Mark Green by a slim margin. Mr
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  • 556 1  -  Ng Boon Yian Can Greenspan still produce results with rate cuts? by boonyian@newsto day.com.sg THERE was a time when all that the financial Wizard of Oz had to do was to wave his magic wand and everyone would live happily ever after. For years, Mr Alan Greenspan
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  • 87 1 Channel NewsAsia SINGAPORE'S dominant port operator, PSA Corp, has announced across-the-board pay cuts for its staff. Its senior management will see their pay slashed by 11 per cent. Middle-management pay will be seven per cent lower, while the rest of its staff will have a five per
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  • HOT NEWS
    • 463 2  -  Cathleen Tung Former RTC director fined for tax 'oversight' by cathleen@newstoday.com.sg AN APPARENT failure to notice the differences between two words "director" and "shareholder" has cost club scene veteran Mr Dennis Foo a hefty million-dollar fine. The former shareholder and director of Europa Holdings Pte Ltd and
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    • 107 2 A PILLAR of Temasek Polytechnic, CEO and principal Dr N Varaprasad, is leaving the poly to rejoin the National University of Singapore as its Deputy President (Administration) on Dec 17. A Colombo Plan scholar, he earned his doctorate in transport studies in the UK and was
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    • 145 2 Bloomberg HEWLETT-PACKARD is suing a Singaporean one of its former engineers claiming he thwarted the company's efforts to test its high-end server, the Superdome Enterprise. Mr Lim Hock Beng, an engineer assigned to the team that runs diagnostic tests on the servers used mainly by large corporations,
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    • 152 2 THE Sept 11 attacks have helped to focus attention on the importance of intelligence, Deputy Prime Minister Dr Tony Tan (picture) said yesterday. "In the past, it had not been fashionable to talk about intelligence," he said. "Intelligence is sometimes viewed with a mild
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    • 177 2 Channel NewsAsia THE National Wages Council (NWC) will be reconvening within two weeks, and top of the agenda are job retention and wage costs. But just how these goals will be achieved is the real challenge facing the panel. On possible CPF cuts, Mr
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    • Article, Illustration
      313 3 Agencies China's PM in Indonesia to strengthen ties JAKARTA As handshakes go, this wasn't just any handshake. So, when China's Prime Minister Zhu Rongji set foot in Jakarta yesterday for an official visit, his handshake with President Megawati Sukarnoputri of Indonesia was read widely as a sign
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    • 194 3 Reuters TAIPEI With so many nations rushing to be China's friend, Taiwan is not about to be left out in the cold. It announced yesterday that a 50-year ban on direct trade and investment in China would be lifted. That means companies in Taiwan need no
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    • 170 3 KUALA LUMPUR Malaysian police will probe the four cases of fires in churches this year thoroughly and will "leave no stones unturned", Deputy Home Minister Chor Chee Heung vowed yesterday. Speaking after meeting with officials from the Christian Federation of Malaysia (CFM), Datuk
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    • 171 3 KUALA LUMPUR Two Keadilan leaders denied reports that they let loose insults at each other along with a "flying" saucer, Mr Azmin All and Mr Gobalakrishnan, who are said to have been involved in the exchange, are among six party members who are vying for the vice-president's
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  • THE NEW WAR/VERBAL ATTACKS
    • 235 4 Agencies Pakistan orders diplomat to stop verbal attacks ISLAMABAD The Taliban's ambassador to Pakistan has been served with a gag order courtesy of Islamabad. Mr Abdul Salam Zaeef was summoned by Pakistan's Foreign Ministry, which asked him to ensure that he would not launch attacks on other countries
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    • 130 4 AFP WASHINGTON The US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) earned a tongue-lashing on Tuesday when it admitted it had no clues about who was behind the anthrax attacks. The admission came from FBI deputy assistant director James Caruso at a senate subcommittee hearing.
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    • 137 4 ISLAMABAD -TheTaliban has executed a nephew of former mujahedin commander Abdul Haq. He was captured and hanged by the Islamic militia last month, family members said yesterday. Mr Izzatullah Khan Sahil, 22, escaped when the Taliban ambushed Abdul Haq on Oct 26, shortly after the exiled war veteran
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  • HOME NEWS
    • 94 6 TRADE and Industry Minister BG George Yeo will attend the Fourth World Trade Organisation (WTO) Ministerial Conference to be held in Doha, Qatar, from tomorrow to Nov 13. Trade ministers attending the conference are expected to decide on the launch of a
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    • 400 6  -  Chan Chao Peh CDL to announce prices of new exec condos one day before public preview by chaopeh@newstoday.com.sg THERE is a lot of interest in City Developments Limited's (CDL) Nuovo executive condominium (EC), but the developer one of the largest here is keeping some cards close to
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    • 338 8  -  Lee Ching Wern How saving environment can save costs too by di in g we rn@ne w s 1 o day, c o m. sg CARING for the environment need not always be an altruistic cause. Not when companies can save on utilities bills, increase productivity and create
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    • 196 8 OUR doors are open for business, and fresh and exciting events await travellers in the coming year. The Singapore Tourism Board, together with representatives from various industries, will be spreading this message at this year's World Travel Market (WTM) in London from Nov 12 to 15.
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    • 149 8  -  Woo Sue-Ann BETWEEN these two men lies 75 years of dedication to the Public Utilities Board (PUB). And Mr Kwok Fook Kee and Mr S Rengasamy s/o Senaiya were both rewarded, together with 381 employees, for their dedication to the organisation at the Westin Stamford and
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    • 155 8  -  Woo Sue-Ann CHEERS filled the auditorium as 268 students received gold medals yesterday in the International Competitions for Schools organised by the University of New South Wales. The competition, held annually, tests primary, secondary and tertiary level students on subjects such as Mathematics, English, Science and Computer
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    • 119 8 Channel NewsAsia SINGAPORE'S Changi Airport looks set to stay ahead of its competitors with a first-of-its-kind Internet surfing service. The airport has introduced an intelligent network server, which allows travellers to access the Internet easily. Although travellers have always been able to access Internet
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    • 271 10  -  Tan Hui Leng Multimedia database for schools by huileng@newstoday.com.sg ONLINE learning was given a boost yesterday with the launch of the SchoolDNA-Knowledgeßox system. Aimed at primary and secondary school students, the initiative gives teachers and students here access to a repository of multimedia slides and other learning material
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    • 123 10  -  Cathleen Tung FOR three years, 18-year-old Rosli bin Mohd Shariff was a cashcard thief. He used stones to smash vehicle windows and made off with the cashcards he found in them. He did this 13 times in Ang Mo Kio and Yishun, and got away with $421
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    • 282 10  -  Lee U-Wen by uwe n@n ews tod ay.com ,sg TWO primary schoolchildren are well on their way to becoming fully-fledged authors. CHIJ St Nicholas student Christina Chin (picture, right) and Nadiah Hashim Arrifin (left) from Raffles Girls Primary have each had a book of
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    • 205 10  -  Lee U-Wen Today photo by A 39-YEAR-OLD clerk has won a dream holiday in Hong Kong in the Hong Kong Light-Up contest, organised by the country's tourism board, along with Cathay Pacific and Today. Mrs Hayati Eunos' entry was picked from over
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  • LETTERS
    • 257 12  -  Tan Yen Ren That's why the heartlanders gave their votes to Opposition MPs I REFER to your article, "Why this estate ditched Chiam" (Today, Nov 6). Effective election politicking does not just involve dealing with economic issues. There are psychological aspects as well. The middle- and upper-class
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    • 154 12  -  Chan Soey Meng I WAS a "fortunateSingaporean who was able to exercise my voting rights on Polling Day, Nov 3. However, my encounter with the staff at the polling station was one of bewilderment. When I showed an officer my identity card, he read
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    • 122 12  -  Jimmy Ng THE election results for Potong Pasir and Hougang demonstrate the faith the residents in both constituencies have in Mr Chiam See Tong and Mr Low Thia Kiang respectively. Although they won by a narrow margin, both put up a brave fight till the end.
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    • 91 12  -  Edward Tan THE Government and/or CPF Board should come out strongly to assure Singaporeans that the New Singapore Shares are of par value to discourage people from encashing them as quickly as possible. The long queues at the CPF Board indicate the ignorance of some Singaporeans.
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    • 183 12  -  Henry Tan I AM writing to point out NTUC Income's increase in fire premiums for hawker stalls, especially during this difficult period. My parents operate a hawker stall in Jurong and have been buying fire insurance from the cooperative since the early *****.
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    • 145 12  -  Christopher Teo THE people have spoken. The PAP has won a resounding 75.3 per cent vote, and this is a clear mandate from Singaporeans. While Singaporeans are concerned about their daily lives, they are equally pragmatic about their country's international standing. So the
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  • BUSINESS NEWS
    • 334 14 Channel NewsAsia GLCs must rely less on the Govt as its credit guarantor SINGAPORE'S governmentlinked companies (GLCs) are expected to be less reliant on government support for their credit status and are expected to develop into heavyweight corporate groups of regional, and even global, stature. That is according
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    • 289 14  -  Ivay Tan by ivay@newstoday.com.sg NEWS wire agency Reuters opened its first business service centre (BSC) for Asia here yesterday beating alternatives such as India, Malaysia and Australia. It is Reuters' only centralised finance processing function out of New York, London and Amsterdam, which will support
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    • 450 15 Why Singapore should not give up manufacturing sector SINGAPORE'S manufacturing sector is slowing down and facing competition from China and India. Many jobs have been lost and there is resentment over the employment of foreign labour in this and other sectors. But that is no reason
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    • 285 16 Reuters Presses ahead with $109 billion emergency debt swap BUENOS AIRES Facing its economic moment of truth, recession-hit Argentina has pressed ahead with an emergency debt swap in the teeth of rating agencies' warnings it is tantamount to default. In what could be a record sovereign debt restructuring
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    • 290 16 -AFP SINGAPORE Airlines said yesterday it will raise $800 million through a 10-year bond issue to cover capital expenditures and working capital requirements. The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corp and Oversea-Chinese Banking Corp will act as joint lead managers for SlA's initial
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    • 179 16 ATP TOKYO The Japanese government yesterday approved a draft US$25 billion ($45.6 nillion) extra budget aimed at fighting record high unemployment and speeding up a reform plan as the faltering economy slips back into recession. "This supplementary budget is part of our efforts
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    • 161 16 -AP BRUSSELS Debt-ridden Sabena plans to seek a court declaration that it is bankrupt, the final chapter for one of Europe's oldest airlines. The carrier, 50.5 per cent owned by the Belgian government, grounded most of its flights on Tuesday afternoon. Private investors had been
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    • 239 16 Bloomberg SYDNEY An investment group that includes trucking operator Lindsay Fox has offered to buy Ansett Holdings' assets. It made a proposal this week, said Paul Chamberiin, Australian Transport Minister John Anderson's spokesman. An Ansett staff group plans a rival offer on Friday, said spokeswoman Anna
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    • 398 18  -  Francis Kan More investors buying capital protected funds by francis@newstoday.com.sg WITH uncertainty surrounding today's financial markets, it is no surprise that investors here are flocking to guaranteed or capital protected unit trusts. Data from Standard Poor's Fund Services shows that $1.73 billion was invested in these products in
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    • 155 18  -  Audra him E-COMMERCE is not dead, said the Minister for Communications and Information Technology, Mr Yeo Cheow Tong, as he announced two initiatives at the User Forum 2001 yesterday. One of them is Ebids, or e-Business Industry Development, which will be opened to more companies as the qualifying
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    • 28 18 ———————P—PP——————IWBPTW1———PPPPPPPP———— US$ 0.5503 Rupioh 5,854.1 UK£ 0.3756 Baht 24.565 Yen 66.523 Peso 28.547 HK$ 4.2922 A$ 1.0670 RM 2.0911 Rupee 26.405 Euro 0.6093 Won 711.20
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    • 1909 18 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS (All prices are indicative) ua< Fund Name Bid Frirc/NAV Otta Pr 'rite Aberdeen Asset Management Asia Ltd Aberdeen China Opportunities Fund 0.B64 0.909 Aberdeen Global MN( Fund 0.643 0.676 Aberdeen Global limnology Fund 0.509 0.535 Aberdeen UK Blue [hip Fund 0.713 0.749 Abei seer Jms-kai Ouporuiiriss Fund
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    • 237 19 Ship in, ship out NOL warns of loss -AFP NEPTUNE Orient Lines (NOL) chief executive Flemming Jacobs yesterday warned of a loss by Singapore's shipping giant this year due to the global economic slowdown. "It is a tougher year and therefore we have to be prepared," he said, recalling a
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    • Market News
      • 100 19 THE US interest rate cut failed to lift market sentiment here with the STI ending 6.51 points lower at 1328.5. For every stock that rose, two fell, while 339 counters were unchanged. Turnover was light at 188 million shares worth $266 million. Market observers pointed to hefty losses from
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      • 101 19 THE Kuala Lumpur market closed on a more positive note after yesterday's shaky start. A late charge by some of the lower liners helped improve sentiment with gainers leading losers 321 to 213. Index-linked issues were, however, mixed resulting in the benchmark Composite Index (KLCI) finishing down 0.5 points
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    • 146 19 AT least 20 million units of SingMall Property Trust (SPT) will be offered for public subscription today. Priced at $1 each, the minimum amount is $1,000. Retail investors can make use of ATMs to apply. The retail tranche is part of the
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  • WORLD NEWS
    • 300 20 AFP Academics dent Howard's election prospects SYDNEY The Australian government's foreign policy came under attack by three academic experts yesterday. In a devastating election-eve attack, the experts warned: "The awful reality in November 2001 is that we are less effective in advancing the interests in Asia of Australia
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    • 99 20 HONG KONG A Hong Kong punter was all smiles on Tuesday after winning HKIIS million ($26.8 million) in the bumper Happy Valley Triple Trio dividend three times over. The Hong Kong Jockey Club announced a dividend of HK538,577,504 for a $10 bet, and a punter had paid HK$3O.
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    • 93 20 AFP BEIJING A 15-day anti-crime swoop in China has yielded more than 60,000 arrests, the state press, Beijing Legal Times, said yesterday. Those arrested between Sept 20 and Nov 5 include 80 followers of the banned Falungong spiritual sect and more than 13,000 people accused of
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    • 207 20 Agencies MANILA Ms Nida Blanca (picture), star of a long-running Philippine television sitcom John and Marsha, was found murdered early yesterday. Philippine police said that the actress was bludgeoned and stabbed at least seven times, apparently late on Tuesday. No one has been arrested and
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    • 201 20 ■AFP LONDON In a move that would provoke a furious reaction from Palestinians, Israel's Prime Minister revealed a plan to bring a million more Jews to Israel. He said this in an interview with the Guardian newspaper published yesterday. Mr Sharon told the British broadsheet
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    • 332 22 Reuters WASHINGTON Reversing the policy of his predecessor, US Attorney-General John Ashcroft has said that doctors may not dispense drugs to help terminally-ill patients to die. The policy was adopted, in 1998, by AttorneyGeneral Janet Reno, who supported Oregon's first
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    • 474 23 Agencies PM fails to side her in a row with rivals over her New York visit TOKYO Japan's Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi has spoken and his verdict does not appear to favour the country's first woman foreign minister, Mrs Makiko Tanaka. In what is being widely seen as
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    • 240 23 What the regional papers said yesterday The Stor/Ma/aysio More singles Malaysians are marrying at o later age and [he proportion of single people among the population is increasing. The Jakarta Post /Indonesia HI deserves support; IMF The International Monetary Fund [IMF] promised a helping hand in Indonesia's bid to secure
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  • COMMENTARY
    • 1076 24  -  John Powers American writer on why he finds Singapore fascinating by WHEN I visited Singapore 10 years ago, it was the dullest place I'd ever been, and I vowed never to return. Now, I live there. When people ask why, I often reply: "Well, it
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    • 116 25 Wl UMI( i i i i i mnx—i^ Find the right gifts at www.centrepoint.com.sg Sometimes buying the right gifts can be difficult.To avoid embarrassing It's like window-shopping without the walking. Shopping has never been mistakes, visit www.centrepoint.com.sg, an online shopping guide supported easier and you'll never have to lose hair
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  • UPFRONT
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      585 26 Today features Illegal child marriages abound in Rajasthan JAIPUR Children need their childhood to learn, to grow, to live. But many young ones like Sunita Bishnoi (picture) still lose it to the sheer force of tradition. Sunita's hand is painted with henna like any Indian bride but
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    • 494 26  -  Bachan Singh i by. ba cha n@ newstoday. com, sg '"pHERE was a surprise in the mail last week 1 the first Deepavali card of the year for me and my family. I did not expect to receive one so early.
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  • INFOTECHSPECIAL
    • 228 30 Singapore, Leading technology portal gets better /^NET Networks today CNETAsia (asia.cnet.com), a new site (picture) that combines the best of its pan-Asian content into a onestop, comprehensive online technology resource. Targeted at technology professionals and business decision makers, CNETAsia offers the latest technology news, in-depth analysis of
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    • 500 30  -  Irene Tham by iren e. tham a sia. cnet.com DISILLUSIONED by the slow takeoff in nextgeneration networks and handsets, analysts are now advising mobile operators to focus on existing technologies like Short Messaging Service (SMS) to help boost revenues. Not only is SMS
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    • 242 30 asia.cnel.com/newstech Nl-tommerte initiative Four major credit card companies American Express, MasterCard International Visa international and Japan 's JCB are set to announce a consortium on Tuesday that could finally bring mobile e-commerce to fruition. Ihe companies declined to give details on what mobile and technology partners the
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    • 409 32  -  Irene Tham by iren e.tham@asia.cnet.com ANEW survey has indicated that Internet advertising is almost as effective as television in stimulating consumer spending. The Direct Marketing Association of Singapore (DMAS), a non-profit trade organisation, commissioned the survey. Five hundred individuals here were interviewed in July
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    • 817 34  -  Joy Frances j FILM REVIEW Brotherhood of the Wolf (Opens Today) This is one film that packs in the thrills, twists and kills by j oy(s>new£today. com. sg EVER skipped a French film because you thought it would be too much hard work? Many of us may think
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    • 360 35 Reuters/Variety LOS ANGELES War is quickly making a comeback in Hollywood. Sure it's hell, but battle-soaked stories have always made good cannon fodder for the screen. And despite initial wariness about releasing combat films after Sept 11, studios are now pushing up
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    • 208 36 Reuters/Variety NEW YORK Fox Searchlight has come aboard to finance and distribute Johnny Eck, a dramatic vehicle for Leonardo DiCaprio to play the star of the 1932 Tod Browning film Freaks and his identical twin brother. Edward Scissorhands scribe Caroline Thompson has
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    • 397 36  -  David Ngiau FILM REVIEW by rfavid@newstotiay.tom.sg The One (Now showing) THE first hour of Jet Li's latest English-lan-guage vehicle The One is largely routine. It's also obvious to anyone who's just seen the trailer on TV that The One treads ground already broken by The
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    • 253 37 Reuters/Variety LOS ANGELES The Walt Disney Co has laid off more staff at its Internet operations and shut its Mr Showbiz entertainment website as planned, a spokeswoman has said. The job cuts come as Disney continues to restructure its Web unit after
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    • 123 37 Reuters/Variety HOLLYWOOD Teri Polo (picture), currently co-star-ring with John Travolta and Vince Vaughn in Paramount's Domestic Disturbance, is set for another picture at the studio: She will join Angelina Jolie and Give Owen in Beyond Borders. The story follows a 10-year romance between a
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    • 208 37 Reuters/Variety LONDON Paul McCartney confessed that he cried every day for the first six months he went out with Heather Mills because he was still grieving for his wife, Linda. McCartney, who plans to marry Mills next year, said he was unsure if
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  • LIMELIGHT
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      432 39  -  Jenny Kong A thinner Liping on winning at the Star Awards by j e nny#news to day.com .sg QUEEN of Caldecott, Zoe Tay, may not wear the Best Actress crown at this year's Star Awards, says fellow Mediacorp artiste Chen Liping. "I think Zoe may not win the
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    • 243 39  -  Jenny Kong by j enny@ne wstoday. com, sg 'T*HE new season of Travel Hunt promJ. ises to add more fun to your Tuesday evenings. New faces, Le Yao (bottom) and Christine Lee (right) join Wang De Yuan (top) as your travel companions. The first stop
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    • 240 39  -  Serena Sim THIS Saturday, Today turns one and we are inviting you, our faithful readers, to a fun-packed day (and night) at Sentosa. Come rub shoulders with Media Corp artistes in some very exciting events specially planned for you. Starting at 4pm, a bevy
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  • TIMEOUT
    • 529 41  -  Cathleen Tung Her works remind one of a child's but she's a 30year-old mum by cathleen@newstoday,com.sg ART'S most playful child this term best describes Indonesian artist Erica Hestu Wahyuni. Incidentally, it is also the title of a book about her, written by Amir Sidharta, which was
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    • 96 41 Gracious Living Exhibition Find out how you can have an intelligent home and other interior design ideas at this annual exhibition. Date:Till Nov 11 Time: 12pm I Opm Venue; Singapore Expo, Hall 6A Price: Free Enquiries: Call Premier Exhibitions at 784 8507 Fort Siloso Live! Bring history out
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  • SPORTS
    • 864 42 Nobody should be surprised that Jordan's still got a game NBA WASHINGTON Four games into his return and Michael Jordan has been cheered in New York, heckled in Detroit and anointed in Washington. The spring in his legs hasn't returned yet and his shot isn't falling,
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    • 226 42 Reuters Cricket NEW DELHI India came under fire from the local media yesterday for its loss in the first Test to South Africa. "Indians present Test on a platter to Pollock's men," said a banner headline in The Hindu after South Africa won the first Test
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    • 153 42 -AFP COLOMBO Sri Lanka's cricketers have added a new entry to the lexicon of excuses from defeated sportsmen. They blamed the team's tailor for their loss to Pakistan in the Champions Trophy one-day final in Sharjah on Sunday. Skipper Sanath Jayasuriya and his normally agile team claim
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      995 43 LOS ANGELES A decade after revealing he tested positive for the HIV virus that can lead to AIDS, Earvin 'Magic' Johnson is very much alive. He is very much in control of a far-flung, multi-million-dollar business empire, and very much a highly visible source of hope and
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    • NTUC Income S-League Awards Night 2001
      • 700 44  -  S. Gulatn t Comment by gulam@newsto day.com. sg IT WAS a premature baby. A baby that arrived ahead of its time because of circumstances that warranted its forced delivery. Last night, the baby the S-League celebrated its sixth birthday with an awards night at the
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      • 333 44  -  Stanley Ho NTUC Income S-League Coach of the Year FOR Geylang United coach Jang Jung (right), winning the 2001 NTUC Income S-League Coach of the Year award will not compensate for last Sunday's humiliating 8-0 defeat at the hands of Home United in the
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      • 377 45  -  Stanley Ho Bennett's season is simply too good to be true by s tanley ©newstoday. com. sg PLAYING a starring role against the two Premiership giants Liverpool and Manchester United, securing a trial with English clubs Bradford City, Southampton and Swindon Town, and winning the 2001
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      • 129 45 NTUC Income Player of the Year Daniel Bennett (TPUFC) Sembcorp Gas Power Young Player of the Year Indra Sahdan (HUFC) Compuware Coach of the Year Jang Jung (GUFC) Horizon.com Team Manager of the Year Noordin Abdul Rahman (HUFC) Singapore Pools Referee of the Year Shamsul Maidin Singapore
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        187 45 I am very happy to have won this award for the second time in a row. I ~W wasn't expecting it, but S am happy. I have to thank my team-mates for providing me with support. Indra Sahdan Daud, Young Player of the Year Maybe next year,
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      • 712 46  -  Leonard Thomas Country's proud football record will be kept intact despite the recent turmoil World Cup qualifier j Bolivia v Brazil The four-time world champion will have to cope with the high altitude by ]eonard@n ewsto d ay.co m .sg YESTERDAY, Fifa president Sepp
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      • 265 46  -  Pele THANKS to MasterCard, Today obtained a letter from the King of football to China, congratulating it on its historic World Cup qualification. Here, we bring you Pele's letter to China, the team and its football fans. As the World Cup's Asian qualification matches reached the final
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      • 151 46 -AFP BRESCIA The Italian football federation opened an inquiry yesterday into an alleged threat to break the legs of Brescia's Roberto Baggio during a league tie in which the striker was injured. The move comes from allegations by Baggio's agent, Vittorio Petrone, after his client was sidelined
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      • 521 47 Reuters LONDON Referees will send off players who dive or feign injury in next year's World Cup finals in a bid to stamp out cheating, Fifa president Sepp Blatter (picture) said. He told The Times yesterday that referees are being told to use a red card,
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      • 175 47 -AFP SAITAMA Japan's World Cup preparations received another boost yesterday when it forced Italy to come from behind to claim a 1-1 draw in the Kirin Challenge Cup friendly. Second-half substitute Cristiano Doni equalised shortly after the break after Atsushi Yanagisawa had given the
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