Today, 26 June 2003

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    11 1 TODAY SHARE YOUR FREE COPY Thursday •June 26'2oo3• MITA (P) 002/11/2002
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    Lock icon Andrea cries, then sent to hospital
    376 1  -  Joy Frances SHE had been on the stand all day, when MediaCorp artiste Andrea De Cruz complained she was feeling faint No sooner had Justice Tay Yong Kwang agreed to a break, then Andrea started sobbing loudly. As her sister, Wendy, rushed to apply
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    Silent sign of change
    551 1  -  Derrick A Paulo Myanmar no more a hot favourite with S'pore IN SINGAPORE'S textbook on diplomacy, friendships are proclaimed loudly but partings are often silent That could explain why one of the Republic's most significant "distancing" exercises has gone largely unreported. Having been Myanmar's biggest investor
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      IDA tells StarHub to take dispute to court
      385 2  -  Chan Chao Peh TELCO regulator Infocomm Development Authority (IDA) has cut the line that StarHub took yesterday in its dispute with SingTel. StarHub had asked that IDA, instead of the courts, decide on the lawsuit filed by SingTel over the alleged misuse
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      Lock icon Fed cuts key rate 0.25% to 45-year-low of 1.00%
      144 2 Agencies NEW YORK- The US Federal Reserve lowered its key federal funds target rate by 0.25 per cent to one per cent yesterday, a level last seen in 1958. It is the 1 3th rate reduction since Jan 2001 in a
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      A lesson on
      708 2 First Person/Richard Valladares IT WAS a battle my family and I never thought we could win to secure an exemption for my daughter from offering a mother tongue subject at the GCE 0 level. We had heard that the Ministry of Education (MOE) was somewhat rigid on
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      Lock icon Celebrations... then a small burst
      73 3 Reuters photo Beijing residents applauding as balloons were released in a ceremony to kickstart the city s tourism industry yesterday. The World Health Organisation had lifted its travel warning for Beijing on Tuesday. However, on the same day, China the world's most populous nation reported
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      No one found worthy for two youth awards
      330 3  -  -Jasmine Yin MISSING from this year's Singapore Youth Awards (SYA) honour roll are recipients in the categories of Arts and Culture and Community and Youth Services. It is the first time in 14 years that there is no recipient for the Arts
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      Singapore 'spy' in US
      347 4  -  Chan Chao Peh Microsoft man to alert companies of overseas opportunities by chaopeh@newstoday.com.sg MORE often than not, diplomats are sent overseas to double up as spies, acting as the eyes and ears for their governments while pretending to maintain cordial ties with their host countries. Well,
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      Tortured and forced to sign statement
      162 4 DENPASAR Indonesian prosecutors urged a court to proceed with the trial of the alleged chief of the Bali bombing plot yesterday, despite his claims that interrogators beat his testicles many times and burned him with matches in order to extract a statement The prosecutors
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      851 5 An advertising feature brought to you by Clinique The Daily Sun summer 2003 Summer Weekend. I M&^ I Full coverage: All you need for Clinique'S jST Jk Clinique Sun-Care screens easv-aoina radiant look TZml agmg 'burnmg rays J y y> "-11 L IVyVyIX" £>■ -^ti rky There's growing evidence that
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  • HOME NEWS
    • IN BRIEF
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        Sars diagnostic kit ready next month
        125 6 ROCHE Diagnostics, which announced the development of a Sars diagnostic kit with the Genome Institute of Singapore, is now testing the kit in research centres throughout Asia. Tested at the Singapore General Hospital here, the kit is expected to be ready at the end
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        New forms for hospital visits
        97 6 FROM tomorrow, everyone visiting a clinic or hospital will have to fill up a new Patient Declaration Form, a compulsory requirement under the Infectious Diseases Act. The move is to help the Health Ministry in the investigation of any outbreak of Sars or in preventing
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      Lock icon Firm bust, bright eyes
      613 6  -  Val Chua Aussie natural beauty franchise a hit here despite hard times by val@newstoday.com.Sß BREASTS and legs are not exactly a topic of choice for most men in polite company, but Mr Robert Ippaso, 46, would gladly discuss them to break the ice in any conversation.
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      Technology to promote the arts
      275 6  -  Jeanine Tan TECHNOLOGY and the arts have come together in Web Services Alliance, a portal that allows users to check the schedule of performances at Esplanade Theatres on the Bay, by category, location or date. The results are linked to search engine Google and online
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      Direct delivery
      451 8  -  Jasmine Yin Funds raised given straight to Sars-hit family by jasmineyin@newstoday.com.sg INSTEAD of donating to The Courage Fund, which was set up to help Sars victims, United Parcel Service (UPS) decided to pass funds that it had raised directly to one family hit by the virus. Said Ms
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      New show about money
      157 8 HAVING problems managing your finances? Many people do in these trying times. Over the next 13 weeks, starting today at 7.30 pm, MediaCorp TV Channel 5 wants viewers to wise up when it comes to money. It doesn't matter if you are starting out in your
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      Don't worry, there are checks on fund managers
      249 10  -  Raymond Kwok I REFER to the article, "Cause for worry" (Today, June 7). I would like to assure Mr Loh and the public that life insurance companies have the responsibility of being prudent and, as trustees of their policyholders' financial investments, they
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      Be there for our children
      211 10  -  Ronnie Cheok I REFER to Mr Michael Loh Yik Ming's article, "Dad's reality" (Today, June 24). While I agree that the father has always been held up in our society as the sole breadwinner, the possibility of women becoming the sole breadwinner may become a
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      Comparison not valid
      253 10  -  Jason Lee Boon Hong Speedier resolution of NEL glitches expected I REFER to the report, "90 min delay" Gune 25, Today). Comparing the commencement of the North-East Line (NEL) with that of the North-South Line (NSL), Acting Transport Minister Khaw Boon Wan said that "we've done much
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      Do something about troubled kids
      205 10  -  Timothy Tim I REFER to the report, "When kids go wrong" (Weekend Today, June 21-22). The report highlighted the disturbing trend of troubled teenagers turning to crime, bullying, suicide and other selfdestructive behaviour. Dr Joseph Ozawa is most worried about two issues: Stress at school
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      Time to offer season pass
      87 10  -  David Soh Poh Huat WITH the start of the North-East Line and the stabilising of the ezlink card system, maybe it's time for the authorities to consider offering a monthly season rate to public transport users. Perhaps, as a start, a monthly season fee of
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      Lock icon Icon in turmoil
      1111 12  -  Val Chua SlA's troubles mirror new realities facing S'pore Inc by val@newstoday.com.sg SINGAPORE Airlines, the dream airline that many associate with stability and prestige, is battling a storm larger than all its parts combined: A battered travel sector, its first quarterly loss, a thorny arbitration with its
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      Lock icon UOB $1.74b notes retain 'A-' rating
      172 14 Agencies Standard Poor's Ratings Services said its rating of 'A-' for United Overseas Bank's 10-year fixed-rate subordinated notes will not be changed despite the increase of the issue to US$l billion ($1.74 billion) from the US$5OO million initially planned. The bonds, which mature in
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      Lock icon Alliance broken
      353 14 Bloomberg KDDI sells SingTel stake for $339 million KDDI, Japan's second-biggest mobile-phone service provider, has sold its 1.24 per cent stake in SingTel, raising about US$l95 million ($339 million), sources involved in the sale said. KDDI's sale of its holdings in Southeast Asia's biggest phone company at $1.53
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      SMS gets top user vote: IDA
      129 17  -  Chan Chao Peh SMS, or short messaging service, was found to be the most popular function besides making phone calls among mobile phone users. An Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore (IDA) survey of 1,500 households showed that 82.7 per cent of those who own
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      Lock icon KLM cuts more jobs
      101 17 AFP AMSTERDAM Dutch airline KLM will cut an extra 1,500 jobs to counter the effects of stiff competition from lowbudget airlines and a travel slump. The new lay-offs come on top of 3,000 jobs to be cut as part of a cost-saving restructuring. The airline employs
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      Strong recovery
      395 17  -  Lee Yew Meng Residential sales to rise due to pent-up demand by yewmeng@newstoday.com.sg SALES of new homes in the second quarter of this year are likely to hit 1,500 units, more than tripling the volume in the previous quarter, said CB Richard Ellis in its quarterly report yesterday.
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      Lock icon Sing dollar slides
      326 19 Bloomberg Central bank may weaken currency if US cuts rates THE Singapore dollar fell for a sixth day on speculation among traders that the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) may sell the currency as analysts forecast the Federal Reserve will cut US interest rates. The MAS manages
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        Singapore
        53 19 THE STI fell for a fourth day, shedding 1.64, or 0.1 per cent, to 1,462.57. SingTel sank six cents, or 3.8 per cent, to $1.54 and was the biggest contributor to the index's slide. The drop was its steepest since Sept 18. Venture gained 10 cents, or 0.6 per
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        Your S$1 buys
        36 19 US$ 0.57 UK£ 0.34 Yen 68 HK$ 4.48 RM 2.18 Euro 0.50 Rupiah 4,722 Baht 24 Peso 30.60 A$ 0.86 Indian Rs 4,722 Won 682 C$ 0.78 Yuan 4.76 NZ$ 0.98 NTS 19.83
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        Commodities
        21 19 Gold uss/oz 346.70 Silver uss/oi 4.52 Platinum uss/oi 673 Rubber cents/kg 176 Palm Oil RM/tonne 1413 Brent crude uss/barrel 26.70
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        World markets
        55 19 Index Value Change Pis Nikkei 225 8932.26 13.00 0.15% Hang Seng Ml Ordinaries faiwan Wtd 9628.99 3031.90 4933.79 -0.36 -3.30 24.48 0 -0.11% 0.50% Korea Comp SET Index 674 453.89 +10 3.87 1.5% 0.86% Jakarta Comp Phils Comp Shenzhen B 500.28 1231.64 1484.49 0.09 26.85 +7.06 0.02% 2.23%
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        Lock icon SGX most active
        64 19 sgx bloomberg Information provided by: fy volume lune 25 SingTel :ull Apex Wicro-Mech chartered MliedTech Sinomem ilL Intl DMX Tech j'tiraya JniFiber Close 1.540 0.505 0.415 0.940 0.315 0.790 0.765 0.305 0.640 0.135 Change -0.060 -3.8 +0.045 +9.8 +0.020 +6.8 -0.005 -0.6 +0.020 +2.7 +0.015 +5.2 +0.030
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        SGX top rises
        83 19 By$ June 25 Bukit Sem Close 12.400 Change +0.300 Seaview 6.550 +0.300 Haw Par 4.180 +0.180 DBS 10.700 +0.100 SingamasC 2kHKS Venture 3.150 16.200 +0.100 +0.100 KepCorp TAC200USS Innovalu 4.960 1.090 1.200 +0.060 +0.060 +0.050 UOL 2.070 +0.050 By percentage June 25 BBR Close 0.025 Change +25.0
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        SGX top falls
        84 19 June 25 DBS Bk6% NCPS10 Close 106.800 Change -0.200 SPH 18.600 -0.200 GreatEast 10.000 -0.100 SPH 100 18.700 -0.100 STIETF100 14.880 -0.080 SingTel SingTel 10 SingTel 100 F&N Robinson 1.540 1.540 1.540 8.550 6.300 -0.060 -0.060 -0.060 -0.050 -0.050 )y percentage June 25 SeeHS W*****0 Hua Kok
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      Lock icon Radiance IPO over-subscribed
      103 19 AFX-Asia THE retail tranche of Radiance Electronics' initial public offer (IPO) comprising 3.015 million shares was 207.7 times subscribed. The provider of electronic manufacturing services offered 29 million new shares at 21 cents each. Apart from the retail tranche, the company said its placement tranche of 25.985
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      Lock icon G5 Power Mac boost
      378 20 Apple shares up amid cheers for speedy new computer SAN FRANCISCO Apple Computer shares rose on Tuesday as analysts highlighted the prospects of the company's speedy new Power Mac. It runs on a chip with twice the data-process-ing capacity of most PCs. Merrill Lynch upgraded Apple
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      Lock icon Corporate Briefs
      134 20 AFX-Asia AFX-Asia AFX-Asia AFX-Asia Capita Mall Trust Management has requested that trading of Capita Mall units be suspended from today pending the completion of the IMM acquisition. Eastgate Technology has started to transfer its manufacture and distribution of digital storage products and related assets in Singapore to a
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      Lock icon One step closer to Telstra sale
      175 20 -AFP SYDNEY The Australian government will introduce legislation this week to sell the country's communications giant Telstra. Communications Minister Richard Alston said a Bill would go before Parliament to sell the remaining 50.1 per cent stake in the country's dominant telco, although the share
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      Lock icon Back to Beijing
      197 22 -AFP Japanese businesses returning to Sars-safe China TOKYO Japanese businesses, led by airlines and traders, are racing to resume normal operations in China after the country was declared Sars-safe by the World Health Organisation. All Nippon Airways plans to lift curbs on its flights to and from
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      Lock icon Indian ports draw $1.74b in foreign investments
      137 22 Bloomberg INDIA'S ports have attracted as much as US$l billion ($1.74 billion) in overseas investment to date as they modernise and upgrade their terminals to handle cargo more efficiently, the Economic Times reported. The ports have attracted companies such as Maritime and Port
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      Lock icon Organised attacks?
      373 24 Allied forces fear rise of pro-Saddam guerrilla movement BAGHDAD The recent series of attacks targeting US and British forces in Iraq have raised fears that the isolated clashes are turning into an organised guerrilla campaign that could bog down efforts to rebuild the war-torn country. Two ambushes on
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      Lock icon Comical Ali in coalition custody
      124 24 AFP LONDON Mr Mohammed Saeed Al Sahaf (picture), Iraq's Information Minister at the end of ousted President Saddam Hussein's regime, has been captured in Baghdad, The Daily Mirror newspaper claimed yesterday. The British paper said Al Sahaf nicknamed "Comical Ali" for his robust denials that
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      Lock icon IN BRIEF
      61 24 AFP AFP SEOUL Two top aides of ex-President Kim Dae Jung were indicted yesterday after a probe found that South Korea paid US$lOO million ($174 million) secretly to North Korea to attend a 2000 inter-Korea summit. JAKARTA Indonesia's Parliament is to summon President Megawati Sukarnoputri to explain the
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    • CATS & DOGS
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        Cat on a hot tin roof?
        858 25  -  JC Belle Here's how to tell if Kitty is feeling up or down by news@newstoday.com. sg IF men hail from Mars and women from Venus, then it can be said too that dogs and cats come from totally different planets. Cat lovers may hiss
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      Lock icon Unseasonal French heat cooks up a storm at wine exhibition
      222 27 AFP BORDEAUX Around 100 angry exhibitors attending the world's biggest wine trade fair in Bordeaux signed a petition on Tuesday demanding enhanced air conditioning to stop the heat from "cooking" the wine. Exhibitors from 44 wine-produc-ing nations are attending the
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      Lock icon Legal kicks
      305 27 -AFP Supervised drug injection site gets nod in Canada VANCOUVER North America's first supervised heroin injection site will open here this fall, after the Canadian government gave its approval on Tuesday. The facility is aimed at thousands of heroin addicts living in the gritty Downtown Eastside area of
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      Lock icon Policeman in the Pacific
      335 28 AFP Aussie bid to restore order in Solomons SYDNEY Australia announced a plan yesterday to send "substantial" security forces to restore law and order in the Solomon Islands, in a sharp departure from its past hands-off policy towards instability in troubled Pacific states. Prime Minister John
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      Lock icon MILF, Manila ink treaty
      150 28 AFP KUALA LUMPUR The Philippine government and Muslim separatists have signed an agreement to set the stage for the resumption of peace negotiations after a week of informal talks in Malaysia, a spokesman for the rebels said yesterday. In a telephone interview from the southern Philippines,
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      Lock icon $5.2b aid but no F-16s for Pakistan
      238 28 AFP CAMP DAVID (Maryland) President George W Bush heaped praise on Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf, rewarding his "courageous" anti-terror ally with a symbolic summit and a US$3 billion ($5.2 billion) aid package. But he denied Pakistan the F-16 warplanes they had ordered in
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      Lock icon China sends spies home
      51 28 AFP TAIPEI China has, in the past four months, released several Taiwanese spies, including a key former military intelligence agent, to show its goodwill towards the island, reported The China Times yesterday. Authorities are checking if the former agent had leaked security information during his four-year
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  • COMMENTARY
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      Brothers in trade
      1369 30  -  Shibu Itty Kuttickal Land routes for trade to open as India and China put aside their differences IN February 1979, the then Indian Foreign Minister, Mr Atal Behari Vajpayee, was making an official visit to neighbouring China. While Mr Vajpayee was still in Beijing, China suddenly invaded
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  • WATZUP?
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      No puppy love
      697 32  -  Ng Boon Yian' Harry Potter has adults spellbound, too I CONFESS. lam one of those crazy Harry Potter fans who woke up last Saturday wishing they had a Firebolt broomstick. With it, I could zip to the nearest bookstore to get JK Rowling's hottest-selling book to date
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      Before the glamour — sore throats, sprained ankle and lots of TV
      530 32  - Before the glamour sore throats, sprained ankle and lots of TV Elisa Chia by elisa@newstoday.com.sg IT'S lunch time on this sweltering afternoon and Star Search 2003's crop of finalists are more than ready to tuck in, after sitting through two hours of speech lessons by Jack Neo. Except that they
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      Magic fusion
      554 34  -  Janice Lee A 'personal mythology' created from cultural trivia by janice@newstoday.com.sg HAVING worked mostly on multimedia projects for local theatre outfits, 22-year-old Brian Gothong Tan (picture) has never shown his works at a gallery. He is contented with his creations being part of stage sets for The Necessary
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      Nature comes to your doorstep
      134 34 BORED of crowded malls, the cafe culture and people watching? It's time to revisit Pulau Singapura! But first tune in to Arts Central's new nine-part magazine show, Nature at Our Doorstep, which made its debut last Thursday. Each week, biologist and host Yandi leads viewers
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      Bottoms up!
      215 36 YOU have probably heard the infectious ditty on the radio. Sung to the tune of DoßeMi, it goes: "Dough, that's how I pay for stout... Ray, the guy who sells me some Me, my friends we all love Guinness..." It is with this sense of fun and humour
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      377 36  -  Wong Khing Chong Life is great with meaningful relationships by khinechone@newstoday.com.sg proceed to do more tests," said Mdm Yap. "That episode struck us deeply. It made us realise that Ms Yeo is very different from other agents. What they care about is the bottom
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      27 32 Find out more about Star Search 2003 and its finalists at chB.mediacorptv.com/starsearch2oo3. The finals will be aired live on Sunday at 7pm on MediaCorp TV Channel 8.
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  • IN CINEMAS
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      175 37 -Reuters Pop star to support child trafficking fight LONDON British pop star Robbie Williams (picture) will appear in a United Nations film aimed at raising awareness in Britain about child trafficking, the UN's children's agency, Unicef, said yesterday. The three-minute film features Williams reading
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      Specialist raises eyebrows
      74 37 E'S a hairy problem for eyebrow specialist amone Roberts in Beverly Hills. The specialist has been accused by Madonna (picture) of "capitalising on her fame and exaggerating" that he sculpts her eyebrows. The singer-actress claims that Damone had done her brows only once three years ago. A
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      Reunion
      62 38 From left: John Travolta, Connie Nielson and Samuel L Jackson star in the military thriller Basic, which opens today. The film, in which Travolta plays a hotshot investigator and fackson a legendary combat instructor, marks the actors' first reunion since their prodigious partnership in Pulp Fiction nine years ago.
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      125 38 WHAT do you get when you cast four beautiful women in the same movie? Potential box office success and the danger of a catfight. According to the World Entertainment News Network, Hollywood sex bomb Demi Moore created such a stir at Los Angeles premiere of Charlie's
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      My big, fat pay cheque?
      67 38 THE cast of the sleeper hit, My Big Fat Greek Wedding, have come together to demand a bigger share of the movie's US$35O million ($6OB million) takings, according to the National Enquirer. Scriptwriter and star Nia Vardalos, who negotiated a 10 per cent cut of
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    Singularly sublime...
    549 40  -  Serene Foo And it's not just Vicki's figure we're talking about by serene@newstoday.com.sg CHINESE actress Vicki Zhao gamely lifted her girlish fringe to reveal a small scar close to the side of her eye. She acquired the "beauty mark" recently during a shootout scene for Ann Hui's latest
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  • CITY STYLE
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      Another Italian makes the cut
      413 42  -  Cathleen Tung Haute couture designer Renata Bignozzi uses Singapore as her launch pad to Asia by cathleen.tung@newstoday.com.Sß WHEN it comes to Italian fashion, most Singaporeans can rattle off a list of well-known labels like Prada, Fendi, Dolce Gabbana, Giorgio Armani and Salvatore Ferragamo. Now, shoppers
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      190 43 i .1 W f Italian Festival 2003 a^aaai F V Exclusive Italian Fashion Evening "Launch of Renata Bignozzi Spring/Summer 2004 Collection" Featuring a complete range of exclusive women's fashion wear from Lingerie, Swimwear to Ready-to-Wear Collections Friday, 11 July 2003, 7.30 pm to 10.00 pm The Ritz-Carlton Millenia Singapore, Grand
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  • FOOD FORUM
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      Eat spicy, drink bubbly
      441 44  -  Katrina Karim Coltrane crab, saxy legs, dizzy shrimp and Bourbon Street cake for jazz lovers by eatout@newstoday.com.sg HARRY'S Bar, one of four Heineken Starbars, is host to Singapore's first Heineken Finger Food Festival which continues until July 12. The Heineken Starbars were selected for their commitment
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      Beer-matched gourmet
      236 44  -  Pauline D Loh by eatout@newstoday.com.sg PAIRING beer with haute cuisine seems revolutionary, but when celebrity chef Violet Oon takes the helm, everything falls neatly into place at the Tiger Beer gourmet dinners. Last night at the gala launch, gourmets and gourmands had dinner at the Tiger Tavern in
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      ON THE SHELVES, IN THE CELLAR
      235 44 How much do you know about the food you buy? What makes you decide to buy a certain product? Is it the pretty packaging that attracts you, the value for money or the hard facts on nutrition and ingredients stated on the label? Starting
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  • TRAVELLER
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      Fine dining at 35,000 feet
      390 46  -  Justine Moss by traveller@newstoday.com.sg AIRLINE food has more often than not been a sore point with most travellers. We have endured hard bread rolls, soggy breakfasts and overcooked main courses on many airlines over the years. Thankfully, the food has been changing for the better.
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      Quicktours
      258 46 BALI WEDDING A wedding and a honeymoon in paradise.That is what Sol Melia Hotels and Resorts in Bali has in store at two of its facilities on the Indonesian island. The Melia Benoa Allinclusive Resort in Nusa Dua is offering a wedding package for those planning to exchange vows
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      Dived and survived
      516 48  -  Angela Lim Redang Island is worth every arduous minute needed to get there by traveller@newstoday.com.Sß WITH a bag full of beach wear, an assortment of sun tan lotions and sun block, moisturising products, swim wear with matching sarongs and my dive gear, I was all set for
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      1456 50 I ki* 71^| Chemistry channel 5,8 30pm Love Is Beautiful *24 channel 5,12 30 P m Yang Lan One on One jJF \)'lT~- k is^H Rachd and CK have to deal with I Channel 8, 9pm While CTU counts its dead and CNA, 8.02pm l^j* I Mrs Wang's terrible accident.
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  • SPORTS
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      Lock icon It's not a slump, but a test
      1031 51  -  Rohit Brijnath A new challenge awaits Tiger, who's measured by an unfair standard TWO commentators at the US Open on Tiger Woods: "It's hard to believe." "It's hard to watch." Tiger Woods after the US Open on Tiger Woods: "People just don't understand.
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      Walk on
      69 51 SYDNEY Australian wicketkeeper Adam Gilchrist's ethical decision to 'walk' during this year's World Cup has opened doors for a place in the corporate world. Gilchrist has joined foreign exchange company Travelex as a non-executive director, the company announced yesterday. The company already sponsors Gilchrist but said it chose
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      Dirty clubs
      59 51 LONDON Birmingham City, Leicester City and West Ham have been charged by the Football Association (FA) because of their poor disciplinary records last season. The clubs have been told by the FA they must cut out dirty play or be fined. Steve Brace's Birmingham side had the worst
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      Lara magic
      101 51 GROS ISLET West Indies batting superstar Brian Lara continued to prosper off the Sri Lankan attack as he hammered a masterful 209 on the fifth and final day of the drawn opening Test here. Skipper Lara, who crossed the 200-mark for the fifth time in 95 Tests, helped
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      Too fast
      68 51 FREJUS Colombian Formula 1 driver Juan Pablo Montoya was banned from driving on French roads for four months after being clocked at 204 kmh on a French motorway. The 27-year-old was also fined 1,200 euros ($2,400) by the court, after police clocked him speeding in May at the
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        Lock icon Fergie loses Queiroz to Real
        254 52 Agencies Blow 1 MADRID Real Madrid presented former Manchester United assistant manager Carlos Queiroz (picture) as its new coach yesterday. The 53-year-old Portuguese replaces Vicente del Bosque, who was sacked as coach on Monday, the day after Real won its 29th league title. It means
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        You can't have Vieira, Fergie
        262 52 Blow 2 LONDON The day started with reports that Manchester United was preparing a bid for Patrick Vieira (picture). As the news filtered through, the initial shock turned to speculation why Arsenal would let Vieira leave. Then, Arsenal saw fit to put up the "not
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        But Fergie should still get Ronaldinho, says agent
        182 52 Relief MANCHESTER Ronaldinho (picture) is close to sealing a move to Manchester United. According to the Manchester Evening News yesterday, the Brazilian's agent and brother Roberto Assis said: "We will talk with the Paris St Germain president and negotiations will con- tinue
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      Lock icon France under pressure to deliver against skilful Turkey
      419 52 AFP Confederations Cup Semi-finals Host starts as favourite PARIS France coach Jacques Santini will rely on experience when the European champion takes on Turkey in the Confederations Cup semi-finals today {tomorrow morning, Singapore time). Turkey has already eliminated world champion Brazil and
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      Lock icon Yes! It's Real!
      212 53  -  Stanley Ho Nine-time European champion will come to Singapore by stanleyts'newstoday.com.sg FOOTBALL fans, mark August 11 down. It is the day that you will get to watch nine-time European champion Real Madrid, the Fifa Team of 2002, live at the National Stadium in Kallang. According to reports
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      Federer shows he's a class act
      227 53 LONDON Roger Federer became the first of the leading men's players to book his place in the third round at Wimbledon after racing to a straight sets win over Austrian No. 1 Stefan Koubek yesterday. The Swiss fourth seed won 7-5, 6-1, 6-1 in
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      Lock icon Rams to hold inquiry, but Karathu blames drubbing on lack of quality
      751 53  -  Tan Yo-Hinn by yohinn@newstoday.com.sg WHEN the two top teams in the country produce a 10-0 scoreline, it is certain that eyebrows will be raised. Even if the result was of no consequence as both sides had already qualified
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      Lock icon What a disgrace
      688 54  -  Gulam Forget about a stern warning, what about a fine? IT WAS a Black Tuesday two days ago. First came the news of the death of Football Association of Singapore vice-president and prominent lawyer R Palakrishnan. Then came that 10-0 crashing of Woodlands Wellington by Home United
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