Today, 3 October 2002, Afternoon Edition

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    7 1 TODAY Thursday October 3, 2002 MITA(P) 063/11/2001
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  • AFTERNOON DEITION
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      Lock icon French threat
      390 1 Reuters Plans own resolution if US tries to bulldoze UN UNITED NATIONS France has threatened to push its own Security Council resolution on Iraq if Washington introduces its current proposals without any compromise, diplomats said yesterday. But the Bush administration has hesitated in introducing to the council its
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      Lock icon US stocks dive after a one-day rally
      165 1 AFP NEW YORK US blue-chips plunged yesterday as Iraqi war fears and concerns over profits wiped out half of the previous day's dramatic gains. "What you are seeing today is the pullback from yesterday's moonshot," Prudential Securities market analyst Larry Wachtel said. "No-one
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous
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      49 1 Red rout Liverpool revives Champions League campaign in style Page 46 Fergie says 1 Man Utd is still No 1 in England 3 GREAT REASONS to visit SINGAPORE HISTORY MUSEUM on October 6 See Page 2 for details Carrefour i(4 Singapore CHECK OUT FOR AN AMAZING 1-DAY-ONLY CARREFOUR OFFEBI
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  • HOT NEWS
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      Go get a job overseas
      409 2  -  Tan Hui Leng but maintain links with Singapore and return one day: DPM Lee THE Government cannot view policies from a "humour me or I quit" angle, said Acting Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong in Parliament yesterday. He was addressing the issue of why Singaporeans
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      Robber terrorising old women in Telok Blangah
      321 2  -  Lee Ching Wern IS there a brutal serial robber on the loose in Telok Blangah Crescent? Over a span of five days, the normal-ly-peaceful estate has been rocked by at least three violent robberies. Police declined to say if the incidents are related.
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      Education provides a key but not a lock
      332 2  -  Tor Ching Li ONE clear lesson from the two-day parliamentary debate on quitters and stayers was this: Singapore's rigorous education system is a twoedged sword. It can equip a successful graduate of the system with the key to global opportunities without placing
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      Lock icon Alienated
      247 3 Agencies Muslim anger over travel curbs KUALA LUMPUR Muslims are the first to feel the impact of the new US immigration policy, which was implemented on Tuesday, as revealed by the treatment meted out to several Malaysian leaders. And many Asians are also wondering if it is worth the
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      Lock icon US nuclear sub base near Asia
      237 3 Reuters WASHINGTON Underlining the growing importance the United States is attaching to Asia, the US navy will base nuclear-powered attack submarines on the Pacific island of Guam. The USS City of Corpus Christi (picture), a Los Angeles Class attack submarine with a crew of
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      Lock icon Bomb kills US soldiers in Philippines
      91 3 -AFP ZAMBOANGA (Philippines) A bomb which exploded outside a karaoke bar in the southern Philippines city of Zamboanga yesterday killed two American soldiers and injured 10 others. Eyewitnesses interviewed by the local DXRZ radio station said they saw the blast come from a motorcycle
      -AFP  -  91 words
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      Sharing cars now popular
      441 4  -  Serene Foo Good response drives more to emulate car co-op's idea THERE'S no need to buy a car and set yourself back by over $1,000 a month if you need use of a car no more than, say, twice a week for three to four hours
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      Lock icon Chee refutes claims of crowd threat
      276 4 -AFP SINGAPORE Democratic Party (SDP) chief Chee Soon Juan told a court yesterday that police witnesses had exaggerated their accounts when they said a May Day rally outside the Istana threatened law and order. Testifying on the third day of a trial against him
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      217 3 University of Sunderland Voted by The Times newspeper as 'UK's Best New University for Research 2002' and by the Guardian newspaper University Guide 2001 as 'The Best New University in England', the University of Sunderland is dynamic and modern with a growing reputation as the university of enterprise and employment
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  • HOME NEWS
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      Music legacy
      406 6  -  Serene Foo NUS establishes OngTeng Cheong Professorship PRESIDENT, politician and labour chief... it is also no secret that the late Mr Ong Teng Cheong was an accomplished pianist and champion of the arts. And to honour his contributions to the development of music and the arts, the National
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      Museum will be showcase of Asian art
      241 6  -  Yee Wei Zhen TAKE an interactive multimedia tour of Asian and South-east Asian civilisations. When the relocated Asian Civilisations Museum (ACM) opens at Empress Place Building in February, visitors will be able to view over 2,000 artifacts that unveil the history of Asia
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      391 6 "i^\y Pissj?vrf tv Brighter Cnrttr Pnsj?€£tS AoadtY^io Si*cc€Ss" gpgUNIVERSITY OF _l_ U HHBRADFORD tmm_ UKUHffIJACrn Universiti1 A member of the Association of Commonwealth Universities (ACU), Chartered in 1904, the University is among the well-respected the School of Management is ranked amongst the top 100 business educational institutions in the US.
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  • LETTERS
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      Why waste precious funds on a legal tussle?
      176 7  -  S Ramamirtham I READ with great disappointment the report, "Court battle" (Today, Oct 2), of the ensuing court case involving the Tamils Representative Council (TRC) and an exmember who is suing the council over his dismissal. The report stated quite correctly that
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      Why no Men's Charter?
      368 7  -  Michael Loh Yik Ming I WAS reading the report of the exchange between MP Charles Chong and Minister of State Chan Choo Sen in the report, "MP has to wait" (Today, Oct 2). Mr Chan's reply to Mr Chong's question regarding the possibility of amending the
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      Money-vator
      213 8  -  See Leong Kit Should the public sector be driven by high pay? I REFER to the letter, "CEO pay and guess who is the loser?" (Today, Oct 1). It reminds me of the ABBA hit song Money, money, money. It is mind-boggling that an average taxi-driver will take over
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      Humorous bantering is not public battering
      183 8  -  Dr Oscar Hauptman NEIL Humphreys' article "Still wanted: Fat, old ang mohs" (Weekend Today, Sept 28-29) was fun to read, even if I qualify for the title as an 80kg, 52-year-old foreigner in Singapore. Then came Jeffrey Law Lee Beng with his "Timely warning
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      Public needs media to ensure transparency
      177 8  -  Lim Boon Hee OF late, the spotlight has been on the generous pay and benefits dished out to CEOs. These remunerations are in the range of above $1 million per year. The topic is, of course, a sensitive one, given the present poor economic
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      50 8 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@newstoday.com.sg Delicious DOUBLE Meals Deal/ ivvl IS mdwiSr (includes 2 soups 2 coffees/teas)* (u.p. $13.00) g. Pflf ALa Carte Sandwich $4.90
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  • BUSINESS NEWS
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      Lock icon Growth clamper
      338 10 Reuters Bank downgrades forecast for Singapore US investment bank Morgan Stanley has downgraded Singapore's growth forecasts for this year and next year due to an uncertain global recovery, slack domestic demand and a weak electronics rebound. The bank's Singapore-based economist Daniel Lian saw little strength ahead for the
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      Lock icon Opening of power market postponed
      104 10 Bloomberg SINGAPORE will delay opening part of its electricity industry to competition till next month, said officials from Tuas Power, one of the companies licensed to produce electricity here. Regulators said in June they aimed to open by last month 28 per cent of the
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    • Market Watch
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        Straits Times Index — 10-Day Chart
        5 10 Straits Times Index 10-Day Chart
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        Singapore
        111 10 AN early rally yesterday inspired by strong overnight gains on Wall Street proved short-lived as traders locked in even paltry gains. The ST index lost its opening gain of 23.88 points under the weight of contra selling to settle for a 0.04-point loss at 1355.43. Turnover was 252 million
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        Your S$1 buys
        36 10 US$ 0.***** UK£ 0.***** Yen 68.7660 HK$ 4.***** RM 2.***** Euro 0.***** Rupiah 5037.44 Baht 24.3210 Peso 29.4148 A$ 1.***** Indian Rs 27.0230 Won 687.632 C$ 0.***** Yuan 4.***** NZ$ 1.***** NTS 19.5453
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        World markets
        55 10 Index Value Change Pis Nikkei 225 9049.33 -112.93 -1.23 Hang Seng Ml Ordinaries faiwan Wtd 9109.35 2951.80 4171.76 +37.14 +11.30 +8.99 +.41 +0.38 +0.22 Korea Comp SET Index Jakarta Comp 648.10 335.43 409.50 -4.03 +1.74 +1.98 -0.62 +0.52 +0.49 Phils Comp Shenzen B Mumbai 1114.70 231.61 2959.66 -1.08
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        Commodities
        21 10 Gold uss/oi 322.200 Silver uss/oi 4.488 Platinum uss/oz 572.100 Rubber centsAg 153.00 Palm Oil RM/lonne 1365 Brent crude uss/barrel 28.81
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        SGX most active
        56 10 By volume Oct 2 '000 DatacrftUSS 28,946 Citiraya 26,616 Links Is 15,577 TPV 11,097 Sing Tel 7,306 By value Oct 2 UOB 39,640,500 SIA 30,236,700 DBS 21,855,499 OCBC 21,421,784 Venture 17,069,106 '000 Globa 7,037 LeongHin 6,800 UniFood 6,796 TAC 200USS 6,739.8 L&M 6,576 SPH 16,961,796 CITYDEV 16,469,040
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        SGX top rises
        78 10 )y$ 3ct 2 Close Changi iPH 19.200 +0.401 iPHlOO 19.100 +0.401 /enlure 11.200 +0.301 )BS 11.300 +0.201 jUE 5.700 +0.151 fhai Prime200USS 4.200 +0.121 3BS Bk 6% NCPS*****.800 +0.101 SreatEast 8.550 +0.101 (obinson 5.500 +0.101 ilA 9.650 +0.101 )y percentage 3ct2 5loba W*****6 Close Changi 0.015 +50.001
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        Lock icon SGX top falls
        78 10 Bloomberg By$ Oct 2 UOB Close Changi 11.800 -0.201 IMH 400USS 5.800 -0.101 ZITYDEV 4.600 -0.061 >IA Engg 2.040 -0.061 XBC 9.650 -0.051 Haw Par 4.020 -0.041 MatSteel 1.820 -0.041 Noble 1.130 -0.041 Mentor 0.330 -0.03^ By percentage Oct 2 Close Changi LabroyMarW*****5 0.005 -50.001 iembCorp DBeCW*****8
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      Lock icon Foreign investors pump in $15b here
      384 11 -AFP SINGAPORE took 65 per cent of the US$l3 billion ($23.2 billion) of foreign direct investment (FDI) made in South-east Asia last year, the Trade and Industry Minister, BG George Yeo (picture), said yesterday. The Association of South-east Asian Nations (Asean) secretariat announced recently
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      Lock icon US hopes to wrap up S'pore FTA by year end
      160 11 Agencies WASHINGTON The administration of President George W Bush notified Congress on Tuesday that it hopes to wrap up free trade deals with Chile and Singapore by the end of the year. Washington also announced that it is opening free
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      Lock icon Asian exports to fall?
      440 12 Reuters Weakening demand in US and Europe blamed FALLING demand from the industrial world will pose an acid test for Asian economies in the months ahead. And not all economists think Asia will pass. Weakness shown in manufacturing surveys in the United States, Japan and the
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      Air-con dining reaches heartland
      91 12 SESDAQ-LISTED Food Junction has marked its entry into Singapore's HDB heartlands with the introduction of a new "food house" concept called FJ Square. It has secured three locations to set up FJ Square outlets Punggol, Sengkang and Kim Keat each costing less than $1 million. The
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      Lock icon Mortgage insurance on hold
      155 12 Channel NewsAsia THE government has deferred a proposal to introduce mortgage insurance in Singapore. The reason is that recent changes to the Central Provident Fund (CPF) and housing financing rules have made it easier for buyers to afford the downpayment on homes. However, the Real Estate
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      C&C ups MCL stake
      124 12 CYCLE Carriage (C&C) has agreed to buy another 5.7 per cent stake in its property arm MCL Land from the group's Hong Kong parent, Jardine Strategic, for $23 million. This will see C&C's interest in MCL rise from around 59 to 65 per cent. It plans
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      SPRING joins ISO council
      127 12 SINGAPORE was elected to the ISO Council at the ISO General Assembly in Stockholm last week. The Council is the highest policy-making instrument for the international standards organisation and decides on the policy direction and budget for the ISO (International Organisation for Standardisation). "Being a member
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      Lock icon NEC's taipan
      256 14 Bloomberg It buys into Li Ka Shing's group to boost sales TOKYO Japan's NEC Corp, trying to win customers for its high-speed wireless Internet telephones, agreed to pay US$73.l million ($l3O million) for five per cent stakes in the mobile-phone businesses of Mr Li Ka Shing, Asia's richest
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      Lock icon Nikkei at 19-year low
      148 14 Reuters TOKYO Tokyo's Nikkei average closed at a 19-year low yesterday after banks such as UFJ Holdings Inc reversed early gains on worries over the effects of any accelerated write-off of bad loans. The Nikkei fell 1.23 per cent or 112.93 points to 9,049.33, below the
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      UNIT TRUSTS & FUNDS
      3927 14 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS Enquiries:Call 852-2973-6600 E-mail lipper.asia@reuters.com 9/20 OAC Cap Prtd Global Eqty (USD) 0.9086 Prtt 9/30 Five Arrows SE Asia Special Situations 0.585 0.62 9/30 Five Arrows Worldwide Enterprise 0.715 0.755 Schroder Invt Management (Singapore) Limited. 9/30 Asian Bafanced 0.8 0.84 9/30 Asian Growth 0.73 0.77 9/30 BalancedGrowth 0.77
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      Lock icon Asian airlines to gain from US port strikes
      196 16 Reuters AIR freight companies in Asia said yesterday that they expected a spike in demand if port strikes on the West Coast of the United States dragged on. Freight forwarders and airlines said customers have been looking at contingency plans to cope
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      Lock icon Ex-Enron CFO charged
      69 16 -AFP WASHINGTON Andrew Fastow, 40, Enron Corp's former chief financial officer, was charged in Houston yesterday with fraud and money laundering in connection with the collapse of the energy giant, the US Justice Department said. Department officials said Enron had enlisted the help of "major financial institutions"
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  • BUSINESS
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      Lock icon Takeovers fall
      311 19 Bloomberg But Asia has a bigger share of global mergers HONG KONG Takeovers in Asia, outside Japan, fell about 11 per cent to US$llB billion ($2ll billion) in the nine months to Sept 30, even as the region took SbcV a bigger share of global mergers and acquisitions.
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      Lock icon Qantas raises only $116m
      208 19 -AFP SYDNEY Investors have shunned a capital-raising offer from Australia's Qantas Airways as fears of an Iraqi war sent the company's shares to near 12-month lows, analysts said. Qantas revealed late yesterday it had raised Asl2o million ($ll6 million) from retail investors, well short of its
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      Lock icon Asia Pulp to set aside $44.7m monthly
      207 19 Bloomberg JAKARTA Asia Pulp Paper Company, Asia's biggest defaulter with US$l3 billion ($23.3 billion) in debt, said it will put at least US$25 million ($44.7 million) monthly into an account to be set up to pay its borrowings. Four days ago, Asia Pulp,
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      Lock icon Japanese giant takes off
      127 19 -AFP TOKYO Japan Airlines System Corporation, a holding company controlling Japan Airlines (JAL) and Japan Air System (JAS), began operations yesterday, becoming the world's 8^ sixth-largest airline group. JAL and JAS will continue their respective flight services under the new holding company, with a full k
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  • WORLD NEWS
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      Lock icon US envoy to make landmark visit to Pyongyang
      285 20 Agencies WASHINGTON The last official contact between the United States and North Korea was when Ms Madeleine Albright, the former US secretary of state, visited Pyongyang in October 2000. But the two-year deadlock on US-North Korean dialogue will be broken today when
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      Lock icon Deaths will not cloud N Korea, Japan talks
      151 20 Agencies TOKYO Although unhappy with North Korea's explanation for the deaths of the abducted Japanese, Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi said he will press ahead with plans to improve ties. Angry family members rejected the report by a Japanese fact-finding mission and demanded
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      Lock icon Three die in suicide ritual, cult leader held
      123 20 Agencies PHNOM PENH The leader of an extremist Buddhist cult was detained after three followers burnt themselves to death in bathtubs filled with petrol on Sunday and three others suffered multiple stab wounds. Dem Mam, 54, who was said to have led
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        Cherished traditions
        1005 21  -  Chan Seet Fun Nuptial customs make the big day memorable KING and queen for a day that's how a couple is treated on their wedding day in the Malay community and indeed in other communities too. Some of these temporary royals revel in the red carpet treatment. Others
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        3 great reasons to visit the SHM
        181 21 A Wedding Fiesta: Bells, Bouquets and I Banquets The museum will present a one-day wedding fiesta, Bells, Bouquets Banquets, on October 6 from 1 1 am to Bpm. Witness the re-enactment of a traditional Jewish wedding, learn how and why a Peranakan bride's
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      Lock icon 'Companion' plan
      302 22 Agencies Iraq wants Indon help in monitoring UN inspectors JAKARTA Baghdad has proposed that Indonesia play a role in setting up a "companion team" to monitor United Nations weapons inspectors should they re-enter Iraq. Indonesian Foreign Minister Hassan Wirajuda revealed the proposal after President Megawati Sukarnoputri met Iraqi
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      Lock icon Boot for 20
      115 22 Agencies MEDAN (Indonesia) Twenty soldiers from a crack airborne unit were dishonourably discharged by Indonesia's army chief yesterday for their involvement in the attacks on two police posts on Sunday and Monday. "You've acted out of control. You've acted with arrogance. You've acted like thugs You have
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      Royal nod for reforms
      151 22 BANGKOK Amidst much criticism and controversy, the much-anticipated reforms which will completely restructure Thailand's bureaucracy were unveiled yesterday after getting royal assent. The reforms which are intended to streamline government affairs and reduce red tape saw the creation of six new ministries, bringing the number to
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      Lock icon Luxury liner on fire
      74 22 Agencies Fireboats spraying water onto the Diamond Princess to extinguish afire on the luxury liner which is being built in Nagasaki, southern Japan, yesterday. About 1,000 workers were on board when the blaze broke out on Tuesday evening but all escaped safely. The vessel is being
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      Danger, water rising
      138 22 BANGKOK Millions of sandbags have been packed around the Thai capital as barriers against the threatening flood waters. More than 100 people have died from severe flooding in the country's provinces since August and the Chao Phraya River, which runs through the capital, is steadily rising. Deputy
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      Lock icon Democrats may lose edge in Senate as scandal hits US politician
      247 23 Reuters TRENTON (New Jersey) The one-seat majority held by the Democrats in the United States Senate is looking precarious as a scandal-tainted senator resigned ahead of November's congressional elections. Lawyers for the Democrats are to argue to the New
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      Lock icon Jerusalem outrage
      296 24 Agencies Arabs protest US law recognising city as Israel's capital RAMALLAH Arab and Muslim anger is growing over a controversial new United States law which names Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. On Tuesday, US President George W Bush signed into law the 2003 Foreign Relations Authorization Act
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      Lock icon India slams Pakistan as the new'epicentre of terrorism'
      177 24 Agencies NEW DELHI After a day of violent attacks by militant rebels in Kashmir, India hit out at Pakistan on Tuesday, calling it a cradle of global terrorism. Hawkish Deputy Prime Minister Lai Krishna Advani led the attack, saying: "I want the
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      Lock icon Modified food? No, thanks
      139 24 Agencies LUANDA The prospect of severe food shortages did not translate into an open-armed welcome for genetically modified (GM) foods for six South African countries. Zimbabwe, Zambia, Malawi, Mozambique, Lesotho and Swaziland said yesterday that they wanted further clarification from the World Health Organisation on the
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      Lock icon Not enough
      316 25 Reuters China must do more on rights, says US WASHINGTON A new United States watchdog commission yesterday called on the US to play an active role in improving human rights in China by speaking out at the highest level. In its first report, the US Congressional-Executive Commission on
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      Lock icon In the wake of a tragedy ...
      131 25 In the wake of a tragedy Agencies DAKAR Senegal's defence and transport ministers resigned yesterday after a ferry capsized last week, causing nearly 1,000 deaths in one of the world's worst maritime accidents. Rescuers recovered 64 survivors from among the 1,034 people onboard the Joola, which was carrying twice as
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      Lock icon Aids extends its deadly grip
      121 25 -AFP WASHINGTON The Aids epidemic will affect up to 110 million people in Africa, Russia, India and China by 2010, according to the US intelligence community. Combating the disease may be complicated by the proliferation of drug-resistant strains of the Aids virus, the National Intelligence
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  • COMMENTARY
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      749 26  -  Shatrughan Yadav and what it can do to an organisation or a country I HAVE spoken to many people to understand what ordinary people can do to respond to the current economic reality. Some have come to terms with it, made their choices and moved on. Others
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      546 26 The Sun KUALA LUMPUR It is hard going for Puteri Umno pro tern leader Azalina Othman Said (picture), according to her friends. She is facing a stiff challenge for the leadership but she is soldiering on to fulfil what she
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  • UPFRONT
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      147 28 AFP HONG KONG Pop star Nicholas Tse (picture) was remanded in jail after being found guilty of charges of perverting the course of justice in connection with a car crash in March. Tse, 22, and police constable Lau Chi-wai, 28, were both found guilty of allowing
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      589 28  -  Tang Li ...is a fresh commitment to gender equality IT'S a common myth that women are more mature than men. From personal experience, the woman that inspired me most was six years older and had the capacity to hold down a career and a conversation. Here
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      Power PDA
      528 30  -  Roger Hibbert with rechargeable, replaceable batteries SONY'S Palm-based Clie PEG-SJ3O has a lot to offer users who are looking for an expandable colour PDA. The SJ3O uses the standard Palm OS 4.1 but adds a few flourishes to the basic theme: A high-resolution colour screen, 16MB of RAM,
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  • LIMELIGHT
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      592 31  -  Gillian Wong He's sexy and suave, but this MWVJ says he's HE may be blessed with a gorgeous face and a sexy body that sets many a-swooning, but MTV VJ Utt reveals that in one of the scenes in the sitcom Oh Carol!, he is replaced by horror
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      Bollywood's bad boy
      698 36  -  Shanoo Maharaj Outrageous behaviour threatens to doom Salman Khan's career by news@newsto day. com. sg HE'S one of India's biggest movie stars. But these days he's more famous onscreen for taking off his shirt in every other scene to show off his clean-shaven 42-inch chest He's also
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  • LIVINGLEARNING
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      507 32  -  Jenny Kong FROM this month, the L plate will no longer be just a sign for those learning to drive. It will also be a symbol that represents lifelong learning, something that everyone should don with pride. The L plate has been selected
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      227 32 HAVE you always wanted a recording studio in the comfort of your home but don't know how to go about setting one up? Or, do you wish that you could design your own computer games but are clueless about where to start? Fret
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      Chartered accountancy course at a discount
      296 32  -  Hannah Teoh CHARTWELL Business School offers an internationally-recog-nised chartered accountancy degree programme. The Open Polytechnic of New Zealand, one of the largest tertiary institutions there, administers the programme through online lecture notes, while Chartwell Business School provides the tutorials during twice-weekly classroom sessions. Upon
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      163 33 The Learning Web Activities 19 Oct -24 Nov Industry Learning Tours 19 Oct -24 Nov Learning Expo 1- 3 Nov Singapore Learning Symposium 6& 7 Nov **^m. I fc^^ -3m. V^^^^^^k l^r |v?(p'^t ~a 1 L-^ |V Learn and discover new career options at Singapore Learning Festival 2002. Embark on
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      701 34  - Inside that brown shell Katrina Karim Eggs are big on taste and nutrition ONCE upon a time, it was believed that the world was hatched from an enormous egg. The egg was cracked and divided by the gods to create heaven and earth. Eggs are rich in symbolism. The egg
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  • BEAUTYSPECIAL
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      272 35  -  -Pearlyn Tham IF you thought that dieting will give you a supermodel's figure, then you should start worrying about the harm that it will do to your hair. A poor diet causes hair problems and affects hair quality. As a result, the body will not receive
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      Sweet secrets
      430 35  -  Pearlyn Tham by pearlyn@newstoday.com.sg YOU would never have guessed that Candy Ng (left) used to sport short spiky hair. During her teens, the 25-year-old fashioned her hair in a "punkish" style and dyed it red to emulate her idol, Hong Kong pop singer, Sammi Cheng. The flamboyant singer
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      224 36 Happenings THEATRE Squeeze And Squeezability Squeeze and Squeezability is a new collection of six bite-sized plays by some of the most celebrated playwrights. The works to be performed in this series include Trying to Find Chinatown by David Henry Hwang and MRT by Desmond Sim. Date: Till Saturday Time: 3pm,
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      Close to women's hearts
      181 37  -  Pearlyn Tham \7'OU wear it near X your heart for a cause that's close to the hearts of women all over the world. The limited edition Breast Cancer Foundation (BCF) pendant from TianPo Jewellery (picture) is part of the jewellery chain's efforts to help promote greater
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      Who has the healthiest hair?
      223 37  -  Peariyn Tham OVER one week, we held selection rounds for the finalists of the "Most Healthy Hair" contest organised by Yun Nam Hair Care. With the help of a hair analyst from Yun Nam Hair Care, we found that beauty is indeed skin deep or
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      Freckles — love them or hate them, show them or fake them!
      516 37  - Freckles love them or hate them, show them or fake them! Toh King Yu, Miss Ever Soft I ONCE had a classmate who had cute freckles running across her nose. We always thought that her freckles made her look adorable but she would cover her face in shame each time
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      Not the butler
      652 38  -  Yong Shu Chiang Expect the unexpected from this whodunit FILM REVIEW 8 Women/8 Femmes IN A murder mystery, whenever a dead body is found in a mansion, suspicion immediately falls on the butler. It's traditional, just like the convention that something say, a locked gate will trap
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      234 38 Reuters/Variety NEW YORK Val Kilmer will play late porn king John Holmes in Wonderland, a film about the 1981 involvement of Holmes and his teenage lover in a quadruple homicide. The film's producers and Lions Gate Films, which will distributed Wonderland in North
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      A brave tale
      475 39  -  David Ngiau Sailors' courage good enough FILM REVIEW K-19:TheWidowmaker BASED on the real-life story of Russian submariners racing to avert a nuclear meltdown at sea, K-19: The Widowmaker is a riveting experience. Once the crisis begins, you won't want to leave your seat, not even if you
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      543 42 Bio-Herbalogy Hair Series Advertising Feature 83% Of females say Some people who want to take care of their hair think they must use strong hair care I^^ B^^ I I and hair growth products. But they can cause !1 I M£J C? C I^Mfc^Mfcß« C (tm IMM hair loss instead.
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  • SPORTS
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      Lock icon EPL coaches to hold football clinics here
      465 43  -  Stanley Ho Liverpool, Everton and West Ham to scout for talent Today Exclusive IT IS the dream of every budding footballer to play in the English Premier League (EPL). Now, thanks to a commercial venture between a Singapore-based company and three EPL clubs
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      Lock icon Lawrie cried after Ryder Cup win
      273 43 Reuters ST ANDREWS Scotland's Paul Lawrie, who defends his Dunhill Links Championship title this week, said that he was in tears as Europe surged to victory over the United States in the 34th Ryder Cup at The Belfry on Sunday. The former British Open
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      Jaydeep still leads
      201 43  -  HE SHOT over par, but India's Jaydeep Patwardhan retained the lead at the 55th Singapore Open Amateur Championship after two rounds yesterday. At the Tanah Merah Country Club's Tampines Course, Jaydeep returned a two-over-par total of 74, giving him 143 overall. Despite the heat and humidity, Jaydeep,
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      Soccer fever on Channel 5
      122 43 MEDIACORP TV, which brought viewers the World Cup, Commonwealth Games, and the ongoing Asian Games, is treating Singaporeans to more European soccer. From Oct 2002 to May 2004, viewers can catch a total of 16 Euro 2004 qualifiers and 12 international friendly matches involving European
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      Winning start
      73 43 THE Netball Singapore under-21 team got off to a winning start at the Asian Youth Championship yesterday, beating Group B rival Thailand 64-29. Delighted U-21 coach Grace Chew said: "We proved to be stronger as the game progressed. However, we must still work on our ball-handling skills and
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      Warning
      44 43 LONDON West Ham striker Paolo di Canio escaped with a warning from the Football Association (FA) yesterday, following his goal celebrations against Chelsea last week. After scoring, he celebrated in front of the home fans, a move that could have incited crowd trouble.
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      602 44 Agencies After a great night in Europe, United's confidence is back MANCHESTER Arsenal's scintillating start to the season has sent Shockwaves reverberating around Europe. But Manchester United boss Alex Ferguson is not about to admit that the form of his Premiership arch-rival is causing anyone
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      Lock icon British footballers are square-footed, says Maradona
      215 44 -AFP LONDON Argentine football legend Diego Maradona fired the latest shot in his perpetual battle with British footballers when he accused them of being "squarefooted" yesterday. The 41-year-old hero of Argentina's 1986 World Cup triumph predicted in The Sun that Liverpool would be hammered
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        456 46 AFP X .m\ ..L«lSifc--Hjl Champions League Liverpool 5 Spartak Moscow 0 Liverpool moves to second in Group B LIVERPOOL Liverpool got its Champions League campaign back on the road this morning with a clinical 5-0 win over group B whipping boys Spartak Moscow. After a defeat in
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        478 46 AFP PARIS Arsenal and Valencia, champions of England and Spain respectively, all but booked their passages to the second phase of the Champions League, both recording their third win in as many outings. Arsenal won 1-0 at French side Auxerre with Brazilian Gilberto Silva on
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        409 46 Reuters LONDON Premier league sides Bolton Wanderers and West Bromwich Albion suffered League Cup humiliation this morning, beaten in the second round by third division Bury and second division Wigan Athletic respectively. Colin Woodthorpe's 48th-minute goal for Bury gave it a 1-0 win at under-strength
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      Lock icon Jos: I'm still in the game
      479 47  -  Kelvin Phang Swim queen wins Singapore's first medal FOR EIGHT years, Singapore waited for an Asian Games swimming medal. During that time, many doubted whether golden girl Joscelin Yeo, a winner of 28 SEA Games gold medals, could produce again at the Asian level.
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      344 47  -  Kelvin Phang SINGAPORE'S female paddlers boosted their chances of reaching the semi-finals after their second win in the group stage yesterday. Although the women's team lost 0-3 to China earlier in the day, it thrashed host South Korea 3-0 to add to Monday's win over Hong
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      Lock icon Paes and Bhupathi reunite
      85 47 -AFP BUSAN India's Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi, three-time Grand Slam men's doubles champions who split as partners earlier this year, will reunite at the Asian Games tennis tournament India defeated East Timor 3-0 yesterday. Bhupathi played alongside Sunil Sipaeya in doubles after Paes and Rohan
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      Lock icon Malaysians test positive
      87 47 Reuters BUSAN Three Malaysian sepak takraw players were sent home yesterday after testing positive for morphine in the first doping case of the Busan Asian games, a senior Malaysian sports official said. The three Malaysians Mohamed Haniff Azaman, Mohamed Aznan Raslan and Mohamed Firdaus Ghani were disqualified
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      Lock icon Kitajima breaks world record and vows to get faster
      449 47 Reuters BUSAN Japan's Kosuke Kitajima (picture) broke the oldest long-course world record in men's swimming when he clocked two minutes, 9.97 seconds to win the men's 200 metres breaststroke at the Asian Games yesterday. The 20-year-old, who also won gold in
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