The Straits Times, 11 February 2005

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    24 1 THE STRAITS TIMES 80 PAGES IN FOUR PARTS MICA (P) 048/03/2004 FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 1 1 2005 «JaT*A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION ESTABLISHED 181 "> 80(1'
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    Lock icon N. Korea boasts it has nuclear weapons
    588 1  -  Lee Tee Jong They are deterrent against US, it says, vowing to boycott nuclear talks By South Korea Correspondent In Seoul NORTH Korea boasted publicly for the first time yesterday that it has made nuclear weapons and would boycott the talks on dismantling
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    Lock icon 18,200 THRONG ISTANA NEW YEAR OPEN HOUSE
    143 1 Fourteen-month-old Lee Yan Rong (above) waited with his parents for half an hour to get into the Istana grounds yesterday. They were among 18,200 people at the festive open house, almost double the number last year. Engineer Joseph Chai, 33, his Shanghainese wife
    EDWIN KOO; LIM WUI LIANG  -  143 words
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    Lock icon She's a star athlete in Zimbabwe — sorry, HE is
    448 1 She's a star athlete in Zimbabwe sorry, HE is Harare (Zimbabwe) SHE was Zimbabwe's most successful young athlete. A multiple gold-med-allist, the 18-year-old raised her country's flag in junior triple-jump, javelin, shot put and running events. The teenage athlete has taken home millions of Zimbabwe dollars in winnings to buy
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  • UPFRONT
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      Lock icon Signs that the stork is heading this way
      1096 1  -  Lynn Lee By PERKS WERE A BONUS "I didn't choose to have another child because of the perks alone, but it helped us reinforce our wish and move ahead with the plan for a third child." MRS SAMANTHA SNG (above, second from
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  • IN FLASH
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      Lock icon ASIA
      36 2 Island row worsens Beijing criticises Tokyo's takeover of a lighthouse on disputed island. PAGE 8 Rcits in India, too? New Delhi may accept industry lobbies' demand to allow S'pore-style real estate investment trusts. PAGE 9
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      38 2 Landmark election Saudis for the first time vote in a poll that meets international standards. PAGE 12 Air rights for SIA Talks to persuade Aussies for open skies pact to get under way on Monday. PAGE 17
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      57 2 Helping poor patients Keaiier sugge^ Class C patients hurden under new MediShield scheme and urges cuts in costs and prices of drugs PAGEHIS Richness of language While applauding the MOE for trying t. Chinese more palatable to students, reader says the cultural and historical linkage of learning a language
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      Lock icon SPORTS
      45 2 Footballer fired again Geylang United terminates the >ntract of .leykanth Jey.ipal The 28-year-old winder is taking his dismissal to the IM ■gain. PAGEH Sven's strange moves The Swede's puzzling decisions and support to radical changes are alienating him from the English puhlu PAGE HIS
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      Lock icon REVIEW
      20 2 Gambling case study Australia I experience offers many lessons for S'poreans contemplating to start a casino here. PAGE 22
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      Lock icon MONEY
      37 2 Siemens-Ronaldo deal World's fourth-largest cellphone maker the Brazilian stnki market its products PAGE H23 Making most of AQMs Attending them is beneficial, more so for small shareholders Investors should also lobby for suitable times PAGE H24
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      34 2 Tackling digital crime Cybergamers and police team up to trace hackers who stole the gamers' virtual treasure. PAGE HI Changi's new service months PAGI Muis opposes casino islamic l potation and n H7
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      38 2 SECTION ONE Prime 3-4 Asia 6-11 World 12-19 Review 22-25 Insight 26-27 FYI 28 SECTION TWO Home Hl-HlO Forum Hl5 Sports Hl6-H2O Obituaries H2O-21 Money H22-H24 LIFE! Buzz L2&LIB Mailbag L3 Fashion L5-L7 Music LB-Ll3 Events TV... Ll6-Ll7
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  • PRIME
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      Lock icon Bush boosts tsunami relief by US$600m
      532 3  -  Roger M itton It will take US total to US$95O million, making it largest single donor nation Hy US Bureau Chief In Washington PRESIDENT George W. Bush has pledged a massive US$6OO million (Ss99l million) boost in United States financial aid to countries affected
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      Lock icon In love since their first meeting in 1971
      128 3 BRITAIN'S Prince Charles will marry long-time lover Camilla Parker Bowles (left) on April 8 at Windsor Castle The pair met in 1971 at a polo match and had a two-year affair, both were single She then married cavalry officer Andrew Parker Bowles,
      AP; REUTERS  -  128 words
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      Lock icon Prince Charles to wed Camilla in April
      470 3 London BRITAIN'S Prince Charles made a surprise announcement yesterday that he will marry his long-time lover Camilla Parker Bowles, but ruled out ever crowning her queen. His parents, Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, who had been slow to accept the divorced mother
      REUTERS  -  470 words
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      Lock icon Carly quits HP after board row
      494 4  - Carly quits HP after board row San Francisco CEO's ouster seen as an admission by HP that Compaq merger was blunder ONE of the world's most powerful businesswomen, Carly Fiorina, has been dramatically ousted as chairman and chief executive of struggling United States computer giant Hew-lett-Packard. Ms Fiorina, 50, resigned
      REUTERS; BLOOMBERG NEWS; AFP  -  494 words
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      Lock icon SMEs here can expect a good Budget
      398 4  -  Azrin Asmani By TRADE and Industry Minister Lim Hng K has hinted that small and medium enterprises (SMEs) can expect to do well out of next Fn day's Budget. Speaking after a Chinese New Year function on Wednesday, he said the Government had
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      36 4 BOLO VISIONARY FAILS TO PRODUCE PROMISED RESULTS. MONEY PAGE M22 In The Business Times today RINGGIT RUSH Funds from Singapore are pounng into Malaysia. We look at the reasons and where the money is being parted
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  • ASIA
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      Lock icon Furore over Jakarta plan to sue bosses of illegals in Malaysia
      556 6 Furore over Jakarta plan to sue bosses of illegals in Malaysia KL warns against legal action as workers also face prosecution PUTRAJAYA PROPER PROCEDURE "To enable these workers to take legal action, they should return home and then come back legally." DATUK AZMI KHALI D. Home Affairs Minister JAKARTA'S plan
      THE STAR; ASIA NEWS NETWORK; AP  -  556 words
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      Lock icon Yudhoyono to tackle labour problems
      241 6 Jakarta PRESIDENT Sumlo Bambang Yudhoyono said ycstei that he hopes td resoke prob lems about the rights ol Indo nesian workers in Mala\ during his visit next week Dr Yudhoyono. who It on Monday for his lust official visit to Malaysia since assuming office last
      AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE; BERNAMA  -  241 words
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      Lock icon When gift giving becomes bribery
      374 7 GRAFT IN CHINA At least one government agency has banned visitors with New Year gifts Beijing CHINESE New Year is a traditional time for exchanging gifts, but in modern-day China there is a thin line between giving a holiday present and offering a bribe. The
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      Lock icon China leaders mix with Aids patients, poor
      223 7 Beijing CHINESE President Hu Jintao marked Chinese New Year eve by sharing tea and snacks with villagers in an impoverished minority area, while Premier Wen Jiabao spent the holiday visiting Aids patients. State television showed Mr Hu patting a baby's cheek, pounding rice
      ASSOCIATED PRESS; AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE; XINHUA  -  223 words
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      Lock icon HK's No. 2 man 'not keen on top job'
      202 7 Hong Kong MR DONALD Tsang, widely regarded as the best candidate to take over as Hong Kong's leader, says he plans to leave public office when his term as the territory's No. 2 official ends in 2007, newspapers reported yesterday. Mr
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      Lock icon Red faces over Macau tycoon's 'blue' jokes
      167 7 Hong Kong THERE were red faces all round when Macau casino tycoon Stanley Ho turned the air blue with smutty jokes at a gala Chinese New Year ball attended by the city's top dignitaries. A source said on Wednesday that the billionaire gambling
      AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE  -  167 words
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      Lock icon China slams Japan's takeover of lighthouse
      359 8 Tokyo plans to man lighthouse built on disputed oil-rich island in the East China Sea Tokyo JAPAN is taking over a lighthouse built by right-wing activists years ago on an uninhabited oil-rich island which is also claimed by China, touching off the latest row
      ASSOCIATED PRESS; REUTERS; AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE  -  359 words
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      Lock icon Tokyo's new assertiveness normal, says US official
      182 8 ft)K\o JAPAN'S growing assertive ness shows that it is becoming a "normal nation" lookm. ter us own nation il ftecurity interests, a senior Us official said yesterday. Japan has been officially pacifist since its defeat in World War II but has sent troops
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    • BRIEFING INDIA
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        Lock icon S'porestyle property funds planned
        632 9  - S'porestyle property funds planned Ravi Velloor Industry bodies say real estate investment trusts will boost business and raise investment By India Bureau Chief In New Delhi 'You have A-grade buildings, A-grade rent and B-grade quality of upkeep." MR GAURAV DALMIA, who runs Landmark Holdings, on property maintenance in India INDIA'S
        BONG FORTIN; REUTERS  -  632 words
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        Lock icon BLUEPRINT FOR REFORMS
        77 9 NEW DELHI:The Indian government has unveiled a policy blueprint for the next six months, promising labour and financial sector reforms, phasing out some subsidies and preparing a policy on stake sales in state-run firm--The sketchy blueprint comes only weeks before the annual federal Budget expected on Feb
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        Lock icon GREEN LIGHT FOR GAS TALKS
        58 9 NEWDELHIdndia s Cabinet gave the green light for the Oil Ministry to hold talks with Pakistan, Myann Bangladesh, Turkmenistan Afghanistan on securing gas supplies for India on Wednesday. Three possible pipelines to India are being investigated from I through Pakistan, from Turkmenistan through Afghanistan and
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        Lock icon HYDERABAD AS BIO-HUB
        61 9 HYDERABaAD-.Eight Asian and Middle Eastern nations, including Singapore, agreed yesterday to pool their resources to create a regional biotechnology centre based in southern IndJ India, PaJdatan, Sri 1 Malaysia, lsi M I, Iran and Saudi Al are the other seven They will launch the i Asian Biotech
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      417 6 Festive bribes A third of all Chinese officials convicted of corruption took bribes during Chinese New Year holidays. PAGE 7 TangsSprinqFair _^J* USA 1898 f Pfl 4 IVIiNVJ^KUIL Stt I MASTER KING IN SLEEP TECHNOLOGY '^BL mm\WmMtMa*amV*etmmmr. T *a/H I a- 3r^ W■ li »»/)|*B»^BBBti Jb tfil *-> '^mwt^C) '^~aM
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      13 9 Fresh jobs everyday Read our newspapers for a fresh set of jobs everyday!
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  • SOUTH-EAST ASIA
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      Lock icon Governor escapes Thailand bomb blast
      441 10 Governor escapes Thailand bomb blast Thaksin stays firm as six people injured in Muslim south Bangkok A POWERFUL remote-con-trolled bomb exploded near the governor of the southern Thai province of Narathiwat yesterday, wounding six people a day after Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra vowed to maintain his tough policy for the
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      Lock icon 20 Philippine rebels killed in jungle
      140 10 Tl I E Philippine military said up to 20 Muslim i abd a I killed at a fortified jut hideout yesterday, the fourth day of fierce fighting and bombing raids on the south western 'slami 0. lok) The military laid it su' ualties yesterday
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      Lock icon Yudhoyono optimistic about talks
      206 10 S'PORE EXTRADITION TREATY Jakarta INDONESIAN President Susilo Bambang Yu dhoyono has said he is optimistic about concluding an extradition treaty with Singapore when he visits the city-state next week. The long-running issue, deemed a thorn in hi lateral ties, will top the agenda in talks with
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  • MALAYSIA
    • ASIA QUICKLY
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        Lock icon KOIZUMI THREATENS SNAP ELECTION
        98 11 TOKYO: Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi has warned lawmakers that he would regard a failure to pass the government's Bill to privatise the postal system as a no-confidence vote a thinly veiled threat of a snap election. "If the Bill is left to expire, 1 would take
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        Lock icon 11 WHALES KILLED IN JAPAN ICE TRAP
        110 11 TOKYO: A pod of 11 killer whales has been declared dead after being trapped between ice floes and concrete blocks off the northern coast of Japan a 12th whale escaped. The giant mammals were found trapped in floating ice off the town of
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        Lock icon KING FREES NEPAL POLITICAL LEADERS
        81 11 KATHMANDU: Seven leading Nepalese politicians have been released from house arrest amid growing international condemnation of King Gyanendra's seizure of power and crackdown on dissent. Among those freed were former prime ministers Krishna Prasad Bhattarai and Lokendra Bahadur Chand and other key political leaders, state
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        Lock icon MALAYSIA, PAKISTAN SET FOR TRADE TALKS
        80 11 KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia and Pakistan are expected to hold talks on enhancing economic cooperation during a visit by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Badawi to Pakistan next week. A spokesman said the two nations were likely to discuss a proposed free trade agreement and
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        Lock icon HISTORIC THAKSIN VICTORY CONFIRMED
        137 11 BANGKOK: Election officials confirmed yesterday Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra's historic victory in last weekend's election, clearing the way for him to form the nation's first elected single-party government. Mr Thaksin's Thai Rak Thai (Thais Love Thais) party scooped 377 of 500 seats contested in Sunday's
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        Lock icon PERAK CANCELS MAJOR TV3 POP CONCERT
        101 11 IPOH: The Perak government has cancelled TV3's Sure Heboh pop concert slated for next month as a mark of respect for the Dec 26 tsunami victims, Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Tajol Rosli Ghazali said yesterday. The state-level joint Christmas and Chinese New Year celebrations
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        Lock icon MALE MODEL SHOOTING: SUSPECT HELD
        134 11 PETALING JAY A: Malaysian police have detained one of two suspects believed to be involved in the attempted murder of a male model on Tuesday at Bandar Sri Damansara. Selangor police chief Deputy Commissioner Yahaya Udin said the man was detained on Wednesday when he
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      Lock icon Malaysia taking action to halve road death rate
      441 11 Better signs, lighting and road design to form core of strategy PUTRAJAYA A FIVE-YEAR plan will be launched in Malaysia by midyear to cut the death rate in road accidents by more than half through better signs, lighting and road design. The
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      Lock icon Rising fuel costs to push up price of electricity
      389 11 Pantai Rem is MALAYSIANS must be prepared to pay more for electricity because of the rising cost of fuel. Energy, Water and Communications Minister Datuk Seri Lim Keng Yaik said yesterday. The power tariff in the country has not been raised
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon Landmark Saudi polls
      853 12  -  Riyadh BALLOT BOXES > > REGISTRATION CARDS > > CAMPAIGN ADS Municipal vote seen as significant step in kingdom's democratic process History being made in three phases POLLS opened yesterday in Saudi Arabia's first ever elections, from which women have been barred, to elect half the members
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      Lock icon US and France bury the hatchet over Iraq
      525 13 US and France bury the hatchet over Iraq Paris takes olive branch held out by Rice, who appealed for improved transatlantic ties Paris FRANCE and the United States have declared a new chapter in their rocky relationship, ending two years of feuding over Iraq with pledges of cooperation to help
      AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE; AP  -  525 words
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      Lock icon Iran pledges diplomacy on N-issue
      265 13 Iran pledges diplomacy on N-issue Teheran IRAN'S Foreign Ministry pledged yesterday that the Islamic republic was committed to pursuing all diplomatic options in resolving international alarm over its nuclear programme. But ministry spokesman Hamid Reza Asefi told the Irna news agency that Iran was sticking by its "rights" namely its
      AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE; ASSOCIATED PRESS  -  265 words
    • SPOTLIGHT PEOPLE
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        Lock icon $165,000 for an evening and photos with Arnie
        231 16 YOU can sit at the head table with Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, hobnob at a reception beforehand and pose for pictures with the Republican governor for US$lOO,OOO (*****,000). But there is a limit to what your money can buy at one of several
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        Lock icon Marines lose Purple Hearts
        117 16 MARINE Corporal Travis Eichelberger re ceived a Purple Heart after he crushed under a 67-tonne tank m Now, the honour is being revoked be cause his injuries were not caused by hos tile or combat action. Cpl Eichelberger is among 1 1 marines who were notified
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        Lock icon So far, so good for 'Mermaid'
        191 16 DOCTORS have successfully taken the first step towards separating the fused legs of Milagros Cerron, a nine-month -old Peruvian baby dubbed the "Little Mermaid" because of her rare birth defect "Everything went well, but it's a tough time. Her mother is crying, we're crying,"
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        Lock icon 'Veil of secrecy' over Jacko trial
        160 16 A VEIL of secrecy has been drawn over Michael Jackson and his child molestation trial, say news organisations. A coalition of media firms is asking a California appeals court to overturn an earlier decision to keep key documents, including the secret indictment of charges
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      Lock icon Hopeful signs for S'pore-Australian aviation talks
      492 17  - Hopeful signs for S'poreAustralian aviation talks Roger Maynard Real chance of deal giving SIA greater access to Australian market By Australia Correspondent TALKS aimed at persuading the Australian government to authorise an open-skies agreement allowing Singapore Airlines (SIA) to fly its planes on the lucrative North American route in direct
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      Lock icon SIA rejects free trips charge
      288 17 SINGAPORE Airlines (SIA) has vehemently denied a charge by Australia's opposition Labor Party that it has tried to unduly influence lawmakers by offering them free flights to Singapore. Labor Party tourism spokesman Martin Ferguson had criticised SIA for offering an all-expenses-paid four-day trip to the
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      Lock icon Indian carriers bitter over flights to S-E Asia
      405 17  -  Ravi Velloor By India Bureau Chief In New Delhi INDIA'S private airlines, which have been planning daily flights to Singapore and other Southeast Asian capitals from Mumbai, New Delhi, Hyderabad and Chennai, look set to get far fewer flights to the region
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    • WORLD QUICKLY
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        Lock icon POPE TO BE DISCHARGED
        96 17 VATICAN CITY: Doctors have dec.,; Paul II can be discharged bom hospit.ii health has Improved, and thi which necessitated his hospitalisation have "cured", Vatican spokesman Joaquin I said yesterday. "The Pope's return to the Vatican will OOCaW during the day." he told journalists However, it was
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        Lock icon HILLARY NO. 1 AMONG DEMOCRATS
        106 17 WASHINGTON: New York Senator and former first la dy Hillary Clinton is by far the most popular Demo crat in the country, a USA Today/CNN poll shows Mrs Clinton was backed by 40 per cent oi Demo crats polled to run for the White House
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        113 17 MOSCOW: President Vladimir Putin yesterday told thi visiting United Nations human rights chief that Russia would listen to "objective" criticism of its human rights situation but would not tolerate attempts to turn the issue into a political weapon. Welcoming Ms Louise Arbour, the UN High
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      155 17 Calcium levels in a finger bone can tell this machine a lot about a person's age so much so that it can be used to keep under-aged children from adult venues. Its New York-based developer, i-Mature Ine, also points out that operators of computer
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      260 17 Man stabbed during crush at Ikea sale London ONE man was stabbed and several injured when 4,000 bargain hunters flocked to the midnight sale at a new Ikea furniture store in north London, emergency services said yesterday. The Swedish furniture giant was forced to close the store in Edmonton after
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      543 19 Mortar attacks breach Arab -Israeli ceasefire Abbas orders his forces to move quickly to preserve the new truce Jerusalem PALESTINIAN militants fired mortar shells and homemade rockets at Jewish settlements in the Gaza Strip yesterday, prompting Palestinian leader Mahmoud Ab- bas to order his security forces to move quickly to
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      341 19 Baghdad IRAQ'S borders will be closed for six days from next week during the annual Shi'ite Muslim mourning period, a government spokesman said yesterday, as the bodies of more than 20 Iraqi drivers and security forces from a convoy of government trucks
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      575 12 Mending feno US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice makes an appeal in Paris to end the bitter row over Iraq. PAGE 13 AKIRA is named as one of ■aaa* "BB»* *BB\ rBRANDH/l AKIRA 1 AWARD U4 *f* ,E Singapore's Most Valuable Brands 3KGS II T G DGTIGI Lunar^lMeim Year^ Cheers!)
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      1714 22  -  Anthony Paul By Senior Writer BEING DRAGGED UNDER Australia has only 0.3 per cent of the world's population and 20 per cent of its poker machines a machine-per-capita ratio five times higher than in the US. Australians rightly call the contraptions
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      935 23  -  Christopher Tan By Senior Correspondent NEXT WEEK, on Valentine's Day, transport giant ComfortDelGro Corp will give shareholders a good reason to be enamoured of it. The group, formed two years ago when taxi company Comfort Group and bus group DelGro Corp tied the corporate nuptial knot,
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      915 24  -  Richard Posner By In Chicago MR ROBERT M. Gates, a highly regarded former head of the Central Intelligence Agency, announced last week that he would not leave his job as president of Texas A&M University to become the first director of national intelligence in
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      1219 25  - It 's a snail 's pace for women's rights Joo Sang Min FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT: SOUTH KOREA By For The Straits Times In Seoul "South Korean men, even some of the older women, do not seem to be ready for the change as decades of male-oriented practices have conditioned them
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      202 22 Infant steps South Korean women make a tiny dent in their male-dominated society. PAGE 25 THE STRAITS TIMES SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS, NEWS CENTRE, 1000 Toa Payoh North, Podium Level 2, *****4 ST INTERACTIVE: http: straitstimes.asial .com.sg SPH Chief Executive Officer Senior Executive ViceAlan Chan Heng Loon President (Marketing) Editor-in-Chief (English
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      186 23 mf Jr Diamond Pendant ■~w Jr (Price excludes chain) y >F SK Direct Price: i^i $99 SK Jewellery Season of Love NEW ZEALAND Relocation Seminar New Zealand Government desperate for skilled workers Pass mark plummets as a result lain MacLeod, a Director of Protea Pacific Ltd., a New Zealand based
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      522 23 ~s^ wjisiff Child r erfs Deparment, Level 3, Takashimaya Department S^fe l^_____j^_________^_^^__^^^___^^^^_l^______ ewe m^km m memmm^3m333awmm*****L% _laW W g^^____^^___^_^^^_^^^^^^__^____^_^__^_^^^^^^ -^> VS^^ mWWTmmmmamm _^_-______F^ ■■_Jjm*_, _r^ri9^Vl V^^B ''^-333 ud^iamm3Bkma W 7 X BBsW i_K mWMt\. BaV ._lHavv >_*> t.- _>*£ mmFf^ S*ma\m~aa7 9^ jf ______rB HKH b__. T___^_i -^______Msf''W__afeAi- v y
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      82 24 Authentic TEOCHEW ft Raw Fish to welcome the Auspicious M I ___Y aaaTmM W»0 I maT^^T^a^*mat) mJ♦J J __£^^g~^*_ j _M~_ ■W•» I s_*J Sf>k_l w III W^ l*_Bß !laß_l H*9 P^_ a j I 1 1 II I Mil SB« w ar WW Vfc X I TEOCHEW RESTAURANT f
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      262 25 Lunar Mew LJ JU LJ LJ 1 1 to Mon 14 2005 Department, Takashimaya Department ■sßK^^snßO ■r_i r^ral_l t^M ■__^^_ar^_P_r _^^C T r*^/Mmp W\Zawi\»rJ|'P%rlw Rff\nb BLat A& F if\m\ I af^ aß__ 3 OSB^C I *^BW 7 __K__ t r t^Y m mmt ii i i -__fl L L I
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        114 26 People in politics have a certain zeal to help others, along with the drive and network to get things done. Asad Latif talks to MP Ong Seh Hong and former Nominated MP Zulkifli Baharudin, who helm organisations involved in providing humanitarian relief in Aceh after the tsunami
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        685 26 JUST after returning to Singapore from Banda Aceh early last month, Dr Ong Seh Hong attended a ceremony to give out Edusave bursary awards to students in his constituency. Some refreshments had been provided for the children and their parents. Dr Ong,
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        556 26 THE POWER OF EMPOWERMENT 'When you structure, you curtail. When you unleash energies, you galvanise people.' MR ZULKIFLI BAHARUDIN, chairman of Singapore volunteer organisation Mercy Relief and ex-NMP WHEN Mr Zulkifli Baharudin, chairman of Singapore volunteer organisation Mercy Relief, was in Indonesia
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      1073 26  - Terror threat JI and beyond Andrew Tan FRIDAY MATTERS Hy THE existence of an A! affiliated network m South east Asia has been highligl by the arrest of ova 200 al leged operatives of tin Islamiah (JI) sime late 2001 Aware that it is ,i prune tei rorist target, Singapore's
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      849 27  - Moving to better times a Hijrah of sorts Azhar Ghani »POST'6SERS By CHINESE Singaporeans weren't the only ones welcoming a new year on Wednesday. That evening, their Muslim fellow citizens also ushered in the first day of a new Muslim year. Strictly speaking, the first day of the year 1426
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      105 26 Making fair comparisons The Malay community must learn to measure its progress against others in the environment where it lives and operates. PAGE 27 SOne common form of headaches is tension headache. A leading cause of these headaches is excessive muscle strain at and around the neck region. Recurring attacks
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      27 26 B' 4 £H t| ti>^ Abandoned when she was six, this _j| j^^ little giri looked after her blind gradMJ iH^^PHfc^ J Her story >4ptt ____B^^^________l i
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      507 28 Singapore today Fair, warm and occasionally windy. w\ M i —ntuc ______m U^__L •xJQ B€ 9 €_> JwwLw W 1 kTfW jin^aporeo very own WmW ________L_________| L__r M _-N_i ■^^^^888 M Bt-W _h_B of *B B mr "'j^xm~ L\^M '^^^i__f^_oLJr^^-_l^^^-_HH__H9 B_P°mK^| I imW mWwM __k__i m BV J BP >«:..a_v
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      161 28 USEFUL NUMBERS Emergency lines Mice 999 Mice Hotline 1800-255-0000 Civil Defence (Fire and Emergency Ambulance) 995 Non-emergency ambulance 1777 Wbter Supply 1800-284-6600 SP PowerGrid (to report power failure) 1800-778-6666 6778-6666 City Gas (to report gas supply interruption, low pressure and gas leakage) 1800-752-1800 Transport lines City Cab 6552-2222 Comfort Cablink
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      82 28 HRST COMMERCIAL FLIGHT 1930. The first commercial flight into Singapore, a Dutch KNILM Fokker F-7A with eight passengers from Batavia, arrives. The development comes after the Straits Settlements Government decided to allow the landing of commercial aircraft at Seletar Air Base. THATCHER LEADS TORIES 1975. Britain's Conservative Party chcxjses Margaret
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      39 28 OSCAR HOPEFUL __r^^^^____ Why Clint Eastwood's Million Dollar Baby is hot IN LIFE! ON BEING Jy"^ Younger writers reflect on what it means IN INSIGHT NOT SO SPEEDY Some new broadband plans fall short. ST test shows IN HOME
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      78 28 TIDES TODAY 1.30am (2.9m), 6.52am (1.2m), 12.35pm (3.3m), 7.30pm (0.2m). Desaru. 12.27am (2.6m). 5.47am (1.3m), 11.33am (2.6m), 6.00pm (0.4m). Port Dickson: 3.14am (0.0m), 8.28am (2.7m), 3.57pm (0.2m), 9.02pm (2.9m). Mersing and Pulau Tioman: 6.03am (1.7m). 10.40am (2.3m). 4.49pm (0.6m). TIDES TOMORROW 1.56am (2.9m), 7.35am (1.0m), 1.20pm (3.2m), B.llpm (0.4m). Desaru:
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      190 28 5 THINGS YOU CAN DO TODAY 1 Treat your family to awesome physical feats of balance and contortions at the Dragon Mirage acrobatics show by the Shenyang Acrobatic Troupe of China. Singapore Expo Hall 2, Expo Drive 4pm, Bpm. Tickets: $19-$7O. Tel: 6348-5555. 2 Update yourself on the latest in
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      8 H1 HOME THE STRAITS TIMES FRIDAY FEBRUARY 11 2005
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      926 H1 Four friends spent two years amassing $1 5,000 worth of riches in an online game only to lose it all to a hacker, fn a new series on digital crime in Singapore, Chua Hian Hou looks at how the victims and the police teamed up to crack the
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        287 H2  - Family shuts restaurant after kin is hurt in road crash K.C. Vijayan By A FAMILY shut their seafood restaurant business temporarily when the owner's brother was seriously injured in a motorbike accident on the first day of the Chinese New Year. Instead of celebrating, the Tan family was keeping vigil
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        74 H2 Delicately balancing dozens of spinning plates on long, thin sticks while moving to the music (above), dancers from China's Shengy 1 Troupe j^erform the Spirit of the Flowen id ll The Dragon Mirage show at the Singapore I \po In another item, acrobats perfofm the Heading Bowls
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        599 H2  -  Khushwant Singh Retrenched 2 years ago, patient-care assistant is happy to have a job and make a difference By FOR nearly three decades, Mr Michael Chong did not have to work on weekends or public holidays, but all that changed when the bank
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        246 H2 BEING the first to be born in the Year of the Rooster was something to crow about for this baby boy. Yesterday, he received a red hongbao in the form of an $8,888 education endowment grant from gift retailer Risis, which gives out grants
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      399 H4  -  Radha Basu Clownfish, like the Disney one, and sea exotica are close to home Bv TRAMPING around mud dy shores on a lazy holiday afternoon may not be everyone's idea of fun, but the 60-odd nature enthusiasts who turned up for a
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      597 H4  - Save our seas for drinking Radha Basu NEWS ANALYSIS U\ DR YAACOB Ibrahim's cruise down the Singa pore River to help a volunteei organisation lish refuse out of the water last Sunday was no pub licity stunt. The Minister for the Hnvironment and Water Resources wanted to send a potent
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      739 H5  -  Kar am jit Kaur Changi's third ground handler to start services on March 2; the two current handlers cut charges as competition hots up By ransport Correspondent IN EARLY, TO SHOW HOW EFFICIENT IT IS "This is why we decided to start early so that
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        90 H5 FOUR Myanmar nationals were jailed yesterday after being caught by the Police Coast Guard trying to swim into Singapore on Wednesday night. The four, aged between 19 and 25, were picked up off the Sembawang wharves and Sungei Buloh between 10pm and 10.15pm.
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        76 H5 THE China national who was critically injured in a gas blast at a factory in Tuas Basin Link last month died at the National University Hospital last week. Police said Mr Fan Hua, 22, a technician, died on Feb 3. He had suffered multiple injuries after
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        82 H5 AROUND $900, credit cards and personal documents were stolen from a van and a car in Pasir Fis Park on Wednesday. The driver of the van, who had parked there at about 10.30pm, returned about two hours later to discover the front passenger window smashed. The
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      576 H7  - Muis against having a casino Azhar Ghani Top authority on Islamic affairs here says position is based on religious and social grounds By SINGAPORE'S highest authority on Islamic affairs has declared that it does not support any move to develop a casino here. The Islamic Religious Council of Singapore (Muis)
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      173 H7 Singapore s waterfront has changed dramatically since this photo (above) was taken in 1974. Then, the area was just taking off you can see barges in the foreground reclaiming the land that is now Marina South. Today, the older buildings look squat next to the taller, more
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      653 H10  - 1 7 Lim Lee Engs identity mix-up puts woman in a fix Chua Kong Ho Businesswoman's creditworthiness hit; her name finds its way into four lawsuits Efc SAME name, wrong person. And for Ms Lim Lee Eng, the mix-up also tarnished her reputation. Besides being turned down for a personal
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      268 H10 STARTING mid-March, young people from the Down Syndrome Association will sell art and handicraft pieces from a pushcart in Tampines Mall. The cart, dubbed Cart2l because most sufferers of Down's Syndrome have an extra chromosome No. 21 which causes cognitive disabilities, was built by the
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        846 H15 I REFER to the articles, "Patients to pay higher initial amount from July" by Ms Salma Khalik, "Don't leave the uninsured out in the rain" by Ms Chua Mui Hoong (ST, Feb 4); and "To go or not to go over the
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        324 H15 ALL the debate about cuts to the Chinese language syllabus and what to keep and what to throw out brings to mind a personal anecdote. In September 2002, on a visit to Yangzhou in China, I chanced upon the old abode of Zhu
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        326 H15 I REFER to the report, "Sias slams Asia Pac Breweries' phantom options scheme" (ST, Feb 5). I find it inexplicable that legislation requires employee share option schemes (ESOS) to be subject to shareholder approval, yet Asia Pacific Breweries' (APB) new phantom share option plan
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        206 H15 THERE has been a lot of publicity recently regarding new legislation to preserve trees. However, within a day of the announcement, 15 to 20 mature trees along Jalan Membina in Tiong Bahru were felled. The trees were about 25 to 30 years
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        78 H15 I WAS walking towards the bus stop in Braddell Road near Marymount flyover when I discovered that the thick trees bordering Braddell View had been felled. As a resident of the estate, I was shocked to see them felled for no apparent
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        161 H15 Don't limit museum exhibits to regional art I REFER to Dm .mi "From Supreme Court t world-class art gallery (Tlir Sunday Times, Jan 1 1 While it is commendable that the Government is setting aside HMM I lor the arts. I hope it will not be restricted to Singapore and
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        543 H16  - Geylang sack Jevkanth a second time Tan Kim Han SOCCER He will bring case to committee that had earlier ruled in his favour By UHTAtW "They made an error with the transfer window and now they want to terminate my contract again. I don't think it's fair. I believe the
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        345 H16  -  Alvin Foo By IT MAY just be a warm-up tournament but, with the new season starting in three weeks, fans can expect stiff competition at next week's S-League quadrangular. The highlight? Two Chinese Super League clubs, Beijing Hyundai and Liaoning FC, who will compete against the
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        548 H16 Saitama (Japan) Worid Cup qualifiers ASIAN ZONE Group A Uzbekistan 1 Saudi Arabia 1 South Korea 2 Kuwait 0 Group B Japan 2 North Korea 1 Bahrain 0 IranO Asian Zone WHEN the home crowd booed their opponents before kick-off, it looked
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        1115 H18  -  Rob Hughes IN GOOD CONSCIENCE Swedish tenant not winning friends by toying with English tenets By Nike hits back at Neville's daim GARY Neville claims Manchester United's sponsor Nike may be "cheapening" an anti- racism campaign. He welcomed the initiatives taken by
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        589 H18 SOCCER European Zone ATHENS GREECE are back in the hunt to qualify for the 2006 World Cup after beating Denmark in their qualifier Wednesday. Their hero was Theodore Zagorakis who, seven months ago, inspired his country to a shock Euro 2004 win. On Wednesday, despite
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        272 H18 BIRMINI formation against Hollam inanimoui Just no point i«> draw**, headlined the Evening Standard 'It was billed as t_M new world of 4-3-3, rarely has an Erikaeoa in tion tail. IK M phatically at the t tempt," wr< Iht Independent "No Ideas.
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        193 H18 Dussi mom ((ii k\i\\> GERMAN national coach Jur gen Klinsmann was disappointed to see his side drawing 2-2 at home against Argentina in Wednesday's friendly, but vowed to carry on with his at tacking philosophy. For a long time, the thr. time World Cup champions have
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        531 H19 SOCCER Chelsea sack tearr doctor for inabilit 1 to heal Dutchman for Cup final London Life with and without Robben With Robben Chelsea Without 0 Losses 1 27 Chances converted 6 2.56 Goals per game 0.8 11 COULD be a blow of championship
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          44 H19 THE Football Singapore U Cup kk r (spm) at Yishun stadium where Home United will play Commonwealth Pala, There will be pc al loon sculptures, danu mances. while the first 50 spectators will Valentine's Day gift Admission is fi
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          44 H19 THE Singapore Table Tennis Association and the Sports Club will I the Sun VITA CI. pionships from March 21 kl April 10. There are 10 cattgOliei and prize mon ling $5,200. Registration starts Oi M day and ends on March 1
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          79 H19 S-LEAGUE club Geylani United are in Sunday ifu the $40,000 Bar.. Cup. an invitational tourna ment in Jakarta, after winning Group A by beating Im!< sian club PSIS 10 last m. The scorer striker Chima Nwaog The Eagles will WWW Group B champion, who will either
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        340 H19 Robinho scores on Brazil debut Hong Kong BRAZIL sensation Robinho gave Real Madrid fans something to look forward to next season with a breakout performance for his country against Hong Kong. Before the friendly on Wednesday to welcome in the Chinese New Year, the 21--year-old Santos player told reporters for
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        520 H19 Reyes -Owen summer exchange a hot topic London AS IF Arsenal's headache regarding Chelsea making an alleged illegal approach for Ashley Cole is not enough, they have to contend with trade rumours regarding Jose Antonio Reyes as well. The Spaniard could be going back home to Real Madrid at the
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        372 H19 Manchester POLICE had to be called in on Wednesday after violent threats were made against Manchester United board members and Malcolm Glazer, the American tycoon who is trying to take control of the club. A militant group of United fans, who call themselves the
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        632 H20 Wade into the elite with Shaq s help BASKETBALL Heat guard has flourished under O'Neal and makes his first All -Star team New York DWYANE Wade was standing in front of the television backdrop when his Miami Heat team-mate Shaquille O'Neal came barging through. The centre squinted in the camera
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          50 H20 SYDNEY: Australia's new football league is hoping to get a boost by getting former Manchester United star Dwight Yorke. Sydney FC, one of the ALeague's premier teams, confirmed they are in negotiations with Yorke, who is signed with Premiership side Birmingham City. AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
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          68 H20 PARIS: Top seed Serena Williams, playing in her first tennis tournament since winning the Australian Open title last month, claimed a 6-3, 6-2 victory over French wild-card entry Stephanie Cohen-Aloro at the Paris Indoor Open on Wednesday. Despite the respectable scoreline, her match was riddled with
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          81 H20 TORONTO: Antawn Jamison and Gilbert Arenas confirmed their National Basketball Association All-Star credentials by powering their Washington Wizards to a 95-87 win over the San Antonio Spurs on Wednesday. Jamison scored a seasonhigh 35 points and grabbed 11 rebounds, while Arenas had 24 points as
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          61 H20 LONDON: India's Narain Karthikeyan completed the distance he needed for a Formula One super licence on Wednesday, after his first outing in the Jordan car he will race in this season. Under FIA rules, rookies must have done 300 kilometres of testing before being allowed
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          51 H20 MARSEILLE: French qualifier Sebastien de Chaunac stunned top seed Guillermo Coria at the Open 13 tennis tournament in Marseille to set up a clash with Britain's Greg Rusedski. De Chaunac, ranked 275th, beat the world No 5 Argentinian 6-4, 7-5 in Wednesday's first-round clash. ASSOCIATED
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        619 H20 BASKETBALL NBA: Boston 94 LA Clippers 89, Indiana 94 Charlotte 87, Memphis 98 Philadelphia 95, Washington 95 San Antonio 87, Milwaukee 110 Toronto 107, LA Lakers 104 New Jersey 103 (OT), Miami 116 New York HO(OT), Minnesota 98 Denver 92, Houston 105 Chicago 92, New Orleans 91 Portland 80.
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      581 H20 LUAH TIOW LEONG, LARRY 1947 2005 Age: 57 t passed away peacefully on 8 February 2005. Dearly missed and always in hearts and memories of loved ones. Daughters: Son-in-law: Amie Luah Lim Aik Ngan Jolene Luah TM rnlm Brothers: Sisters: (Lua Tiow Chong, deceased) Lua Siew Hwa (Lua Tiew
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        430 H21 "The Lord is my Shepherd, I shall not want. He makes me lie down in green pastures, He leads me beside quiet waters, He restores my soul. Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life; I and I will dwell in the house of the
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        380 H21 ATHMA SHANTI POOJA SIVAGANAM THEVAR S/O BASMER APACHAMY (EX-RAF CHANGI) AGE: 89 passed away peacefully on 28 lan 2005 at I halikkot tai. India, leaving behind loved ones. Wife: lanakiammah Sons: Daughters-in-law: S. Gunasekaran (SATS) Poongothi Veerayah S. Kanapathy (SATS) Daughters: Sons-in-law: Komala Devi (Mt Elizabeth Hospital) Ganesan Perumal iMallika,
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        218 H21 PANCHAVARNAM D/O SIVANKALAI (PARVATHY) Ace: SO passed away peacefully on 10 February 2005. )earl> missed and fundi) remembered by loved one*, lusband: knatheven (Theven) )au.({hU'rv IMM Shanthi) aya M.iUiu xins in Ijw (Gan) < R V.-rma •od Daughter: ■atah (Ha/ell grandchildren: lOvin, Thulasi and Isaac Body It resting at void
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        653 H22 REMOVAL OF HP CHIEF End of sVfe-year reign TAKING IT PERSONALLY "I think the company's success will be my legacy. The company's failure will be my failure, with all the predictable consequences of that." MS FIORINA, who saw her own fate tied to
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        499 H22 Los Angeles MR WALTER Hewlett, who three years ago was removed from the board of HewlettPackard (HP) for fighting the purchase of Compaq Computer, may have been right in the end. Ousted HP chief executive Carly Fiorina was his onetime adversary
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        294 H22 NewYork THE ouster of HewlettPackard (HP) chief executive Carly Fiorina could boost top personal computer (PC) maker Dell but hurt rivals in the market for server computers and storage machines, analysts said. Under Ms Fiorina, HP lost the No. 1 position in
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          66 H22 NI VV YORK i. the mark iV< lid lourth qu Ugher earnings trom j ;tments i Irom storms and Aid. based in it finished an inter nai probe into tl, improper use ot found no further vwongdobog \et income roi 02 billion is>4
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          126 H22 NEW YORK: f ormet r\ Com chief execut; Bernard Kbbers told lines tors he was unaware oi storms on the horizon'" d.nafter his finance chief warn ed him about phone counting entries, jurors heard at his fraud trial on Wednesday. In his third day OB
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          138 H22 SYDNEY: Telstra, Austral: biggest phone company, be.it torecasts with I 1 9 per cent rise in first-half net profit on Wednesday on higher mobile and Internet sales, and said the trend his since been maintained. Shares in Telstra rose to .1 near three-year high
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        393 H22 US annual trade gap soars to 1 trillion Washington THE United States trade deficit narrowed in December as oil import prices had their biggest monthly decline in nearly 14 years. But the annual trade gap still widened more than 24 per cent last year to a record U*****.7 billion (551.02
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        454 H23  -  Dahyl Loo Survey shows the average 13% drop in prime rents is due mainly to higher euro By SINGAPORE fell four notches to 35th place in a ranking of the highest office rentals worldwide, as rising rates in other cities far outstripped
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        166 H23 >> Music, movie and software industries have been complaining about how pirated and counterfeited goods in China are eroding sales and tarnishing their brand images. >> Their move to approach the Bush administration reflects the growing frustration that promises made by top Chinese officials have not
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        524 H23 Washington MUSIC, movie and software industries in the United States have for the first time called on the Bush administration to begin legal action against China at the World Trade Organisation (WTO) to stop widespread piracy they said cost them at
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        268 H23 Berlin SIEMENS, the world's fourthlargest cellphone maker, has hired Brazilian striker Ronaldo to market its handsets and other products as the company seeks to raise brand awareness in markets such as Asia and Latin America. Ronaldo, who plays for the Spanish
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        385 H23 DBS Group Holdings, Singapore's biggest lender, and its two smaller rivals United Overseas Bank (UOB) and OCBC Bank, will probably report a jump in full-year profit, analysts say. All three banks are due to report their financial results over the next
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      974 H24  - Active shareholders should lobby for suitable AGM times Leong Chan Teik There are benefits to attendance, more so if you area small investor By Switch to another time? It all depends A number of small and mid-sized companies, and the Singapore Exchange, the stock market regulator, give their views on
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      270 H23 „r\ China Great Land Holdings Ltd. AmW (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore on 1 5 December 2003) JUt Iff* 4j^Pfl Invitation in respect of 50,000,000 ordinary Shares of 550.05 each comprising as follows: (a) 2,000,000 Offer Shares at 550.21 for each Offer Share by way of public offer; and
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      1717 H24 Flare-up against fakes US music, movie and software industries want action against China to stop piracy which they say cost them S4 billion last year. PAGE H23 m m feat mmm This announcement appears as a matter of record only >r WI_HI VI OLAM INTERNATIONAL LIMITED (Incorporated in the Republic
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      9 1 life! iI il STRAITS TIMES Friday February 11 2005
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        155 2 Reduce bulges around the waist, hips thighs without compromising your bust size Most of PrettiSlim clients are not overweight but have some problem areas from waist down. PrettiSlim specializes in melting those stubborn spots within days, using pure natural ingredients. PrettiSlim success stories have been featured in Channel NewsAsia, The
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        496 2 NEW YORK At one point during the sixth season of CBS lhe Amazing Race. Freddy Holliday streamed to the remaining teams: "One of you I will break in half!" Well, he didn't break anyone in half, but he and fiancee Kendra Bentley did outrace the eompetition. winning the
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        174 18 M W YORK David Letterman has unveiled Bollywood star Aishwarya Rai (left) to the I 'ruled States On CBS* Late Show With David Letterman on 1 uesday, she told him she would not move to the US soon, saying: "Actors are like gypsies. They Q,o where their work
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        174 18 LONDON The outrageous New York band Scissor Sisters took British pop music by storm on Wednesday by winning three Brit awards, the Grammys of Britain. The flamboyant rockers, who hit it big in Britain after failing to land a record deal in the US. launched
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        170 18 PHILADELPHIA Comedian Bill Coe by, under investigation for possible sexual misconduct, denied claims bv a second woman that he drugged and fondled her lhe second accusation bv a lamata 1 1 cen dates back 30 years lt go. and I prose CUtor suggested that such an old
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        66 18 Keane landed the coveted Best British Album for Hopes And Fears and were hailed as Best British Breakthrough Act. Angels by Robbie Williams was picked as the Best Song of the last 25 years. Reuters PHOTOS: Who had stage presence at the Brit Awards? Joss Stone and Robbie Williams (left)
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        152 18 NEW YORK The adult movie Deep Throat, still banned in many US states, is to be re-released on the back of a documentary about the low -budget 1972 porn flick that became a mainstream phenomenon. The film, which made its late star Linda Lovelace a household name, was
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        58 18 NEW YORK Life is becoming less simple for Nicole Richie. The co-star of reali ty show The Simple Life has become engaged to her boyfriend of one year. DJ Adam Goldstein (right, with Richie), her publicist announced. It will be the In si marriage for Richie and
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        495 3 WHEN [readYeowKaiChaft article, "The willing spirit conquers" (Life!, Feb 8), the range of human reactions that people get when faced with adversities hit me. To Danny Brown, he accepted his accident as part of his life and moved on. demonstrating great wisdom and mental
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        380 3 WE THANK Ms Ong Sor Fern "Learning from others' success'" (Life!. Feb 1 and Mr Keith Gerard Tan "About films not celebs" (Life! Mailbag, Feb 4) for their views on the Singapore International Film Festival (Siff). Mr Tan's positive feedback on the festival certainly testifies to the
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        162 3 I REI ER lothe article, "Quick I rban. Feb \i. about couples who mai couples who married iftei knowing each other r short period of time. From my own experience. I believe mat not lor the faint-hearted The commitment makes to another should not i
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        564 4 Hong Kong studios seek profits elsewhere as film industry dies Ht >NG K( )NG Shaw Brothers, lhe city's biggest film company, decided in 2001 to spend HKSI.3 billion building Asia's largest studio complex. But the company's bet on a revival in Hone Kong's movie industry hasn't
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        547 5 Celebrity coverage in India has grown in tandem with its booming economy NEW DELHI They weai silk saris, well-cut Nehru jackets and incandescent smiles. They are practised in the art ot air-kissing and social banter. They are often beautiful, usually rich and sometimes genuinely talented. They
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        428 6 New York Fashion Week tears pages out of Russian novels, and takes a shine to things patched and opulent Patchwork hot, ponchos not: FULLY embracing the softer bohemian styles that first started to emerge for spring, designers Esteban Cortazai and Catherine Malandrino relied heavily on patchwork prints
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        403 8 Putting the finger on all the right notes MENDELSSOHN/ Violin Concerto/ SCHUMANNA/iolin Concerlo/Renaud Capucon Virgin Classics *****3 2/ KREISLER/ SAFIASATE/ WIENIAWSKI/ PAGANINI/Maxim Vengerov EMI Classics *****6 2/ classicpicks Chang Tou Liang TWO great Romantic composers, two mellifluous violin concertos, yet two vastly different fates. The Mendelssohn Violin Concerto in E
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        825 9  -  Yeow Kai Chai soundbites JAMIE Foxx does a deadringer impression of The Genius on the big screen, but on disc. Ray Charles is one of a kind. On this 17-track catalogue traversing his master recordings between the 1950s and *****, the man is singer, composer, arranger and
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        1204 10  - BLONDIE AMBITION Jill Alphonso MUSIC REPORTER MEN HON the name Deborah Harry and several things come to mind. Rock star. Sex symbol N_w York royalty. Legend. Bul the 59-year-old lead singer of 1980s band Blondie was none of these during her phone interview with Life! from her managers office in
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        330 11 Singapore bands and fans speak about their Blondie love: 'Deborah Harry is a**-kickingly punky. She's got street credibility like nobody else. She may not have that girly edge anymore, but she sounds like a mature woman. As a band, they may have written very sugary songs. But listen
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        79 12 'He has the most amazing skin. He has no pores. He's just dreamy' Actress Eva Mendes on Johnny Oepp (above) It's true we can raise our children alone. But men are so necessary, as best friends or husbands or confidants, as brothers' American singer Jill Scott on the feminist
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        374 12  -  Samuel Lee asianpop BE IT in film, on TV or via music, .lack Neo and his .1 Team posse have come to epitomise the 5 s better than anyone else in the entertainment industry here. By the 5 Cs. I'm referring lo Chinese cultural colloquialisms, caricatures and comedy
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        680 13  -  Paul Zach After more than 40 years, Marianne Faithful! returns as one of those female rock stars she paved the way for zach'strax ONE of the voices from the 1960s you'd least expect to hear 40 years iater belongs to a woman whose main claim
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