Today, 17 April 2003

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    6 1 TODAY Thursday April 17, 2003 mita(p)002/11/2002
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    How a retail icon faltered
    868 1  -  Ng Boon Yian 0ne.99 Shop goes bust under $3m debt by boonyian@newstoday.com.sg IT was just two months ago that Ms Nanz Chong-Komo, a poster girl of local entrepreneurship, was giving advice to students on how to run a business. But even then, the founder of
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  • HOT NEWS
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      Lock icon Most children back in primary schools
      139 2 ChannelNews Asia ALMOST 93 per cent of 300,000 primary pupils returned to school yesterday, after a three-week enforced break due to Sars. Of the absentees, 103 were students who travelled to Sars-hit areas in the last 10 days. They were told by their schools
      — ChannelNews Asia; Wee Teck Hian  -  139 words
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      Help us survive, say firms
      570 2  -  Derrick A Paulo Call for lower rentals and cheaper gas, electricity, ERP rates by derrick@newstoday.com.sg "DO you know what Sars stands for? Severe Acute Revenue Syndrome," said Mr Edward Tan, director of operations at Metro. Behind the light-heartedness of his comment lies the harsh reality
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      Lock icon Fever sensor at airport
      160 2 Channel NewsAsia SINGAPORE is the first country in the world to use a thermal imaging system at its airport to spot travellers with Sars symptoms. The Government installed the system, called the Infrared Fever Sensing System (picture), or IFSS, which is essentially a large heat detector,
      — Channel NewsAsia  -  160 words
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      SARS UPDATE
      161 2 Five new Sars cases were reported yesterday, including two staff members of the National Cancer Centre (NCC). One of the new cases is that of a female National University Hospital (NUH) doctor who treated a patient that had earlier visited SGH Ward 57. The Ministry of Health says
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      S'pore, Malaysia co-operate to fight Sars
      206 3 MALAYSIA has accepted Singapore's proposal to set up a framework for cooperation in eight areas to better combat the outbreak of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (Sars). At their meeting in Kuala Lumpur, senior officials from both sides also announced the formation of a separate
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      Lock icon Star Cruises goes Down Under
      420 3  -  Chan Chao Peh Sars forces Virgo and Leo to seek new markets by chaop eh@newsto day. com. sg MALAYSIAN cruise operator Star Cruises is redeploying its two Asia-based luxury cruise ships to Australia, following worsening business conditions caused by the region-wide outbreak of Sars. Singapore-based
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      Lock icon US grasping for a reason
      343 4 Agencies Seeks to justify war with arrest of PLF chief WASHINGTON With no chemical weapons in sight in Iraq, the US yesterday tried to gain vindication for the war by trumpeting the capture of a veteran Palestinian guerrilla leader in Baghdad. It said the detention
      – Agencies  -  343 words
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      Lock icon Iraqi boy treated after high-profile campaign
      319 4 Agencies KUWAIT After being injured by US bombing, Ali Ismaeel Abbas, 12, has become one of the most enduring faces from the war on Iraq. Badly burned and having lost his arms and his parents and other relatives during a bombing raid on Baghdad,
      – Agencies; Reuters photo  -  319 words
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      Lock icon Eager to repair ties with US
      293 4 Agencies BERLIN They couldn't prevent the war, but that hasn't stopped France, Russia and Germany from staking their claims to a role in shaping, and profiting from, the new Iraq. Even before the fighting stopped, the European powers were moving to improve ties with
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      YESTERDAY'S DEVELOPMENTS
      102 4 Nato agreed to begin withdrawing forces from Turkey, deployed there to boost defences during the war. Iran's President Mohammad Khatami called on the US to stop threatening Syria but said a US military attack on Iraq's western neighbour was unlikely. A US military official said Marines raided the
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      Lock icon Sony rejects 'shock' tactic
      109 4 AFP TOKYO Sony has abandoned a bid to cash in on the war on Iraq, withdrawing an application to register "Shock and Awe" as a trademark for the title of a future video game. We concluded that "the action was inappropriate and lacked consideration", said a
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      When are you critically ill?
      535 6  -  Francis Kan New definitions may make it more difficult to file insurance claims by francis@newstoday.com.sg A DEBATE has sprung up among medical practitioners over the upcoming introduction of new definitions for critical illnesses that are covered by insurance policies here. A critical illness plan pays
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      AirAsia bucks the trend
      230 6 WHILE many Asian airlines are cutting capacity and trimming staff and operations, Malaysia's AirAsia is on an expansion drive. Asia's first "low-fares-no-frills" airline is spreading its wings regionally next year. It has secured landing rights in Thailand and Indonesia. But, it is likely to go it
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      Lightning halts MRT service
      106 6 THE MRT service between Yio Chu Kang and Sembawang stations came to a standstill yesterday morning, after lightning struck equipment along the tracks. Eight point machines, which allow trains to switch from one track to another, were affected when the lightning hit at about Bam. In
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      Lock icon Robbery suspect arrested near his home
      143 6 Channel NewsAsia THE MAN who attempted to rob a branch of Hong Leong Finance on Tuesday will be charged in court today. Police said they believed the man tried to rob the Hong Leong Finance branch at Block 45, Holland Drive with a toy
      – Channel NewsAsia  -  143 words
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      Lock icon Tears behind the glitter
      1094 9  -  Chan Seet Fun Charity work doesn't end offscreen for Sharon by news@newstoday.com.sg MEDIACORP artiste Sharon Au (picture) has been a familiar face on the annual National Kidney Foundation (NKF) Charity Show, now into its 10th year. Sharon has been hosting the show since 1996, the year
      WEE TECKHIAN; WONG KHING CHONG  -  1,094 words
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      Reckless move
      202 10  -  Jeffrey Law Lee Beng Visitors to Sars-hit areas endanger fellow students I WAS disappointed after seeing a report on Channel NewsAsia that 175 secondary school students had visited Sars-affected countries during the 10-day school closure. Such an irresponsible act not only endangers their lives, as they may have
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      Time for public to help fund Sars research
      131 10  -  Thomas Goh IT IS heart-warming to see the outpouring of support for healthcare professionals in newspapers and on TV and radio. These signs of support, including the setting up of the Courage Fund, show Singaporeans at their best. Perhaps it is time
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      Improved dialogue needed at NUS
      233 10  -  Ho Guang Fu I WOULD like to respond to the letter by Mr S Ramamirtham, "Are NUS students not prepared for examinations?" (Weekend Today, April 12-13). The point of contention was not the refusal to postpone the exams but the way in which the decision
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      Quiet, old, a little run-down but River Valley pool is a charming asset
      160 12  -  Michael Dwyer ON TUESDAY, I visited the River Valley Swimming Complex only to find locked gates and a notice stating that it is permanently closed. The swimming complex is an oasis compared with the barren concrete pools
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      Saddam, Stalin and the lure of oil
      180 12  -  Narayana Narayana MS SHOBHA Tsering Bhalla displays a very short sense of time and history in her opinion that "Saddam Hussein's and his hero, Josef Stalin's deeds displayed to a degree unparalleled in history" in her article, "Stalin's fan" (Today, April 14). Somewhere
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      The joke and the reality
      228 12  -  Wendy Tan Bush should come to his senses I AGREE with Mr Foo Say Tun's letter, "US not above UN law" (Today, April 16). There was a letter in a recent Today issue which described the US "invasion" of Iraq as "illegal". I think it's
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  • BUSINESS NEWS
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      A different peace rally
      417 14  -  Francis Kan and the long-awaited recovery? by francis@newstoday.com.sg WITH Singapore brutally ravaged by the twin plagues of war and disease, it would take a brave person to predict an end to the country's economic woes. But with an end to the Iraqi conflict in sight, a
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      Lock icon Infineon goes full swing despite Sars
      244 14 Bloomberg Channel News Asia INFINEON Technologies AG, the world's fourth-largest maker of comput-er-memory chips, said the outbreak of the Sars virus hasn't had a negative impact on orders so far. The Munich-based company gets about 30 per cent of its sales from Asia, including
      Bloomberg; Channel News Asia  -  244 words
    • Market Watch
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        Lock icon Singapore
        125 14 Reuters SINGAPORE S main share index closed flat yesterday as some blue chips such as DBS Group eased on lingering worries about the impact of the deadly Sars virus, but techs rose on pleasing results from their US peers. The Straits Times Index finished 0.04 per cent, or 0.52
        – Reuters  -  125 words
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        Straits Times Index — 10-Day Chart
        5 14 Straits Times Index 10-Day Chart
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        SGX most active
        56 14 April 16 StarCrusUSS Chartered Close 0.160 0.675 Change -0.015 +0.025 -8.6 +3.8 'OOO 42,356 34,955 SembCorp ACCS DatacrftUSS 1.210 0.370 0.555 +0.030 +0.020 +0.010 +2.5 +5.7 +1.8 16,241 15,034 14,673 SingTel STAssemb 1.460 1.300 -0.020 +0.040 -1.4 +3.2 11,037 8,515 TTInt 0.455 8,328 PKTech 0.135 -0.005 -3.6
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        World markets
        57 14 Index Value Change Pts NIKKEI 225 INDEX 7879.49 40.66 0.52 HANG SENG INDEX 8675.14 43.04 0.50 ILL ORDINARIES INDX 2944.40 12.00 0.41 TAIWAN WTD 4609.32 121.73 2.71 KOREA COMPOSITE 621.34 16.35 2.70 SET 386.54 3.18 0.83 JAKARTA COMPOSITE 442.72 5.00 1.14 PHILIPPINES COMP 1122.33 5.85 0.52 SHEN7HEN B
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        Your S$1 buys
        36 14 USS 0.5624 UK£ 0.3568 Yen 67.6883 HKS 4.3863 RM 2.1370 EURO 0.5193 Rupiah 4954.5876 Baht 24.0830 Peso 29.4154 AS 0.9199 Indian Rs 26.6327 Won 683.2663 CS 0.8142 Yuan 4.6550 NZS 1.0105 NTS 19.5248
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        Commodities
        21 14 Gold uss/oz 323.75 Silver uss/oi 4.49 Platinum uss/oi 624 Rubber cents/kg 177 Palm Oil RM/tonne 1452.5 Brent crude uss/barrel 29.29
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        SGX top rises
        79 14 By$ Apr 16 Close Changi jealive50 11.700 +0.201 :&C 4.200 +0.161 XBC 9.600 +0.151 0BSBk6% NCPS10 105.800 +0.101 fhai Prime200USS 5.400 +0.101 /enture 14.400 +0.101 ElecUSS 1.740 +0.091 HOL 1.200 +0.081 :iTYDEV 3.500 +0.061 LKHSp 0.260 +0.061 Jy percent itage Apr 16 .&M iolillioil Close Change 0.010
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        Lock icon SGX top falls
        79 14 Bloomberg By$ Apr 16 SPH Close Change 16.700 -0.200 DBS 8.750 -0.100 GreatEast 9.600 -0.050 JMH 400USS 5.700 -0.050 SIA 8.800 -0.050 SATSvcs 1.540 -0.040 Tri-M 0.180 -0.030 HLAsia 1.310 -0.020 OSIM 0.710 -0.020 Prima 4.740 -0.020 By percentage Apr 16 El-Nets Cyber Vill Cyberm Close Change
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      Lock icon Who will survive?
      468 16  -  Chan Chao Peh Analysts believe regional airlines will pull through by chaopeh@newstoday.com.sg THE crisis resulting from the outbreak of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (Sars) may have affected regional airlines but analysts are optimistic that none would go bust because of the virus. To date, the mysterious pneumonia
      – Bloomberg photo  -  468 words
    • Corporate Briefs
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        Lock icon A-REIT REPORTS HIGHERTHAN-EXPECTED PROFIT:
        112 16 A-REIT REPORTS HIGHER-THAN-EXPECTED PROFIT: Bloomberg Ascendas Real Estate Investment Trust, Singapore's second property trust, reported a $14.3 million profit for the period from Nov 18, when its shares first started trading, to its fiscal year end of March 31. The profit is 5.8 per cent higher than its forecast of
        — Bloomberg  -  112 words
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        ECOWISE GOES FOR PRIVATE PLACEMENT:
        59 16 Phillip Securities, the underwriter for waste management firm ecoWise Holdings, has clarified that there is no need for a waiver from the Singapore Exchange (SGX) to place all the company's shares privately and remove the portion set aside for public subscription. Ecowise shares will start
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        Lock icon PFIZER COMPLETES PHARMACIA MERGER:
        40 16 Reuters Pfizer has completed its US$57 billion ($101.5 billion) acquisition of Pharmacia Corp, creating the world's largest pharmaceuticals company. The combined company boasts a market capitalisation of about US$255 billion, making it the world's third-largest firm.
        — Reuters  -  40 words
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      Lock icon Analysts upbeat about Ml's first-quarter performance
      203 18 Reuters SINGAPORE'S second-largest cellular operator, MobileOne Ltd (Ml), is expected to post a robust first-quarter net profit today, on increased use of mobile phones. Mi's performance is expected to be boosted further in the second quarter by the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (Sars) as
      – Reuters  -  203 words
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      One up for SingTel
      236 18  -  Chan Chao Peh Japanese deal in the bag by chaopeh@newstoday.com.sg SINGTEL has inked its second major contract to upgrade the data network of a major Japanese company. Under the first phase of the contract that was completed in October last year, SingTel provided communication links to
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      Lock icon Smaller losses
      196 21 Bloomberg Chartered Semicon results due today CHARTERED Semiconductor Manufacturing Ltd, the world's No 3 provider of made-to-order chips, may report a smaller firstquarter loss on higher sales and gains from a change in employee compensation, analysts said. The loss was likely to be U5572.6 million ($129 million) for
      – Bloomberg  -  196 words
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      Lock icon Danamon bid deadline extended
      78 21 Reuters JAKARTA The Indonesia Bank Restructuring Agency (Ibra) said yesterday that the deadline to submit final bids for a 51 per cent stake in Bank Danamon was was being extended to April 28 from April 21 following investors' requests for more time to conduct due diligence.
      – Reuters  -  78 words
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      Lock icon BIL in a bind
      223 22 Bloomberg Thistle: 39% shareholders to reject takeover offer LONDON Thistle Hotels Pic, the operator of 24 London hotels, said shareholders who own more than 39 per cent of its stock have told the company that they plan to reject an unsolicited offer from its largest investor
      – Bloomberg  -  223 words
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      Lock icon Telstra under pressure as competition hots up
      138 22 Bloomberg MELBOURNE Telstra Corp may not increase earnings this year because of competition from SingTel Optus and Telecom Corp, its chief executive said. The market for phone services is "unpredictable," Mr Switkowski told analysts and reporters on a conference call. A 2.1 per
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      187 21 Fruits that walk and talk! Chefs playing music! Art created with vegetables and fruits! There's only one place you'll find them this Singapore Food Festival United Square Shopping Mall's fun-filled Frutti Fiesta! It's a festival of fruity delights for kids and adults alike with many wonderful performances and interesting activities.
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  • WORLD NEWS
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      Lock icon Victim or exploiter?
      297 24 Agencies Bail denied for alleged Mata Hari amid fears that she might flee LOS ANGELES A businesswoman accused of having sexual affairs with US agents in order to steal secrets for China was yesterday refused bail amid fears she could flee the country with sensitive documents. Alleged
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      Lock icon Ports gear up to thwart terrorism
      138 24 -AFP WASHINGTON Japan will soon deploy customs agents at the Los Angeles/Long Beach port in the state of California under a US programme aimed at disrupting possible terrorist plots, officials said yesterday. The move follows an agreement between Washington and Tokyo to station US
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      Lock icon Fear and fitness
      350 27 Reuters Slave-driver's exercise class a big hit with.sadomasochists NEW YORK Talk about getting whipped into shape. Students at "Slavercise", a class in New York combining sadomasochism and exercise, get a workout by "submitting" to the orders and whims of a dominatrix named Mistress Victoria. "If you don't
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      Lock icon US, N Korea to hold talks next week
      166 27 Agencies WASHINGTON/SEOUL US President George W Bush has approved a plan to begin negotiations with North Korea in Beijing next week to resolve a nuclear standoff, US officials said. The officials confirmed a New York Times report that China had agreed to
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      198 28 TAMANRASSET (Algeria) The war in Iraq may be linked to the disappearance of 31 European adventurers who went missing without a trace six weeks ago while touring the Sahara desert The missing tourists 15 Germans, 10 Austrians, four Swiss, one Dutch and one
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      255 28 Back-from-dead teen faces mounting anger CANBERRA The back-from-the-dead teenager, Ms Natasha Ryan (picture), who disappeared nearly five years ago before making a shock reappearance last week, faced mounting anger from police and search volunteers who accused her of trying to profit from her saga.
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      994 30  -  Shaun Seow Muslim Americans find themselves thrust into an unwelcome spotlight by news@newstoday.com.sg WASHINGTON DC The smoke over Baghdad may be clearing, but the cloud over Muslim Americans has not lifted one bit This is because the fight against terrorism is far from over, even
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      507 34  -  Tor Ching.-Li Fann on what drives her (and what she drives! HUH? That was MediaCorp artiste-cum-Hollywood star Fann Wong's expression of disbelief when she was told of her nomination in June's MTV Movie Awards 2003 Best Fight category for her role in Shanghai Knights. She told Today:
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      330 34  -  Elisa Chia THIS is fodder tor the tabloids. Here on a basketball court are three personalities brought together for a common cause. Two of them are rumoured to be dating. And the third? He's handling the girl, that's what. Practising with Fann Wong
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      472 36 Mermaids Singing tells of choices and consequences THIS book review is the first in a series of monthly reviews by Library Ambassadors for the Library Ambassador Campaign. Organised by the National Library Board, the year-long campaign aims to promote reading and learning through the
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      316 39 Labs, surgeons' latest products for youthful looks YOU'VE heard of human hormones what about plant hormones? Skin care labs are studying plants and vegetables used as medicine by ancient civilisations and exploring their anti-ageing and restorative properties. Meanwhile, coming soon to a beauty counter or plastic surgeon
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      76 39 Shine East ORIENTAL expressions and sensual satin raise fashion temperatures. Key looks are strong on the Orient and short on length. Satin wears easy in pretty, feminine shapes and shades. Colour me bold ELLE marks orange as this season's versatile makeup colour. It's all flame and popsicle
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        467 41 -AFT Court nullifies Academy Award winner's patent rules he faked revolutionary design LOS ANGELES A judge has ruled that a revolutionary camera lens that won an Academy Award in 1997 did not work and nullified its patent because its inventor had faked its performance, said
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        126 42 Reuters Musical's $268 million take makes it studio's highest-grossing film LOS ANGELES Add this to the accolades claimed by the movie musical, Chicago: Not only did it win a Best Picture Oscar, it also set a box office record for the film studio that produced it.
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        112 42 -Reuters LOS ANGELES Adam Sandler's (picture) production company, riding high at the box office with Anger Management, plans an English-language remake of Swedish comedy Kopps, about a small-town police force that is threatened with closure because of a lack of crime. To save their jobs,
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        653 44  -  Maria Matzer Rose Reuters/Hollywood Reporter Celebrity product endorsements may change the way Hollywood pieces together movies By news@newstoday.com.sg FOR nearly as long as there's been filmed entertainment, there have been celebrity endorsements. Today, the field is getting increased attention as a revenue source
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        138 44 ACCORDING to a British newspaper, George Clooney (picture) has an unquenchable passion for strippers. On a recent trip to Las Vegas, he took Matt Damon along to a strip joint and the duo didn't leave till six the next morning. Clooney and Damon, who co-starred in
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        585 46  -  Serene Foo New Chinese-language cable channel to put the spotlight on Asian cinema by Serene@newstoday.com.sj NEWLY-LAUNCHED Celestial Movies may turn out to be a godsend for Singaporean filmmakers. Two local production houses are already in talks to screen their works on the new 24-hour Chinese-language
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        655 48  -  Cathleen Tung by cathleen.tung@newstoday.com.sg ENVY, pride, gluttony, lust, greed, anger and sloth we are all guilty of committing the seven sins at some time or another. Blame it on our crowning glory. Unbelievable? Indeed, just reflect on how some of us pore over fashion magazines, gawking
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        521 54  -  Justyn Olby Buckingham Palace is not all about pageantry only by traveller@newstoday.com.sg ONE of the most enduring images that visitors have of London is the grandeur of Buckingham Palace (left) with its pageantry of the changing of the guard and the splendour of the Mall, its
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        250 55 A British tour operator is planning a series of tours to Iraq from the UK from June, in an effort to help post-war Iraq. Thetravel-newsorganisation reported yesterday that Geoff Hann and his tour company, Hinterland Travels, ran archaeological tours through Iraq right till
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        85 55 Agencies MALAYSIAN scientists have embarked on an expedition to boost Langkawi's growing ecotourism industry. Over 150 Malaysian scientists and students and a number of volunteers are on a 10-day expedition, which will end this Saturday. The group is looking at areas of the environment,
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      576 59 Reuters Brazil coach Parreira rules out replacing Rivaldo, Ronaldo RIO DE JANEIRO Brazil coach Carlos Alberto Parriera, already beginning to feel the heat after only two matches in charge of the world champion, ruled out major changes to the squad in the next few months.
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      316 59 Reuters PORTSMOUTH Portsmouth fans could not control themselves as the final whistle blew on Tuesday (yesterday morning, Singapore time). They streamed onto the pitch after the club had secured a return to the top flight for the first time since 1988. With victory
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      636 60  -  Tan Yo-Hinn silsTics pr'iios NTUC Income S-League SAFFC 5 Singapore Under-23s 2 Young Lions collapse after taking lead by yohinn@newstoday.com.sg AHMAD Latiff Khamaruddin and Mirko Grabovac ripped through the Young Lions last night. The SAFFC hitmen scored two goals each as the Singapore Under--23s were overwhelmed
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      414 60 Tan Yo-Hinn ON THE field, it is suffering. Six rounds into the 2003 NTUC Income S-League season, Tanjong Pagar props up the table with a crippling six losses to its name. A recipe for disaster, one would
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      584 62 Reuters Schumacher wants fitting send-off for legendary F2002 car Formula 1 San Marino Grand Prix Ferrari hoping for first win LONDON World champion Michael Schumacher can turn around his season on Sunday and allow Ferrari fans to marvel one more time at the team's most successful Formula
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