The Straits Times, 14 October 2005

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  • 530 1 2005 is on track to become the hottest year on record Washington THIS year is on track to be the hottest on record, continuing a 25-year trend of rising global temperatures. New data from Nasas Goddard Institute for Space Studies calculated that
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  • 612 1 Nalchik (Russia) AN ARMY of Islamic militants launched a massive attack on police and army buildings m this Russian city yesterday, sparking battles m which scores of people died, officials said. The assault on Nalchik, located m Russia's turbulent Muslim
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  • UPFRONT
    • 1057 1  - Manila plays SEA Games catch-up Luz Baguioro By Philippines Correspondent DESPITE cash problems and an almost three-year delay m the start of preparations, the Philippines is determined to have everything ready m time for the 23rd South-east Asian (SEA) Games next month. "We are 80 per cent ready," Mr Jose
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  • 57 2 Seats to be polished and repainted Railings to be repaired Fields to be re-grassed Tracks to be "re-paved" Toilets to be fitted with new showers, bowls and sinks And there are 32 venues in 19 towns and cities. The mind boggles. But, says Philsoc's chief operating
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  • IN A FLASH
    • 33 2 Cakes m space The Shenzhou VI astronauts ate pineapple mooncakes for their first breakfast. PAGE 8 Libyan training Thai officials say insurgents trained m Libya are operating m southern Thailand. PAGE 20
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    • 30 2 Baby as payment Woman may have to sell her baby to pay a debt. PAGE 21 Mystery death A minister's apparent suicide has put Syria under pressure. PAGE 26
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    • 18 2 Strategic partner Aceh mission bolsters the EU's aim of being a strategic partner for Asia. PAGE 32
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    • 67 2 Sound hopes Parents of deaf children pray for the revival of a scheme to bring sound into silent lives. PAGE HI The PMs teacher Forty years after he taught a boy called Hsien Loong, the geography teacher met his former pupil at the school's anniversary dinner. PAGEHB Lemon law
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    • 54 2 Ban cigarettes A total ban on cigarettes is the only way to curb smoking, says a quitter who went cold turkey. PAGE H22 Speak up on ads If you feel that an ad or information provided by a doctor compromises ethical standards, lodge a formal complaint, advises the Singapore
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    • 35 2 Dreams dashed A motorbike accident has ended laser sailor»Koh Seng Leong's chances for the SEA Games. PAGEH24 Impressive England The England coach has put his team on the shortlist to win thcWorld Cup. PAGEH2S
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    • 50 2 Top value creators A survey has ranked Sing Tel and SPH high among companies m Asia which create the most value for shareholders. PAGE H35 Spore connection Popular apparel labels are turning to Singapore as a base to source for manufacturers and suppliers m low-cost Asian countries. PAGE H36
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    • 100 2 SECTION ONE Prime 3-4 Asia 8-21 World 22-29 Review 30-33 Insight 34-35 FYI 36 SECTION TWO Home Hl-H2l Forum H22 Sports H24-H2B Obituaries H29 Money H3O-H36 LIFE! Buzz L2 r L2O Life L4-L6 Mailbag L7-L8 Music L9-Ll4 Fashion Ll5 Events&TV...LlB-Ll9 BJM±jsElssiiffil^M! /Vla^rfSS fztir@ Millenia Walk Enjoy a Designer Bed Frame
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  • PRIME
    • 630 3  -  Ben Nadarajan Doctor at one private clinic performed 200 amputations m 5 days By In Islamabad VICTIMS DESPAIR "I don't know whether to be happy or sad that I'm alive. I have no arm, what work can I do now?" MR HAM ID 29, who
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    • 315 3  -  Tanya Fong By In Singapore Ben Nadarajan In Isiamabad THE Singapore rescue and relief teams that arrived m quake-hit Pakistan three days ago have been frustrated m their attempts to offer help where it is needed most. On Tuesday, the Singapore Civil Defence Force
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    • 403 4  - Warwick' s S'pore plan hits uncertainty Ho Ai Li University's lecturers oppose setting up branch m Republic By WARWICK University's plans to set up a branch m Singapore have met with opposition from its own senior lecturers. The university's senate, its supreme academic body, voted 27-13 against its expansion plans
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    • 75 4 Dutchman Sander "VoO" Kaasjager, 20, the world's best player m the shooting game Painkiller, plays a round on his laptop m an air-condi-tioned marquee at the Padang. Mr Kaasjager is one of 209 professional cyberathletes now m town to take part m the Cyberathlete Professional League world
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    • 523 4 By Grace Ng IN A bold new approach to raising funds, the National University of Sintapore (NUS) plans to borrow up to 1 billion by tapping the nations financial markets. As Singapore's two public universities, NUS and Nanyang Technological University
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    • 47 4 RESTAURANT IDEAS Good enough to eat What makes or breaks a restaurant business? From Carl Kjellqvtst to Deepak Ohri, some of the people behind celebrated restaurant ideas talk about what they know. Biggest car insurer -NTUC Income pulled oyt of Traffic Police Certificate of Merit scheme WHY?
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  • ASIA
    • 269 8 EATING WELL Balanced meals: Beef cooked with orange peel, cuttlefish and meat balls, green vegetables, braised bamboo shoots, congee and pineapple-filled mooncakes. The food can be heated up m a toaster-like machine. Drinks: Pure spring water, instant coffee, green tea, orange juice and creamy
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    • 499 8  -  CLARISSA Oon Colonel celebrates 41st birthday, then it's time to adjust craft's orbit By i China I orrcspondent In Hhiiv. FOR a special first breakfast m space yesterday, Shenzhou VI astronauts Fei Jun long and Nic Haisheng ate pieces of mooncake that floated m
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    • CHINA
      • 505 9  -  Vince Chong Professionals may be allowed to stay m the city for up to a year without work permits By Hong Kong Correspondent HONG KONG could allow up to 2,000 more mainland and foreign professionals to work m the city from
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      • 44 9 Ladies, don't try this at the office. Models m outrageous headgear were wooing the crowds yesterday at the opening ceremony of an international make-up competition m Beijing. Ropes, jewels and feathers were some of the adornments favoured by the artists. PHOTO: XINHUA
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      • 334 9 London A DRAMATIC consumer boom will take place m China over the next 10 years on the back of rapidly nsing urban incomes, according to a new book by economists at Credit Suisse First Boston (CSFB). And all this spending will make China
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      • 233 9 Beijing CHINA has arrested 101 criminal suspects since police started to crack down on Internet "obscenity" m August, state media said yesterday. The suspects included people who used the Internet to set up illegal cnatrooms that recruit others to take part m pornographic movies,
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      • 564 10 BP is the latest m a line of firms to boost investment m world's No. 3 oil consumer WHERE THE MONEY IS "It makes sense for BP to get a foot m the Chinese market. China is a very energy-hungry country." MR KLAUS
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      • 231 10 Beijing CHINA'S hunt for oil and gas has taken its oil companies to Pe~u and Kenya. The Peruvian government on Wednesday approved a contract to allow China's largest energy producer, China National Petroleum, to explore for oil and gas m an area near
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      • 371 11 Oct 25 anniversary celebration will be the first by the mainland govt Beijing CHINA, asserting its claim to Taiwan, will for the first time mark the anniversary of the island's return to Chinese rule this month with leaders attending a ceremony at
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      • 349 11 1 1 giant pandas on shortlist for gift to Taiwan Beijing THEY are black and white, frisky, and candidates tor becoming China's goodwill ambassadors to Taiwan. China's Taiwan Affairs Office yesterday released pictures and resumes of 11 giant pandas, two of which will be sent as gifts across the Taiwan
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      • 309 11 Taipei TAIWAN President Chen Shui-bian yesterday appointed Parliament Speaker Wang Jin-pyng as his special envoy to attend next month's Apec summit m South Korea. Taiwanese presidents are barred from joining Apec summits because of objections from China, which regards the island as a
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      • 491 12 Chinese minister gives warning on eve of G-20 finance meeting Bf.ijing BEIJING DANCES TO ITS OWN TUNE "We will not listen to someone else's conductor when doing what we need to." FINANCE MINISTER JIN RENQING, on US pressure to end yuan
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      • 81 12 A thousand-year-old Chinese painting catching the eye of museum visitors m Beijing, The painting, called Upper River During Qing Ming Festival, is one of China's most valued national treasures. It is being shown to the public at the Foftidden Palace Museum for the first time m 50
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      • ASIA QUICKLY
        • 60 12 BEIJING: A man wielding five homemade handguns opened fire m a primary school m central China, injuring 16 children and two adults. The man shot at children doing outdoor exercises on Wednesday morning m a primary school m Liudong township, Anhui province, Xinhua news agency
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        • 73 12 SRINAGAR: A suicide bomber blew herself up yesterday, minutes before an army convoy was to pass on a key highway m Kashmir, the first time a female bomber has been used m the region's conflict. A militant group claimed five soldiers were killed m the blast
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        • 81 12 KUALA LUMPUR: The Anti-Corruption Agency has detained the son of a senior police officer over the alleged sale of hawker lots for Ramadan m the city. The 32-year-old man was arrested at Bpm on Wednesday. Because of the seniority of his father's position m the
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        • 83 12 BEIJING: China yesterday protested against a US congressional report which criticised its human rights record and said Beijing had tightened controls on religion, speech, media and assembly. A report released by the US Congress on Tuesday said China's human rights conditions showed "no improvement" over the
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        • 85 12 SEOUL: South Koreans selected Mr Park Chung Hee, a former military general, as their highestrated leader, with Nobel laureate Kirn Dae Jung coming m second, according to a survey published m the mainstream daily Joong Ang Ilbo. Current President Roh Moo Hyun was included m the
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        • 75 12 TOKYO: Japanese police said yesterday they had arrested a 16-year-old high school student armed with what appeared to be a samurai sword who held 37 classmates hostage m a school for around an hour and a half. The student released all the pupils unharmed after he was
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    • SOUTH ASIA QUAKE
      • 535 13 Urgent need for aid as the approaching winter threatens millions of homeless people muzaffarabad (Pakistan) WITH winter approaching, time is running out for many hungry and homeless survivors of Saturday's massive earthquake, the United Nations emergency relief chief said yesterday. Saying quake-hit Pakistan
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      • 257 13 Islamabad SOUTH Asia's earthquake was more devastating than last year's Indian Ocean tsunami m terms of the number of homeless and destruction to infrastructure, a United Nations official said yesterday. Mr Hussein Gezairy, who heads the World Health Organisation's Cairo-based regional office that covers Pakistan,
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      • 226 16 Muzaffarabad FOR nearly 100 hours, five-year-old Zarabe Shah lay trapped under the stairwell m the rubble of her quake-hit home. On Wednesday, Russian rescuers pulled the dazed, dust-covered girl from the debris, a boost for the relief effort as hopes faded of
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      • 847 16  - Kashmiris Indian troops for rescue P. Jayaram Describing their politicians as 'thieves', residents want all quake aid routed through army By! India correspondent In Uri (Indian Kashmir) "They (the army) help everyone. The politicians and the civil administration help only their supporters." MR ZULFIQUAR MIR, a shopowner m Uri THE
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      • NEWS ANALYSIS
        • 723 17  -  Ravi Velloor Quick aid and Rice's visit reveal Washington's new diplomatic resolve By India/South Asia Bureau SATURDAY'S earthquake m Pakistan has given the United States an opportunity to mollify some of the antiAmerican sentiments on the ground m a key Islamic ally.
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        • 97 17 MUZAFFARABAD: In devastated Muzaffarabad, at the heart of Saturday's earthquake, residents are running out of space to bury the dead. Each day m the riverside city, as rescue and salvage workers pick through the debris of thousands of collapsed homes, businesses, schools and offices, they are
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        • 98 17 BOMBAY: Popular Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt said he plans to organise a concert, featuring Indian and Pakistani movie stars and singers, to raise money for the earthquake victims m both countries. "They (Pakistani actors) had come to India to help us raise funds for the
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        • 141 17 WASHINGTON: Americans are usually quick to open their hearts and wallets to disaster victims but a strine of tragedies at home and abroad this year has slowed donations for earthquake victims m South Asia, charity groups said. "Although it is still very early to compare, what's
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        • 85 17 RAWALPINDI: Pakistan denied yesterday that Indian troops had crossed the border m the divided Kashmir region to help Pakistani troops repair a bunker damaged by Saturday's earthquake. India's military said that a small group of Indian soldiers crossed the heavily armed frontline m the disputed
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        • 209 17 RAWALPINDI: Old distrust was put aside at a Pakistani airfield on Thursday when US airmen jumped m to help unload an Iranian military plane that flew m with a mobile hospital for victims of a massive earthquake. An international airlift is under way to help
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      • 412 20 Insurgents spent four years training m combat and bomb-making Bangkok LIBYA-TRAINED Muslim insurgents are operating m southern Thailand, Thai officials said yesterday. More than 1,000 people have died m the Thai south since last year m almost daily violence. General Pallop Pinmanee, deputy director of
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      • 83 20 Protesters getting drenched as security forces turned a water cannon on them to break up their demonstration yesterday. The protesters at the Malacanang Palace m Manila were demanding the ouster of President Gloria Arroyo. The confrontation was the latest between the authorities and anti-government groups m the wake
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      • 348 20  -  Salim Osman By Indonesia Correspondent m Jakarta POLICE have detained two more men m connection with the Oct 1 bombings m Bali as anger mounts over the fact that convicted terrorists m the 2002 bombings have not been executed yet. The men were
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      • 194 20 Bali CONVICTED Australian drug smuggler Schapelle Corby was devastated by an Indonesian court's decision to shave only five years from her 20-year prison sentence, saying she should not have to spend even one day m jail, her lawyer said yesterday. Officials at Bali's
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    • MALAYSIA
      • 506 21  -  Reme Ahmad She and Isa Samad are likely targets if Abdullah carries out reshuffle I Malaysia Bureau Chief In ku m.\ Lumpur What next? A rejig could see Datuk Seri Rafidah, 62, demoted to Minister m the Prime Minister's Department. Federal Territories Minister
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      • 332 21 By Leslie Lav Malaysia Correspondent In Kuala Lumpur VETERAN politician and former Malaysian deputy premier Ghafar Baba was hospitalised yesterday amid speculation that he was gravely ill. Senior Umno leaders, including Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi, visited him at the intensive care unit of the Pantai
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      • 332 21 Kuala Lumpur IN POSSIBLY the first case of its kind here, two Malaysian IT executives were arrested m China and brought home to face charges of theft. At the centre of the case are also allegations of trade espionage, with the accuser being one
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      • 233 21 Kuala Lumpur MALAYSIA will issue biometric identity cards to foreign workers by the end of the year as part of its efforts to crack down on illegal migrant workers, local media said yesterday. Under the RM3O million (Ssl3 million) system, the cards will
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  • WORLD
    • 663 22 Police evacuate panicked residents as buildings burn and gunbattles rage Vladikavkaz (Russia) NALCHIK was like a war z< yesterday with black smoke ing from burning buildings j bands of militants roving heart of the city. Tass news agency quoted lice as saying at
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    • 120 23 "It has always been my belief that the victory of Islam will never take place until a Muslim state is established m the heart of the Islamic world." "And even if we attack the Shi'ites out of necessity, then why do you announce this matter and
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    • 622 23 The letter, said to be written by Zawahiri, outlines plan for caliphate Tight security ahead of referendum THE Iraqi authorities launched a security clampdown yesterday ahead of a referendum on a new Constitution after political leaders hammered out a deal
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    • 350 23 IX)NDON BRITISH Prime Minister Tony Blair's government defied heated criticism by publishing tough new anti-terrorism proposals. The legislation, drafted m the wake of the July 7 bombings, calls for the detention of suspects without charge for up to three months. It also calls for
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    • 176 23 81-RLIN GERMANY'S new government line-up began taking shape yesterday as the Social Democrats placed close allies of outgoing Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder m key posts m the incoming leftright coalition. Party chief Franz Muentefering will be No. 2 to incoming conservative chancellor Angela Merkel, who will
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    • 718 25  - Setting up SEZs in Russia a challenge for S'pore Ignatius Low No room for failure as the Republic is putting its reputation on the line, says MM Lee By Money Editor In Moscow SINGAPORE may have accepted the high-pro-file assignment of helping Russia develop one or two of its Special
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    • 139 25 Stockholm BRITISH playwright Harold Pinter is the surprise winner of the Nobel literature prize. The son of a Jewish dressmaker is one of Britain's best-known playwrights. His works include The Birthday Party and The Caretaker. His spare style, full of silences, has given rise
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    • 274 25 MINISTER Mentor Lee Kuan Yew was surprised that Russian ministers had taken an interest m Singapore and his memoirs, given Russia's technological might and its distance from Singapore. "They are such a faraway country and they are a very developed technological power," he said. "They
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    • 512 26 Syrian leader puts on brave front despite talk of US military strike WHAT'S EXPECTED OF SYRIA "We expect Syria to do everything m her power to shut down the transhipment of suiciders and killers into lraq...the world expects Syria to honour the democracy
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    • 207 26 FOR two decades, Interior Minister Ghazi Kanaan was the main enforcer of Syrian policy m Lebanon, feared by friend and foe alike. The clean-cut, hard-bitten military officer was a master at manipulating Lebanese and Palestinian militias during Lebanon's civil war, and bending Christian and
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    • SPOTLIGHT PEOPLE
      • 327 27 BRITAIN'S former prime minister Margaret Thatcher made a brief return to the limelight when she celebrated her 80th birthday yesterday with a lavish party for 650 guests. The country's first female prime minister has grown frail after a series of small strokes. But
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      • 130 27 OUTGOING German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder is denying speculation that he has been offered a top job with Russian energy company Gazprom by his friend, Russian President Vladimir Putin. President Putin, who last year overrode bureaucracy to help Mr Schroeder and his wife Doris adopt
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      • 150 27 MS WENDI Deng, wife of media billionaire Rupert Murdoch, has stepped out of her domestic world as a stay-at-home mother to sell their New York apartment. Although Ms Deng, 36, normally shies away from interviews, she is reaching out to the news media to sell their
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      • 125 27 MR JACK White, a reporter whose story on Richard Nixon's underpayment of income taxes won a Pulitzer Prize and prompted the ex-US president to utter the famous line "I am not a crook", has died. Mr White, 63, died m Cape Cod on Wednesday,
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    • 683 29 Scramble comes after tests confirm HSNI virus killed birds m Turkey Brussels THE Asian bird flu strain that is deadly to humans has reached Europe's south-east-ern borders, the European Union said yesterday as the bloc scrambled to prevent a feared all-out pandemic.
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    • 230 29 THE United States needs a top official, backed by authority and cash, to prepare for a possible bird flu pandemic, US experts have warned. "We need to make sure that we have clear leadership m the federal government." said Mr Jeffrey Levi
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    • WORLD QUICKLY
      • 118 29 WASHINGTON: The US Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist has been subpoenaed to turn over personal records m an inquiry into possible insider trading. The Securities and Exchange Commission issued the subpoena within the past two weeks. The authorities are looking into Mr Frist's recent
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      • 95 29 LONDON: Thousands of prisoners could be released early and given electronic tags instead because of chronic overcrowding m English and Welsh jails, according to media reports yesterday. The prison population reached a record high of 77,599 people on Wednesday, close to overall capacity. The problem is
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      • 106 29 WASHINGTON: An 80-page handwritten Working manuscript score of Beethoven's Grosse Fuge that went missing 115 years ago has been found by a librarian near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. "It was just sitting on that shelf. I was m a state of shock (to find it)," said Ms Heather
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      • 127 29 MARSEILLE: Workers at the loss-making SNCM ferry company linking Corsica to mainland France voted yesterday to end a 24-day strike, pulling back under government threats to declare the firm bankrupt. The strikers voted by an overwhelming 519 to 73 to go back to work, enabling
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    • 386 30 GIRMANY has had a "grand coalition 1 before a famous one if i the 1960s between Kurt Georg Kiesingers Christian Democrats (CDU) and Willy Brandt's Social Democrats (SPD). It lasted about three years not bad, considering the divisions between the parties but it wasn't a particularly
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    • 840 30  -  Michael Vatikiotis By For The Straits Times MATTER OF PRINCIPLE Perhaps the most fundamental principle is one that European charter writers neglected to highlight and hence found their work rejected in popular polls: The people of the region must come first IF THE European
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    • 689 30  -  David Brooks U.S. SUPREME COURT NOMINEE HARRIET MIERS By OF ALL the words written about Ms Harriet Miers, none are more disturbing than the ones she wrote herself. In the early *****, while she was president of the Texas Bar Association, Ms Miers wrote
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    • 1081 31  -  Ooi Kee Beng Colonial notions of protection seem stubbornly persistent m post-colonial Malaysia By For The Straits Times NATIONS write the history that suits them. Be that as it may, they do have a history that deserves objective discussion. Even new nations have to live with legacies
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    • 885 32  - How Aceh weathers the worst Javier Solana By For The Straits Times WINNING TEAM The Aceh Monitoring Mission effectively combines the Asean knowledge about the region, religion and culture with the EU's experience of crisis-management operations. LATE last year, the Indonesian province of Aceh bore the brunt of an Indian
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    • 1276 33  -  Greg Mil ls Te re nce Mc Namee By \M) h or The Straits Times A YEAR before the first American combat troops arrived m Vietnam, US president Lyndon Baines Johnson was told by his mentor, senator Richard Russell, that he saw no way
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    • 217 30 Peace-building As troops withdraw and rebels hand m their arms, politics and hope are returning to Aceh. PAGE 32 THE STRAITS TIMES SINCiAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS. NEWS CENTRE. 1000 Toa Payoh North, Podium Level 2. *****4 ST INTERACTIVE http7/straitstimes.asial.com.sg SPH liief Executive Officer Executive Vice- President Alan Chan I leng loon
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    • PEOPLE & POLITICS
      • 912 34 Today's low-income families have much more going for them, says Parliamentary Secretary (MCYS and -National Development) Maliki Osman. He's optimistic their lot will improve m a generation, just as his did, he tells Zakir Hussain RETHINK PARENTING STYLES "We need to
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      • 822 34 ST: How has your experience m social work influenced what you do now? You've done research on Malay men since your university days; now you're passionate about fathering. Dr Maliki: I began to appreciate the role of men and fathering through my work with multi-problem
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    • 850 35  -  Ang Peng Hwa FRIDAY MATTERS By PRISON sentences have been meted out to two Singaporeans for racist comments. It has been described as a test case, signalling the state's firm line against people who abuse their right to free speech. The
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    • 811 35  -  Peh Shing Huei »THEPOST-6SERS By SO, ALJUNIED GRC is getting a facelift that will cost the Government $160 million. Water-sports facilities, lift upgrading, flying-fox station, football fields. You name it, the residents of Aljunied GRC are getting it. A well-intentioned transformation of
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    • 1011 36 RYI. ASIA WORLD WEATHER USEFUL NUMBERS 5 THINGS YOU CAN KhA» SFQ Ciear PobceHotliney.'//'.''y/.'.//.'.y/y/.'lB('M)-255-(KKH) UN Civil Defence (Fire and Emergency 1 Attend a workshop that looks at how Ambulance) 995 I your behaviour can influence your child k WSL"#* Fair Non-emergency ambulance 1777 m positive or negative ways. OG Orchard
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  • MONEY HOME
    • 9 1 HOME THE STRAITS TIMES FRIDAY OCTOBER 14, 2005 MONEY
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    • 825 1  -  Salma Khali k Trial subsidy, covering 80% of cost, ended March By Health Corresfxttideru PARENTS of deaf children are praying for the revival of a pilot scheme that brings sound to their kids' silent lives. They are hoping that the
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    • 414 2  - Long wait for Aussie-US route: Report Arthur Poon By PROSPECTS NOT GOOD "With Virgin Blue and even Emirates also requesting trans-Pacific access, we believe SIA will continue to be frustrated in its efforts to fly the route." MR PAUL DEWBERRY, Merrill Lynch aviation analyst SINGAPORE Airlines (SIA) could add $270
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    • 488 2  -  Karamjit Kaur But some of its services will remain at Terminal 2 By Transport Correspondent SINGAPORE Airlines will likely be the only carrier to move into Changi Airport's new Terminal 3 wnen it opens its doors m 2008. But
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    • 594 3  - Asian airlines won't go under for now Karamjit Kaur NEWS ANALYSIS They are better off than European, US carriers, but rising oil prices can hurt By Iransport Correspondent SKY-HIGH fuel prices spell big trouble for airlines already struggling to cope with escalating security costs. Four big American carriers' Delta, Northwest,
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    • 345 3  -  KARAMJIT KAUR FUEL surcharges paid by passengers and freight forwarders will help Singapore Airlines recover about 70 per cent of the increase m its fuel bill this year, according to a new report. The report, released yesterday by research house Merrill Lynch, estimated
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    • 251 3  -  Lee Hui Chieh By DOCTORS can now predict with a high degree of certainty if liver cancer patients will have a relapse within a year of surgery, as a result of research conducted here. National Cancer Centre researchers have identified a new
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    • 499 6  - Orchard Road's red hot and it's not about the sales Radha Basu Skyscrapers, carbon emissions are making city centre hotter, says study By A NEW university study shows temperature differences between Singapore's urban core and its greener suburbs to be significantly higher than previously believed. And with the urban sprawl
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    • 423 6  -  Leung Wai-Leng By SHOOTING an American down made Mr Meng Yang an overnight millionaire. The 22-year-old Chinese national, better known online as Rocketßoy, beat world shooting game champion Jonathan "Fatality" Wendel m a gaming challenge last year and took home a 1 million yuan (S$210,000)
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    • 927 8  -  Leslie Koh Catholic High School teachers and old boys, who include PM Lee, mark its 70th birthday By ONE BIG FAMILY "There was a strong sense of brotherhood, because many of us were in the same class throughout the years.
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    • 626 9  - Specialist execs now in high demand Sue-Ann Chia Banks, media and PR companies face high staff turnover as economy improves By MS MARIANNE Pek, 33, quit her job as an auditor m December last year without first securing a new one. Some may think it a rash decision, but she
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    • 732 12  -  Daryi Loo Developers to get aeeess to confidential data for Design, Build and Sell Scheme By 1,500 miss out on HDB's rivet scheme ABOUT 1,500 flat owners have lost out on the HDB's offer to pay half their window-retrofitting bills. The offer, under the
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    • 679 14  -  Tan Hui Yee The Housing Board may put more of such units on the resale market By THE number of unsold Housing Board flats is down from 10,000 last year to 9,000, and the board is thinking up new ways to get
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    • 224 14  - Scrapped projects were too near each other THE two Housing Board projects canned m the past year failed to attract sufficient interest because too many flats were offered at one go. Also, the developments, launched at the same time m December, were located too close to each other. The Anthias,
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    • 237 16 'Booked' by Traffic Police and they're happy about it ON SEPT 23, the worried looks of 10 motorists pulled over by the Traffic Police turned to smiles when they were "booked" for courteous behaviour and rewarded with $20 petrol vouchers. Some of them have become real-life models m a television
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    • 342 16  -  Selina Lum SembEnviro man gets six months for pocketing customers' cash payments By Took advantage of his position AS A credit risk manager, one of Alvin Mok Ec Wah's responsibilities was to collect outstanding cash payments from SembEnviro's customers. But between July 2002 and
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    • 375 16  -  COUGH up $10,000 or go to jail, a police staff sergeant told a labourer when he found out the man had had sex with his underage niece. When negotiations on the deal broke down, the officer made a police report against 34-year-old Didar Hossain
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    • 439 20  - Get set for cab rides in new Euro models CHRISTOPHER TAN CAB operators are seeking out new European car models as they try to take advantage of government tax breaks on green vehicles. German mass-market manufacturer Volkswagen (VW) has signalled its intention to break into the 3,000-unit-a-year taxi business by
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    • 524 20  - Motorists welcome 'lemon law' Christopher Tan f> PROTECTING CAR BUYERS Planned law to compel seller to swop defective product for new one hailed, but car dealers wary By Senior Correspondent MR KUMAR Balasingam was so fed up with the faulty three-litre luxury car he bought last year that he placed
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    • 565 21 NICOLL HIGHWAY COLLAPSE TRIAL Witnesses vouch for professional conduct of the defendant UP TO STANDARD "(Ng's conduct) did not fall short of the standard of a reasonably competent professional engineer acting as a Qualified Person." MR TAN SEE CHEE, principal and department
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    • 390 21  - $4.5 m fund to boost school exchange schemes Ho Ai Li By THE Education Ministry, m an effort to give students overseas exposure, is setting aside $4.5 million each year to help finance school exchange programmes. The aim is to get 9,000 students to take part every year and to
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    • FORUM
      • 370 22 DR CHERIAN George, m his letter "Govt shouldn't equate analysis with advocacy" (ST, Oct 13). regrets that the Government had "cast (his) article ("Managing civil disobedience"; ST, Oct 10) m partisan terms". His article states that it was "based on an academic paper on
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      • 112 22 I REFER to Mr Chen Hwai Liang's letter, "Govt doesn't depend on 'calibrated coercion'" (ST, Oct 12), m which he reiterated that "the Government must act when the law is broken, whether by opposition politicians or government supporters". Police are investigating
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      • RELIGION AND SCHOOLS
        • 195 22 1 REFER to the letter by the Director of Schools, "Teachers should not be engaged m proselytising" (ST, Oct 8). I agree with Mr Wong Siew Hoong that teachers should not try to convert their students to any particular religion but I do
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        • 290 22 I AM m complete agreement with the editorial, "Teachers and their religion" (ST. Oct 11). However, there is a point highlighted which merits further thought. I find it strange that government schools professing secularism offer Boys' and Girls' Brigade as CCAs while Catholic
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        • 140 22 IT IS time the Ministry of Education considers including compulsory Religious Education m the school curriculum. Religion is significant m Singapore, and because the state is secular it does not immediately follow that state schools should ignore religion. We know that m the original draft
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      • 128 22 I REFER to the letter, "Does media exposure constitute ads by docs?" (ST, Oct 4), by Dr Michael Loh. Health-care institutions are allowed to provide information about the services they provide to members of the public through advertisements. This is regulated by the Private
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      • 442 22 WAIT 10 YEARS TO BAN SMOKING? GO COLD TURKEY I eventually quit by going cold turkey, and many former smokers I know agree that this is the most effective way; a long-term plan usually leads to procrastination. An immediate ban would enforce
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      • 212 22 I REFER to the letter, "Buying an annuity may not be the best option" (ST, Oct 7), by Mr Dennis Ng Kah Wan. Mr Ng compared the present income from annuity plans with the higher payouts from the CPF Board for savings under
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      • 235 22 MR TAN Hung Teck suggested that the Bone Marrow Donor Programme (BMDP) should tie up with the National Blood Bank (ST, Oct 10). We agree with his suggestion and as we expand the local donor register, we are seeking to collaborate with a
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      • 127 22 ONE of the multiple-choice questions m a previous PSLE Social Studies paper had more than one correct answer. It asked: Which country joined Germany m World War II? Two of the options were Italy and Romania, and the last two were Allied or neutral
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    • SPORTS
      • 429 24  -  Alvin Foo SEA GAMES By GOLF course, Chinese and Chemistry. That's what national golfer Koh Sock Hwee, 15, has been juggling with for the last couple of months. And this will not end till after the Manila South-east Asia Games, from Nov 27 to
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      • 679 24  -  Marc Lim Laser sailor injured after freak motorcycle accident, Maximilian to replace him By Sports Correspondent HE WON a silver medal m the Optimist class as a 14-year-old m the Jakarta South-east Asia Games m 1997 and was hoping to mark his return
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      • 198 24 National athletes and freak accidents: Nov 1993: Footballer Fandi Ahmad sat on an uncapped seat recliner, piercing his shorts and causing a gash the length of a house key near his anus. It was a week before Singapore were to face Kedah m the Malaysia Cup
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      • 463 25 GROUP ONE P W I L P k Pil Netherlands ...12 10 2 0 27 3 32 Czech Rep 12 9 0 3 35 12 27 Romania 12 8 1 3 20 10 25 Finland 12 5 1 621 19 16 Macedonia 12 2 3 7 11 24 9
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      • 319 25 Stockholm (Sweden) A SWEDISH tabloid yesterday launched a campaign to defend England coach Sven-Goran Eriksson against mockery m the English press, saying his true genius is yet to be understood. With the slogan, "Don't touch our Svennis", Eriksson's Swedish nickname, newspaper Expressen said he
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      • 556 25 Serravalle (San Marino) IT IS the play-offs again for Spain, after they failed to secure automatic qualification for next year's World Cup Finals. They needed to beat San Marino by five goals and hope that Group Seven leaders Serbia Montenegro dropped points against Bosnia on
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      • 826 25 SOCCER England are impressive m beating Poland 2-1 and finishing top of qualifying group Manchester AT LAST, the talent under SvenGoran Eriksson's leadership proved one thing with their 2-1 win over Poland on Wednesday: there is hope for England. It was the team's most impressive
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      • 427 26 SOCCER Manama (Bahrain) BAHRAIN took another giant step towards gaining their first World Cup berth by holding Uzbekistan to a goalless draw m a second-leg qualifying clash here on Wednesday. They had held Uzbekistan 1-1 m the replayed first leg at Tashkent
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      • 651 26 They qualify for World Cup for the first time m 20 years, but can they do well m Finals? Paris FRANCE survived a bumpy road to qualify for the World Cup for the first time m 20 years, but question marks hang
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      • 415 26 Sydney ONCE again, two-time champions Uruguay stand between Australia and a place at the World Cup next year. Only this time, the Socceroos a more seasoned and mature bunch four years on are more confident. Alvaro Recoba scored a second-half winner as Uruguay edged out
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      • 581 27  -  Marc Lim SOCCER Despite their strength, Blues have not won at home against them m the past two seasons By Spurts .orresjxmdent CHELSEA are not unbeatable and their bubble could burst when Bolton visit Stamford Bridge tomorrow. According to Bolton team manager Sam Allardyce,
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      • 520 27 Wie's million- dollar contracts prompt jealousy, resentment »GOLF Palm Desert (California) MICHELLE Wie has loads of money m the bank, all because she turned pro and signed her name at the bottom oftwo endorsement contracts. Making friends might be a little tougher. Wie, who turned 16 on Tuesday, started her
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      • HOME SPORTS
        • 74 27 TWO Sinchi FC footballers were sent off for pushing the referee m their 1-2 loss to Geylang United at the Bedok Stadium yesterday. Unhappy with X Kalimuthu's awarding of an injury-time free-kick from which Geylang's John Wilkinson scored the 97th-minute winner, Sinchi players confronted the
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        • 52 27 LAM IN JOINT- 16TH POSITION SINGAPORE golfer Lam Chih Bing shot a one-under-par 70 m the first round of the Bangkok Airways Open m Koh Samui yesterday. Lam, who qualified for the World Cup with Mardan Mamat last week, is m joint-16th position. He trails Thai leader Chawalit Plaphol by
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        • 47 27 THE deadline for entries for the Standard Chartered Singapore Marathon has been brought forward to Monday from the original Nov 14 date, owing to overwhelming response. About 20,000 athletes have entered for the race on Dec 4. Those interested can register at www.singaporemarathon.com
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      • 93 27 MANCHESTER United have axed their plans to build n casino at Old Trafford. The Premiership club joined United States- based gaming giant I -as Vegas Sands m May to submit plans tor the casino complex that included a five-star hotel, restaurants, a health club and
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      • 336 28 OLYMPICS He would not be surprised if it topped the 2008 Beijing Olympics Hiiiim. INTERNATIONAL Olympic Committee president Jacques Rogge would not be surprised if China topped the medals table at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. After attending the opening ceremony of the China National Games m Suzhou
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        165 28 Beach volleyball (left) and Freestyle Motocross (below) are among the highlights of the WaterFest by the Bay at the Marina Promenade this weekend. A host of activities has been lined up during the twoday fiesta for all seeking a share of the sun, sand and sea.
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      • SPORTS WORLD
        • 113 28 LONDON: Scientists announced yesterday what they believe could be a breakthrough m the constant fight against drug cheats m sport. A new technique will enable sports officials to distinguish between synthetic and natural human steroids. "Drug cheats should beware," said Dr Mark Sephton of the Department of
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        • 96 28 CANTON (Ohio): Angelo Argea, who spent two decades on the bag for Jack Nicklaus and became an iconic figure among caddies for his shock of silver hair, died of liver cancer on Monday. He was 75. Argea went to the Palm Springs Classic m 1963 to caddie
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        • 81 28 SYDNEY: World champion kayaker Nathan Baggaley tested positive for the steroids stanozolol and methandienone and has withdrawn from the Canoe Marathon World Championships m Perth this weekend, Australian Canoeing said yesterday. Baggaley, a three-time world Xl 500 champion and double Olympic silver medallist m Athens last
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      • 594 28 BASEBALL MLB play-offs (best -of seven series) American League: Chicago White Sox 2 LA Angels 1 (Tied 1-1). National League: St Louis 5 Houston 3 (St Louis lead 10). ICE HOCKEY NHL: Carolina 7 Washington 2. Montreal 2 Atlanta 0, Minnesota 6 Vancouver 0. Nashville 5 Colorado 4, San
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      • 38 31 Yesterday's close: 13.449 24 (-14.5 points) Japanese shares staged a late rebound to close little changed, struggling to shake off a weak performance on Wall Street where prospects of rising interest rates unsettled investors AFP
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      • 33 31 Yesterday's close-. 927.12 (-1.37 points) w Malaysian share prices closed 0 15 per cent lower after further falls on Wall Street overnight sparked a broad retreat in regional markets. AFP
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      • 39 31 Yesterday's close: 14,621.8 (+46.81 points) Hong Kong stocks closed 0 32 per cent higher despite investor worries over US interest rate hikes Brokers said the recovery yesterday was a technical rebound after Wednesday's fall REUTERS
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        45 31 Yesterday's close-. 8.376.9 (-163.66 points) h The index fell to a three-week low. led by Ranbaxy Laboratories The firm lost a legal challenge that would have allowed it to sell a generic version of the world's best-selling drug u pi tor BLOOMBERG NEWS
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      • 41 31 Yesterday s close: 1.152.61 (-9.25 points) Chinese stocks dropped for the first day in three Oil refiners such as China Petroleum Chemical extended a six -week drop on concern that higher oil prices will hurt earnings BLOOMBERG NEWS
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      • 35 31 Yesterday's close-. 1.090.53 (-12.44 points) Indonesian share prices closed 1 13 per cent lower, led by banks such as Bank Central Asia on concerns that rising interest rates will hurt earnings. AFP
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      • 35 31 Sydney S&P ASX 200 Yesterday's close: 4.431 (-37.2 points) Australian stocks fell 0 83 percent as the market followed Wall Street s lead and continued to retreat from record highs set late last month AFP
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      • 34 31 Yesterday's close: 704.32 (-4.88 points) Thai share prices closed 0 69 per cent lower in line with a fall on Wall Street and amid rising concern over Thailand's inflation rate AFP
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      • 375 31 Refco 's ex- chief charged with fraud New York THE former chief executive (CEO) of Refco was charged with securities fraud on Wednesday as shares of one of the world's largest commodities and futures brokers continued to plummet and have now lost more than 60 per cent m three days.
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      • 392 31 US August trade deficit widens 1.8% to 100 b Gap increases as Chinese textile imports and oil prices set new highs Washington THE United States trade deficit widened 1.8 per cent m August to its third-highest level on record as oil import prices hit a new high and imports of
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      • 274 31 October 13 Stock Name Wt Close Change Allereen 50c 0.32 1.350 -0.010 Ascendasreit 1.06 2.120 -0.020 81l Intl US2Oc 050 1260 Capita Land 3.30 3.380 +0 020 Capita Mall 084 2.450 +0 010 Chart SemiCondKc 06/ 1.020 +0 020 CityOevSOc 2.61 9.050 -0 200 ComfortOelGro 2sc
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      • 155 31 October 13 FOREIGN CURRENCY NOTE RATES (9AM): SINGAPORE DOLLARS TO ONE UNIT OF FOREIGN CURRENCY Source: HSBC Bank USA. Spore Branch CM'sian ringgit. Interbank rate by OCBC) UNIT TRUSTS TABLE APPEARS ON MONDAYS Buying Selling Aust dollar 1.2690 ***** Can dollar 1.4360 ***** Euro 2.0180 2.0420 Malaysian ringgit* 0
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      • 390 32 Ni-wYoiik IHI Internet wars art- hotting up: Just a clay aftei reports of a Yahoo- Microsoft a Ilia tK l\ comes news that (ioogle and 'unu.isl art- m talks to buy a minority stake m Time Warn ii\ \menca Online (AOL) loOQOi ami Comcast
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      • 526 32 It ties up with Disney and Pixar to offer video download service on new iPod San Jose (California) NO TIMK for Desperate Housewives? Forget to tape last night's episode of Lost? Apple Computer on Wednesday unveiled the answer to one's time
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      • 600 32 TV viewing may never be the same again New York APPLE'S iPod profoundly chanced the way people experience music. What will it do for television? Apple Computer founder Steve Jobs announced on Wednesday the firstgeneration iPod with video-playback abilities, potentially marking a breakthrough m the evolution of mobile entertainment. Apple
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      • 467 33  -  Vince Chong It hopes to improve efficiency with help from investors Bank of America and Temasek Hong Kong orrespondent THE chairman of China's thirdlargest lender admitted yesterday that the bank's initial public offering (IPO) today is just the first step
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      • 485 33  -  Serene Luo By HOME-GROWN logistics provider YCH Group looks set to go public as early as 2007, and aims to become No. 1 m the region, its chief executive (CEO), Mr Robert Yap. told The Straits Times m an interview coinciding with the
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      • 172 33  -  Kuala Lumpur MALAYSIA'S universal brokers must combine with a discount house to become investment banks, the central bank said. The move will "strengthen their potential to capitalise on larger business opportunities, diversify their sources of funding and enhance their market-making capabilities". Bank Negara Malaysia
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      • 518 34  -  Goh Eng Yeow Engaging PwC to advise creditors is a cash drain that should be avoided, says bank By BELEAGUERED Citiraya Indus tries faces yet another hurdle m resolving its mountain of debts. Leading creditor DBS Bank, which is owed about $39
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      • 346 34  - PSA moves 20% more boxes globally Narendra Aggarwal By THANKS to booming global trade, Singapore's PSA International, the world's second-biggest container port operator, posted a sharp 20 per cent jump m its global container volume m the nine months to Sept 30. Releasing its monthly report card yesj^rday, PSA said
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        • 80 34 CAPITAMALL Trust (CMT), Singapore's largest real estate investment trust (Reit), yesterday unveiled a distributable income of $30.8 million m the third quarter, up 8.4 per cent from its forecast. Distribution per unit is 2.55 cents, up from the forecast 2.35 cents. The annualised
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        • 110 34 SEMBCORP Marine (SembMarine) yesterday said its subsidiary, PPL Shipyard, has completed the acquisition of Sabine Industries m Texas. PPL acquired a 100 per cent equity interest m the United States firm and its subsidiaries Sabine Offshore Services and Sabine Shipyards, as well as
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        • 94 34 ASCENDAS Real Estate Investment Trust (AReit) has renewed and signed new leases (including expansions) for a total net lettable area of 25,429 sq m m the third quarter. These leases represent an annualised rental income of $5.9 million and 4.9 per cent of the
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      • 607 35  - SingTel, SPH among Asia's top value creators Bhyan Lee Management credited with rewarding investors m survey of region's biggest firms By Top 20 management teams 1 Samsung Electronics (South Korea) 2. Sing Tel (Spore) 3. Hang Seng Bank (Hong Kong) 4. Telkom (Indonesia) 5. China Mobile (HK) (Hong Kong) 6
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      • 383 35  -  Lee Su Shyan By Companies Orrespotuient UNHAPPY shareholders yesterday tried to block a move by mainboard-listed Asia Food Properties (AFP) to sell an agricultural business to subsidiary Golden Agri- Resources but the deal received the thumbs up eventually anyway. Around 60
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        • 241 35  -  AZRIN ASMANI AN EXECUTIVE director of Brilliant Manufacturing has tapped the open market to raise his stake m the firm as the stock languishes near 12-month lows. Mr Koh Swee Yong bought 500,000 shares on Wednesday to raise his interest from 12.47 per cent
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      • 279 35  -  Joyce Teo By SINGAMAS Container Holdings wants to delist its shares from the Singapore Exchange (SGX). citing very low trading volumes here over the past five years compared to Hong Kong where its shares are also listed. The company, which
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      • 684 35  -  Azrin Asmani TAKING STOCK »V IHI roller coaster was up and running esterday as investors continued to take profits before a late buying spree m oversold counters revved up the market again. W t tmm to be at the tail-end of the
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      • 739 36  -  Erica Tay Republic gains with scrapping of textile quotas as it is close to region's factories By On the fashion scene Besides Royal Mars, other firms with garment buying operations here include Levi Strauss, Macy's and Gap. The scrapping of a
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      • 210 36  -  KELVIN WONG FIVE-YEAR ENDOWMENT HSBC Insurance has launched the first Islamic endowment plan here that guarantees the principal sum invested. But there is a catch the five-year Takaful Saver plan is structured to offer 100 per cent capital protection only from the beginning of
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        259 2  -  Clara Chow ARTS REPORTER SINGAPORE'S five-year-old fair for contemporary Asian art, ARTSingapore, scpred its biggest hit to date with $3 million m total sales this year, up from $2 million last year. The fair, which ran over five days at the Suntec convention centre, ended last Monday. In
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      • 192 2 NEW YORK The Simple Life (above) is over at least on Fox. The network said it has cancelled the Paris Hilton-Nicole Richie reality series after the show's two stars proved no longer compatible. The feuding ex-friends will not return for a fourth season. Fox said
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      • 144 2 LOS ANGELES The colourful life of lan Fleming, the British author who created secret agent James Bond, modelling 007 m part on himself, may soon become a movie. Warner Bros has agreed to back the film, titled Fleming, from a screenplay by writer Damian Stevenson and produced by
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      • 147 2 LOS ANGELES Tom Cruise has been given a lashing by his would-be father-in-law. Martin Holmes, father of fiancee Katie Holmes, was "very upset" that his unmarried daughter is pregnant and got into a spat with her. Life Style Weekly reported. "Tom had promised her parents
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      • 109 2 NEW YORK The memoirs of Eric Clapton (above), a story that has been one of the mostsought manuscripts m publishing, will be released by Doubleday m 2007. Financial terms were not disclosed, although the rock guitarist was widely believed to be seeking a multi-million-dollar contract
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      • 733 3  -  Wong Ah Yoke Olio Suntec Fountain offers good value for money m stylish comfort while the no-frills Ricciotti serves up fancy fare IF YOU have been wondering what has happened to Olio Dome, it's still very much alive. Despite having to move out of Wheelock Place a
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      1044 4  -  Krtstina Tom Amid protests over this year's Booker shortlist, John Banyille's win is a great surprise to most, including the author himself 'One judge was on record as "loathing* the novel' Professor John Sutherland, chairman of the panel of five judges, who cast the deciding vote for BanviHe s
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    • 544 5  -  Kristina Tom BANVILLE'S Booker Prizewinning novel is beautiful, compelling and strange but, honestly, this reviewer barely had the patience to get through the meandering story. Admittedly, the story is not the author's main concern, so traditional characteristics of the novel such as, say, plot are not among
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    • 348 6  -  Tay Suan Chiang The Singapore Sogetsu Association celebrates its 39th anniversary today with demonstrations by top teachers FLOWERS, naturally, are the star attraction m ikebana. the Japanese art of floral arrangement. But followers of the Sogetsu style are free to use anything, including plastic sheets, kettles and
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      448 6  -  Clara Chow THEATRE TWISTED/The Finger Players Esplanade Theatre Studio/Wednesday By ARTS REPORTER THERE is a simple, philosophical beauty m this puppet show driven by surreal and, at times, disturbing images. From its Kafka-esque opening using shadowplay and cut-outs to evoke a computer game-like cityscape --to its adorably
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      • 85 7 I REFER to Pradeep Paul's story (The Doctor Is Hooked On Speed, Life!, Oct 10). Since MotoGP started, it has rarely been featured m the sports pages. The recent MotoGP event in Sepang in Malaysia was not covered. In contrast, sports like football and Fl
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      • 206 7 I REFER to Peter Khoo's column (Six Of The Bre.tM 1 ife'. Oct 12) on breastfeeding and also ihe (iolden Bo* project. It is heartwarming to read of more enlightened people like him and his wife. That's the reason that (iolden Bow existed
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      • 289 7 BREASTFEEDINCi comes with a multitude of benefits, and should he encouraged whenever possible Hut. I am disturbed by the zeal that it is promoted, however well meaning this may be. When my wife and I were expecting our lirst child, we had very clear ideas
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      • 282 7 I WOULD like to applaud the nurses and mothers who hive tirelessly encouraged other new mothers to breastfeed. It is so encouraging to know that nine out of 10 new Mums choose to breastfeed these days. Thirteen years ago. I breastfed my son until he
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      • 299 8 I \i\ F'F.R to Jill Alphonsi^'s review of Michael Buble's concert here (Flirting With The Master. Life!. Od 12) Much has been said about his penchant for doing covers, but this is not ncu. especially m |aa Other renowned artistes who have done
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      • 219 8 I REFER to Frankie Chee's travel story (Right On Track, Life!,Oct 11). He wrote that you can buy Japan Rail passes at Takashimaya department store and DFS m Scotts Road. Actually, it is the tour agency JTB (Japanese Travel Bureau) that has an outlet m both
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      • 100 8 I REFER to the Hey. Good-Looking column (Urban, Oct 6). I am pleased to know that Ms Sharon Sim was featured wearing a dress and shoes that were inexpensive ($39.90 and $29 respectively). I share her belief that "cheap can be good". What's needed to
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      • 192 8 I REFER to Joseph Wong's letter (Going By Instinct, Life!, Oct 7). Just because animals do not think, reason or feel m the same way as humans do. does not mean that they are incapable of such emotions. The Pavlovian theory of conditioning as opposed to
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        506 9  -  Jill Alphonso The School Of Rock finalists will be back on stage to showcase more of their original works MUSIC REPORTER PHOTOS: EVER since winning The Straits Times School Of Rock in July, punk-pop trio 3dashl have been busv writing original songs for their debut album, which is
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        477 10  -  Samuel Lee asianpop IF NOT for the reshuffles m the Singapore office of Warner Music over the past few months, its marketing machinery would certainly have made more noise m the run-up to the release of Stefanie Sun's latest album. After all, the Singapore songbird is one of
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        779 11  -  Yeow Kai Chai soundbites Album of the week FRONTMAN Gruff Rhys says the band named their seventh album after horror writer H. P. Lovecraft but fear not. this isn't a macabre love letter to all the night creatures and shenanigans in which they dabble. Rather, this is
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      • 85 11 THE must-have CDs of the last few weeks: YOU COULD HAVE IT SO MUCH BETTER Franz Ferdinand Domino A thrilling punk-pop instant classic from Scotland's most garlanded LEADERS OF THE FREE WORLD Elbow V 2 Intimate epics for the Everyman CRIPPLE CROW Devendra Banhart XL Recordings The nu-folk star's
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      • 441 12  -  Ng Hui Hui Taiwanese rockers Mayday are ready to assume the rock crown and reward their loyal Singaporean subjects MEDIA REPORTER TAIWANESE rock band Mayday mean it when they say they love their Singaporean fans. Besides making the country the first stop on promotional trips,
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      • 614 13  -  S.Y. Whang Charlie Haden and his Liberation Music Orchestra make great music... and some strong political statements Jazz FOLLOWING the departures of Ray Brown and Percy Heath. Charlie Haden is one ot ihe elder statesmen among today's jazz bassists. Back m ihe late *****,
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      • 473 14  -  Sujin Thomas Singaporean death metal band Rudra has created a new genre: vedic metal bandalert Who: Singer-bassist Kathir, 32, a technical executive; guitarist Kannan, 31, an electrical engineer; guitarist Selvam, 30, a customer service executive; and drummer Shiva, 32, an administrative executive. The band incorporates Indian mythology
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        505 15 John Galliano's fashion show embraced models with a difference PARIS At John Galliano's spring runway show over the weekend, it was difficult to gauge whether the audience responded most raucously to the obese lady m the black strapless gown or the midget m the pale pink jacket with
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        240 20 NO WEDDING BELLE: Actress Charlize Theron arrives for the premiere of her new film, North Country, with her actor boyfriend Stuart Town send m Hollywood on Monday. Theron, 30, told syndicated TV show Access Hollywood that she is committed to Townsend, but has ruled out marriage. "Cm
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        118 20 HONG KONG Taiwanese model Chiling Lin (left) is returning to work, three months after she fell off a horse and injured herself. On Wednesday, she appeared for the first time m public since the accident and satd she would return to work next month. There had been
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        140 20 NEW YORK A hunt for fugitive paedophiles launched by American talk show queen Oprah Winfrey (left) has reaped immediate results. Her Oprah's Child Predator Watch List, featuring some of the FBl's most-wanted sex offenders, was launched last week. Within 48 hours, federal agents picked up one offender following
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      • 146 20 FULLERTON (California) A photographer pleaded innocent on Wednesday to six misdemeanour charges alleging that he struck a five-year-old girl with his camera, and shoved two amusement-park employees out of the way to take pictures of actress Reese Witherspoon. Todd Wallace, 44, faces charges of battery, false imprisonment and
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      • 79 20 HONOLULU Actor Josh Holloway (left) and his wife were reportedly robbed at gunpoint m their home. There was no indication that the robber recognised the 36-year-old actor, who plays hunky con man Sawyer on the ABC castaway drama Lost, TV station Khon reported. The robber roused the
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