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Help us mend our broken hearts ...
August 4, 2002... (From Sunday Mail (Malay)) Byline: Baidura Ahmad IT'S wonderful to hear that Ras Adiba Radzi is recovering nicely, and even more heartwarming to learn that she will share part of the donation she received with others requiring...

Donations should not go into personal accounts.
August 4, 2002... (From Sunday Mail (Malay)) Byline: Dzulkarnain Taib WHAT happens when monies collected for a certain charitable cause exceeds the amount needed? The issue has risen again with the recent case of Ras Adiba Radzi for whom generous...

Malaysia also Boleh.
August 4, 2002... (From Sunday Mail (Malay)) Byline: Azzah Mahidin RAS Adiba Radzi's medical history as well as current medical condition is protected by law from public knowledge. "No doctor attending to her can divulge any information about her...

`He was beaten'.
August 4, 2002... (From Sunday Mail (Malay)) Byline: Tony Emmanuel COULD M. Ragubathy, 22, have died of excessive torture and lack of medical aid while in police custody? A statutory declaration made by his cousin K. Subramaniam, who was...

Police station under scrutiny.
August 4, 2002... (From Sunday Mail (Malay)) Byline: Tony Emmanuel IT has been described as the latest high-tech police station in the country. But in recent months, the Putrajaya police station has drawn media attention for the wrong reasons....

Record-breaking hula-hooping.
August 4, 2002... (From Sunday Mail (Malay)) COOL Ashwita Ramesh Nair, six, can walk and read a book while hula- hooping. The Cheras hooper who has a personal best of almost 11 minutes was joined by more than 650 others at the Polo Hula Hoop Jamboree....

The week's round-up.
August 4, 2002... (From Sunday Mail (Malay)) Byline: Compiled by O.C.Yeoh At home... Powell proposes anti-terrorist centre here UNITED States Secretary of State Colin Powell was in Malaysia for a two- day visit on the way to attend the Asean+3 Foreign...

Rogues' Gallery.
August 4, 2002... (From Sunday Mail (Malay)) Byline: Chan Wai Kong A FEW decades ago, when gangs like Botak Chin and company were running loose, the police had to do a lot of chasing. Now, it seems those bad old days are back as the cops and...

Psychiatrist with a passion for polo.
August 4, 2002... (From Sunday Mail (Malay)) Byline: Meera Murugesan TWO growling "sisters", a riding whip and a man who answers the door in a striped pyjama jacket. I have to admit as far as mornings go this one turned out to be the most...

Goodyear's new Asean hub.
August 4, 2002... (From Sunday Mail (Malay)) Byline: Azzah Mahidin SCORING a first and marking a milestone, the appointment of C.K. Choo as Goodyear Malaysia Berhad's managing director, as well as head of the Asean operations (a newly-created...

Let's get loud.
August 4, 2002... (From Sunday Mail (Malay)) Byline: Meera Murugesan IN Karin delaPena's class, a good student is a "noisy" one. But it's not anarchy in the classroom that she's aiming for but rather bringing out the power of the voice. Long...

What engineering is really about.
August 4, 2002... (From Sunday Mail (Malay)) ENGINEERING is not just about solving mathematical problems. Instead, it is really about good designing. These were the insights students of Inti College in Subang Jaya shared in an Engineering Design...

Canadian honour, Sedaya's pride.
August 4, 2002... (From Sunday Mail (Malay)) Byline: Jeswant Kaur SEDAYA International College in Kuala Lumpur celebrated another proud moment recently when its president and chief executive officer Datuk Peter Ng was selected Entrepreneur of the Year...

Kota Kuala Kedah.
August 4, 2002... (From Sunday Mail (Malay)) THE Kota Kuala Kedah, also known as Kota Kuala Bahang, was built during the reign of Sultan Abdullah Mukarram Shah in 1780. The fort was built on the site of a previous fort which was destroyed by the...

Free spirit.
August 4, 2002... (From Sunday Mail (Malay)) Byline: Compiled by NSTP Research & Information Services Datuk Dr Ishak Muhammad (Pak Sako) (1910 - 1991) ISHAK Muhammad was born in Kampung Saguntang, Temerloh, Pahang on November 10, 1910. He was...

English statesman.
August 4, 2002... (From Sunday Mail (Malay)) Arthur James Balfour (1848-1930) ARTHUR James Balfour was born in Whittingehame, Scotland, on July 25, 1848. He was educated at Eton and Trinity College, Cambridge. Balfour began his political career as an...

Dynamite Dayang.
August 4, 2002... (From Sunday Mail (Malay)) Byline: Wahti Mahidin HOW does a club fill its dance floor at midnight, on a Sunday before a working Monday? Slot Dayang Nurfaizah in for an after dinner show, that's how. It's also an ingenious way to...

Rave reviews for Project Greenlights' winning script.
August 4, 2002... (From Sunday Mail (Malay)) Byline: Gerald Chuah A CONTEST was conducted over the Internet last September where contestants in the United States were invited to submit their screenplay on-line. The winner gets US$1 million (RM3.8...

The all-American `dream' boys.
August 4, 2002... (From Sunday Mail (Malay)) Byline: Lu Pingsu THE American version of the Vienna Boys Choir? No, not quite. They are distinctively American, all 36 boys and their musical director David TR Albulario who make up the All-American...

Bulky cars for today's earth lovers.
August 4, 2002... (From Sunday Mail (Malay)) Byline: Shamsul Yunos MORE than a half century of relative peace and good diet has resulted in taller people all over the world. Not only tall, but also better informed, which means a tendency to gravitate...

Flying high.
August 4, 2002... (From Sunday Mail (Malay)) Byline: Reviewed by Gerald Martinez AEROSMITH - Oh Yeah! Ultimate Aerosmith Hits (Sony) MARKING the 30th anniversary of the group's first signing with Columbia/EMI Records, this album brings together 30 of...

Debut and comeback albums score.
August 4, 2002... (From Sunday Mail (Malay)) Byline: Reviewed by Jad Mahidin AMY MASTURA - Akan Datang (SONY MUSIC) *** 1/2 MARRIAGE and motherhood obviously work for this girl. She has matured immensely without losing her youthful vitality. ...

(Short reels).
August 4, 2002... (From Sunday Mail (Malay)) Byline: Reviewed by Ricky Yap First-rate intellectual thriller ENIGMA Cast: Dougray Scott, Kate Winslet, Jeremy Northam, Saffron Burrows THIS is another movie about code-breakers in the wake of U-571, A...

Touch of Yeoh.
August 4, 2002... (From Sunday Mail (Malay)) Byline: Reviewed by Ricky Yap THE TOUCH Cast: Datuk Michelle Yeoh, Ben Chaplin, Richard Roxburgh, Brandon Chang, Dane Cook, Margaret Wang, Ken Tsang, Long Sihung HAVING been among one of the early birds to...

Not bad `company' at all.
August 4, 2002... (From Sunday Mail (Malay)) Byline: Reviewed by Ricky Yap Movie: BAD COMPANY Cast: Sir Anthony Hopkins, Chris Rock, Peter Stormare, John Slattery, Kerry Washington, Gabriel Macht, Garcelle Beauvais-Nilon, Brooke Smith, Sheah Whigham...

Hybrid prawns.
August 4, 2002... (From Sunday Mail (Malay)) Byline: Malani Gunaratnam THE meeting and mating of ingredients from different regions offers a new dimension to fusion food. Believe me, you don't have to be a culinary expert to create a new taste....

Catch a rainbow and eat it up.
August 4, 2002... (From Sunday Mail (Malay)) Byline: Marica Van Wynen THE English used to say: "Beware of Greeks bearing gifts." I'd like to change that to "Beware of Jim Quah bearing Greek food," because you might just get hooked. My mate and I...

The friendly games of the Commonwealth.
August 4, 2002... (From Sunday Mail (Malay)) TO commemorate the XVII Commonwealth Games, Britain's Royal Mail released a set of five stamps on July 16. The stamps highlight the following sports: * 1st Class - Running * 2nd Class - Swimming * E (for...

One-stop home centre.
August 4, 2002... (From Sunday Mail (Malay)) Byline: Michelle Lin Sinnathamboo FANCY giving your home a greener, more personal touch? There is a one-stop landscaping centre in Shah Alam which can help you do just that. Multi Pets & Garden Concept Sdn...

Killing ourselves with care.
August 4, 2002... (From Sunday Mail (Malay)) Byline: Baidura Ahmad IT used to be that when someone in the family got cancer, you automatically became a high-risk cancer candidate. The rest of us - with no blood relative suffering from the big C -...

Craven Cottage blow to Fulham.
August 4, 2002... (From Sunday Mail (Malay)) FULHAM'S hopes of ever returning to Craven Cottage were rocked as local residents unveiled a six-figure war chest to fight a new two-pronged legal battle against the proposed STG70 million ground revamp on...

Iceman Haugen the one to watch.
August 4, 2002... (From Sunday Mail (Malay)) Byline: Tony Mariadass AMF World Cup champion, Kim Haugen of Norway, will start as the favourite in the World Youth Tenpin Bowling championship starting today in Pattaya, Thailand. Although it is a youth...

Now for Olympic glory.
August 4, 2002... (From Sunday Mail (Malay)) Byline: Rizal Hashim A NEW Malaysian star was uncovered in Manchester as a kampung boy who used to lift gas cylinders for fun enjoyed a dream debut by grabbing three gold medals in a city best known for its...

Shoot for the sky.
August 4, 2002... (From Sunday Mail (Malay)) Byline: Tony Mariadass HARBANS SINGH is happy for Amirul Hamizan Ibrahim who is in the national spotlight after lifting three gold medals in the on-going Manchester Commonwealth Games in the 56kg category....

Wife outshoots husband.
August 4, 2002... (From Sunday Mail (Malay)) DIANNE COLLINGS wears the medals in her house. Collings finished third in the open full bore rifles event on Friday, but at least she beat her husband Mike. The New Zealand couple was competing at the National...

Canada's Janes hurt by TV camera.
August 4, 2002... (From Sunday Mail (Malay)) CANADIAN swimming officials lodged a complaint with organisers about the underwater TV camera at the Commonwealth Games pool after Riley Janes cut his back on camera equipment during 100m backstroke heat. When...

Our men mauled by Fiji.
August 4, 2002... (From Sunday Mail (Malay)) RANK outsiders Kenya stunned sixth seeds Samoa 28-20 as Malaysia were hammered 73-0 in the first round of pool matches in the Commonwealth Games rugby sevens on Friday. All the other established powers restored...

Rain won't stop the show.
August 4, 2002... (From Sunday Mail (Malay)) PREPARATIONS for the closing ceremony today have been derailed by the atrocious weather in Manchester, but organisers insist the show will go on. One full day of rehearsals was washed out and the full dress...

Street cred for the Brits.
August 4, 2002... (From Sunday Mail (Malay)) AFTER a series of embarrassing snags and blunders with the Wembley redevelopment project and the failure to attract the 2005 World Athletics Championships to Britain, the success of the Commonwealth Games has...

Nigerians unhappy with showing.
August 4, 2002... (From Sunday Mail (Malay)) NIGERIAN officials aren't happy how the team has performed at the Manchester Commonwealth Games. "Considering the size of Nigeria, considering our position in Africa, considering our performances in other...

Fun favourites from Campbell.
August 4, 2002... (From Sunday Mail (Malay)) FAMILIAR favourites in new packaging. That's what Campbell's "Fun Favourites" range of soups is about. Comprising its Chicken Noodle, Chicken Alphabet and Chicken Spiral soups, these soups are easy to...

Succinctly Habib.
August 4, 2002... (From Sunday Mail (Malay)) Byline: Baidura Ahmad STILL Habib, Just Finer is how Habib describes itself these days as it leaves behind its former name of Habib Jewels and joins world-class jewellers with just a one-name identity. The...

Largest Louis Vuitton store in Asia opens.
August 4, 2002... (From Sunday Mail (Malay)) LOUIS Vuitton has opened its ninth and largest new concept store in Asia. The opening of the store last Wednesday at the new Gaysorn luxury mall in Bangkok, Thailand, coincided with the launch of the...

Nothing wrong with being counselled.
August 4, 2002... (From Sunday Mail (Malay)) Byline: Mary Chen SINGAPOREAN Tan Lin came to Malaysia a few months ago to pursue psychology at HELP Institute in Kuala Lumpur. Despite having arrived only recently, she is already deeply immersed in her...

Dealing with dazzlers.
August 4, 2002... (From Sunday Mail (Malay)) Byline: Mary Chen DIAMONDS, rubies, sapphires, emeralds - these precious stones are often coveted for personal enhancement or long-term investment. But how to tell the real gems from the paste?...

RU: Australia into sevens quarter finals = 2 Manchester.
August 4, 2002... (From AAP News) In the other rugby sevens quarter-finals tonight, Fiji will meet host nation England, top seed New Zealand clashes with Wales and second seed South Africa confronts Canada. AAP sl/nh

Wght: Pileggi wins Australia's first women's weightlifting gold.
August 4, 2002... (From AAP News) MANCHESTER, Aug 3 AAP - Australian Caroline Pileggi has won Australia's first gold medal in women's weightlifting at the Commonwealth Games. The 24-year-old West Australian lifted 100 kilograms in the snatch, the same...

Wght: Pileggi wins Australia's first women's weightlifting gold.
August 4, 2002... (From AAP News) (Repeating, correcting literal in 3rd par) MANCHESTER, Aug 3 AAP - Caroline Pileggi has won Australia's first gold medal in women's weightlifting at the Commonwealth Games. The 24-year-old West Australian lifted 100...

Wear it like Beckham.
August 4, 2002... (From Indian Express) David Beckham may not have won the World Cup for England, but winning hearts comes easily to the blond football superstar. Perfect husband, doting father, national hero, fashion icon - it would be tough to imagine...

How you make money, lots of it, on a petrol pump.
August 4, 2002... (From Indian Express) Why does everyone want a petrol pump? All you have to do is pay Rs 1,000 as application fee, pull strings (if you aren't lucky), appear for the interview and then count the cash: an average profit of Rs 50,000 per...

The Captain\\'s away, leaves no deputy.
August 4, 2002... (From Indian Express) Punjab CM Amarinder Singh's failure to appoint an officiating Chief Minister during his overseas visit has created a flutter in state political circles. More surprising, however, is the announcement of a team of...

Remember the Kutch cyclone? The victims do.
August 4, 2002... (From Indian Express) Even four years after a cyclone hit Kutch, the victims continue to live in filthy, temporary shelters in Gandhidham. In protest, president of Hind Mazdoor Seva Samiti Mohan Detha has undertaken an indefinite fast...

Farooq will dissolve, hopes Centre.
August 4, 2002... (From Indian Express) The Centre appears to have decided to go slow on the controversial question of imposing Governor's Rule in Jammu and Kashmir in the run-up to the scheduled Assembly elections. With J-K Chief Minister Farooq...

Let\\'s begin with a Governor\\'s daughter.
August 4, 2002... (From Indian Express) In the Lok Sabha din over the allotment of petrol pumps and LPG agencies to the kin of BJP and friends, there was one man who sat quietly, deep in thought. Union Food Minister Sharad Yadav was probably thinking of...

On the Highway to Hell.
August 4, 2002... (From Indian Express) THEY live mostly on the fringes of urban consciousness, feeding the insatiable appetite of the city with daily essentials, but never a part of it, never belonging. Unless it is to be pulled up for rash driving, or...

Horsing around in Jodhpurs.
August 4, 2002... (From Indian Express) When the Jodhpur Polo team landed in England during the summer of 1925, Tatler described them ''as hot as mustard'' and the headline in The Times read, ''Maharaja with 60 ponies and four wives storms London.'' They...

'Can\\'t BJP, RSS people own petrol pumps like the rest?\\'.
August 4, 2002... (From Indian Express) The BJP vice-president responds to The Indian Express investigation on the allotment of petrol pumps and LPG agencies to the kin of BJP leaders and allies. It's true that people have got petrol pumps and LPG...

Surviving on the Lifeboat.
August 4, 2002... (From Indian Express) Life of Pi By Yann Martel Penguin Price: Rs 295WOULD you believe a story about a teenager who survives the sinking of a ship in a lifeboat ferrying a Royal Bengal tiger? Even for someone grown on a staple diet of...

There\\'s a Star in my Soup!
August 4, 2002... (From Indian Express) What's on the menu today? Goan crab delicacies from Sachin Tendulkar. Penne a la Ajay Jadeja. Kebab and curry from Amisha Patel. Biryani from Sunil Shetty. While Tendulkar would still rather wield a bat on the field...

On the shelf.
August 4, 2002... (From Indian Express) Making the Minister SmileAnurag MathurBy Penguin IndiaPrice: Rs 200 FIRST published in 1996, this is The Inscrutable Americans reversed. It is not as humourous as its predecessor but makes you laugh occasionally,...

Of Faith and Fission.
August 4, 2002... (From Indian Express) FOR more than five decades after India formally set up its atomic energy programme, the real story of the country's nuclear estate had remained shrouded in mystery and ambiguity. Other than Years of Pilgrimage...

Bookmark.
August 4, 2002... (From Indian Express) I, ClaudiusBy Robert Graves ROMAN Imperial history is brought alive in I, Claudius by the English poet and classical scholar Robert Graves. Told in the first person, it is an epic of ruthless ambition and murderous...

The Grass Ceiling.
August 4, 2002... (From Indian Express) OKAY, let's get this over with right up front. Don't bother reading the book; watch the movie instead. It is not a script that lends itself to print, especially not when written as the diary of a young wannabe...

Glass House Residents.
August 4, 2002... (From Indian Express) The 1998 declaration of assets by the central ministers in fulfillment of the NDA's poll pledge raises more questions than it answers. If the declarations are to be taken at face value, then ministers whose personal...

Will the 100% Real Real PM stand up puhleez?
August 4, 2002... (From Indian Express) Mamata Banerjee may appear like a locomotive dressed in a sari that is on the verge of getting derailed, but she did raise a question of prime importance last week. A question that we have tangled with these last...

Newsreel 4.08.02.
August 4, 2002... (From Indian Express) * Parliament sees fireworks as The Indian Express lifts lid off the petrol pump dealership scam. BJP, the party carrying the biggest stain, says it is open to an inquiry * After three-and-a-half years, police say...

Crown Prince Comes Home.
August 4, 2002... (From Indian Express) Yuvraj Singh, cricketer at DAV School grounds, ChandigarhIT'S a typical July day, when even a mild sun can wear you down. About 70 young cricketers are working at the nets in the beautifully manicured cricket ground...

Most Wanted Female.
August 4, 2002... (From Indian Express) UNLIKE most actresses who just don't get along while working together on a film, Kareena Kapoor and Rani Mukherjee get along famously. Although there has been some tension between Rani and Karisma Kapoor in the past...

It\\'s the Policy, Stupid.
August 4, 2002... (From Indian Express) Even if we eventually have what is euphemistically called a 'normal monsoon' this year substantial damage has already been done to the crops. The focus, then, should shift to helping those who have already suffered....

Dry Facts.
August 4, 2002... (From Indian Express) FACT ONE: The monsoons have failed. Everyone agrees on this one. The country is on the verge of the worst-ever drought, since rainfall has been nearly 35 per cent less than normal. FACT TWO: The Indian Meteorology...

An Old Master Takes A Bow.
August 4, 2002... (From Indian Express) THAT an Indian Summer descended on the UK is old hat. What is not half as well-publicised as the Selfridges' promotion or the West End debut of Bombay Dreams is that a small section of the British population was...

Different Strokes.
August 4, 2002... (From Indian Express) WORKING with a pen or a typewriter has the disadvantage of messy cancellations whenever there is a mind change. This is not the case with a pencil and the effective eraser or the computer with its many ways of...

PM calls meet after LoC shelling kills 3 soldiers.
August 4, 2002... (From Indian Express) Heavy exchange of artillery was reported this evening from the Line of Control in the Machchal sector of Jammu and Kashmir. Three Indian soldiers were killed while engaging Pakistani troops. Casualties on the...

Mumbai\\'s cast order.
August 4, 2002... (From Indian Express) Monsoon in Mumbai will soon clear the skies for the city's favourite art activity: Theatre. Here's the lowdown on what's waiting to hatch in Play City as the culture season readies to tread the boards again! Group...

We\\'re different, BJP says again.
August 4, 2002... (From Indian Express) Prime Minister A.B. Vajpayee hinted here today at some more BJP ministers being drafted for party work. He also called for a consensus on economic issues, including labour reforms, and criticised the offer of sops...

'I\\'ll buy a doll, and play with kids\\'.
August 4, 2002... (From Indian Express) Bahar jake mein ek gudiya loongi aur dusre bachon ke sath khelungi (After going out, I will purchase a doll and play with other children), said six-year-old Mobin, who finally breathed in free air, along with her...

Rules apart in Gujarat.
August 4, 2002... (From Indian Express) Is there one rule for those accused in the Godhra carnage and those wanted for the riots that followed? Certainly looks like it. Within a month of filing chargesheets in the Godhra carnage case, the state government...

Your guide to the underworld.
August 4, 2002... (From Indian Express) If the word Chikna for a bearded Abu Salem in the Chhota Shakeel-Sanjay Dutt tapes confused you, here's a guide through the underworld maze of nicknames. Salem first. Underworld insiders say when he entered the...

TN DGP denies move to arrest Kannappan.
August 4, 2002... (From Indian Express) TN DGP B.P. Nailwal today said that there was no plan to arrest Union Minister of State for Non-Conventional Energy Sources and MDMK leader M. Kannappan under the POTA for his alleged pro-LTTE speeches. ''There is...

Mulayam tells men: Polls are near.
August 4, 2002... (From Indian Express) Samajwadi Party (SP) president Mulayam Singh Yadav today called on his partymen to prepare for early Lok Sabha elections. Addressing the national executive of the party here, he laid down rules hinting at...

TN firm\\'s MD gets a year in jail for cheque bouncing.
August 4, 2002... (From Indian Express) The Managing Director of Alois Security Printers Pvt. Ltd. Bangalore, C.M. Srikanth was sentenced to one year simple imprisonment to run concurrently for cheque bouncing in each of the seven criminal complaints...

No Governor\\'s Rule: George.
August 4, 2002... (From Indian Express) In a shot in the arm for Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Farooq Abdullah, Defence Minister George Fernandes today ruled out the possibility of imposition of Governor's rule in Jammu and Kashmir. Since the election...

Lose Hair, Not your Head.
August 4, 2002... (From Indian Express) IT'S not just the hot air from a hair-dryer that can frazzle your mane. The scorching heat and high humidity currently prevalent in most of the country, too, does its bit towards damaging your hair. The inevitable...

ICICI Bank cracks whip on defaulters.
August 4, 2002... (From Indian Express) ICICI Bank has issued notices to corporate defaulters in order to take charge of their secured assets and hasten the process of debt recovery. Speaking on the sidelines of the India Debt Investors Conference,...