Today, 6 August 2002, Afternoon Edition

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    9 1 TODAY Tuesday August 6, 2002 MITA (P) 063/1 1/2001
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  • AFTERNOON EDITION
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      Lock icon Another bleak day for US
      472 1 Agencies Stocks dive; IMF expects to cut growth forecast WASHINGTON Worries about the economic outlook and profits mauled US stocks and boosted bonds yesterday, raising the spectre of further equity losses in Asia and Europe as poor US service sector data suggested the weak recovery
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      Lock icon Hiroshima hits out at Bush
      250 1 Reuters HIROSHIMA The mayor of Hiroshima yesterday marked the 57th anniversary of the world's first atomic bombing with a sharp rebuke for what critics charge is US President George W Bush's unilateral diplomacy. In an annual ritual of remembrance for the more than 220,000 who
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      Lock icon US commander meets Bush: Iraq strike on the cards?
      219 1 AFP WASHINGTON As a debate intensifed over the possible US miliary action against Iraq, the commander of US forces in the Gulf briefed President George W Bush yesterday at a national security council meeting. Pentagon officials confirmed that Army General Tommy
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      56 1 Chelsea duo y H fl feritf^ 1 Ijin, *^B "Do >'ou know how much I earn? I earn more in I m ft a day than you earn in a week. Do you know who '**s&gr I I we are? We could get you sacked." I H^^^^^^^^HHRH What Jody Morris
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  • HOT NEWS
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      That blackout
      462 2  -  Elaine Quek by d aine @ne wstoday. com.sg HERE is one instance where reserves were called into play. Some parts of Singapore experienced a 90-minute blackout yesterday after an emergency valve along the Indonesia-Singapore gas pipeline was shut off at 9.43am, cutting off the gas supply from the
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      Lock icon Exxon plant shutdown
      159 2 Bloomberg EXXON Mobil Corp, the world's largest publiclytraded oil company, said production halted at its chemical plant on Jurong Island after a safety mechanism shut down part of its equipment. The plant, which produces 800,000 metric tons of ethylene a year and other chemicals, will resume production
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      Faces of threats
      294 3  -  Elisia Yeo IT'S not often that feminist security studies are raised in front of an audience of senior male military officers. "What it means to be a man and what it means to be a woman are reinforced by world politics," said Professor Steve Smith, who is
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      Missing baby girl found dead in chute
      180 3 THE body of a baby girl was found in a rubbish bin yesterday morning. It is still unknown how the six-month-old baby landed in the bin of Block 629 at Hougang Avenue 8 and the police have classified the case as murder. They
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      'Indonesian sand for S'pore passes security'
      113 3 BATAM Several Singaporean businessmen have disclosed the names of Indonesian security personnel who are allegedly involved in the shipment of sea sand for the Jurong island reclamation project, reported Antara news agency. "The shipment of sea sand from Karimun faced no problems as the
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      Light sentence
      331 4  -  Elaine Quek Judge cites water spiker's age and record by ela ine @news today, com.sg LAST year, a Bukit Timah Zone 5 Residents' Committee (RC) New Year's Eve celebration was marred when three participants were rushed to hospital after suffering stomach pains. One of them died. All three
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      Project waste water for two scientists
      202 4  -  Hannah Teoh AS Singaporeans wet their tongues on Newater, two researchers here have made it their project. Mr Tan Teck Wee, a Singaporean and Mr Yuan Tao, a Chinese national, have been given Singapore Millennium Foundation (SMF) scholarships to conduct research in renewable resources
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      Lock icon Newscaster dies
      110 4 Channel NewsAsia VETERAN newscaster TC Koh (picture), 85, died on Sunday. Mr Koh had been unconscious in hospital for nearly three-and-a half months following an accident at East Coast Park. Mr Koh was a part-time newsreader from the days of Radio Television Singapore. Last year, Mr Koh shared
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      Value of cooperation
      81 4 THERE'S much for Singapore and Malaysia to gain through closer bilateral cooperation. A point agreed by visiting Malaysian Minister for Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yasin and Singapore Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong during their meeting at the Istana yesterday. PM Goh's press secretary,
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      NDP ticket winners
      148 4 THE following people have won a pair of tickets to the National Day Parade 2002 and a pair of NDP 2002 MRT farecards. Please bring your IC and collect the tickets from Today, 28th floor, Clifford Centre, Raffles Place, by noon on Aug 8. Elizabeth Hwang Yoong
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  • LETTERS
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      Borrowed talent?
      356 6  -  Jason Lee Boon Hong So what, some of our leaders were also not born in S'pore I WAS deeply saddened when I watched Singapore's golden girl, Li Jiawei, lose to her New Zealand rival in the women's table tennis final at the Manchester Commonwealth Games on Sunday night.
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      Tudung girl and the Japanese war
      183 6  -  Narayana Narayana I REFER to the letter, "When tudung girl goes to Australia" (Today, Aug 2). One would have thought the tudung issue was over and done with. But Mr Ahmad Shukor's letter introduced a new dimension which could best be answered by the
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      Cancer screening
      196 6 I REFER to the article, "It's not too late to start" (Today, Aug 1). I thank the writer for encouraging Singaporeans to recognise and make healthy lifestyle choices. She is right to say it is never too late to start. I would like to clarify the Health Promotion
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      149 6 f^M 4 universities, t"U<^^_____H_K_ PERTH EDUCATION FAIR FREEADM ,ss,o N Date Sat and Sun, Institutions Attending v and is Aug 2002 11 1 Tl™ 11.00am to 5.00pm Universities Pre-UColleges/Businesslnstitutes a Venue The Onental, Singapore Curtin University of Technology Australian Institute for University Studies Renoir an(j Q Suite; Edith Cowan University
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      62 6 Your letter can also appear on this page. Give your full name and address and write to: Today, 24, Raffles Place, #28-01/06, Clifford Centre, S'pore *****1; Fax: 65-*****17; E-mail: news@newsloday,com.sg. V w I HUM Jk4^^^^ You can update it by upgrading yourself here. We have courses and programs to equip
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  • BUSINESS NEWS
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      OCBC interim profits down, denies rumours of takeover
      355 8  -  Chan Chao Peh by ch a ope h@ne wstoday. com.sg Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation's interim net profit fell 30.4 per cent to $302 million as the bank more than doubled its provisions as compared to that of the same period last year. Turnover
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    • Market Watch
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        Singapore
        133 8 SPOOKED by fears that the slowing US economy is more vulnerable to shocks than before, investors here went into "sell mode", hoping to buy stocks back cheaper later. Dealers reported that foreign institutions were main sellers with some accounts of margin calls. The benchmark STI index closed 27.55 points
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        World markets
        56 8 Index Value Change Pis Nikkei 225 9704,93 ■4.73 -0.05 Hang Seng All C'lllilKlliE laiwnn Wtd 9862.33 2960.50 4636.67 ■129.39 ■42.30 ■284.22 -1.29 ■1.41 -5.7B Korea Comp SET Index Jokorto Camp 675.76 362.14 449,87 -24.92 -8.32 ■6.44 ■3.56 2.25 ■1.41 Phils Comp She men B Mumbai 1115,31 243.14 3011.35
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        Your S$1 buys
        36 8 JS$ JKE fen m m Euro Jupinh Baht 0,5694 0.3645 67.755 4.4418 2.1641 0.5779 5175.5 24.010 Peso A$ Indian Rs Wan C$ hint HZ$ NT$ 29.352 1.0601 27.702 682.11 0.9026 4.7127 1.2336 19.281
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        Commodities
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        Straits Times Index — 10-Day Chart
        5 8 Straits Times Index 10-Day Chart
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        SGX most-active
        62 8 ly volume lug 5 iii n yn Jul df rati ill Inll fii Biani _ho tiered '000 107,205 20,263 16,526 9,144 1,553 TPV DalacrflUSS TTIm QlnnHu Cortina 'OOI 7,69i 6,311 5,14! 4,83' 4,511 iy value lug 5 _itirayo iii )15 J01 /enture 51,432,175 41,231,100 33,245,41 B 25,451,664 25,062,320
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        SGX top rises
        78 8 Aug 5 Close Change iirtglnvF 1.350 +0,060 IMH400USS 5.700 +0.050 iPH-SiAOBeSOro0717 0.460 +0.045 BIL Inll 0.530 +0.040 SreenWor 0.220 +0.O30 NotSteel 1.750 +0.030 ffliiuya 0.47S +0.025 UteDyn 0,140 +0,025 001 2.900 +0.020 By peicentage Aug 5 Close Change Ensyknlt 2kA HKS 0.016 +60.000 AtsDyn 0.140 +21.739 GreenWor
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        Lock icon SGX top fails
        86 8 BLOOMBERG By J By percentage Aug S Venture Creative 50 SIA Close Change 11.000 -0.7O0 16.000 -0700 11.800 -0.700 Aug 5 Close Changi Netwrl_W*****1 0020 -20.001 B<iustetn_W040!02 0.100 -16.661 PanpacMe[_W*****9 0.025 -16.66; SIA 200 Great East 11,900 -0700 8.650 -0.3O0 CyberW 0.060 -14.211 Wee Fein O.060 -14.211
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      Lock icon Manufacturing sector grows for fifth straight month
      175 9 -AFP HIGHER export orders and increased production boosted Singapore's key manufacturing index last month. It was the fifth straight month of growth after 13 months of decline, a survey released yesterday said. The Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI), based on a survey of more
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      Discover Courts
      253 9  -  Jose Raymond THE newly-opened Courts store at Compass Point, Sengkang, takes on a unique look in keeping with the "discovery" theme of Singapore's latest suburban shopping centre. The first store to open for business at the new centre, Courts Sengkang occupies about 25,400 square feet on level three
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      Lock icon JP Morgan's cut
      100 9 Channel NewsAsia BANKING giant JP Morgan says it would cut its economic growth forecast for Singapore for this year by about half a percentage point. That is because of the slowing US demand for electronics and given Singapore's heavy dependence on that market. Another reason for cutting
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      Lock icon Enron's other probe
      221 9 -AFP WASHINGTON US federal prosecutors are investigating whether collapsed energy giant Enron had been bribing foreign government officials to win contracts for its operations abroad, The Wall Street Journal reported. The previously undisclosed inquiry is examining Enron's efforts to win foreign pipeline, power and water privatisation projects,
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      SingTel's regional mobile subscriber base soars to 25 million mark
      303 9  -  Chan Chao Peh by ch a ope h@ne wstoday. com.sg SINGTEL'S regional mobile subscriber base has hit nearly 25 million, driven by double-digit jumps in regional associates like Thailand and Indonesia. By the end of the quarter, the combined subscriber
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      Lock icon Taiwan jitters
      177 10 Bloomberg 'Independence' remarks worry investors TAIPEI Taiwan's stocks and currency tumbled on concern that President Chen Shui-bian's call for a vote on independence will prompt China to revert to its 1990s strategy of pursuing reunification with military intimidation. The benchmark TWSE index fell almost six per cent to
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      Lock icon New bid for Global?
      75 10 Channel NewsAsia SINGAPORE Technologies Telemedia and its Hong Kong partner, Hutchison Whampoa, could soon be back in the running to buy bankrupt US telecoms group Global Crossing, Reuters reported that they could now end up buying it for much less than the US$75O million ($1.32 billion)
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      Lock icon $25m profit for NatSteel
      48 10 Bloomberg NATSTEEL has reported a profit in the first half of this year on higher earnings from its steel and electronics businesses. Profit for the six months ended June 30 was $25.1 million, compared with a loss of $139.9 million in the year-earlier period.
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      UNIT TRUSTS & FUNDS
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      Lock icon Down but not out
      208 12 Bloomberg HSBC's first-half profit drops seven per cent to $5.8 billion LONDON HSBC Holdings said first-half profit fell seven per cent to US$3.2B billion ($5.76 billion) after setting aside more money for bad loans. Analysts were expecting a profit of US$3.O9 billion. HSBC set aside a
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      Lock icon Brighter outlook for DBS
      148 12 Bloomberg DBS Group Holdings' outlook was raised to stable from negative by Fitch Ratings, citing Singapore's largest bank's strengthened capital position and a recovery in the island's economy. DBS Group's outlook was downgraded to negative last year after it paid US$5.4 billion ($9.48 billion) to buy
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      PacNet serves M'sia
      58 12 PACIFIC Internet, a provider of Internet access, has started offering corporate online services in Malaysia. However, it has no immediate plans to provide consumer services in Malaysia. The Singapore-based company is expanding abroad to seek new customers because of the limited domestic market. Pacific Internet also has
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      Lock icon PSA gets AAA rating
      95 12 Bloomberg PSA Corp's credit rating was affirmed by Standard Poor's Ratings Services, which considered that the port operator's investments in other countries will offset competition from regional rivals. It rated the world's second-busiest container port AAA, the highest given by the ratings company. Meanwhile, PSA said
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  • WORLD NEWS
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      Lock icon Clinton 'had plan to attack Al Qaeda but...'
      344 14 Reuters NEW YORK A US plan to take on Al Qaeda languished for eight months because of the change in presidents and was cleared a week before the Sept 11 attacks, Time magazine has reported in its latest issue. A White House
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      Lock icon Returned to power
      80 14 -AFP PORT MORESBY Sir Michael Somare, Papua New Guinea's founding Prime Minister, was elected to lead the government again yesterday following the most chaotic and violent elections in the nation's history. Mr Somare, 66, received a majority of 88 votes in the 109-seat legislature, offering the prospect
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      More bark than bite?
      308 18 BEIJING While China yesterday predictably issued a harsh warning to Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian that he was leading the island to disaster by backing a referendum on independence, analysts wondered if China's bark is louder than its bite. Noting that Mr Chen had directly challenged Beijing's
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      Where the motorist is always wrong
      160 18 LONDON The European Commission has proposed that motorists become automatically liable for damages in any accident involving a car and a bicycle a proposal that has turned many heads. In Britain, where apparent disregard of so-called "guerrilla cyclists" for traffic signals and the highway
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      Lock icon Students turn police informers
      95 18 -AFP BANGKOK In a bid to clamp drugsrelated crimes and sexual assault among children and teenagers, Thailand has rolled out its first batch of police "student informers". The 80 high school students, aged between 12 and 15, had undergone a course that covers drugs, sexual abuse
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      Lock icon Here's your 11 -digit ID number
      100 18 Reuters TOKYO Japan forged ahead with its compulsory ID system yesterday despite stiff protests calling it a violation of privacy and a temptation to hackers. With each Japanese citizen given an 11-digit identification number that is linked to a central database that stores his
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  • COMMENTARY
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      Papa knows best?
      858 19  -  Anil Bhatia but engaging the people in decision-making is vital for future success by anilbhaiia@consultant.com.sg A NOTIONAL discussion between professors and ordinary folk in a kopi tiam setting: Participants: Prof Siva Annamalai (a sociology professor) Prof Arthur Tan (a political science professor) Mr Lint Ah Beng (a
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  • UPFRONT
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      'I have Chinese blood in me...'
      930 20  -  Kalinga Seneviratne But this New Zealand politician wants fewer Asian migrants by in Sydney IN recent years, we have seen the dramatic rise of anti-immigration "racist" politicians in the West in the likes of Jean-Marie Le Pen in France, Pym Fortuyn in Holland, Joerg
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  • INFOTECH
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      One for the road
      343 21  -  John Lui Acer's TravelMate notebooks are svelte, light and powerful by products@asia. cnet.com THE thin and light notebooks of the TravelMate series from Acer live up to their name. On a weight-to-screen ratio, our test unit the TravelMate 634LC (picture) probably has the most screen per
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      ACER TRAVELMATE 634Lc
      20 21 PROS: Large Bright screen Sieek Light and well-made Reasonably powerful CONS: Fast processor raises price PRICE: $3,988.
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      PeopleSoft acquires Teamscape
      151 21 LEARNING management systems maker, Teamscape Corporation, has been acquired by PeopleSoft. PeopleSoft is a provider of application software designed to let firms reduce costs and increase productivity by letting customers, suppliers, partners and employees directly connect to business processes online and in real time The first product
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      eMobile goes to Indonesia
      129 21 A SINGAPORE-BASED provider of secure enterprise mobile offerings, eMobile, has been selected by Telekomunikasi Selular (Telkomsel) to provide its Multi-bank Mobile Banking System (MMBS) service in Indonesia. Based on SIM Toolkit (STK) technology, Telkomsel's subscribers will be able to customise their SIM cards to securely access
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      Sun to debut blade servers
      68 21 Sun Microsystems will overhaul two major components of its low-end servers later this month, introducing its first super-thin "blade" products and its first computers running the Linux operating system. While the small blade servers are an extension of Sun's existing product line, the incorporation of
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      NTT DoCoMo to sell Pocket PC device
      71 21 NTT DoCoMo will begin selling a handheld device in Japan next month using Microsoft's Pocket PC 2002 operating system. The device, called the musea, will come with 64M8 of memory, a 3.5-inch colour display and a 206MHz Intel Strong Arm processor. The musea
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      The Net finds a voice
      402 22  -  Sol E Solomon More companies are hooking up to VoIP for cheaper communication by solomo n@ne wsto day. com.sg ONGOING enhancements to Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) have made the technology mature enough such that more businesses both small and large are look- ing into
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      Xserve debuts
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      129 22 VERSION 5.1 of the Borland Enterprise Server (BES) Java 2 Enterprise Edition 02EE) 1.3-compliant application server has been launched. It features enhanced support that enables companies to deploy existing applications such as Web services without having to modify them. In addition, advanced management functions restore applications without
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      236 24 -AFP KUALA LUMPUR Malaysian actress Michelle Yeoh has vowed to destroy pirated copies of her new movie, The Touch. But, video pirates here remain undeterred as illegal copies of the film hit the streets three days after it was released on Thursday. The copies are
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      511 24  -  Serene Foo Cinematographer Peter Pau has found a new love AFTER serving on 17 films as director of photography, Peter Pau is keen on sitting in the director's chair again. Last year, his place among the best cinematographers in the world was sealed with the success of
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      116 25 ONE of the year's most anticipated DVDs arrives here and in the US today: The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (picture). Alliance Entertainment, the distributor, is releasing the twodisc Region 1 DVD of Fellowship here, as well the VCD. Among
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      134 25 Reuters LONDON Actress Jennifer Aniston says her Hollywood heartthrob husband Brad Pitt is a "goofball" who wants to have seven children. "Brad is the kindest person I know and the sweetest goofball on the planet," Aniston said in an interview with The Daily Mirror on Monday. And
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      Kylie strikes back!
      151 25 IN HIS one-on-one interview with Kylie Minogue, American writer Bill Schulz bombarded her with questions on drugs, her partying habits, and explicit sex acts. The pop star was not pleased. When Schulz pressed her about her allegedly having engaged in airplane sex with rock star Michael Hutchence,
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      Look of jazz
      418 26  -  Janice Lee Krall captivates with sultry vocals and impressive turns at the piano SWARMS of jazz enthusiasts crowded Suntec City's convention centre on Sunday to catch Diana Krall's performance. Dressed in jeans and a black shirt, Krall put the audience at ease with her charming banter. She
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      399 26 MUSIC The Ultimate Tribute Concert 2002 This concert features three of Europe's most popular tribute bands the Bandit Beatles, Bootleg ABBA and Killer Queen. Tribute musicians dedicate their careers to recreating the look, sound and feel of the original icons. Memorabilia of the icons will also be on sale. DateiAug
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      Chicken and egg salad
      313 27  -  Pauline DLoh Dress up this old-time salad filling for lunch, tea or dinner CLASSICS never fade, they just find new life in a different mode. Like old songs being constantly revived by new singers, tried and tested recipes are a delight to rediscover. One of my
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      245 27 Ingredients (for four servings): 4 extra large eggs 1 whole chicken leg, deboned 1 small zucchini (or cucumber) A handful of toasted almonds A handful of pumpkin seeds (pepitas) Carrefour Mustard Dressing Salt and pepper Method: 1. Place eggs in a pan of cold water. Put
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      170 27 Take a cup of tea TEA is gentler on the stomach than coffee is, at least for me. Also, with the vast varieties available these days, tea drinkers are really spoilt for choice. It used to be that Chinese tea offered jasmine or Iron Buddha and English meant Breakfast or
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      1565 28 m BBS the distant future, high school youths are '%ss& Roger Crumpkin is a tittle bit cracked but Just as peace and |(j^fc^ encouraged to become citizens by joining thc V;U|fc kis love, for Sunday Valentine will make him prosperity become n^S 11 SiHHr WA«i fe dis. raK so^/y OT
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      Ask the taxi driver about football
      578 29  -  Stanley Ho by st anley @ne wsto day. com.sg IF YOU want to get the football pulse of a nation, then one of the first things you do is talk to a taxi driver. That's according to English Premier League (EPL) chief executive Richard
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      Through football, for a good cause
      419 29  -  Ray Chen by ray@newstoday.com.sg IN THESE days of fat salaries, blockbuster transfer deals and millionaire players, it is nice to see that football still has a heart. Yesterday, three English legends flew in to Singapore, to lend their support to the Singapore Sports Council
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      71 29 That 's why they are stars Today photo by EX-SCOTLAND international Andy Gray (picture) showed he still has it in his ageing legs yesterday, leading the ESPN Star Sports All-Stars to a 2-0 win over Singapore Cricket Club. The ex-Aston Villa star scored the opening goal for the All-Stars, which
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        565 30 Reuters Chelsea duo in court for pub brawl LONDON Former England under--21 captain John Terry struck a London nightclub doorman around the eye with a bottle during a brawl involving two other professional soccer players, a court was told yesterday. Chelsea defender Terry, 21, has pleaded
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        351 30 MANCHESTER It's eleven days to the big kick-off and the war of words has already begun. And it will come as no surprise that it is Alex Ferguson who has fired the first salvo. The Manchester United manager has gone on an early offensive
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        110 30 AFP PARIS Real Madrid's French star Zinedine Zidane, Spanish team-mate Raul, along with Manchester United's Dutch striker Ruud van Nistelrooy were the three players shortlisted yesterday by Uefa for the European footballer of the year title. The overall winner will be named at a
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        150 30 Reuters JANEIRO Brazil recalled its entire World Cup squad yesterday for its friendly against Paraguay later this month, but the future of coach Luiz Felipe Scolari remained a mystery. The squad that won the World Cup in Japan and South Korea including Ronaldo, Rivaldo, Ronaldinho
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        53 30 AFP PHILADELPHIA National Basketball Association star Allen Iverson will have a trial on Sept 18 on two charges of making terroristic threats, but is unlikely to spend time in jail even if convicted. Charles Ehrlich, an assistant district attorney, said Iverson probably would receive only
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      79 31 PARIS Lithuanian cyclist Raimondas Rumsas will not be returning to France in the immediate future for question ing over a Tour de France doping scandal and wants French officials to interrogate him in Italy, his lawyer said yesterday. Rumsas, whose wife Edita was jailed a week ago when
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      63 31 COLOMBO Sri Lanka beat Bangladesh by eight wickets in the second one-day international yesterday to take an unbeatable 2-0 lead in the three-match series. Bangladesh produced its worst ever one-day showing against Sri Lanka, with no batsman managing more than 15 and extras top-scoring with 20 in a
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      Bonds chase
      66 31 PITTSBURGH Barry Bonds hit the 598 th home run of his career, one of six by San Francisco, to help the wild card-chasing Giants to a 10-5 National League victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Sunday. The Giants slugger is now two homers from joining Hank Aaron, Babe
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      Late drama
      92 31 CASTLE ROCK Rich Beem reeled off seven birdies in nine holes midway through the final round to win The International at the Castle Pines Golf Club on Sunday. Beem, whose only previous victory on the US PGA Tour was at the 1999 Kemper Open, totalled 19 points in
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      422 31  -  Jose Raymond Possible new financial backer as Yap speaks of frustration YESTERDAY, SLeague cellar-dweller Gombak United lost its third coach this season when Jimmy Pearson resigned. Pearson needed to return to Australia to look after his ailing wife, who has been diagnosed with cancer. The coaching issue
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      365 31 SYDNEY Mobile phone giant Vodafone was warned yesterday it could face significant penalties after it admitted inciting streakers to disrupt the weekend's rugby match between Australia and New Zealand. The company has offered to pay the fines of the two streakers who
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