Today, 6 December 2003

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  • 10 1 weekendTODAY SHAREYOURJES^SEX December 6 7 2003 MITA (P) 009/03/2003 www.todayonline.com
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  • 456 1 Female suicide bomber targets Russian train MOSCOW In a grim reminder of how suicide bombing has become the terrorist's weapon of choice, a train packed with the morning crowd was blown up on Russia's southern fringe on Friday. The attack, which came just two days
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  • 833 1  -  Ng Shing Yi by shingyi@newstoday.com.sg ONE of our urban legends told of a black van that rolled across Singapore at night, picking up the homeless and making sure they never slept in the streets again. The story was true, as it turned
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    • 52 1 Pageant comes to China/3 /Vl/ss Ireland Rosanna Davison (foreground), daughter of music legend Chris de Burgh, is one of the favourites for the Miss World title. REUTERS photo US scraps steel tariffs Threats of retaliation force superpower to back down/14 Spain's super derby Real Madrid aim to settle 20-year score
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  • NEWS
    • 514 2  -  Joy Frances by joy@newstoday.com.sg JUST a year after he took over as the chief executive officer of the Wildlife Reserves of Singapore (WRS), Mr Asad Shiraz is stepping down. No reason was given for his departure, which will make way for a new executive chairman:
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    • 297 2 LONDON British Prime Minister Tony Blair's "back me or sack me" challenge over a controversial bill over university top-up fees may just come true. The latter part, that is. Mr Blair is facing yet another domestic revolt over the fees controversy. As was with the
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    • 682 3  -  Lim Kuan Chiang China goes all out to spruce up for its first int'l beauty pageant by kuanchiang@newstoday.com.sg CHINA lifted its ban on beauty contests this year, after 54 long, drab years. And as it plays host to its first international pageant the 53rd Miss World pageant
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    • 255 4 FOURTEEN new charges have been slapped on the man accused of pulling off Singapore's biggest corporate scam. In court on Friday, the Asia Pacific Breweries (APB) former finance manager, Chia Teck Leng, was charged with four counts of stealing $53 million
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    • 320 4  -  Jose Raymond Some 1-900 services under investigation by jose@newstoday.com.sg WHILE offering punters football tips may be perfectly legal, giving pointers on matches not available for lawful betting in Singapore might land you in trouble. Police confirmed on Friday that the Criminal Investigation Department's Gambling Suppression
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    • 208 6  -  Serene Foo WHILE corporations are spending billions on developing exciting new convergent technologies so that you can, for instance, watch movies on your mobile phone or listen to radio channels on the Internet these are causing headaches for regulators. Singapore, as yet, does not
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    • 358 6  -  Pamela Pang This will facilitate work to improve the signalling system by pamela@newstoday.com.sg FROM Dec 14 till April 25, operating hours on Sundays of the Bukit Panjang Light Rapid Transit (BPLRT) system will be shortened by six hours. The service, which starts from
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    • 56 2 Ff*[™ t k w i i; t I I Joe IDcCroskey in Singapore PART 1: 7 Dec 03, Sunday 1 Oam Venue: Pan Pacific Hotel, Level 1, Pacific Ballroom (English Service with Mandarin interpretation via headset) PART 2: 8 Dec 03, Monday 7.30pm Venue: Pan Pacific Hotel, Level 2, Ocean
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    • 113 3 The liver is our largest internal organ. th@niSOH Carbohydrates, fats and proteins are ■naditionauyusedasuwrtonic metabolised in the liver. The liver aids in the digestion of fats. The liver removes metabolic waste "•jjroS- products and old red blood cells. 120 cvnk. tea 300 Milk thistle has been used traditionally Livrin 300
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    • 154 4 If fl I W w' i WW M Team Singapore WW A A \A Athlete: W ftLp^^^fl Liew Su Mm Lfl <H*i I jn^Bj^B|M9 W Sport: Volleyball "atcaaa aanu^^al E Volleyball is 108 years old this year! J The team sport combines elements I from basketball, baseball, tennis and I
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  • HUMOUR/NEWS
    • 744 8  - Whether at home or on the bus Neil Humphreys Look out for the finger-pointers! by neil@newstoday.com.sg MY father-in-law, Alan, is a London bus driver. No, that's not true. My father-in-law, Alan, is a terrible London bus driver. As the saying goes, when God was giving out personalities, Alan was playing
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    • 230 8 Newsßadio 93.8 LATEST figures issued by the Ministry of Education (MOE) show the percentage of students passing their second language at 0 and A levels have gone up in the past five years. The Ministry is also reviewing Syllabus B
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    • 98 8 TOSHIBA Premiership Saturday Live sammV'WawTamW 'P <ifl ffWmW^^' Photo Courtesy: fl BB^ll Gatty Images BB^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^BBJ I TOSHIBA ISTHE OFFICIAL SPONSOR OFTHE ESPN AND STAR SPORTS' I BROADCAST OFTHE ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE Come down to Chijmes tonight for the "LIVE" screening to watch Newcastle United take on Liverpool and Manchester United
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  • LETTERS
    • 211 10  - When words are mutilated Heng Cho Choon The way some of us pronounce these words is unbelievable THE article by Dr Khoo How San "Confusibles at work" (Today, Dec 4) as well as the comments by your readers brings to mind the atrocious way Singaporeans pronounce some common English words.
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    • 400 10  -  Ms Natalie Goh WE refer to the letter by Mr David Tio on "Milk can be the culprit" (Today, Dec 2). We thank Mr Tio for his feedback and would like to reassure him that the Health Promotion Board (HPB)
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  • BUSINESS
    • 149 14  -  Francis Kan DEBT-LADEN construction group Econ International has clarified press reports on the High Court's dismissal of a scheme of arrangement application by its subsidiary Econ Corporation Limited (ECL). Last month, the court said that opposing creditors "rightly questioned" disturbing discrepancies in ECL's accounts. In a statement,
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    • 291 14 AFP Asia-Pacific cheers victory for fair trade TOKYO Asia-Pacific countries on Friday hailed US President George W Bush's decision to end illegal tariffs on steel imports as a vindication for fair trade rules. Japan led the chorus of cheers saying it was pleased with the decision
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    • 219 14  -  Lee Ching Wern SINGAPORE Press Holdings (SPH) has no plans to exit the broadcasting industry despite the fact that its television arm has been in the red since its inception three years ago. At its annual general meeting yesterday, SPH's management was questioned by
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    • MarketWATCH
      • 107 14 SHARES ended flat on Friday in another quiet session as buying activity thinned ahead of the year-end holiday season. The ST index closed up 0.99 point or 0.06 per cent, at 1,733, off an intra-day low of 1,717.24. Losers outnumbered gainers 246 to 63, while volume fell to 411
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      • 61 14 Index Nikkei 225 Value *****.46 Cl ihange Pis -56.53 -0.54 Hang Seng All Ordinaries Taiwan Wtd *****.73 3232.10 5900.05 -27.92 +0.20 -20.41 -0.23 +0.01 -0.34 Korea Comp 789.41 -15.72 -1.95 KLCI 786.98 -3.15 -0.40 SET Index 659.29 -0.14 -0.02 Jakarta Comp Phils Comp Shenzhen B Mumbai Sensex 638.04
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      • 21 14 Gold uss/oi 402.800 Silver uss/oi 5.440 Platinum uss/oi 784.000 Rubber centsAg 212.00 Palm Oil RM/tonne 1881.5 Brent crude uss/barrel 28.96
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      • 41 14 SGX, Bloomberg US$ 0.5832 UK£ 0.3387 Yen 63.1043 HK$ 4.5297 RM 2.2161 Euro 0.4826 Rupiah 4955.68 Baht 23.269 Peso 32.2564 A$ 0.793 Indian Rs 26.590 Won 694.67 C$ 0.765 Yuan 4.8271 NZ$ 0.9037 NTS 19.872 Information provided by
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      • 55 14 By volume Close Change '000 El-Nets Beauty China Chartered TPV DMXTech MultiVis Hiap Hoe CapitaMall Stamford Tyre PFood 0.030 0.430 1.650 0.890 0.800 0.315 0.025 1.400 0.600 1.040 -0.010 -0.040 -0.035 +0.020 +0.030 -0.015 -0.010 -2.3 -2.4 -3.8 +2.6 +2.2 -2.4 -1.0 15,480 14,817 13,349 11,959 10,795
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      • 77 14 By$ Thai Prime200USS Close Change 9.600 +0.300 UOB 13.000 +0.300 Creative 50 18.500 +0.100 DBS 14.400 +0.100 JurCem 0.910 +0.100 STI ETF 100 17.500 +0.100 Noble 2.980 +0.080 Semb Log CapilaMall Allgreen 2.060 +0.060 1.400 +0.030 1.060 +0.020 By percentage GulTech W*****7 Close i 0.075 Change +25.0
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      • 76 14 jlydev :&N Close 6.000 11.600 Change -0.200 -0.200 5realEast 10.600 -0.200 iPH 100 19.400 -0.200 IMH 400USS 8.650 -0.150 MetraHldg 0.560 -0.135 YOL 2.140 -0.070 3P Bat 4.180 -0.060 law Par 4.380 -0.060 WFS Tech 1.080 -0.060 By percentage Falmac Close 0.080 Change -20.0 Koh BrosW*****6 0.020
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    • 171 16 Channel News Asia ABUJA (Nigeria) The collapse of trade talks in Cancun, Mexico, is likely to dominate the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting which opened in Abuja, Nigeria, on Friday. Making Singapore's stance clear, Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong said those who hailed the failure
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    • 232 16 AFP STT injects cash to pay off firm's loans SINGAPORE Technologies Telemedia (STT) will inject another US$2OO million ($344 million) into Global Crossing, raising its total investment in the bankrupt United States telecommunications firm to US$45O million, the company said on Friday. The extra investment
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    • 210 16 Dow Jones Channel NewsAsia Bloomberg Dow Jones Bloomberg SingTel will receive US$2B.B million ($49.5 million) for the sale of its 1.9 per cent stake in satellite operator Inmarsat Ventures. PSA Corp handled 1 1 per cent more cargo last month than it did a year earlier. It handled
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    • 325 18 Bloomberg Investors snap up IPO shares at $2.83 each SIR Richard Branson's discount Australian airline, Virgin Blue, is off to a sizzling start on the stock market. The carrier's stock, which starts trading on Monday, was sold at A52.25 ($2.83) each the maximum price it sought
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    • 191 18 Agencies ASIAN technology stocks ended lower on Friday after chip giant Intel considered a bellwether for technology spending gave a disappointing sales forecast "Expectations in the market were too high," Mr Takahiro Nakayama, a fund manager at Citigroup Asset Management told Bloomberg. "The degree
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    • 150 18 Dow Jones WASHINGTON The US unemployment rate dropped to an eight-month low of 5.9 per cent last month, indicating a recovery in the labour market, the US Labor Department said yesterday. Non-farm business payrolls grew by 57,000 last month, raising the job gains
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  • SAVVY INVESTOR
    • 662 20  -  Lee Yew Meng They cushion against volatility and offer better returns than fixed deposits by news@newstoday.com.sg BONDS enjoyed a boom over the past three years because of the weak global economy. While the bad times are coming to an end, bonds still have a place in
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    • 513 20  -  Vasu Menon by news@newstoday.com.sg IT may seem hard to believe. But there are analysts who think that gold, which is currently trading at an eight-year high of just above US$4OO ($690) per ounce, can hit the US$l,OOO mark
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    • What The Experts Say ...
      • 70 20 CSE (65 cents) BUY DBS Vickers CSE Global announced that it sold 18.64 million shares of eßworx Malaysia through married deals. The sale will lead to CSE recording a $2.8 m exceptional gain in FYO3, which will raise FYO3 earnings per share by 1 8 per cent, according to our
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      • 61 20 Cosco (60 cents) OVERWEIGHT Dow Jones JPM stays Overweight on Cosco and raises its target price to 72 cents from 60 cents on buoyant dry bul shipping environment. It also raises FYO4 earnings by 52 per cent to $36.5 million "Divestment of property asse and expansion of dry bulk shipping
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  • WORLD
    • 340 22 Agencies Zimbabwe's absence haunts Commonwealth ABUJA (Nigeria) Leaders and heads of states from around the world gathered here on Friday for the opening of the Commonwealth summit but a row over the exclusion of Zimbabwe has overshadowed the event and threatens to divide this meeting of mostly
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    • 129 22 -AFP NEW DELHI India's ruling Hindu nationalists started celebrating their sweeping victories in three state assembly polls after results came in on Friday, while leaders of the defeated Congress party started an inquiry into what had gone wrong. Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee's Bharatiya Janata
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    • 226 22 AFP LOS ANGELES Ravaged by Alzheimer's disease, former United States President Ronald Reagan is no longer able to speak or feed himself and does not recognise his family. People magazine said in its Dec 5 edition that the 40th president of the US, who is 92, spends
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    • global roundup
      • 50 22 British Labour Member of Parliament Chris Bryant has apologised for e-mailing a picture of himself in his underpants via a gay website, the BBC reported yesterday. Mr Bryant has admitted that the picture was authentic, adding that he has never made a secret of being gay.
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      • 83 22 AFP A film student at New York University (NYU) has triggered a row about freedom of expression after campus officials banned her from filming a couple having sex in the classroom. Ms Paula Carmicino, who said the film was aimed at exposing the disparity
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      • 41 22 Reuters A staff member of the Central American Parliament, a body that promotes regional integration, was arrested on Thursday for selling cocaine in the Parliament's offices in Honduras. It was not clear what position the staff held.
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    • 123 24 AFP LOS ANGELES The case against the King of Pop seems to be falling apart. Prosecutors, who booked Michael Jackson on multiple counts of lewd and lascivious behaviour with a child under 14, have delayed the filing of formal charges till next week.
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    • 460 24 AFP Swedish and British firms lay down the law at Xmas office parties STOCKHOLM This may be the season to get jolly, but there is still a limit to how jolly things can get Swedish companies, fearing things will get out of hand, are issuing guidelines
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    • 120 24 Agencies MANILA In a surprising turn of events, Philippine President Gloria Arroyo on Friday lifted a nearly four-year moratorium on the death penalty following public reactions to the wave of kidnapping. The move follows a series of kidnappings targeting the ethnic Chinese community that have added
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    • global roundup
      • 56 24 -AFP Polish Prime Minister Leszek Miller (picture) and seven others were injured when his helicopter crash-landed on Thursday. The 57-year-old Prime Minister injured his back and could be hospitalised for at least a week, but he vowed not to miss the two-day
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      • 65 24 AFP Vietnamese police said on Friday they had made 15 arrests and smashed a network that sold virgins to Taiwan or to expatriates living in Vietnam. The arrests were made following a raid on a hotel in Ho Chi Minh City on Wednesday, during
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  • COMMENTARY
    • 904 26  -  Looi Teck Kheong It may be a scourge of the future when combined with traditional forms of terrorism news@newstoday.com.sg by SINGAPORE has amended its Computer Misuse Act recently to broaden the ministerial power to take pre-emptive measures to deal with terrorism perpetuated through the use of
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    • 748 28  -  Elisa Chia Ranking the Star Award nominees how hard can that be? by elisa@newstoday.com.sg FOR the past four years, the annual Star Awards meant little more to me than working on a Sunday. Sure, I'd be able to get up close and personal with the glamourous stars
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  • Page 26 Miscellaneous
    • 32 26 SYED SURESH riß (T^ 1/mauv»(*i tsi II CAUSEWAY I T^C^^^nri glad we'res^ V IrjT -~^s*^^?V Looks like everyone's}! C 9oin9on holiday jh& "fey. on holiday! Trying to escape traffic and holiday jams?
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  • Holistic + Natural Health
    • 260 30 Complementary and alternative healthcare practitioners have formed a society to raise public awareness about the industry and safeguard professional standards. The Society of Natural and Alternative Health Therapists (SONAHT) is the first professional body in Singapore for qualified holistic healthcare professionals. It was formed by
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    • 409 30 Eastern and Western, traditional and modern, orthodox and complementary... A wide range of therapies are available at YourHealth, which offers patients the best possible combination of conventional and complementary therapies. Strengths "Different therapies have different strengths, making them more suitable for certain ailments," said Dr Luisa
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    • 670 31 Can a change in diet help people recover from cancer and other lifethreatening diseases? The average doctor or cancer specialist is most likely to say, "N0... There is no scientific evidence." But there IS scientific evidence. In Let Food Be Thy Medicine, health researcher Alex Jack summarises
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    • 155 31 Misunderstood and persecuted! Max Gerson, the German doctor who developed Gerson Therapy, was a man ahead of his time who appreciated the power of food long before his peers did. He had developed the diet to cure himself of migraine, but later found that it worked against tuberculosis, cancer and
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    • 266 31 Osteopathic Treatment Centre (OTC) has, for 20 years, been offering a natural approach to the treatment of aches and pain affecting just about every part of the body from neck to lower back, from head to feet. The clinic was started by Dr David Tio, Singapore's first
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  • FESTIVE SPECIAL
    • 300 32 I think I'll probably get a trip to somewhere with my loved one. Koh Samui maybe, since I've been there a couple of times and I like it because it's very relaxed and there are nice beaches and lots of good food. Brendon Fernandez, Fly
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      • 146 34 Stay fresh despite the constant partying, drinking and feasting this festive season with a basic coffret set from Vichy Laboratories. The set, consisting of detoxifying gelmousse, toner and hydration gel, is now retailing at the special price of $80 (UP $97). Every purchase of the set comes with
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      • 50 34 Instead of eating your cereals, you suitable for those who are on the go. Simply add hot water and you have a delicious beverage filled with the goodness of cereals, milk, vitamins and minerals. Nesvita is sold at all major supermarkets, minimarts and provision shops at $3.85
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    • 426 34 And the nominees are Go on, take a stab at choosing the Star Awards winners in the following categories Best Actor Chew Chor Meng [Springs of Life) Christopher Lee [True Heroes) Li Nanxing [The Unbeatables III) Tay Ping Hui [Love Is Beautiful) Xie Shaoguang (Holland V) Best Actress Aileen Tan
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    • 251 34  -  Sian E Jay by news@newstoday.com.sg INDONESIAN auction house, Larasati, established in 2000, hopes to give the big names like Sotheby's and Christies a run for their money. If Larasati's previous sales are anything to go by, it is well on the way to becoming
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      • 144 36  - Remixed and Revisited Madonna Janice Lee Maverick /Warner Bros THEY may say her time is up and that's she's desperately trying to bridge an age gap. First came a Gap advertisement, then came the infamous kiss with Britney which stirred critics into labelling her a tryhard. And now she's repackaged
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      • 111 36  - Folklore Nelly Furtado Janice Lee Universal Music Dreamworks NELLY Furtado has risen up auickly and she's grown up quickly, too. Her second album, Folklore, complements her burgeoning reputation. With the new album, which comes after her giving birth and winning a Grammy, sees her re-discovering her roots. At only 23,
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      • 106 36  - Coverage Mandy Moore Jeanine Tan Sony Music WITH this new album, pop star Mandy Moore attempts to shed her teenybopper image by singing covers of pop classics, some familiar, others made fresh again. It's unlikely that tunes like Cat Steven's Moonshadow would ring a bell among the young. But it's
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    • 346 36 AFP And three musicians get posthumous mention LOS ANGELES Rap, hip-hop and rhythm and blues overwhelmed the nominations for the 2004 Grammy Awards on Thursday, with Beyonce Knowles, Jay-Z, Pharrell Williams and OutKast snapping up six nods each. Nine artists including Justin Timberlake, Eminem, 50 Cent, Luther
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    • 180 36 Reuters LONDON Keith Richards is not amused. The legendary Rolling Stones' guitarist has flown into a rock and roll rage against Mick Jagger over the singer's decision to accept a knighthood, the ultimate nod from the British establishment "I don't want to step
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      367 40  -  Yong Shu Chiang RoystonTan is headed off with 75 to the very film festival that launched QuentinTarantino by shuchiang@newstoday.com.sg ROYSTON Tan will keep on racking up frequent flier miles as film festivals worldwide continue hankering for his controversial teen-angst film, 15. Having presented his first feature at a
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    • 188 40 AFP BEIJING China only allowed 20 foreign movies to be shown this year but they proved a roaring success, state media said on Friday. The most popular were Pirates of the Caribbean, The Italian Job and Matrix Revolutions, the Xinhua news agency said.
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    • IN CINEMAS ROUND-UP
      • 112 44  -  Ross Wallace ■Janice Lee Serene Foo Igby Goes Down: Igby's the scion of a wealthy New York clan, that's about as dysfunctional as the Jackson family. Imagine Catcher in the Rye through Wes Anderson's eyes (only it's first-timer Burr Steers, remember that name).— Love Actually: From the makers of
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        206 44  -  Elisa Chia Jeanine Tan Elisa Chia Leonard Thomas Serene Foo Brother BeqrThe tale of a young, bear-hating boy who's transformed into one himself by angry spirits, set 10,000 years ago. Inspired by The Lion King (1994), Disney's latest animated film is charming but far from ground-breaking.— Elf: Buddy
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    • 186 44 Drum bass is here to stay WHILE it may not be a household name (yet), the Singapore "drum bass" scene is fast attracting clubbers drawn in by the music's relentless energy, its practitioners said. The genre first gained popularity here in 2000 through the now defunct Insomnia Cafe. Characterised by
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    • 468 46  -  Kiran Narain Find some of the best pure Indian vegetarian food here by eatout@newstoday.com .sg Today and the Vegetarian Society (Singapore) bring you a weekly column featuring recipes and restaurants for the green generation. The Saravana Bhavan Hotel in India has a history of about 25 years.
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    • 335 46 CHAMPAGNE CREATIONS AT LESAMIS FOR the ultimate gastronomic experience, make reservations at Les Amis restaurant to sample the culinary creations of Moet Chandon Chef Bernard Dance. But hurry as Chef Dance's stint at Les Amis as guest chef ends on Saturday. Chef Dance is the resident chef at Moet
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  • EAT OUT
    • 383 47  -  Gurmeet Singh Chefs create memorable tastes with international wines at Wine For Asia 2003 by eatout@newstoday.com.sg THE Great Wine for Asia Chefs' Challenge held last weekend left no doubts that Singapore-based chefs have the creative culinary mettle to reinvent delicious dishes on the spot using
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    • 298 48  -  Susan Goh Bold, striking structural details are big when it comes to small spaces by news@newstoday.com.sg VISITORS to this house can be forgiven for thinking that it is a posh restaurant The plush seats and booth benches on top of an island of pebble stones
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  • DRIVE
    • 224 50 NOT many people in the region know this, but Subaru's parent company, Fuji Heavy Industries (FHI), is actually an aircraft manufacturer, having established itself in the industry more that 80 years ago as the Nakajima Aircraft Research Laboratory. The name Fuji Heavy came in 1 953
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    • 215 51 IT MAY seem strange for Chevrolet to have a product range comprising models sourced from all over the world, but parent company General Motors feels this will enable the most relevant cars to be sold in individual countries. Although a very small manufacturer by global standards,
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    • 216 65  -  Ray Chen FAMILY relationships are meant to last the distance and the Tan household will put this to the test on Sunday. The four-member team will run together in the Standard Chartered Singapore Marathon. Ron Tan and his two sons, Tan Ru-Jin and Tan Ru-Ding,
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    • 393 65  -  Ray Chen Having conquered the world and more, Kenyan is eyeing the Singapore event by ray@newstoday.com.sg HE is a multiple world record holder. At the 2000 Sydney Paralympics, he took gold in the 5,000m race. Now, Henry Wanyoike is looking to win the 10km race in Sunday's
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    • 270 65  -  Ray Chen Singapore's rugby team headed off to Chinese Taipei on Friday with an upset very much on its mind. Both teams are unbeaten in this year's Asian Rugby Football Union (ARFU) quadrangular tournament, having posted easy wins over group
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    • 633 66 Agencies Last year's Christmas defeat on his mind, but Leeds could be turning the corner English Premier League Leeds v Chelsea Blues wary of Viduka LONDON Leeds United has been in the news all week, though none of it had to do with football. The club's battle
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    • 388 66 MANCHESTER Manchester United expects Alex Ferguson to be back at work just hours after the 61-year-old underwent hospital treatment for a minor heart irregularity supraventricular tachycardia (SVT). Ferguson, who has been in charge at Old Trafford since 1986, went to a
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    • 299 67 Reuters CAPE TOWN Former South Africa coach Rudolph Straeuli (above) has said he now feels embarrassed by the team's notorious pre-World Cup boot camp that contributed to his resignation. Straeuli's report to the board of SA Rugby about Kamp Staaldraad and the team's World Cup
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    • 341 67 AFP Cricket Test Australia v India Khan rocks world champion BRISBANE Steve Waugh found a novel way to get out in one of the last matches of his distinguished cricket career as India rattled the vaunted Australians in the rain-ravaged first Test
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