The Straits Times, 1 February 2006

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  • Article
    Lock icon Call to haul Iran before UN Security Council
    624 1 London Teheran reacts angrily saying there is no legal basis for action THE five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council reached a surprising agreement yesterday that Iran should be hauled before the powerful body over its disputed nuclear programme. China
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    Lock icon ISTANA SHOW 'BETTER THAN JACKIE CHAN!'
    181 1 When President S R Nathan stepped out into the crowd at the Istana open house yesterday, Madam Loke Wai Sim (above) and her husband, Mr Shoon Hoon Chye, both 68, were ready to meet him. For her visit to the Istana, Madam Loke had
    LIM SIN THAI  -  181 words
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    Lock icon HDB puts up five-room and executive flats for rent
    515 1  -  Daryl Loo By FOR the first time, the Housing Board is putting up five-room and executive flats for rent through a private company. On offer are 160 five-room and 90 executive flats m Jurong West, Sengkang and Bukit Merah. Property agents
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    Lock icon In Koh Samui, another day in paradise
    1140 1  -  Nirmal Ghosh DFSDDSFSDFDSFADFSA By Thailand Correspondent In Koh Samui THE rape and killing on Jan 1 of 21-year-old Briton Katherine Horton on Koh Samui's Lamai beach was doubly shocking because it happened m a place touted as paradise. There are many who still
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      642 2 SECTION ONE Fourth fatality Prime 3-4 Former national s j a 5-10 footballer Rosli Amri WnrlrT 11 1^ became the fourth J or r "J' motorcyclist killed over Review IS" 17 the past toes day*. FYI 18 PAGPH2 SECTION TWO m y Home Hl-H5 Swuctng up its image Cftriim v
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  • PRIME
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      Lock icon 50,000 to pay less cash under Medisave change
      699 3  - 50,000 to pay less cash under Medisave change Lee Hui Chieh By Use of scheme also extended to cover chronic disease bills AS MANY as 50,000 patients are likely to benefit every year from the raised daily withdrawal limits of Medisave. The move will affect mainly the middle-income group who
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      Lock icon 3 hours to rescue driver trapped in coach
      280 3 THE, force of the impact wrapped the coach around a tree m the East Coast Parkway, with part of the crumpled wreckage hanging precariously from the tree trunk. The driver, groaning m pain, was trapped, his legs jammed under the steering wheel.
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      Lock icon Luxury cars needed to ferry VIPs around at big event in Sept
      568 4  -  Christopher Tan By Senior Correspondent 460 vehicles offered, 800 still required ORGANISERS of the International Monetary Fund/World Bank board of governors' meeting still need 800 cars mainly Mercedes E-class and S-class sedans or their equivalents to ferry heads
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      Lock icon BMWs at discount, minus 6 features
      348 4  -  CHRISTOPHER TAN SUBSTITUTION "If I sell you a personal computer at a lower price but substitute the flat LCD screen with an old TV-type screen, is that a bargain?" BUSINESSMAN ERIC CHAN, on how the discounted BM Ws are not such a good deal
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      Lock icon Brokeback Mountain leads Oscars field with 8 nods
      521 4 Beverly Hills (California) THE cowboy gay love story Brokeback Mountain led the Academy Awards field yesterday with eight nominations, among them best picture and honours for director Lee Ang and actor Heath Ledger. Race relations drama Crash and Good Night, And Good
      ASSOCIATED PRESS; REUTERS; AP  -  521 words
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      Lock icon Some of the nominees
      127 4 Best Picture: Best supporting actor: Brokeback Mountain George Clooney (Syriana) Capote Matt Dillon (Crash) Crash Paul Giamatti (Cinderella Man) Good Night, And Good Luck Jake Gyllenhaal (Brokeback Munich Mountain) »Be«,c.or: Sffi^*'"* 01 Philip Seymour Hoffman (Capote) Terrence Howard (Hustle And Best supporting Flow) actress: Heath Ledger
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      Lock icon Armed robbers strike again in KL
      377 4 Armed robbers strike again in KL Kuala Lumpur FIVE men stole an estimated RM2.I million (S$910,000) from a van loading cash into an ATM at Malaysia's top university last weekend, the latest m a series of heists m the capital. The robbers armed with three pistols and a shotgun drove
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      31 4 Saving for retirement? A number of changes taking effect this year will crimp your ability to save for retirement through tax-advantaged schemes like the CPF and the Supplementary Retirement Scheme IB
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  • ASIA
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      Lock icon US rebukes Chen over inflammatory remarks
      880 5  -  Roger Mitton By US Bureau Chief In Washington Washington reaffirms one-China policy, warns against provocative steps THE United States has rebuked Taiwan's President Chen Shuibian, warning him not to take actions that might precipitate unrest m the region. On Sunday, President Chen had referred
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      Lock icon Tokyo minister backs off on shrine visit call
      530 5 Tokyo JAPANESE Foreign Minister Taro Aso has backtracked on his controversial call for the Emperor to visit a war shrine at the centre of friction with China and South Korea. "What I said was that I believed those who fell during the
      ASSOCIATED PRESS; AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE; REUTERS  -  530 words
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      Lock icon China not a threat to Japan, declares Tokyo
      252 5 Tokyo JAPAN does not regard China as a threat, the Japanese government said yesterday. It said m a position paper, approved by the Cabinet, that it "does not think China has the intention to invade Japan". It said a threat becomes actual
      XINHUA; ASSOCIATED PRESS  -  252 words
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      23 5 Indonesia food scare Indonesians are outraged that tofu and other food are laced with formaldehyde, a preservative used to embalm corpses. PAGE 9
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  • CHINA
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      Lock icon Shanghai aims to rival shipping hubs with new port
      812 6  - Shanghai aims to rival shipping hubs with new port Jean Chua By China Correspondent In Shanghai Analysts say it will take a long time to match leaders Singapore and HK IN THE summer of 1995, the largely farming population near Big and Little Yangshan islands about a l 1 2
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      Lock icon Fireworks usher in Chinese New Year with deadly bang
      309 6 Fireworks usher in Chinese New Year with deadly bang Beijing FIREWORKS explosions killed 36 people and injured hundreds more m China as traditional Chinese New Year celebrations led to much mayhem, officials and state media said. In the most serious accident, 36 people at a temple fair m central Henan
      AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE; XINHUA  -  309 words
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        Lock icon JAPAN'S DEFENCE AGENCY RAIDED
        88 6 TOKYO: Prosecutors yesterday searched offices at a government agency that oversees Japan's military facilities, following the arrests of three defence officials over alleged bidrigging, a defence spokesman said. On Monday, the authorities arrested Defence Facilities Administration Agency official Takayoshi Kawano, 57, because of his alleged involvement
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        Lock icon LONGER JAIL TERM FOR 'FIXER'
        118 6 TOKYO: The culprit of one of the most notorious fraud cases during Japan's "bubble economy" m the 1990s was yesterday jailed for six more years. Ho Yong Chung, a 58-year-old KoreanJapanese, was convicted of swindling promissory notes worth 17.9 billion yen (Ss2so million) out of
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        Lock icon 79 ILL FROM NEW YEAR DISH
        102 6 HONG KONG: At least 79 people m Hong Kong suffered mild food poisoning after eating a popular Chinese New Year casserole dish, the government said yesterday. The patients reported fever, diarrhoea and vomiting about six to 30 hours after consuming the traditional dish bought
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        Lock icon FOUR NABBED OVER TRAIN CRASH
        152 6 LAHORE: Pakistani police yesterday arrested four scrap metal dealers after a shootout and believed they could be linked to a deadly train crash on Sunday. Officials suspected sabotage m the derailment of a packed passenger train m eastern Pakistan that killed at least three people
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      Lock icon 14 HK tourists killed in Egyptian bus crash
      328 6 Cairo FOURTEEN tourists from Hong Kong were killed and many others wounded yesterday when their bus spun off the road along Egypt's Red Sea coast m one of the deadliest crashes involving foreign nationals m recent years. The bus was on the
      AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE; ASSOCIATED PRESS  -  328 words
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  • EAST ASIA
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      Lock icon Chinese players shut out of online game
      649 7  -  Tschang Chi-Chu By China Correspondent In Beijing US gamers seek to filter out 'gold farmers' who play to make money AMERICAN online gamers are barring non-English speaking players mainly those from China from joining their groups m the World of Warcraft (WoW) game,
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      Lock icon THE BUCKS STOP HERE
      52 7 Sitting on money is not something that's encouraged least of all by a bank. But what Korea Exchange Bank m Seoul hopes to do, by putting plastic benches m the shape of US$lOO notes outside its office, is to use the "lucky" benches to attract customers.
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      Lock icon Livedoor buyouts meant to boost stock: Ex-official
      458 7 TOKYO THE former finance chief of Internet group Livedoor has admitted to prosecutors that the company engaged m numerous corporate buyouts to boost investor confidence and raise its stock price, a newspaper reported yesterday. Company e-mail messages seized by investigators, meanwhile, indicate that
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      Lock icon Robbers 'raid tomb of Li Ka String's wife'
      226 7 Hong Kong POLICE m Hong Kong said yesterday that they are hunting a team of grave robbers who, media reports claim, raided the tomb of the wife of Asia's richest man, Mr Li Ka Shing. Four men armed with what appeared to
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  • INDIA/SOUTH ASIA
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      Lock icon Opposition BJP set to rule key province
      580 8  -  Ravi Velloor By India Bureau Chief In New Delhi Control of Karnataka could mean greater acceptability for party which lost Delhi polls A GOVERNMENT dominated by the opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is set to take power m Karnataka, the first time that
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      Lock icon Bush a 'failure' in war on terror, says Zawahiri
      480 8 Cairo IN A new video, Al-Qaeda's No. 2 Ayman Al-Zawahiri has mocked United States President George W. Bush as a "failure" m the war on terror. He also called Mr Bush a "butcher" for killing innocent Pakistanis m an air strike
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      Lock icon India names winners of airport deals
      537 8 UPGRADING PROJECTS New Delhi GERMANY'S Fraport, which operates the Frankfurt airport, and its Indian partner yesterday won a major Delhi airport upgrading project that a Changi airport consortium had pulled out of. The other major airport modernisation programme, that for Mumbai, was awarded to
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      Lock icon India woos global arms makers
      165 8 New Delhi INDIA'S Defence Minister Pranab Mukherjee yesterday asked global weapons-makers to collaborate with the country's companies to utilise their skills. Speaking as international manufacturers showcased their products at a four-day defence exhibition m New Delhi, he said the government wanted to encourage joint ventures,
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      Lock icon Tamil separatists threaten to scrap peace talks
      209 8 Colombo TAMIL separatists m Sri Lanka said yesterday that they would pull out of peace talks if the government did not take steps to stop the abduction of Tamils. Senior official Seevaratnam Puleedevan of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) said participation
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  • SOUTH-EAST ASIA
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      Lock icon Terrified Indonesians losing their appetite
      554 9 Jakarta Meatballs and noodles laced with formaldehyde the latest food scare SLURPING noodle soup is a joy shared by diners around Asia. But m Indonesia, a humble bowl of noodles might harbour a variety of untold dangers. Formaldehyde-laced noodles and meatballs have appeared m Indonesia
      AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE; AFP  -  554 words
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      Lock icon Probe for new group's link to Al-Qaeda
      227 9 Jakarta INDONESIAN police are investigating possible links between a purported new militant network and Al-Qaeda, with initial indications showing it was set up by two key Malaysian radicals. On Monday, Indonesia's police chief said that documents seized m November showed Noordin Mohammed Top
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      Lock icon Thaksin's children ordered to explain role in shares sale
      238 9 Bangkok TWO of Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra's children have come under pressure after the market watchdog ordered them to further explain their involvement m the sale of a large stake m telecoms giant Shin Corp. "The two children of the
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  • SOUTH-EAST ASIA / MALAYSIA
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      Lock icon MAS gets employees to tell on wrongdoers
      508 10  -  Leslie Lau By Malaysia Correspondent In Kuala Lumpur INSIDE INFORMATION "You may have knowledge of fraud or corruption, unauthorised use of (the) company's money, an unlawful act, negligence, risk to safety and security, abuse of position for any unauthorised use or for personal
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      Lock icon Creature comforts trump call of the wild
      284 10 Kuala Lumpur MALAYSIA is famed for its wildlife, rainforest reserves and adventure activities such as trekking, but Malaysians would rather shop and eat, says a new report. The study of 984 Malaysians by the University of Science Malaysia, published yesterday, has found that
      AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE; NEW STRAITS TIMES  -  284 words
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      Lock icon Abdullah pitches KL companies to Saudis
      466 10  -  Reme Ahmad By Malaysia Bureau Chief In Kuala Lumpur PRIME Minister Abdullah Badawi has pitched Malaysian companies to visiting Saudi King Abdullah and his Cabinet ministers, singling out national oil firm Petronas as a worthy business partner. PM Abdullah said yesterday that Petronas, Malaysia's
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      Lock icon RECORD BRUSH-OFF
      78 10 Filipino primary schoolchildren brushing their teeth m an attempt to break a world record. About 10,800 students brushed away steadily for about three minutes at Manila's Rizal Park on Sunday. The event was organised by a toothpaste company and 200 dentists, which also aimed to raise awareness of
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      Lock icon Manila likely to give suspended Tiger route the green light
      357 10  -  Luz Baguioro By Philippines Correspondent In Manila THE Philippine government is inclined to approve the application of Singapore budget carrier Tiger Airways for a permanent permit to operate its flights from Macau to Clark International Airport m Angeles City, about
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon Danish paper apologises for cartoons of Prophet
      715 11 Danish paper apologises for cartoons of Prophet Cairo Growing Muslim anger sparks crisis threatening Nordic trade and security THE editor of a Danish newspaper which printed cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad has apologised as Muslim anger over the publication snowballs into a full-fledged crisis threatening Nordic trade and security. "These
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      Lock icon WHO drafts flu pandemic plan but success not guaranteed
      397 11 Geneva THE World Health Organisation (WHO) says it is preparing a plan to ensure rapid detection of a global flu pandemic and swift containment of a stronger new virus, but warns there is no guarantee of success. A draft of a
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon US civil rights icon Coretta King dies
      501 12 PHOTO: Widow of visionary black leader Martin Luther King Jr fought for racial equality Atlanta MARTIN Luther King Jr's widow Coretta, who led the fight for racial equality m America after her husband was murdered m 1968, died at age 78 on Monday
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    • WORLD QUICKLY
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        Lock icon OSLO MORE COSTLY THAN TOKYO
        88 12 LONDON: After 14 years ranked as the most expensive city m the world for expatriates, Tokyo has been knocked off the top spot by Norway's capital, Oslo. The biannual survey by the Economist Intelligence Unit compares the cost of goods and services m US dollars,
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        Lock icon 'STRONGER AUSSIE-CHINA TIES'
        82 12 SYDNEY: China's growing influence will force Australia to form stronger ties with it within the next 50 years and possibly distance itself from its traditional ally, the United States, a former Australian defence chief said yesterday. Due to its small population, Australia would become a "relatively insignificant
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        Lock icon GLOBAL HELP TO FIGHT TALEBAN
        64 12 LONDON: Major world powers were to sign a new pact here yesterday to boost Afghanistan's resources against a resurgent Taleban and opium traffickers. Under the deal with some 70 foreign partners, Afghanistan will promote stability and development m exchange for international military and economic support.
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        Lock icon BULL CHARGES INTO CROWDS
        57 12 MEXICO OTY: Seven people were injured when a 503 kg bull named Little Bird jumped into the stands at Mexico City's largest bull ring and charged at spectators, medical officials said. Little Bird had just entered the ring on Sunday when it made a spectacular jump
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        Lock icon SHOOTING AT U.S. MAIL PLANT
        37 12 GOLETA (CALIFORNIA): A former postal worker opened fire m a mail-processing plant, killing six people before turning the gun on herself, officials said yesterday. One victim was m critical condition, KEYT-TV reported.
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      Lock icon Kidnapped US reporter pleads for her life
      402 12 Baghdad kidnapped us reporter jm Carroll tearfully pleaded for her life m the latest video released by her captors, as Britain suffered its 100 th military fatality m Iraq yesterday. In stark contrast to an earlier appeal, Ms Carroll appeared m a bulky
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      Lock icon CAN HAMAS RULE?
      691 13  - CAN HAMAS RULE? Betsy Pisik By In Gaza Strip Palestinian govt must tackle Israel, money and security issues THE leadership of Hamas, the radical group dramatically swept to power m the Palestinian elections last week, appears to have modulated its hardline rhetoric. But is it ready to rule? The Islamic
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      Lock icon Palestinians find solace in jokes
      390 13 DID YOU HEAR? "Hamas stopped all suicide bomber operations ahead of the election because they needed every vote they could get." COVER ACT "Get your Hamas headscarf now at a discount because you will have to get it sooner or later." Ramallah (West Bank) CALL
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      Lock icon Israel grapples with new reality
      781 13  -  Abraham Rabinovich By For The Straits Times In Jerusalem HINTS of moderation from Hamas leaders since their movement's election victory last week hints almost as surprising as the victory itself have done little to soften tne realisation of Israeli leaders that they are facing a
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      Lock icon Violence in French schools at crisis point
      589 14  -  Susan Sachs By For The Straits Times In Montreuil-sous-Bois (France) Government forced to take action as teachers strike after rash of attacks FRENCH Interior Minister Nicolas Sarkozy, who often stirs controversy with his law-and-order responses to the country's social ills, has promised a
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      Lock icon Chucking your old PC? Beware of identity theft
      335 14 London PEOPLE who sell their old computers risk being defrauded or having their identities stolen because many terminals are not properly wiped of data, according to a study released yesterday. Second-hand computers, which account for one m 12 computers m use worldwide,
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      Lock icon Brazilians race to adopt lake baby
      265 14  -  Rio De Janeiro DOCTORS have released a two-month-old girl from a hospital "m perfect health", two days after she was found m a black plastic bag floating m a lake m south-eastern Brazil. Scores of Brazilians mobbed the Odilion Behrens Municipal Hospital on Monday,
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      172 15 IMPRISONED pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi will be awarded the Olof Palme Prize 2005 for her "unyielding fight for a democratic" Myanmar, the memorial fund said. The prize, which was established a year after Sweden's then-prime minister was shot dead on a busy
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      154 15 AUTHOR David Bannon, who wrote Race Against Evil The Secret Missions Of The Interpol Agent Who Tracked The World's Most Sinister Criminals, has been arrested for criminal impersonation, the United States Justice Department said. He pretended to have worked as a hit man for
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      128 15 MR EUAN Blair, the eldest son of British Prime Minister Tony Blair, was to start a six-month stint yesterday as an intern m the US Congress, officials said. The 22 -year-old was due to report for his unpaid job at the office of
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      358 15 TWO young Chinese sopranos are making a stunning debut on the Paris opera scene, emerging as two of the brightest talents to watch m the field. Zhang Liping, 32, and He Hui, 33, are snaring the lead part m Puccini's Madame Butterfly, one
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      387 16 LIKE other developed economies, Singapore's population is ageing as birth rates fall and life expectancies rise. This is not all bad, as it means improving standards of living. The problem is that an inexorable trend also means progressive shrinkage of the economically active. In a report just
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      1804 16  -  Cheong Yip Seng WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM By Editor-in-Chief BUT WHERE WAS ASEAN? I left Davos with one regret: Asean was virtually off the main radar screen. For a long time to come, China and India will probably get a disproportionate share of the attention of
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      878 17  -  Robert Samuelson U.S. HEALTH CARE By CANT PLEASE ALL No health-care system not one completely run by government or one following "market" principles can satisfy public opinion. ALMOST everyone agrees that Americans ought to "fix the health-care system" a completely meaningless phrase despite
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      758 1  -  Yap Su-Yin By One 1 1 -year-old called the cops, thanks to programme tailored for children like her BEHIND closed doors, the petite woman was punched and kicked until she was blue and black. The culprit: her husband of 12 years.
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        517 2  -  He persuades mum to let him go to Sentosa but drowns off beach By Arlina Arshad THE waters surrounding Sentosa have claimed its first victim of the year, Hirwan Abdullah, 17, who went swimming despite his father's reservations. Lifeguards dragged him out alive
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        Lock icon Ex-footballer Rosli Amri dies in m-cycle crash
        597 2  -  Khushwant Singh By FORMER national footballer Rosli Amri yesterday became the fourth motorcyclist to die m an accident over the past three days. The 43-year-old father of six died after his motorcycle collided with a taxi while travelling along Kranji Expressway towards Bukit
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        235 2  -  KHUSHWANT SINGH It looked like a disaster. One car had overturned and lay on its roof, totally wrecked. Another was also severely damaged. Tyres and debris were scattered across the road and on the pavement. But the two men and a woman
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          110 2 POLICE yesterday ambushed and arrested an unemployed man m connection with last week's spate of Cash Card thefts from vehicles m Tampines' multi-storey carparks. The 33-year-old is suspected of having broken into more than 20 vehicles, including six cars and a lorry, at a carpark m Tampines
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          76 2 THE owner of a general store m Block 258, Pasir Ris Street 21, locked up at spm on Saturday to join his family for the Chinese New Year reunion dinner. At 6am the next morning, his daughter was shocked when she found the shop ransacked. A
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        640 2  -  Karamjit Kaur By Aviation Correspondent THE last major chapter m the legal battles that followed the crash of SQOO6 at Taipei's Chiang Kai-shek Airport on Oct 31, 2000 is set to come before the Singapore courts soon. Eleven of the 13 cabin
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        799 3  - China study mums' get some mothering of their own Esther Fung By Spore businesswoman is counsellor, friend, guarantor and more to many of them here CHINESE New Year is a time for family reunions. And for "study mums" from China, that means making Chinese dumplings for a reunion dinner with
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        427 3  -  Jean Loo By DRIVERS on the Central Expressway have been zooming past a homeless man who has been living under the Whampoa flyover for the past six months. The 50-year-old man, who would give his name only as Mr Zaman, has built a makeshift
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        774 4  -  Tham Yuen-C By Net surfing, chats are common but employees work online at home too SINGAPORE'S office workers are playing at work and making up for it by working at home. A study by the National University of Singapore (NUS) Business School
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        504 4 Medisave hope for those with huge bills Patients suffering from chronic illnesses have to be on long-term medication and the costs can snowball. A diabetic and the father of a young asthma patient tell Lee Hui Chieh about the costs and how they hope changes to Medisave rules will ease
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        157 4 Follow the organic food trail THERE has long been a small but growing number of health-conscious consumers m Singapore prepared to pay premium prices for food certifiea as organic. Despite the demand, it was often difficult to find organic produce food grown without pesticides, synthetic materials or genetic modification, and
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        472 4  -  Salma Khalik By Health Correspondent LINUS Tan was 16 when his right arm popped out of his shoulder joint during a rugby game m school. In spite of the excruciating pain, he managed to push it back m. A month later, it popped
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        567 5  - All's Normal.. .and Si Ling wants a change With no Express postings, school battles to change once-tough image By Nur Dianah Suhaimi SI LING Secondary is the only school m Singapore without a Secondary 1 Express stream class but it is righting to shake off that dubious honour. Once notorious
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        536 5  -  Yen Feng By ALL five polytechnics are rolling out new courses m tourism and resort management this year, m anticipation of the estimated 35,000 jobs to be created with the integrated resorts (IRs) timed for 2010. Most of the new
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        393 5  -  Maria Almenoar By REPUBLIC Polytechnic has tied up with an Australian university to allow students to obtain a degree faster its second such alliance m less than a year. And m some cases, students will also save on tuition, travel and accommodation costs. From
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        316 5  -  NUR DIANAH SUHAIMI THEY are m class more than eight hours a day, teach only Normal stream students and also handle discipline problems. Yet, m the past five years, only four teachers at Si Ling Secondary have asked for transfers. "Most teachers tend
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        463 6 THE furore sparked by the unveiling of the Workers' Party (WP) manifesto made me wonder when Singapore will see credible alternatives. And the Singapore Democratic Alliance (SDA)'s claim of opposition unity when putting out its statement on the WP manifesto ("WP's manifesto: Let voters
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        525 6 I REFER to Dr Catherine Lim's article, "Managing political dissent" (ST, Jan 20). Although she does well to point out certain features of our political landscape, her arguments are incomplete at best, requiring additional arguments to bolster her case. She has yet to
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        212 6 IN THE letter, "Young Singaporeans need to have dreams" (ST, Jan 24), Miss Alva Huang Van ting said: "If we live a life without taking risks, how can we ever hope to step out of our self-imposed boundaries?" It is young
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        122 6 IT DISTURBS me to see how some Singaporeans go about addressing their grievances. One man was concerned that renewal of his road tax may be held up, delayed over the issue of free postage on letters addressed to the Land Transport Authority
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        252 6 I REFER to Ms Lim May Kee's letter, "Funds transferred to wrong account" (ST, Jan 31). In any month, I have to transfer funds from one account to another quite a number of times, and I always have this worry: what if I transfer
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        230 6 For more readers' views, log on to http:// www. straitstimes.asia 1 .com. sg/forum. Access to online letters is free. Don't be annoyed with those who drive big cars with HDB labels. Emulate them Govt can do more to change mindsets about older workers Help
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        417 6 I REFER to the letter, "Does buying an annuity help avoid estate duty?" (ST, Jan 24), by Ms Chua Qiing Yuan. Ms Chua referred to my letter of Dec 29. I wish to clarify the matter. Under a Ufe annuity, the
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        250 6 I REFER to the reply, "US beef to be sold here safe for consumption" (ST, Jan 28), from the AgriFood Veterinary Authority (AVA) to my concerns about madcow disease (bovine spongiform encephalopathy or BSE). I would be grateful if AVA could clarify
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        Lock icon United seek Chelsea ban over Mikel case
        945 7 SOCCER The wooing June 2003: John Obi Mikel and the Nigerian Under-17 team are invited to train with Manchester United. June 2004: Mikel fails to turn up for United. August 2004: Mikel joins Lyn Oslo on a youth contract. Chelsea allegedly pay £190,000
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        Lock icon I'm not the man for England, says Mourinho
        524 7 London PORTUGAL is the job he wants, not England. Although touted as a possible successor to Sven-Goran Eriksson, Chelsea coach Jose Mourinho insists he is "not the man for England". Eriksson will step down as England manager after the World Cup Finals
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        Lock icon Red Devils protest in silence over media treatment of captain Neville
        572 7 Manchester MANCHESTER United players are refusing to give television interviews for one week. They are protesting the repeated showing of captain Gary Neville's controversial goal celebrations during their 1-0 Premiership win over Liverpool two weeks ago. The boycott started
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        1025 8 SOCCER PASSION WON HIM OVER "What impressed me was the passion he has as a person, that he wants to play for Liverpool and score goals for Liverpool." LIVERPOOL MANAGER RAFAEL BENITEZ, on Robbie Fowler Liverpool Former Anfield hero is hungry to prove his
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        631 8 London SUDDENLY, everything has gone wrong for Arsenal. Dumped out of the League Cup by Wigan, the defending FA Cup champions were also ousted from that competition by Bolton last week. The Gunners need to bounce back quickly m the Premiership, as they
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        327 8 City keen to hold on to Joey Barton Premiership Aston Villa v Chelsea Man City v Newcastle Portsmouth v Bolton Arsenal v West Ham United Blackburn Rovers v Manchester United »Live,Ch24, tomorrow, 3.55 am Liverpool v Birmingham ►»Live,Ch23, tomorrow, 3.55 am Manchester MANCHESTER City turned down a transfer deadline bid
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        363 8 Alexandria (Egypt) SOUTH Africa ended their African Nations Cup campaign on a dismal note on Monday, despite a stinging rebuke from President Thabo Mbeki just a day earlier. But the 2010 World Cup hosts, who lost 0-1 to Zambia, were not the only
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        982 9  -  Alvin Foo »GOLF By NO RANKING POINTS, BUT STILL KEEN TO PLAY "I'm not sure if they can have a full playing field consisting only of European Tour players. But I'll still play if I'm invited. Even if I can't get any ranking points,
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        438 9  -  Lee Yulin SAILING By Assistant Sports Editor FOR five minutes two Sundays ago, Koh Seng Leong's world seemed normal again. The Laser specialist was on the seas, doing what he loved best sailing. And even a simple action that many might take for
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        357 9 TENNIS Tokyo A DEFIANT Maria Sharapova denied yesterday that she had "hit the wall", after failing to reach the Australian Open final. The Russian tennis star said she needed more time to be a regular Grand Slam winner, following a painful defeat by Belgium's
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        304 9  -  LEE YULIN NETBALL WHEN students graduate from school or university, they often leave more than just their books behind. Some friendships are lost and, more often than not, co-curricular activities such as sports are shelved. So Netball Singapore has decided to make it easier
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        187 9 OLYMPICS Lausanne JACQUES Rogge has been around long enough not to get overly worried about Olympic preparations. So the International Olympic Committee president is taking a relaxed view about the lacklustre lead-up to the Winter Games m Turin. "I'm an old hand m the
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        571 10  -  Nicholas Fang SOCCER By MY HEARTS WITH SINGAPORE "I have been training and I want to do my best for theelub. I want to fight for my place m the national team and help them to repeat the Tiger Cup win and do well m the
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        455 10 KOBE Bryant is a little shy about his recent sensational 81-point performance and says he is not caught up m a chase to overhaul Wilt Chamberlain's magical record marie of 100. "I'm a little bit embarrassed actually," Bryant told reporters on Monday after a
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        547 10 BASKETBALL Memphis THE return of Yao Ming was not enough to revive the struggling Houston Rockets. They lost 77-86 to Memphis on Monday night. Chucky Atkins scored 19 points for the Grizzlies m Yao's first National Basketball Association game m more than a
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        386 10 BASKETBALL NBA: Atlanta 120 New York 101, Cleveland 103 Charlotte 91, Miami 1 18 LA Clippers 1 14, Minnesota 1 10 Boston 85, Memphis 86 Houston 77, New Orleans 94 Milwaukee 93, San Antonio 79 Utah 70, Portland 116 Seattle 111. CRICKET Third day of the third and final
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          49 10 LENTON SETS NEW 100 M WORLD MARK MELBOURNE: Australian Libby Lenton broke the world record m the women's 100 metres freestyle with a time of 53.42 seconds at Australia's Commonwealth Games swimming trials here yesterday. The former world record holder lowered compatriot Jodie Henry's mark by O.lOsec. AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
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          67 10 KARACHI: Pakistan took a vice-like grip on the decisive third Test against India yesterday. Led by Faisal Iqbal's 103 not out, they were 511-5 m their second innings at close of play on the third day, leading overall by 518 runs. Abdul Razzaq was unbeaten
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          108 10 KUALA LUMPUR: The Football Association of Malaysia said yesterday that it will conduct random drug tests and require new players to be tested before being registered. FAM competition committee chairman Raja Ahmad Zainuddin Raja Omar said drug tests had only been conducted during the finals
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          51 10 MELBOURNE: Negotiations are being finalised to have Hollywood star John Travolta pilot the plane taking the Australian team to this year's World Cup Finals m Germany, the Melbourne Age reported yesterday. He is a qualified pilot and "ambassador" of major team sponsor Qantas. AGENCE
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          Lock icon STAM TAKES 2-YEAR DEAL WITH AJAX
          45 10 AMSTERDAM: AC Milan's central defender Jaap Stam, 33, will return to Holland m July after agreeing a two-year contract with Ajax Amsterdam, the struggling Dutch first division team said on Monday. Ajax also agreed an undisclosed transfer fee. REUTERS
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          40 10 MADRID: Real Sociedad have promoted youth team coach Gonzalo Arconada to replace Jose Maria Amorrortu, the struggling Spanish Primera Liga soccer club said on Monday. Arconada will take charge until the end of the season. REUTERS
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        1168 11 THANKAMMA JOSEPH Age: 83 Was called home to be with the Lord on 31 January 2006, leaving behind loved ones. Son: Daughter-in-law: Thomas Joseph Vill Chan Daughters: Sons-in-law: Mariamma Koshy Samuel Saramma Einar Loberg Omana Grandsons, granddaughters, great granddaughters, great grandsons, sister, nephews, nieces and relatives. The wake is held
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        791 14  - Airocean appoints A- Sonic chief as exec chairman AZRIN ASMANI By Companies Correspondent Latest addition THE appointment of Ms Janet Tan (above) comes less than two weeks after Airocean averted a boardroom showdown with four of its former directors, all of whom stepped down on Jan 20. Airocean says she
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        302 14 »SI2OMDEAL AIRBUS SAS, the world's largest commercial planemaker, has awarded a 60 million euro (*****.6 million) contract to Singapore Technologies Marine (ST Marine) to build two vessels that will ship sections of the A-380, the world's biggest commercial aircraft. Airbus said
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        Lock icon High-profile Fed chairman leaves with legacy firmly in place
        662 12 Washington Yesterday's meeting was Greenspan's last; another quarter-point rate hike to 4.5% seen UNITED States Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan is going out the way he came m nearly two decades ago quietly tending to business. The man who has held
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        Lock icon Job openings in Japan rise to 13-year high
        445 12 TOKYO EVERYONE who wants a job m Japan can have one for the first time m 13 years. The job-to-applicant ratio m December advanced to one from 0.99 m November, the statistics bureau said m Tokyo yesterday, adding to evidence that the
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        290 12 Vienna IRAN will not halt oil exports m an escalating dispute with the West over its atomic programme, its oil minister said yesterday at the start of an Opec meeting that will keep output near maximum levels. "We are not mixing politics with the
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        28 12 Friday's close: 15,753.14 (+233.07 points) >» Hong Kong's stock and money markets are shut for the Chinese New Year holidays. Trading will resume today. REUTERS
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        41 12 Sydney S&P ASX 200 Yesterday's close: 4,929.6 (-13.8 points) Australian shares retreated from record highs, as major miners fell prey to profit-taking after their soaring run But the big banks such as ANZ and West pac gained on broker upgrades. REUTERS
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        32 12 Yesterday's close.--9.919.89 (•f70.86 points) Indian share prices closed 0./2 percent higher, led by funds buying shares m leading benchmark index companies after a strong quarterly earnings season, dealers said. AFP
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        20 12 Monday's close: 1,232.32 (-1-2.61 points) The stock market was closed for Awal Muharram Trading will resume today.
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        Lock icon China banks urged to cut bad-loans ratio to below 5%
        268 12 Shanghai CHINA'S banking regulator urged domestic lenders to further cut their non-performing loans and improve returns without having to rely on the government's help. China banks should lower their bad-loans ratio to below 5 per cent from the current 8.6
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        40 12 Yesterday's close: 762.63 (+6.48 points) Thai share prices finished 0.86 per cent higher on a technical rebound from a recent fall, led by gains m regional markets where Tokyo struck a fresh five-year high, dealers said. AFP
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        46 12 Yesterday's close: 16,649.82 (+98.59 points) >► The Nikkei average closed above 16,600 for the first time m 5v 2 years, rising 0.6 per cent after Kyocera surged on a higher quarterly profit. Shares m electronics firms may continue to be m focus today. REUTERS
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        31 12 Friday's close: 914.01 (+0.87 point) Malaysian financial markets are shut for the Chinese New Year, Awal Muharram and Federal Territory Day holidays. Trading will resume on Friday. AFP
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          81 12 HOUSTON: Former Enron chiefs Kenneth Lay and Jeffrey Skilling went on trial on Monday for fraud and conspiracy over the multibillion-dollar meltdown of the energy giant m 2001. Lay, 63, and Skilling, 52, have denied the charges, which carry long prison terms,
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          81 12 KUALA LUMPUR: Bank Negara Malaysia has approved four new Islamic insurance or takaful licences, bringing to nine the number of takaful operators m the country. This followed the announcement by the central bank m May last year that up to four new takaful licences
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        223 12 Seoul SOUTH Korea and Singapore have agreed to begin implementation of a bilateral free trade agreement (FT A) on March 2, South Korea's Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade said yesterday. The accord, which was ratified by the South Korean National Assembly
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        560 13  - Two -thirds of chief execs upbeat on overseas expansion Lee Su Shyan By Companies Correspondent IN GOOD STEAD "Singapore is well-positioned to venture into China and India. Most Singapore companies have already forged working relationships with these two markets." MRBANERJEEofPwC CEOs say that while globalisation will be good for their
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        467 13  -  LEE SU SHYAN A LEADING Singapore-listed maker of condensed milk, Etika International Holdings, has played down recent health concerns over teh tarik, a hot drink popular m Singapore and Malaysia that uses the Sweetened dairy product as a vital ingredient. And the
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        403 13  -  Grace Ng By SINGAPORE companies have been given a helping hand m dealing with a big headache when venturing overseas the issue of just how creditworthy is their potential trading partner. DBS Bank has set up an online credit-checking service covering 45
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      68 10 TV times CRICKET: India Tour of Pakistan: 3rd Test, day 4 (Live, Ch95, 12.45pm) SOCCER: English Premier League: Liverpool v Birmingham City (Live, Ch23, tomorrow, 3.55 am), Blackburn Rovers v Manchester United (live, Ch24, tomorrow, 3.55 am), Arsenal v West Ham United (Delayed, Ch23, tomorrow, 6am), Aston Villa v Chelsea
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      248 14 pi •A. Recent health concerns over teh tarik is an overreaction, says Sesdaq-listed Etika International, which makes condensed milk. PAGE H l3 \W^ ''mfX^TTj__- wSaaWmaaaaaaWWmW^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^W Wmm^Lm^ I Let's reveal the wide applications <_B^^^^^H I of Potato Starch 1 -Am 9mmtWa^mMmmmmWwm9omammm^m^m^a^a^a^a^a^a^a^a^a^a^a^a^aaa^a^a IB Industry professionals have long recognized the superior qualities of
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        774 7 EME tips and a sample menu from The FlaPoint Diet, a new weight-loss book by oberesearcher Dr David Katz of Yale Univer- > Avoid mixing sweet and salty foods at the same meal, though an occasional Chinese food meal is okay. > Avoid processed
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        566 7 LOS ANGELES Experts have long advocated incorporating activity any activity into your daily routine to help combat the nasty consequences of sedentary modern living. Now a doctor is taking that line a step further: In his new book, The No-Sweat Exercise Plan,
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        619 3 Sharp and often comedic, her greatest success was The Heidi Chronicles NEW YORK Playwright Wendy Wasserstein, who chronicled the feminist struggles and successes of the babyboomer generation, died on Monday of lymphoma. The 55-year-old breathed her last at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, said Andre Bishop, head of
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        498 3 The free spirited Paik blazed a trail from avantgarde music to electronic art Pioneering video artist Paik Nam June dies of natural causes at 74 LOS ANGELES Pioneering video artist Paik Nam June died of natural causes at his home m Miami on
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        864 4  -  Loh Keng Fatt fatherhood My elder son's A-level portfolio is, to put it mildly, a path less travelled. But that's okay by me ON,ist^iy hard, one day you will work inSan air-conditioned office. Thatft what I heard a DJ say recently on a morning
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        369 6 MATCH POINT (NC 16) 124 minutes/Opens tomorrow/***'** THE best thing about director Woody Allen's latest film is his absence as a leading man. The prissy, neurotic persona has become so much a hallmark of the 70-year-old film-maker's work that it is now a cliche. Thankfully, Allen
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        510 6 WALK THE UNE (PG) 137 minutes/Opens tomorrow/***** WALK The Line is an average biopic that is lifted by two very earnest performances from its leads. Joaquin Phoenix is blessed with raven-wing slashes for eyebrows which are perfect for conveying broody intensity as country singing legend Johnny Cash.
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        246 10 NEW YORK More guys want Jessica Alba for their girlfriend than any other woman, according to AskMen.com's Top 99 list for 2006. The 24-year-old actress tops the website's list, which ranks female celebrities according to their prospects as "long-term relationship material". Alba is followed by Alfie star Sienna
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        214 10 HAMBURG Michael Jackson offered a brief glimpse of himself during a visit to a friend m the northern German city of Hamburg. The 47-year-old pop star waved to fans on Sunday through a gap m the curtains m one of the windows of the house. Police confirmed
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        151 10 MUMBAI Indian movie legend Amitabh Bachchan visited a hospital m suburban Bombay for a check-up, reports said, triggering speculation about his health. Bachchan, 63, who is currently recovering from surgery last month for an intestinal ailment, spent nearly three hours m hospital before returning home early
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      532 3 Distinguished conductor Long Yu leads China's foremost |IS 'JLmtmWr^^^^mtf*''--^ w\\ It^Wk ««9» r^^H^b «\T^SB^ I £3*- JiAT%Ymz—--LlLm atmmmmmumm m\ m m* Pw m Wmm^Lv lNßß^'l \W\ 3 mWWW M orchestra m an extraordinary evening of classical music. \t&: "v^^^? M IWm l m w 1 MWr r 4 imam at
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      455 8 LifelEvents CHINESE NEW YEAR SENTOSA FLOWERS 2006 Sentosa, Fountain Gardens, Till Sun: 9am 7pm daily (till Bpm on Sun), Fee: pay island entry fee of $2 each and $1 for bus transport or $2 for private car transport, Tel: 6736-8672 Celebrate Chinese New Year at Sentosa Island where you will
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      755 8 such luminaries as NORMAN JAY (UK) Danny Timo ■MMPPMHB An icon of the British music industry, Jay has also been Oakenfold I an avid collector of American black music since the He a(so re i Gasec j the *****. His rich musical heritage has informed the rise Brasil EP This
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        539 12  -  Addele Ong Written by Australian education James Cook University International students on a student visa may work up to 20 hours per week during term. Students planning to take undergraduate or post-graduate courses m Australia are usually drawn to that country for the quality of its education,
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      18 1 Your weekly health companion from THE STRAITS TIMES mindyourbody hebruary 1 2006 WEDNESDAY |gL > MICA (P)1 02/1 0/2005~^y
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        370 2 At the supermarket line one day, the woman m front of me put down a bag of three limes to be rung up and paid for. The cashier keyed m the sales code and then hesitated. "Ma'am, this bag of limes costs 1 5," she said.
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        577 3 'Instead of starting when you're 40 or 45, you might as well start now.' Ms Katsigiannis, a 24-year-old who uses anti-ageing products More are going after anti-ageing products and wrinkle treatments. Forget "40 is the new 30". Now even 20-somethings are joining the quest for
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        833 4 Speaking of the cuff Health Scope Rotator cuff tears are common and occur m 30 to 40 per cent of patients over 60 years of age. Judith Tan finds out more. A rotator cuff tear is a common cause of pain and disability J amongadults.lt I occurs when one or
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        546 5 It once hurt even to take off T-shirt Out Patient Judith Tan finds out the lesson Wong Shoon Meng learnt on his road to recovery from severe pain m his right shoulder. When getting out of a T-shirt became a very painful chore for Mr Wong Shoon Meng, 62, he
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        244 6 Diabetes is a condition where blood glucose levels are above normal. There are a few main types of diabetes: Type I (insulin dependent or juvenile onset diabetes) Type II (non-insulin dependent or adult onset diabetes) Gestational diabetes which can occur m pregnant women. Glucose provides energy. Under
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        530 6 Training for runs despite diabetes Tania Tan discovers one diabetic student who is part of a JC track-and-field team. This Chinese New Year, Ms Bernice Ong will not be indulging m traditional new year cookies. Like many 18-year-olds, she is concerned about her weight. But not for aesthetic reasons she
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        842 7 Baby Child DON'T SPOIL EYESIGHT When using the computer. >* Place monitor screen about 50cm away from the eyes Ensure adequate lighting m the room Adjust monitor screen to reduce glare W Take vision breaks of three to five minutes after 30 to
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        613 8 Mind Matters Food campaigners say altered diets could be affecting our minds. a^^ hanges to diets over the W last 50 years may be S playing a key role m the m^ rise of mental illness, a mmw^ study says. Food campaigners Sustain and the
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        594 9 You are what your mum ate: Study Mind Matters baby's needs omega-3 acids. It doesn't create its own fatty acids so it needs to be something that the mother will Professor Golding New research shows that mothers who consumed less of the essential fatty acid omega-3 had children with lower
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        129 2 7 BABY CHILD: TAKING CARE OF YOUNG EYES The National Library Board is helping to teach young readers to look after their eyes. r AmW 99*^^ 4*e6mt WM WmT*\ p^B WW' 1 L£ .^HfIH 9amW BRAIN FOOD A study suggests that eating oily fish such as salmon and seeds m
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        103 2 Supervising Editor Bertha Henson Editor Sharon Loh Coordinator Judith Tan Art and Design Janice Tay, Loh Wai Sum Cover Rishad Patel Writers Judith Tan, Shefali Srinivas, Elaine Young, Tania Tan Contributors XX Women's and Children's Hospital, Pharmaceutical Society of Singapore, Parkway Group Healthcare Sales team Maureen Wee (63 1 9-2046),
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        205 3 OZEQN- Detoxification Cleansing f JT> W J§B WMM AMMMMm. Co9^ WMW n7EON Ine .asa* 4J52 H fl tm^WmV#* m WWW ama i?* BBk^v MW «_|(BI i^b r^* 1 >. Bl Blk BB^^^^^^^K AmW^m^m^m^mW _jiur ...1 *»y^ BJI _|^^I^^lh B^P^ A\W -K^BB^^|BJPB^^ in Triple Detox Action Way Tri pie Action satisfied
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        28 5 We'd like to hear from you. write to us with your comments or health- related events that you would like to have listed m this magazine. E-mail sthealth@sph.com.sg
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        45 5 BEDSORES? SLEEP ON WATER Tissue cells pinned between the underlying bone and the bed for a long period of time are deprived of blood and eventually die. A waterbed distributes the body weight evenly, so blood continues to circulate freely despite the patient being immobile.
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      2008 10 Shop! organic Tired of chemicals m your food? Suki Lor takes a look at the shops and farms here which sell a wide range of fresh produce and organic foodstuff and provisions,. Barbara Chin takes great pains to ensure that her family eats organic food. She reckons that about 80
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      1898 12 Farm! organic Going far from the urban crowds, Suki Lor visits farms here which run on omaniragncultural pnnciples. A few of them even have tours and h_^tod food l I 1 he gung-ho part of me decided that it would be no sweat to take a bus to the Lim
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        916 18 ...IF THERE'S FOOD FOR THOUGHT Cleansing the body of toxins It is that dreaded time of year when we purge our holiday sins through virtuous resolutions to be healthy. To detoxify is the first step. The range of detox options is astounding. Most of these are pricey cocktails of
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        517 19  -  ELAINE YOUNG ...FOR THE BEST MEDICINE A teacher was giving a lesson on the circulation of blood. Trying to make the matter clearer, she said: "Now, class, if I stood on my head, the blood, as you know, would run into it and I would turn red m the
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        649 20  -  ELAINE YOUNG ...THE SHOPAHOUC Choc with no sugar added If you gave up sugar long ago, then Equal is probably what you drop m your tea and coffee to sweeten it. But if you still indulge m chocolate alongside that cuppa, then there is a substitute from Equal there
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        522 22 I ...WHO'S BEHIND A NAME I experiments using fluid I Allen-DoiSV test extracted from the ovarian I follicle. I A test used to determine It was f oun( j fa at repeated I oestrogen content. injections of the substance I Hormone exnert Produced histological changes I nuMI mX3t re
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        698 23 The editorial material provided abov< is for information only. Readers are cautioned not to substitute the information provided for professional mtedkal care or consultation. It is advisable to confirmation and further advi< calf the Medical Referral Centre on 1800-735-5000, < mrc@parkway. com.sg for professional ref i specialists at Parkway
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        838 24 Fit Fab You are the Champion of Champions among blood donors here. How much blood have you donated? M have made 175 blood/ platelet donations to date, over a 38-year period. At 450 ml per donation, that makes 78.75 litres or more than 1 0 times the total
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