The Straits Times, 20 February 2006

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    20 1 STRAITS TIMES 76>kGES4NTOUR PARTS MICA (P) 093/03/2005 •«f*A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION MONDAY, FEBRUARY 20 2006 ESTABLISHED 1845 80 CENTS
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  • Article
    Lock icon Deadliest cartoon riots leave 16 dead
    634 1 Nigerian protesters torch 15 churches; most of the dead are said to be Christians Lagos IN THE deadliest outbreak of violence so far m worldwide demonstrations against cartoons satirising the Prophet Muhammad, 16 people died when Nigerian protesters torched 15 churches and rioted m
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    Lock icon Number of voters over the limit in Pasir Ris-Punggol GRC
    688 1  -  Sue-Ann Chia By dsfaklm Wtiile Pasir Ris-Punggol GRC is the only constituency to have exceeded its voter capacity, other GRCs have also expanded m the last five years. Here are the five which grew the most: POLLS NOT THIS QUARTER
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  • UPFRONT
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      Lock icon Science a spin over long-lost manuscript
      1069 1  -  Chang Ai-Lien By Science Correspondent LIKE the centuries-old manuscript that lay gathering dust at the bottom of a cupboard, Robert Hooke's contributions to the genesis of modem science have long been m the shadows. His name does not have the familiar ring of his
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  • IN A FLASH
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      Lock icon ASIA
      37 2 India began culling 700,000 chickens as the first bird flu suspected death was reported. PAGE 6 Media glare Japan media keen to know how Crown Princess Masako feels about her sister-in-law's r A e £J?S cy-
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      38 2 ■SI eßay lawsuit Jeweller Tiffany is suing eßay for encouraging trade m bogus valuables, m a landmark case. PAGE 12 Asian investments Dubai's government has started a push to attract direct investment from Asia's manufacturers. PAGE 14
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      Lock icon REVIEW
      28 2 Whistleblower laws An advocacy group says there is no point m calling for whistleblower protection laws because no country will pass any with real teeth. PAGE 19
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      61 2 Breaking the news Tampines fire survivor agonised over how to tell her children of their father's death. PAGE HI Airport thieves Three Colombians, suspected of stealing from passengers' bags at Changi Airport, were arrested on Friday. PAGE H2 Budget goodies Two ministers stress that the $2.6 billion help package
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      Lock icon FORUM
      33 2 Choosy cabbies Reader says some taxi drivers choose not to pick up the handicapped. PAGEHIO Helping older workers Reader suggests companies could have 20 older workers for every 80 younger ones. PAGEHIO
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      64 2 Young lions advance The Young Lions beat Malaysian side Shahzan Muda 3-1 at the Jalan Besar Stadium. The victory m the second leg of their first-round Malaysia FA Cup clash meant they advanced 6-2 on aggregate. PAGE Hl3 Tiger Woods out Woods pulled out of the Nissan Open the
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      Lock icon MONEY
      24 2 Exploiting patents Companies here may not be short of innovative ideas but they are much slower when it comes to protecting them. PAGEH23
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      Lock icon Economy boost
      19 2 The generous handouts m Friday's Budget will deliver a consumption boost to the economy, economists said. PAGEH24
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      179 2 SECTION ONE Prime 3-4 Asia.. 6-11 World 12-16 Review 17-19 FYI 20 SECTION TWO Home Hl-H9 Forum HlO Sports Hll-Hl5 Obituaries Hl6 Money Hl9-H24 LIFE! People L2-L7 Some of the information for this report is from the Associated Press, BBC News Online and the Guardian Unlimited website. ailien@sph.com.sg COLOUR YOUR
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  • PRIME
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      Lock icon Resort homes in Johor ransacked
      611 3  -  Arlina Arshad By AN EMPTY SHELL: The leftovers at one of the units looted at the Anjung Sen Condominium (left). Besides stealing air-conditioning units and furnishings from some flats, thieves have also taken windows, kitchen cabinets, wash basins, taps, wooden doors, sliding glass windows and
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      Lock icon 'Sorry, we want to auction off your homes'
      432 3  -  ARUNA ARSHAD RETIRED police officer Abdul Ghani Abdul Rahim, 58, has fully paid for his Johor Baru terrace house, but he may soon lose it to a bank which wants to auction it. Mr Ghani bought the 2V2--storey home m Taman Permata
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    • What they say
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        Lock icon BAD INVESTMENT
        46 3 "Since 2001, the lifts have not been usable and the pool has algae swimming m it. Now, why should I spend more money to refurbish my condo if nobody is going to guard it? I may be burgled again." BUSINESSMAN LOY JIT MENG, 62
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        Lock icon STRIPPED BARE
        23 3 "Myeondo looks like a construction site now. Everything has disappeared. They only forgot to take my floor tiles." BUSINESSMAN BTONG, 53
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        Lock icon REDUCED TO A SLUM
        33 3 "We have suffered great losses. I regret buying the unit. What was meant to be a dream retirement home has become a slum." RETIRED SINGAPOREAN BUSINESSMAN JACKSON CHIA, 62
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      Lock icon Nanyang Poly probing sex video clip
      353 4  - Nanyang Poly probing sex video clip Maria Almenoar By NANYANG Polytechnic is investigating a rumour that a video clip of one of its students engaging m sexual acts is making its rounds on the Internet. Local forums and blogs have been buzzing with the news of Tammy, said to be
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      Lock icon Boost for fire safety in nigh-rise homes
      575 4  -  Tan Hui Yee By Evacuation lifts and refuge floors are new features as homes climb ever higher THE 50-storey Pinnacle@Duxton and 70-storey Sail@Marina Bay will be two of Singapore's tallest residential buildings when completed by 2009. They will be groundbreaking m another aspect:
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      398 4 B B B 'w B ■^■■^lE Ib^^ tt M jfHhi fltf^ df^ flV^k 'Jzr§&r W&'' i mu\ Hong Kong actor, Marco Ngai, IJj m discovered he was suffering from an "M" shaped hairline two years ago f **M and was worried that it would affect sj?^~l m .iiSl Z m
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      35 4 Views From The Top STAYING ACTIVE We ask chief executives for their views on measures to help the elderly m Singapore. Dead wife's secret millions Hubby discovers she gave $1.9 m m loans HJIM I.
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  • ASIA
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      Lock icon India sounds national alert as bird flu spreads
      611 6  - India sounds national alert as bird flu spreads P.Jayaram By India Correspondent In New Delhi PHOTO: Mass poultry culling begins as hospitals prepare for possible cases THE Indian government issued a national alert yesterday to prevent the spread of bird flu as health workers began culling more than 500,000 chickens
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      Lock icon Insurance giant warns companies to prepare for sick workers
      201 6 WITH the deadly bird flu cropping up across Europe, the world's largest insurance broker, Marsh, is urging businesses to get ready m case more than a quarter of their workforce falls sick. W> "An outbreak of avian flu will severely test
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      257 6 Search for spaceman Those m the race to be Malaysia's first astronaut face tests from overnight jungle walks to cooking a Russian meal. PAGE 11 ;^SBI Bella and Men's Skin Centres have «|^l a complete range of proven and fgpHpp' r^rj personalised skin care programmes IPJIIPS <l 'ff for all
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      185 6 MGSM7IO3/JC Few Australians know more about numbers and busy lives than Professor John Croucher. Over 8,000,000 people worldwide read his columns every week. He is Doctor Number from Down Under on BBC Radio Scotland. He has written 15 books, has won 5 teaching awards, is a consultant and has 2
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  • CHINA
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      Lock icon Chen returns to pro-independence stance
      713 7  - Chen returns to pro -independence stance Ong Hwee Hwee NEWS ANALYSIS By Taiwan Correspondent In Taipei He is pulling out all stops to woo traditional vote base before polls PRESIDENT Chen Shui-bian had marked the new year with a pledge to lead Taiwan towards "the right path". It soon became
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      Lock icon Chiang Kai-shek 'caused 1947 deaths'
      179 7 Taipei THE late Kuomintang (KMT) leader Chiang Kaishek was responsible for the bloody suppression of a 1947 riot that led to the deaths of thousands of Taiwanese, according to a book released here yesterday. It was the first time he has been officially blamed for
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      Lock icon Graft buster ailed for faking illness
      262 7 Hong Kong A FORMER Hong Kong anti-corruption investigator has been jailed for taking more than 400 days of sick leave and spending most of it wining and dining with friends m restaurants. Susanna Chan, 43, was sentenced last Friday to 15 months m prison
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  • EAST ASIA
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      Lock icon Musharraf in Beijing for state visit
      160 8 Musharraf in Beijing for state visit Beijing PAKISTANI President Pervez Musharraf arrived m China yesterday for a state visit intended to highlight China's support at a time when Pakistan faces domestic and regional uncertainty. General Musharraf will meet President Hu Jintao, Premier Wen Jiabao and other senior Chinese officials during
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      Lock icon Princess Masako under scrutiny
      536 8 The big question: How she will react now that Kiko's pregnancy could sideline her Tokyo CROWN Princess Masako, a USeducated former career diplomat feeling pressured to produce a male heir to the throne, is coming under a new kind of media glare. The question on everyone's
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    • ASIA QUICKLY
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        Lock icon JAPANESE MP IN CHINA FOR TALKS
        115 8 TOKYO: A top lawmaker from Japan's ruling party yesterday flew to Beijing, where he will hold talks with Chinese leaders aimed at preventing stalled bilateral exchanges from ending altogether. Mr Hidenao Nakagawa, head of the Liberal Democratic Party's top policymaking body, will meet legislative
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        Lock icon 25 HURT IN INDIAN BOMB BLAST
        126 8 AHMED AB AD (India): India's western Ahmed abad city was placed on high alert yesterday after 25 people were injured, three of them seriously, m a bomb blast at the main railway station, police said. "It was a bomb blast. It was meant to
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        Lock icon MAS PLANE SKIDS OFF RUNWAY
        107 8 KUCHING: A Malaysia Airlines Airbus A-330 skidded off the runway while preparing for takeoff at the Kuching International Airport yesterday. Flight MH2507 was getting ready to depart for Kuala Lumpur when its front tyre got stuck m the soil at the end of the runway
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        Lock icon CALL TO OVERHAUL LAND POLICY
        125 8 BEIJING: A top government think-tank has called for a complete overhaul of China's land policy to smash government monopoly on converting farm land to urban development sites. Caijing magazine reported. Local governments reaped huge profits by approving farmland for commercial use at inflated prices, but
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  • INDIA/ SOUTH ASIA
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      Lock icon Bollywood turns to corporate funding
      624 9 Bollywood turns to corporate funding Fiim-makers shake off gang ties with capital from market and conglomerates Mumbai LONG m the grip of the Mumbai underworld and loans of the super rich, the Indian film industry has turned to corporate bigwigs for more ambitious projects. With the start of a more
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      Lock icon 1,000 protesters take to the streets in Nepal
      213 9 Kathmandu DEMONSTRATORS took to the streets of Kathmandu yesterday as the King appealed to sidelined political parties to join his much-criticised "road map to democracy". Around 1,000 political activists gathered m a suburb of Nepal's capital to protest against the takeover by
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      Lock icon Chirac in India for nuclear and trade talks
      285 9 New Delhi FRENCH President Jacques Chirac arrived m India yesterday for a whistle-stop visit aimed at bolstering trade and civilian nuclear cooperation with the emerging economic powerhouse. Mr Chirac was to meet members of the French business community here yesterday before beginning
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  • SOUTH-EAST ASIA
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      Lock icon Thaksin's ex-mentor withdraws support
      586 10  -  Nirmal Ghosh By Thailand Correspondent In Bangkok Major-General Chamlong adds influential voice to calls for PM to quit AN INFLUENTIAL, one-time mentor of Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, MajorGeneral Chamlong Srimuang, has formally announced that he no longer supports Mr Thaksin and called for him to
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      Lock icon Filipino mudslide victims buried in mass grave
      254 10 Guinsaugon (Philippines) VILLAGERS began to bury their dead m a mass grave yesterday after rescuers pulled out only 72 bodies from an entombed community of 1,800 crushed under metres of mud by a landslide. With entire families wiped out m Guinsaugon, a village
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      Lock icon MM Lee in Jakarta for official visit
      392 10  -  Azhar Ghani B\ Indonesia Bureau Chief In Jakarta MINISTER Mentor Lee Kuan Yew arrived m Jakarta yesterday for an official visit which will pack m talks with top Indonesian political leaders and movers and shakers from the fields of media and business. The
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  • MALAYSIA
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      Lock icon Gruelling race to be first KL astronaut
      659 11  -  Carolyn Hong By Malaysia Correspondent In Kuala Lumpur Selection tests includejungle walk and cooking a Russian meal IT WAS a pitch-black night on an island off the town of Lumut m Perak. Eighteen young Malaysians were sent into trie dense jungle and had
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      Lock icon The eight shortlisted candidates
      96 11 (Left to right) Mr Mohd Bostami Ahmad, 24, automotive designer of Proreka Design Centre. Mr Kelvin Lim Hock Seong, 24, Air Asia pilot. Dr Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor, 34, doctor of Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia hospital. Ms S. Vanajah Siva Subramaniam, 24, quality engineer of Teknion Furniture System.
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      Lock icon PM Abdullah makes clear he's still in charge
      401 11  -  Reme Ahmad By Malaysia Bureau Chief In Kuala Lumpur PRIME Minister Abdullah Badawi has made it clear he is still the man m charge even though there has been more public debate on the issue recently. He was seeking to quell criticism
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    • Article
      Lock icon Wife denies husband could be suicide pilot
      155 11 Kuala Lumpur THE wife of a Malaysian said to have been chosen by Al-Qaeda to hijack an airliner and fly it into a Los Angeles skyscraper says she does not believe her husband was involved m the plot. Ms Soadah Matin was quoted
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon Giant copyright battle looming over
      884 12  -  Paul Zach By Straits Times US Bureau In Brecksville (Ohio) am B|ITHIIIMBThH Wi I Wr Tiffany's lawsuit wants online auction site to stop listing fakes, and court decision could have wide-ranging impact on eßay's operations IN LATE 2004, an admirer of the work of San
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      Lock icon Aussies to nix SIA bid for Pacific route, say reports
      226 13 Sydney AUSTRALIA'S Cabinet is likely to issue a new aviation policy tomorrow rejecting a bid by Singapore Airlines (SIA) to fly Qantas' most lucrative route, from Sydney to Los Angeles. Several Australian newpapers, including The Sydney Morning Herald and The
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      Lock icon Plan to use comics to bridge Asia, Europe gap
      695 13  -  Bhagyashree Garekar By Asefokaysuseof medium to carry message of mutual understanding TO AN outfit trying to draw the people of Asia and Europe closer, comics seem the right weapon to deploy as opinions polarise over the cartoons satirising Prophet Muhammad. The
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      Lock icon DANISH PAPER SAYS SORRY FOR TURMOIL
      186 13 DUBAI: A Saudi-owned pan-Arab newspaper yesterday printed a full-page apology from Jyllands-Pusten, the Dan ish daily that first published cartoons of Prophet Muham mad, unleashing a wave of fury by Muslims worldwide. The statement printed m Asharq al-Awasat was the strongest expression of regret
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      Lock icon RADICAL ISLAMIC LEADERS ARRESTED
      124 13 ISLAMABAD: Police yesterday raided offices and homes of dozens of radical Islamic leaders, putting several under house arrest and detaining hundreds of their associates m a bid to foil a rally m the capital, officials said. Mr Qazi Hussain Ahmad, the chief of a six-party coalition,
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      Lock icon PROTEST OVER CARTOON IN STUDENT PAPER
      121 13 OTTAWA: A student newspaper at Canada's University of Toronto has drawn protests after publishing a cartoon that depicts the Prophet Muhammad embracing Jesus. The caricature, drawn by a local student, shows the two religious figures aboard a floating swan entering a "tunnel of tolerance".
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      Lock icon ITALIAN MINISTER QUITS AFTER PROVOCATION
      73 13 ROME: A right-wing Italian minister, whose action m wearing a T-shirt with a Prophet Muhammad caricature was blamed for deadly riots m Libya on Friday, has resigned. Reforms Minister Roberto Calderoli of the Northern League party quit on Saturday after Premier Silvio Berlusconi demanded that
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      Lock icon Dubai steps up bid for Asian direct investment
      562 14 Persian Gulf city seeks to expand manufacturing to diversify economy Hong Kong DUBAI'S government has started a push to attract direct investment from Asia's manufacturers as the Persian Gulf city tries to broaden its economic base. Dubai, the commercial hub of the
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    • WORLD QUICKLY
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        Lock icon U.S. JACKPOT AT RECORD HIGH
        73 14 OMAHA (Nebraska): People with dreams of winning a record US$365 million (***** million) Powerball lottery jackpot stood m lengthening queues to buy tickets that flew out of machines at dizzying speeds. The chances of winning the jackpot by matching all six numbers were one m
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        Lock icon RUSSIA-IRAN NUCLEAR TALKS TODAY
        85 14 MOSCOW: The spotlight on Teheran's nuclear programme shifts to Moscow today as Iranian officials are expected for talks. The talks will propose to move Iran's uranium enrichment to Russia m a bid to ease fears that Teheran will develop atomic weapons. The Russian offer, backed by
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        Lock icon McDONALD'S SUED OVER FRIES
        91 14 CHICAGO: McDonald's faces at least three lawsuits claiming the fast-food giant misled the public after it acknowledged that its french fries contained milk and wheat ingredients. Ms Debra Moffatt sought unspecified damages m a suit filed m Chicago. Her attorney said his client has celiac disease,
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        Lock icon MARDI GRAS BUZZ IN NEW ORLEANS
        144 14 NEW ORLEANS: Staking out turf along the Mardi Gras parade route is a time-honoured tradition among locals m New Orleans. In the wake of Hurricane Katrina ravaging the Big Easy last August, this year's muted celebrations have turned into a chance for people from
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        Lock icon ATTACKS ON NIGERIAN OIL SITES
        107 14 WARRI (Nigeria): Armed militants launched a wave of attacks across Nigeria's troubled southern delta region, blowing up oil installations and seizing nine foreigners m violence that cut crude exports m the West African i ation by 20 per cent. Royal Dutch Shell official Donald Boham
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    • SPOTLIGHT PEOPLE
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        Lock icon Alda wistful over end of real Mash
        183 15 AS THE star of the television comedy M*A*S*H, Alan Alda played as big a role as anyone m transforming the acronym for Mobile Army Surgical Hospital into a pop culture buzzword. Thus the actor best known for playing wisecracking army surgeon "Hawkeye" Pierce
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        Lock icon Berlusconi slams prosecutors
        85 15 ITALIAN Premier Silvio Berlusconi has denounced Milan prosecutors who intend to seek his indictment on corruption charges as elections approach. On Friday, Milan prosecutor Fabio De Pasquale said his office had wrapped up a probe into whether the media mogul bribed a lawyer to give false testimony.
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        Lock icon Sleepless for 33 years
        97 15 HE HAS not slept for decades, but this does not seem to have affected Mr Thai Ngoc's health he has never been ill. The Vietnamese man's insomnia has not only made him famous, his "miraculous" phenomenon has also become an object of study by the scientific
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        Lock icon Freed hostage returns to Iraq
        100 15 GERMANY'S Foreign Minister said on Friday that former hostage Susanne Osthoff, 43, had returned to Iraq against his ministry's advice two months after it had helped win her release. "It has been confirmed that she is again m Iraq, I can only hope she leaves
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        Lock icon Close call for pregnant mum
        96 15 A WELSH woman who had given up on her dream of having a baby discovered she was pregnant just minutes before an hysterectomy, it has emerged. Mrs Natasha Hill-Carman, 33, had tried IVF treatment for eight years, the BBC reported. When her problem with endometriosis
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      Lock icon Israel set to impose sanctions on Palestinians
      559 15 ISRAEL'S STANCE ON HAMAS GOVERNMENT "It is clear that m the light of the Hamas majority m the PLC (parliament) and the instructions to form a new government that were given to the head of Hamas, the PA is, m practice, becoming a
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      153 15 Thousands still without power after storm in US Rochester (New York) THOUSANDS still lacked power across the north-east-ern United States as temperatures plummeted following a storm with hurricane-force wind gusts that was blamed for four deaths. Winds were blowing at about 50kmh through the region on Saturday. On Friday, winds
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        231 16 WORLD WHATITIS US SECRETARY of State Condoleezza Rice begins a visit today to Egypt, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates for four days of talks with their leaders about a broad array of bilateral and regional issues. In the United Arab Emirates,
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        142 16  -  JONATHAN EYAL WORLD WHAT IT IS ■TALKS with Iranian officials over their nuclear programme are scheduled to begin m Moscow today. On offer is a Russian compromise proposal that would enable Iran to repro.cess nuclear fuel for power generation with no military
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        153 16  -  KARAMJIT KAUR SINGAPORE WHAT IT IS MORE than 30,000 delegates are m Singapore for Asian Aerospace 2006, which opens tomorrow and will continue until Sunday. The double-decker super jumbo Airbus A-380 will be a major star at the premier air show, but
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        149 16  -  NIRMAL GHOSH SOUTH-EAST ASIA WHAT IT IS THAILAND'S opposition Democrat Party is working on a censure motion targeting Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra and will release the details of this tomorrow. On Sunday, a coalition of civil society groups opposed to Mr Thaksin will hold another rally
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      407 17 THE police are effectively imposing a loose curfew on those below 17 years of age. Concerned about a rising number of teenage victims of snatch theft and robbery, as well as teen thieves, youths found loitering m public areas after 1 lpm may have their particulars
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      778 17  -  Klavs A. Holm By For The Straits Times AFTER weeks of violent demonstrations, embassy burnings and expressions of hate, there are now signs that the row over publication of cartoons of Prophet Muhammad could enter into a more constructive stage. United Nations Secre-tary-General Kofi
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      1052 18  -  Joseph S. Nye >♦ ENERGY SECURITY By IN THE SAME BOAT China and India are deluding themselves if they think preferential deals for Sudanese or Iranian oil will provide them with security. When a disruption occurs, China, India and the US will all
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      862 19  -  Andy Ho By Senior Writer THERE is no point m calling for whistleblower protection laws, because no country will pass any with real teeth. People m power will pass only such legislation that does not threaten the status quo, which is made up of
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      210 17 Equal pain for all Disruptions m the supply of oil and rapid price spikes would harm all economies that import the commodity. PAGE 18 THE STRATCS 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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      495 20 Singapore today Showers with thunder are expected m the afternoon, affecting many areas. FREE ADMISSION illllH Public Seminar on the rtfew Date: 2 March 2006 I Time: 2.00pm 5.00pm (Registration 1.30pm) Venue: SPRING Singapore, Auditorium (level 3), No. 2 Bukit Merah Central The Ministry of Manpower has formulated the new
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      671 1  -  K.C. VIJAYAN TAMPINES FIAT FIRE SAGA By Crime Correspondent "He told me, 'l didn't want to ask because I didn't want to hurt you, Mummy 1 MRS PRABHAKARAN (right) on her son Sharwin (left), who had overheard her and others talking
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        373 2  -  Yap Su-Yin By 40-storey complex with air-con bus interchange by 2010; links to MRT station, new library CLEMENTI Town Centre is set for a makeover as part of renewal plans for West Coast- Ayer Rajah Town. Minister for Trade and Industry Lim Hug Kiang, who
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        Lock icon Three suspects nabbed for airport thefts
        268 2 THREE Colombian men, suspected of being behind a raft of thefts at Changi Airport, were nabbed m a police ambush just as they were about to board a flight for Hong Kong. Airport police struck with surgical precision on Saturday at about 10am at
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        483 2  -  Sue-Ann Chia By Peh Shing Huei SINGAPORE'S fastestgrowing GRC, Pasir RisPunggol, set up a task force soon after the last general election (GE) to serve the massive influx into the new housing estates within its boundaries. Not only that. It also brought on board
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        697 3  - It's more than an election Budget, say ministers Leslie Koh Li Xueying By Budget focus on lowerincome families meant to prepare Spore for long-term challenges AMID talk that the next general election (GE) could follow close on the heels of a $2.6 billion help package announced on Friday, two Cabinet
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        88 3 "They have been here and there sporadically, dropping their name cards and telling people they're around. But I noticed that m the last few months, they've spent less time here. I think they're looking at the other constituencies as well. But I expect them to come. We
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        81 3 "People should not look at the Budget simply as for elections alone... Because without economic growth, no matter what we want to do, we cannot share the surplus. The most important thing for Singapore is to ensure that we sustain the growth, so that there will
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        385 3 PAP likely to field more women candidates in GE THE People's Action Party (PAP) is likely to field a few more women candidates at the next general election (GE), raising the number beyond the current 10 m Parliament now. But that was all Deputy Prime Minister Wong Kan Seng would
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        322 4  -  TEE HUNCHING THE $110 television licence fee that households here pay annually helps fund public service programmes that may otherwise not get made. And the majority of licensees about 92 per cent pay up on time. Information, Communications and the Arts Minister Lee Boon
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        62 4 THREE defence conferences are being held on the sidelines of Asian Aerospace 2006. They are: The third Asia-Pacific Security Conference. The inaugural Land Defence Asia Conference. It will examine the future of land warfare. The C4I Asia talks. C4I stands for command, control, communications, computers and intelligence.
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        383 4  - Asean must help shape security in region Daryl Loo ASIAN AEROSPACE By Grouping must also engage China and India, says Defence Minister at security meeting ASEAN can and must play a central role m shaping regional security and actively engage China and India, Defence Minister Teo Chee Hean said yesterday.
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        380 4  - High-tech weapons on display David Boey By Defence Correspondent WHILE fighting a mock battle m the Australian bush during Exercise Wallaby last October, Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) battle officers issued their battle orders electronically through a wireless network to coordinated firepower from the land and the air. The Singapore-developed command
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        371 5  - 7 facilities to beef up aerospace industry Karamjit Kaur ASIAN AEROSPACE By Aviation Correspondent New ventures will draw $250 million m investment and create 600 jobs IT IS a busy time for the aerospace industry, with at least seven new facilities, mainly dealing with aircraft maintenance, repair and overhaul, slated
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        488 5  -  KARAMJIT KAUR LONDON-based Reed Exhibitions is taking Asian Aerospace to Hong Kong, but the world's third largest air show after those m Paris and Farnborough will still be m Singapore. The new governmentbacked Changi International Airshow will debut at a 30,000 sq m
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        891 6  -  Arti Mulchand Tracy Sua SITC DEBACLE By TOP GUY WAS TAIWANESE "Some members of the public perceive SITC as a Singapore company because that's where the money came from, regardless of the fact that the general director was, m fact, Taiwanese." MR
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        750 7  -  Arti Mulchand Tracy Sua SITC DEBACLE By But Michael Yu dressed sharply and was a 'genius with numbers' THE Taiwanese man believed to be behind the Singapore International Teaching Consultancy (SITC) scandal used to come m and out of Singapore at least once
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        317 8  -  K.C. VIJAYAN MURDER OF NUS PROFESSOR By Crime Correspondent A MALAYSIAN man was charged yesterday with the murder of a gay Singaporean professor 13 years ago. Lee Chez Kee, 36, who appeared at a special sitting of the Subordinate Courts, had been on the run
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        183 8 LAST WEEK HOME Tj^ThaHTaiJpen^i^^h^^ had clock strikes 1 m I the night? Police on patrol will he on the lookout for teenagers below 17 loitering m public places. I fj£l If they see them 7 A They will he stopped and their particulars taken. And, a few days later, a
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        25 8 worth of giveaways -to the people from the Government over five years, including the $2.6 billion help package announced m the 2006 Budget.
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        412 8  -  Daryl Loo By Land targeted for elderly but won't be confined to retirement uses to give developers flexibility FOR the first time, the Government plans to release a piece of residential land on a 30-year lease targeted for retirement villages. But m order to
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        444 9 THE FIRST TIME... you get a driver's licence In this monthly series on firsts for youth, Tania Tan looks at the joy of being able to take control of the ear steering wheel PUBLIC transport be dashed, National University of Singapore undergraduate Zenia Tay wants her own set of wheels.
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        343 9 When can I start? You have to be at least 18 to enrol for a driving course. >> Where do I register? At any of the three driving schools here: Singapore Safety Driving Centre, Bukit Batok Driving Centre or Comfort Driving Centre. What do I have to do?
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          362 9  - Barrage of responses only in online forum EISEN TEO By THE NUS Students' Union (NUSSU) set up an online forum almost immediately after the fee increase announcement, seeking feedback and suggestions from students. A cacophony of responses erupted, expressing emotions ranging from anger, shock and disappointment to amusement and sarcasm.
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          93 9  -  Kenny Tan By IT IS fine for undergraduates to Express their anger and disappointment through demonstrations as long as it is orderly and has the backing and involvement of the student bodies. It is about time Singaporean undergraduates stand
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          160 9  - Students fear crossing OB markers Abdullah Luqman Hussin By THE first salvo was fired on the school Internet forum, with Alex Ang urging undergraduates to wear black T-shirts to school. Speaking to this writer later, he said: "Everyone was talking, but taking no concrete action. It is really what we
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          241 9  -  Clement Tan By THERE was no sea of black shirts, but I was glad that at least a few students had the conviction to show their displeasure. They donned black tops despite knowing that they were unlikely to sway university officials.
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        194 9 Inside Out Date: Wednesday to March 5 Time: llam-7pm (Monday to Friday), lpm-spm (Saturday) Venue: Objectifs, 12A Liang Seah Street Admission: Free This is a visual diary of photographs depicting 31 migrant workers' first-hand impressions of Singapore m their six months here. Be sure not to miss the
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        266 10 MY FIANCE and I conduct lessons at the Handicaps Welfare Association (HWA) every week. On a few occasions, we have noticed apparently empty taxis failing to stop for our students when they try to hail one just outside the association's main gate. We have
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        375 10 SINCE the beginning of the year, the Government has organised various mock terror attacks to gauge and improve Singapore's readiness to cope with such catastrophes. However, as a senior security supervisor on a worksite m the western part of Singapore, my experience when
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        179 10 THE article "Keeping older workers is good business sense" (ST. Feb 16) highlighted most thoughtfully examples of initiatives taken by some caring employers who went the extra mile to re-de-sign work to help older workers stay on the job. I applaud The
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        118 10 I SUBSCRIBED to the SingNet ADSL lOmbps plan a few months ago. In the past six weeks, my Internet connection has twice been disrupted for long periods of time. When I called Sing Net, I was told a linesman must make a check,
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        80 10 For more readers' views, log on to www. straitstimes.asiai. com.sg/forum Access to online letters is free. Disturbance throughout the night since tables added during upgrading of void deck Karaoke at RC family centre big headache for family who lives above Reptiles make great pets, so legalise trade under
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        219 10 WITH reference to the letter, "Speak up against bad behaviour on public transport" by Mr Ace Kindred Cheong (ST Online Forum, Feb 15), I agree we need to speak up against bad behaviour on public transport, especially by young people. Umpteen
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        367 10 I REFER to the letter, "Safety belts for kids on school buses" (ST, Feb 13) by Ms Low Wai Peng. There are various safety measures m place for school buses. For example, the Land Transport Authority (LTA) requires all school buses which ferry
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        153 10 I REFER to the letter, "Light sensors will solve problem" (ST, Feb 11), by Mr Leow Peng Boon. Currently, a programmable time switch for common areas allows town councils to adjust light settings depending on specific illumination needs for the blocks and the time of
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        288 10 I REFER to the letters, "Extra charge of $1 m Sing Tel telephone bill" (ST Online Forum, Feb 16) by Mr David Low Chong Yong and "Is it legal to send SMS to cellphone users and charge them without their consent?" (ST Online Forum,
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        79 10 You can also mail your letters to Forum Editor, The Straits Times, Singapore Press Holdings, News Centre, 1000 Toa Payoh North, Podium Level 2, Singapore *****4. Fax: 6319-8289. When you write to The Straits Times Forum page, we take it that you agree at no charge to allow us to
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        453 11 SOCCER Hopes of Champions League football suffer setback after they are held at home by Wigan London TOTTENHAM'S quest for Champions League football continued to stutter after a 2-2 draw with Wigan m the English Premiership yesterday. Andreas Johansson twice put visiting Wigan
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        328 11 London FOOTBALL Internet bulletin boards m England have been abuzz over the weekend as fans try to discover the identities of two Premiership footballers who had allegedly been caught on film having a homosexual encounter. Last week, the News of the World revealed
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        447 11 WINTER OLYMPICS Turin THE lOC war against doping reached new levels when lOC drug busters and Italian police raided the private quarters of the Austrian biathlon team late on Saturday. It was the first-ever police antidoping raid on Olympic athletes. Although the International Olympic Committee was
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        179 11 TOTTENHAM have launched a campaign to stamp out homophobic chanting at their White Hart Lane ground. This follows a move by soccer clubs across England to eradicate racist abuse aimed at players by spectators. Club spokesman Peter Secchi told the News of the World:
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        631 12 London SOCCER His 4-3-2-1 formation confused his men and allowed Liverpool to win MANCHESTER United captain Gary Neville managed to shrug off the constant taunting from Liverpool fans m Saturday's FA Cup 0-1 defeat at Anfield. "What do you expect Liverpool fans to do?
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        575 12 Blues offered $1 17m for me: Eto' o Madrid BARCELONA striker Samuel Eto'o claims Chelsea have offered an amazing £41 million (*****.8 million) to sign him. Just days before the clubs meet m the Champions League, he said on Saturday: i find myself with presidents who are crazy, ready to
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        171 12 PWD L F A Pts Barcelona 24 17 4 3 58 21 55 Real Madrid ....24 15 3 6 47 23 48 Valencia 23 13 7 3 34 19 46 Osasuna 23 13 4 6 29 24 43 Sevilla 24 12 5 7 32 21 41 CeltaVifo._....24 12
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        261 12 London AN OPTIMISTIC Arsene Wenger believes his makeshift Arsenal side can rise to the challenge of facing Real Madrid at the Bernabeu m the first leg of their last-16 Champions League clash tomorrow. The Gunners will be without Sol Campbell, Bisan Lauren, Ashley Cole,
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        467 12 Newcastle ALAN Shearer was sidelined by injury. But the captain still had a hand m getting Newcastle United through to the last eight of the FA Cup. Though a calf problem denied him a final chance to face his first club Southampton, the 35-year-old was
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        400 13 SOCCER London MIDDLESBROUGH and Birmingham both managed to avoid slipping on banana skins as they beat teams that are one division down to move into the quarter-finals of the FA Cup yesterday. Ironically, it was the Championship sides that dominated both games. Boro had
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        527 13  -  LIN XINYI By Swift-attack plan pays off against Malaysia's Shahzan Muda, says Fandi LOOKING anything but weak, the Young Lions came out slugging at Jalan Besar Stadium yesterday evening and walked away the clear winners with their 3-1 defeat of Shahzan Muda.
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        458 13 ASIAN Football Confederation general secretary Peter Velappan has been criticised for his harsh comments on the state of the sport m South-east Asia. AFC president Mohammed Hammam yesterday clarified that the Malaysian's comments were, made m his personal capacity and did not reflect the
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        254 13 Rome JUVENTUS coach Fabio Capello admitted that struggling Sicilians Messina gave his side one of their hardest games of the season m Saturday's entertaining 2-2 Serie A draw. Leaders Juventus played almost the entire second half with 10 men following the sending-off of Fabio Cannavaro. They were
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        171 13 ALBERT SIM P W D L F A Pts Juventus 26 21 4 1 53 17 67 AC Milan 26 18 3 5 58 24 57 Inter Milan 26 17 4 5 48 20 55 AS Roma 26 15 6 5 49 25 51 Fiorentina 26 15 5 6
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        46 13 Saturday Livorno 0 Inter Milan 0 Messina 2 Juventus 2 AC Milan 1 Cagliari 0 Yesterday Roma 1 Empoli 0 Chievo 0 Palermo 0 Fiorentina 1 Lazio 2 Lecce 0 Reggina 0 Sampdoria 1 Ascoli 2 Treviso 0 Parma 1 Udinese 1 Siena 2
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        545 14 WINTER OLYMPICS They bag half the golds and half the medals so far, with more likely to come Turin SOUTH Korea is dominating short-track speedskating at the Winter Olympics, taking four of the six medals two golds and two silvers on Saturday and it
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        391 14 Los Angeles ILLNESS got the better of Tiger Woods for the first time m his professional career when he withdrew from the Nissan Open on Saturday with the flu. The world No 1, one of several players who had been
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        408 14  -  Alvin Foo »GOLF By OON Tik Lee was thrilled by the opportunity to put Singapore on the world golf map. And Adeline Toh just wanted to enjoy a Sunday round with friends. The two were among 1,700 people aiming to put the Republic m
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        240 14 PHOTO: After all the talk leading into the season about the USLPGA Tour's new stars, the first event came down to a play-off between two unheralded players from South Korea. Kirn Joo Mi (left) holed a two-foot birdie putt on the second
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        171 15 PHOTO: NATE Robinson has debunked a basketball myth that the game is for tall guys. The 1 75m-tall New York Knicks' rookie won the Nation- al Basketball Association's All-Star slam dunk competition on Saturday, beating 1.98 m Andre Iguodala of Philadelphia, 2.05 m
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        547 15  -  Chan Vi Shen BASKETBALL By Defending champs m comfortable 72-51 win against Eng Tat as season gets started DEFENDING champions and favourites Home United cruised to a 72-51 win over Eng Tat Hornets m their National Basketball League Division One opener yesterday. The game marked
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          89 15 SINGAPORE'S women shuttlers beat Hong Kong 3-0 m the third-place play-off of the Über Cup Asian preliminaries m Jaipur, India, yesterday. South Korea clinched first place by beating Taiwan 3-0 m the final. On Friday, Singapore qualified for the Über Cup finals for first time. The
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          75 15 SINGAPORE golfer Mardan Mamat missed the Malaysian Open cut by a single stroke on Saturday. He was joint-73rd with a total of 142 (72, 70). South Korea's Charlie Wi won the US$l.25 million (Ss2 million) event, which was reduced to 54 holes due to
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        473 15 BASKETBALL National Basketball League Division One: Eng Tat Hornets 51 Home United 72, Tungsan 60 Chong Ghee 66, Sin Kee 62 Tong Whye 86, Safsa 61 Tagawa 63. National Women's Basketball League: T-Net Bukit Merah 31 Tampmes East 43, AljuniedKembangan Youth 21 Chong Ghee 38, Teck Ghee 38 Aljun-ied-Kembangan
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        325 15 Ihorse racing! THREE-YEAR-OLD Arenti may have won six from seven, including the Group 111 $125,000 Three Rings Trophy (1400 m) on Sunday, but trainer John Meagher doesn't believe he'll be a 'good horse' until he learns to settle. Arenti is a hard pulling individual and when the pace was muddlina
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        688 15 Track: YIELDING Race 1 —Open Benchmark 40 1200 m 3 DREAM DANCER, 0 Chavez 1 11 Popular, M Dv Plessis 2. 4 Mountain King, App S Sandana 3. Margins: 1/2 len x 3 len. Time: 1:12.3. Nos. 3, 11, 4. Win: $17. Place: $7,
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        459 15 Track: Good Race 1 Niigata Plate 1000 m Nos. 8, 9, 7. Win: $9. Place: $6, $15, $29. FCT: $18. PFT: (7-8) $31, (7-9) $96, (8-9) $6. TCE: $394. Scratchings: Nil. Winner trained by J Moore. Race 2 Kokura Handicap 1200 m Nos.
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        396 19  - Dealers see post- Budget boost for selected shares Chua Kong Ho TAKING STOCK NETWORK II NtF ITS Dealers singled out the telecoms sector as a possible play on the announcement that Singapore will build a nationwide high-speed Internet broadband network Sm Punters m;iy fin us on trlccoms ;ind shippimj n>untrrs;
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        116 19 MMRRIIJ, I.ynch rrtnsiatcd iv coy cragc of Singapore Prr» Mctldinit* iSPH) with a "huy" mting and price iWptl o( $4 «»r a ft>taJ return «»f It per cent over a 12 month pemnj It uid it saw SPH "m the main
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        670 20 Dubai Ports will borrow $10. 7b to fund P&O purchase Its financing move comes as the acquisition draws fire from US senators Dubai DUBAI Ports World (DP World), the Dubai state-owned ports company, will borrow US$6.5 billion (5510.7 billion) to finance its US$6.B billion acquisition of British port and ferries
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        49 20 THE US$6.B billion (5511.2 billion) purchase of P&O would make DP World the manager of port terminals m New York, New Jersey, New Orleans, Miami, Philadelphia and Baltimore. The acquisition has sparked criticism from lawmakers and others m the United States owing to concerns about national security.
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          100 21 BEIJING: Differences between government officials over whether Bank of China should list just m Hong Kong or also on the mainland mean that the bank is unlikely to float shares before June at the earliest, Caijing magazine said. Sources say the stateowned bank
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          82 21 LONDON: Abu Dhabi's Mubadab Development will partner Dubai Aluminium to build the world's largest aluminium Plant for US$6 billion (559.9 billion). The plant, to be built near Abu Dhabi, will produce 1.2 million tonnes of aluminium a year and require the construction of a
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          70 21 BEIJING: China's market for information technology services is expected to grow 20.6 per cent a year for the next five years. The rate reached 20.1 per cent last year, the China Economic Times quoted a report by the China Center of
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        333 21 Arcelor deal is not just about money, says Mittal chief New Delhi MR LAKSHMI Mittal, head of the Netherlands-based Mittal Steel, says his bid for Luxem-bourg-based Arcelor is about setting new goals rather than making money, a report said yesterday. "For me, success isn't about counting millions, it's about achieving
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        370 21  -  Narendra aggarwal By Indian regulatory chairman says new rules will be m place within the next two months FOREIGN companies will soon be able to list on Indian stock exchanges, with American firms expected to be the first to take advantage of the
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        349 21 Bangkok FRANCE and Thailand have agreed on a plan to double the value of their bilateral trade to about six billion euros (5511.7 billion) a year m the next three to five years, French Trade Minister Christine Lagarde said. The agreement was reached at
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          46 22 ONG SIAN MN: Resigned as group financial controller and company secretary of Haw Par Corp, effective June 1. Mr Ong, who joined Haw Par m 2000, has resigned "to pursue other interests", said the company m a statement last week.
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          62 22 VICTOR CHUA BENG KHOON: Appointed as chief executive officer (CEO) and executive director of Asia Medic, effective last Friday. He replaces Dr Dominic Er, who has retired from his position and will serve as a consultant to the company, also effective Friday. Mr Chua,
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          71 22 JEFFREY WU: Appointed as chief executive officer of Contel Corp, effective last Monday. Mr Wu, 55, will manage the operations of the mainboard-listed firm, including its production and R&D activities. He will also be involved m developing and implementing Contel's global business strategies.
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          55 22 CHAN CHEE KHEONG: Appointed as chief operating officer of Teledata (Singapore), effective last Monday. He replaces Mr Leslie Goh, who resigned on Jan 17. Mr Chan, 49, who has 25 years of experience m telecommunications and information technology network systems, previously served as managing
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          55 22 SIR RICHARD SYKES: Appointed as chairman of MerLion Pharmaceuticals' board of directors, effective last Tuesday. Sir Richard is rector of Imperial College m London. He was chairman of GlaxoSmithKline from 2000 to 2002. Awarded the Singapore Public Service Star Award m 1999, he was made
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        84 22 IN THE wake of the big waves, the 405-room hotel (right) m Phuket is now looking good after the 265-room main wing reopened last November. It will refurbish the remaining 169 rooms from May to August this year. The hotel has also recovered insurance claims of
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        637 22  -  Joyce Teo By Property Correspondent This follows 16m overhaul of tsunami-hit Holiday Inn Resort Phuket MAINBOARD-LISTED LC Development is eyeing a second hotel investment m Thailand, now that it has largely revamped its Holiday Inn Resort Phuket on Patong Beach m the wake
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        339 22 THAILAND'S largest institutional investor has snapped up 25 per cent of the Holiday Inn Resort hotel on Phuket and is also considering a property investment m Singapore. The Government Pension Fund (GPF) paid about $7.2 million m cash for the stake
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        451 23  - UOL's profit tumbles 74% to $100m Bryan Lee By This reflects $355.2 m exceptional gain m previous year; Hotel Plaza earnings slide 6°/o UNITED Overseas Land (UOL) has posted a 74 per cent drop m full-year earnings to $100.1 million, while subsidiary Hotel Plaza saw its earnings slip by 6
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        69 23 UOL's property investment revenues declined as the UOL Building along Somerset Road (left) has been closed since last April for redevelopment works. The UOB Building m Xiamen, China was also closed from September 2004 to last July as it was converted into a hotel. Losses at UOL's associated
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        345 23  -  BRYAN LEE OVERSEAS Union Enterprise (OUE) shareholders can look forward to a bumper payout after the company's profits jumped fourfold last year and a recent share sale that will boost this year's bottom line by $128.2 million. OUE said last Saturday that profit for the
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        351 23  -  BRYAN LEE COMPANIES here may not be short of innovative ideas, but they are much slower when it comes to protecting them. And for those firms that do own patents, most are unable to fully exploit their patents commercially. A surprising number
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        60 23 THE intellectual property (IP) survey polled 200 firms m high-tech manufacturing and services industries, including telecommunications, information technology and financial services. Only a third of those surveyed had applied for patents to protect their innovations. Singapore firms seem to prefer trademarks and other non-patent methods, possibly because
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          134 23 HOTEL Royal has reported a 26 per cent jump m profit to $3.1 million, thanks to higher occupancy as well as room rates. Revenue rose by 47 per cent to $24.4 million for the year ended Dec 31. Earnings per share were 6.12 cents, up
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          120 23 CHINA Infrastructure has issued a profit warning, saying it expects to go into the red for the year ended Dec 31. The company said that it is likely to incur a 243 million yuan (5549.8 million) impairment loss and attributed this to a downward revision
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          76 23 TPA Strategic Holdings has asked for trading of its shares to be suspended from today pending an announcement. The Sesdaq-listed aircraft maintenance, repair and overhaul specialist has caught the eye of investors after it announced m December that it was selling its aerospace business and
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        936 24  -  Erica Tay By That will help push growth towards top end of forecast, say economists THE generous handouts announced m last week's Budget will deliver a strong boost to consumer spending, which may nudge this year's economic growth towards the top end of
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        361 24  -  Feb 1 7. 2006 2,431.34 +775 CORPORATE INCENTIVES WHILE the corporate community will get little of the generous handout package from last Friday's Budget, at least one tax expert saw the more than 30 business-related tax changes as visionary. Ernst and Young's Head of Tax,
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      260 7 More Singaporeans Leaving Comfort Zone More Singaporeans are taking up MBA, freelancing or starting their own businesses. This is a phenomenon I arising from the fact that "iron rice bowl" no longer exists. But beyond earning better income, many have yearned to do something that they enjoy. Training has since
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      185 8 IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT PUBLIC FORUM To address PUBLIC AND CONSUMER CONCERNS AND QUESTIONS On the recent increase m fungal eye infections among contact lens users Learned Medical Experts to Speak and Answer Your Questions Dr Stan Isaacs, President of the Singapore Contact Lens Society Mr Lee Kai Hung, President of the
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      22 11 Out m front Ahn Hyun Soo is helping South Korea dominate the short-track speedskating programme at the Winter Olympics. PAGE H l4
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        197 2 TAIPEI Descendants of the late gongfu master Huo Yuanjia have decided to sue producers for factual errors m the hit film Fearless, report regional newspapers. Jet Li stars as Huo m the movie, which portrays the latter as a man obsessed with winning fights, until
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        185 2 LOS ANGELES Eight days after Hurricane Katrina hit, Michael Jackson announced he would release an all-star charity single within two weeks. Nearly six months later, Sheik Abdullah bin Hamad Al Khalifa, the prince who has been hosting Jackson m Bahrain, says the song will come
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        72 2 LOS ANGELES Madonna may have gyrated like a 20-year-old at the Grammy Awards, but her body felt the brunt of it later. Following Feb Bs high-oc-tane performance, she had hernia surgery at Ce-dars-Sinai Medical Center. But the 47-year-old bounced back from the operation to appear at
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        2968 3  -  Foong Woei Wan Ong Sor Fern FILM CORRESPONDENT The thrill of the hunt draws stars to go shooting, but some, like Madonna, do it for the tweed outfits MACHO Indian actor Salman Khan was sentenced to a year m jail last week for killing two rare black buck
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        410 5 A film about the hushed-up issue of the rape of Bosnian women wins Berlin film test top prize BERLIN A moving drama about the lasting impact of the systematic rape of Bosnian women by Serb soldiers during the Balkans conflict was the surprise winner of
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        77 6 I've been wishing everyone Happy New Year for more than 20 years. Are they truly happy? Despite what I wish, if s up to them whether they want to be truly happy 1 Actor Jet Li (above) 1 used to have more than 300 criteria. Now I have three:
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        731 7  -  Tay Yek Keak Like it or not, there's a little bit of Brokeback Mountain m everything around us starsngripes I'M GOING to talk about Brokeback Mountain today of course. First of all. I like and respect the movie, a really good film, but it's about two gay
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        378 7  -  Leong Su-Lin PHOTO: LAST weekend was a field day for wannabe •stars who want a shot at fame. The third and final Singapore Idol audition was held at the Toa Payoh HDB Hub's auditorium yesterday. It lasted almost nine hours, from 9am to
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        175 10 HITS MISSES In this season of awards, parties and events, witness a face-off of celebrity looks, See who carried off these styles better HIT: Rachel Bilson's (far left) checkered blue dress was fun and charming. HIT: Milla Jovovich (top) was flapper fabulous m her white dress with pearls. The matching
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        183 8 THE ART OF REFLECTION galeriebelvedere. Capital Tower 3641, 168 Robinson Road, Today March 17: 9.30 am 6pm (Mon Fri), by appointment on Sat, closed on Sun, Free, Tel: 6423-1233 The paintings of Brendan Neiland from the Royal Academy of Arts m London will motivate you to look at architecture
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        270 8  -  Wong Ah Yoke SUSHI TEI Now that part of the parking wog s m n o t l 9 n o Village have been solved with the new perhaps it is time to go back there. Take a break from shopping and check out tne newiy refurbished and expanded
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        39 8 LOVE AND HUAER CONCERT Victoria Concert Hall, Tomorrow: Bpm, Tickets: $30 $100, Tel: *****958 Catch He Qingxiang and Li Xiao Van at this charity music concert organised by the Sin Zhong Music Cultural Arts Development Centre.
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        111 8 NORDIC FILM FESTIVAL GV Plaza Singapura Shopping Centre, Orchard Road, Today at 7pm (Miss Sweden, NCI6, from Iceland); Today at 9.30pm (Land Of Love, PG, from Finland); Tomorrow at 7pm (Hawaii, Oslo, PG, from Norway); Tomorrow at 9.30pm (Cold Light, R2l, from Iceland); Wed at 7pm (Someone Uke Hodder.
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        151 8 CUBISM IN ASIA: UNBOUNDED DIALOGUES Singapore Art Museum, Bras Basah Road, Till April 9: loam 7pm daily with extended hours and free admission on Fri (6 9pm), Foe: $3 (adults), $1.50 (senior citizens over 55 and children under 12), Tel: 6332-3222 Cubism, an art movement created by Pablo Picasso
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        140 8 SUNDANESE GAMELAN SILAT Night Safari Courtyard, Mandai Lake Road, Ongoing: 7.30, 8 A 9pm dally, Tickets: $20 (adult), $10 (children aged three to 12), Tel: 6269-3411 Catch ethnic performances by the Sundanese Gamelan And Silat martial arts group every evening. Six silat practitioners will demonstrate this ancient martial art
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        124 8  -  Magdalene Lum Compiled by DAYAK GROUPS OF SARAWAK: PHOTO-ESSAY OF IMAGES BY UM POH CHIANG Asian Civilisations Museum, 1 Empress Place, Today: 10.30 am, Free, Visit www.fom.st See Sarawak through photographs by Mr Lim Poh Chiang and learn more about the indigenous Dayaks m a lecture-cum-photo journey by freelance
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        303 4 Mr Kenny Yap, chairman and chief executive officer of Qian Hu Corporation, is among the National Library Board's ambassadors for its "Celebrating Libraries" campaign, and recommends this book you just can't miss: Breakthrough by George Tan. "I recently read an autobiography titled Breakthrough, by local author George Tan, which
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        74 5 NEW COMBO COURSES Mr Tan Teck Chuan, 44, gave up his job as a nurse to study media design at Nanyang Polytechnic. Mr Tan's poly course is a multidisciplinary one, allowing him to study both art and technology at the same time. Such courses including media
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        158 5 WIN MOVIE TICKETS! P tanning to Watch a movie soon? Answer this question correctly and you may be one of the five lucky winners to walk away with a pair of movie passes! What hybrid engineering course does Miss Ashley Tan take m A* Engineering informatics B. Biomedical Engineering C.
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        333 6  -  DANIEL LOW BY Brothers Samuel Tan, 16, and Joshua Tan, 14, play Warcraft: Defence Of The Ancients. Last year, they ran a gaming clinic for amateurs before the World Cyber Games (WCG). They give IN the details m an e-mail interview. IN: Why set up
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        226 8 Below 1 7 and unsure what you can do after Npm without raising alarms? Well, it's not news that loiterers attract attention from law enforcers, who are trained to spot troublemakers a mile away. Then again, if you are not guilty of anything, you
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        356 9 THE BIG STORY THIS WEEK PHOTO: FIED IF THE POLICE CAUGHT YOU STAYING OUT PAST 1 1 PM, GIVES YOU THE FACTS ABOUT THE SO-CALLED CURFEW. WHY IS THIS HAPPENING TO ME? Well, don't take it too personally. The police are informing parents of their children's whereabouts because
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        311 9 News of police checks on their activities after 1 1 pm have caused quite a stir among teens. The variety of responses ranged from confusion to shock, to disapproval. Many felt an indignation at what they saw as a "curfew", worrying that even
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        526 10 THE SCIENCE BEHIND THE NEWS IN A FOWL MOOD The deadly HSN I strain of bird flu has landed m Western Europe, with Greece and Italy reporting wild swans with the virus. Within two days, Belgium and Slovenia also reported suspected cases m wild fowl. Meanwhile, m Rome,
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      862 12  -  COLIN GOH ANDREW DUFFY BY TEXT: RACK YOUR BRAINS "BECAUSE I'M WORTH IT" Japanese women used to give their men just regular chocolate on Valentine's Day. Now they are more likely to buy pricey chocolates for themselves. 'There's been a trend m the past two or three years for
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        433 13 For the first time, neighbourhood school students were among matter of course, did not have Q levels last year. Their students t^ toP scorers m the O levels. But that is not a sign that they are now on the integrated "through train" programme, which ■I I are suddenly doing
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        1079 14  -  HONG XINYI, BY READ AND WRITE BETTER LOSING LOCAL FLAVOUR Ivan Heng, artistic director of Singapore theatre group Wild Rice, voiced a fear that the arts m Singapore was becoming "McDonaldised" as big money is pumped into arts projects which are tailor-made
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        437 15  -  MARDIANA ABU BAKER IDEAS BEHIND ART THERAPY The main idea behind art therapy is that it provides opportunities for life-enhancing creative processes to increase the participants' awareness of and empathy with external reality, and to look for resources to change one's self. Making masks: A mask is
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        56 15 READ AND WRITE BETTER Masked as a false god, an ethnic Mongolian celebrates Monlam, or the Great Prayer festival, m the city of Hohhot m China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. The annual festival is drawing a greater number of crowds as Beijing loosens its controls on Mongolians and
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        348 15 ■k tffc HI M |II NEWSWORTHY PHRASES ||f 4 1I V a B Phrases associated with feelings and behaviours j, Jf X held back: did not reveal one's feelings touchy-feely: openly expressing love and affection, especially through touching w^ < t emotional honesty: expressing one's emotions openly and truthfully B
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      493 16 FACES PLACES IN THE NEWS THE OLYMPICS AND THE 0 LEVELS BOTH FOUND THEIR WAY INTO THE NEWSPAPER RECENTLY. HERE'S A LOOK AT WHAT STOOD OUT. NUMBERS IN THE NEWS Match these digits to the reasons they made the news. a) 13 b)32 c) 95.2 d) 96 e)9B 1
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        98 16 Reading the Sky winners (Answer: satchel): I )Jocelyn Yeo Ling Sui, 1 3, Nan Hua High 2) Tracy Ng Kai Ting, 1 3, Cedar Girls' Secondary 3) Vaneza Sompolpong, 1 7, Monks' Hill Secondary 4) Dean Gan, 1 5, St Gabriel's Secondary s) Tan Pei Cheng, 1 3, Kent Ridge
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