Today, 22 April 2002, Afternoon Edition

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    9 1 TODAY Monday A P ru 22,2002 MITA (P) 063/11/2001
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  • AFTERNOON EDITION
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      Fresh air, less noise
      633 1  -  Kim-Kyna Tan CNG-powered buses, taxis to take to streets in pilot project by kim@newstoday.com.sg A BREATH of fresh air. That's what the new generation of lean, green and clean publictransport vehicles promises to deliver. The first Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) bus will take to the road
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      Lock icon French presidential race shock: Le Pen to meet Chirac
      256 1 AFP THE veteran leader of France's far-right, Mr Jean Marie Le Pen (picture), caused a political upheaval yesterday when he made it through to the run-off of the country's presidential election, pushing Socialist Prime Minister Lionel Jospin into third place. The
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      154 1 Frew Bone name you can count on. WlNyourself an Informatics Grant worth $2000! Answer a simple question vy M __i I n y°ur particulars iMk^ I^^bl li t I Send/Fax us and you can be the winner. Hurrycontest ends on 30 April 2002! Ml -5 *r v I I Informatics
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  • HOT NEWS
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      Hope for Parkinson's
      278 2  -  Rachel Lo Drug to slow down damage of nerve cells available here in three months by rachel@newstoday.com.sg THERE is new hope for Parkinson's disease patients in Singapore when Requip (Ropinirole), a new drug for the disease, becomes available here in July. Patients in the West have had
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      Today ups the ante with weekend paper
      381 2  -  Val Chua MEDIACORP'S Today will start selling about 70,000 copies of its special weekend edition this Saturday, at 50 cents a copy. Its weekday editions will continue to be free. So will 110,000 copies of the Weekend edition which will be distributed to
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      Visit of peace?
      275 3 Shrine homage 'aimed at warmer ties' TOKYO Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi may have had peace with neighbours on his mind when he went on a surprise second visit to the Yasukuni shrine in less than a year. His visit in August last year caused an outcry in
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      Lock icon Blasts kill 14
      70 3 Reuters MANILA Two explosions rocked General Santos, 350 km south of Manila, yesterday. The blasts outside a shopping mall (picture) and at a residential area killed 14 people and wounded 60. Investigators are looking into the possible involvement of Muslim radicals. The blasts came days after Fathur
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      Lock icon S'pore seen more at risk than M'sia
      238 3 -AFP SINGAPORE is perceived to be less vulnerable to external threats now than the period right after Sept 11, but it lags behind Malaysia and Hong Kong, a regional survey has found. The Hong Kong-based Political and Economic Risk Consultancy (Perc) surveyed more
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      Earth mothers
      338 4  -  Joy Frances Corporate citizens celebrate Earth Day by joy@newstoday.com.sg EVERY year, Earth Day gives companies an opportunity to turn green with environmental consciousness. Earth Day is being celebrated today by millions of people worldwide. For corporate citizens with a heart, it provides a handy tag by which to
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      Learning from UK, US
      164 4 THE future face of made-in-Singapore education may bear a close resemblance to models drawn from the United Kingdom and the United States. Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister Tony Tan and the Minister for Education and Second Minister for Defence Teo Chee Hean have led separate
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      387 2 bn^ahh ffiJITEMASEK W t__3 POLYTECHNIC Development WHERE GOOD FINANCIAL KNOWLEDGE BEGINS Jointly offered by Ngee Ann Polytechnic and Temasek Polytechnic, this Certificate course I A taps on the combined strengths, expertise and resources of the two polytechnics. I INTAKE J This course provides participants with a basic and broad understanding
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      328 3 At SALEM INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY, 78% of our faculty members are Doctorate professionals _M_H >* __V _sT A. A y jw t _t I _h_^_T ™ih —__^__^__^__H__i_k il ■BSiJßu__|_i PREVIEW TALK Venue Funan Centre Informatics ■■■■■■■M Computer School Date 25 April 2002 USA Education Salem International University Advantage Well rounded education
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  • LIFE IS GREAT
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      Family delights
      524 5  -  Wong Khing Chong 80-year-old great grandmum recounts the pleasures of raising children by khingchong@newstoday.com.sg THE matriarch of Singapore's biggest family knows the true joys children can bring. After all, Madam Tan Chook can boast of having 107 members in her ever-growing family tree, whose branches are made up
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      PHOTOS WITH A CAUSE
      264 5 Child renCa re ChildrenCare is a special project by Great Eastern to raise funds for eight children's charities under the Community Chest of Singapore. Every dollar raised goes into the provision of educational and therapy materials, in the form of "hardware" like a fully-equipped computer classroom,
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  • HOME NEWS
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      Mighty Mouse
      412 6  -  Zackaria Abdul Rahim Its inventor wants to solve world problems by za ckaria@newstoday.com.sg IT all began with a humble mouse that every computer user cannot imagine life without. Contrary to popular belief, the inventor of the computer mouse has not made a million bucks but then, Dr Douglas
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      Fun time on the river
      162 6  -  -Joy Frances IT was a departure from the routine military exercise but that did not stop a group of National Servicemen from making a splash in the Singapore River yesterday. The Singapore River Quest 2002 kicked off the 10th anniversary celebrations for the Civil Defence
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  • LETTERS
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      But, line are green...
      455 8  -  Pavan Sukhdev What's crucial is that S'pore makes sure the balding does not go on THE article "Green puzzle" (Today, April 10) was pertinent. Far from being driven by a futuristic vision, Singapore's greenery appears to be degenerating into a sad caricature, and its continuing "balding"
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      Please, can library staff exercise care and enforce some peace and quiet?
      544 8  -  Raja Mitra I REFER to Ms Mary Lee's letter "That search at the Tampines library" (Today, April 19) that was in response to my earlier letter on the issue. Someone had taken a package that my wife had
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  • BUSINESS NEWS
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      Lock icon Taiwan's FTA protection list
      198 10 AFP TAIPEI Taiwan has proposed for protection about 800 products under the free trade agreement (FTA) being discussed with Singapore. A majority of them are textiles and ready-made garments, the China Times said yesterday. It said Taiwan feared that Vietnam, Thailand and Indonesia, where labour costs
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    • Market Watch
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        Singapore
        105 10 THE 1800 level offered strong resistance to the STI last week. The index rose to an intra-day weekly high of 1795 before succumbing to profit-taking on Wednesday to finish at 1770. Other than UOB, which was unchanged, DBS and OCBC shed two to four per cent. The week began
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        World markets
        55 10 Index Value Change Pis Nikkei 225 *****.01 •63.72 -0.55 Kong Seng All Ordinaries Taiwan Wtd *****.18 3355.00 6448.12 +35.03 -1.00 +60.91 +0.31 -0.03 +0.95 Korea Comp SET Index Jakarta Comp 923.94 386.51 532.78 •13.67 -0.97 -2.06 -1.46 -0.25 -038 Phils Comp Shenzen B Mumboi 1401.36 218.35 3364.40 -0.42
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        Your S$1 buys
        36 10 USS UK£ Yen HK$ RM Euro Rupioh Baht 0.5491 0.3793 71.617 4.2833 2.0872 0.6167 5137.7 23.777 Peso A$ Indian Rs Won C$ Yuan m NT$ 27.926 1.0178 26.858 718.62 0.8635 4.5459 1.2286 19.136
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        SGX most active
        55 10 By volume Apr 15-19 Doyen Ipco PFood Integra PNE Micron '000 194,757,000 150,582,000 140,014,000 86,423,000 78,134,000 Beyonics Poll Lion Euroption UniFood JayoHldg 'OOO 59,204,000 57,545,000 55,176,000 53,550,000 52,434,000 By value Apr 15-19 DBS Chartered UOB Venture OCBC 249,809,304 202,630,789 176,654,303 154,455,995 154,106,365 PFood SIA SPH Doyen DolocrftUSS
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        SGX top rises
        83 10 By$ Apr 15-19 Close Change BMT100 84.000 +83.200 By percentage Apr 15-19 Close Change BMT 100 84.000+104.000 Ho NegaroW*****9 2.000 +1.930 Creative 50 20.600 +0.700 Ho Negoro W*****9 2.000 +27.571 Oakwell 0.130 +0.733 Shong Asia 2kHKS 7.000 +0.450 BakerTerh 0.190 +0.462 C&C 4.880 +0.380 InchMotor 2.680 +0.370
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        SGX top falls
        80 10 By$ Apr 15-19 Close Change OiOOBeCW09IO261 USS 101.000 5.000 By peitentoge Apr 15-19 Close Change KoGCenW*****2 0.005 -0.500 DIAMONDS IOUSS 102.000 -1.900 GrealEnst 11.100 -1.500 lpcoW*****7 0.005 -0.500 BonvesfcW02!015 0.005 -0.500 SPH 100 22.900 -0.900 Kian HoW*****9 0.005 -0.500 SPH 22.800 0.900 Chu(inSHW*****0 0.040 -0.333 OCBC 13.300
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      Bucking trends
      416 12  -  Vasu Menon Stocks that offer better yields than bank deposits by_ UNHAPPY with the meagre returns on your bank deposits? Consider investing in selected Singapore stocks that offer high dividend yields. The SMRT, Singapore Food Industries, Singapore Exchange, Chuan Hup, ST Engineering, SBS Transit and Comfort are some
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      Lock icon US wants EU, Japan to propel growth
      240 12 AFP WASHINGTON US Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill said the global economy is being led by a recovery in the United States and Canada but needs more than this single engine of growth. He made the point in remarks prepared for delivery to the
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      Dow Jones takes on MSCI
      381 14  -  Val Chua Woos customers with offer of free data by val@newstoday.com.sg THE battle of the index providers is warming up in Asia as Dow Jones tries to woo fund managers away from incumbent Morgan Stanley Capital International (MSCI). Among global indices, MSCI is the choice
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      Lengkong Gdns en bloc sale
      271 14 THE first en bloc sale of the year has been made with owners representing close to 90 per cent of the share value of Lengkong Gardens (picture) agreeing to sell their property collectively for $49.5 million. Mr Terence Tang, Jones Lang LaSalle's regional director and
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      Lock icon EU wants 100% tariffs on some US imports
      221 14 -AFP BRUSSELS The European Commission has proposed that the European Union (EU) slap 100 per cent tariffs on some US imports, including grapefruit and rice, a spokesman said. Mr Eric Mamer said the proposal was made to trade experts from the 15
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      Lock icon Selling like hot cakes
      501 15 AFP Beijing's new rich snap up luxury villas BEIJING Sheng Jian, a Beijing real estate agent, expects no problems selling his latest product luxury villas in comfortable, protected surroundings, priced at up to 14 million yuan ($3.1 million) each. The villas are part of "Orange County",
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      559 15 Singapore Library Festival 2002 '^^y m 22 26 APRIL Singapore's first Library Festival 2002, organised by the National Library Board (NLB), is a special event for the public to learn about today's libraries' historical background, rare books, collection services. At selected libraries,special guided tours will be conducted and members of
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  • WORLD NEWS
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      Lock icon A new minefield?
      279 16 Agencies Israel clears UN mission's visit but slams the door on some UN officials JERUSALEM Israel may have agreed to a United Nations fact-find-ing mission into events at the Palestinian refugee camp of Jenin but signs are emerging that it could become another political minefield. The agreement,
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      Lock icon Sign of unrest in run-up to Pakistan's referendum
      113 16 -AFP LAHORE The leader of Pakistan's main fundamentalist party was arrested yesterday in a sign of unrest in the lead-up to General Pervez Musharraf's referendum on extending his presidency. Mr Qazi Hussain Ahmad was pla- ced under a day's house-arrest as he
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      Same rates for guys and dolls
      104 16 SYDNEY Gender-based pricing for men's and women's haircuts looks set to be a thing of the past, at least in Australia. Tony Guy in New South Wales is to charge the same rate for men and women for basic styling services, reported the Sun
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      Australia to counter attacks on Muslims
      191 16 SYDNEY Australia has set up a national task force to look into areas where potential attacks can break out against Islamic communities following the Sept 11 terrorist attacks and the Middle East conflicts. The task force will use intelligence to try to predict flashpoints,
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      Apathy greets French polls
      127 18 PARIS Sixteen candidates are vying to become the next President of France. The first of two rounds of polling took place yesterday with two clear front-runners: Incumbent President Jacques Chirac, 69, and Prime Minister Lionel Jospin, 64. Analysts said the first round is being seen as
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      Public flogging?
      262 18 for perpetrators of incest and rape KUALA LUMPUR The recent outcry after a spate of incest cases came to light may cause Malaysia to put in place a new Syariah-ty^e ruling to publicly flog those found guilty of incest and rape. Those charged with incest may also have
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      13 16 sicjimu INFO TALK Thursday, I 25 April I at 7pm I aS*SSs^ I
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  • COMMENTARY
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      Lock icon Unmasking Vajpayee
      834 20  -  Shanoo Maharaj Is the Indian PM really a moderate or a hawk disguised as a dove? by in New Delhi SO you thought that Mr Atal Behari Vajpayee, the septuagenarian Indian Prime Minister, is a moderate in a party of Hindu religious hardliners, a dove in the midst
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      110 20 J/ ANNIVERSARY ysy YAYASAN LJk^</ MENDAKI Financing Your Tertiary Education Interested to know more about the various financial assistance schemes and scholarships available? For all Malay/Muslim students entering the local polytechnics or universities as full-time students this year, this is an opportunity not to be missed! r Come down to
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  • UPFRONT
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      Lock icon Hung on death
      481 21  -  Sudha G Tilak More Tamil actresses commit suicide by_ IT all started one morning on May 1, 1979. Tamil cinema's most feted actress and the winner of many national awards for her acting, Shoba, was found hanging from a ceiling fan in her bedroom. In India's movieland,
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      Lock icon Turning 40 is a godsend
      117 21 Reuters/Variety LONDON Turning 40 holds no terrors for Hollywood star Jodie Foster (picture). Foster, who reaches the milestone in November, told London's Evening Standard on Thursday: "I think women are more interesting in their 40s. They've lived longer, are more confident about their choices and
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      On the threshold of 40,1 feel young
      511 21  -  Ambiga Raju My Say by ambiga@newstoday.com.sg WHEN details of the Eldershield scheme were announced, I ploughed through them with personal interest. I never thought it would happen so soon. But here I am staring at the big 4-0. Four decades would have whizzed
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  • LIMELIGHT
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      Earth messages
      607 22 How to save the planet? Presenters share their thoughts TODAY is Earth Day, a global celebration of the environment held every year since 1970. And Channel NewsAsia presenters and MediaCorp artistes have some thought-provoking messages to share. From today until Sunday, catch them and their messages on Channel
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  • LIVINGLEARNING
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      An Asian mindset problem
      600 23  -  Low Shi Ping Forget the belief that West is best, urges expert by shiping@newstoday.com.sg ON the eve of the announcement of a joint professional programme between Curtin University of Technology's Curtin Business School and the Singapore Chamber of Commerce Institute of Business, a new economic order
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  • TIMEOUT
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      Lock icon Honk! If you like this Ugly Duckling
      325 24  -  Low Shi Ping by shiping@newstoday.com.sg T JONK! is a musical about being different. From the _T_. cast and the plot, down to the title, there is hardly anything conventional about it An adaptation of Hans Christian Andersen's The Ugly Duckling, it was written
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      SINGAPORE LIBRARY FESTIVAL 2002 (Today till April 26)
      326 24 Singapore's first library festival, organised by the National Library Board, is a special event for the public to learn more about libraries' historical background, rare books, collections and services. Admission to all programmes is free on a first-come-first-served basis. No registration is
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  • EATOUT
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      Worthy of celebration
      617 25  -  Karman Tse? Savour the best ingredients at Tung Lok Seafood Gallery by karman@newstoday.com.sg it Great food must be savoured in the most amiable setting. There must be no compromise on superior quality because the greatest flavours can be coaxed only from the best ingredients," says Tung Lok
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      Win a trip to Rome at Prego and Da Paolo
      212 25 QANTAS Singapore has launched a campaign to celebrate the airline's new direct service to Rome, offering winners the chance to take a friend each to "Dine in Rome". Diners at Prego and Da Paolo Italian restaurants get to enter a
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      Secretaries' Week Treats
      273 25 Carlton Hotel Until Friday, Carlton Hotel pays tribute to the unsung heroines with a buffet lunch, a fashion parade, grand lucky draws and goodie bags. The buffet lunch at Cafe Vic is at $36+++ (adult) and $18+++ (child). For reservation, call 63 I I 8181. Royal Plaza
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      Honesty is Porridge Club's best policy
      421 26  -  lan De Cotta by ian@newstoday.com.sg THREE words come to mind when you step into the Porridge Club: Cosy, chic and cheeky. And after you have finished your meal here, another word stands out: Honest. Porridge Club tries hard to give diners value for money
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      Mushroom delights
      358 27  -  Pauline DLoh Sweet mushrooms take the lead in a flavourful steamboat IT was a matter of time. With so many Singaporeans doing business in the PRC, it would have been sooner rather than later that our taste buds would be tickled by the best regional cuisines imported from
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  • INCINEMAS
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      Lock icon Video Max for screen
      217 28 Reuters/Variety HOLLYWOOD The creator of the hit FX cop series, The Shield, has signed a deal to adapt the shoot-'em-up video game Max Payne for the big screen. Payne concerns an undercover government drugs enforcement agent out to avenge the murder of his wife and child
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      Lock icon Children's tale Dog to be filmed
      200 28 Reuters/Variety HOLLYWOOD Moving from warm and fuzzy to warm and furry, film-maker Jessie Nelson (I Am Sam) will direct and produce the children's tale The Night I Followed the Dog for Columbia Pictures. She will also adapt Nina Laden's 1994 book about a boy
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      Lock icon Apocalypse revisited
      943 29  -  David Ngiau Redux producer Kim Aubry explains why the new, longer director's cut is the real Now by david@newstoday.com.sg FOR over 13 years, Kim Aubry (picture) worked with Francis Ford Coppola, but never spoke to the renowned director about his films Apocalypse Now (1979) and The Godfather (1972).
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      191 28 S'pore Int'l Film Festival screenings The Spanish Woman (Australia) R(A) Director: Robert Sutherland A Spanish immigrant is left in the lurch after her husband leaves her. 7pm, Prince I -90 mins Orlan, Carnal Art (France) R(A) Director: Stephen Oriach Documentary of a controversial artist whose body is her canvas. 7pm,
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      1621 30 On TV -^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^m Who Says You Can't Change Highnotes Black and White Monday Mega Movie Outbreak channel 5,7 P m F»ends VIII The One After IDo (Debut) the World CNA, Throughout the Day ill Colour Vera Bila _^_S^ A lethal virus is transported ta 5 10pm riT__-r Arts Central, 10pm
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  • SPORTS
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        326 31 Agencies Leonard wins despite two bogeys World Com Classic Justin Leonard wins by one shot It is Leonard's 7th PGA title HILTON HEAD ISLAND Justin Leonard (picture) overcame a late challenge from Heath Slocum and two bogeys on his back nine to win the World Com Classic by
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        Lock icon Iverson's return couldn't lift Sixers
        250 31 AFP NBA Playoffs Philadelphia 82 Boston 92 Celtics win first postseason game since 1995 WASHINGTON Allen Iverson carried the Philadelphia 76ers for one quarter, but Paul Pierce shouldered Boston's offence for an entire game to lift the Celtics to a National Basketball Association playoff victory.
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      Lock icon Netball's shooting woes
      539 32  -  Jose Raymond by j ose@newstoday. com.sg WHEN Netball Singapore (NS) president Ivy Singh-Lim proclaimed last year that she would shoot herself if the national netballers did not win the gold medal at the South-east Asia Games, many thought she was speaking literally. But those closer to the
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      Lock icon Netball Super League off to a rousing start as Sharks continue to bite
      345 32  -  Jose Raymond THE third season of the NTUC FairPrice 2002 Netball Super League (NSL) got off to a rousing start on Saturday. Last year's champion, the Carlsberg Southside Sharks, continued where they left off last season, beating
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      Lock icon Kiwis win, but losers impress
      419 33  -  Kelvin Phang by kelvin@newstoday.com.sg MIGHTY New Zealand may have won the inaugural Singapore Sevens by beating Argentina 21-17 at the National Stadium last night But the South Americans won over many new fans with their flair, no-holds-barred tackling and confidence on the ball. "Argentina is
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      Saturday Fight Night lands Samoans in hot soup
      259 33 SAMOA arrived in Singapore as darkhorses for the Singapore Sevens, but will leave in disgrace after an unsightly brawl with New Zealand. Trailing 12-17 against the Kiwis in Saturday night's pool match, a fight broke out between two opposing players and players
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      Battered Reds prove a point against Malaysia
      403 33  -  Kelvin Phang NATIONAL rugby captain Gary Tan was rushed to hospital with a bloodied black eye and a suspected fracture in his cheek bone after Singapore lost 0-36 to Wales in the Bowl semifinals yesterday. But his misfortune and heroics in earlier matches
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      An alternative SEA Games?
      370 34  -  Jose Raymond Snubbed sports want to hold a regional tournament in Singapore Today Exclusive by. jose@newstoday.com.sg A MOVE to stage an alternative to the South-east Asia (SEA) Games in Singapore next year has been gathering steady momentum over the last few days. This is a result
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      Lock icon Eriksson's Swede-heart may determine his future in English football
      482 34 Agencies LONDON As another famous Swede once said, they may have wished to be left alone. But Sven Goran Eriksson, the urbane England football supremo, and Ulrika Jonsson (picture), the former television weathergirl, ventured into the public glare on Saturday for
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      Lock icon Arsenal gets closer
      651 35 Agencies 1.30am latest Nervous Gunners struggle but do enough to go back to the top English Premier League Arsenal 2 Ipswich Town 0 Ipswich faces exit from Premiership LONDON The Gunners were nervous and for long periods subdued, but they did just enough at Highbury last night
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      Lock icon Ferguson believes that Man United is in '1999 mood'
      462 35 Agencies LONDON Sir Alex Ferguson has sounded out a warning to Manchester United's European Cup rivals by insisting: "We're back in the 1999 mood." The United manager is sensing the same spirit of determination and application that carried his team to
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      Lock icon Juve closes in
      134 35 Reuters MILAN Juventus moved to within a point of Serie A leader Inter Milan after an 88th-minute Pavel Nedved goal gave it a 1-0 win at Piacenza last night Inter drew 2-2 at Chievo, while AS Roma slipped to third after it drew 0-0 at AC Milan.
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