The Straits Times, 17 October 2005

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    24 1 THE STRAITS TIMES 68 PAGES IN FOUR PARTS MICA (P) 093/03/2005 MONDAY, OCTOBER 17 2005 *STa SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION ESTABLISHED 1845 80 CENTS
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    Lock icon Singapore team produces early alert cancer test
    477 1  - Singapore team produces early alert cancer test Natalie Soh Breakthrough kit warns of disease years before tumour appears By "Think of it as shutting down your body's innate surveillance system." LEAD RESEARCHER MASAFUMI INOUE, on the body losing its ability to prevent tumour formation A RESEARCH team here has developed
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    Lock icon Militants strike temple, 11 killed in attacks in Thai south
    647 1  - Militants strike temple, 1 1 killed in attacks in Thai south Nirmal Ghosh By Thailand Correspondent In Bangkok MILITANTS m the southern Thai province of Pattani attacked a Buddhist temple yesterday, hacking a 76-year-old monk to death, shooting two teenage helpers and setting fire to the bodies as well as
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    Lock icon Art is now China's expensive new hobby
    226 1  -  Clarissa Oon UPFRONT By urns In Beijing THEIR Maseratis and BMWs parked outside, several Chinese entrepreneurs are busy m a 600--year-old watchtower, eyeing a delicate watercolour of a corpulent, ruddy-cheeked female model m her underwear. If they like what they see, some serious
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  • UPFRONT
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      Lock icon Art is now China's expensive new hobby
      879 2 > > CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE HM m the Wist Mr Hum Wallace, the Australia! director of Red liak- Gallery, told The SStruts. uts Times "These collectors were previously preoccupied with other things, hke making money, buying homes and getting their kids through
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    • IN A FLASH
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        38 2 Bigger role for Asia Asia is poised for greater say m governing the International Monetary Fund and World Bank. PAGE 8 Tracking happiness Thailandwill have a new "happiness" index to show its state of affairs. PAGE 12
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        40 2 Iraq voters turn up Iraq's Constitution appears assured of passage despite strong opposition from Sunnis PAGE 14 High alert for bird flu Not forgetting the Sars scare, the world's airlines are on a special bird flu alert. PAGE 15
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        55 2 Eyes on the ball Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho says England can win the World Cup but warned his players to focus on the Premiership title. PAGEH9 No easy win Michelle Wie, five strokes behind leader Annika Sorenstam m the Samsung World Championship, will have to work for her first
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        34 2 Unrealistic time frame More time should be given for the PSLE maths paper, says one reader. PAGE H8 Facing terrorism Educate the public to respond to terrorist attacks, says a reader. PAGE H8
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        25 2 Banking on TV Singapore will get a $34 million boost to produce content for a technology being touted as "the future of television". PAGEHIB
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        27 2 The new gender gap With women as better students than men, it's becoming their world and it's time to help the men keep up. PAGE 19
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        47 2 Noise problem A resident of a condo next to an MRT Circle Line construction site is suing the main contractor for making too much noise. PAGE HI Call for help MPs want more help for those hampered by ethnic quotas m selling their flats. PAGE H2
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        Lock icon WHAT IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN
        60 2 ln our report on Sept 21, "Singapore, China ink five agreements", we stated that Singapore and China will boost the capital of Shanghai Zhongxin Technology Company to 50 billion yuan (5510.4 billion) from 10 billion yuan. The figures should have read 50 million yuan and
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      140 2 SECTION ONE Prime 3-4 Asia 6-13 World 14-18 Review 19-21 FYI 22 SECTION TWO Home Hl-H7 Forum H8 Sports H9-Hl2 Obituaries Hl3 Money Hl4-HlB UFE! People L2-L7.L10 Events TV LB-L9 mW K^7%\z___H *a a\v*^l B^^^C\oUN m\ j \^m*^^^ V*\* _#^.tf\ nS\^° aaaa. m __L "aTmW Lose that spare tyre. If
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  • PRIME
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      Lock icon NDP takes to the seas on floating stage in Marina Bay
      627 3  -  Marc Lim It will be centrepiece of 30,000-seat facility to be used for 2007 waterfront spectacle By A NATIONAL Day Parade on water Singaporeans will be treated to a waterfront spectacle m 2007, when the annual parade takes to
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      Lock icon Baby girl rescued 8 days after quake
      297 3 Balakot (Pakistan) RESCUERS on Sunday pulled a little girl from the rubble of her home eight days after an earthquake killed tens of thousands of people, the military said. Major-General Shaukat Sultan, the chief army spokesman, said soldiers found the polio-stricken girl m
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      Lock icon Spike in number of teens with sex infections
      382 4  -  Mardlana Ismail \u MERE has been a dramatic increase m the number ol young people hit by sexuallytransmitted infections. I igures trom the government-run DSC Clinic show those aged 10 to 19 now form 6 per cent ol all sexually-transmitted infections (STls)
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      107 4 JUST throw this ball to put out a blaze with a bang. When thrown into a fire, it goes off with a bang, releasing a powdered substance to bury the flames. It's lighter than a fire extinguisher and doesn't need any special training for use. A total
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      Lock icon TTSH acts on long wait time and overcrowding
      552 4  -  Salma Khali k Average waiting time for beds falls from three hours to 1 l 2 hours for C-class By By Health Correspondent OVERCROWDING at Tan Tock Seng Hospital, which ended up having to send patients to other hospitals, has been cut
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      254 4 Safeguarding intellectual property^ CEOs speak out on how the stronger legislation and enforcement of anti-piracy laws are affecting the way their companies conduct business NKF, SATA, SAVH, and now Orphanage is latest charity to make the wrong headlines. Investigation into "financial irregularities" at... Iffiyrll apex-mba X^^^^^^^^^^mM^^Litkimmm^K^iilMiammmmmm^m^^ English ||A|u^ c among
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  • ASIA
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      Lock icon Railway at the top of the world
      609 6 China completes rail line to Tibet as part of efforts to develop region >► About 80 per cent of the 1,956 km line linking Lhasa to the city of Xining m the western province of Qinghai lies above 4,000 m. The track crosses
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      252 6 Land of true smiles Thailand will launch a happiness index to assess issues such as income, debt and crime, which GDP fails to reflect. PAGE 12 JL a Jr \f y w Get 21 discount a further 21 off. Plus 21 FREE treatments!* We're celebrating 21 successful years of helping
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  • CHINA
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      Lock icon China ready to welcome its spacecraft home
      407 7 China ready to welcome its spacecraft home Copters, rescue teams waiting m Inner Mongolia for Shenzhou's descent Bfijing CHINA has scrambled helicopters, rescue teams and medics to a northern grassland area to prepare for the return of its Shenzhou VI spacecraft, expected to touch down early today, state media reported.
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      Lock icon Health checks after landing
      108 7 AS SOON as the Shenzhou Vl's re-entry capsule touches ground, medical staff at the site will open the hatch, assess whether the astronauts need treatment and help them walk out on their own if they are up to it. The astronauts will undergo 40 minutes of
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      Lock icon Taipei steel mill chief gives up bonus, quits
      270 7 Taipei THE head of Taiwan's state-controlled steel mill has resigned and has offered to give up his large bonus valued at NT44 million (552.2 million) after opposition politicians questioned whether a government appointee deserved such a large company payoff. Mr Lin Wen-yuan,
      ASSOCIATED PRESS; REUTERS  -  270 words
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      Lock icon Plan to fly Taiwan flag on skyscraper halted
      176 7 I'AIPF.I TAIPEI Mayor Ma Ying-jeou has postponed plans to fly a large Taiwanese flag atop the city's 508 m skyscraper the world's tallest building to help raise the visibility of the diplomatically isolated island. The plans called for putting a flag at
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      Lock icon Asia set to benefit from IMF reform
      477 8  -  Chi-Chu Tschang More clout for China and India as G-20 agrees to revision of global institutions By China orresfxmdent In Xianghe (China) ASIA is poised for a greater say m governing the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank after the Group of
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      Lock icon China 'committed to financial deregulation'
      314 8 Beijing US TREASURY Secretary John Snow said yesterday that China was genuinely committed to prising open its heavily regulated financial markets as a means of accelerating its startling economic rise. Speaking after the first session of annual Sino-US economic talks, he said his high-level delegation,
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        Lock icon U.S. BASES IN JAPAN 'TO BE SHIFTED'
        127 8 TOKYO: The United States and Japan have reached a basic agreement on relocating two US military bases on the southern island of Okinawa, a newspaper reported yesterday. The US military presence at the Naha Naval Port m Naha and the Makiminato Service Area
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        Lock icon ACEH REBELS MISS TARGET
        104 8 BANDA ACEH: The second phase of disarmament m Indonesia's Aceh province has been extended after rebels failed to hit the target. "We had scheduled the second phase of the disarmament to end within three days, but we will now extend it into the coming week," Mr
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        Lock icon LOWER THERMOSTATS, HOTELS TOLD
        53 8 BEIJING: Beijing's city government has told the managements of public buildings to set their thermostats low this winter to save energy. Hotels should aim for 20 to 22 deg C while shopping malls and offices should not be warmer than 18 deg C, the Xinhua news
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        63 8 HYDERABAD: Indian President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam warned on Saturday that a free Google mapping program could provide terrorists with satellite pictures of potential targets. Some satellite images on the Google Earth website, launched m June, have very high resolution. Some show sensitive locations m various
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  • EAST ASIA
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      Lock icon China open for talks on Japan's UN bid
      366 9 Call for deeper exchanges amid fence-mending trips by Tokyo Tokyo CHINA has said it hopes to hold talks with Japan to resolve a dispute over Tokyo's bid for a permanent seat on the United Nations Security Council. Beijing has been among the
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      Lock icon North Korean mass games proving a cash cow for regime
      300 9 Pyongyang IT MAY be set m the socialist workers' paradise of North Korea, but the country's mass games spectacle is more than a display of collective discipline and military might. It also has a commercial imperative. The nightly 80-minute performance
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      Lock icon Majority in Japan would back woman on throne
      213 9 Tokyo A RECORD number of Japanese want a law on imperial succession changed to allow a woman to ascend the throne, a poll has shown. The survey showed 84 per cent of respondents approved the idea that an empress could rule Japan,
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      Lock icon Train services hit after quake shakes Tokyo
      329 9 Tokyo A MODERATE earthquake jolted Tokyo and nearby areas yesterday, causing bullet train services north of the capital to be suspended temporarily But there were no immediate reports of damage and casualties. Japan's Meteorological Agency said the quake had a preliminary magnitude of
      REUTERS; ASSOCIATED PRESS; AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE  -  329 words
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      Lock icon BEST ROCK 'N' ROLL SEAT IN THE HOUSE
      85 9 The baby m the sedan chair takes this daring stunt just sitting pretty as the Japanese raftsmen who carry him show off their log-rolling skills. The occasion was a festival m Tokyo yesterday when the raftsmen known as "kawanami" displayed traditional craft
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  • INDIA/SOUTH ASIA
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      Lock icon Copter crashes during rescue operation
      266 10 Isi wi \M\D PAKISTAN] helicopter crashed during a rescue operation m Kash nur. killing si\ soldiers on board just as the country needed its tull fleet of helicopters to cope with its worst di saster, the military said yesterday. "There weie six people on bond
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      Lock icon SCDF, S'pore Red Cross help treat 204 victims
      138 10  -  Arthur Poon By THE Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) and the Singapore Red Cross have treated 204 patients since their arrival at Muzzafarabad. one of the worst-hit areas m the Pakistan quake, last Friday. The SCDF overseas rescue contingent has been assisting
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      Lock icon Scenic spots in Kashmir unscathed by quake
      616 10  - Scenic spots in Kashmir unscathed by quake P. Jayaram Industry breathes sigh of relief as tourism was just starting to recover after years of violence By India Correspondent In Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir) THE quake that devastated Kashmir will not affect tourism on the Indian side of the scenic Himalayan
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      Lock icon Minister's Political fate rests on Bihar elections
      643 11  - Minister's Political fate rests on Bihar elections Ravi Velloor Railways Minister Yadav, a key figure m government, could lose 1 5-year grip on the state By India Bureau Chief New Delhi MR LA LOO Yadav, dubbed the "clown prince" of Indian politics, faces the danger of losing his 1 3
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      Lock icon India's gold demand helping push prices higher
      171 11 India's gold demand helping push prices higher New Delhi INDIAN households are on a record gold-buying spree as oil price-driven inflation threatens to wipe out savings from rising incomes m one of the world's fast-est-growing economies. Gold consumption m India, the world's largest market for the precious metal, has shot
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      Lock icon Outsourcing firms eye legal services market
      236 11 New Delhi A GROWING pool of lawyers is being tapped to provide paralegal services for American customers as a new frontier opens for India's booming outsourcing sector. Indian companies are offering trained lawyers using legal databases such as Westlaw and Lexis/Nexis to provide law
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  • SOUTH-EAST ASIA
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      Lock icon Thailand starts work on national happiness index
      466 12  -  Nirmal Ghosh Official says GDP alone fails to reflect key aspects of public's well-being Hy Ihailand orrcspondenl In Bangkok THAILAND will soon introduce a new Gross National Happiness (GNH) index to more accurately reflect the national state of affairs. National Economic and Social
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      Lock icon Aceh reconstruction too slow, says UN
      270 12 Calang (Indonesia) RECONSTRUCTION m Indonesia's Aceh province is moving too slowly nearly 10 months after a killer tsunami struck, a top UN official said yesterday. Mr Jan Egeland, the United Nations chief emergency relief coordinator, said there was not enough coordination between aid groups.
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      Lock icon Manhunt in Bali's Muslim areas for two terror suspects
      379 12 Jakarta INDONESIAN police were combing predominantly Muslim residential areas m Bali m search of two men suspected of having planned "chaos" ahead of the third anniversary of the 2002 Bali bombings, a report said yesterday. The majority of Bali's population is
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  • MALAYSIA
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      Lock icon Convicted minister 'likely to resign today'
      488 13  - Convicted minister 'likely to resign today' Reme Ahmad Found guilty of corruption by Umno, Tan Sri Isa Samad has outstayed welcome at Cabinet By Malaysia Bureau Chief In Kuai-A Lumpur AFTER a week filled with increasing tension and speculation. Federal Territories Minister Tan Sri Isa Samad is at last expected
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      Lock icon KL to Bangkok: Be mature about boycott
      266 13 KL to Bangkok: Be mature about boycott Kualj* Lumpur MALAYSIA has called on Thailand to be "ma- mv over a boycott of Thai goods by Malaysian activists, suggesting that Bangkok has overreactI report said yesterday. Thai leaders reportedly slammed the boycott of two Thai products and a rally earlier this
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      Lock icon Thai arrested for butchering Malayan tiger
      264 13 Kuala Lumpur MALAYSIAN police have detained a Thai man after finding the butchered remains of an endangered Malayan tiger m his home m Kelantan, reports said on Saturday. The tiger, which weighed 150 kg and was between five and six years old, had been
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon Iraqi headed for 'yes' vote
      752 14 Iraqi headed for 'yes' vote Turnout high, even among Sunnis, who are voting m a bid to stop its passage SUNNI AND SHI'ITES TOGETHER "The government cannot just sew together an outfit and dress the people up by force. We do not see ourselves or see our future m this
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      Lock icon US and UN praise peaceful voting in Iraq
      391 14 Washington THE Bush administration celebrated a relatively violencefree day of voting m Iraq as officials awaited word on whether the results would mark progress on the path towards democracy and the return home of US troops. US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice
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      Lock icon World's airlines on special bird flu alert
      479 15 After being hit by Sars, carriers don't want to be caught off-guard again Paris WITH a potentially lethal bird flu virus causing worldwide anxiety as it spreads from Asia to Europe, the world's airlines have gone on special alert while cautioning against overreaction.
      AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE; ASSOCIATED PRESS; AFP  -  479 words
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      Lock icon Circumcision cuts Aids risk, says study
      188 15 Circumcision cuts Aids risk, says study New York BEING circumcised reduces the risk of HIV infection m men by more than 65 per cent, according to a new South African study. If the results are confirmed by two similar studies m progress, circumcision may offer a way to curb the
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    • WORLD QUICKLY
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        Lock icon LONDON'S TOP COP 'MAY QUIT SOON'
        95 15 LONDON: London's Police Commissioner lan Blair has admitted that he may soon be forced to resign over the shooting of an innocent Brazilian man on the Tube. The Sunday Times reported him as telling a private gathering of business leaders and officials last week
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        Lock icon AUSTRALIA TO DOUBLE NUMBER OF SPIES
        84 15 SYDNEY: Australia's main spy agency will double its staff numbers by 2010 m response to the threat of a home-grown terrorist attack, Prime Minister John Howard said yesterday. He said the staff level at the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation would rise from 980 to
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        Lock icon SEX WITH TRAFFICKED WOMEN 'RAPE'
        76 15 LONDON: Men who pay for sex with women who have been trafficked into the sex trade could be prosecuted for rape, a British government minister said. "Whenever a man knowingly has sex with a woman against her will, that is rape," Junior Home Office Minister
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        76 15 LONDON: Shunned by most diners m Britain, British porcine offals could soon be served up to China after Beijing gave the meat a clean bill of health. The British Pig Executive, comprising leading individuals across the pork industry, is negotiating with Chinese officials
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      301 15 London BRITISH lawmakers would be evacuated to a stately home outside London m the event of a "catastrophic" terrorist attack on the capital, a newspaper reported yesterday, citing leaked plans. Under Operation Delta, all members of the upper and lower chambers,
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      823 16  - Another Bush loss in propaganda war Jonathan Eyal ■NEWS ANALYSIS White House lay idle as storm loomed m Muslim world over his 'divine revelations' By Strait.'. Tim* I Bureau In London GOD is, apparently, m direct communication with US President George VV. Bush. Or at least that is what some
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        220 17 OSCAR winner Roberto Benigni treated Italians watching Saturday's prune -time news show to an impromptu striptease to mark the release ni Ins new movie about the 2001 war m Iraq. lhe actor left the newscaster on Italy's most watched evening news programme. T(it. open-mouthed
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        108 17 MS JUDITH Miller, the New York Times reporter who went to jail for protecting a confidential source, has presented an award to perhaps the most famous confidential source. The California First Amendment Coalition award went to ex-FBI associate director Mark Felt, 92, the man known as "Deep
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        73 17 THE Brunei Sultan gave his coffers a small boost recently by selling his Auckland houses m New Zealand's biggest residential real estate deal. The 11 houses Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah had owned for nine years m the upmarket Heme Bay suburb were sold m July for
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        169 18 'INDONESIA WHAT IT IS INDONESIAN President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono marks a year m office this week. No major celebration is planned for Thursday, a year »t tor he was sworn m as Indonesia's sixth president following a landslide victory over incumbent Megawati Sukarnoputri
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        125 18  -  ROGER MITTON Rumsfeld to visit China WHAT IT IS US SECRETARY of Defence Donald Rumsfeld will begin an official trip to China tomorrow, his first since he was appointed Pentagon boss m 2001. Mr Rumsfeld is expected to meet his Chinese counterpart Cao Gangchuan as well as other senior
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        135 18 Saddam trial to open WHAT IT IS FORMER Iraqi president Saddam Hussein is to stand trial in a Baghdad courtroom on Wednesday for a 1982 massacre. While Saddam has been accused of a litany of human rights abuses, this trial is limited to the murder of 143 Shi'ites that
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        136 18  -  RAVI VELLOOR State poll a test for minister WHAT IT IS INDIA'S Bihar state is holding an election tomorrow to elect a new state legislature. Powerful regional allies of the two national parties Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party are leading the campaign. The poll will be held m
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      282 16 I I \^^^^m L ."^^^^^j TOO HOT TO HANDLE? LASALLE-SIA CoUege of the Arts is the first m Singapore to offer its own 46 Degrees m practice-based Arte and Design. This wide range of specialist Degree programmes has sparked many professional careers m the creative industries. Coupled with a luminous
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      324 18 MONDAY BERLIN: Christian Democratic Union and Social Democratic Party start talks on a joint political platform. »TERENGGANU: Thai Premier's adviser Wan Mohammad Noor Matha meets Malaysian Premier Abdullah Badawi to secure return of 131 Thai Muslims. WASHINGTON: US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice signs pact with Indian Minister of State
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      402 19 MOBILE phone users have managed without true num her portability for so long they have heen une.xcitcd while the industry regulator and teleos figured out a solution which every party could support. But being ahle to keep a number whichever service provider one migrates to
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      1498 19  -  Frank Lavin By IN MANY respects, the fundamentals of foreign policy are valid regardless of the particular era. The need for stability based on a balance of power, for example, is a precondition for peace first noted by Thucydides. The logic of deterrence based on
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      2215 21  -  Alec Stephenson By For The Straits Times THE BOTTOM LINE The more money you gamble, the more money you can expect to lose I \sINOS exist to make profits, they do so from patrons who place bets on various games that are offered. Yet
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      222 19 House mles The more money you gamble at a casino, the more money you can expect to lose. PAGE 21 THE STRAITS TIMES SINGAPORI PRESS HOLDINGS, \lA\s i i ri;. 1000Toa P&yoh North. hKiium li-\H 2.*****4 SIIVIIHV 11\ I http siraitstimes.asial.com.sg sl'H hu-t I xecutive (Mfker Executive Vice-President Alan (.han
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      271 20 More Singaporeans Leaving Comfort Zone More Singaporeans are taking up MBA, freelancing or starting their own businesses. This is a phenomenon arising from the fact that "iron rice bowl" no longer exists. But beyond earning better income, many have yearned to do something that they enjoy. Training has since become
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      61 22 Singapore today Fcirtly cloudy Showers with thunder m the afternoon over many areas. ""<________________________' airfare to Melbourne: $1,100 m%*^m^^ two nights accommodation: $600 Great Ocean road trip: $250 i din H|f> r your loved one they're coming too: priceless /*mWL\^mm. -^*******************m y*m j^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^a *W^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^*\* JJ ___________§> *orr AmW\ there are
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      183 22 Use your MasterCard to get a free companion ticket to Melbourne on British Airways. Now you can take your world with you when you travel from Singapore to Melbourne. Just use your MasterCard to pay for your British Airways First Class, Club World Business Class, World Traveller Plus or World
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      47 22 DIGITAL UFE TURNS 1 Digital Life celebrates first anniversary with a 64-page issue plus charity auction IN HOME DEBATE ROLLS ON Draft casino laws posted online for public feedback IN HOME POPS IS TOPS B_____L Maestro Erich Kunzel brings his classical pop here this month IN LIFE!
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      272 22 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 PowerGrid (to report power failure) 1800-778-8868 6778-8888 City Gas (to report gas supply interruption, low pressure and leakage) 1800-752-1800 Transport lines City Cab 6552-2222 Comfort CaUink 6552-1111
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      291 22 5 THINGS YOU CAN DO TODAY IWear a Breast Cancer Foundation pink ribbon pin to raise awareness of breast cancer. You can buy the pins for a minimum of $2 at Courts, Bossini, Delifrance, Wacoal counters and other retailers. Call 6352-6560 for more information. 2 Learn more about three Muslims'
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      55 1 Award for top researcher Sir David Lane, who heads the Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology here, wins an international award for his work on cancer. PAGE H4 m^^ mmmmmmmmM ***mmmm M «*^^^fttKJfff^ ..mAAmmmmmffmi J^^»^ M^/ T J mm*** maa* m,*tj* W\ L^ T f *^E*jtf i*£J* maa^mmmmmmmmmmmm W^ffj^f ***\a
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      8 1 HOME THE STRAITS TIMES MONDAY OCTOBER 17, 2005
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      699 1  -  Goh Chin Lian Condo resident is suing MRT Circle Line site contractor for making too much noise Woman claims firm has created a nuisance, affecting family's sleep and health By Fined $2,000 last year Last year, the Land Transport Authority (LTA) and Japanese firm Sato Kogyo had to
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      262 1 SECONDARY school student Sudhasaki Raman was worried that the roads at an MRT Circle Line construction site next to her home would collapse. She also thought it would add to the dust and noise, and had heard that the disturbance would lower the
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      367 2  -  K.C. Vijayan MISSING SINGAPOREAN BYI THE tattooed body of a 51-year-old SingaCorean was found washed up on a Johor each last Friday. This was four days after Malaysian police found an abandoned car with the man's passport inside last Monday night. Mr Koh Chee Seng's
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      801 2  - Help owners who can't sell flat due to race quota, say MPs Tan Hui Yee Give grants or buy back units from affected owners, some of them suggest By New units affected THE ethnic quota requirements have hampered the sale of new flats too. The Housing Board revealed on Wednesday
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      390 2  -  Melissa Sim B\ AFTER four years with the Girl Guides, Miss Joanne Li, 19, wanted a more challenging co-curricular activity and decided to join the Scouts. Last Saturday, just two years after she did so, the Temasek Polytechnic student was given The
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      468 3  -  Zakir Hussain He says it will help S'poreans tackle municipal and national issues Bn PUNGGOL and Sengkang ma> be now housing estates, but residents there are already starting to build a sense ot community esterday, despite the pouring rain, they turned out
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      327 3  -  K.C. VIJAYAN Hy IT MAY look like a street soccer ball but 81-year-old Madam Law Ah Shek. who lives alone, cannot be expected to kick it between goal posts. No, she is to use it only if there is a fire m
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      949 4 >> Sir David Lane Position: Head of Singapore's Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology Award: Sergio Lombroso prize Some big names m science here have been recognised for their work with international awards. Natalie Soh and Chang Ai-Lien take a look at two recent award winners
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      55 4 No. of dengue cases reported for Oct 16: 12 Seven-day daily average (Oct 10 to Oct 16): 56 No. of dengue cases admitted to public hospitals on Oct 15: 45 No. of beds taken up by dengue cases on Oct 15: 173 Some symptoms: Fever, intense headache, loss
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      515 4  -  Khushwant Singh By MORE travellers are returning with complaints about their tours and turning to the Consumers Association of Singapore (Case) for redress. While the numbers holidaying abroad have remained largely the same, Case received 735 complaints about tour operators last year
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      309 4  -  Leung Wai -Leng By! THE cybergaming world was rocked by a cheating scandal yesterday. In a last-minute twist at the finals of the Counter Strike tournament at the Singapore stop of the Cyberathlete Professional League (CPL) world tour, China's top-ranked team, wNv, was discovered to have
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      148 4 Man, 67, is 4th dengue victim A 67-YEAR-OLD man has become the 14th dengue victim this year. Another 12 infections were reported yesterday, bringing the total so far this year to 12,343 and exceeding the 9,459 recorded for all of last year. The latest victim died from a bleeding gastric
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      499 5  - German teen initiates school exchange scheme Liaw Wy-Cin But most students here want schools to do the organising By JENNIFER Knitters mdM W*t* good enough to get her into university a year ahead of her peers. But the German student, 17, decided to spend half a year studying at Singapore
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      519 5  -  Yen Feng By NORMAL (Technical) students are taking their lessons out of the classroom and directly into companies. Shops, hairdressing salons and bakeries are just a few of the new places where they are gaining hands-on experience and confidence, and learning about
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        378 6  -  Mardiana Ismail Every month, we take a look at the firsts m a youngster's life m this case, hostel living By WHEN Loo Zihan, 22, moved out of his parents' home four months ago, he was thrilled. His hostel room was a stone's throw
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        320 7  -  Alicia Zhuang Hv FOUR years ago. I was studying tor an exam when something on IV made me teel so sick that I could not focus anymore. It was Sept li. 2001, and two planes with hundreds of passengers on board had been flown into
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        260 7  -  Mazuin Khamis By IT REALLY irritates me when people talk and write passionately about the recent spate of natural tragedies but do nothing to help. What is the point of "feeling so deeply for others" if it does not spur us into action? Talk is good,
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        335 7  -  Edward Choy By THE scenes of utter devastation coming out of Pakistan and India have been heart-wrench-ing. People crushed to death m their homes and at work, and students buried alive m their classrooms deeply disturbing for me and some of my friends. But
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        594 8 PSLE MATHEMATICS PAPER I Xl PER to the letter by Mrs Charil Mun. "Two marks for invalid question not way to §*r (ST. bd 13) I acree the major problem I aeed by most pupils sitting for the Primary School Leaving hxamination
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          629 8 I REFER to the exchange of letters on the generosity or gullibility of Singaporeans. Although I do not know Associate Professor Lee Wei Ling and am not a neurosurgeon, I am inclined to agree the surgery for the Nepalese twins here was a
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          166 8 I REFER to the letter by Associate Professor Lee Wei Ling, "Nepalese twins: A tale of misplaced sympathy" (ST, Oct 8). Prof Lee was giving her personal view on the propensity of the press to sensationalise and the gullibility of Singaporeans. I agree with her.
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        319 8 DESPITE the many government initiatives to cut bureaucracy and improve customer service, there is still a long way to go for the Singapore Police Force (SPF), Singapore Quality Award winner or not. Here is my first-hand experience ot SPF customer service To drive
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        335 8 MANY parents have expressed concern over the mistake m the recent Primary School Leaving Examination mathematics paper. Some even wrote to The Straits Times to express their dissatisfaction. It might be pertinent to note that mistakes have occurred and will still occur m any
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        378 8 I REFER to the article "Security: Jaya gets first-hand feel" (ST, Oct 7). It is good that we have been boosting our defences and there will be simulated bombings m up to four MRT stations over the next two months to prepare people. Commuters will
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          86 8 MY 92-YEAR-OLD mother. Madam Mary Tan, was admitted to Alexandra Hospital Ward 3 a number of times m the past few months. Unfortunately, she succumbed to illness due to her age. I would like to thank Dr Yap Keng Bee, and his team of doctors,
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          121 8 CHONG Boon Secondary School is located next to Pathlight School, the first autism-fo-cused special school m Singapore which provides a blend of mainstream academic subjects and life skills. Chong Boon principal Saras Menon, staff and students have opened their canteen, science lab, and football field for
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          64 8 I ENCOUNTERED an excellent bus captain last month, on SBS No. 179 from Jurong West Street 63 to Boon Lay interchange. He has good driving skill, from smooth pick-up to smooth stop at the traffic light, and smooth driving turning left or right. He greets or smiles
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          128 8 I WOULD like to highlight the excellent public relations service of an officer at Cheng San Community Library. Last month, when I went to collect a book I had reserved, I was told I had to pay the reservation fee for two books the other was
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        650 9 ►> SOCCER Chelsea manager says England boss is right that his side can lift World Cup London ONE FOR ENGLAND "I think England can win the World Cup. I think it will be a competition where it will be difficult to say there is a team
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        372 9 JOSE Mourinho claimed that Chelsea have provided the perfect riposte to the critics who have labelled them boring by blasting five second-half goals past Bolton. "We are not boring," the Blues manager insisted, after a 5-1 win at Stamford Bridge extended his side's perfect start to
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        422 9 LONDON GIUSEPPE Rossi's first Premiership goal for Manchester United is a sign of things to come from both the 18-year-old and others performing under par, manager Alex Ferguson says. Rossi rounded off a 3-1 win over struggling Sunderland on Saturday after Wayne Rooney had scored one
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        386 9 London ARSENAL are not likely to win the English Premiership title, but Arsene Wenger believes his team can win the Champions League. After stumbling to a 1-2 defeat by West Bromwich Albion on Saturday, Arsenal are now 14 points behind league leaders Chelsea. Still, their hopes
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        750 10 He wants this m new contract with Real, nearly double his present wages Madrid IF NOTHING else, David Beckham certainly knows what he is worth to Real Madrid The England midfielder, set to discuss a new deal to his current contract with the
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        549 10 Madrid FINALLY, they are playing like the Galacticos they are supposed to be. At least that is what Real Madrid coach Vanderlei Luxemburgo thinks. He could not contain his delight at his team's 3-0 win m the local derby at Atletico Madrid on Saturday. The result
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        627 10 London TOTTENHAM boss Martin Jol believes his side now have a good shot at a Champions League place after a 2-0 win over Everton on Saturday. Egyptian striker Ahmed Hossam Mido and England World Cup hopeful Jermain Jenas scored second-half goals which put Spurs
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        319 10 Inter hammer Livorno Rome INTER Milan thrashed Livorno 5-0 yesterday to move to within six points of Italian Serie A leaders Juventus. Marco Materazzi began the rout m the 11th minute, hooking home the rebound after Juan Sebastian Veron's shot had been blocked. Julio Cruz doubled the home side's lead
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        204 10 Ascoli 2 Sampdoria 1 Empoli 1 Roma 0 Inter Milan 5 Livorno 0 Lazio 1 Fiorentina 0 Palermo 2 Chievo 2 Parma 1 Treviso 1 Reggina 2 Lecce 0 Cagliari v AC Milan Late kick-off P W D L F A Pts luventus 7 7 0 0 13
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        354 10 Berlin GERMANY coach Juergen Klinsmann has rounded on the critics who accused him of neglecting his duties by constantly jetting back to his United States home. He called on them to speak to him m person rather than using the media. "I am m Germany
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        519 11 GOLF Five strokes behind leader Sorenstam, she has much to do to win first pro title Palm Dim hi \l IIORNIA) IF MICHELLE Wie wants to win her first professional title, she will have to work for it. The 16-year old goiter. who is
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        504 11 BASKETBALL Atlanta ATLANTA Hawks centre Jason Collier died on Saturday morning after developing breathing problems at home. He was 27. The National Basketball Association team's general manager, Billy Knight, said the cause of the 2.14-me-tre, 117-kg player's death was not immediately clear. He said
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          92 11 BEIJING: Wushu will not be part of the 2008 Games m Beijing, the president of the International Olympic Committee said yesterday. "We are not introducing wushu into the Olympic programme. It will not be an exhibition, not at all," the Xinhua news agency quoted
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          83 11 SANTIAGO: A Chilean football supporter reportedly was so distraught about the team's failure to qualify for the World Cup that he tried to kill himself by swallowing rat poison. The 44-year-old baker was taken to hospital m the northern town of Juan Noe a Arica,
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          59 11 PHILLIP ISLAND (Australia): World champion Valentino Rossi won his fifth straight MotoGP title yesterday after holding off a strong challenge from American Nicky Hay den. Italian Rossi stormed home on his Yamaha motorcycle m 41min 8.5425 ec, more than a second ahead of Hayden. Spain's
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        224 11 Results: 1 Fernando Alonso (Esp) Renault lhr39min 53 MBsec 2 Kimi Raikkonen (Fin) McLaren 4.0155 ec behind 3 Ralf Schumacher (Ger) Toyota 25.376 4 Giamarjo I isichella (Ita) Renault 26.114 S Christian Khen (Aut) Red Bull 31 .839 6 Felipe Massa (Bra) Sauber 36.4(H) 7 Mark Webber
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        642 11 MOTOR RACING Shanghai IT WAS the perfect ending to the perfect season With the drivers' world title already m the bag and starting m pole position, Fernando Alonso won the the Chinese Grand Prix to hand Renault their first Formula One constructors' title yesterday. McLaren
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        Lock icon Tampines set to hold onto title
        575 12  -  Alvin Foo SOCCER 4-1 win over Balestier puts them one match from S-Leaque crown mf By- LEAGUE leaders Tampines Rovers are a mere three points from retaining their S-League crown after yesterday's action, while third-placed Woodlands Wellington had their title hopes dashed. Tampines brushed
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        344 12  -  Alvin Foo WATERFEST By THE heavy rain that swept Marina Promenade gave WaterFest by the Bay extra meaning yesterday. For there was an extra wet dimension to the two-day watersports fiesta, which included a beach volleyball competition, freestyle motorcross demonstrations, free jet-ski and boat
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        689 12 BASEBALL MLB play-offs National League: Chicago White Sox 8 LA Angels 2 (Chicago lead 3-1), Houston 4 St Louis 3 (Houston lead 2-1). CRICKET Australia-World XI Super Test m Sydney: Australia 345 and 199 m 65.3 overs (M. Hayden 77, R. Ponting 54; S. Harmison 3-41, A. Flintoff 3-48,
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        473 13 passed away peacefully on 15 October 2005. Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones. Husband: Choo Kok Lin Father: Wee Yew Hoe mm r-r Mother: Sally Lim Guat Gor Son: Choo Chunn Thuang, Nicholas SHftP 1 Son-in-law: Choo Chunn Shiang, Pearl Choo Wee Peng, Kenneth roi *lV; Sisters-in-law: w
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        304 13 Surely goodness mvi mercy shall follow nw uli the days of my ///<• and I will dwell m the lions,- of riw lord forever." Psalm 23:6 SIM WHEE CHNG Age: 70 was called home to be with the Lord on 16-10 2005. Dearly missed by loved ones. Husband: lan (.hoon
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        301 13 imMmimimipmmmmmmmmmW* m mmmmr' •> "I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith." 2 Tim 4:7 MRS GALI STAN BERNARD MALCOLM NEE TAN SOCK BEE PHYLIS Age: 63 was called home to be with the Lord on 16 Oct 2005 leaving behind loved
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        122 13 KfcSAVAN NADESAN Age: 76 passed away peacefully on 16 Oct 2005. Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones. Wife: Padmakshy Sons: Daughters-in-law: Anith Kumar Nadesan Nazrin Suresh Nadesan Haji Subhash Nadesan Sumita Grandson: Granddaughter: Harith Anith Kumar Ishika Suresh Body is resting at Blk 744 #03-191 Yishun St 72.
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        563 14  -  AZRIN ASMANI TAKING STOCK Eyes will turn to casino plays when Parliament discusses resort issue today ELECTRONICS SURGE "Following recent disappointing performances, we expect electronics to start contributing m this seasonally strong quarter." OCBC, which sees better trade data LOCAL economic data
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        62 14 Week's Top Rises CENTS Semb Corp C*«CW05 85 5 61 5 256 3 3BS Brp 1640 50 0 31 500 34 0 7 3 38SOBeOCOS1173 30 0 IS Appellant! 08fC*05 161 26 0 19 3 Cre»ti»eT25c 1250 20 0 IE OUt 20 0 2 1 S'» 50c 1160 20 0
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        55 14 Week's Top Rises CENTS 4 S«mb Corp CAeCWtt 85 5 256 3 615 DBSIMleCWK17?l 19 5 85 7 9C f"«»c 10 53 8 3 5 Fjlmjclc 3 50 0 10 •t«tortDtePW*****2 9 50 0 30 MSMeCW0602M 30 42 9 9C LKTNWplOc 5 42 9 15 3CBCB*SGAtCW05l024 40 404 115 3-agonl»nd10c
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        62 14 Week's Top Falls CENTS BSembawanf 1410 2292 14 0 t$HUS5c500 1040 67 6 3 7 3MT<10 7440 60 0 0 8 iMHUS25c4O0 1650 50 7 18 Seat Eastern 50c 1590 40 0 2 5 hViu«0BeC*05l2?7 107 34 0 25 0 :*vDetMf*****0 650 30 0 4 4 09S Bh 8% NCPS
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          102 14 MACQUARIE Research views positively Suntec Reit's termination of an agreement to buy 11 properties worth $788 million from City Developments (CDL), after it failed to obtain "regulatory approvals". "We believe the cancellation is positive as the yield spread, when the deal was
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          84 14 OCBC Research has reiterated its "hold" rating on Capita Mall Trust (CMT), which last week said that its distributable income for the third quarter ended Sept 30 rose 16.9 per cent from a year earlier to $30.8 million. Despite the "good results", OCBC
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          111 14 KIM ENG Research has maintained its conservative view on the Singapore Exchange (SGX), despite the market operator reporting a stellar set of first-quarter earnings. Kirn Eng, which has a price target of $2.59 on the stock, said that the results "could be the
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        395 15 Task force to examine if anti-monopoly law will aid small firms ul consumers llo\t, K()\(, HONG Kong loader Donald Tseng Mid yesterday he would weigh plans to break the stranglehold big firms have on certain markets m the city, and mull over an extended
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        268 15 I (>\i>()\ REFCO. the futures broker that is under probe for securities fraud, may be split m two as Goldman Sachs Group, its financial adviser, seeks takeover offers, sources said. Refco's regulated units, which offer futures contracts traded on exchanges, may be
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        1505 16  -  Azrin Asmani But bid to acquire controversy- mi red Indonesian pulp mill is far from secured Bl ompantes Rcpuiti't IHE flight m a chartered twin-en-gme turbo propeller plane over ilu- sprawling canopy of Indonenan jungle felt like something out ot m
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        551 17  -  Kelvin Wong China will be its tirst stop, followed by S. Korea and Japan well as India By IHI Wott Ciroup plans to make Us Citlriimn brand lis main growth engine as it races towards the target of operating 25,000 letViCC apartments by
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        445 17  -  Joyce Teo By Proftert) nrresfjondent NO COMPANY wants to make an exhibition ot itself, but Cityneon Holdings can certainly see m upside Cityneon is involved m the growing business of helping stage major events like, the re cent Global Hntrepolis and hopes to he
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        341 17  -  Lee Su Shyan By Companies Correspondent THE identity of the key new investor for beleaguered China Aviation Oil (CAO) is close to being revealed, according to sources. There has been much speculation about the investor, who is slated to inject US$l3O million (Ss22l
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        765 18  -  Bryan Lee Media authority, local firm to sign deal with major producer tomorrow By Sharper focus THE deal was initiated last year by local media veteran Gregory Ang (left), when he met Mr Greg Moyer, a former Discovery Channel colleague who
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        9 18 For the week 2,303.24 -2 I STRAITS TIMES INDEX
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        309 18 FIXED DEPOSITS THE lure of getting 10 per cent m interest, even if it is just for 10 days, has proved irresistible to thousands of banking customers m Singapore. OCBC Bank's new 10-month fixed deposit, which pays an annual interest rate
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      156 2 I m* mmmr} W^am**mmmamm m Jm9\M"m' rr m l 1 Wrr-U rißi/'j Wi S^ \W---m- **^m 1 WHAT SINGAPOREANS THINK An ST Interactive poll Q Giving to the Nepalese twins was "a waste of money". Do you agree? (Total vote count= 198) J 127 noHHHHB 71 GRAPHICS JALEHA HASHIM TEXT
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      295 5 jjj" LEE KUAN YEW SCHOLARSHIP tf fe The Lee Kuan Yew Scholarship is a prestigious postgraduate W M scholarship open to outstanding Singaporeans who aspire to be ~^r leaders m their respective fields and m the community. Applications LIE KUAN YEH for the 2006 Lee Kuan Yew Scholarship will open
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      223 6 All talk and no action While young people may feel sorry for victims ot disasters, they're too caught up with their own lives to do anything about it PAGE H7 ™NUS (*NUS H^,. mm and Research present NUSCrNTFNNIAL j^^^T Professor Sydney Brenner T^^H Thf k ,mt,tutf &©•<*<•< Studiev California. USA
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      240 6 8.„10 HR professionals say Curtin University of Technology is reputable for its curriculum, citing their positive experience with Curtin s graduates. Source A questionnaire conducted by m^ SHRI on HR Practitioners' views on mm_W educational qualifications. »m<av«w SHRi Master of Human Resource Mgt 20 th Intake Bachelor of Commerce (HRM
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      244 6 As an educator, you should never stop learning. The University of Melbourne's Faculty Of" Education is one of Australia's most respected and innovative schools of education and training. Committed to offering programs from a diverse range ot fields, the Faculty provides vocational outcomes in not only teaching, but also in
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      231 7 TMC Academy <£a >- *^^r J turn m Tilmmiiilli— *o&&£m\p xfoh Adiatxcrd (A divsion of TMC Educational Group Pte Ltd) We Care BUSINESS Bachelor of Business and Commerce Wk bachelor of Psychology and Business m Bachelor of Psychology and Management/Marketing Bachelor of Commerce Bachelor of Science m Interdisciplinary Studies ___\_\W^^^
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      23 8 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.
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      1300 9 Wie's challenge Things get difficult for 16-year-old Michelle Wie after three rounds at thc Samsung World Championship PAGE H l l If m ea\aaS*BS*BaBaa*BaW gaaa a eOj '*UBBk* It aaBVJBaf L'l K'>AbmLb^ _faf i »*F* > fcl Lb^JbcIb-', O'CEiRIN ROYAL COMMANDER j OPTIMUM NOTE The Patrick Busuttin-trained j The former
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      26 10 r CHARITY DONATIONS Should you use your HEAD as Prof Lee Wei Ling says give with your HEART as some others feel? law tt**L Aa* uHL___M__J____l
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      67 10 Draw No. 2058/2005 Group 1 Prize $650,000 Group 2 Prize $256,000 DRAW VENUE: Singapore Pools (Private) Limited I Selegie Rood. »0 1 01 Paradiz Centre Singapore 1 ***** Tim* 6.30 pm m Vis* owf w«6s>i» at *ww singaportpooh com sg KayJ r«,,~. M.W k< w ■»■■!>»■ cs No person under
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      27 11 m^9^mmmmmZ N J *^^r '^^^■SL*<^^^mm^^mm\mm^^ S I v 1 Seen a newsworthy moment? You could win a prize m the Digital Life-Nokia Citizen Reporter Contest. Details tomorrow.
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      60 11 TODAY IN THE BUSINESS TIMES AmW AM^^^*^m*. 4!9lfc m*mm\W\ Jl J^^B] .m^^^^^^^^^^^W __^__^____flfl H___L mm Room at the top for IT women In a striking trend, ladies now occupy the top post m seven leading infotech MNCs m Singapore. They tell BT gender has nothing to do with their rise
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      450 12 rn/MiTT *am*mA SPORTS TVtimes AMERICAN FOOTBALL NFL: JAZREEL FINISHES FOURTH e Houston <"•* Ch24 SINGAPOREAN bowler Jazreel Tan finished fourth at the PBAP Classic m BASEBALL: MLB C'ship Series, Manila's Pearl Center yesterday. Liza Clutario of the Philippines won the ti- Game 5: LA Angels v Chicago tie. White Sox
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      73 13 9* W .^rf KM l imtl I aaafl °P* n Baafe i* I ftJBMI 7 4ifci£I llfltl fcetdlldFaM jBfc" a^^rj^^BnBwBwB^cTOaaai I Niches and dignified Products of Remembrance are open to all Tel: 6795 8978 920, Old ONoa Chu Kang Road (***** 5) Doily 9om 5.30pm For booking enquiries, call I
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      36 13 He climbed the steep ascent of Heaven Through peril, toil pain O God, to us May grace be given To follow m his train... 30 years ago today 17.10.2005 Lovingly Remembered By Yours, JThe KARTARA Family!^
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      117 13 g y'a>|^i.Ci.ll 1 4»T \J I News Centre, 1000 Toa Payoh North Mondays Saturdays 8.30am to 9.45pm Sundays Public Holidays: 12.30pm to 9.45pm Only death announcements can be accepted after office hours. To help us process your announcement quickly, please bring along the following: Original Death Certificate Identity Card of
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      2864 14 Unit Trusts a Funds UNIT TRUSTS iBNAmro Asset Mgt (Spere) SSsSlfi"' ***** f£$ Eu'r Cfh S6D 19 8535 SmHmSS*MB^ L,on C »P ,,al ""Ltd SGAM US Concentrated Core Fd US$ 1018 GrowthPath 2040 ********** ML Golden Regional China ***** M mtmmZT 0831 SftSSffiL&S' »FPSCIbCthSGO *****5 NmSSmL^ IzZ/iIIbI »»«'•"■««««>/* 1567 SSfiSSSSftg^
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      631 15 PEOPLE mmjM*%ttl\\\fL\\*LWLWLWmW* ON THE MOVE jHHPQQHH a***. *^t ______B KENNETH BROWN: Appointed managing director y^^kmml 4^\ J -9H and country manager of Ace Insurance Singapore. mA*&^^ \\mLa\\\\\\\\a. r He replaces Mi John Fiench. who has been named J^^Lm. _______k_L* ""^aj chief executive of Ace's Thailand operations. Jo^ I^. >JB **L\
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      199 16 http://podcast.straitstimes.com mmmmmtaGeneimbsitv or >• -&*i| '"V"' Br *m\ _____^^^~™T *L ■^■l. (julUbility? it IL m jfc m il v^^v *3ingaporeans' willingness to dig deep into their pockets to help the less fortunate came under fire on Oct 8. In a letter to the ST Forum, National Neuroscience Institute head Lee
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      343 17 At last, discover what really works m the f 1 > STOCK MARKET J£ M and what doesn't... BHHB Mirriam Mac Williams is the National Director of Education |M/>r/om Mac Williams of the largest non-profit Club m US. She teaches strategies W used by professional money managers. ONo Complicated Strategies
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      155 18 No deadwood here Kiani Kertas pulp null has been operating neai *7o% capacity since Unifiber took over its operations five months ago. PAGE H l6 This announcement appears as a matter of record only _^m W *m j ■J^AmmmW C O Pharmaceutical Technology (Holdings) Limited Registration No. ***** Incorporated m
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      288 1 What's Tom Cruise going to stand on? Comedian Chris Rock on gabfest guru Oprah Winfrey's new set, which lacks a couch mm W^ mm W^ mm m_ mondoypeople luesday travel wednesdaymid life!* movies thursdaybooks arts fridaymusic saturdaymotorin flK sundaylifestyle Am. H I^jB *Wm^^^mmWm**m*mA a^^^^^^^^^W? m Hk J i: 1 A-^^^J^^m^^^^W^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^mm
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        290 2 Benjamin Tan LOVE is all around these days if you're singer-guitarist Muhammad Ashik. The 18-year-old member of teenage rock trio 3dashl, which won the inaugural Straits Times School of Rock contest m July, is currently dating his "newfound glory", a girl he named as Ashidah at the
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        195 2 BANGKOK Oscar-winning film director Roman Polanski said last Saturday that he had drawn on his own painful childhood to tell the story of an orphan boy m his new adaptation of Charles Dickens' novel Oliver Twist. The 72-year-old Paris-born director was m Thailand as its guest
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        178 2 HONG KONG American property mogul Donald Trump's hopes of airing a Chinese version of his successful reality TV show, The Apprentice, suffered a setback after its would-be presenter quit, Chinese media said yesterday. Chinese real estate tycoon Pan Shiyi pulled out of negotiations for the show last month,
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        59 2 LOS ANGELES The husband of former Beverly Hills ***** star Tori Spelling (above) has called it quits after 15 months of marriage. Last Thursday, actor-writer Charlie Shanian filed for divorce against the daughter of 1970s TV hitmaker Aaron Spelling. Grounds for the split were not known, but
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        732 3  -  Dylan Boey For the first time m 1 8 years, the fashion event is expected to draw 80,000 buyers. And its not just because of design FASHION REPORTER IT MAY have taken 18 years, but Singapore Fashion Week (SFW). which kicks off today, is promising to be
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        351 5  -  ADELINE WAN BY IN THIS EDITION OF A WEEKLY SERIES ON THE FUN SIDE OF ENGINEERING, IN TALKS TO PC-ASSEMBLING ZEALOT KELVIN LEEN, WHO IS A TRUE-BLUE ENGINEER AT HEART. Kelvin Leen isn't just studying to be an engineer he's plugged into the matrix m his out-of-school hours
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        65 5 GAMING WHIZ Brendam Koh, an 1 8-year-old gaming whiz from Nanyang Polytechnic's School of Engineering, beat Bungie Studios, the American game developers of Xbox game Halo 2, at their own game. He won 14 to 4 1 in an online bloodbath in July. He has been
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        153 5 WIN MOVIE TICKETS! Planning to watch a movie soon? Answer this question correctly and you may be one ofthe five lucky winners to walk away with a pair of movie passes! What is the name ofthe company that Republic Polytechnic student Kelvin Leen is currently working with for his final
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        84 6 DUAL POWER! Within 10 weeks of its release m October last .year, the sophomore album by Simple Plan. Still Not Getting Any (Lava Records), released on Dual Disc had sold more than a million copies. Dual Disc is the latest upgrade m the CD.
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        414 6  -  MARDIANA ISMAIL DRUMMER CHUCK COMEAU OF SIMPLE PLAN REVEALS WHAT ITS LIKE BEING PART OF A POP BAND IN HIGH SCHOOL. BY Way before things got complicated (m a good way) for the members of Simple Plan, they were just a bunch of Canadian high-school kids making
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        337 6 W 71 A BL moments in Singapore, don't female singing musicians, stepping ££|Z fa SPOR1 jfc PJ H miss the Home section. out on unchartered territory with Am MF W^T^^^ with their fresh take on jazz, funk Always wanted to be one of those A L i*i ADD SOME flfl
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        189 7 Got a burning question for the Education Ministry? In a monthly column, the ministry's director of schools, Mr Wong Siew Hoong answers burning questions you may have. Send your questions to stin@sph. com.sg with "Sir says" m the subject line. This week, we look at what's next after
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        437 7  - THE MATHS TUTOR ADELINE WAN HE MAY HAVE ASPERGER'S SYNDROME, BUT THAT DOESN'T STOP MATHS WHIZ DONAVAN CHEAH FROM HELPING HIS FRIENDS -OR A FOE. BY YET HIS TALENT FOR MATHS AND FOR TEACHING HAS HELPED OTHERS CHANGE THEIR OPINION OF HIM. Donavan Cheah, 1 4, has Asperger's Syndrome, a
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        66 7 NO SLOW LEARNERS Contrary to the misconception that autistic children are poor learners, they can be focused and disciplined learners if supported by teaching strategies that embrace their uniqueness. Educators and parents need to tap into their inner creativity and strength to create a meaningful
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        148 7 MIS I UKILAL IttW BH^^^B^^^—^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^T"~~" .ii .11 i. Born in Tuscumbia, Alabama, in the United States, Helen Keller fell til with fever when she was only 1 9 months old, causing her to become deaf, blind and mute. When she was about six years old, her parents, under
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        82 8 THE BIG STORY THIS WEEK FLUIDITY INJECTED I "We are injecting fluidity throughout the system such as I recognising more talents besides academic achievements; providing more flexibility m the school curriculum and streaming system; and introducing new pathways all to help all our students discover their interests and talents, and
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        594 8  -  YEN FENG CHANGES ARE AFOOT FOR NORMAL STREAM STUDENTS LEARNING IS GETTING MORE HANDS-ON AND FLEXIBLE. HERE'S INS DEFINITIVE GUIDE ON HOW THE SYSTEM CAN WORK FOR YOU. BY Mastering trigonometry may earn you an A m mathematics. But if you're not thinking about a career m advanced
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        435 8 HOW DO YOU KNOW WHAT'S RIGHT FOR YOU? TRY INS APTITUDE TEST TO FIND OUT. 1 I need to watch My Best Friend's Wedding for the I Oth time because: 3. When I pick up the newspaper, the first thing Igo for is: A. I can't get over Julia Robert's
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        58 9 THE BIG STORY THIS WEEK STUDENTS STAND TO GAIN "The students gain because they learn multimedia m an authentic setting. They also gain a better sense of where their interests lie, besides what they find m their regular curriculum." Education Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam on Bishan Park Secondary 3 students attending
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        327 10 THIS WEEK: DENGUE FEVER Dengue Fever struck one day And all the mosquitoes were led astray As they came out to play they bit everyone who came in their way Bloodsuckers as they can be Causing illness and dengue Soundlessly they fly in the air Landing on each flesh
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        59 10 r (^Wholesale Centre! \C*^ Supply more than 80 items > x >n 1 1 ill of barbecue foods f^lyjp and accessories yfi&r at wholesale prices x£y j j tmW*kmm*M*^ mmW WtiW^WlWmWmW Discount" •Present this advertisement for discount on selected item of the month against a purchase of $120 nett or
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        73 10 READ A GOOD BOOK LATELY? >> Or maybe you've seen a movie, or bought a CD you loved (or hated). Write in with your review to tell us what you thought. DONE ANYTHING AMAZING LATELY? >> Then tell the world send us photos of you designing a dress, shooting hoops
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        558 11 THISWEEKWEZOOMINON... Schoolchildren bore the brunt of a massive earthquake which rocked Pakistan and India on Saturday, Oct 8. The quake measured 7.7 on the Richter scale, and also caused widespread destruction in Afghanistan. Altogether, over 30,000 people may have died, many buried when their mud and stone houses collapsed.
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        67 12 EAGLE POWER The Ministry of Defence confirmed that it is finalising a contract for eight to 12 F-15 Strike Eagles, after an eight-year search for a "new generation fighter". The new F-15 Strike Eagles I will make Singapore one of the few air forces m the world,
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        718 12  - JET SET FOR A NEW LIFE JEREMY AU YONG BY (ST, OCT 6) The Skyhawk was replaced by the F-16. Recently, there was a long dogfight between the French Rafale, the Eurof ighter Typhoon and the American F- 1 5 to see which plane would be the backbone of the
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        396 13  -  MARDIANA ISMAIL RECESS IS NO FUN IF YOU CAN'T EVEN AFFORD A SLICE OF FRUIT -WHICH IS WHY THE STRAITS TIMES SCHOOL POCKET MONEY FUND IS HERE TO HELP. HERE'S WHAT YOUR PARENTS (AND YOU) CAN DO TO HELP. BY A DOLLAR A DAY
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        361 13 On June 11, using counterfeit credit cards, three members of a Hong Kong-based syndicate racked up over 1 0,000 worth of branded watches and electronics products m just one day. But before they could wreak further havoc, police nabbed Xv Dingwen, Pang Xiuzhen and Szeto
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        207 13 An inspiring story set m 1 9th century -3 |W London, Charles Dickens' Oliver Ffcl_2^BH«_l Twist recounts the adventures of a ll^32r§^ r^l poor orphan boy and how he over- W^w comes poverty and various challenges I F&^^^Q from a gang of nasty pickpockets. The latest movie version of this
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        51 14 HOW TO READ AND WRITE BETTER I CLIFFDIVING Australian chff diver Joey Zuber plans to bring six to eight of the world's best cliff divers here next year. The 28-year-old professional was in Singapore last month in search of opportunities to promote the sport on a competitive level. (ST, Sept
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        1190 14  - READING THE SKY AVI STORY SO FAR: ED GODDARD, HAYING STOLEN A MONEY BAG, PARACHUTES FROM AN AEROPLANE. ON THE GROUND, LOOKING UP, IS JAMIE. ALSO ON THE GROUND, WATCHING JAMIE, IS GILLIAN. WRITTEN BY A BREAKFAST SERIALS STORY WHAT YOU SAW CENTER TOWARD HOW WE DO FT CENTRE TOWARDS
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        65 15 HOW TO READ AND WRITE BETTER BASE JUMPING Base is an acronym for "building, antennae, span, earth", representing the fixed objects from which such jumps are made. Base jumpers plunged from the roof of the Swissotel The Stamford, as part of last year's skydiving festival. Base, jumping is considered dangerous
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      516 16 A DEVASTATING EARTHQUAKE, A MISTAKE IN AN EXAM QUESTION AND AN AWARD FOR PROMOTING PEACE TEST YOUR KNOWLEDGE OF WHAT'S BEEN MAKING THE NEWS RECENTLY. Match these digits to the reasons they made the news. a.) I I Magnitude of the earthquake that killed more than
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      82 16 I 0) In a survey of women in seven Asian markets mainland China, Hong Kong, Singapore, Taipei, Kuala Lumpur, Bangkok and Manila who were found to be the most tech-savvy and own the most high-tech gadgets? I I Who has become Germany's first woman chancellor (it's
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        32 16 FACES PLACES INTHE NEWS Read today's Youthlnk to catch the first part of a monthly series on the several firsts m a student's life and what he needs to watch out for.
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        241 16 BOOSTER! HOW TO PLAY Sudoku is a puzzle craze that originated in Japan. "Su" means number in Japanese, while "doku" means single. Its aim is simple: No column, row or box can contain a repeated number (hence the name). Although it looks like mathematics, the game is purely logical. Don't
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