The Straits Times, 3 January 2006

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    24 1 THE STRAITS TIMES 98 PAGES IN FIVE PARTS MICA (P) 093/03/2005 TUESDAY, JANUARY 3 2006 JKTa SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION ESTABLISHED 1845 80 CENTS
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    Lock icon More calls to police about dodgy activities
    579 1  -  Ben Nadarajan By Tip-offs proved to be false alarms; bogus calls not dwindling CALLS are coming m thick and fast from well-meaning people who report suspicious activities to the police. Police logged more than 2,000 calls to its emergency lines last year reporting
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    Lock icon COLD MISERY FOR QUAKE VICTIMS
    135 1 COLD MISERY FOR QUAKE VICTIMS Already devastatedby a huge quake m October y these Kashmiris now have to deal with icy weather j as they work amid heavy snowfall m a village north of Muzaffarabad m Pakistan-administered Kashmir. Some parts of the quake zone are buried m more than knee-deep
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    Lock icon Russia's cut in gas to Ukraine affecting other countries
    499 1 Moscow RUSSIA'S decision to cut gas exports to Ukraine is causing dismay across Europe, where supplies m a number of countries have] been disrupted at the height of winter. The United States has also expressed concern, saying the move has raised
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    Lock icon Bypass operations are also saving legs
    1090 1  -  Salma Khalik |»UPFRONT By Health Correspondent BYPASS and angioplasty are familiar terms to heart patients as procedures to remove blockages m blood vessels that might otherwise cause a heart attack. Now, the same treatment is being done to save legs. In 2000, blood vessel
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      22 1 Tech predictions In the second of a two-part series, the DL team tells you what to expect m the year ahead y
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      15 1 §The soldier who drowned He was training for elite force, to stop terrorists at sea
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      17 1 And the Beat goes on.-. Japanese icon Takeshi "Beat" Kitano comes clean on screen violence IN LIFE!
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  • UPFRONT
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  • PRIME
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      Lock icon PM Lee: Public has to help watch charities
      493 3  -  Zakir Hussain By IF YOU know of a charity that is up to no good, report it to the authorities. There is no way the Government can keep watch on everything, the public needs to help too, said Prime Minister Lee Hsien
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      Lock icon Counter- terrorism training to go on
      581 3  -  Goh Chin Lian By Defence Minister assures parents such tough training not for normal full-time national service THE regular serviceman wHo drowned last June was being trained to stop terrorists at sea the most demanding job m the Special Operations Forces. His training was
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      Lock icon Extraordinary training .
      122 3 Extraordinary training "Even well-trained soldiers are not able to do the things we expect these special force people to do." DEFENCE MINISTER TEO CHEE HEAN, about the regular serviceman who drowned while training for the most demanding job m the elite Special Operations Forces, to stop terrorists at sea. Second
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      Lock icon Iras says there's error in GST figures for 2004
      703 4  - Iras says there's error in GST figures for 2004 Narendra Aggarwal By It admits collecting $208 m less and makes adjustment to 2005 figure Economics Correspondent EVEN the taxman gets it wrong sometimes. The Government has admitted mak- ing an "error" m its goods and services tax (GST) figures for
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      Lock icon CHRISTMAS TREE-AT
      85 4 Even elephants get to eat a Christmas meal during this season. The Christmas trees were fed to (from left) Csami, Sereonga and Safari as an addition to their standard fare at the zoo m Erfurt, eastern Germany, yesterday. In this zoo, unsold Christmas trees are fed to various
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      30 4 The bull is m After making predictions of a ho-hum year for 2005, many analysts are turning i bullish on the Singapore stock market this year. We find out why.
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  • ASIA
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      Lock icon VICTORY BREW
      693 6 Shanghai THE aroma of success is certainly sweet for executives of global coffee giant Starbucks as they have won a two-year copyright battle against a Chinese chain which they claimed had copied the US company's logo and name. A Shanghai court on Saturday ordered Shanghai Xingbake Coffee Company
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      42 6 SHANGHAI "Xingbake" sounded similar to the pronunciation of Starbucks m Chinese. "King" means star m Chinese and "ba ke" is the phonetical equivalent of "bucks". Shanghai Xingbake's green and white logo is also very similar to the Starbucks design.
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      122 6 New BJP leader Mr Rajnath Singh, a former chief minister of northern Uttar Pradesh state, will take over BJP's reins. PAGE 10 B^B^B^B^B^B^Bflß^B^B^B^BJß^BJß^Bfl^Bß^Bs^BflßSßi^^9S& 1 Bi~ Bis' f'- .^B^B^StfßJiß*^ d&L~*. _^(SL««w»»«'*JH***«B*wßi«^__~-JB^^^ B^B^B^B^B^B^B^B^B^B^B^B^BfIBJBJB^SJB^B^B^B^9B9B9BjK^ BM B w^^jf w^Mor^~^0 t ppw^'™ h fyHVinn b^^h bbW i i ipiii^^^^** '^BBBBBBBBBBBBBBbV BBb fl I Bfl^flßß BflW
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  • CHINA
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      Lock icon GOING THE WHOLE HOG
      90 8 In a goodwill gesture, Chinese policemen and soldiers m parts of Sichuan were given gifts of pork on New Year's Eve. This particular ceremony took place at a military base m Ganzi m the south-western China province. According to the China Daily, Sichuan province is the
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      Lock icon Chen vows to focus on building Taiwan identity
      554 8  -  Ong Hwee Hwee By But President's show of defiance to Beijing is seen as more rhetorical than real Taiwan Correspondent In Taipei "We will take a firm stance. Taiwan's identity should be given priority over conciliation in dealing with China over the
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      Lock icon Official revises growth to 9.8%
      332 8 Official revises growth to 9.8% Shanghai CHINA'S economy grew 9.8 per cent last year, a vice-minister has said, revising upwards an earlier es timate and again confounding fore casts that the country's output growth had begun to slow at last. Vice-Minister of the National Development and Reform Commis sion (NDRC)
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      Lock icon Beijing and Moscow set to strengthen bilateral relations
      368 8 Beijing CHINESE President Hu Jintao and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin pledged to build stronger bilateral ties as they ushered m the Year of Russia m China, state media reported yesterday. The leaders exchanged greetings on New Year's Eve and reiterated plans
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      Lock icon Japan likely to post new envoy to China
      214 8 Tokyo JAPAN is set to name a new ambassador to China m a bid to improve bilateral ties, which have soured over Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's repeated visits to a war shrine. Mr Yuji Miyamoto, a career diplomat and expert on China
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  • EAST ASIA
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      Lock icon Roh appoints key aides in Cabinet reshuffle
      506 9  -  Lee Tee Jong By Move triggered by resignations of ministers ahead of presidential poll South Korea Correspondent In Seoul SOUTH Korean President Roh Moo Hyun yesterday reshuffled his Cabinet by appointing key aides to helm the crucial unification and commerce ministries. The move
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    • ASIA QUICKLY
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        Lock icon CHINESE HAPPY, NOT HARMONIOUS
        133 9 BEIJING: Nearly half of all people polled m China said they were "very happy" or "happy" last year, but most felt their society was not harmonious, according to a recent survey. The number of people satisfied with their lives last year was 8.7 per cent higher
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        Lock icon TAIWAN'S 'SUICIDAL' POLITICIANS
        104 9 TAIPEI: Taiwan Premier Frank Hsieh said yesterday that politicians involved m vicious power struggles are despised and could destroy themselves, like suicide bombers. "Opinion polls have placed politicians m the same rank as mobsters," Mr Hsieh said, while addressing Cabinet ministers on their first day at work
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        Lock icon STRANDED IN THE COLD BY BLACKOUT
        140 9 TOKYO: A power outage temporarily halted bullet train service m northern Japan, leaving some 550 passengers stranded for more than two hours without heat m near-freezing temperatures, a railway spokesman said yesterday. A broken electric cable halted service for a few hours on Sunday
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        Lock icon TWO MORE DEATHS IN THAI SOUTH
        133 9 YALA (Thailand): Two Thai Buddhists have been shot dead including an army officer who was later beheaded m separate attacks by suspected Islamic militants m southern Thailand, police said yesterday. Sergeant Somjit Lorsaeng, 35, was shot dead and later beheaded while patrolling a village
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        Lock icon MAN BEHEADS SISTER IN INDIA
        124 9 NEW DELHI: A man beheaded his teenage sister for marrying outside her caste while she was recovering m hospital m northern India from an earlier murder attempt, also by him, police said yesterday. Ms Nargis (one name) was sleeping m a hospital bed when her
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      Lock icon S. Koreans trapped in daze of whine and roses
      283 9 Seoul LOVE comes at a hefty price m South Korea. With up to 21 anniversaries, special days and celebrations a year for couples to shower each other with affection and gifts, some relationships are being crushed under the weight of festivities.
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  • INDIA/SOUTH ASIA
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      Lock icon Tough time ahead for BJP's new leader
      527 10  -  P. Jayaram By Rajnath Singh takes over a party hit by scandal and factionalism India Correspondent In New Delhi A TESTING RESPONSIBILITY "It's not a post but a responsibility. It is not an honour, but a test." MR RAJNATH SINGH, BJP's new president
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      Lock icon Two men caught with explosives in Hyderabad
      153 10 Two men caught with explosives in Hyderabad Hyderabad INDIAN police arrested two men believed to be planning attacks on companies m the information technology sector m the city of Hyderabad and seized a large haul of explosives, officials said yesterday. The arrests come just days after a professor was shot
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      Lock icon India to host big regional naval drills
      349 10  -  Port Blair (India) INDIA is ready to host its first major regional naval exercises since the tsunami disaster that struck at the end of 2004, officials said yesterday. "We want to show our capabilities," Indian naval chief Admiral Arun Prakash said of the
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      Lock icon Nepal's Maoist rebels end truce
      190 10 Kathmandu NEPAL'S Maoist rebels officially ended a fourmonth unilateral truce yesterday despite pleas from political parties and the United Nations, saying army attacks had forced them back on the offensive. "The four-month ceasefire which we extended has come to an end," rebel leader Prachanda said
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  • SOUTH-EAST ASIA
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      Lock icon Cloudy outlook for Thai and Indonesian tourism
      537 12 Operators say high oil prices and fears over bird flu, terror keep people away Drawbacks WHY tourists are not travelling to the region: *> The fallout from the tsunami Oil price hikes to Worries over bird flu to Fears about terror attacks Bangkok
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      Lock icon 5 terror suspects goon trial in Jakarta
      261 12 Jakarta FIVE Indonesian militants went on trial separately yesterday on terrorism-related charges ranging from possessing bomb-making materials to harbouring fugitive terrorist Noordin Mohammad Top. Prosecutors yesterday accused Purnama Putra, 24, of acquiring electronic devices, detonators and chemicals for bomb-making at Noordin's request. Another
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      Lock icon Yudhoyono declines proposed pay rise
      191 12 Jakarta INDONESIA'S President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has refused a proposed increase m his salary and perks, his spokesman said yesterday. The 2006 state budget had earmarked funds for an average 5 per cent increase m offi- cial salaries, but Dr Yudhoyono has declined his own
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      Lock icon A FORLORN NEW YEAR
      88 12 It may be the new year, but these poor residents m Manilahave little to cele- a fire gutted their homes last Thursday night, they are making do with what little shelter these plastic sheets can offer. Around 3,000 families lost all their belongings m the fire,
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      Lock icon Manila to issue arrest warrants for US marines
      312 12 Manila WARRANTS of arrest against four US marines accused of rape are expected to be issued soon, the rhiiippine government said yesterday. The government is "determined to pursue justice" for the 22-year-old Filipina who had accused the men of raping her on
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      Lock icon Squatters threaten famous rice terraces
      170 12 Manila SQUATTERS are colonising the world-famous Banaue rice terraces, an act with potentially disastrous consequences for one of the top tourist draws m the Philippines, President Gloria Arroyo said yesterday. She visited the Cordillera mountain range tourist spot last weekend and was alarmed by the
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  • MALAYSIA
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      Lock icon Angler hooks corpse at fishing contest
      162 13 Kuala Lumpur AN ANGLER who thought he had snagged a winner when he hooked a heavy object during a fishing competition was horrified to find a corpse at the end of the line. He made the grisly discovery m a weed-filled section of a
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      Lock icon Cabinet to discuss falling mould incident
      302 13 Kuala Lumpur THE Malaysian Cabinet will discuss the incident m which a concrete mould dropped 20 storeys from a condominium project under construction, killing a management consultant, Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak said yesterday. The Deputy Prime Minister said the government took a serious
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      Lock icon Paper asked to show cause over nude squat story
      449 13 XL government says China Press 1 action harmed bilateral relations with Beijing Kuala Lumpur CHINA Press lias been given a show-cause notice from the Malaysian government for its story on the nude squat controversy m which it wrongly identified the woman
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon DEADLY MUSLIM CONVERT
      1203 14 DEADLY MUSLIM CONVERT Trial of French Islamic radical sheds j light on the role of converts VERY CHARMING "He's open and warm. I would never think that he was involved m a terrorist act." MS CELIA DOS SANTOS, 37, a travel agent who married Dumont m a ceremony m Malaysia
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      Lock icon Islamic militants1 trusted operatives
      258 14 Islamic militants 1 trusted operatives I>NVERTS are prized by radical unic groups because they can tally operate freely m Europe, ia and North America without ►using the suspicion of police. They are also often eager to ept dangerous assignments as a y to prove their devotion, jertssaid. "What is new
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      Lock icon US firm had Sunni clerics on payroll
      155 14 New York A PENTAGON contractor which paid Iraqi newspapers to publish positive articles by US troops also compensated Sunni religious scholars for help with propaganda work. The Lincoln Group, a Washing-ton-based public relations firm, was asked last year to identify religious leaders who
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      Lock icon Mandarin catching on in US schools
      525 15 More students opt to study language as China is seen as rising superpower Portland (Oregon) TWENTY-FOUR youne faces m the kindergarten class at Woodstock Elementary School watch intently as their teacher holds up a construction paper cut-out of a large red circle, and waits
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      Lock icon Tracking them from kindergarten to college
      119 15 THE Oregon Chinese language study programme is the first m the US to track students from kindergarten to college. The school district and the University ofOregon won a US$7OO,OOO (Ssl.2 million) grant from the Defence Department for the programme late last year. The university
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      Lock icon Wildfires rage in Australia and US
      569 16 Heatwave and strong winds result m fires that raze vast tracts of land Sydney SCORCHING temperatures wreaked havoc m Australia and two southern US states, although cooler weatheT and rain helped firemen battling dozens of wildfires around south-eastern Australia yesterday. The blazes north of
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      283 16 MUZAFFARABAD RAIN and snow fell across Pakistan's earthquake zone for a second straight day yesterday, grounding relief flights and adding to the misery of millions of survivors camped out m tents and crude shelters. Heavy snow fell across high ground and rain drenched valleys
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      292 16 Beijing CHINA, already enduring its coldest winter m 20 years, is preparing for a cold snap that will see temperatures drop by as much as 16 deg C, state press said yesterday. Northern China, where temperatures are already as low as minus 15-20 deg
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      241 16 FLASH floods triggered by monsoonal rains killed at least 31 people and swept away hundreds of houses m Indonesia's East Java, police said yesterday. Local police commissioner Teduh Tedjo said the deaths took place m Jember district, about 800 km east of Jakarta, while
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      247 17 PHOTO: MALAYSIA'S former queen, widowed at age' 3l four years ago, has spoken out m a rare interview to deny rumours of a secret remarriage, but said she hopes to make a new family one day. Siti Aishah Abdul Rahman was just 19 when she
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      715 18 Signals from the satellites replace the need for ERP gantries London MOTORISTS are already beginning to embrace the idea of satellite-navigation (SATNAV) units m cars. And m a few years, SATNAV will be doing far more tfcan simply telling them how
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      299 18 SOME Galileo initiatives for the road sector are already being coordinated at the European level. The European Commission is undertaking studies into the idea of equipping heavy goods vehicles and coaches with onboard terminals offering Galileo-based services. The system might work something
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      63 18 SOME of the safety advantages offered by satellite-navigation units m vehicles. "Smart box" would automatically transmit location of vehicle. Emergency request could be triggered at airbag inflation. Message might contain details of passengers, for example m coaches. Real-time traffic data would guide others away from accident scene.
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      407 18 Beirut THE UN commission investigating the assassination of a former Lebanese leader has asked to interview Syrian President Bashar Assad and Foreign Minister Farouk alSharaa, the commission's spokesman said yesterday. "The commission will also seek to interview former Syrian vice-president Abdul-Ha-lim Khaddam as
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        83 18 TEHERAN: Iran has warned of a "crushing" response if its nuclear and military facilities were attacked by the United States or Israel. However, top nuclear negotiator Ali Larijani said on Sunday that talk of such an attack was most likely "psychological warfare". He said
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        75 18 GAZA: About 200 policemen stormed government offices m the Gaza Strip town of Rafah yesterday to protest against the failure of the Palestinian Authority to fight growing lawlessness, witnesses said. The incident was the latest sign of chaos m Gaza, which has suffered growing
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        86 18 BAQUBA (Iraq): A suicide bomber rammed his car into a bus full of policemen north of Baghdad yesterday, killing at least five and seriously injuring another 13, a source said. The bus was taking around 20 policemen to a Kurdish city m the north
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        106 18  -  BAD REICHENHALL (Germany): The roof of an ice rink m a town m the Bavarian Alps collapsed under the weight of heavy snow yesterday, with some 50 people inside, police said. A police spokesman m the southern German town of Bad Reichenhall on the Austrian
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    399 19 THE moment of truth is approaching for Iran. It has long maintained that it is not enriching uranium for the purposes of building a nuclear bomb. Given its record, few believe that assertion. But the European Union, the United States and Russia have thus far not
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    487 19  -  RODOLFO SEVERINO EAST ASIA SUMMIT BY For The Straits Times FOR the first time ever, the leaders of East Asia (the Asean Plus Three China, Japan and South Korea) sat down last month for a summit with those of India, Australia and New Zealand, East Asia's immediate
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    1125 19  -  Mohan Malik By WITH several rising and contending powers, the Asia of the 21st century resembles the Europe of the early 20th century, although for n6w any Asian free trade zone to rival Europe may seem far-fetched. Despite the ongoing SinoJapanese feud, Sino-Indian rivalry,
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      206 19 Poor left behind India and China are growing rapidly economically but neither has an adequate welfare net to help the poor. PAGE 21 THE STRAITS TIMES SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS, NEWS CENTRE, 1000 Toa Payoh North, Podium Level 2, *****4 ST INTERACTIVE; http:/ /straitstimes.asial .com.sg SPH Chief Executive Officer Executive Vice-President
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      146 19 The writer is a Visiting Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of South-east Asian Studies m Singapore. He was the Philippine member of the Asean-China Eminent Persons Group. The views expressed here are his own. The writer is professor at the Asia-Pacific Centre for Security Studies m Honolulu. The views
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    773 20  -  Jordan Ryan By NOT ROCKING THE BOAT Vietnam's ruling Communist Party is still wary of the accumulation of economic power beyond the control of the state-Managers of state-owned enterprises find influential allies m the military and security apparatus, which see growing economic power m
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    723 20  -  Michael Richardson By For The Straits Times MAJOR development projects can often cause intense controversy. There are people who feel they will benefit and others who fear they will suffer losses. A plan, which China may finance, to cut and
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    805 21  -  sunanda k. DattaRay By GOVERNMENT MUST TAKE THE INITIATIVE There is scope, especially m India, for private sector and non-governmental activism m such areas as health care, childcare, educational assistance and services for senior citizens. But the main thrust of hardship amelioration must come from
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    693 21  -  J. Bradford DeLong By IN 1996, Yale economist Robert Shiller looked around, considered the historical record, and concluded that the American stock market was overvalued. In the past, whenever price-earnings ratios were high, future long-run stock returns were low. But now prices on
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      27 21 The writer, who was assistant US treasury secretary during the Clinton administration, is now Professor of Economics at the University of California at Berkeley. Copyright: Project Syndicate
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      8 1 HOME THE STRAITS TIMES TUESDAY JANUARY 3, 2006
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      518 1  - Civil servants' laptops made more secure Alfred Si ew By Encryption software installed to prevent sensitive information from falling into wrong hands GOVERNMENT agencies have started to make officers' laptops more secure, installing encryption software on selected computers to prevent sensitive information from falling into the wrong hands. One recent
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      101 1 WHEN companies or governments want to prevent a computer document, such as a confidential report, from being seen by others, they often encrypt, or scramble, the data. Once encrypted, the document can be read only by a user authorised to log m with, for example, a
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      Lock icon Early birds for hotel reunion dinners
      472 2  -  Krist 800 By Buoyant economy plays a role; close to2s°/oof places already taken up THE early birds have gone to work earlier than usual this year to get their favourite tables for Chinese New Year reunion dinners. Even before the New Year bubbly was
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      311 2 CYCLING enthusiast Sylvester Ang was a keen advocate of greater road safety for cyclists but became an accident victim himself. The 37-year-old store designer died of severe injuries after he was hit by a bus, pinned under and dragged for about 7m
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      Lock icon Illegal wildlife trade second only to drugs
      591 3  -  Khushwant Singh By AVA reyiewing penalties and enforcement powers to ensure deterrence THE 400 Indian star tortoises smuggled out of Chennai's airport had their heads taped back into their shells and were stacked like saucers m the cardboard box. Costing as little as
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      318 3 TWENTY local companies will head for the bright lights of Las Vegas on Thursday m hopes of making Singapore Inc a force to be reckoned with m the consumer electronics arena. Their destination: The 2006 Consumer Electronics Show the biggest such show
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        53 3 AFTER a woman customer inquired about buying a pouch at a stall m Suntec City at about 5.30pm on Sunday, $408 was found missing from the cash box. Police said the cash box was unlocked and had been placed m a drawer near where the
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        73 3 A RESIDENT of Block 123 Simei Street 1 was robbed of $180 and a cellphone by a man armed with a penknife at 8.50pm on Saturday. The woman, who is m her 70s, told police the robber rushed into the lift just as the
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      188 3 NO CRYSTAL balls were involved. This week, m the second of a two-part series, Digital Life predicts what will happen m tech industries m the year ahead. For one, hackers will continue to find ways and means to get their gaming consoles to play
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      268 4 The Airbus 380 A total Of $60 million is being pumped m tO beef Up The Airbus 380 and Boeing 747-400 the infrastructure at Chanqi Airport to ensure that (tt 3L b JS^L co^ e^' p Ji nes ii i r xi a- v **o/T-
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      500 4  -  Karamjit Kaur By Transport Correspondent EVERY 2V2 minutes, a plane takes off or lands at Changi Airport. That is 24 flights an hour and 570 m a day. At such busy airports, the giant Airbus 380 aircraft can
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      614 5  - UniSIM courses draw the young and old Sandra Davie By Education Correspondent Pioneer batch of 1,275 start their terms this month STUDY AT OWN PACE "UniSIM will enable working adults to learn m their own time, place and pace, without compromising work and family responsibilities." PROF CHEONG HEE KIAT, UniSIM
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      91 5 BLESS THIS SCHOOL Father Michael Sitaram (left), the chaplain of CHlJToaPayoh (Secondary), blessed the new school premises last Friday after a morning service conducted by Roman Catholic Archbishop Nicholas Chia. The new Convent of the Holy Infant Jesus (CHIJ) inToa Payoh Lorong 1 will welcome back more than 3,000 students
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      391 5 THE University of New South Wales (LJNSW) is getting a head start on recruiting students for its new Asian campus m Singapore. It is inviting student applications from today, more than a year before the opening of the University of New South Wales
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      178 5 THE opposition leader m the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly will visit Singapore from today to Jan 10 as the 25th Lee Kuan Yew Exchange Fellow. Mr N. Chandrababu Naidu served as chief minister of the South Indian state of Andhra Pradesh from 1995 to
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      537 6  -  K.C.Vijayan By Claim on pipe fitting thrown out as it was under old law that did not cover product shape A FIRM based m Britain has lost its lawsuit against a local retailer and supplier it accused of selling a pipe fitting
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      293 6  -  ALEXIS HOOI PHOTO: RECYCLING HABIT "Residents have found this to be very appealing... it helps to inculcate a habit of recycling." DR AMY KHOR, Southwest CDC mayor USED clothing and paper weighing as much as about three double-decker buses were exchanged for 14,000 kg of
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      84 7 PHOTO: PHOTO BRYAN VAN DER BEEK THIEF STRIKES AGAIN AND AGAIN, AND AGAIN: Even after the deed was found out, the thief kept coming back again and again to this Circuit Road coffee shop. He got away with about $6,800 m cash m all. ASHLEIGH SiM
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      350 7  -  Tracy Sua By OWNERS of a Circuit Road coffee shop are completely baffled at how a wily thief stole them blind over several days. The crook remained one step ahead of Miss Tan Ai Pheng and her partner for nine days, making off
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      307 7  -  TRACY SUA THE burglar used the residents' own ladder to break into their home. He squeezed through a ventilation window on the first floor of a three-storey Upper East Coast Road house last Wednesday njght but all he got for his pains
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        527 8 PROFESSOR Edison Liu's article, "Korean stem cell debacle: Can it happen m Singapore?" (ST, Dec 30), highlighted some key reasons for the failure of checks and balances m revealing serious scientific misconduct. As an inventor myself with five international industrial patent awards, and
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        389 8 CUTS BOTH WAYS Racism is an evil that cuts both ways. Having experienced it overseas, I understand how it diminishes the individuals on the giving and receiving end. I HAVE noticed that most of the letters on the subject of racism that
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        182 8 Vacation job: Issue of pay settled amicably IN THE letter, "Is that a vacation job or free labour?" (ST, Dec 29), Mr Mohamed Hanafi Mohd Noh related that his daughter's employment at Fish Co m Parkway Parade was terminated after five days on the job, and that she was not
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        316 8 I REFER to the article, "Cop shot himself playing Russian Roulette" (ST, Dec 31), and the recent reports about the drowning death of soldier Ong Jia Hui. Regarding the first incident, a police spokesman said "there are existing policies to detect, assist and counsel
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        137 8 MR ANDY Chew Teck Huat asked a pertinent question m his letter, "What if real attack occurs "during drill?" (ST, Dec 30). As he rightly pointed out, terrorists can exploit any opportunity to mount attacks, including during an exercise and especially during festive
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        258 8 I READ some of the negative and sceptical responses to the upcoming civil emergency exercise. I appeal to everybody to focus on the big picture. In the event of a disaster natural or man-made nothing is more effective m minimising casualties than preparedness.
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        247 8 As a consumer, I believe that I have a right to choose what I want to purchase without having to pay a penalty. RECENTLY, I visited a few car showrooms with a view to purchasing a new car. On my visits, I observed
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        92 8 MY 88-YEAR-OLD father fractured his hip bones when he fell while visiting relatives m China. He returned from Xia men to Singapore on Dec 19 on Silk Air flight MI 921. The excellent service and care rendered to him by the Silk Air crew
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        215 8 MY TWO daughters and I went shopping at Tangs on Dec 21. When we reached home, my younger daughter Manssa realised that she had left the present she bought her father and another gift that her older sister bought her m the store. We
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        66 8 MY SON left his laptop m a taxi on Nov 9. Later that day, Mr Tony Ong, the driver of SMRT Taxi SHB 5376 C, returned the laptop to the security guard at my son's school. I would like to thank Mr Ong for going out
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        69 8 IN NOVEMBER 2004, I befriended Mr Rajah Perumal and his family during a trip to India. When I visited Singapore last month, they opened their home to me. Even after spending 2tt years m Singapore, this was the first time I was invited to
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      827 11 SOCCER He scoffs at Gunners' ability to fill new stadium every week ahead of grudge match London ARSENAL renew hostilities with Manchester United, their least favourite opponents m English football, tonight. The Red Devils are making their last visit
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        57 12 PERTH: Unheralded Dutch duo Peter Wessels and Michaela Krajicek upset second seeds Argentina 2-1 m tennis' Hopman Cup yesterday. Krajicek beat Gisela Dulko 6-4, 6-2 while Wessels shocked world No 10 Gaston Gaudio 6-2, 7-6 (7-5). But Argentina won the mixed doubles 4-6, 6-3 and 10-5
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      297 14 New York SONY BMG has reached a tentative settlement to end lawsuits that accused the music label of leaving CD buyers vulnerable to attack from hackers and malicious software, officials said. Groups involved m the lawsuits said late on Thursday that the proposed settlement
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      248 14 GOLD yesterday traded near its highest annual close m 25 years, as hedge funds and other large speculators may buy more bullion to diversify their holdings. Gold ended last year at US$5l7 an ounce, the high est since 1980, after having reached
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      337 16  -  Gabriel Chen By< THE agencies BBH and Leo Burnett put m a spirited charge m November to move right up the rankings m the ST-R3 Advertising League. The league is compiled by consultancy R3 Asia-Pacific and ranks agencies on the net
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      1207 17  - Aggrieved small investors should have someone to turn to Goh Eng Yeow COMMENTARY By Markets Correspondent A mediation panel headed by an ombudsman can help redress grievances TO BORROW a phrase made famous by Britain's Queen Elizabeth 11, the past 12 months have been an "annus horribilus" for small investors
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      233 17  -  GOH ENG YEOW WARRANT WATCH AFTER being m a holding pattern for most of last year, Singapore Airlines (SIA) suddenly soared last Friday, as the trading year drew to a close. And while the mother share rose 40 cents, or 3.3 per
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      297 18 WORLD'S LARGEST BANK GROUP Tokyo BANK of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ made its belated debut on Sunday, completing the merger of Mitsubishi Tokyo Financial Group and UFJ Holdings to create the world's largest financial group by assets. The financial giants merged on Oct 1 to
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      748 18  -  Lee Su Shyan By Companies Correspondent A SENIOR trader sacked by China Aviation Oil (CAO) has rejected claims that he led a lavish lifestyle and earned more than his disgraced boss Chen Jiulin. Mr Gerard Rigby, the former deputy head of
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        272 2 TAIPEI Tell A*mei not to cut it too fine the next time. The Taiwanese singer made a mad dash from Kaohsiung m southern Taiwan to the north to perform at three New Year's Eve shows last Saturday night. But she was still late by an
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        139 2 MIAOLI Mayday drummer Guan You started the new year by making good on a marriage proposal. He got engaged to his girlfriend. Taiwanese singer Wang Hsing-chih. on Sunday. Last November. Guan You whose real name is Liv Yen-ming held a bouquet of flowers and went down
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        210 2 LOS ANGELES Mick Jagger will get some satisfaction out of this. His band, The Rolling Stones, smashed its own 1 1 -year-old record for the highest-grossing North American concert tour of all time. The Stones sold US$l62 million (*****.5 million) worth of tickets to 1.2 million concert-goers at
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        1296 3  -  Ong Sor Fern FILM CORRESPONDENT ...and you miss the saga of mufti-talented Takeshi Kitano who continues nis reign of screen violence m an acclaimed film helmed by another director TAKESHI "Beat" Kitano is nobody's idea of a dashing leading man. He is 58 and his broad face,
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        178 3 > BORN m Tokyo on Jan 18, 1947, Takeshi Kitano is the youngest of three boys and a girl. His father, Kikujiro, was a house painter and was often drunk and abusive. > The family was crammed into a one-room house m the Adachi ward
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      884 4  -  Tan Shzr Ee culturevutture A village m Taiwan becomes a hub of social activism, articulated through song, at its Meinong Music Festival THREE weeks ago, I took a plane, changed trains twice and sat through an hour-long car ride to make it to a music festival.
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      219 4 LOS ANGELES Family entertainment dominated the American home video charts for 2005. The widescreen edition of The Incredibles is No. 1 on the Top DVD Sales Titles year-end chart, and the Top 10 also includes six other family-oriented titles. Billboard reported. Elf is No. 2.
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        562 5  -  Clara Chow ARTS REPORTER Issues on the construction of national identity, racism and youth culture are explored m two exhibitions ART KILL' EM ALL/LOVE 'EM ALL Francis Ng The Arts House gallery I coME from over tHERE Dr Rajinder Singh Pan Pacific Public Art Space, Level
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        415 7 YES, it sounds like the same hype five years ago about 3G, Bluetooth and all manner of untethered freedoms that were promised. Bluetooth and 3G are both here. This year, what people get will not be vapourware, but real rollouts of wireless broadband and an
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        262 7  -  Serene Luo STAND m line m any phone store and simply observe. People do not mind queueing an hour or so to buy a mobile phone at an attractive price. Consumers are getting smarter about their mobile purchases. For one, they want convergence. Besides being
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        289 7  -  Tham Yuen-C DIGITAL music players will remain a key item with consumers young and old. But with phones taking the route of convergence, MP3 players will proabably lose Some market share to all-in-one phones that double as music players. Phone-makers can be expected to
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        794 8 Are you being ripped off when you buy "original" ink cartridges from printer makers? ALFRED SIEW checks out third-party ink as an alternative If you want to find out what's hot among tech users, all you have to do is take a walk around Sim Lim Square. Here,
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        591 10 How dot convert to Linux? Questions from readers using Linux have poured m since the series on the use of the operating system for home PCs began. We highlight two questions this week. The writers win a Red Hat Desktop worth US$299 each Questions are answered by Harish PUlay, manager
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          155 12 Want to get tunes from a friend's digital music player, but don't have access to a computer? Check out FlashPoint's MP3 Share Player (above). The MP3 player and flash drive uses a chip that contains the Sharing-On-The-Go (SOTG) firmware, providing MP3-to-MP3 upload and download
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          186 12 Pioneer has fired a salvo m the multibillion dollar battle over next generation DVD standards by unveiling a Blu-ray DVD drive for computers. By introducing the high definition Blu-ray format to computers via the disc drive, Pioneer is undoubtedly trying to use the PC as
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          322 12 MOBILE PHONES It's your call Korean electronics giant LG has j answered the call for convergence with its new al Mn-one phone, the P7200. Although it looks like a chunkier j knock-off of Motorola's Razr with its j die-cut metal keypad and angular j looks, the P7200 packs m a
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          241 12 First it was PC-to-PC calls. Now, Yahoo has upped its Internet telephony stake and started offering PC-to-Phone calls with the beta version of its Yahoo! Messenger with Voice. Available at http://sg.beta.messenger.yahoo.com, the software allows you to make calls from your PC to traditional phones or
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          189 12  - labels reading Tham Yuen-c PHONE MEMORY: built-in and expandable WHAT IT MEANS: Mobile phones today double as handheld computers, cameras and music players. Besides storing the di regeur contact lists, they also store photos, music files and even some text files, creating a greater need for more memory space. A
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        176 13 It is a given that prices often drop like mad for PC components at Sim Lim Square shops. But it must still be a bit of a shock for gamers shopping for an Nvidia 7800GT graphics card to find one that costs beow $600. We
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        647 14 This year marks the 1 5th year of the discovery of the World Wide Web. And m true birthday style, MELISSA LWEE takes you on a little tribute to what has now become a big part of our online lives The founder Timbl's blog Decentralized Information Group (DIG) Breadcrumbs
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        599 14  -  Serene Luo By Research companies all predict the explosive growth of instant messaging. If only more companies would allow it at work... DIGITAL EDGE There are some people I haven't set eyes on m years. But we remain buddies because we meet up every
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        279 17  -  Eugene Neubronner By a freelance writer and regular gamer. Tokobots Most PSP players are anticipating the game that will set the system apart from its rival, the Nintendo Dual Screen. Tokobots, a delightful, reinvention of the puzzle-platform genre, comes close to doing that. Archeologist
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        370 18 Prince of Persia: The Two Thrones In this final tale of the trilogy. The Two Thrones ties up almost all the loose ends from its predecessors. It tells of how the Prince, after returning from the Isle with his new wife, finds himself thrust into battle
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        271 19 PoPoLoCrois Some role-playing gajmes (RPGs) are made for the young or for the newbie. PoPoLoCrois is one such game. It is a combination of two previous RPGs repackaged for the PSP, and tells the tale of Prince Pietro, whose mission is to save his
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        1341 25 Is the restaurant full cheak it out through the phone M1 tests new service With surveillance being a hot new buzzword, M1 is leveraging on its mobile infrastructure to help people keep an eye on the world through the cellphone. SERENE LUO reports The cafeteria has a webcam installed m
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        728 26 mobile phones. In Hong Kong, 50,000 Octopus phones, which can store travel cards and pay for purchases m shops, have already been sold. To date these schemes and others like them around the world have been based on two separate contactless technologies: Philips' Mifare and
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        110 26 Near-field communication (NFC) is a simple, short-range wireless technology, its many uses and advantages include: Replacing stow, fiddly paper tickets for public transport. Quick, easy payment at supermarket checkouts. Big savings for merchants such as drive-through fast-food outlets and petrol stations by speeding each purchase up by
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