Today, 20 September 2003

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    18 1 weekendTODAY September 20 21 2003 MITA (P) 009/03/2003 www.todayonline.com weekendTODAY September 20 -21 2003 MITA (p) 009/03/2003 www.todayonline.com
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    Lock icon Swiss bodybuilder offers to kill Bryant's accuser for $5.25m
    465 1 Agencies AS IF the Kobe Bryant sexual assault trial was not sensational enough, it emerged on Thursday that a Swiss national, claiming ties to the Russian mob, had volunteered to kill the Colorado woman, who has accused Bryant of rape. But
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  • Article
    FIGHT OR FLIGHTS?
    689 1  -  Tor Ching Li SIA goes for compensation to get airline back on track by chingli@newstoday.com.sg BY DEFAULT or design, it seems Singapore Airlines (SIA) wants the shortest, if not cheapest, compensation route for the SQOO6 runway crash in Taiwan that killed 83 people three years ago. On
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      45 1 4m6{ 12> I A birthday offer not to be missed on page 15 No pay TV ll?/2 Strange sequence suggests no bidders may turn up Neil Humphreys/B Wants maids to join the circus Thai coach sacked/49 But PeterWithe is not told about it byThai FA
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  • NEWS
    • Article
      Stay tuned to pay-TV saga
      564 2  -  Chan Chao Peh Potential players worry about viability of second licence as content exclusivity rule is unclear by chaopeh@newstoday.com.sg YOU can't fault potential pay-TV bidders for feeling like they are in a game in which the rules are not clear and the goal posts keep
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      Asean Certs ready to fight cyber crimes in 2005
      227 2  -  Chan Chao Peh THE 10 countries of Asean have agreed to complete the setting up their own national-level Computer Emergency Response Teams (Cert) in two years' time, to combat the growing threat of cyber crimes. The member states also agreed to
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    • Article
      Judge dismisses motion, man to hang
      192 2  -  Jose Raymond TWO weeks and two "novel" appeals later, a man who is waiting to be hanged for drug trafficking will face the gallows. On Friday, Justice Lai Kew Chai dismissed a criminal motion to the Supreme Court filed on behalf of Vignes Mourthi,
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    • Article
      Shankar's accuser takes the stand
      112 2  -  Channel News Asia MR SUBASH Anandan, the lawyer for former TV presenter Shankar Aiyar, who is charged with outraging the modesty of a 30-year-old woman twice last November, accused the woman of lying and having a selective memory on Friday. He pointed out that on
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    • Singapore Snippets
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        520 suggestions given to the Cut Waste Panel
        91 3 So far, 20 of 520 suggestions made to the Cut Waste Panel have been accepted, with 437 still under study. Ideas received included doing away with incentives for the e-fil-ing of tax returns and perform-ance-based pay for civil servants. There was also
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      • Article
        Number of COEs to rise over the next six months
        118 3 The Land Transport Authority (LTA) is releasing 2,077 extra COEs each month beginning next month. The number of COEs for the small and open categories will each rise by 30 per cent. Tne number of COEs for large cars will
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      • Article
        CPF contribution rates to change for PRs
        165 3 CPF contribution rates for Singapore Permanent Residents will be adjusted in tandem with the changes for Singapore citizens that were announced late last month. Currently, PRs working in the private sector who are under the age of 55 receive an employer contribution of
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      Lock icon Transparency earns awards for SingTel
      672 3  -  Chan Chao Peh But telco giant not resting on its laurels, says top official by chaopeh@newstoday.com.sg UP TO three years ago, when Sing Tel released its financial results, its management's analysis of the results was contained on a single piece of paper. But over the
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    • Article
      A 'family affair': PAP continues SM's birthday celebrations
      323 4  -  Teo Hwee Nak SENIOR Minister Lee Kuan Yew's 80th birthday celebrations are set to carry on through the weekend. But instead of another glitzy affair, Sunday night's celebrations will have a more intimate tone. It will truly be a party affair organised
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    • Article
      Men fail to see the bliss fading
      365 4  -  Joy Frances Study: Wives detect problems years before their husbands do By news@newstoday.com.s WOMEN notice their marriages souring sometimes decades before their men even have an inkling of trouble. This finding, in a research bulletin by the Subordinate Courts, could explain why wives
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      Huge turnout at Natas fair
      278 4  -  Madeleine Chong THE travel bug is back and biting, going by the turnout on the first day of the National Association of Travel Agents Singapore (Natas) Holidays 2003 fair. Despite Sars and the economic woes, Singaporeans were queuing outside 15 minutes before the fair was
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      Lock icon love HK' blitz in Singapore
      200 4 Pamela Pang NEVER mind the prospect of Sars returning this winter season. The Hong Kong Tourism Board (HKTB) is going all out to woo Singapore tourists over the next few months, with flamboyant light shows, musical fireworks and other events. As a prelude to next
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    • Article
      Dolls display plea rejected
      180 4  -  Derrick A Paulo IT WILL be a case of deja vu for the Think Centre this Children's Day. A year after it had its application for a public display of dolls turned down, another almost identical request this year has also been rejected by the police.
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  • NEWS/HUMOUR
    • Article
      Lock icon Outrage over loot auction
      68 6 AFP HONG KONG A soon-to-be-auctioned bronze dog's head, said to be one of China's looted historic treasures, has become the focus of controversy amid demands that it be returned to China. The sculpture, said to be looted from Beijing's Summer Palace, has attracted international attention ahead
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    • Article
      Lock icon Term upheld
      72 6 AFP. JAKARTA An Indonesian high court has upheld the jail term for the alleged head of the Jemaah Islamiyah's Singapore cell, an official said on Friday. The Riau high court reinforced the 18-month jail term given in June to Mas Slamet bin Kastari for immigration offences, said high
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    • Article, Illustration
      Join the circus!
      716 6  -  Neil Humphreys Here's a better job, you juggling, high-wire cleaning maids by neil@newsto day. com. sg THERE is only one thing more boring than following my wife around a shopping mall and that's following someone else's wife around a shopping mall. It's bad enough hearing constantly: "Ooh,
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  • LETTERS
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      Let's honour the SM, but not with a capital city
      155 8  -  I WAS amused by Mr James Chew's suggestion to rename the CBD as "Leekuanyew City" (Today, Sept 18). There is no doubt that SM Lee deserves to be honoured for all that he has done for the country. I foresee
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      Let kids be kids
      253 8  -  Low Wai Choong Discipline not needed so much as a chance to be themselves I REFER to Mr Cheng Soon Tat's article on parental discipline (Today, Sept 12). Mr Cheng's wife was right not to be harsh with the child who was banging on her door.
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      $2,400 claim for a scratch
      238 8  -  Tan Khin Nguan RECENTLY, I received a letter from a legal firm, representing Trans Island Bus Services (Tibs), demanding certain information on pain of legal action. Tibs claimed my 1600 cc Renault Scenic had damaged a Tibs bus and it was seeking compensation. My wife
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  • BUSINESS
    • MarketWATCH
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        ST Index: 1,589.86 -11.37
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        Lock icon Singapore
        213 10 Dow Jones SGX, Bloomberg SINGAPORE shares closed lower on Friday on broad-based profit-taking and caution over the possible resurgence of Sars in Hong Kong. The ST Index fell 11.37 points, or 0.7 per cent, to close at its intra-day low of 1,589.86 points. In the broader market, decliners led
        – Dow Jones; SGX,; Bloomberg  -  213 words
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        SGX most active
        55 10 ACCS Thakral Kingsmen AlliedTech IPC Chartered UniFood AEM-EVER DMXTeth Sunningdale Close 0.685 0.150 0.590 0.420 0.075 1.520 0.610 0.295 0.770 0.475 Change +0.020 +0.025 +0.290 +0.050 +0.005 -0.020 +0.035 -0.005 +0.025 +0.015 +3.0 +20.0 +13.5 +7.1 -1.3 +6.1 -1.7 +3.4 +3.3 '000 104,090 100,317 87,531 79,193 57,254
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        SGX top rises
        79 10 By$ CMShekou 100 HKS Close Change 5.800 +0.800 C&C 5.250 +0.270 Bukil Sem 12.600 +0.200 F&N 100 10.300 +0.200 CerebosPat 3.260 +0.120 Transmarco 1.200 +0.110 Hyflux SIA 200 1.810 +0.100 10.800 +0.100 UOB 12.700 +0.100 Innovalu 1.590 +0.090 By percentage Falmac Close < 0.075 Change +50.0 Yongnam
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        SGX top falls
        75 10 By Close Change ChODBeCW*****61USS120.700 -1.700 DBS 12.600 -0.300 KepCorp 5.150 -0.250 OUE 6.550 -0.200 SingamasC 2kHKS 3.750 -0.150 Creative 50 18.800 -0.100 GrealEast 10.400 -0.100 JMH400USS 6.850 -0.100 JSH500USS 3.280 -0.100 SPH 17.900 -0.100 By percentage AcmaW*****6 Close 0.010 Change -33.3 L&M 0.010 -33.3 Nelwrk W*****1 0.025
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        World markets
        60 10 Index Nikkei 225 Hang Seng All Ordinaries Taiwan Wtd Korea Comp Value 10,938.42 10,968.42 3,223.40 5,757.91 748.25 Change Pts -94.90 -100.80 -1.60 +7.10 -9.93 -0.86 -0.91 -0.05 +0.12 -1.31 KLCI 744.17 +0.74 +0.10 SET Index 567.21 +13.89 +2.51 Jakarta Comp Phils Comp Shenzhen B 585.67 1,309.81 228.43 +2.98
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        Commodities
        21 10 Gold uss/oz 377.400 Silver uss/oz 5.250 Platinum uss/oi 697.500 Rubber cents/kg 195.25 Palm Oil RM/tonne 1450 Brent crude uss/borrel 25.67
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        Your S$1 buys
        36 10 US$ 0.5718 UK£ 0.3536 Yen 65.899 HK$ 4.46 RM 2.173 Euro 0.5081 Rupiah 4855.2 Baht 23.146 Peso 31.579 A$ 0.8585 Indian Rs 26-296 Won 669.02 C$ 0.7783 Yuan 4.7334 NZ$ 0.9783 NTS 19.494
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      Lock icon Sing Power to issue bond in 2 tranches
      169 10 Dow Jones SINGAPORE Power plans to issue the equivalent of around US$2 billion ($3.5 billion) of global bonds in two tranches one denominated in US dollars and the other in Singapore dollars, sources told Dow Jones Newswires on Friday. Market participants had
      Dow Jones  -  169 words
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      Lock icon A boost for Chartered
      326 10 Dow Jones It forms an alliance to help it narrow gap with rivals CHARTERED Semiconductor Manufacturing has formed an alliance that will allow it to secure third-party know-how and help it move up the chip technology ladder. The alliance, based on individual deals with companies, is
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    • Article
      Time for civil service to cut red tape
      162 10  -  Val Chua THE Civil Service here must change its mindset before entrepreneurship can flourish in Singapore. To help do this, a committee to promote enterprise here may rank Government agencies on their responsiveness to cut red tape, based on public surveys, said
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      Lock icon Malaysia relaxes IPO policies
      284 11 -AFP Move is a bid to woo investors KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia's securities watchdog relaxed listing policies on Friday, allowing foreign firms operating in the country and local companies with businesses abroad to float, in a bid to woo investors. The Securities Commission said the move was
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    • Article
      corporate briefs
      215 11 GuocoLand reported a net profit of $94.2 million, or 19.91 cents a share, for the year ended June 30, rebounding from a $171.6 million net loss, or 49.41 cents a share, a year earlier. Sales rose to $364.85 million from $234.13 million. The profit arose mainly from sales
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      Property developer Wing Tai turns around
      148 11 PROPERTY developer Wing Tai Holdings reported on Friday a net profit of $3,965 million, or 0.65 cent a share, for the year ended June 30, reversing a loss of $69,153 million, or 11.3 cents per share, in the same period that of a year
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      Lock icon Profit concerns may see Qantas thwart SlA's plans to fly to the US
      272 12 Bloomberg SINGAPORE Airlines' (SIA) plans to fly to the United States via Australia may be thwarted by Qantas Airways because the Australian carrier is concerned that competition on the route will erode its profitability, analysts said. Singapore,
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      Lock icon Gates makes it a decade
      233 12 Bloomberg He tops Forbes' list of richest Americans once again MICROSOFT Corp chairman Bill Gates is the richest American for the 10th consecutive year, according to Forbes magazine's 21st annual list of the 400 wealthiest people in the United States. Mr Gates, a co-founder of
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    • Article
      Lock icon Optus on track for growth
      76 12 Bloomberg SYDNEY Optus CEO Chris Anderson said on Friday that the company, the Australian unit of Sing Tel, is on track to meet its earnings' forecast for the year ending March 2004. Optus expects to maintain double-digit revenue growth and increase earnings before interest, tax,
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  • SAVVYINVESTOR
    • Article, Illustration
      Lock icon Set for the surge
      483 14  -  Rita Raagas De Ramos -Dow Jones Fund manager sees HK, Spore and Taiwan outperforming smaller Asian stock markets by news@newstoday.com.sg HONG KONG SG Asset Management believes the equity markets in Hong Kong, Singapore, Taiwan and South Korea are poised to steal the limelight from smaller markets
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    • WHAT THE EXPERT SAY ...
      • Article
        Lock icon TPV – Buy
        57 14 TPV Buy Dow Jones DBSVickers has kept its "Buy" call on TPV with a target of 98 cents, saying that the stock remains a good proxy for mid-term demand for LCD monitors.The divestment by key holders Fields Pacific and Brilliant Way is not reflective ofTPV's outlook, where longer-term growth is
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        Lock icon ASL Marine – Buy
        76 14 ASL Marine Buy Dow Jones GK GOH has kept "Buy" recommendation on ASL Marine after a 28 per cent rise in FY'O3 net profit to $9.1 million, saying that "FY'O4 will be another good year for ASL Marine across its business segments." More chartering business is expected to be driven
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        Lock icon Tiong Woon – Market Perform
        92 14 Tiong Woon Market Perform OCBC Securities TIONG Woon Corp is rated "Market Perform" for those with a long term investment horizon. As the stock has run up sharply in the last two weeks, we recommend that those with short investment time frames should consider taking profit at current levels, while
        – OCBC Securities  -  92 words
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      An insurance to lessen that medical burden
      284 14  -  Lee Yew Meng IT'S sad to see parents heartbroken when told by doctors their young children are mentally or physically challenged. Beyond the emotional pain, they have to learn to cope with the demand of bringing them up. Last Sunday's President's Star Charity
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    • MARKET WATCH
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        Looking for direction
        513 14  -  Chew Sutat by news@@newstoday.com.sg A COUPLE of closing sell baskets on index stocks in Singapore took the shine off an otherwise relatively strong week. Buoyed by a strong Wall Street, the ST Index flirted with the 1,600-point level before finding once again that for the blue chips,
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  • WORLD
    • Article
      Lock icon Blow to Blair
      345 16 Agencies First by-election defeat for Labour in 15 years LONDON While the loss in a by-election appears inconsequential for British Prime Minister Tony Blair's huge 165-seat majority in Parliament, the political damage is done. The loss of the mid-term by-election in the traditionally Labour-dominated London constituency of
      – Agencies  -  345 words
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      Lock icon Ancient hobby revived
      93 16 AFP photo A vendor displays kites for sale at a market in a Beijing suburb on Friday. Ancient records suggest that kites were used in China as early as 2,500 years ago and that kite-fly-ing was a popular hobby then. The Italian traveller, Marco Polo, is said
      – AFP photo  -  93 words
    • global roundup
      • Article
        Lock icon Former Iraqi Defence Minister surrenders
        65 16 AFP Former Iraqi Defence Minister, Sultan Hasnem Ahmad, one of the 55 most wanted Iraqi officials, surrendered to US forces in Iraq's northern city of Mosul on Friday, a mediator said. Mr Ahmad gave himself up after the US promised he would be well-treated, Mr
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        Lock icon Scientific-test Shockwaves killed
        42 16 Reuters giant squids Shockwaves from scientific tests carried out by the Spanish navy have killed four giant squids of which one was as long as a bus off Spain's coast recently, said a Spanish marine protection agency on Thursday.
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        Lock icon Taylor siphoned $175m for weapons: NY Times
        79 16 AFP Exiled Liberian leader Charles Taylor had siphoned off almost US$100 million ($175 million] from Liberia before he was forced to leave the West African country last month, The New York Times reported on Thursday. Citing "a close review of government records"; a
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        No e-mail for British chain of mobile stores
        86 16 phone The head of a chain of British mobile phone stores has banned his 2,500 staff from using e-mail in the office asking them to speak to each other in person or through the phone instead, the BBC reported. Phones 4u chief
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        Lock icon Suu Kyi followers keep vigil
        63 16 Agencies Anxious followers of Ms Aung San Suu Kyi on Friday camped inside the heavily-guarded Yangon hospital, where she was believed to be recovering from gynaecological surgery. Earlier reports had said Ms Suu Kyi had undergone surgery on Thursday but sources clarified that there had
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      Lock icon Hurricane Isabel kills three
      232 16 Agencies WASHINGTON Hurricane Isabel lashed the US East Coast on Friday, killing three people, as winds and floods forced the evacuation of more than 300,000 people. Thousands of flights were grounded at 19 airports and the US government was shut down for the weekend. Towns along
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    • Article
      Lock icon Want a baby? Drink wine
      145 16 AFP COPENHAGEN Trying to conceive? Try drinking wine. A Danish medical review reported that women who drink moderate quantities of wine become pregnant more easily than their teetotaller or beerdrinking sisters. According to Dagens Medecin, a study of 30,000 women showed that those who chose
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      Lock icon First pet crematorium in China
      146 16 -AFP BEIJING China's first pet crematorium and mausoleum opened on Friday to meet an increasing demand by Chinese pet owners who want humane ways to mourn the death of their furry friends. The crematorium is located in a Beijing suburb. Cremation fees are based on
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  • COMMENTARY
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      Lock icon A MISSED opportunity
      1037 18  -  Siew Kum Hong Censorship Review Committee took safe middle-of-the-road approach by news@newstoday.com.sg SO the Censorship Review Committee (CRC) has released its report So the suggestions in the Arts Community Proposal of October of last year have been rejected. So the Government has accepted most of the CRC's
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  • HUMOUR
    • Article, Illustration
      Lock icon From bad to bratwurst
      693 19  -  Dave Barry See what's lurking behind the Bush-es PEOPLE often ask me: "As a leading candidate for President, can you be unbiased when you write about the other candidates?" Yes. When I believe that my opponents are wrong, I will point that out By the same
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    • SHOP TALK
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        SOYA FOR THE BONES
        96 19 Enhance your calcium intake with the Anlene Soya UHT milk. Made from natural ingredients, the soya milk is enriched with calcium. One glass of the soya milk contains 330mg of calcium, so three glasses a day will help you meet your daily requirement of 1000mg. The
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        SWEET OFFERING
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        METAMORPHOSIS
        93 19 The popular Issey Miyake L'Eau d'lssey for ladies has shed the platinium look for a cleaner, pristine exterior. The 50ml transparent glass bottle is now topped by a brushed silver cap with a crystalline drop at the tip. The purfume has also been enhanced to offer a fragrance that
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  • weekend WATZUP?
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      458 48 AFP Playing together for the first-time, duo lead Finland by a stroke Golf Nations Cup Singapore drops two strokes MYANMAR'S Kyi Hla Han and Aung Win found the right combination in the alternate shots format of the Nations Cup second round here on Friday to shoot two-under-par
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      183 48 -AFP BOISE, Idaho Michelle Wie can take solace in the fact that she did not finish last. "It just didn't work out for me today," said Wie. "I'll just have to go out and shoot a 64 tomorrow. I usually play better in the morning
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      460 49  -  Stanley Ho But Thai national coach tells Today he wasn't told by football association by 5 stanley@newstoday.com.sg HE WAS sacked as head coach of Thailand's national team yesterday. Yet Peter Withe (picture) was the last man to find out The former England and Aston Villa striker who coached
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      349 49  -  Tan Wee Boon IF YOU spot a half-naked man painted blue running along Suntec City and the Padang on Saturday while you're having lunch, do not call the police. He is Marathon Man, not a Singapore superhero but part of Standard
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      239 49 Reuters MILAN AC Milan vice-presi-dent Adriano Galliani said the European champion would allow its striker Rivaldo to leave if he asked for a move. Rivaldo has not started for Milan so far this season and Italian and Brazilian media have speculated that he is unhappy at
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      116 49 Reuters LIVERPOOL Liverpool is to ignore a call from the city council to ground share with Everton and will press on with its own plans for a new stadium in Stanley Park, said chief executive Rick Parry on Friday. Liverpool council chief executive David Henshaw, who
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