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1.EGYPT'S TOP MILITANT MUSLIM GROUP HAS CLAIMED RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE FAILED ATTEMPT TO KILL EGYPTIAN PRESIDENT HOSNI MUBARAK LAST WEEK IN ETHIOPIA. THE JAMAA ISLAMIYA MADE THE CLAIM IN A COMMUNIQUE SENT TO THE AFP NEWS AGENCY. THE GROUP CALLED MR MUBARAK A TYRANT. THE EGYPTIAN PRESIDENT ESCAPED UNHURT WHEN BULLETS HIT HIS ARMOURED LIMOUSINE IN ADDIS ABABA. TWO OF THE ATTACKERS AND TWO ETHIOPIAN POLICEMEN DIED IN THE SHOOT-OUT. ETHIOPIAN SECURITY FORCES LATER KILLED THREE OTHER GUNMEN. MORE LOCAL NEWS NEXT. A VIRTUAL REALITY THEME PARK, THE FIRST OF ITS KIND OF SOUTHEAST ASIA, IS ON ITS WAY HERE.... AND BEFORE THE YEAR IS OUT, YOU COULD BE ENJOYING THE STATE-OF-THE-ART-ENTERTAINMENT. OUT: TO THE REGION. DUR: 1.17.

2.A POWERFUL EARTHQUAKE MEASURING 7.1 ON THE RICHTER SCALE HIT THE KERMADEC ISLANDS, A STRING OF ISLANDS OWNED BY NEW ZEALAND. THE ONLY PEOPLE LIVING ON THE ISLANDS - A TEAM OF METEROLOGISTS - WERE UNHURT. THEY SAID CRACKS APPEARED ON SOME ROADS AND TRACKS. BUT THERE WAS NO DAMAGE TO BUILDINGS.

3.NORTHERN IRELAND'S BEEN HIT WITH THE WORST VIOLENCE SINCE PEACE TALKS BEGAN. PEOPLE TOOK THEIR ANGER ONTO THE STREETS, AFTER A BRITISH SOLDIER, CONVICTED OF THE MURDER OF A CATHOLIC GIRL, WAS RELEASED JUST FOUR YEARS INTO A LIFE TERM. MOBS RAN RIOT IN WEST BELFAST AND LONDONDERRY... AT LEAST 40 VEHICLES WERE TORCHED. EXTRA POLICE WERE DRAFTED AS TROUBLE QUICKLY SPREAD TO OTHER AREAS OF THE CITY.

4.PERU HAS APPROACHED SINGAPORE'S TRADE DEVELOPMENT BOARD TO HELP SET UP A SIMILIAR BODY IN LIMA. THE TDB SAYS THERE'S A GOOD CHANCE THAT SUCH AN AGREEMENT COULD BE WORKED OUT.

5.AND NOW SPORTS. FIRST, SAILING. THIS YEAR'S PESTA SUKAN REGATTA GETS A $32,000 BOOST FROM THE AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL ASSURANCE. OUT;...CHIANGMAI GAMES. DUR: 37.

6.SINGAPORE'S BODYBUILDERS HAVE SWEPT 6 GOLDS, 1 SILVER AND 1 BRONZE AT THE ASIAN WOMEN'S, MIXED PAIRS AND ASIAN PRO-AM CLASSIC HELD IN HONG KONG. ENDS: UP TOPS OVERALLVT. DUR: 0.47.

7.BUSINESSMAN PATRICK ANG HAS CONFIRMED THAT HE WILL BE THE NEW TEAM MANAGER FOR THE NATIONAL SOCCER TEAM. OUT: WIPING OUT MATCH FIXING. DUR: 1.10

8.MOVING ON TO THE FOREIGN SCENE, DIEGO MARADONA WILL RESUME PLAYING SOCCER ON THE SECOND OF OCTOBER. HE'LL BE PLAYING WITH ARGENTINE CLUB BOCA JUNIORS IN A FRIENDLY MATCH AGAINST AN ITALIAN TEAM. MARADONA WAS BANNED FOR 15 MONTHS FOR USING A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE DURING THE WORLD CUP LAST YEAR.

9.FINALLY, THE WIMBLEDON TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIP. IT LOOKS LIKE THE QUARTER-FINALS WON'T BE SHORT OF EXCITEMENT AS THE TOP FOUR SEEDS IN BOTH THE MEN'S AND WOMEN'S SINGLES HAVE QUALIFIED. THEY INCLUDE NUMBER ONE SEEDS ANDRE AGASSI AND STEFFI GRAF...AND DEFENDING CHAMPIONS PETE SAMPRAS AND CONCHITA MARTINEZ. NO GOOD NEWS FOR AMERICAN JEFF TARANGO, HOWEVER....HE FACES A HEFTY ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND US DOLLAR FINE AND A LIFE BAN FROM TENNIS AFTER SHOUTING AT THE UMPIRE AND STORMING OFF COURT ON SATURDAY. AND NOW SOME HIGHLIGHTS OF YESTERDAY'S MATCHES. VT DUR: 0.43

10.NOUREDDINE MORCELI OF ALGERIA HAS BROKEN THE WORLD 2 THOUSAND METRES RECORD. HE CLOCKED 4 MINUTES 47.88 SECONDS TO BREAK THE 8 YEAR REIGN OF MOROCCAN SAID AOUITA. THIS IS MORCELI'S FOURTH WORLD RECORD. FINALLY, THE WIMBLEDON TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIP. IT LOOKS LIKE THE QUARTER-FINALS WON'T BE SHORT OF EXCITEMENT AS THE TOP FOUR SEEDS IN BOTH THE MEN'S AND WOMEN'S SINGLES HAVE QUALIFIED. THEY INCLUDE NUMBER ONE SEEDS ANDRE AGASSI AND STEFFI GRAF....AND DEFENDING CHAMPIONS PETE SAMPRAS AND CONCHITA MARTINEZ. NO GOOD NEWS FOR AMERICAN JEFF TARANGO, HOWEVER.....HE FACES A HEFTY ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND US DOLLAR FINE AND A LIFE BAN FROM TENNIS AFTER SHOUTING AT THE UMPIRE AND STORMING OFF COURT ON SATURDAY. AND NOW SOME HIGHLIGHTS OF YESTERDAY'S MATCHES. VT DUR: 0.43.

11.THE CENTRAL NARCOTICS BUREAU HAS SEIZED 2 KILOGRAMS OF CANNABIS WORTH ABOUT 13 THOUSAND DOLLARS FROM 2 MALAYSIAN MEN LAST EVENING. ALONG WITH THE DRUGS, 2 HANDPHONES, 2 PAGERS AND ABOUT ONE THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS IN CASH WERE ALSO SEIZED. THE TWO MEN WERE CAUGHT AFTER A SHORT CHASE BY POLICE NEAR A CONSTRUCTION SITE AT HOUGANG STREET 61. INVESTIGATIONS REVEALED THE TWO BRING IN DRUGS BY TRAIN AND THROW THEM OUT ALONG UPPER BUKIT TIMAH ROAD. THE TWO MEN WILL BE CHARGED IN COURT TOMORROW.

12.IN BRITAIN, JOHN MAJOR'S FUTURE AS THE COUNTRY'S PRIME MINISTER WILL BE DECIDED LATER THIS EVENING. IN AN INTERVIEW ON BRITISH TELEVISION, MR MAJOR IS CONFIDENT HE'LL EMERGE THE CLEAR WINNER IN THE BIGGEST GAMBLE OF HIS POLITICAL CAREER. HIS RIGHT WING CHALLENGER, MR JOHN REDWOOD IS EQUALLY CONFIDENT. MR MAJOR WILL NEED THE SUPPORT OF 230 OUTOF THE 329 CONSERVATIVE MP'S, TO KEEP HIS JOB. THE MPS BEGAN VOTING ABOUT TWO HOURS AGO. RESULTS ARE DUE JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT SINGAPORE TIME.

13.TWO SHIPS WHICH COLLIDED IN THE GULF OF MEXICO, ARE LEAKING FUEL OIL, AND HAVE CREATED AN OIL SLICK ABOUT 30 KILOMETRES LONG. US OFFICIALS SAY A PRIVATE FIRM IS HANDLING THE SPILL. NO ONE KNOWS WHAT CAUSED THE ACCIDENT ON SATURDAY INVOLVING THE SINGAPORE ENIF AND THE GREEK-FLAGGED ALEXIA. THE COLLISION CAUSED BOTH SHIPS TO LOCK TOGETHER. AT PRESENT THEY'RE BEING HELD STEADY BY TUG BOATS, 100 KILOMETRES SOUTH OF NEW ORLEANS.

14.ANOTHER TOP STORY TODAY -- THE ARREST OF FUGITIVE BUSINESSMAN RAJAN PILLAI, WHO'S BEEN WANTED IN SINGAPORE SINCE HE FLED AT THE END OF A FRAUD TRIAL. HE WAS ARRESTED IN INDIA'S CAPITAL, NEW DELHI. PILLAI, ALSO KNOWN AS THE BISCUIT KING, APPLIED FOR BAIL, SHORTLY AFTER HIS ARREST. PILLAI TOLD THE JUDGE HE WAS READY TO FACE TRIAL ANYWHERE EXCEPT SINGAPORE. SHOBI PEREIRA, SPOKE TO THE CHIEF CORRESPONDENT OF A POPULAR DAILY TO FIND OUT THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF HIS ARREST AND WHAT HAPPENS NOW. ENDS:...COUNTRY OR NOT. DUR: 50

15.ALLEGED BODY PARTS MURDERER JOHN MARTIN SCRIPPS HAS HAD HIS PRELIMARY ENQUIRY DATE SET ON THE 4TH OF SEPTEMBER. ACCORDING TO DEFENCE COUNSEL EDMOND PEREIRA, SCRIPPS IS BEING HELD AT TANAH MERAH MAXIMUM SECURITY PRISON AND IS VERY ANXIOUS AS TO THE OUTCOME OF THE PROCEEDINGS. THE PRELIMARY ENQUIRY WILL DETERMINE WHETHER THERE'S A CASE AGAINST HIM ON THE CHARGE OF MURDER. SCRIPPS FACES 13 CHARGES, INCLUDING THE MURDER OF A 32 YEAR OLD SOUTH AFRICAN TOURIST GEORGE GERARD LOWE, WHOSE BODY PARTS WERE FOUND FLOATING IN BAGS OF CLIFFORD PIER IN MARCH.

16.IN A SUBORDINATE COURT TODAY, A LAWYER WAS CHARGED WITH CORRUPTLY SOLICITING 100,000 DOLLARS FROM A CONDEMNED PRISONER IN CHANGI PRISON. LAWYER NARINDAR SINGH WAS CHARGED WITH ASKING SARJIT SINGH FOR FUNDS TO GIVE TO ANOTHER PRISONER ON DEATH ROW, HARTEJ SINGH SIDHU. THE FUNDS WERE ALLEGEDLY TO EXONERATE SARJIT THROUGH A SIGNED STATEMENT WHICH STATED THAT HE WAS NOT INVOLVED IN A DRUG TRAFFICKING TRANSACTION. IN THE STATEMENT, HARTEJ HAD SAID HE WAS THE ONLY ONE INVOLVED IN THE DRUG TRANSACTION. THE CASE IS TO BE FURTHER MENTIONED IN 10 WEEKS' TIME, WITH A BAIL OF 100,000 DOLLARS GRANTED.

17.THE CIVIL DEFENCE FORCE HAS FORMED A NEW SECTION SPECIFICALLY TO INVESTIGATE THE CAUSES OF FIRE. OUR REPORTER LIONEL SKINNER TRAILED THE FIRE INVESTIGATION UNIT ON ITS FIRST ASSIGNMENT.

18.WINDOW WASHING -- MERELY A HOUSEHOLD CHORE BUT POLICE SAY IT MAY HAVE CLAIMED 2 LIVES IN THE LAST 2 WEEKS. AND THERE WAS ANOTHER CLOSE CALL YESTERDAY....NEWS FIVE CHECKS OUT WHAT'S SAFE AND HOW THESE MISHAPS CAN BE AVOIDED. ENDS: SAFER LAUNDRY RACKS.

19.MALAYSIAN HOUSING DEVELOPERS WILL SOON HAVE TO SUBMIT MANDATORY SAFETY REPORTS FOR AGING BUILDINGS OVER FIVE STORIES HIGH. THIS COME AFTER THE GENTING LANDSLIDE REVIVED FEARS OF SOIL EROSION. BACK HOME, TOUR AGENCIES CONDUCTING TOURS TO GENTING HIGHLANDS HAVE REPORTED FULL BOOKINGS FOR THIS WEEKEND. AND OF THOSE RETURNING FROM GENTING, ONLY A HANDFUL OF THEM KNEW ABOUT THE LANDSLIDE. OUT:....LAST EVENING. DUR: 0.59.

20.IN THAILAND, CHART THAI LEADER, BANHARN SILPA-ARCHA, IS EXPECTED TO NAME HIS CABINET WHEN PARLIAMENT MEETS NEXT MONDAY. BUT THE FORMATION OF THE NEW COALITION GOVERNMENT IS ALREADY FACING OPPOSITION FROM DIFFERENT FRONTS. THE UNITED STATES HAS WARNED BILATERAL TIES WOULD BE HURT IF SENIOR MEMBERS OF CHART THAI, SUSPECTED OF DRUG TRAFFICKING, ARE APPOINTED. CHART THAT RESPONDED BY SAYING THAT THAILAND IS NOT A US COLONY. THERE'RE ALSO REPORTS OF INTERNAL SQUABBLES AMONG MEMBERS OF THE PROPOSED 6-PARTY MERGER. OUR CORRESPONDENT REPORTS. OUT: NEWS 5 BANGKOK. DUR: 0.58

21.HEAVY RAINS ARE ALSO PREDICTED IN CHINA. OFFICIAL WEATHER FORECASTS SAY RAINSTORMS WILL HIT LARGE AREAS OF THE SOUTH, CENTRE AND EAST. THE PREDICTIONS OF MORE RAIN FOLLOW FLOODS ACROSS EASTERN AND SOUTHERN CHINA. THESE HAVE KILLED HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE AND FLOODED MILLIONS OF HECTARES OF CROPS. THE MILITARY HAS BEEN CALLED OUT TO HELP RESCUE PEOPLE WHO'RE STRANDED IN SOME AREAS. OFFICIALS SAY IF THE RAINS CONTINUE, FLOODING THIS YEAR COULD BE THE WORST IN CHINA'S HISTORY.

22.HONG KONG'S CHIEF SECRETARY ANSON CHAN HAS REVEALED THAT SHE MADE A SECRET TRIP TO BEIJING OVER THE WEEKEND. SHE MET CHINA'S FOREIGN MINISTER AND VICE PREMIER QIAN QICHEN, AND BEIJING'S TOP OFFICIAL FOR HONG KONG AFFAIRS, LU PING. MS CHAN TOLD REPORTERS SHE CAME AWAY FROM THE MEETING FEELING VERY ENCOURAGED ABOUT THE PROSPECT OF MORE POSITIVE COOPERATION BETWEEN THE TWO SIDES. OBSERVERS SAY IT IS THE STRONGEST INDICATION YET OF AN UPTURN IN SINO-BRITISH TIES, IN THE RUN-UP TO HONG KONG'S RETURN TO CHINA IN 1997.

23.THE UNITED STATES AND JAPAN ARE MAKING HEADLINES OVER A NEW TRADE DISPUTE...BARELY A WEEK AFTER AVERTING A TRADE WAR OVER CARS. OUT: OF SANCTIONS.DUR: 46. THE JAPANESE INDUSTRY SAYS IT'S MAKING GREAT EFFORT, IN ITS OWN WAY IN OPENING UPTHE THE COUNTRY'S MARKET. IT'S CALLED ON FOREIGN COUNTRIES WHO REPUSHING JAPAN TO PRODUCE A CONCRETE ACTION PLAN AS APEC CHAIRMAN, TO BE PATIENT. OUT:...IN THE REGION. IN SAPPORO, JAPAN, APEC SENIOR OFFICIALS HAVE KICKED OFF A FIVE-DAY MEETING TO PREPARE AN ACTION AGENDA FOR NOVEMBER'S SUMMIT IN OSAKA.

24.SOUTH KOREA'S PRESIDENT KIM YOUNG-SAM HAS SACKED HIS INFLUENTIAL RIGHT-HAND MAN AND NAMED A NEW SECRETARY GENERAL OF THE RULING DEMOCRATIC LIBERAL PARTY. ANALYSTS SAY THE MOVE IS TO EASE PUBLIC ANGER FOR THE COLLAPSE OF A DEPARTMENT STORE IN SEOUL LAST WEEK. THE CHAOTIC STATE OF GOVERNMENT EMERGENCY SERVICES HAS BEEN BLAMED ON THE LOSS OF SOME LIVES - WHICH EXPERTS SAY WOULD HAVE OTHERWISE BEEN SAVED. NO NEW SURVIVORS WERE FOUND TODAY. THE DEATH TOLL NOW STANDS AT 113. 400 PEOPLE ARE STILL MISSING.

25.TORRENTIAL RAIN CONTINUES TO BUFFET WESTERN JAPAN. ALREADY THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE HAVE BEEN FLOODED OUT OF THEIR HOMES. THE HEAVY RAINS ALSO TRIGGERED HUNDREDS OF LANDSLIDES, WHICH KILLED FOUR PEOPLE ON MONDAY. AND THE METEOROLOGICAL AGENCY WARNS THAT WESTERN JAPAN CAN EXPECT MORE RAIN TODAY AND TOMORROW.

26.STOCK AND CURRENCY MARKETS WERE QUIET TODAY AS TRADERS ARE WONDERING WHETHER THE US FEDERAL RESERVE WILL CUT INTEREST RATES FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 3  YEARS. THE FED MEETS ON WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY TO DECIDE. OUT: ...MUCH ANTICIPATED MEETING. DUR: 1.03