Today, 2 April 2004, Afternoon Edition

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    11 1 TODAY we set you thinking todayonline.com Friday Apni2,2004 MITA (P) 002/11/2002
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  • AFTERNOON EDITION
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      Lock icon Stocks close higher
      71 1 Reuters NEW YORK US stocks rose yesterday, after reports showing a strong pick-up in manufacturing activity last month and an unexpected decline in weekly jobless claims led investors to anticipate a robust monthly job report today. The Dow Jones Industrial Average ended up 15.63 points at 10,373.33,
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      829 1  -  Tor Ching Li Infant care centres face stiff competition for j scarce babies chingli@newstoday.com.sg AS SINGAPORE prepares itself to undertake a major baby-mak-ing exercise, one area that may require more than a healthy dose of scrutiny could be its fledgling, infant care industry. At present, there
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      Lock icon US recovers bodies, vows forceful response
      250 1 Agencies FALLUJAH The remains of four American security contractors ambushed in this Iraqi town west of Baghdad were recovered yesterday as US officials vowed a forceful response to their gruesome murder. The four Americans, who worked for a private US security firm, were killed
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      59 1 Siew Kum Hong Let's get back home ground advantage/2 Vandal scandal The truth behind the graffiti/3 Vijay No 1? Fijian has ousted Woods, says Golfweek/6 DBS expansion Moving into Thai IPO market/24 mr brown On good grades and better footballers/50 Sold out Ticket touts zero in on Japanese club/72 COPIES
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  • HOT NEWS
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        Lock icon The milestones that bind
        963 2  -  Siew Kum Hong It is not enough to pay lip service to sports as a nation-building tool news@newstoday.com.sg I WAS at Jalan Besar Stadium for the Singapore-Japan match on Wednesday. The Singapore team was excellent it has been ages since they've played so well and with
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      Lock icon It was no vandal scandal...
      425 3  -  Tor Ching Li just a Today con chingli@newstoday.com.sg CONTRARY to Today's report on April Fool's Day, there was no graffiti attack on the site of the Singapore History Museum's (SHM) 117-year-old building on Monday. It was a Today "con" artist who digitally "vandalised" the billboard
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      Lock icon 911 fund pays out $4.3b to families
      200 3 -AFP WASHINGTON Families whose loved ones died or were injured in the Sept 11, 2001 attacks have been awarded over US$2.6 billion ($4.3 billion) in US government compensation, a fund administrator said yesterday. Enacted by Congress, the compensation fund received 7,371 claims by
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      Google to offer 1Gb email service soon
      153 4 CALIFORNIA Popular search engine Google Inc. announced on Wednesday it would launch a free, Web-based email service to rival similar services provided by Yahoo! Inc and Microsoft Corp. The one gigabyte "Gmail", as the service will be called, will include a built-in search
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    • ELECTIONwatch
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        Lock icon Indon VP claims he was only 'like a security guard' for Mega
        143 4 The Jakarta Post Mr Hamzah Haz, leader of the United Development Party (PPP), complained on Wednesday that he had only been a "security guard" as vice-president of President Megawati Sukarnoputri. "I'm like a security guard who is tasked
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        Lock icon Election windfall for scavengers
        96 4 -AFP Scavengers in at least one district near Jakarta are enjoying a windfall from the Elastic water cups and bottles discarded y crowds at election rallies, the Jakarta Post reported yesterday. A 60-year-old trash collector, Mr Sunarji, said the campaigning had boosted his daily income by
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      Lock icon Indonesia's election carnival
      679 4  -  Elisia Yeo Gifts, entertainment galore, but no serious debate on issues in Jakarta elisia@newstoday.com.sg Indonesians breathed a sigh of relief yesterday as three weeks of extravagant, but mostly peaceful, campaigning for the legislative elections on Monday officially drew to a close. Many parties held their last rallies
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      Lock icon Is Vijay Singh golfs new No 1 ?
      376 6 Is Vijay Singh golfs new No 1 Agencies Fijian has ousted Woods, reckons Golfweek EVER since he exploded onto the professional golfing scene in 1997, Tiger Woods has taken the game by the scruff of its neck. The charismatic American, after winning nearly everything the game has to offer, has
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      Lock icon Taxman hints at end to free lunches
      308 6 Channel NewsAsia THE Government is looking at new ways to tax employees' benefits-in-kind, including food and transport perks. With little fanfare, the Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore (Iras) posted a consultation paper on the proposed changes on its Website asking for feedback. And
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  • HOME NEWS
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      Lock icon TODAY at 7-Eleven
      50 8 Many readers were pleasantly surprised yesterday when they found they could get a free copy of TODAY with any purchase at a 7-Eleven store. The novel scheme involves more than 15,000 copies of TODAY being distributed free via 206 7-Eleven outlets islandwide, while stocks last. TREVOR TAN
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      Matchmaker for charitable groups
      578 8  -  Val Chua MeesPierson launches service to find wealthy patrons for cash-strapped non-profit bodies val@newstoday.com.sg A DUTCH private bank is eyeing the wealth created by generations of Asians and wants to help them manage it through charity. MeesPierson wants to link charityminded, high net-worth individuals, with assets
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      Lock icon Madam Chan gave Guiness Anchor shares to Kang
      250 10 Channel News Asia MORE details emerged about Joachim Kang's relationship with donor Madam Emily Chan as the priest's trial continued yesterday. Madam Chan, 73, frequently attended Kang's former parish and donated over $2.5 million to the church. The court heard that just
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      Lock icon History repeats itself at library's closure
      536 10  -  Aged members recall move from Raffles Library to Stamford Shobha Tsering Bhalla shobha@newsto day, com. sg AS THE National Library closed its doors for the last time, it seemed history was repeating itself: As some long-time members recalled, many had been upset when the
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      Commuters split over paying for tighter MRT security
      633 12  -  Derrick A Paulo But full impact on fares yet to be determined derrick@newstoday.com.sg THE PROSPECT of a hike in train fares to cover additional security measures has divided commuters down both sides of the track. That's because unlike 2002, when transport fare
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        Lock icon Enhance security at bus interchanges, Yeo urged
        68 12 Channel News Asia Transport Minister Yeo Cheow Tong has urged bus operators to look at enhancing security at bus interchanges. Bus interchanges are places where people congregate and is part of the Government's review of security in the entire transport system, he said.
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        Lock icon Mini-bus driver killed, 15 passengers hurt
        70 12 Channel News Asia A mini-bus driver died after his vehicle crashed into a concrete pillar along Commonwealth Avenue yesterday. Fifteen passengers on board suffered cuts and bruises. The mini-bus mounted a curb and slammed into the pillar which supports the MRT train tracks. Bus
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        Lock icon Singapore and HK signs MOU
        80 12 Newsßadio 93.8 Singapore and Hong Kong have agreed to enhance existing cooperation in the fields of arts and culture. Under a new Memorandum of Understanding, both sides will explore opportunities for arts groups, museums and libraries. Possible partnerships include staff exchanges and training programmes among
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        Lock icon Seized items shown in new gallery
        87 12 Channel News Asia Members of the public can take a guided tour of seized items from opium pipes and drug-stuffed teddy bears to sex toys at the new gallery of the Immigration and Checkpoints Authority (ICA) at the end of this year. The $500,000
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        Lock icon Hi-tech fight against rats
        64 12 Channel News Asia Singapore is going hi-tech in its battle to snuff out rodents, with thermal scanners, ultraviolet detectors and closedcircuit cameras. Pest control companies are using an $80,000 thermal imaging camera, similar to the fever scanners that were used at the height of the Sars
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        Lock icon Pay Malaysian traffic fines here
        72 12 Channel News Asia From today till the end of June, motorists can choose to pay their summonses at the Malaysian High Commission as well. And, with a new automatic vehicle system (AVSS), Singaporean motorists who fail to pay their Malaysian traffic fines will be informed
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      Lock icon Sars measures stepped down
      259 14  -  Tan Hui Leng But precautions still apply in high-risk areas huileng@newstoday.com.sg AFTER a year, visitors can finally walk in and out of Tan Tock Seng Hospital freely without having to record their personal particulars or pass a thermal scanner. Describing the risk of Sars being imported
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      Lock icon A chance to vote for new Seven Wonders
      286 14  -  Ted Chen HELP re-write the history books when you cast your ballot for which icons you think should be the new Seven Wonders of the World. Yesterday at the Singapore Discovery Centre, 80 students from Ahmad Ibrahim Primary School and Temasek Primary
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      What Singapore needs to survive
      268 18  -  See Leong Kit Further progress requires professionalism from officials, changed attitudes on part of citizens I REFER to Today's various insightful reports on Opposition MP Chiam See Tong (March 29), Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong's lament on our apathetic youth (March 30), Home Affairs Minister
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      Landmark's facade worth preserving
      177 18  -  Kenneth Phua DURING a recent visit with my family to the National Library at Stamford Road, I pondered the loss of this icon of our heritage with more than a hint of sadness. Unfortunately, the young of tomorrow will have no clue what the library meant
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      Remember the mistakes of Chinatown, Bugis
      187 18  -  Chui Heng Tak WITH the relocation of Alexandra Hospital, we will see yet another piece of Singapore's history disappear forever. What many may not know is that during the colonial years, Alexandra Hospital was a British military hospital and it stood through the Second
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      Lock icon Lion-hearted team need unconditional support
      725 22  -  Lesley-Anne John Without it, the Lions or our other sportsmen, will not excel I DO not understand the attitude Singaporeans have toward their sportsmen. All everyone seems to do is complain that we have no noteworthy achievements in sports. I think that's a major part
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      Congratulations, Singapore!
      184 22  -  Lee U-Wen LIKE a majority of the diehard Singapore supporters, I was unable to procure a ticket to watch the Lions play Japan at the Jalan Besar Stadium. However, I caught the game on television and what a performance coach Raddy Avramovic's boys put up! For the first
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      ... but more can be done
      203 22  - but more can be done Kuangjingkai THE national soccer team's performance against Japan renews hopes for Goal 2010. But more can be done. In the 1980s, we had the Milo Soccer School, in which young talented players were identified and many of them had the chance to train and play
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      Disappointed with FAS, fans
      165 22  -  Nor Azam Ahmad I WISH to congratulate the national soccer team for a gallant fight against the mighty Japanese. However, as an ever-support-ive fan, I would like to express my disappointment for the following: The Football Association of Singapore, for not enforcing a quota for foreign-ticket
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  • BUSINESS NEWS
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        Lock icon Singapore
        204 24 Agencies SHARES closed higher yesterday, with the key market index up for the fourth straight session on late bargain-hunt-ing, traders said. The ST Index rose 11.78 points, or 0.63 per cent, to close at 1,870.70, rebounding from an intraday low of 1,851.79. On the broad market, advancers led decliners
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        SGX most active
        55 24 By volume Intend Bio-Treat Wee Poh SeeHS NOL Ipco UnitedTAC KLW SingTel PanpacMed Close 0.270 0.925 0.020 0.325 2.230 0.105 0.850 0.090 2.330 0.090 Change +0.020 +0.055 +0.025 +0.040 -0.005 +0.025 -0.005 +0.010 +8.0 +6.3 +8.3 +1.8 -4.5 +3.0 -5.3 +12.5 '000 60,725 44,276 34,615 26,340 25,517
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        SGX top rises
        72 24 By$ /enture Close Changi 19.800 +0.500 ilA 200 11.300 +0.400 IMShekou 100 HKS 8.700 +0.300 ISH 500USS 5.150 +0.210 (epCorp >IA 7.500 +0.200 11.200 +0.200 iPH 100 19.100 +0.200 JOB 13.600 +0.200 iingamasC2kHKS 4.250 +0.125 )y percentage Close 0.130 Changi +30.0 El Nets 0.025 +25.0 SakerTech 0.155
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        SGX top falls
        81 24 By Close Change IMH400USS 10.600 -0.300 DBS 14.200 -0.200 jealive50 18.200 -0.100 OBS Bk 6% NCPS 10 108.000 -0.100 3P Bal 3.800 -0.060 Fortune Reil HKS 5.150 -0.050 Noble 4.720 -0.040 Dver&GeneAS 0.070 -0.040 OTLCorp 2.970 -0.030 Espial 0.335 -0.025 By percentage Over&Gene AS Close 0.070 Changi
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        World markets
        60 24 Index Nikkei 225 Hang Seng Ordinaries faiwan Wtd Korea Comp Value 11,683.42 12,676.25 3,443.900 6,523.49 882.75 C Pis -31.97 -5.42 +27.500 +1.30 +2.25 Change -0.27 -0.04 +0.81 +0.02 +0.26 KLCI 887.08 -14.77 -1.64 SET Index 671.92 +24.62 +3.80 lakarta Comp 737.653 +1.976 +0.27 Phils Comp Shenzhen B 1,433.11
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        Commodities
        21 24 Gold uss/oi 427.00 Silver uss/oi 7.95 Platinum uss/oi 905.00 Rubber centsAg 229.25 Palm Oil RM/tonne 1,995 Brent crude uss/barrel 32.00
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        Your S$1 buys
        36 24 US$ 0.5971 UK£ 0.3234 Yen 62.205 HK$ 4.6493 RM 2.2713 Euro 0.4852 Rupiah 5,137.5 Baht 23.416 Peso 33.572 A$ 0.7825 Indian Rs 26.062 Won 681.98 C$ 0.7814 Yuan 4.9419 NZ$ 0.8929 NTS 19.715
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      DBS to expand in Thai IPO market
      360 24  -  Chan Chao Peh More mandates expected after CS Loxinfo float chaopeh@newstoday.com.sg DBS Group Holdings has bagged its first initial public offering (IPO) deal in Thailand and is gearing up to secure more deals in the kingdom, which is expected to post economic growth
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      Manufacturing up for 10th straight month
      138 24  -  Kevin Tan SINGAPORE'S manufacturing sector expanded for the 10th consecutive month in March on the back of increased export orders and production output The Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) in March stood at 53.4, up 0.3 point from February. A reading above 50 indicates growth
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      Lock icon Oil price likely to hit Singapore's GDP target
      387 26 Channel News Asia It could shave 0.4 of a percentage point off expected growth: IDEAglobal SINGAPORE'S economy might be affected if oil prices remain at their current levels or rise even further, analysts said. IDEAglobal estimates that a sustained 5 per cent
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      Lock icon CORPORATEbriefs
      189 26 Channel News Asia Channel News Asia Taiwan contract microchip maker United Microelectronics raised its stake in its Singapore unit UMCi to 84.96 per cent with its NT53.95 billion ($201.4 million] purchase of 90 million shares at $2.24 each from EDB Investment. Total Automation will set up a joint venture
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      Lock icon Crocodile plans to relocate its HQto China
      207 28 AFP BEIJING Singapore's Crocodile International plans to relocate its headquarters to Shanghai despite a bitter legal feud in China with rival French sportswear maker Lacoste, the China Daily reported. Crocodile International will invest more than 100 million yuan ($2O million) on a new
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      Lock icon Prices of private homes hit a five-year low
      387 28 Dow Jones THE prices of private homes in Singapore weakened further in the first quarter, slipping 0.4 per cent from the previous quarter to a five-year low. According to flash estimates from the Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) released yesterday, the pace of
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      SingTel earns top awards
      145 28  -  Chan Chao Peh VAULTING from the sixth position last year, Sing Tel led the pack of Singapore firms in this year's Best Managed Companies poll organised by regional trade journal Finance Asia. The telecommunications giant also won the Best Corporate Governance and Best Investor Relations awards,
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      182 32 AFP SEOUL South Korea's largest lender, the Kookmin Bank, has declared "war" on Citigroup yesterday as the US group's acquisition of a major local bank sparks tougher competition in retail banking. "We must win the war against Citibank even through an alliance
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      321 32 AFP Battle in Brussels is about standards for digital entertainment WASHINGTON The EU antitrust case against Microsoft is a battle over the future technical standards for Hollywood films, online music and other forms of digital entertainment, analysts said. Although competition currently exists for the
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      155 34 -AFP TOKYO Sony has filed a lawsuit in the United States against Eastman Kodak for infringing 10 of the Japanese tech giant's patents on digital camera technology. The suit filed with a federal district court in New Jersey on Wednesday, demanded that Kodak
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      462 34 Bloomberg Market sentiment highest since 1997 THE BANK of Japan's tankan survey showed sentiment among large manufacturers was at its highest since 1997 in March and service companies were optimistic for the first time in seven years as an export-led recovery spreads to consumers.
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      651 36  -  David Deßosa Commentary Central bank policy has led to the exchange rate volatility it wants to avoid news@newstoday.com.sg THE Bank of Japan (BOJ) has given us a lesson in the damage that a central bank can do when it tries to manipulate the foreign
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      693 38  -  Andy Mukherjee Bloomberg Commentary India's accelerated growth brings new opportunities for foreign firms news@newstoday.com.sg WHEN Mr David Burton, the International Monetary Fund's (IMF) boss in Asia, was quizzed recently about the most important economic developments in his region, there was a winner tucked away among
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      Lock icon Eerie calm after killing of US men
      348 42 FALLUJAH (Iraq) An eerie calm gripped this town yesterday, a day after four American civilian workers were burned to death and their bodies weer mutilated by cheering crowds in a grisly scene that brought back memories of the killing of US troops in
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        87 42 -AFP Malaysian TV station TV3's plan to air confessions by four alleged leaders of the Jemaah Islamiyah (Jl) detained in Indonesia drew fire from a rights group yesterday. The private channel had interviewed the Malaysians, who are yet to be tried in court, at Indonesia's
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        75 42 -AFP Tokyo's subway network has received a new mapping system aimed at making it easier for foreign visitors to find their way around. The Teito Rapid Transit Authority, which operates eight of the 12 subway lines, is now Tokyo Metro Co and it has fitted
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      166 42 AFP BANGKOK Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra said yesterday he would visit Malaysia on April 9 to hold talks with his counterpart Mr Abdullah Ahmad Badawi to end months of violence in Thailand's Muslim south. The trip has not been confirmed yet, but high on
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      Pakistani police foil bid on PM
      154 42 KARACHI Pakistani police said yesterday that they foiled a plan to assassinate Prime Minister Zafarullah Khan Jamali in the port city of Karachi and arrested a member of an outlawed Islamic militant group with explosives. "The big target was the Prime Minister," Police inspector
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      238 42 KUALA LUMPUR The Malaysian opposition Democratic Action Party (DAP) has called on Cabinet ministers and their next-of-kin to declare their assets. Those who refuse to do so must resign, Malaysiakini reported yesterday. DAP chief Lim Kit Siang was responding to Prime Minister Abdullah
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      237 44 Reuters NEW YORK Martha Stewart, is seeking a new trial arguing that one of the jurors in her earlier trial for insider trading had a chequered history and was biased against the rich and famous. The motion papers, filed in the
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      359 44 Reuters Australia plans to stop ammonium nitrate falling into terrorists' hands CANBERRA Ammonium nitrate may be just a fertiliser for many farmers, but it can be deadly in the hands of terrorists. As the issue of security is gearing up to become an election issue
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        53 44 AFP Washington on Wednesday urged China to release three women relatives of the victims of the 1 989 Tiananmen crackdown. The trio, who belong to the Tiananmen Mothers group, were arrested after police discovered their testimonies would be brought before the UN Commission
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        59 44 Reuters South Korea's first bullet train started service before dawn yesterday as it made the 400-km journey from Seoul to the southern port city of Pusan. The service will cut 90 minutes off the 250-minute journey. There was little fanfare as passengers boarded the 5.30 am
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        82 44 AFP After getting spammed, be prepared to get "spimmed". The British New Scientist magazine said a new form of Internet spam aimed at users of instant messaging (IM) services is set to explode. Experts, who dubbed the phenomenon "spim", reckon that 1.2 billion unsolicited messages will be
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        90 46 AFP A Chinese observatory is seeking agreement with an international space-naming body to name an unnamed star after Mr Yang Liwei, China's first astronaut. The Zijin Mountain observatory in Nanjing city had discovered about 1,000 stars in outer space and has naming
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        64 46 Reuters Taiwan police are seeking three more witnesses to the assassination attempt on President Chen Shui-bian. Prosecutors yesterday released photos of three men, asking them to give their accounts of the scene. Meanwhile, Taiwan's opposition has warned of endless protests for the next
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      91 46 Mr Tong Hok-Tak (left), long-time companion of the late Hong Kong actor-singer Leslie Cheung, standing next to Cheung's wax figure at Madame Tussaud's Hong Kong. Thousands of fans braved torrential rain to mark the first anniversary of the star's death yesterday. A deluge of carnations and white roses
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      407 46 AFP Former Khmer Rouge leader says he knew nothing of Pol Pot's genocide PHNOM PENH In a landmark first memoir written by a former Khmer Rouge leader on the regime's brutal reign, Mr Khieu Samphan tried to absolve himself of blame. The memoir is a
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      Lock icon US' pre-911 fear was threat of long-range missiles
      235 46 Agencies WASHINGTON A speech never given by the United States' national security adviser Condoleezza Rice highlighted the pre--911 focus of President George W Bush's administration was on the threat of long-range missiles, not terrorism. Ms Rice was scheduled to deliver a major
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      370 48 Agencies India's plea for businessman linked to Bofors case rejected by M'sia KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia's highest court has rejected India's attempt to secure the extradition of Italian businessman Ottavio Quattrocchi over an arms purchase kickbacks case that has dogged Indian politics for 16 years, a lawyer
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        57 48 -AFP The Pentagon said that Taiwan has requested the sale of two Ultra High Frequency long-range early warning radars capable of detecting ballistic and cruise missiles worth nearly US$l.B billion ($3.01 billion). It said the announcement has no connection with China-Taiwan tensions in the wake of
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        87 48 AFP The United Nations will put its revised plan to reunify Cyprus to separate referenda next month, UN chief Kofi Annan announced after the rival communities failed to hammer out a deal. The talks with Cyprus's Greek and Turkish communities as well as the Greek
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        66 48 AFP Faced with widespread voter dissatisfaction, French President Jacques Chirac and Prime Minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin formed a new government, with the powerful No 2 man, Mr Nicolas Sarkozy, taking the reins of the finance ministry to oversee controversial economic reforms. The 43-member government comprising 33 men
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      168 48 Reuters LOS ANGELES Reasoning that depriving Los Angeles residents of their cars may be a worse punishment than jail, city leaders on Wednesday proposed a law which would allow the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) to confiscate and auction cars
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      169 48 Reuters GENEVA China, a frequent target of criticism by human rights activists, has agreed to a visit by the United Nations' investigator into torture, the world body said on Wednesday. The UN special rapporteur on torture, Dutchman Theo van Boven told the UN's
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      Gay marriages get more rights in Britain
      130 48 LONDON New legislation published on Wednesday will give gay couples in Britain legal rights similar to those enjoyed by married couples. They will be able to register their "partnership" in a civil ceremony before a registrar and two witnesses, the Daily Telegraph said.
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      1072 50  -  mr brown What's that? You mean good grades in algebra are not the key to success on the football field? THE fun never stops, does it? All this while, you were saying to yourselves: "No, lah. Economy not so good, liao. There is nothing
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        164 50 AFP Tech-crazy Swedes nearly choked on their morning coffee yesterday when the country's largest newsEaper said that billions of dollars ad been unnecessarily invested in next generation mobile phone technology since old mobiles aimed at TVs could show movies. The April
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        116 50 Reuters German fashion designer Wolfgang Joop praised Mr Hamid Karzai (picture) for his impeccable dress sense and said other world leaders could learn a style lesson from the Afghan President "President Karzai is a shining example of how a man can maintain the
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        105 50 Reuters Britain's royal family reacted with anger after The Sun tabloid ran pictures of Prince William with his "first serious girlfriend" yesterday, breaking a media deal not to invade his privacy. The newspaper printed a series of photos of the prince, elder
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      700 52  -  Elisa Chia Latin singer/heartthrob Enrique Iglesias insists that he's just an average Joe honest IGNORE those "ladies' man" tags and his reputation as a "sex god". Underneath his signature knit cap, Enrique Iglesias has you believe he's just a normal guy. "I'm not really a
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      531 54  -  Zul Othman news@newstoday.com.sg THIRTEEN years ago this week, a little club, whose name you might have heard, first opened its doors. Last Thursday, Zouk launched its first offspring, in the Malaysian capital. It is not hard to understand why the opening of Zouk in Kuala Lumpur caused such
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      147 54 Reuters LOS ANGELES British entrepreneur Richard Branson is following in the footsteps of his equally colourful American counterpart Donald Trump, by securing his own reality TV series, the Hollywood trade paper Daily Variety reported in its Thursday edition. The Briton, whose closely-held Virgin Group owns
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        148 54 THE biggest Red Cross International Bazaar will be held tomorrow at Singapore Expo Hall 4 with 150 stalls offering cuisine and cultural handicrafts from 22 countries. The dinner buffet is at $40 per head. To be attended by guests-of-honour President and Mrs S R
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        'William Hung' at the Substation
        67 54 Screenings at the April 6 instalment of First Take, the Substation's monthly showcase for budding local film-mak-ers, include Cabbage and Tomatoes, Diary: 14th June, Grains and William Hung Remix. That last short is a Lego stop-motion animation tribute to the American Idol reject/freak show sensation.
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        18 54 Or rather, URL. The correct Web address for the Stella Artois Screen contest is www.artscentral.com.sg.
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      623 57  -  Jenny Kong Journey through world famous modern art and be enchanted by lovely 500-year-old textiles j enny@newstoday. com.sg RUB SHOULDERS with master painters Pablo Picasso, Andy Warhol and Wassily Kandinsky at the Singapore Art Museum (SAM), or rather with their works. For the next three
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      Custodians of Singapore's rich culture and heritage
      430 57 The National Heritage Board is the custodian of Singapore's rich history. It presents the heritage of Singaporeans in the context of their ancestral cultures, their links with Southeast Asia and the world. The Board manages several museums and institutions: ASIAN CIVILISATIONS MUSEUM (ARMENIAN
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        512 58  -  Felix Cheong Gibson's heavy-handed direction turns poetic film into a road movie FILM REVIEW AS YOU leave the cinema after having your conscience pricked, you suddenly realise the problem at the heart of The Passion of the Christ is not its tight grip on violence but its inability
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        331 60  -  Serene Foo His onscreen presence lingers strongly in Hidalgo FILM REVIEW IN HIS first role after The Lord of the Rings trilogy, Viggo Mortensen (who played Aragorn) gets back onto a horse and lifts epic action-adven-ture Hidalgo out of the doldrums. Hidalgo is based on the true
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        251 60 Reuters LOS ANGELES The actors who provide the voices for the cartoon characters on the TV show The Simpsons have stopped work in a bid to force a settlement of lengthy contract renewal talks. The six actors have not shown
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        363 62  -  SERENE FOO Oz mythic folk hero comes to life on screen I FILM REVIEW Ned Kelly FOUR strong-headed youths-turned-mythical outlaws victims of society, or folk heroes? For his film Ned Kelly, director Gregor Jordan, of Buffalo Soldiers fame, decided to make the anti-hero and
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      539 70 -AFP Dravid says series the target as visitors end Pakistan hoodoo TEST CRICKET Pakistan v India MULTAN, Pakistan India's stand-in captain Rahul Dravid described yesterday's maiden Test win on Pakistan soil as one of his nation's best triumphs abroad, then warned the arch-rivals they were not finished
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      Lock icon Reserve guard Ginobli lights it up for San Antonio
      428 70 NBA Spurs 107 Kings 89 SAN ANTONIO Whether he was slashing inside or pulling up outside, Manu Ginobili just could not miss. The San Antonio Spurs' reserve guard made his first nine shots in the second-half and finished with 29 points
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      455 70 -AFP GOLF LPGA Office Depot Championships TARZANA, California South Korea's Grace Park (picture), her body fatigued but her will to win undimmed by a first Major crown, leads the field at the US$l.75 million ($2.9 million) LPGA Office Depot Championship, starting here
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        571 71 -AFP Defending champion advances to final in comeback event TENNIS Nasdaq-100 Open KEY BISCAYNE Two-time defending champion Serena Williams advanced to the final of the WTA and ATP Masters Series event with a 6-4, 6-4 victory this morning over Greece's 35th-ranked Eleni Daniilidou. In her first
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        Lock icon West Indies floored by 5-star Flintoff
        315 71 AFP BRIDGETOWN Andrew Flintoff (picture) captured his first five-wicket haul in Tests to bowl England into a superior position on the opening day of the third Test against the West Indies yesterday. Ramnaresh Sarwan hit the top score of 63 and Shivnarine Chanderpaul made
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        371 71 -AFP MANAMA Ralf Schumacher claimed yesterday that the dominant Ferrari cars are not the best on the grid and tipped rivals Renault to mount their strongest challenge this season. German Schumacher had been tipped to fight his Ferrari-driving six-time world champion
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      Lock icon So many fans, but just not enough seats
      426 72  -  JOSE RAYMOND SSC to help Albirex as ticket touts exploit Japanese club's popularity jose@newstoday.com.sg THE popularity of S-League new boys Albirex Niigata seems to be causing some logistical headaches. Since the NTUC Income S-League-Yeo's 2004 season kicked off, fans have been flocking
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      Lock icon Rubbish bins to beat the heat and humidity
      453 72  -  TAN YO-HINN yohinn@newstoday.com.sg FOR many teams taking part in this weekend's Standard Chartered Sevens Singapore 2004 the sixth-leg of the eight-leg International Rugby Board (IRB) Sevens Series a common obstacle will be the heat and humidity. But for one team at least,
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        Last, but Gould proves point
        60 72 SYDNEY Australian swimming great Shane Gould finished last in her comeback swim in a 50m butterfly heat at the Olympic trials but won the hearts of a swimming nation here yesterday. Gould, 47, who won three gold medals at the 1972 Olympics, clocked 30.61 sec
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        Smith ready to leave
        54 72 LONDON Leeds striker Alan Smith has acknowledged he will be sold this summer whether or not the club are relegated from the Premiership. The 23-year-old is determined to fight to the finish in Leeds' relegation battle, but said the club's new owners will sell him to
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        Ruud recovers for Cup clash
        53 72 LONDON Ruud van Nistelrooy missed Holland's friendly international with France on Wednesday (yesterday morning, Singapore time) but he insists his dodgy knee will be fine for Manchester United's FA Cup semifinal against Arsenal on Saturday. "This is our biggest game of the season," he said.
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        Gazza's no fool
        86 72 IN THE article "Gazza ready to become Young Lions player-coach" (TODAY, April 1), it was reported that former England and Tottenham midfielder Paul Gascoigne was joining S-League club the Young Lions. This is incorrect. Moreover Jimmy "Five Bellies" Gardner is not his agent, but his old drinking
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      658 74  -  STANLEY HO Lions' coach points to team's newfound spirit as the key to their turnaround stanley@newstoday.com.sg IF HE continues in the same vein, Radojko Avramovic will soon become a hero in these parts. Almost 24 hours after the Lions' gallant performance against Japan in a World
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      200 74  -  Stanley Ho PATHETIC. That was the scathing assessment of Japan national team captain Hidetoshi Nakata (picture) on his team's performance against Singapore on Wednesday. Japan needed a late strike by substitute Toshiya Fujita to beat the Lions 2-1 in the 2006 World Cup Group 3 qualifier.
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      316 74 Agencies SEOUL South Korean football fans and news media expressed shock and anger yesterday after the national team was held to a goalless draw by tiny Maldives in the latest round of the 2006 World Cup qualifiers. South
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      Lock icon Football under the stars
      178 75 The valiant Lions almost pulled off a miracle, the mighty Japanese World Cup stars were embarrased and 2,000 lucky football fans got to see it all for free in a mammoth marquee beside Jalan Besar Stadium. Supporters from both countries came together to take part in
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      498 76 Agencies Debutant provides only sparkle in team's dismal night INTERNATIONAL FRIENDLY Sweden 1 England 0 GOTHENBURG On a miserable night for the visitors, England were left clinging to a promising display by young striker Jermain Defoe, after their Gothenburg warm-up for Euro 2004 ended in
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      Lock icon France unbeatable at the back
      202 76 Reuters INTERNATIONAL FRIENDLY Holland 0 France 0 ROTTERDAM France missed out on a record 15th successive win, but showed the outstanding defending qualities that led them to the 1998 World Cup, when they held Holland to a 0-0 draw in a friendly international. The European
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      Lock icon Battling Brazil held in bruising encounter
      379 76 AFP WORLD CUP QUALIFIER Paraguay 0 Brazil 0 MONTEVIDEO Samba football is not always required. World champions Brazil rolled up their sleeves and battled through a tough, uncompromising 90 minutes in Asuncion on Wednesday (yesterday morning, Singapore time) to draw 0-0 with Paraguay. Even
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      Lock icon Jimmy's still worth the hassle
      1000 78 Agencies Outspoken and often selfish, Chelsea striker can still bang in a hat-trick in 15 minutes LONDON Argumentative, selfish and occasionally disruptive, Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink has never been the most popular player in a Stamford Bridge dressing room. At a club where many superstars spend
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