Today, 15 January 2003, Afternoon Edition

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    14 1 TODAY We (1 II c S (1 ay January 15, 2003 MITA (P) 002/11/2002
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  • AFTERNOON EDITION
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      Boost for science
      324 1 New research facility to become focal point of biomedical R&D SINGAPORE'S push to become a biomedical science hub has marked another milestone with Biopolis, a state of the art research facility that will be ready for operation in July. Speaking at the Biopolis topping out ceremony this
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      The four factors of the Navy ship collision
      613 1 FUNERALS have been held for three brave women. The search for the fourth has been abandoned. And while investigators are trying to establish exactly how a lumbering commercial ship took an agile, well-equipped navy vessel by surprise, this newspaper speaks to a
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      Lock icon Stocks rise
      138 1 Reuters NEW YORK Stocks posted slim gains yesterday as an upbeat forecast lifted North American telecommunications equipment makers and investors awaited a batch of corporate results this week for a better look ahead. Lackluster retail sales data for December dampened the mood on Wall Street and fanned concerns
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  • HOT NEWS
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      Lock icon Guess who's buying now?
      431 2  -  Tor Ching Li by chingli@newstoday.com.sg EVERY so often we hear of Singapore Inc parading its trophies clinched from its latest overseas shopping spree the most recent being the acquisition of Indosat (Indonesia Satellite Corp), the country's second-largest telecommunications operator. However, the ongoing economic lull has seen
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    • AFTERNOON EDITION
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        Lock icon High-profile monsters?
        332 3 Townshend granted bail as UK police net closes in on online paedophiles LONDON The arrest of rock legend Pete Townshend (picture) may be just tip of the iceberg with reports saying that more high profile arrests are likely to be made in connection with Internet child pornography, the
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        Lock icon Bush 'sick and tired' of Iraqi tricks
        231 3 Reuters WASHINGTON President George W Bush said yesterday he was "sick and tired" of Iraq's deception over its suspected weapons of mass destruction and warned time was running out for Baghdad to comply with UN demands to disarm. With UN weapons inspectors saying
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      No 3G delay: IDA
      457 4  -  Chan Chao Peh Regulator rejects requests by telcos to move deadline by chaopeh@newstoday.com.sg FOR the second time in six months, regulator Infocomm Development Authority (IDA) has publicly turned down a request by Sing Tel and Star Hub to allow a delay in the deployment of their
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    • Article
      Aft portion of navy ship lifted
      117 4 AFTER more than a week, the stubborn aft portion of the RSS Courageous was lifted from the seabed of the South China Sea at 8.14 last night. The Ministry of Defence (Mindef) said in a statement that efforts were in progress to see if
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    • Article
      Chingay to revive Chinatown
      339 4  -  Chen Sze Kai FOR 30 years, the Chingay parade, a celebration of Chinese New Year, has inexplicably avoided the traditional heart of Chinese culture here: Chinatown. But that is all set to change as the construction work near the Padang will force this year's parade on
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      Give feedback, get paid
      400 5  -  Sarah Chua Pasir Ris-Punggol GRC offers cash for cost-saving suggestions by 3arah@newsto day. com. sg RESIDENTS of Pasir Ris-Punggol GRC have been issued a formidable challenge to help the town council cut costs. However, acknowledging that nothing comes for free, the Pasir RisPunggol Town Council and
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      Wholesale centre to get revamp
      191 5  -  Alvin Toh A WHOLESALE centre is remaking itself into a one-stop marketplace venue for the Chinese New Year season. To mark the revamp, the Victoria Street Wholesale Centre Merchants Association, which specialises in dry goods and food items, last night held a light-up ceremony and
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      Tilting of local building sparks fears
      195 5 OFFICE-GOERS at Church Street were worried when they noticed that a building going up on the street was tilting. The $320-million, 30-storey office building at No 3, Church Street, is being closely monitored by building authorities, according to a Business Times report yesterday. The
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      21 4 "Success is nothing more than a few simple disciplines, practised every day." Jim Rohn At PsB Academy, itri about your success.
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  • HOME NEWS
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      On contract
      423 7  -  Tan Hui Leng New job links for union workers by huileng@newstoday.com.sg IN THESE times of need, even contract work is not to be sniffed at not when it brings home the dough. "We have noticed the trend that employers are increasingly hiring on a seasonal basis because of
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      Unbelievable, unreal, untrue
      339 7  -  Joy Frances IT WAS a deal that seemed too good to be true. A $3,854 HP printer had a $66 price tag on two shopping websites Digilandmall.com and Buy.hp.com.sg and many surfers were quick to jump at the offer. Some 4,000 orders were subsequently placed for the
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      Lock icon Rediscover the hidden places
      81 7 Newsßadio 93.8 Rediscover Singapore is a unique guide for explorers, launched by the Urban Redevelopment Board (URA). The guide book highlights various interesting places around Singapore. From historic Katong to rustic Lim Chu Kang farms, the guide covers many uniquely Singaporean locales, with tips on how
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      Don't forget us
      292 8  -  Leong Sze Hian Banks should cut private housing rates, too I REFER to your reports, "Home loan war hots up" (Today, Jan 9), "Maybank, UOB home loan salvos" (Today, Jan 8), "POSBank housing loan offer" (Today, Jan 6) and "Home loans frenzy" (Today, Jan 3). Competition among
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      Don't release pets into parks
      144 8  -  Lee Pin Pin WE REFER to your report, "Tina's going free" (Weekend Today, Jan 11-12). The author is correct in saying that pets require a long-term commitment and deserve care and love. But National Parks Board (NParks) would like to emphasise that animals should not
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      It's for a good cause but not worth the risk
      285 8  -  Michael Loh Yik Ming THE $5 million raised during the Ren Ci Charity Show is a credit to the performers as well as to Singaporeans. But as I was reading reports on the show, what struck me most was the
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  • BUSINESS NEWS
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      Japan exit
      199 10 Manufacturer moves out of Spore THE Japan External Trade Organisation (Jetro) said it expects more Japanese firms to move their manufacturing plants out of Singapore to lower-cost countries. Nichicon, which makes capacitors for home appliances, is one of them. The manufacturer had planned to expand its Ang Mo
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    • Market Watch
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        Singapore
        108 10 The STI stretched itself for the fifth consecutive day of gains, adding 15.32 points to 1401.37, led by advances in banks and conglomerates. Volume was 651 million shares, with a value of $464 million. Reed Group shares topped the actives list, rising half a cent to four cents. Attracting
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        World markets
        55 10 Index Value Change Pis Nikkei 225 8553.06 82.61 0.98 Hang Seng All Ordinaries Taiwan Wtd 9796.31 3049.00 4992.42 -37.77 6.50 1.16 -0.38 0.21 0.02 Korea Comp SET Index 650.05 373.33 1.99 9.28 0.31 2.55 Jakarta Comp Phils Comp Shenzen B 407.18 1061.33 442.07 10.95 6.28 19.52 2.76 0.60
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        Your S$l buys
        36 10 us$ UK£ Yen HK$ RM Euro Rupiah Baht 0.***** 0.***** 68.3686 4.***** 2.***** 0.***** 5118.99 24.5954 Peso A$ Indian Rs Won C$ Yuan NZ$ NTS 30.8034 0.***** 27.6457 678.955 0.***** 4.7766 1.***** 19.9189
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        Commodities
        14 10 Gold uss/oz 355.100 Silver uss/oi 4.828 Platinum uss/oz 610.200 Brent crude uss/barrel 32.260
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        Straits Times Index Intra-day Chart
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        SGX most active
        57 10 By volume Jan 14 Reed DMXTech Chartered SingTel DatacrftUSS Citiraya Pac Cent Ipco Digiland NWTech Close 0.040 0.310 0.885 1.350 0.800 0.510 0.335 0.080 0.125 0.175 Change +0.005 +0.025 -0.005 +0.050 +0.015 +0.015 +0.005 -0.005 +14.3 +8.8 -0.6 +3.8 +1.9 +3.0 +4.2 -2.8 '000 101,110 54,652 37,685
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        SGX top rises
        83 10 By$ Jan 14 Close Change DBS Bk 6% NCPS *****.300 +0.700 By percentage Jan 14 SLKN Close Change 0.040 +0.025 SPH 19.400 +0.400 L&M 0.010 +0.005 SPH100 19.400 +0.400 GulTechW*****7 0.040 +0.015 DBS 11.700 +0.300 Shang Asia 2kHKS 5.500 +0.300 Thai Prime200USS 5.000 +0.280 UOB 12.000 +0.200
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        SGX top falls
        83 10 By$ Jan 14 Wepco 500 C&C GreatEast JMH 400USS Close Change 0.180 -0.315 3.500 -0.100 9.100 -0.100 6.100 -0.100 By percentage Jan 14 Wepco 500 Vicplas W*****9 TyeSoon SeeHS Close Change 0.180 -0.315 0.015 -0.005 0.080 -0.020 0.025 -0.005 Venture 14.200 -0.100 Liang Huat 0.030 -0.005 CITYDEV
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      Lock icon M1 earnings rise
      278 12 -AFP Phone firm likely to post profits of at least $119 m TELECOM operator Mobile One (Ml) is expected to post a rise in earnings for last year, lifted by the provision of international direct dialling (IDD) services to its subscribers, industry analysts said. The island's second-biggest
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      Lock icon C&W makes $120m on M1
      83 15 Bloomberg LONDON Cable Wireless Pic said it received $120 million from selling part of its stake in Ml. Great Eastern Telecommunications, which is 51 per cent owned by the UK supplier of voice and data services, sold 60 per cent of its stake in Mobile
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      Lock icon Seal of approval
      221 15 Bloomberg Citibank, HSBC, Stanchart given custodian bank status BEIJING Citibank, HSBC Holdings and Standard Chartered have won approval from China's central bank to offer custodial services for overseas investors buying local-currency stock. Six local Chinese banks were also awarded the licences, including the Industrial and Commercial Bank
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      Lock icon China's Three Gorges Dam plans $7.3b share issue
      400 15 Bloomberg BEIJING The owner of Three Gorges Dam, the world's largest hydropower project, plans to sell 35 billion yuan ($7.3 billion) worth of shares over seven years, China's biggest attempt to fund a state project on the stock market China Yangtze Power
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      Oei to say no to 98 Holdings' offer?
      141 15 INDONESIAN tycoon Oei Hong Leong is likely to reject the offer by 98 Holdings for his stake in Nat Steel, reported The Straits Times TV yesterday night. Mr Oei, who holds a 29.9 per cent stake in the company, was said to
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      Lock icon Tops in the region
      299 17 Reuters Indonesia offered highest returns to funds last year HONG KONG Mutual fund investors in Asia got the best returns from Indonesia last year, with an average gain of 37.9 per cent Funds investing in Thailand came in second, handing year-on-year returns of 19.7 per cent
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      Lock icon US toy firm files for bankruptcy
      267 17 -AFP PENNSYLVANIA FAO, the parent company of US toy shop FAO Schwarz, said it has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection with a court in Delaware. The move follows recent restructuring efforts by the company in a bid to cut costs, including the closure
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      CEOs upbeat about American economy
      144 17 US CHIEF executives were more confident about the US economy in the fourth quarter of last year, but not enough to fuel growth or create jobs, the Conference Board reported. The Board's business confidence index rose to 58 in the fourth quarter from 54 in
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      Sing Post eyes $250m loan
      92 17 SINGAPORE Post is reportedly looking to raise a syndicated loan of up to $250 million to improve its structure ahead of a possible listing. Reuters newswires quoted banking sources as saying Sing Post had sought indicative proposals from a group of banks. Sing Post's parent
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      Lock icon CNN head quits
      619 18 Reuters Tm not a natural-born TV executive': Isaacson NEW YORK Mr Walter Isaacson (illustration), the head of CNN, stepped down on Monday, 18 months after taking the job to restore the pioneering all-news network's ratings dominance that it lost to upstart Fox News. The news chief's resignation
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  • BUSINESS NEWS/HDB HOME LOAN SPECIAL
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      For the first-time buyer
      285 20 I HelpLine Question: I am interested in purchasing an HDBflat. I am a first-time buyer. Do I qualify for an HDB concessionary interest rate mortgage loan? How does it differ from an HDB marketrate loan? Answer: As a first-time buyer, you qualify for a concessionary loan
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      BACK TO BASICS
      633 20  -  Lee Yew Meng by yewmeng@newstoday.com.sg THE four-room flat has proved to be the most popular on the HDB resale market for good reason. One out of every two resale HDB transactions last year involved a four-room unit which is, by and large, the most practical to own
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      THE RIGHT PACKAGE?
      935 22 IT'S a surprising phenomenon that when it comes to bank loans, many borrowers spend less time on comparing the products than when they are shopping for their best clothes. But the consequences are far more serious, since a bank loan is a large liability and will linger
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  • WORLD NEWS
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      New arrests in Bali blast probe
      203 27 JAKARTA Indonesian police have arrested two more Bali bomb suspects, including the man they say parked the mini van that exploded and killed at least 190 people, the head of the investigating team said yesterday. Mr I Made Mangku Pastika told the local El
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      Lock icon No 2 no more
      324 27 -AFP ieberman to vie for US presidency STAMFORD (Connecticut) Mr Joseph Lieberman, the running mate for Mr Al Gore in the 2000 presidential election, yesterday declared himself as a candidate for President, warning that "the American Dream is in jeopardy". But before he can run against
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      Lock icon Aussies in a fix over man named Jihad
      174 27 -AFP SYDNEY Australia is in a dilemma over what to do about former taxi driver Jack Thomas, 29, who has been detained in Pakistan on suspicion of being linked to the Al Qaeda terrorist network. The Melbourne-born-and-raised Muslim convert, who changed his
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      Lock icon Koizumi's surprise visit
      65 29 AFP photo A shinto priest (right) leading Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi (left) at the Yasukuni shrine in Tokyo yesterday. Mr Koizumi paid a surprise visit to the controversial shrine which is dedicated to the nation's war dead, including convicted war criminals. Mr Koizumi, known for his
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      Lock icon Turnout light
      210 29 Reuters It's Saudis, Pakistanis turn now MIAMI Thousands of Saudi Arabian and Pakistani citizens in the United States have until Feb 21 to register under a rule implemented to track foreigners. But the turnout was light on the first day of registration yesterday. Government officials estimated that about
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      The Environment of e-Learning
      770 29  -  Dr. Donald Babcock ADVERTORIAL by Universitas 21 Global Academic Provost Experience is a powerful teacher, and we all rely on our experiences as we approach the unfamiliar. We look for similarities to things we already know so that we can understand the new thing more easily.
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      Lock icon The cloves have landed
      242 31 Agencies International officials gather to defuse Pyongyang threat SEOUL Australian, American and United Nations officials are congregating on the Korean peninsula in a bid to seek a diplomatic end to the North Korean nuclear crisis. The top US envoy for Asia, Mr James Kelly, was in
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      Lock icon Dead fish tell no tales
      313 31 Agencies SYDNEY An international investigation is underway to uncover the mystery of a ghost ship full of rotting fish but no crew or life rafts which was found drifting off the remote northwest coast of Australia, reports said yesterday. The High Aim 6, a 20-metre
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      760 32  -  Dr Eric Teo ■HI HH WM by eric@newstoday.com.sg IN the past two years in particular, there has been a notable rise of East Asian cinema, which has taken the world by storm. Despite a relative decline in the Hong Kong movie industry and the consequent migration of leading
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      570 33  -  Yong Shu Chiang Contest winners' scripts hit the small screen by shuchiang@newstoday.com.sg WHEN the television series Blueprint made its debut recently, it featured familiar faces in its first hour-long episode. Probably the most recognisable among the cast for Ceciliation, which aired on Jan 3, was DJ and
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      350 33 -AFP STOCKHOLM Chased off the streets by a 1999 law that made it illegal to buy sexual services, Sweden's prostitutes are turning to the Internet to attract clients, a recent government study found. Mostly free, with unrestricted access, Websites are on their way to
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      361 34 Reuters/Variety But winners Ashanti, Crow attended the American Music Awards LOS ANGELES Rapper Eminem bagged four prizes at the American Music Awards on Monday, but was one of sev- I eral winners who did not turn up at the event Other no-shows included country trio the
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      134 34 Reuters LONDON Eminem (picture) was pitted against Bruce Springsteen in an intriguing pop clash of the generations on Monday as Britain's record industry announced the nominations for their annual awards. The all-conquering Bad Boy of Rap, who has topped both the
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      375 36  -  Chen Sze Kai New Taiwanese boyband all the rage here by szekai@newstoday.com.sg MOVE over F4, here comes red-hot Taiwanese boyband 5566. The stars of teen-idol drama, My MVP Valentine, and hosts of Showbiz 111 were in town over the weekend for a whirlwind tour of
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      387 38  -  Neil Humphreys But the command doesn't apply to Billy Crystal himself, as Neil Humphreys finds out while by in New York City neil@newstoday.com.sg WHEN Billy Crystal and Robert De Niro filmed their robbery scenes in New York in the early hours, they were shocked to see
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      715 39 firing off questions at the comic extraordinaire in NYC Such criticisms are rather harsh and generally unwarranted. Besides, they are not likely to deter Crystal, who was born into the world of entertainment His family owned the legendary Commodore record label and Crystal grew up surrounded by jazz
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      228 39 Well, he seemed so nice when we started dating Agencies QEAN Perm, Madonna's O ex-husband and the guy who infamously-assaulted a paparazzi in the mid-80s, was used by Saddam Hussein? That's what the actor claimed recently on CNN talkshow Larry King Live last Sunday. Perm, 42, had visited Iraq last
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      281 40 Reuters/Variety MILAN Sharon Stone (picture), who shot to stardom in Basic Instinct, is revelling in her return to Hollywood following her recovery from a lifethreatening brain aneurysm that jerked her out of the limelight Stone, often voted one of Hollywood's sexiest stars, is now back
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      306 40 Reuters/Variety Teen comedy leads a field of Oscar hopefuls HOLLYWOOD Amid all the Oscar hopefuls currently in release, all hoping for nominations come Valentine's Day, a teen romantic comedy honeymooned on top of the box office in its first weekend in cinemas. Over the three-day weekend, North American
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      178 40 And the juggernaut rumbles on Reuters/Variety PARIS France's film industry, which had a record year in 2001, saw its first dip in cinema entries in seven years last year, and its films lost ground to Hollywood, France's national cinema council (CNC) said on Monday. Box office entries slipped 0.4 per
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      45 41 The Comedy is Back with Bigger Laughs "A killer comedy sequel... you'll die laughing!" Earl Dittman, Wireless Magazine jf "De Niro is even funnier in this one!" wL* irf iTb itb^™ ri~ m^™ ill irirß v j^"^ ■Bn^Kiil 111 il i 1 lllilJlll'iiffiwWKl'Til?niilllßnllnllißl illllMHlliMllißnllllnili]llllll /lllilllilnllllllli'i
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      381 43 AFP HAMILTON India's dismal tour of New Zealand ended in yet another defeat after it was skittled out for 122 in the seventh and final one-day international here yesterday. New Zealand survived early setbacks to scamper home with six wickets in hand, winning the series 5-2 on top
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      Jordan may not star
      219 43 WASHINGTON Basketball superstar Michael Jordan said he would like to see some fresh new faces in the National Basketball Association All-Star Game. The Washington Wizards guard told the Washington Post newspaper that he might not take part in next month's starstudded affair in Atlanta. Jordan is
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        421 44 LONDON Robbie Fowler (picture) unwittingly and reluctantly handed his beloved Liverpool number nine shirt to Nicolas Anelka when he quit Anfield for Leeds United. Anelka was Liverpool's shortterm replacement for the striker the Anfield faithful labelled "God" so a strike partnership made in football heaven missed each
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        376 44 LONDON Romance or revenue? Minor league side Dagenham and Redbridge had them both when it caused a major FA Cup upset this morning, beating second division Plymouth Argyle 2-0 in a third round replay. Danny Shipp's deflected shot gave it a 20th minute lead
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        465 44 LONDON It is a tale sadder than sad, the gradual and painfully public fading away of Paul Gascoigne (picture), the former England superstar. Yesterday, the great Gazza boarded a flight at Heathrow airport for possibly the last port of call of his once-fabulous career
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      822 45 -AFP jKTop seeds Serena, Hewitt hold on just Tennis Australia Open Day three, live today, Ch22, Bam MELBOURNE Top seeds Serena Williams and Lleyton Hewitt were given a savaging by two underdogs at the Australian Open here yesterday before scraping into the second round. World number one
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      498 46  -  Tan Yo-Hinn Frustrated bodybuilding president Chua says no one wants his job by yohinn@newstoday.com.sg HE IS called "The Father of Asian Bodybuilding" by IFBB.com, the sport's official website. He has been Singapore's bodybuilding chief for what is now a quarter of a century. And Paul Chua,
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      403 46 AFP LIVERPOOL Liverpool, without a Premiership win in 11 games, said yesterday former great lan Rush would be joining the Anfield coaching staff to work with the club's strikers. The former Reds' ace hitman will be in Singapore from Jan 17 as a studio
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        316 47  -  Tan Yo-Hinn by yohinn@newstoday.com.sg SINGAPORE'S women bowlers will have some catching up to do if they are to reach the stepladder final of the 35th Singapore International Bowling Open later today. Out of the nine local women that took part in the first block yesterday, none
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        114 47 LONDON Robbie Fowler has agreed personal terms with Manchester City over a £7 million ($19.5 million) move from Leeds United. The striker will undergo a medical today and sign a four-and-a-half year deal if he is given the all clear, reported BBC Sport. City hopes
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