The Straits Times, 12 September 2005

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    21 1 THE STRAITS TIMES 6fe-PAGgSrn^FOUR PARTS MICA (P) 093/03/2005 MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 12 2005 •■Pa SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION ESTABLISHED 1845 80 CENTS
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    Lock icon Maid charged over killing of 'close friend'
    399 1  -  Tanya Fong ORCHARD ROAD BODY-PARTS MURDER By THE chubby, baby-faced mother of two sat m the dock, head hung low and tears m her eyes. She hardly looked like someone who could kill a friend, chop her into pieces and dump her body
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    Lock icon Koizumi thrashes rivals in landslide election win
    626 1  -  Kwan Weng Kin By EVEN BETTER THAN I HOPED "I thought it would be OK for the LDP to get a simple majority, but the people gave us even better results than we had expected. I'm overwhelmed with gratitude." JAPANESE PRIME MINISTER JUNICHIRO
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  • UPFRONT
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      Lock icon Bomb hoaxes do real damage
      1234 1  -  Karamjit Kaur By BRITON Divas Savas thought he was doing his travelling companion a favour when he phoned m two bomb threats to American Airlines. The pair were leaving Philadelphia m the United States for Boston, but his friend had left her passport behind and
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    • IN A FLASH
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        48 2 Disney formula Disney executives bank on strong corporate culture and staff motivation to ensure high standards of service at new Hong Kong park. PAGE 7 Thai claim challenged The Malaysian Defence Minister asks Thai authorities to prove their claim that militants used Langkawi for meetings. PAGE 10
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        54 2 Business backs Merkel Most German business leaders have given up on Chancellor Schroeder and hope to see Dr Merkel replace him after polls next week PAGE 12 Vacation perils For national leaders today, taking a holiday is a political act that can trigger a backlash, as Mr Bush is
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        25 2 Maybe, this time The meeting of Israeli and Pakistani diplomats on-Sept 1 may lead to normalising of Israel's ties with Muslim nations. PAGE 16
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        54 2 $53m gaming windfall Singapore can expect the World Cyber Games m November to bring m more than $53.8 million m tourism revenue. PAGE H3 The day the war ended The Japanese surrender was staged with high drama by the British 60 years ago today but behind the scenes nationalism
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        43 2 Defer, don't exempt Reader says deferring NS for athletes is better than exemption as the latter hurts the principle of collective responsibility. PAGEH9 Misjudged blogs Two blogs condemned for foul language should actually be admired for their substance and sensitivity. PAGE H9
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        46 2 Aussie rules World No 7 Adam Scott massacres the Serapong course at Sentosa, carding a brilliant six-under-par 65 for a 13-under 271 total. PAGEHIO Wenger loses cool Fuming Wenger openly blasts Arsenal, saying that defeat by Boro is unacceptable and that Gunners are sloppy. PAGEHII
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        Lock icon MONEY
        40 2 Breaking the deadlock WTO negotiators, with three months to work out pact to free up trade, start last dash for deal. PAGEHI6 Plump paychecks Thanks to the stronger economy, three top auditors here are paying bigger annual bonuses. PAGEHIB
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      41 2 SECTION ONE Prime 3-4 Asia 5-10 World 11-15 Review 16-18 FYI 19 SECTION TWO Home Hl-H6 You Think H7-H8 Forum H9 Sports HlO-Hl3 Obituaries Hl4 Money Hl5-HlB LIFE! People L2-L7.L10 Events |_8 Horoscopes TV L 9 www.ki.mcom.sg AIR FRANCE KLM mm
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  • PRIME
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      Lock icon Two more groups formed to battle dengue menace
      536 3  -  Lee Hui Chieh By Government's priority is to halve the current record level of infections TWO committees have been formed to coordinate the fight against dengue fever, as infections continue to hit new highs. The first, called the Dengue Watch Committee, will
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      160 3 THE Singapore River is turned into a floating garden, as more than 100,000 colourful lilies, together with 50 giant illuminated ones, are re- leased yesterday. Lilies On The River was organised by Viriya Community Services to mark the end of a six-month long, island-wide fundraising campaign. The lilies
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      Lock icon Pre-emptive N-strikes: US mulls over proposals
      326 3 Washington PROPOSALS by Pentagon staffers would see the United States use nuclear weapons first if it believes that doing so would pre-empt an attack by countries or terrorists using weapons of mass destruction, the Washington Post reported. These are contained m a document prepared
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      Lock icon S'pore becoming wellspring of Wetter expertise
      800 4  - S'pore becoming wellspring of Wetter expertise Radha Basu By Singapore's come a long way SINGAPORE'S growing clout as a water technology centre is reflected m two milestones this week: the opening of a large international conference on water technologies today, and the official opening of the world's largest seawater desalination
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      221 4 WAGES WORKERS' MINDSET How can we change Singaporeans' mindset towards low- wage jobs? And how far can we go m re-engineering such jobs to enlarge their scope? CEOs have their say I thing is I spoony I the two I body-parts I Headhunt INVITING BOTH MALES AND FEMALES I If
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  • ASIA
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      Lock icon KOIZUMI REIGNS SUPREME
      829 5  -  Kwan Weng Kin By NOT ENOUGH TIME "Because Mr Koizumi made it very clear before the elections that he wants to quit next September, he is not m a position to take on another long-term reform agenda." MR HIROSHI HOSHI, senior political writer at the influential Asahi
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  • EAST ASIA
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      Lock icon Okada to resign as opposition party leader
      631 6 Okada to resign as opposition party leader His party wins just 104 seats afar cry from the 177 held previously Tokyo THE biggest casualty of yesterday's poll, Mr Katsuya Okada, leader of the main opposition Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ), said he will resign as party leader as he conceded
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      Lock icon Four Koizumi women get rid of LDP rebels
      240 6 WINNING ASSASSINS Tokyo ENVIRONMENT minister Yuriko Koike, 53, was among those who "made the kill" m yesterday's election. Japanese reports and television news said the former TV anchor defeated incumbent lawmaker Koki Kobayashi m Tokyo No. 10 district. The latter was among
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      Lock icon Internet tycoon fails to unseat strongman
      260 6 LOSING ASSASSINS TOKYO THE icon of high-tech Japan yesterday failed to unseat a local strongman who used to be a powerful construction minister. Mr Takafumi Horie, 32, lost to incumbent lawmaker Shizuka Kamei, one of the LDP rebel leaders who voted against postal reforms.
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      Lock icon Japanese share prices and currency to soar
      276 6 Tokyo JAPANESE share prices are poised to reach four-year highs, helping to boost the value of the yen, after Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's ruling coalition won a landslide victory. Even though Tokyo stocks have already gained nearly 10 per cent since Mr Koizumi
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  • CHINA
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      Lock icon HK Disneyland to raise city's service standards
      616 7  -  VINCE CHONG By Every visitor is a Very Important Person that's the theme park's philosophy Hong Kong Correspondent WHEN Hong Kong Disneyland officially opens its doors to its first visitors this morning, it won't be just Chinese VicePresident Zeng Qinghong, here to declare
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      Lock icon HK democrats petition for voting rights by 2007
      307 7 Hong Kong HONG KONG'S pro-democracy lawmakers petitioned China's Vice-President Zeng Qinghong yesterday to give the city more democracy and voting rights by 2007 when its next leader will be chosen. They issued an open letter through the media just hours before attending
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      Lock icon Sars-like virus in bats from New Territories
      270 7 Sars-like virus in bats from New Territories Hong Kong A STUDY m Hong Kong has found that a local bat species carries a virus virtually identical to Sars, the pneumonia-like illness that killed hundreds of people m a worldwide outbreak, researchers said yesterday. The horseshoe bat, common m Hong Kong's
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      Lock icon Million people evacuated as typhoon hits east China
      286 7 Beijing A TYPHOON hit a sprawling city m eastern China yesterday after nearly a million villagers and farmers were evacuated from flimsy coastal and hillside huts to safety. No injuries were reported. Typhoon Khanun, which spared the island of Taiwan on Saturday
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      Lock icon Pope ticked off for inviting Chinese bishops
      148 7 Beijing CHINA, which bans its Catholics from recognising the Pope, has turned down a Vatican invitation to four Chinese bishops, saying it shows no respect. Pope Benedict XVI had invited the bishops from China's official and unofficial Catholic churches to a synod m
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  • INDIA/ SOUTH ASIA
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      Lock icon India and China to resume direct trade on Silk Road
      288 8 Nathu La Pass (India) INDIA and China are setting up their first direct trade link since a 1962 border war by reopening a section of the famed Silk Road, Indian officials said yesterday. The point of contact is the 4,600m-high
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      Lock icon HELP FOR TWINS
      85 8 Help is on hand for Indian conjoined twins Sabah (left) and Farah, who had fun with henna-painting on Saturday. Abu Dhabi's Crown Prince, Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, has offered to pay for surgery tc separate the 10-year-olds' brains. Doctors at a New Delhi hospital will
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      Lock icon Mosquito borne disease kills 650 in India
      472 8 More than 3,000 people warded with Japanese encephalitis m northern state Gorakhpur (India) THE death toll from an outbreak of Japanese encephalitis m northern India is nearing the 650 mark after 55 more people died over the weekend. Hospitals m Uttar Pradesh state
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      Lock icon WHO calls for more cooperation in Asia
      137 8 THE World Health Organisation (WHO) has urged 11 Asian nations to cooperate more and increase surveillance of disease outbreaks to reduce the threat of global pandemics posed by Sars and avian influenza. In a statement, WHO also said it asked the countries to
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  • SOUTH-EAST ASIA
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      Lock icon It's all business on Yudhoyono's US trip
      452 9  -  Salim Osman By Indonesia Correspondent In Jakarta Indonesian leader to remind investors the country's economy is fundamentally strong PRESIDENT Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono left for the United States over the weekend to boost Indonesia's profile m the global community despite calls from the opposition
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      Lock icon Jakarta looks into possible bird flu death
      182 9 Jakarta INDONESIA is investigating a possible human case of the bird flu virus after a 37-year-old woman died, showing symptoms of the disease, the health minister said yesterday. If confirmed, it would be Indonesia's fourth human fatality from avian influenza. In July, Indonesia
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      Lock icon Four Boeing jets grounded after Medan crash
      153 9 Jakarta THE Indonesian air transport authorities have grounded four Boeing *****0s belonging to four unnamed private airlines m the wake of last week's major crash m Medan. "Four Boeing 737-200s owned by four airlines have been declared grounded until all damaged components are
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      Lock icon IMELDA REFLECTS
      64 9 PHOTO: Imelda Marcos pays her respects at the glass crypt containing the preserved body of her husband and former Philippine dictator, Ferdinand Marcos. She was at the family mausoleum m Batac, Ilocos Norte, northern Philippines yesterday on what would have been her husband's 88th birthday. Marcos died m
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  • SOUTH-EAST ASIA/MALAYSIA
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      Lock icon 'Show proof about Langkawi meeting'
      421 10 XL wants evidence from Bangkok as row over Muslim insurgency rages Kuala Lumpur MALAYSIA'S Deputy Prime Minister wants proof from the Thai authorities who have alleged that ThaiMuslim insurgents used a Malaysian island for meetings to plan attacks m southern Thailand. Datuk Sen Najib Tun
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      Lock icon Thai forces find bombs hidden by communists
      207 10 Bangkok THAI security forces unearthed 143 bombs made of TNT yesterday m jungle near the Malaysian border. Officials said they thought the explosives had been left behind by Malaysian communist rebels. Acting on a tip-off, Thai police and soldiers found the bombs buried
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      Lock icon Haze returns to coastal town of Kuala Selangor
      271 10 Kuala Lumpur SMOKE haze from forest and ground fires m Indonesia's Sumatra island has spread to a coastal town m neighbouring Malaysia, the environment department said yesterday. The air quality m one of the towns where a state of emergency was declared
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      Lock icon KL hopes to be Ist developed nation in OIC
      256 10 Kuala Lumpur MALAYSIA hopes to be the first member of the 57-nation Organisation of the Islamic Conference to achieve developed nation status. "So far, none of the OIC members have become a developed nation," Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi was quoted
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    • ASIA QUICKLY
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        72 10 JAKARTA: A strong earthquake measuring 5.8 on the Richter scale shook Indonesia's Aceh province around midnight on Saturday, but there were no reports of casualties or damage, the meteorology office said yesterday. The quake was centred 33km under the seabed, 33km north-west of Banda Aceh. Indonesia
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        Lock icon FOREIGN INVESTMENT IN MYANMAR RISES
        104 10 YANGON: Foreign investment m Myanmar increased by more than 34 per cent last year despite US and European sanctions imposed on the mili-tary-ruled country. Investment rose to US$l2B million (*****.3 million) last year from U5595.3 million m 2003, according to a Ministry of National Planning
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        Lock icon CHINA PLANS SPACE MISSION NEXT MONTH
        77 10 BEIJING: China plans to launch a second manned space mission after its National Day holidays m early October. Unlike the first manned space voyage m 2003 a solo flight that lasted 21 hours the second will involve two astronauts and last five days, the
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        Lock icon BOSS ADMITS YAHOO 'HAD NO CHOICE'
        94 10 HANGZHOU: A co-founder and senior executive of Yahoo, the Internet giant, has confirmed that his company gave Chinese authorities information later used to convict a Chinese journalist of leaking state secrets. The journalist, Shi Tao, was sentenced last year to 10 years m prison
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        Lock icon JAPAN SEEKS LOWER U.N. CONTRIBUTIONS
        61 10 TOKYO: Japan wants lower contributions to the United Nations starting from 2007 amid dimming hope for a permanent seat on the UN Security Council. Foreign Minister Nobutaka Machimura will outline Japan's request for a financial review at the UN General Assembly session scheduled to start
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon Roll of the lost to mark 9/11 attacks
      525 11 Brothers and sisters read names of loved ones lost four years ago at Ground Zero New York THOUSANDS of family members carrying framed pictures of their loved ones and wearing white ribbons of mourning arrived at Ground Zero yesterday to mark the
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      Lock icon New Orleans death toll lower than feared, says relief operations chief
      274 11 New Orleans RESCUERS are finding fewer bodies m flooded New Orleans than feared, the American official overseeing Hurricane Katrina relief operations said yesterday. The commander of active duty troops involved m the relief efforts also said yesterday that his
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      Lock icon German business leaders want new government
      787 12  -  Derek Scally By For The Straits Times In Berlin A woman and an East German too MOST observers agree that Germany is ready for a female leader, but there is disagreement over whether Dr Angela Merkel will be the one to further women's causes.
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      Lock icon Schroeder closing in on Merkel, new poll shows
      327 12 Schroeder closing in on Merkel, new poll shows Berlin GERMAN Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder has gained further ground on challenger Angela Merkel, according to a weekend poll, and conservatives fear they could again squander a big poll lead to lose another general election. With just days left before the election next
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      Lock icon Protestant parade leads to riots across Belfast
      383 12 Belfast TENSIONS remained high m Belfast yesterday as Northern Ireland's police chief blamed a Protestant group loyal to British rule for the worst violence to hit the province m years. Several dozen police officers were hurt, six seriously, and two civilians ended up
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      Lock icon Israel declares end to military rule in Gaza after 38 years
      339 12 Jfrusalem ISRAEL declared an end to its military rule m the Gaza Strip yesterday, giving the green light for a final pullout of troops after 38 years of occupation. Their bases dismantled and the Jewish settlements they guarded m
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      223 12 Doctors 'sponsoring' illegals in Britain London NATIONAL Health Service (NHS) doctors are taking cash m return for documents that enable foreign medics and students to come to Britain and work m the black economy, Britain's Sunday Times reported yesterday. They are selling sponsorship letters for up to £100 (Ss3lo) each,
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    • SPOTLIGHT PEOPLE
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        Lock icon Saudi king rules: No need to kiss hands
        203 13 NEW Saudi King Abdullah has effectively banned citizens from kissing his hand or that of any member of the royal family, saying only fathers and mothers deserved such reverence. "Brothers, there is something on my mind I want to tell you," King
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        Lock icon Mugabe praises Charles for shaking hands
        238 13 PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe has praised the Prince of Wales as a "real gentleman" for controversially shaking hands with him at the Pope's funeral. But he dismissed British Prime Minister Tony Blair, who snubbed him, as a "tyrant", Britain's Sunday Times reported yesterday.
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        Lock icon Taiwan Beer brings cheer to Chen
        120 13 Taiwan Beer brings cheer to Chen TAIWANESE President Chen Shui-bian returned to his home town of Tainan at the weekend where he joined officials m celebrating the domination of Taiwanese beer m the domestic market. Mr Chen was shown on national television clinking mugs and gulping down pints of the
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        Lock icon Camilla's son marries fashion journalist
        176 13 FIVE months after his mother Camilla married Prince Charles, food writer Tom Parker Bowles wed fashion journalist Sara Buys m an English country church. Prince Charles and the former Mrs Camilla Parker Bowles, now Duchess of Cornwall, together with Prince Charles' sons William and Harry,
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        Lock icon Norwegian video blogger focuses on young voters
        249 13 A VIDEO-BLOGGER m Norway is focusing his camcorder on politicians, ahead of Norwegian parliamentary elections on Monday. Mr Raymond Kristiansen, 27, from Bergen says he is looking for perspectives on politics that will energise a new generation of Norwegian voters. "Today m Norway,
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      Lock icon Politicians on holiday don't get a break
      924 14  -  Jonathan Eyal By French PM Dominique de Villepin cut short his vacation because the French were fed up with their economic situation. US President George W. Bush is paying the price for staying on vacation when Hurricane Katrina struck. Ukraine's PM Yulia Timoshenko
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      Lock icon PUMPING UP THE VOLUME
      63 14 The annual Techno Parade m full swing m Paris on Saturday. Some 400,000 partygoers turned up to watch as zO floats carrying 150 musicians, deejays and performers from all over France make their way along the 4.Bkm route. Top deejays entertained the crowds with decibel-de-tying sound
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    • WORLD QUICKLY
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        Lock icon IRAQ CLOSES BORDER WITH SYRIA
        72 14 TAL AFAR (Iraq): Iraq closed its border with Syria to stop what it calls foreign fighters entering the country as a US-backed military operation to wipe out suspected terrorists m the city of Tal Afar continued. Prime Minister Ibrahim Jaafari said yesterday that he was
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        Lock icon DEAD BODIES WASH UP ON BEACH
        61 14 ROME: The bodies of 12 suspected illegal immigrants were washed up on the shore of southern Sicily early yesterday. At least 100 other migrants were rescued from their boat nearby. One survivor called paramilitary police on a cellphone to alert them to the dead
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        Lock icon BELARUS TO GET RUSSIAN ARMS
        69 14 MINSK: Russia will supply Belarus with S-300 air defence complexes after nearly two years of negotiation. The complexes can open simultaneous fire on up to 24 targets, including airplanes and missiles, m the 150 km range. Russia and Belarus have been mulling over a union
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        Lock icon FORMER DIPLOMAT UNDER PROBE
        64 14 PARIS: A former French diplomat is being investigated on suspicion of corruption m relation to the United Nations oil-for-food programme for Iraq, judicial sources said. Mr Serge Boidevaix, former president of the French-Iraqi association for economic cooperation, is one of 11 French nationals suspected of having
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        Lock icon BEE POPULATION HIT BY DROUGHT
        76 14 MADRID: Spain's worst drought on record has claimed an unsung victim bees that make the country one of Europe's top producers of honey. The dry weather has devastated populations of grasshoppers and butterflies that form part of the diet of a small bird called the
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      237 15  -  EUGENE LOW P. JAYARAM UN's largest summit ever WHAT IT IS MORE than 170 world leaders will gather here from Wednesday for the 60th session of the UN General Assembly. It will be its largest summit ever. Over the next three days, leaders will review Secretary-General Kofi Annan's ambitious
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      119 15  -  VINCE CHONG HK Disneyland opens WHAT IT IS HONG KONG Disneyland officially opens today six years after the deal was announced m 1999. It is the first Disneyland theme park m China and is expected to be a major tourism push for Hong Kong. WHY IT MATTERS The tourism
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      127 15 PHOTO. MONDAY WASHINGTON: Federal Appeals Judge John Roberts President George W. Bush's choice to lead the Supreme Court to face Senate confirmation hearing. LONDON: Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi begins pitch for investments. LONDON: Anti-terror measures to be discussed m special session of Parliament. TUESDAY BERLIN: Informal meeting of Nato
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      126 15  -  LEE TEE JONG Six- way talks to resume WHAT IT IS SIX-WAY talks aimed at resolving the North Korea nuclear issue will resume m Beijing tomorrow but the prospect of a solution still looks dim. Pyongyang is demanding the right to pursue peaceful nuclear activities. It also plans
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      409 16 FULL number portability for mobile phone users has to come, as surely as the gadget is evolving into a miniaturised multipurpose wonder. The Infocomni Development Authority (IDA) has begun public consultations on the matter, the next step after limited portability was made available to users m
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      1574 16  -  ISRAEL-PAKISTAN TALKS Paving the way to normal relations between Israel and the Muslim world By John R. Bradley Senior Writer ON SEPT 1, there was an unprecedented meeting m Turkey between senior Israeli and Pakistani diplomats, arranged by the pro-Islamic Turkish Prime Minister
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      742 16  -  Chua Lee Hoong THE WHITE ELEPHANT DEBATE Review Editor By WHEN the results of the police investigation into the white elephants at Buangkok MRT station are made public, what will the people's reaction be? If the perpetrators are found to have been (mischievous) grassroots activists with
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      1408 17  -  Robert Tracinski By IT TOOK four long days for state and federal officials to figure out how to deal with the disaster m New Orleans. 1 can't blame them, because it also took me four long days to figure out what was
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      930 17  -  Nicholas Eberstadt By THE most widely quoted federal statistic on deprivation and need m modern America is the "poverty rate" a measure tracking households with annual incomes below a "poverty threshold". It was established at the beginning of the Johnson administration's "war on poverty"
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      1216 18  -  Jonathan Fenby IMPACT OF GLOBALISATION By There is one common thread: fear from worries about Muslim immigrants to concern about Chinese textile imports. At its root is a feeling that Europe is at risk from globalisation, that the nation-state no longer protects citizens. EUROPE'S
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      1174 18  -  Juan Somavia By The real meaning of "MD6" may be the Millennium Development Generation, the world's one billion or more youth who face the prospect of unemployment and underemployment for years. FIVE years ago the United Nations endorsed an ambitious programme of Millennium Development
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      215 16 More storm clouds Hurricane Katrina has blown the cover off the welfare state, exposing its corrupt core. PAGE 17 THE STRAITS TIMES SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS, NEWS CENTRE. IOOOToa Payoh North. Podium Ijevel 2. *****4 ST INTERACTIVE: http://straitstimes.asial.com se SPI I Chief Executive Officer Executive Vice- President Alan Chan Heng Ixxmi
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      202 18 9, n IO HR professionals say SHRI is a professional body that awards quality academic programmes. Source A questionnaire conducted by SHRI on HR Practitioners views on educational qualifications f SHlvI m hr— i 3 > c fy^B z h Our programmes provide opportunities for students to participate m networking
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      171 19 Singapore today Showers with thunder m the afternoon mainly over northern, eastern and western Singapore. HOTEL MOONCAKEsB^^^B ■^^^^H Divine Mid-Autumn Treats 17 August- 18 September 2005 >L '^s Yam Paste Plain 34.00 nett (4pcs) J. s Yam Paste with Single Yolk 37.00 nett (4pcs) 4; Yam Paste with Double Yolk
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      36 19 FARES Fuel surcharge hikes aren't dampening appetite for IN HOME READ THE FINE PRINT Warranties: What you've always wanted to know but are afraid to ask IN DIGITAL WKRZ re-tuned for women under 40 IN LIFE!
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      296 19 F.YL USEFUL NUMBERS Emergency lines Police 999 Police Hotline 1800-255-0000 Civil Defence (Fire and Emergency Ambulance) 995 Non-emergency ambulance 1777 Water Supply 1800-284-6600 SP Power Grid (to report power failure) 1800-778-8888 6778-8888 City Gas (to report gas supply interruption, low pressure and leakage) 1800-752-1800 Transport lines City Cab 6552-2222 Comfort
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      271 19 5 THINGS YOU CAN DO TODAY IView the Potret Tun Sen Lanang exhibition featuring literary arts from Malay writers. Tun Seri Lanang is the highest literary accolade awarded to outstanding Malay writers. Exhibition zone, National Library. Free. Tel: 6332-3255. 2 Attend a talk on heart diseases and how to prevent
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      8 1 HOME THE STRAITS TIMES MONDAY SEPTEMBER 12, 2005
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      Lock icon Suspect and victim were 'as close as sisters'
      595 1  -  Tanya Fong Tracy Sua ORCHARD ROAD BODY-PARTS MURDER By They were close friends even back home, say friends; both were married and with kids THEY had known each other since before they left the Philippines to find work m Singapore, and were
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        430 2  -  Tracy Sua Tanya Fong ORCHARD ROAD BODY-PARTS MURDER By Couple badly shaken by thought that crime had allegedly taken place m their home THE very thought that a murder had allegedly taken place m their home has left Guen Garlejo Aguilar's distraught employers
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        Lock icon Maids all abuzz over grisly case
        366 2  -  Theresa Tan By HAVING TROUBLE SLEEPING "Not even an hour's sleep on Friday. When you are not easy m your mind, you just can't sleep." THE HUSBAND who said he and his wife had not had much sleep since the police took their maid
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        439 2  -  Lee Hui Chieh By TOWN councils, condominiums and factories are all stepping up their anti-mosquito regimes, but it's not good news for all pestcontrol operators. In the past month, pest-control companies have seen business increase by 10 to 20 per cent, as existing
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        Lock icon Helping troubled Malay families
        326 2  -  Peh Shing Huei By A NETWORK to help low-in-come Malay families through regular interaction with more stable families from within the community was officially launched yesterday by Minister m charge of Muslim Affairs Yaacob Ibrahim. It has already made a difference to families like Madam Rahemah
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        Lock icon $53m tourism windfall a click away
        380 3  - $53m tourism windfall a click away Leung Wai-Leng By World Cyber Games grand finals will draw 1 ,500 from 70 countries SINGAPORE can expect a windfall of more than US$32 million (5553.5 million) m tourism revenue when it hosts the grand finals of the World Cyber Games (WCG) m November.
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        Lock icon 15 top gainers to play for S'pore in grand finals
        353 3  -  Leung Wai-Leng By FIFTEEN Singaporeans won the right at the weekend to represent the nation at the World Cyber Games grand finals, to be held here m November. Apart from pocketing a prize pool worth $40,000, shared among the 26
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        116 3 EDUCATION Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam is m India from today until Thursday to study changes m the education system there as well as launch several Singapore business ventures. He will visit top schools m Chennai and New Delhi, and help set up links between them
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          Lock icon General Tomoyuki Yamashita (1885-1946)
          152 4 BORN to a village doctor on Nov 8, 1885, Yamashita joined the Japanese army and progressed rapidly through the ranks, rising to become chief of staff of the Northern China Area Army. s He was 56 when he was summoned from Manchuria to command the invasion
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          161 4 ON SEFT 12, 1945, Admiral Lord Louis Mountbatten accepted the surrender of 680,879 officers and men of the imperial Japanese forces. The Supreme Allied Commander, South-east Asia, was then 45. He was born on June 25, 1900, and was related to both the British and German
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          772 4 THE setting was grand. The Municipal Building looked out over the harbour, with "100,000 of the local population on the ground" so wrote one Major-General Sir C Lanes Letter. Former prisoners of war packed the balconies of the building now known as City Hall,
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          1162 4  -  By Maria Almenoar SIX decades ago, they watched their comrades fall and their relatives die memories that haunt them even today. Every year since then, World War II veterans have been meeting old friends, paying homage to those who have
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          171 5 HE WAS the field marshal commanding Japan's Southern Expeditionary Army Group during World War 11. The son of a former prime minister, he lectured on military topics before joining the armed forces. He was given command of the Southern Army on Nov 6, 1941, and began
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          Lock icon Lieutenant-General Arthur Percival (1887-1966)
          148 5 HE FOUGHT with distinction m World War I, but was beset with trouble and administrative bungles during his defence of Malaya and Singapore. Many blamed him for the fall of Singapore, but books reviewing the history of the era portray a shy man who was a
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          Lock icon Japanese saviour, the Schindler of S'pore
          381 5  -  Natalie Soh By Japanese official used his authority to save hundreds from certain death here SOME call him the Oskar Schindler of Singapore. Like the German hero who saved thousands of Jews during the Holocaust, Mr Mamoru Shinozaki used his influence and authority to
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          395 5 Mary Seah -Angel of Changi MRS Mary Seah just wanted to help her son, but she became an "angel" to thousands. The woman known as the Angel of Changi to the thousands of internees whose lives she touched, put her own life on the line to help them at Changi
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        526 7  - Poly students help ex- offenders to start afresh Mazuin Khamis YOUNG AND RESTLESS By Part of Ngee Ann Poly module, 41 students have taught IT skills to 73 trainees so far DEBORAH Yeo, 19, visits the Prison Aftercare Supervision Section (Pass) on Saturdays. She isn't an ex-offender she just wants
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        407 7  -  Valeric Tan By EARLIER this year, a team of 20 paddlers set out on a 200 km kayaking expedition off Malaysia's east coast. Seventeen Singapore Management University (SMU) undergraduates and three ex-of-fenders, armed with basic paddles and sheer determination, completed the gruelling 10-day journey from
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        312 8  -  Desmond Chan By SURE, Singapore is a prosperous country, but has our social development matched our economic success? If the recent case of an events manager leaving his three-year-old dog, an Alaskan malamute, without water and shelter had been an isolated
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        Lock icon Voiceless? But animals have rights too
        150 8  - Voiceless? But animals have rights too Denise Han By EVER watched the film Dr Dolittle? It's about a veterinarian (played by Eddie Murphy) who suddenly discovers that he can understand what animals are saying, and even speak to them. Unfortunately, nobody like that exists m real life. But just because
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        425 8  -  Tris Pruetthipunthu GROWING PAINS By Don't let sleeping dogs lie cruelty to animals shouldn't be tolerated and some say it reflects a society with a lack of concern for others animal or human. Lack of concern for others can be seen everywhere I DON'T particularly
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        412 8  -  Lin Zhaowei By WriteintoYouthlnk HAVE something to say about articles m Youthlnk? Thinking of contributing a story or commentary for publication? Please e-mail styouth@sph.com.sg with your full name, age and a contact number. NATIONAL University of Singapore undergraduate Farhan AH is
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        225 8 HIP AND HAPPENING Place: Rouge Crowd: Live music junkies Where it's at: 180, Orchard Road, Peranakan Place Complex Word on the street: After a brief facelift, Rouge is back with a new look and music concept. Rouge Live! happens from Mondays to Saturdays, shifting the focus away from DJs to
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        276 9 I APPLAUD the call by Dr Mohamad Maliki Osman, Parliamentary Secretary for Health and Community Development, Youth and Sports, for childcare centres to enrol children from low-income families ("Care centres told: Take m more kids from lowincome homes"; ST, Sept 8). However, more
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        287 9 I DISAGREE with Mr Steffen Toh Hai Chew that top athletes should be exempted from national service ("Give top athletes a fighting chance exempt them from NS"; ST, Sept 9) According to Mr Toh's argument, exemption should be awarded not merely to
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        279 9 I REFER to the report "Firm fined for not paying driver for 22 months" (ST, Sept 8). I applaud the stern action by the Ministry of Manpower (MOM) against the employer of the driver. I can understand the driver's plight as I had
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        323 9 AS A regular reader of the blogs, Talk Rock and Xiaxue, I have to disagree with Mr Ephraim Loy's views ("Spare us these foul phrases", ST, Sept 9). He seems to be offended by two separate issues. First, he is offended that both
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        480 9 INTERVENTION NEEDED Hoping reefs will recover on their own is too pure an approach. Suitable restoration intervention will allow us to help the reefs to help themselves. I REFER to the letter by Mr Stephen Lav Pway Kian and Mr Leong Kwok Peng
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        137 9 WHILE every effort is made to eradicate the Aedes mosquito menace m Singapore, there is one area where it has escape our attention: the 15cm steel pipes m every HDB flat meant to hold bamboo poles to dry laundry. Standing m my kitchen
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        184 9 WE REFER to the letter by Mr Retnam Thillainathan ("Are paper napkins here safe?"; ST, Sept 9) concerning a report about paper napkins m Taiwan. We would like to assure Mr Thillainathan that dining at McDonald's means you can be confident about our serious
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        155 9 WE REFER to the letter by Ms Monica Lim Hwee Ping on service standards m one of the restaurants at Swissotel Merchant Court ("Company culture sets service standards"; ST, Sept 3). We thank Ms Lim for her feedback and apologise for the unpleasant experience. Presently, the two
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          109 9 DURING National Day celebrations, volunteers from various organisations are given medals for their work. There is another group of "silent volunteers" who do not belong to any organisation regular blood donors. Hospitals need blood regularly for emergency use, and patients will be m danger if
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          109 9 I AM absolutely clueless when my grandparents try to speak to me, resorting to hand signals most of the time as I cannot understand my own dialect. If clan associations or the Chinese Development Assistance Council can conduct classes (preferably tree!) for teenagers like us,
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          87 9 ON AUG 25 at about 6.40pm, I was driving along Buangkok Green. As I turned into Hougang Street 93, I had a shock. A man m blue uniform, presumably a school watchman or security guard, was leading a group of Hougang Primary school children across
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          46 9 THERE are many time indicators available to the public, for example, MediaCorp TV and radio broadcast, Teletext, telco updates to mobile phones, 1711 service and so on. Can the authorities please advise which is the most accurate." Patrick Ng Meng Loong
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        683 10  -  Marc Lim »GOLF By Sports Correspondent Scott on fire with final-round 65 to be Bth Australian winner of Singapore Open WHILE everyone else was crumbling under the Sentosa heat, one cool Australian showed his pedigree by running away with the US$2 million (553.36 million) Singapore Open yesterday. World
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        730 10  -  Tay Cheng Khoon Sports Editor By EDWARD Michaels hit a good drive on the 391-yard 11th, but the ball took a nasty bounce and landed m the rough. Out came his wedge. He would normally get about 130 yards from
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        309 10  -  FIVE-YEAR-OLD Ahmed Ali was m golf heaven yesterday. The Tanglin Trust School pupil took home Lee Westwood's ball, got Adam Scott's autograph and even had his picture taken with the world No 7 all m one afternoon at the Singapore Open. He said he
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        522 10 Final round ?7 Ixi1 x i^ a J? SSS^jS 7O 69 67 65 278 Lee Westw <>od (Eng) 71 71 68 68 279 Andrew Buckle i^Vi 65 72 71 281 Ted Oh (K^) 69 70 72 70 282 Thongchai Jaidee (Tha) 67 73 68 74 284 o a
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        Lock icon No hogging limelight for Scott's caddie
        369 10  -  By Alvin Foo TONY Navarro cut a lonely figure, walking quietly towards the exit as his boss for the week, Adam Scott, headed for the Singapore Open trophy presentation. The US-based caddie knew his place m golf's pecking order. He may have been Scott's
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        560 11 Madrid A CONTROVERSIAL goal gave promoted Celta Vigo a 3-2 shock win over Spanish La Liga giants Real Madrid m front of a stunned Bernabeu. Midfielder Fabian Canobbio's rising shot from Fernando Baino's pass m the 78th minute rebounded off Real's crossbar, bounced downward and into
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        767 11 SOCCER Manager rages that defeat by Boro is 'unacceptable 1 and Gunners are sloppy Middlesbrough (England) IT IS not often that the unflappable Arsene Wenger loses his cool. But an unexpected 1-2 defeat by Middlesbrough was enough to make the Arsenal manager launch
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        Lock icon City just hoped for scraps, says a frustrated Fergie
        516 11 Manchester A FRUSTRATED Alex Ferguson was annoyed with his opposite number Stuart Pearce, after having to share the spoils m their Manchester derby. Ferguson's United conceded their first goal this season as the visiting City held their more illustrious rivals to
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        443 11 London TOTTENHAM Hotspur manager Martin Jol tipped Michael Carrick to be the answer to England's midfield problems after his Man-of-the-Match display against Champions League winners Liverpool. The former West Ham star must have impressed watching England manager Sven-Goran Eriksson
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        670 12 Becks and Rooney's half-time square -up SOCCER Pbintless Pbsh FORMER Spice Girl Victoria Beckham has been voted Britain's most pointless celebrity. Her husband, the England football captain, came m second, reported The Daily Mail yesterday. The survey was carried out for Channel 4 show The Death of Celebrity, which criticised
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        382 12 MOTOR RACING Spa-Francorchamps (Belgium) MCLAREN'S Kimi Raikkonen won the Belgian Grand Prix for the second year m a row yesterday to keep Fernando Alonso waiting for the Formula One title. Renault's Alonso, who needed to beat the Finn by four points to become the sport's
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        137 12 Belgian Grand Prix: 1 Kimi Raikkonen (Fin) McLaren 1:30:01.295 2 Fernando Alonso (Esp) Renault +00:28.394 3 Jenson Button (Eng) BAR 00:32.077 4 Mark Webber (Aus) Williams 01:09.167 5 Rubens Barrichello (Bra) Ferrari 01:18.136 6 Jacques Villeneuve (Can) Sauber 01:27.435 7 Ralf Schumacher (Ger) Toyota 01:27.574 8 Tiago
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          83 12 BUDDING footballers aged four and above are invited to sign up for 17 Soccer Connections a youth training programme. Former Singapore national player Fandi Ahmad will be the patron and one of the coaches. Starting on Jan 8 next year, training will be held every Sunday at the
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          79 12 SINGAPORE'S top woman shuttler Li Li has become the first player to win the Cheers Asian Satellite tournament five times, following her 11-7, 9-11, 11-5 victory over compatriot King Aiying m yesterday's women's singles finals. Singapore's Hendri Kurniawan Saputra and Li Yujia won the mixed
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        367 12  -  TABLE TENNIS By Nicholas Fang SINGAPORE'S Li Jiawei and Zhang Xueling missed out on a gold medal at the Panasonic China Open m Harbin yesterday, but their good showing means they could get a chance to renew their partnership at
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        583 13  -  Nicholas Fang »SEA GAMES NOMINATION FARCE By THE Singapore National Olympic Council has already acted to improve the efficiency of national sports associations, and now it is up to the NSAs and affiliates to deal with bumbling sports officials m their ranks.
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        661 13 TENNIS Belgian beats Pierce to erase bitterness of defeat m four earlier Slam finals New York KIM Clijsters played at warp speed, sliding into leg splits and towing the listless Mary Pierce m her wake, m a hurry to fulfil the destiny that had
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        673 13 New York ONE is 35 years old, but playing too well now to think of retirement. The other is 24, and the hottest player m the game. And they will contest the US Open men's singles crown. Andre Agassi, two-time Open champion,
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        213 13 CRICKET LONDON AUSTRALIA'S Ashes hopes were left m the balance after Andrew Flintoff produced a thundering bowling performance m murky conditions to turn the fifth and final Test on its head yesterday. Australia, needing to win to retain the Ashes, resumed on 277 for
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        518 13 BADMINTON Asian C'ships m Hyderabad, s-finals Men's singles: Soni Dwi Kuncoro (Ina) bt Ng Wei (Hkg) 15-3 15-11, Kuan Beng Hong (Mas) bt Lee Hyun II (Kor) 15-11 15-4. Women's singles: Wang Chen (Hkg) bt Cheng Chieh (Tpe) 118 11-2, Kaon Mori (Jpn) bt Eriko Hirose(Jpn) 11-5 5-11 13-10.
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          90 13 VANCOUVER: Mark Calcavecchia, who opened with consecutive rounds m the 60s, stumbled to a twoover 72 m Saturday's third round for a one-shot lead at golf's Canadian Open. He entered the third round with a five-shot cushion but that has dwindled to just one ahead
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          58 13 CARMEL (Indiana): The United States women golfers recovered from their opening-day setback m the Solheim Cup to draw level with holders Europe at 8-8 on Saturday. Trailing 3-5, the hosts won the morning foursomes 3-1. A thrilling afternoon saw the fourballs tied, leaving the score
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          116 13 MONACO: Kenenisa Bekele and Yelena Isinbayeva were named as the International Association of Athletics Federations' Male and Female Athlete of the Year for the second consecutive season on Saturday. Ethiopian Bekele, 23, retained the world 10,000 metres title m Helsinki last month after winning the
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        1202 14 am the Resurrection and the Life. He who believes m Me will live, even though he dies. John 1 1:25 TAN SIOK HWA (Wife of the Late Ong Kian Chlok) passed away peacefully on 1 1 September 2005. Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones. Sons: Daughters-in-law: Ong Hon
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        57 15 Week's Top Rises CENTS Hi*pHoeWo7Mll 1 100 0 Ob TkCDBeCWOMOU 1 100 0 OS CharteredOßSeCWOS 10 81 8 4 5 IHTHldjslOc 4 5 80 0 ?0 CoscoCorpMßleCWOS 139 M 8 59 b Colorland HMOc 10 S3 8 3 5 ChjrteredSCteCWK 7 5 50 0 ?5 EconlntlOic 15 50 0 0
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        60 15 Week's Top Falls CENTS X, OCBCCap3 93%Prtf1| ***** 40 0 0 4 ISHUSScSOO 1040 33 6 19 SPCCAeCWOSIOTI 186 30 0 13 9 Venture Corp?Sc 1480 30 0 ?0 HKlandUSlOc 318 269 4 8 SPC 50c S5O 25 0 4 3 Shjnjnij «su 1210 ?3 8 8 3 Sl» JP
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        61 15 Week's Top Falls CENTS SembIotDBeCWOSMIS 0 5 75 0 15 Auston Ie 4 55 6 5 0 Hi PCA eCWOSIt»7 1 50 0 10 NOLMBleCWOblO?0 1 50 0 10 VibroPwr WOMM22 IS 50 0 15 WeePohOfc 0 5 500 0 5 Venture OB eCWOS 1013 6 5 43 5 5
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        106 15 Source Reuters >p 9 %CHNG YH ?00S CIOSI FRSepI SSLON S$ HIGH USS 16/70 001 ***** ***** Euro 2 0820 +002 2 1820 ***** C 3 0820 <iO3 3 1670 2 8/75 A$ 12%; 056 ***** ***** YtH* ***** +0.14 ***** ***** Rupiah ******2 136 0
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        533 15  -  AZRIN ASMANI TAKING STOCK By Companies Reporter BARGAIN HUNTING "We're expecting heavy trading activity m penny stocks. ..But bargain hunting m oversold blue chips may also set the tone for the market this week." TRADER Traders may hover on sidelines till US
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          167 15 UOB KAY Hian is bullish on Singapore Press Holdings (SPH) as it expects the media group's share price to rise m anticipation of a special dividend. SPH is likely to announce a final gross dividend per share of 16.25 cents when it
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          105 15 MERRILL Lynch has given Petra Foods the thumbs-up despite the risks the food distributor faces from its exposure to the Indonesian market. In a Sept 9 report, Merrill said: "Concerns over the impact of rupiah weakness and uncertainty over the outlook for the
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          88 15 KIM Eng Research is not impressed by Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing after the chipmaker recently raised US$625 million (Ssl.l billion) by issuing convertible notes. The issue will increase Chartered's interest expense by US$l3 million per quarter. "This would be an additional burden on the
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        6309 15 Unit Trusts Funds UNIT TRUSTS ABN A/mo Asset Mgt (Spore) Star Europe Etty" 0 866 Star Europe Bond 1 28 Star Europe lal 1181 Star Asian Tiger Eaty 1 05 Star Asia Bond 133 Star Asia Balancec 1011 Star Global Technology Fond'" 0 204 Star Bhv finance Japan Fund I**1
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        582 16 They have three months to work out pact to free up trade globally Geneva WORLD trade negotiators will try from tomorrow to do m three months what they have failed to do m more than three years clinch a deal to free up
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          33 16 ZHANG WENJIANG: New chief technology officer of Sesdaq-listed Keda Communications, replacing Mr Lv Wumin. He was previously vice-general manager of Suzhou Keda Technology and Suzhou Keyuan Software Technology Development.
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          66 16 GILBERT KOHNKE: Appointed OCBC's new head of group risk management. He takes over from Mr Lai Teck Poh, who m turn succeeds Mr Chong Meng as head of group audit. Mr Kohnke has had more than 17 years m various senior roles m corporate lending, investment
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          46 16 PHILIP POH SIEW CHUAN: Appointed group managing director of Advanced Integrated Manufacturing (AIM). Dr Poh relinquishes his position as the chairman of the audit committee and as the chairman of the remuneration committee. AIM was listed on the mainboard m May.
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          39 16 CHRIS LOBELLO: Appointed Malaysia country head of CLSA, a leading investment banking and private equity group m the Asia-Pacific markets. He joined CLSA m 2002 m Hong Kong as regional risk and trading strategist.
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          52 16 JOHN VERHELST: Appointed as Gulf Air's regional general manager (AsiaPacific), based m Singapore, to ramp up the airline's activities m the region. Prior to this appointment, he was the airline's regional marketing manager (Asia-Pacific). The carrier is owned by the governments of Bahrain, Abu Dhabi
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          29 16 VINCENT PHUA: Appointed chief financial officer of Singapore Computer Systems (SCS). His most recent stint was with MediaCorp as senior vice-president and group financial controller.
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        640 17  -  Gabriel Chen By Those two factors will determine rig-builders' success post-Katrina SHARES m Keppel Corp and SembMarine have risen m Katrina's wake, but it is far from clear which one will benefit more from the hurricane's wash-up. It will come down to questions
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        271 17  -  GABRIEL CHEN AMID improving fortunes m the global chip industry, a Malaysian semiconductor manufacturer, Advance Modules Group, has launched an initial public offering (IPO) here. The mainboard aspirant is offering 44.6 million shares at 41 cents each, consisting of 31 million new shares and 13.6
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        350 17  - BH Global's share offer 2.2 times taken up Lorna Tan By MARINE products supplier BH Global Marine said its initial public offering (IPO) of 70 million new shares at 20 cents each was 2.2 times subscribed. Of the 70 million shares about 25 per cent of its enlarged capital four
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        776 18  -  Lee Su Shyan By Companies Correspondent Counting on higher payouts ERNST Young (E&Y), PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) and Deloitte Touche all paid higher bonuses than m 2004, with increases ranging from 15 per cent to as much as 50 per cent. KMPG, which completes the Big Four, has
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        344 18 For the week 2,301.28 +0.39 STAFF MOVEMENT DUTCH bank ABN Amro will make Singapore the regional operations hub for its Asian futures business, with the relocation of two key employees from Australia to Singapore. Mr Seth Deal has been appointed head of regional
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      101 8 NUS (OO V|b World Scientific ml present NUS CENTENNIAL NORFI lAIIRFATF PUBLljf LECTURE SERIES if Professor Douglas D. Osheroff jdJJj How Advances Date Wednesday, 21 September 2005 6.00 pm-7.30 pm (Guests are requested to be seated by 5.45pm) Venue Lim Seng Tjoe Lecture Theatre (LT27), Faculty of Science, NUS For
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      56 8 Congratufations Mr Victor Bay Swee Huat Mr Goh Ek Piang Treasurer Principal Hougang Primary School Hougang Primary School Advisory Committee On being conferred The Public Service Medal (pbm) By His Excellency The President of Singapore from Houqanq Primary School %jtft The School Advisory Committee fj&|\ Vice-Principals, Staff Pupils m^/-^^ Parent-Teacher
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      110 9 More m Online Forum For more readers' views, log on to http://straitstimes.asia 1 .com.sg/f orum Access to all Forum letters online is free. H9 Check out ST Online Forum WE RECEIVE up to 70 letters a day and publish up to 15 m the print edition of The Straits Times.
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      264 16 CFA' Syllabus Talk for June 2006 Exams Come and find out about the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA*) qualification and our range of study options for June 2006 exams. 12 September 2005 #04-07 (Monday) 6.30pm star Hub Centre |^WMf§IU To reserve a FREE seat, call our hotline or K^RpPpIHH email l.kwa@ftcsingapore.com.
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      12 16 WARRANTIES What you've always wanted to know but were tooafraid to ask
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      8 1 life! THE STRAITS TIMES Monday September 12 2005
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      12 1 Ms Contary unveils... Design: Photos: and LEE CHEE CHEW ALAN LIM REUTERS
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        364 2 HONG KONG In Chinese showbusiness, to headline a concert at the Hong Kong Coliseum is the dream of every artiste. Everybody except Stefanie Sun, it seems. The Singapore singer, who held her first-ever shows at the Coliseum last Friday and Saturday, said the concerts had been a "nightmare".
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        439 2  -  Sujin Thomas MUSIC REPORTER WITH his devilish looks and uncountable tattoos, it is hard to imagine American rocker Dave Navarro (below) playing the good guy. But for the past nine weeks, the 38-year-old has been a mentor and big brother to 15 rock star hopefuls on reality
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        629 3  -  Wong Ah Yoke Fans here waited a long time to see 1 960s star Chan Po Chu and they were well entertained as she resurrected legends from her heyday THEATRE A SENTIMENTAL JOURNEY Spring-Time Stage Productions Esplanade Theatre/Last Friday AT SUPPER after last Friday's performance
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        2043 4  - JA RULES Teo Pau Lin mondayintervjew YES, Jacintha Abisheganaden is difficult. And you get the first whiff of it within seconds of meeting her. She whirls into the Singapore Polo Club m Mount Pleasant Road, stragglyhaired and frazzled by the mid-afternoon heat, and asks to be seated inside the airconditioned
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        305 5  -  Sujin Thomas The Hong Kong star known for his daring stunts wants to give action movies a rest and do more dramatic flicks HONG KONG movie superstar Jackie Chan may be famous for chop-socky hits like Rush Hour and Shanghai Knights, but what he really wants to be
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        78 6 'She's let herself go. I can't see a comeback m the cards' Christina Aguiler a on fellow singer Britney Spears 'Mum endured so much pain to give birth to me, I won't change myself with cosmetic surgery' Actress Miriam Yeung (above) 'My reckless self talks to strangers on the
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        875 6 Ogling comes naturally to men. But lust you be mistaken, it can be hazardous to your health straighttalk Marc Lim IT'S A common sight along Orchard Road. Pretty girl sashays down the sidewalk, and the eyes of men immediately zoom m on her. The
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        192 7 BEIJING Monks at China's famous Shaolin Temple are trying their lightning hands at making a movie and a TV series. The 1 ,500-y ear-old temple, located m central China's Henan province, has been increasingly unwilling to let others make money from its martial-arts
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        135 7 VENICE Takeshi Kaneshiro (right) played invisible man at the Venice Film Festival last Friday. The Taiwan-born dreamboat failed to show his pretty face at a last-minute meet-the-press session for his new movie. Perhaps Love. Director Peter "nan even sent someone to knock on the door of Kaneshiro
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        41 7 PHOTO: Brazilian supermodel Gisele Bundchen is seen m a frame from a TV commercial wearing just flowers and animals painted on her body. The commercials are to promote her own line of sandals called Ipanema Gisele Bundchen. REUTERS
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        77 7 NO, KOREAN heartthrob Bae Yong Joon won't be here for the charity premiere of his new movie, April Snow. But his fans still have a good reason to go to the screening at Cathay Cineleisure Orchard on Oct 5 at 7pm. Distributors are donating all
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        673 7  -  Tay Yek Keak starsngripes Listen beyond the silence and hear the things that go bump m the dark I'VE found myself a place to hide and I'm comfortable m it. Actually there are two places offered by the movies I enjoyed this
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        111 10 Venice Film Festival From left: PHOTOS: AFP APPLE DAILY AP REUTERS Director Lee Ang (right) receives the Golden Lion from director Hayao Miyazaki for Brokeback Mountain. He beat hot favourite George Clooney for the Venice Film Festival's top prize. Sorry, George. RACHEL WEISZ: The British actress does
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        360 10 Taiwan director Lee Ang's movie about two American cowboys takes top prize at Venice film test VENICE Taiwan-born Lee Ang's tale of love between two cowboys, Brokeback Mountain, took the Golden Lion, the top award at the Venice Film Festival. The movie, starring Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal,
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        489 2 BEING first is a big deal m On page 4, Biographic puts a new line-up, however, is a special feature meditation m motion that challenges the newsroom. spin on your favourite stars. The youil find on pages 1 4 and 1 5. It the mind as well as the body.
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        622 4 TRENDS AND QUIRKS CATCH THEM IN ACTION! To catch 3dashl live, look out for their gigs m The Straits Times and Seventeen magazine. Some of their upcoming performances include the Esplanade Showcase (Oct 1 4 to 1 6) and a miniconcert at the Youth Park on Nov4.
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        354 6 WHAT IT'S ABOUT Shows about the professions such as CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000) (above), Without A Trace (2002) and Cold Case (2003) are all police investigation-related. The Practice 1 997-2004) and Boston Legal (2004) are about lawyers. Nip/Tuck (2003), ER 1 994) and Chicago Hope 1
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        1098 8 H\LING NEWt^^r 5*8sys*T V V fs HTS THE BIG STORY THIS WEEK TOO RISKY "At the moment, the Sports Council will not consider developing Le Parkour as a sport because of the high-risk factor involved and the fact that there has not been any significant trend m its popularity," said
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        254 10  - HU JINTAO, PRESIDENT OF CHINA ROBIN GANGULY THE IN FACE In just weeks, Mr Hu has managed to improve his image at home and abroad. He was supposed to visit the United States m the first week of this month for talks with President George W. Bush, but postponed it.
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        1042 14  - READING THE SKY AVI ILLUSTRATED BY HOW TO READ AND WRITE BETTER EXTRA HELP From next year, 14 mainstream schools which take m autistic and dyslexic children will be given extra hands to help teach these students, so they can cope with their studies and other aspects of schooling. (ST,May2l)
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      131 15 WHAT YOU SAW Marvelous neighbors favor HOW WE DOIT Marvellous neighbours favour Similarly, articles m The Straits Times are also usually written m the third person, except m special sections like columns and reviews where the writers sometimes use the first person "I" to express an opinion or point
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        91 16 8) Unnamed persons put up cut-outs of a certain animal outside Buangkok MRT station recently, to reflect residents' heir frustration at the fact that this station still hasn't been opened. Hint: This animal and its colour reflects the phrase meaning something expensive but useless. 9) Animal lovers are
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        67 16 7) "I'm gonna freakin' kill him!" What Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer (left) allegedly said about the head of a rival company, when he heard yet another of his staff members was leaving to join this competitor. The two IT giants are locked m a
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