The Straits Times, 29 August 2006

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    25 1 The straits times 144 PAGES IN FIVE PARTS MICA (P) 219/03/2006 TUESDAY, AUGUST 29 2006 •Mr A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION ESTABLISHED 1845 80 CENTS
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    Lock icon Medisave extension to cover GP bills
    680 1  -  Lee Hui Chieh By Change applies only to those with chronic illnesses, such as diabetes A MEDISAVE milestone will be reached on Oct 1 when, for the first time, CPF money locked away to pay hospital bills can be used for visits to the
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    Lock icon SPARKLING CEREMONY AS SITI TIES THE KNOT
    99 1 PHOTO: Pop star Siti Nurhaliza Tarudin took centrestage m a diamond-stud-ded dress after tying the knot with businessman Khalid Mohamad Jiwa m what was billed as Malaysia's Wedding of The Year yesterday. The value of the dress was unknown, but the pop princess'
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    Lock icon 2 new pay-TV players to offer latest movies; Asian dramas
    526 1  -  Bryan Lee By TWO new pay TV services to be launched here soon will let viewers watch Hollywood blockbusters and TV shows from Japan and South Korea. The new players, which were awarded licences yesterday, will capitalise on new broadcast
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  • UPFRONT
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      Lock icon Taiwan's 'Strawberry Generation' under fire
      1176 1  - Taiwan's 'Strawberry Generation' under fire Ong Hwee Hwee By Taiwan Correspondent In Taipei HE HAS changed jobs more than 10 times m five years and, once, he quit after just one day. But Mr Ben Hsu, 25, protests against the suggestion that he is a serial job-hopper. "Low pay, long
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      326 2 1 Master The Glamour Of Colours And Art Of Beauty. And launch a Rewarding Career ':^H m the Wellness Industry. J^H Attend our Free Course Preview and Career Talk by Leonard Drake International Leading Skin Care Health Spa this Friday, 1 Sept, 7pm Study with us and get job recommendations
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      1264 2 SECTION ONE HOME Prime 1-4 Longer childcare hours Asia 6-11 Govt urges more World 12-16 childcare centres to keep Review 17-19 their doors open longer PYI 20 an<^ ater t0 cater to cri~rir*u two dual-income families. SECTION TWO PAGE HI Home Hl-H5 Forum H6 Shell pays up Sports H7-HlO Four
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  • PRIME
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      Lock icon Parkway surrenders control of Pantai
      617 3  -  Leslie Lav By Malaysia Correspondent In Kuaij\ Lumpur NO ONE LOSES OUT "The deal is win-win. Pantai remains under bumiputera control while Parkway, as a foreign investor, remains a substantial partner." A GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL FAMILIAR WITH THE DEAL It gives up controversial stake to Khazanah
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      Lock icon Two dead, 40 injured in Turkey bomb attacks
      502 3 Istanbul SEVERAL bomb attacks on Turkish tourist destinations and Istanbul over the last two days have left two dead and around 40 injured. In the latest attack, an explosion m the Mediterranean resort city of Antalya killed two people and injured several
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      Lock icon Foreigners camp out for places in school
      439 4  - Foreigners camp out for places in school Adeline Chia By Maria Almenoar IT IS camping season for the parents, not the children at Yangzheng Primary School m Serangoon Aye 3. Nine of them, all foreigners, have been camping overnight there to snag the school's last nine Primary 1 places for
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      Lock icon Chinese schools told to ease pressure on students
      411 4  -  Clarissa Oon By China Correspondent In Beijing Less discrimination against weaker ones, shorter hours among the changes SCHOpL for millions of Chinese primary and secondary students will be less stressful when the new academic year starts on Friday. The Chinese education system
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      29 4 ALL ABUZZ The sub-sale market for high-end homes is humming. We look at the deals, often seen as a proxy for speculative activity m the Singapore property market. Ww
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  • ASIA
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      Lock icon Mahathir: I'm treated like a pariah
      903 6  -  Reme Ahmad By Malaysia Bureau Chief In Kual\ Lumpur Once feted by everyone, now shunned by many, laments Malaysia's former PM JUST three years ago, people queued up to meet Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad, Umno leaders hailed his leadership and reporters hung on to
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      Lock icon Umno leaders reject call to sack minister for his outburst against Mahathir
      176 6 MALAYSIA'S leaders have distanced themselves from calls for a Cabinet member to be disciplined for hitting out at former premier Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad. Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi said that any action to discipline an Umno member, including
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      Lock icon Umno Youth chief blasts MCA Youth
      553 6  -  Leslie Lau By Malaysia Correspondent In Kuala Lumpur THE youth wing of Umno has blasted its counterparts from the Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA) m a row over controversial remarks by Umno Youth deputy chief KhrJry Jamaluddin. "Do not challenge us. We will join hands
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      152 6 Unwelcome visitors Thailand is not just a tourist haven; it's a place of refuge for unsavoury visitors from murderers to paedophiles. PAGE 10 •SONY-PANASOMC CAMBER -l(EN»«OC-TU-Aia«-WiUI'TOSHBA'SO((Y'IICOU*Y-FUjaSU -JVC t CaH 6642 Z7ZZ fa Vthuikst i Japanese Brand Single Split Window Air-Con 19OOOBTU) I Cosh fcCsiy Japanese Iraad H i JMB j
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  • CHINA
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      31 7 PHOTO: A girl m Yangzhou city, eastern Jiangsu province, displaying Chinese calligraphy written m sesame paste and tomato juice. The scroll and brush are made from dough. XINHUA
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      Lock icon Beijing boots out four corrupt senior officials
      439 7  -  Clarissa Oon By China Correspondent In Beijing New law passed to empower local lawmakers to rein m govt officials CHINA has sacked the chief prosecutor of Tianjin and expelled three lawmakers from the national legislature as Beijing strengthens checks on corrupt provincial officials.
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      Lock icon Planes clip each other at Beijing's airport
      123 7 Planes clip each other at Beijing's airport Beijing TWO passenger planes at Beijing's airport clipped each other while on the tarmac, damaging their tail and wing pieces, but no injuries were reported, state media said yesterday. The incident occurred on Sunday morning between a China Eastern, plane that was preparing
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      Lock icon iPod maker sues over report on 'sweatshop'
      424 7  - iPod maker sues over report on 'sweatshop' Tschang Chi-Chu By China Correspondent m Beijing A TAIWANESE maker of the iPod MP3 player is suing two Chinese journalists for defamation after their newspaper reported that most of its workers are unable to sit down while working for 12 hours straight. Hon
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  • EAST ASIA
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      Lock icon Brinkmanship a matter of survival for Pyongyang
      961 8  -  Goh Sui Noi By Senior Correspondent Raising tension is North Korea's way of forcing US hand over N-programme IT MAY seem like a death wish for North Korea to face down the United States, but the pov-erty-stricken state's periodic escalation of the nuclear
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      Lock icon Sept 9 sit-in to demand Chen's ouster
      367 8  -  Ong Hwee Hwee By Taiwan Correspondent In Taipei THE D-Day has finally been set. Opponents of scan-dal-plagued President Chen Shui-bian announced yesterday they would stage an indefinite sit-in protest from Sept 9 to demand his resignation. And if the organisers have it their
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      Lock icon Koizumi blasts attack on critic of shrine visits
      434 8 Tokyo JAPAN'S Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi has condemned an arson attack on the office of a senior lawmaker who had opposed his visits to the Yasukuni Shrine. But he also rejected any suggestion that his visits to the controversial war shrine encouraged
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  • INDIA/SOUTH ASIA
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      Lock icon Freak floods hit Indian desert
      540 9  -  P. JAYARAM By India Correspondent In New Delhi At least 300 dead while many still marooned as Rajasthan mounts rescue, relief efforts THAR Desert m Rajasthan, which bakes under intense sun 320 days of the year, resembled the sea as the worst flash floods m
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      Lock icon Monsoon strikes Nepal
      159 9 DOZENS of villagers were feared dead m western Nepal after a weekend landslide triggered by torrential monsoon rains swept away up to 80 homes. A mudslide flattened Khaptad village on Sunday, but details were still scarce as the area is a five-hour walk from the nearest telephone,
      AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE; ASSOCIATED PRESS  -  159 words
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      Lock icon Warning: China in for more extreme weather
      257 9 Beijing STORMS, floods and drought that have killed thousands m China this year are a prelude to more extreme weather patterns due to global warming, a Chinese climate expert warns. China has braced itself for further hardship after meteorological disasters caused 160 billion
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  • SOUTH-EAST ASIA
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      Lock icon Dark side to the Land of Smiles
      379 10 Corruption makes Thailand a magnet for foreigners with shady pasts Bangkok TO THE millions of holidaymakers who flock to the country every year, Thailand is the "Land of Smiles". It is a picture-postcard paradise of white-sand beaches, tropical sun and exotic eastern charm.
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    • ASIA QUICKLY
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        Lock icon CHINA TO EXTEND TIBET RAIL TO NEPAL
        64 10 BEIJING: China's new railway to Tibet will be extended to neighbouring Nepal to expand trade with South Asia, Xinhua news agency reported yesterday. Mr Qiangba Puncog, chairman o! Tibet's government, made the comment on Sunday to Nepalese Deputy Premier K.P. Shanna Oli m
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        Lock icon POLLUTED RESERVOIR CLEANED UP
        83 10 BEIJING: A chemical spill m north-western China's Shaanxi province polluted a reservoir that serves at least 100,000 residents, but water quality was returned to normal by Sunday, local officials said. A tanker carrying 25 tonnes of liquid caustic soda, also known as sodiuir hydroxide, went off
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        Lock icon U.S. SEEKS CHINA'S HELP ON WTO TALKS
        76 10 BEIJING: The United States pressed China yesterday for help m reviving faltering global trade talks. US Trade Representative Susan Schwab also appealed to Commerce Minister Bo Xilai for more action on opening Chinese markets and stamping out rampant product piracy, said her spokesman.
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        Lock icon HANOI TO RELEASE JAILED ACTIVIST
        88 10 HANOI: Vietnam has decided to free pro-democracy activist Pham Hong Son after he spent more than four years m jail, m a move seen as courting the United States' favour, foreign diplomats said yesterday. Son, 37, is to be released soon, as part of a
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        Lock icon MILITANTS PLEAD FOR CLEMENCY
        54 10 JAKARTA: Three Christian .litants facing execution m Indonesia for leadii a mob that killed Muslims have appealed again to President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono for clemency, a presidential spokesman said yesterday. Dr Yudhoyono rejected the men's appeals last year and there are no signs that he will
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        Lock icon MINDANAO SPLITS UP TROOPS
        54 10 ZAMBOANGA: The Philippine military split its forces m the south yesterday to bolster its decades-long battles against Marxist and Al-Qaeda-linked militants. The Southern Command was divided into separate commands for eastern and western Mindanao. At least 60 per cent of the Philippine military are deployed on
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      Lock icon OUT AND ABOUT ON A LIMB
      75 10 PHOT Thailand's most famous elephant, which became the world's first pachyderm with a prosthetic limb, has undergone its third fitting for an artificial foot this year. Motala, a 45-year-old elephant from the northern Lampang province, shot to fame m 1999 when bone specialists and
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      Lock icon Plot to kill Thaksin? Few in Bangkok believe it
      374 10 Bangkok ONLY one m five people m greater Bangkok are convinced that an alleged plot to blow up Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra was real, an independent poll showed yesterday. The poll result came as a fake bomb was found near Mr
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      Lock icon Indonesia hopes to put out all hot spots by Saturday
      246 10 Jakarta THE Indonesian government aims to put out all hot spots by Saturday, before its President visits Singapore, a senior official said yesterday. Fires from land-clearing m Sumatra and Borneo islands have reportedly affected the air quality m Singapore, Malaysia
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  • MALAYSIA
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      Lock icon S'pore touch in Siti's splendid wedding bash
      711 11  -  Cheong Suk-Wai Senior Correspondent In Kuala Lumpur Food, dancers and celebrities from Republic grace XL's major event SINGAPORE played a big role m Malaysia's Wedding Of The Year between pop star Siti Nurhaliza Tarudin and businessman Khalid Mohamad Jiwa last night. To begin
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      Lock icon VIDEO OF POLICE ABUSE
      84 11 A video of police beating a youth during an interrogation has sparked a probe m Malaysia. The four-minute clip, aired by TV3 last Saturday, also showed a youth being forced to lick his saliva off the floor. It is believed to have been recorded on a
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      Lock icon Fight graft to boost investment, Muslim nations told
      219 11 Kuala Lumpur MUSLIM countries should counter perceptions of being corrupt if they want to draw more foreign investment, the chairman of the world's largest Islamic bloc said. Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi said yester- day Muslim-majority countries occupied more than half of
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      Lock icon Probe Petronas' expulsion from Chad: Abdullah
      363 11 Kuala Lumpur MALAYSIAN Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi has ordered an immediate investigation into the expulsion of national oil firm Petronas from Chad, reports said yesterday. At the same time, a Chadian minister m Kuala Lumpur denied the move was aimed at winning greater control
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon Hizbollah chief: If only I had known it would lead to war...
      717 12 20/20 HINDSIGHT "If I knew the process of capturing (these soldiers), even with a 1 per cent probability, would lead to a war like this, and then if you asked me would you go and capture them, my
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      Lock icon Annan in Beirut to finalise UN peacekeeping duties
      394 12 Beirut UN CHIEF Kofi Annan arrived m Beirut yesterday for talks on the deployment of peacekeepers to southern Lebanon where a fragile peace is m place following Israel's blitz against Hizbollah. "This is a very critical time for Lebanon, and I think
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      Lock icon Freed journalists recount traumatic weeks in captivity
      305 12 Freed journalists recount traumatic weeks in captivity Gaza City TWO Fox News journalists freed by militants have described a harrowing two weeks of captivity. They had been blindfolded, tied m painful positions and forced at gunpoint to say on a video that they had converted to Islam. After their release
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      Lock icon Call Internet sellers by clicking on ads
      568 14  -  San Francisco Google-eßay tie-up promises a faster way to shop online GOOGLE will begin selling advertising on Web auction leader eßay and help buyers ring up an online merchant quickly to do business. The arrangement between the two Internet giants, announced yesterday, promises
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      Lock icon Plan to curb women's access to Mecca shrine sparks furore
      375 14 Riyadh SAUDI clerics want to impose restrictions on women praying at Islam's holiest shrine m Mecca, one of the few places where male and female worshippers can intermingle. But women activists m the birthplace of the religion, where a strict
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      Lock icon BATTLE TOY
      113 14 A burnt military vehicle turns into a plaything for these youngsters along a road m Diwaniya, 180 km south of the Iraqi capital of Baghdad. The town was the site of fierce street battles between Iraqi security forces and Shi'ite militia fighters yesterday and on Sunday. Defence Ministry
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      Lock icon Austrian teen mourns death of kidnapper
      301 14 Vienna THE Austrian teenager who escaped last week after eight years m an underground dungeon said yesterday she mourned for her abductor. "He was a part of my life. For that reason, I mourn for him m a certain way," Ms Natascha Kampusch said
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    • ASIA QUICKLY
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        Lock icon JAKARTA MP SPEAKS UP FOR IRAN
        78 14 JAKARTA: Indonesia should cooperate with Iran on nuclear enrichment projects for peaceful purposes, a leading lawmaker said yesterday. House Speaker Agung Laksono also called on Jakarta to help defend Teheran against mounting pressure from the West. He made the comments after meeting an Iranian
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        Lock icon GADDAFI RAPS CONSUMER NATION
        100 14 ALGIERS: Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi has scolded his nation for over-reliance on oil, foreigners and imports and told it to start manufacturing things people need. The criticisms, m an unusual series of speeches m July and August, have stirred keen interest m a forthcoming annual Sept
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        Lock icon BBC'S ROBIN HOOD TAPES STOLEN
        81 14 LONDON: Thieves m Hungary have stolen some tapes of the BBC's new prime-time series Robin Hood, stalling completion of some of the 13 episodes, the broadcaster said yesterday. Trie BBC would not comment on a report m the Daily Mirror yesterday that the tapes were
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        Lock icon AFGHAN SUICIDE BLAST KILLS 17
        83 14 KANDAHAR: A suicide blast tore through a crowded bazaar m a- southern Afghanistan town {yesterday, killing 17 people and wounding nearyso. Witnesses m the Helmand province's capital of Lashkar Gah said a man with bombs strapped to his body grabbed hold of a prominent businessman,
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        Lock icon BOMB PLOT: SUSPECT ARRESTED
        61 14 BEIRUT: The Lebanese authorities yesterday arrested another suspect involved m a failed attempt to bomb two trains m Germany, a senior Lebanese judicial source said. He said the man was arrested based on information provided by two other suspects already m Lebanese custody. The suspect, from
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  • SPOTLIGHT PEOPLE
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      Lock icon Brandy and cold water prove a swooning mix
      185 13 BOLLYWOOD sex symbol Mallika Sherawat, who holds the record for the most on-screen kisses m an Indian movie, passed out while shooting a kissing scene m her new movie. But director Saket Choudhary told the Times of India that it was not
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      Lock icon Boy, he may be world's smallest
      183 13 PHOTO: AFP A 14-YEAR-OLD Nepali boy who is only 50cm tall has been put forward for a Guinness world record as the smallest person on earth. "We found out that a Jordanian boy holds a record m the Guinness Book of World Records and
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      Lock icon Ex-French PM hints at comeback
      174 13 FRANCE'S former premier Lionel Jospin has made a tearful return to the front of the political stage, convincing supporters that he will end his retirement and start a run for the presidency next month. But Mr Jospin did not formally declare his intention to enter
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    452 15 Investigators trying to find out why main runway was not used Lexington (Kentucky) INVESTIGATORS m the Kentucky plane crash that killed 49 people are trying to determine why it used a runway that was too short for take-off. In the worst American
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    290 15 Washington FOR all the differences between the sexes, here is one that might stir up debate m the teachers' lounge: Boys learn more from men and girls learn more from women. That's the upshot of a provocative study by Professor Thomas Dee,
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  • KATRINA: ONE YEAR ON
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      551 16 Washington WHEN the United States records the legacy of President George W. Bush, the self-described compassionate conservative, two competing images will help tell the tale. The first is of Mr Bush after the 9/11 terrorist attacks, bullhorn m hand, feet
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      301 16 BUSH'S BLACK MARK PHOTO: PHOTO "It was a perception-al-tering event. People had questioned his ideology. People had even questioned his intelligence. But before this, average people rarely questioned his competence or his caring." Democrats are not the only ones raising questions about Mr Bush's response to Katrina. In follow-up interviews
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      422 17 A precious resource WHILE policy gears are moving to attract the right people to settle here, Singaporeans domiciled abroad do not need reminding they are a precious resource. No known net migration data is available: Is Singapore gaining or losing people? This can be complicated by the fact that permanent
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      1384 17  -  Christopher Tan PUBLIC TRANSPORT NETWORK By Senior Correspondent THREE years ago, when asked if she would take over SBS Transit's loss-incurring North-east MRT Line, SMRT president Saw Phaik Hwa responded: "Make me an offer I can't refuse." Her colourful remark got some people riled up.
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      783 17  - Danger of citizens of the world belonging nowhere Gregory Rodriguez By OVER the past few decades, globalised commerce and booming international migration have challenged the role of the traditional nation state and called into question the validity of single-nation citizenship. Governments, adapting to the mobility of their populations, have allowed
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      881 18  -  Shyam Tekwani By For The Straits Times CONDUCIVE ENVIRONMENT With porous borders, easy availability of arms, rampant corruption, the facility to launder money and assorted terrorist groups within their own borders, some countries m the region offer the environment that enables the
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      1638 19  -  Andy Ho »NEW MEDIA AND POLITICS By Senior Writer More voices, better conversations? IN HIS National Day Rally speech, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong devoted considerable attention to how "new media" might impact on politics. The term new media as distinct from traditional print and broadcast
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      496 19 THE INTERNET This is the system backbone; the World Wide Web is really just one of its applications. Others include VOIP (or Internet telephony), ftp (or file transfer protocol used to upload files to the Web), and so on. BLOGS These are personal online journals.
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      219 17 Fighting terrorists Recent moves to curb the Tamil Tiger rebels m Sri Lanka represent a small victory m the global war on terror. PAGE 18 LTHE STRAITS TIMES SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS, NEWS CENTRE 1000 Toa Payoh North. Podium Level 2, 3 ***** ST INTERACTIVE: http://straitstimes^sial.corn.sg SPH Chief Executive Officer Executive
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      197 20 5 THINGS YOU CAN DO TODAY 1 Women can learn more about grandparenting and communication at a workshop. WINGS Centre, Junction 8 Office Tower, #06-05. 10am. Fees: $5. Call 6250-1012 to register. 2 View artwork by an eye surgeon on places of worship m Singapore and Mexico. Utterly Art, 229A
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      65 20 THIS DAY IN HISTORY MCA EMPEROR EXECUTED 1533. Atahuallpa, the 13th and last emperor of the Incas, dies by strangulation at the hands of Spanish conquistadors. This marks the end of 300 years of Inca civilisation. NIGHTCLUB SINKS 1969. The Sea Dragon, a floating restaurant and nightclub, sinks m the
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      8 H1 HOME THE STRAITS TIMES TUESDAY, AUGUST 29 2006
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      Lock icon Appeal to childcare centres: Stay open longer
      744 H1  -  Yap Su-Yin By Some already doing it but Government urges more to close later to help working parents A HANDFUL of childcare centres are keeping their doors open longer and close later to serve working parents who need that extra bit of help
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      Lock icon Shell pays up after water gets into vehicles' fuel tanks
      549 H2  -  Christopher Tan By Senior Correspondent 4 cars, motorcycle damaged after pipe leak causes water to seep into pump FIVE vehicles which pulled into a Shell station m Jalan Jurong Kechil recently were served watered-down petrol. An undetected puncture m an
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      Lock icon FOETUS FOUND IN CHUA CHU KANG FORESTED AREA
      128 H2 A human foetus was found m a forested area along Sungei Tengah Road m Chua Chu Kong early on Sunday morning. A passer-by noticed a foul smell while walking by a hill which used to be the site of an Indian temple.
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    • CASE FILE
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        Lock icon FIRE ENGULFS TYRE FACTORY
        66 H2 A FIRE engulfed a two-storey tyre factory m Toa Payoh Industrial Park on Sunday night. Singapore Civil Defence Force officers, togged m breathing apparatus so they would not inhale the burning rubber, brought the blaze at Block 3 under control m about half an hour. It
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        Lock icon SNATCH THIEF GRABS WOMAN'S BAG
        60 H2 A WOMAN m her late 20s fell victim to a snatch theft m front of Clifford Pier at 2.30 am on Sunday. A fair-complexioned man with short black hair, who was slim-built and about 1.68 m tall, grabbed her bag and fled. The bag, worth
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        Lock icon BURGLAR TAKES GEMS, $6,000 CASH
        63 H2 A FLAT m Spottiswoode Park was found burgled on Sunday when its owner returned after being away for the weekend. She lost $900 m jewellery, $6,000 m cash and a telephone valued at $100 from her Block 110 home. The padlock was broken and the
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      Lock icon Lawyer in Falungong case alleges 'unfair treatment'
      480 H2  - Lawyer in Falungong case alleges 'unfair treatment Khushwant Singh By THE trial of two Faluneong followers got off to a dramatic start yesterday with their lawyer alleging several counts of unfair treatment of his clients. Computer engineer Erh Boon Tiong, 49, and housewife Ng Chye Huay, 42, were charged with
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      Lock icon Complex divorce case for new Specialist Judge
      229 H2 SENIOR Counsel Michael Hwang has been appointed to the Subordinate Courts Bench as a new Specialist Judge. He will preside over ancillary matters m a divorce case m the Family Court. This case involves complex issues of maintenance, access, custody, care and control
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      Lock icon Fourth man jailed for dealing in stolen goods
      331 H2 SI.3M CELLPHONE HEIST A FOURTH person has been jailed for buying stolen cellphones that were part of a $1.3 million heist m which the delivery driver was beaten and later died. Second-hand goods dealer Lee Chin Seng, 47, was sentenced to three
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      Lock icon NEW SCARECROW TACTIC
      157 H3 PHOTO. A new use for plastic bags was spotted by Mr Toy Chee Yong at Block 810, Jurong West Street 81 yesterday. What the self-employed 32-year-old thought was a new block decoration turned out to be Hong Kan Town Council's innovative way of dealing with bird nuisance
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      Lock icon Oldest sewers to get free PUB checks for leaks at year end
      469 H3  -  Meng Yew Choong By If there's leakage, homes and businesses will get help with repair bill A FEW hundred kilometres of the oldest sewers running from homes and businesses into the national sewage network will get a free
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      Lock icon HSA warns against using toxic Indian remedy for piles
      304 H4  -  Shefali Srinivas By Woman who took drug hospitalised with abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting THE Health Sciences Authority (HSA) has warned consumers against taking a traditional Indian medicine known as "Endopile Capsules". The HSA tested the drug after one complaint of an
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      Lock icon 800 known Subutex users fail to sign up for rehab
      320 H4  -  Lee Hui Chieh By MORE than 3,000 Subutex users signed up for a voluntary rehabilitation programme by the close of the two-week period for registration on Sunday. The 3,304 who signed up still falls short of the 3,800 known users
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      Lock icon Family adds to exam stress, survey finds
      357 H4  -  Jane Ng By WITH exam season round the corner, students may spend more time studying at home. But when they feel stressed out, the last person they turn to is someone m the family, a study found. Instead, they prefer to go to
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      Lock icon Pluto just got 'demoted' at Science Centre
      238 H4 LESS than a week after it was officially downgraded to a dwarf planet, Pluto has lost its pride of place among the planetary exhibits at the Singapore Science Centre. In a symbolic ceremony held at the centre yesterday, the former ninth planet from
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      Lock icon TEA WITH PRESIDENT
      96 H4 Mr Cat Zhenquan, 23, was all smiles yesterday when he got to meet President S R Nathan and founder of street fashion chain 77th Street, Ms Elim Chew. Mr Cai was one of 90 participants m the National Youth Forum who attended a closed-door tea session with
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      Lock icon Tiger Airways may fly to 6th Thai destination
      331 H4  -  Karamjit Kaur By Aviation Correspondent TIGER Airways could soon add a sixth destination to its Thai routes the north-east-ern city of Udon Thani. The budget airline had intended to start thrice-a-week services to Udon Thani from July 1 but postponed the launch
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      Lock icon S'pore inks 3-way maritime pact
      232 H4 SINGAPORE, China and Norway have agreed to enhance cooperation m maritime research and development and training. The three countries yesterday signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) which is set to pave the way for this. It will provide a framework for joint projects of mutual
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      Lock icon Third- generation RSAF may go for anti-missile shield
      633 H5  -  David Boey By Defence Correspondent It is a prudent step now that nation is within the range of ballistic missiles SINGAPORE now falls within the range of countries that possess ballistic missiles, and defence experts say the Republic has two options for
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      145 H5 MISSILES are classed according to the range at which they can hit a target. The missile range ring shows the area a missile can hit when it is fired m any direction. The size of the range ring depends on the weight of the missile's warhead,
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      Lock icon Future aerial power on show
      295 H5  -  DAVID BOEY AIR FORCE OPEN HOUSE THE future of air power goes on show this weekend at the air force's Open House m Paya Lebar Air Base. The event, to mark the air force's 38th anniversary, will give visitors a rare peek into tfce aerial
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    • FORUM
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        Lock icon Rising population density needs to be looked at
        474 H6 WELCOMING FOREIGN TALENT AND THE BABY DEARTH PACKED LIKE SARDINES We are already standing shoulder to shoulder m the trains and it is not hard to imagine that we may have to step on one another's feet so that more commuters can
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        Lock icon Giving up passport may not signify loyalty
        120 H6 MUCH was written m The Straits Times on Saturday on the subject of immigration and citizenship. On the subject of dual citizenship, Jurong GRC MP Halimah Yacob was quoted as saying, "I am not m favour of it. The litmus test is this:
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        Lock icon More babies? Have laws to check long work hours
        416 H6 I REFER to the discussion about Singapore's baby dearth. A friend of mine told me last October that she could try for a second child only m February this year. The reason was that she and her husband's hectic travelling schedules
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        Lock icon Written English test to raise quality of maids
        199 H6 Written English test to raise quality of maids I REFER to the letter, "Are maids here to work as maids or as clerks?" (ST, Aug 21), by Mr Jefferey Loh, who asked for the rationale behind the policy requiring first-time maids to pass a written English test. The entry test
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        Lock icon Light sentence for cat torturer sends wrong signal
        389 H6 I REFER to the recent case of Wong Geng Thong, who was sentenced to eight weeks' jail for torturing a cat. Hie outcome of the case is, to say the least, extremely frustrating. .With due respect to the judge, such a sentence
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        Lock icon Have beauty parlours show full prices too
        202 H6 I AM extremely glad that the Consumers Association of Singapore (Case) has asked airlines to print their full fares on ads ("Case to airlines and agents: Show full fares on ads"; ST, Aug 26). However, there are other culprits. Many beauty-treat-ment ads are
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        Lock icon Patients' report: Polyclinic explains fee
        133 H6 I REFER to Ms Chua Siong Ngoh's letter, "Test results aren't free" (ST, Aug 25). Currently, our test results are m hard-copy format and a nominal administrative fee is involved for any request for a copy of a patient's report. However we are continuously improving
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        Lock icon Villa's O'Neill set for a flurry of transfers after meeting with owner
        605 H7 WITH only two days left before the transfer window shuts, Aston Villa's Martin O'Neill is keen to strengthen his squad. He is set to meet Villa's new American owner Randy Lerner within the next day to see how
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        Lock icon 'Makelele is not a footballer, he's a slave'
        566 H7 MOURINHO RAPS FRENCH FEDERATION Midfielder wants to retire, but French coach wants him to play i Blackburn FRANCE midfielder Claude Makelele is m a huge dilemma. He has retired from international soccer, but France coach Raymond Domenech says he has to play.
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        Lock icon Drogba responds with goal after being dropped
        250 H7 THE perfect response from a striker who had been dropped from the starting line-up? A goal. Ana so Chelsea forward Didier Drogba obliged. The Ivory Coast forward was left on the bench at Blackburn after losing his place to £30 million (Ss9o million)
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        Lock icon Wenger is not worried by poor start
        476 H8 SOCCER Arsenal manager says club will be m title race despite worst opening m 14 years London CALL him the eternal optimist. Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger insists there are plenty of reasons to be cheerful, despite Arsenal's atrocious Premiership start this season. One
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        Lock icon Only shrewd transactions can rev up Arsenal, Spurs
        772 H8  -  Marc Lim > WILD WEEKEND By Sports Correspondent AFTER weeks of speculation and will-he-wont-he drama, the immediate future of Arsenal's left-back Ashley Cole will be decided m the next few days. With the Premiership transfer window closing on Thursday, a flurry of
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        Lock icon Becks to hold Real contract talks next month
        429 H8 Madrid DAVID Beckham has denied extending his Real Madrid contract by two years. Reports m the Spanish press yesterday morning claimed the former England captain had already signed a two-year extension, tying him to the club until 2009. But they have proven
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        Lock icon Hargreaves' move to Man Utd still alive
        246 H8 Hargreaves' move to Man Utd still alive London ENGLAND midfielder Owen Hargreaves is set to join Manchester United, according to several British newspapers. The Old Trafford club had been told by Hargreaves' German employers, Bayern Munich, to forget about clinching the £17 million (Sssl million) deal before Thursday's transfer deadline.
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        Lock icon Two Middlesbrough goalkeepers sent off
        218 H8 London TWO Middlesbrough goalkeepers were sent off within minutes of each other on Sunday even though Middlesbrough were not playing. Brad Jones is on loan to Sheffield Wednesday and David Knight is at third division Oldham Athletic. Jones was sent off for a professional foul
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          Lock icon MALBRANQUE POISED FOR HAMMERS MOVE
          47 H8 LONDON: West Ham manager Alan Pardew is set to wrap up a £2 million (Ss6 million) deal for Steed Malbranque before Thursday's transfer deadline, said The Sun. The Fulham midfielder is on his way after agreeing to drop his £62,000-a-week wage demands.
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          Lock icon KEANE TAKES OVER QUINN'S SUNDERLAND JOB
          81 H8 LONDON: Roy Keane, the former Manchester United soccer captain who quit playing m June, agreed on terms to take over as manager of Sunderland, an English second-tier team who have lost all five games this season. In his first coaching role, the 35-year-old takes
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          Lock icon RIO CLEARED FOR ENGLAND'S EURO GAMES
          50 H8 LONDON: Defender Rio Ferdinand was cleared to play for England m their upcoming European Championship qualifiers against Andorra and Macedonia. Ferdinand injured his toe m Manchester United's 2-1 win over Watford on Saturday, but an X-ray on Sunday showed no broken bones. ASSOCIATED PRESS
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          Lock icon DORTMUND'S ODONKOR SET FOR BETIS MOVE
          65 H8 BERLIN: Borussia Dortmund yesterday that they have agreed to transfer German international midfielder David Odonkor to Real Betis m Spain. Odonkor, 22, who was tied to the German club until 2008, will be transferred for a fee of "more than six million euros", according
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          Lock icon WOODGATE HEADING TO BORO ON LOAN?
          61 H8 LONDON: Real Madrid's Jonathan Woodgate arrived m Teesside yesterday to open talks over a move back to the English Premiership with Middlesbrough, said The Sun. The Spanish club have told the Boro-born defender, 26, he can go on loan for the season. But Boro's
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        Lock icon Juventus crash out of Italian Cup
        176 H8 DISGRACED Juventus got off to the worst-possible start to the new season, when they were knocked out of the Italian Cup m a third-round match on Sunday. Having been demoted to Serie B for their role m the Italian match-fixing scandal, the Italian giants
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        Lock icon Soh on course for Beijing Olympics
        461 H9  -  Leonard Lim SAILING By Laser sailor's 11th spot is Singapore's best showing m Olympic-level race HE FINISHED 11th at the Qingdao International Regatta Laser event on Sunday the best performance by a Singaporean m an Olympic-level race. But Laser sailor Maximilian Soh must still
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        Lock icon Wang is tops in Korea
        249 H9  -  Nicholas Fang TRIATHLON By SINGAPORE triathlete Jeanette Wang, 24, won the Standard Chartered Korea Ironman 18-24 women's age group title m Jeju Island on Sunday. The Straits Times sports journalist's feat earned her a slot for the prestigious Ironman world championships m Kona, Hawaii, on
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        Lock icon ICC invited me to make offer: Hair .
        228 H9 ICC invited me to make offer: Hair CRICKET Bristol AUSTRALIAN umpire Darrell Hair has insisted he was "invited" by the International Cricket Council (ICQ to make his controversial US$5OO,OOO (*****,200) resignation offer. Differences m his version of events and that of the world governing body have become apparent. Hair said
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        Lock icon Germany pin hopes on Nowitzki against the US
        406 H9 "BASKETBALL Saitama (Japan) THE United States' path to reclaiming the World Championship is not so much blocked by a team as it is by a player. They face Germany and the classy Dirk Nowitzki m tomorrow's quarter-finals. "Dirk is one of the
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        Lock icon FAN, 16, IS YOUNGEST WORLD CHAMPION ROWER
        113 H9 China's Fan Xuefei (second from left) became the youngest world champion rower m the World Rowing Championships m Eton, England, on Sunday. Fan, who will be 16 m October, and her fellow lightweight women's quad sculls team won m a world best time
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          Lock icon LAST-MINUTE GOAL SINKS SENGKANG
          53 H9 SENGKANG Punggol were dealt a sucker punch by Home United m an S-League soccer match last night. They fell 0-1 to a 90th-minute goal by substitute Mohamed Coker Junior. The Sierra Leone midfielder's late strike at Bishan Stadium was a fitting farewell for the Protectors' Hungarian
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          Lock icon REGIONAL SHUTTLE STARS IN ACTION
          52 H9 THE Cheers Asian Satellite Badminton Championships' preliminary rounds begin today at the Toa Payoh Sports Hall. The event, which boasts $10,000 m prize money, features top regional stars such as Indonesia's Tommy Sugiarto and Singapore's King Aiying and Derek Wong. Action starts at 9am admission
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        Lock icon Woods wins 4th straight tournament
        798 H10 Woods wins 4th straight tournament »GOLF Akron (Ohio) He celebrates 10th year of turning pro by winning Bridgestone his 52nd PGA title TIGER Woods thrives on winning numbers. He appropriately clinched the 52nd PGA Tour victory of his career on Sunday 10 years after he turned professional. The world No
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        Lock icon Spore Open qualifying now over two days
        289 H10  -  Nicholas Fang By ORGANISERS of this year's Barclays Singapore Open have expanded the qualifying tournament from one to two days. This is to accommodate the whopping 192 golfers who are hoping to snag one of the 10 spots up for grabs m next
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        270 H10 "TENNIS New York TWO days before another injury that will deny her a chance to defend her US Open tennis crown, Kirn Clijsters was still talking about her win at last year's Open. Instead, she would return to Belgium to rehabilitate a torn ligament m
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        372 H10 New York THIS is going to be one of those airport farewells, the kind of embrace where neither side want to let go. It will end with tears, on the court and m the stands. New York adores Andre Agassi. There will
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          67 H10 HOBART: Leisel Jones lowered the 100-metre breaststroke short-course world record for the second time m two days. Libby Lenton also set a new 100 m butterfly mark of 55.955 ec as women's records toppled at the Australian Short Course Swimming Championships yesterday. Jones finished
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          67 H10 NICOSIA (Cyprus): Cyprus will complain to FIA over the awards ceremony at the Turkish Formula One Grand Prix. Turkish Cypriot leader Mehmet Ali Talat handed the winner's prize to Ferrari driver Felipe Massa on Sunday. Nicosia was angered by organisers introducing Mehmet as president of the
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          72 H10 NEW YORK: The men's tennis tour said it will feature Sunday starts to tournaments, shorten matches and use round-robin formats next year. This is to boost the entertainment value of the sport and protect players' health. Instead of most events starting on a Monday,
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          61 H10 HAZELTINE (Minnesota): Richie Ramsay became the first Scot to win the US Amateur golf title m 108 years on Sunday. He made just two bogeys and hit 30 of 34 greens on Sunday to overwhelm 21-year-old John Kelly, who conceded on the 16th
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        46 H11 2nd Anniversary In Loving Memory Of FOO KIA LEE DEPARTED ON 29 AUGUST 2004 Not dead, but passed beyond, The mist that binds us here, Into the newer larger life, Of that clouded sphere Forever cherished and deeply missed by children, in-laws, grandchildren, relatives and friends.
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        37 H11 16th Anniversary In EveHoving Memory Of Our Beloved Mother YEO MUI KIM Departed: 29/8/1990 Dearest Mother, We miss you so much. The love you gave us. Spoke beautifully of you. Always remembered by family all loved ones
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        87 H11 The Family of the Late CHONG KEE TENG, PBM Called home to be with the Lord on 21 August 2006 Wishes to express their heartfelt thanks and appreciation to Mr Heng Chee How, Minister of State (Health), Mr Seah Kian Peng (MP), all pastors, relatives, friends, colleagues, church members and
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        23 H11 3rd Anniversary In loving memory of K GOP ALAN NAMBIAR Depmied on 29.8.03 Deeply missed A fondly remembered by Family A Loved ones.
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        91 H11 "The Lord is my Shepherd, I shall not be m want... and I will dwell m the house of the Lord forever. Psalm 23 LAN LIN ENG Age: 87 Went home to Glory on 28 August 2006. Dearly missed and always cherished by loved ones. Children In-laws, Grandchildren In-laws and
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        32 H11 9th Anniversary In Everioving Memory of JEROME MOHAN WALLACE Departed: 29 Aug 1997 Time changes many things But not the memory this day brings. Sadly missed always remembered by family loved ones
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        532 H13 OVER THE TOP "Nabe members believe that oil prices above US$lOO a barrel would probably cause a recession, but don't believe they will go that high. They see little prospect of significant substitution of other technologies for oil m the next decade."
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        291 H13 Hamburg A HAMBURG prosecutor has alleged that senior sales staff at Philips offered bribes worth an estimated 250,000 euros (*****,000) to secure extra shelf space m stores. "There is clear evidence of people offering and taking these sorts of bribes," said Mr
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        391 H13 London TWO Italian banks have agreed to an unusual dual board structure to create a new 65 billion euro (Ssl32 billion) banking champion capable of competing with Europe's banking giants. The merger between Banca Intesa and Sanpaolo IMI, agreed late on Saturday
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        35 H13 Yesterday's dose* 15,762.59 (-176.07 points) Japanese stocks closed 1.1 percent lower, with investors reluctant to buy into the market ahead of a slew of United States economic data due out this AFP
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        36 H13 Yesterday's close-. 1,650.44 (+27.4 points) Chinese counters ended up 1.69 per cent, on fresh hopes for more fund inflows as the yuan continues to strengthen, with airline and banking stocks m favour AFP
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        37 H13 Yesterday's close: 5,024.2 (+0.6 point) Australian stocks finished flat, with investor sentiment subdued after last Fridays losses on Wall Street, and on concerns over the government's plans to sell more Telstra shares AFP
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        36 H13 Yesterday's dOSt: ***** (4*44 point) Malaysian stocks closed flat as investors were cautious ahead of Friday's release of the 2007 national budget Volume was 362 million shares worth RM6I6 million (*****.1 million). AFP
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        32 H13 Yesterday's 11,619.52 (+47.32 points) Indian shares ended 0.41 per cent higher, supported by sporadic bouts of fund buying m blue chips. Construction major L&T was among the major gainers. AFP
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        36 H13 Yesterday's CtOSo* 1,418 (+1.07 points) Indonesian stocks finished flat as the market held up despite a sell-off m Bakne-related group stocks, after familycontrolled Bumi Resources cancelled the sale of its coal units. AFP
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        39 H13 Yesterday's close: ***** (-7.06 points) >» Thai shares closed 1 per cent off, amid ongoing political turmoil m the run-up to elections planned for October. Volume was 1.25 billion shares, worth 6.39 billion bant (*****.3 million). AFP
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        610 H14 Market leaders are investing billions building new flash memory plants Seoul LURED by ever-increasing demand for electronic gadgets, makers of Nand flash memory chips have stepped up a capacity race to outrun price falls and beat rivals, but the gamble is risky.
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        434 H14 Mumbai TEMASEK Holdings and the Government of Singapore Investment Corp (GIC) failed m their Bid" to buy a combined 20 per cent stake m ICICI Bank, after India's central bank rejected their offer. "The Reserve Bank of India has informed us
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        219 H14 New Delhi MYLAN Laboratories, the second-largest United States generic drugmaker by market value, will buy control of India's Matrix Laboratories for as much as US$736 million (551.17 billion). This is the biggest acquisition of an Indian pharmaceutical company. Mylan will acquire 51.5 per cent
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          902 H15 Signs of a two -speed 'dual economy' emerging in Singapore Globalisation may be giving rise to an economy that runs at 2 speeds: A fast-growing globally oriented sector and a slower domestic-oriented sector, a recent study by Citigroup shows. Economics Correspondent Erica Tay reports SINGAPORE'S economy has grown by 9.4
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        546 H16  -  Despite surprise 1 9.6% expansion, analysts still expect manufacturing to moderate for rest of year By Audrey Tan Assistant Money Editor PHARMACEUTICAL drugs and semiconductors were the main growth drivers for Singapore's manufacturing sector last month, lifting output growth to 19.6 per cent.
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        468 H16  -  By Lee Su Shyan Companies Correspondent THE new integra2ooo board that was voted m at a fiery shareholders meeting last week is already being challenged by a shareholder linked to one of the ousted directors. Mr Christopher Chong is demanding a meeting to
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        297 H16  -  By Fiona Chan AGRICULTURAL supply chain manager Olam International said yesterday that its full-year net profit rose 32.3 per cent to $87.2 million. This came after it supplied more products such as nuts, spices, coffee, sugar, cotton ana timber from the farm gate
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        336 H16  -  By AZRIN ASMANI DEFENCE lawyers representing former Airocean chief executive (CEO) Thomas Tay have asked the court to dismiss a corruption charge against him, citing a lack of evidence. Senior Counsel Michael Hwang told the Subordinate Court that he would be making a
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        282 H16  -  By Lorna Tan BUOYANT sales of clothing and timepieces saw full-year net profits at fashion retailer FJ Benjamin Holdings more than double to $10.2 million from $4.3 million previously. Turnover for the year ended June 30 climbed 29 per cent to $187.2 million.
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        583 H17  - Indian telecoms firm to build $3 18m underwater cable network This will link Spore, HK and Japan by 2008, allowing for high broadband speeds of up to 1 ,000 mbps By Grace Ng AN INDIAN telecommunications giant is building a US$2OO million (Ss3lB million) underwater cable that will help provide
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        497 H17  -  By Joyce Teo INDONESIAN tycoon Kris Wiluan is using three Singapore-listed vehicles he controls to help him expand further m the lucrative Indonesian oil-rig market. One of those vehicles main-board-listed KS Energy Services is joining another Citra Tubindo to refurbish oil
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        392 H17  - Wing Tai Drofits cap to $128 m By Fiona Chan STRONG sales of its condominiums such as Draycott 8 and The Light Cairnhill has sent developer Wing Tai Holdings' full-year net profit surging 424 per cent to $128 million. This came on the back of a 216 per cent jump
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        448 H17  -  TAKING STOCK By Goh Eng Yeow THERE was little to cheer local traders as they returned to work yesterday, due m part to gloom m United States markets. The slightly bearish sentiment came about as the Federal Reserve chief gave no fresh
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        259 H17 WARRANT WATCH IT WAS the turn of covered warrants on the Nikkei 225 Stock Average to take a beating yesterday, as Tokyo shares slipped to their lowest levels m two weeks. Traders loaded up on "put" warrants issued on the Nikkei and
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        739 H18  -  Audrey Tan Azrin Asmani By BOTH PARTIES GAIN For Parkway, the deal with Malaysian state investment aim Khazanah effectively removes the uncertainties that have plagued its investment m Pantai. As for Khazanah, its involvement may satisfy the critics who questioned Parkway's
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        202 H18 »SEPT 5 LAUNCH Shanghai SINGAPORE Exchange (SGX) said yesterday that it would go ahead to launch a China stock futures contract, despite legal action by firms which compile data for China's exchanges. SGX last week announced plans to launch a futures contract on
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      317 C10 QD THOMSON ■FrfEAffS-SALE ■HTI RIO VISTA. SM-3BO0) 1238 sqft 3+l River/Pool View $SXXk Auction 21/9. Also *09-11(16) 1378 sqft. 4+l. Pool View. $6XXk. Hougang MRT *****986/ *****526 NCWI STRATEGIC Location 2+study renovated Grandeur 8 3+roof terr 9 #15. Rare unit 4-rm fr $720K only. *****558 THOMSON VICW CONDO 2100 sqft
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      253 C12 »OmCESMCE BKOFHCESPACE FORRENT \jjjf FOftflENT Pacific Plaza Offices for Rent 6,700 sqft Attractive rental Outside Restricted Zone Minutes' walk to Orchard MRT station 24-hr Security For lease, please call us at *****340/*****308. f Far East Organization New prime office development Few mins. walk from Raffles Place MRT and Clarke Quay
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      65 C12 •510 -2,600 sqft available •Attractive rents •Prime location m Orchard Area •Next to Dhoby Ghaut MRT Interchange •Rtted-out units available •Good F4B outlets A amenities •Ample partdng syce Fu Lv Shou Complex 149 Rochor Road 2013 sqft Immediate Call Owner 6292 8149 lMilliiHNiil'H > ii!l'Hi'lilMlpH w ImSTmi wli fwHSMMS, nSw}
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      183 C13 j 111 m Mb l^fl ggggSS > Retail shops for lease at Central Hofc Sfi» n.unlk Opportunity for flagship stores and I igg* Suitable for Fashion and Lifestyle c«*r^^^^^^^^^^^^H^£ (|Ph(Mnik products 1 jpl ThyyJ^^ Ample parking lots ©10.000 j*^^ 77.a00 q h^j^, 1 14MM !^^^^W^^^^^l^^^Kami^:yiSrif^ central cbre CB RICHARD ELLIS
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      240 C13 BssrKATONGMAU Retail shop for lease Size from 172 3897 sq.ft. Suitable trades: Educational School, Books Stationery. Children Related Trades. Handphone Shop. Music shop. Electronics. Health/ Fitness. Sports, Banks. Furniture, Pet Shop, F&B Attractive rentals Agent welcome Mustavtao Ptt LM T«l 6235 4504 ZZZZZZZZHI CHINATOWN POINT Direct access to CHINATOWN MRT
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      418 C13 Rn SHOP SPACE Efilf Enaocur Tfcwion Plan. 150-580 sqftT" Fashion/ Accessaries/ Florist Marina Paradt Ctr 300/ 70Osqft M.P«r«to BHHard Ctr 3000sqft Houoang Pt fr MO-4000s«/t Pasir Ris 443 175 14 ft. F&B MarsHtng Btk 301 200 sqft Lucky Plaza «02. ttOf «B1 Hougang Central 280 sqft Kovaa MRT 480 sqft
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      351 C13 H(l SHOP SPACE IKr FOR RENT MACPHERSON PETROL STATION has a shop for rent. Suits Tyres/ Accessories/ Office/ Car grooming. *****207 TOA PAYOH CTR 3400/ 6800 sqft Near MRT/ bus terminal food ct. Suits Beauty spa/ fitness ctr/ member health club. 9199 6882 T. PAYOH CTR Hub. MRT, Bus terminal,
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      421 C13 SHOP SPACE HPF rUR HcNT PRIME UNITS AMK/ Hougang/ Sengkang/ Punqqol/ Tampines/ Pasir Ris/ Kembangan. Heavy traffic. Near MRT. 9850-6846 LUCKY/ FAR EAST Plaza. *81. 01. 02. 03, 04. 180-480, 1800 sqft fr $2.5K, suit spa. beauty, hair. F&B. fashion etc. Wee 9855-8572 DTZ ORCHARD RD SHOP for lease. Sev
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      304 C13 Properties Wtk SHOP SPACE Hir FOR RENT PEOPLE'S PK COMPLEX. Ground fir. 259 sqft. Heavy human traffic. Good frontage. 9455-6691 CORNER SHOP Yishun Central 1 Blk 935. 740 sqft. Interchange/ MRT. $2.9K! Owner 9091-1717. KG BAHRU NEAR SGH. 2M storey conserved shophse. 2700 sqft. Office/ retail/ cafe. 9060 3383 JOO
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      622 C13 RtN shop space v/ for sale KATONG MALL OFFICE/ shop New list! #04. 2 units. 309/ 420 sqft. Excellent location. Suit all trades. Call/ View: 9068 9088 Song ■HHB GOOD l^i^ju^j Bhw^w4w IrfwhiH TG KATONG RO. 4 storey shophse i with 4 titles. F'hold. 2000 sq.ft. Aliwal St. 3 adjoin
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      499 2 r-what'sinside n 3 DIGITAL LIVING WORKING PLATFORM I Cool wheels AO Too hot to handle From TV receivers to self- Researchers try to improve opening doors, today's cars are .portable rechargeable batteries |M THIS ISSUE anything but just vehicles to get that can't seem to keep pace r w around
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        493 3 Smart cars From TV receivers to self-opening doors, today's cars are anything but just vehicles to get around m. ALFRED SIEW steps on the gas of smart cars If you still think that central locking is the coolest item for a car, you are so yesterday. From TV
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        402 4 Smart cars If you ask for the parts to be fitted at the factory, it can be a lot more' expensive than going to an installer and using aftermarket partS. Mark Selva, 31, engineer Continued from page 3 above $10,000) for factory-fitted GPS (global positioning system) technology
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        441 4 MP3 players with USB link To play MP3 songs m your car, you can either install a CD player that supports the music format or one that has an auxiliary connector to hook up an iPod. Or just go for head units that come with USB
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        1601 8  -  Leslie Goh It's an unlikely menage a trois: don't be surprised that the third party snuggling into bed is the laptop computer Editor Larry Smith, who lives half the way across the world m New York, has something m common with
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        759 12 Gandhian values of non-violence and truth are relevant for all times. But the challenge was to get this message across to the younger generation. So we used the medium of technology that they are so fascinated with." Ms Savita Singh, director of the
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        119 14 Those who like to carry a compact camera around now have three more to choose from the Olympus m 740, FE-190 and FE-170 compact digital cameras. The 7.1 -megapixel Olympus \x 740 stands out with its weatherproof metal body and 5x optical zoom, while the
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        299 14 After a while, all mountains, forests or seascapes begin to look the same, especially m pictures. No longer will shutterbugs wonder where the pictures they took were from, with Sony's new Global Positioning System unit, which complements their new Sony Alpha digital SLR camera. This
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        188 14 Gadgets Big sound for small spaces So you don't have loads of space for a huge entertainment system. Knowing that, Philips has launched the MCD7OB micro theatre system designed for small apartments. The system comes with a DVD player that supports various formats including DVD, DivX, (S)VCD and MP3-CD. And
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      186 15 Games Pitch perfect Samples of each song are at http://fifaO7.ea.com. Fifa 07 will be launched next month for the various game platforms, including PS2 and Xbox. Ring m the sound of the football season with 40 songs featured m Electronic Arts' Fifa 07. This year's selection boasts a mix of
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        340 16 PM Lee Hsien Loong spoke of attracting more foreign talents to Singapore at the recent National Day Rally. TEH SHI NING finds out what bloggers say who/|1 be treated better? http://samaryn. com/2006/08/21/on-immigrants-emigrants-and-dual-citizenship/ am f or th e idea of immigration into our country —as long as opportunities for native-born
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        298 16 Lycos returns with revamp Larger 3GB inbox and unlimited attachment size are two new features Lycos has revived. The search engine, popular m the late 1990s had all but disappeared from Netizens radar screens, outdone by the other Big Three. That is, Google, Yahoo! Mail and Hotmail. But tike a
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        668 17 Matching numbers SHAADI.COM ALREADY HAS more than 22,300 Singaporean members, mostly of Indian origin. Not many have taken up paid membership though, which allows them to get m touch formally with a potential partner. Depending on how long you wish to sign up for, membership
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        406 18 You Tube has officially begun selling space on its main page for video ads, and Paris Hilton's recent CD release is one of them Paris Hilton heiress, nightlife enthusiast and rookie recording artist has a new job: Internet advertising guinea pig. Hilton's debut CD, which hit
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        404 19  -  CHUA HIAN HOU BY DIGITAL EDGE To think that you are one m a million when you engage m games played by millions, does that border on the delusional? CHUA HIAN HOU wakes up to the truth What was I thinking? To have
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        822 19  -  Domestic air travel seems to have returned to normal, surviving the latest disruption that started about two weeks after the British authorities announced that they had foiled a plot to use liquid explosives to blow up passenger planes bound for the United States.
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          355 21 No pirate treasure here Pirates Of The Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest Ahoy, mates! Captain Jack Sparrow is back. And your buccaneer soul is already thrilled with watching him on the big screen m Pirates Of The Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest. This game, with the same title as the film, also
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          163 21 Get Kraken THE KRAKEN IS the single player's final boss, reachable only through collecting all the Kraken statues m the game. Fighting the creature is different from normal combat you must damage its two tentacles clinging on the ship's masts, before damaging it when its body appears out of
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          318 21 Third time charm for this anime Bleach: Heat The Soul 3 Anime fans would have probably caught Bleach on the Net even though it has not aired on local TV stations. It is the story of Kurosaki Ichigo, a human who, leading a double life as a soul reaper, battles
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        512 22  - B rowse on a game console Lin Zhaowei -By a freelance writer PHOTO: Where surfing is concerned, the DS Browser delivers. DS Browser The DS Browser, developed by Opera Software, raised many eyebrows when it was first announced. Was Nintendo playing catch-up with the Sony Playstation Portable, which comes with
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        402 22  -  Sim Cheng Kai -By a self-professed guru of music simulation games Gitaroo-Man Back m 2001, the world was introduced to a new superhero. Gitar-oo-Man was his name, and saving the world through rock guitar riffing made for a memorable PS2 game. Many clamoured for a sequel.
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          442 23 FINAL SAY A sleek camera that offers the casual photographer a very forgiving and convenient solution. Sony Cybershot T3O $799 Buy it at authorised dealers or go to www.sony.com.sg The Sony Cybershot T3O has all the features that you could possibly need to shoot a decent picture.
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          537 23 BenQCPI2O Projector $2,699 Get it from all BenQ authorised dealers It is small, light and can project images wirelessly.TheCPl2o, BenQ's smallest wireless digital projector weighs just I .3kg and is about the size of an A5 sheet of paper, making it the ideal companion
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        518 24  -  Adli Yashir -By FujitsuLifebookCl4lo notebook $2,488 Get it from all authorised Fujitsu dealers Fri he Fujitsu Gl4lO notebook is I slightly more expensive than L other similarly configured tebooks. The Dell Latitude DB2O, for instance, starts from $2,040. And compared with other notebooks, the
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        357 24  -  Adli Yashir -By Sony Vaio VGN-AR $7 f 299 (inclusive of GST) Get it from all authorised dealers The Vaio VGN-AR is* at heart a powerful desktop replacement notebook designed for multime dia joy. A powerful Intel Centrino Duo 2.I6GHz processor and a IGB DDR2 SDRAM is
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        400 25 Seagate 750G8 Pushbutton Backup External Hard Drive $999 (with GST) Available from Seagate dealers This Seagate drive takes the term "upsize" to a whole new level with a whopping 750G8 of storage at your disposal. And at decent transfer speeds too, with two types of connectivity.
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        363 25 Naked Conversations: How Blogs Are Changing The Way Businesses Talk To Customers Robert Scoble and Shel Israel John Wiley Sons, Hooken, New Jersey, c 2006 tCall no: English 006.7 SCO-(COM) E BOOK MAY have a provocative title, but it actually pushes a serious message on corporate blogs and
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        881 26 Digital Life HELP DESK Is my motherboard flash-enabled? Ql am using an Intel Celeron D f Win XP with onboard Intel Extreme Graphics. I recently bought a PCI graphics card as my motherboard (Elitegroup) does not have an AGP slot. I want to replace the current onboard graphics with a
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          83 27 Chuck out the logbooks and visitor checklists. Oneßerry Security Management System, tracks the ins and outs of visitors to your premises m real-time. The security management software, which comprises a web-based application, a Pentium PC and a barcode scanner, fully automates security tasks to create
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          84 27 Sun Microsystems has added 10 new products to its families of Sun Fire servers and Sun Ultra workstations. Running on the Solaris 10 Operating System, the servers are powered by the new I.BGHz UltraSparc IV+ processor. The workstations are based on the AMD Opteron
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          111 27 Storage Big drives for small business Storage that grows with your company needs. This is what IBM promises m its new model of the DS4OOO System Storage Series for small and medium businesses, the D ***** Express. Enhancements to existr ing family models D ***** and DS4BOO were also launched.
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      650 6 Digital shopping on a budget PHOTOS: M. TOP: University student Teh Shi Ming enquires about the specifications of a gadget at Michael Multimedia Accessories m Shn Lhn Square. RIGHT: Browsing the shelves for a functional and pretty camera. LEFT: A multi-compartment backpack from Hong Urn Luggage In Shn Urn Square
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      349 27 MR JOE AUGUSTIN, 37, media personality and radio DJ with 91.3FM intends to hunt for a 10-megapixel digital camera at Comex that can link to his Apple Mac Mini computer. His buying tips: Ask yourself if you need a computer that can be expanded or
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        407 3  -  ANDREW DUFFY The five Ws and one H of the Prime Minister's National Day Rally Speech, by WHAT IS THE SPEECH? It is the Prime Minister's address to the nation to mark National Day. This year, Mr Lee Hsien Loong covered five areas: the economy (doing well);
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        149 3 Two videos, both made by students from CHIJ St Joseph's Convent to show social cohesion m Singapore, were shown at the National Day Rally. One had clay figures morphing into different Singapore icons such as Changi Airport tower, a Merlion and four people of different races. The
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        137 4 PHOTO: Mumbai, India What happened Thousands of Indians drank water from a muddy saltwater creek (a small stream) here after news spread that the water had turned sweet and could cure illnesses. About 5,000 people gathered at the creek. Some carried the water away m bottles and
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        145 4 What happened Officials from the Association of South-east Asian Nations (Asean) said on Aug 1 9 that the United States has agreed to sign a pact to boost business ties. The Trade and Investment Framework Arrangement (Tifa) was supposed to be signed earlier, but was delayed because
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        186 4 PHOTO: Princess Kiko What she is doing The pregnant Japanese princess is preparing for the birth of her third child. The 39-year-old wife of Prince Akishino, who is the second son of Emperor Akihito, is expected to give birth early this month by caesarean section which means
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        48 4 GETSTARTED Pretend you are living 200 years from now. Write an article on how badly Earth has been affected by pollution and list down some of the major pollutants today that might have caused the destruction. Look through articles m The Straits Times for information about these pollutants.
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        323 5 GO FOR GOAL In the second part of a monthly series on Modified Sports, JESSICA LIM introduces you to Mini-Soccer The World Cup is long over, but the English Premier League has just begun and soccer fever is still m the air. It is a good time for beginners to
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        458 6 What happens to that burger after you have put it m your mouth and swallowed it? ALISON DE SOUZA finds out how your digestive system works. How long can we go without food? It depends on your weight, general health and whether you have been drinking
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        246 8 WEIRD NEWS FROM AROUND THE WORLD CALLER CAUGHT A Japanese man was arrested earlier this month after making 37,760 silent calls to directory inquiry operators. He said he just wanted to listen to the "kind" voices of female telephone operators. The 44-year-old has admitted to disturbing the work of Nippon
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        217 10 HAPPY TEACHERS' DAY! Pen-holders, mosaic portraits and homemade note-size paper books these are some of the items that primary school pupils are planning to give their teachers this Friday. That is because Sept I is Teachers' Day. For the past few weeks, students have been meeting secretly to decide what
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      495 11 INTHEDOT LIGHTS LETTER BY CHERYL YEO, 1 1 PRIMARY 5, SENG KANG PRIMARY SCHOOL POEM BYZHUANGYIXIN, 8, PRIMARY 2, PANDAN PRIMARY SCHOOL My teacher is Ms Lim Sok Hui and she was born in the Year of the Monkey. Dear Ms Lim, Usually, you prepare spelling lists for us. And
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      292 11 Children's Day may be more than a month away, but you have to act fast if you want the special Children's Day treat Little Red Dot has in store for you. One reader will get a chance to win four free tickets to one of the shows at
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        245 12 RESEARCH: SPH Information Resource Centre a FOR YOUR GRANDPARENTS 1 940s to 1 9605) The Newton Food Centre opened at Newton Circus 35 years ago m 1 97 1 It had 56 hawker stalls selling a wide variety of food, ranging from fried kway teow to
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        717 13 Mayor killed archer missing ILLUSTRATIONS: SPECIAL REPORT BY GILES TSCHUDI* he man who was forced to shoot an apple balanced on his son's head is now the prime suspect m a high-profile murder case. It all began last month, when the archer William Tell was punished for not bowing before
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        295 14  -  YEN FENG BY Air travel has been m the news recently. In London, a terrorist plot to blow up 1 0 planes was discovered, and security m airports worldwide was tightened. If you want to write a composition to describe air travel and security, which idioms would you
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        257 15  -  JANE NG BY Have you noticed that when there is a news report about a death, the story usually says "he died..." and not "he passed away..."? This is unlike m an obituary where the phrase "passed away" is commonly used. In news writing, we
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        347 16 WHEN ELEPHANTS WANDER FROM THEWILD Farmers m Africa use ropes oiled with chilli to keep elephants away from their farms. In Malaysia, wild elephants that encroach on plantations and villages are captured and moved to national parks and zoos. This has increased the population of wild elephants
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        126 16 ENDANGERED ANIMALS IN ASIA W& !Jliife -IJti^ The Indian rhinoceros is large, with the male occasionally measuring W*£jk^ more than six feet high 1 .8 m) at the shoulder. The animal can be recognised by its armour-like hide thick and tough with many folds. It also 1 9l^iPSSP^| pi has
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