The Straits Times, 1 April 2007

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    19 1 thesundaytimes APRIL 1,2007 90 pages in three parts MICA (P) 199/12/2006 •IP A Singapore Press Holdings publication OvJ Cents
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    Lock icon China fumes over new US tariffs
    513 1  -  Tracy Quek TOP OF THE NEWS CHINA CORRESPONDENT BEIJING TRADE tensions between China and the United States increased dramatically yesterday, as Beijing denounced Washington's decision to impose tariffs on imports of made-in-China glossy paper. China immediately demanded that the US reverse its "unacceptable" action.
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      304 1 8 *****1 *****0 The Straits Times interactive: http^/straitstimes.asial .com.sg is available from 6 am. HONDA. The Power of Dreams Winning the World Green Car award is a breath of fresh air. The 1.3-litre i-VTEC Honda Civic Hybrid. Cfe4*y^- V M^P^!' Just recently, the new Honda Civic Hybrid was awarded World
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      84 1 *^^3i% Jk. lIilJ I I L*"^k Mill L.*~^B I I L*~^l mm. JmW mmk ri ,^*V 1 r^ i f T f *p* 111 r—^TM H II I 1 iii—l^K-w^^^^H Hm. m Jp^^l mJM W mwTJm\ mW\^A What some maids here have for meals NEWS: PAGE 4 SUPER-EARNERS HOME-GROWN Who
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      330 2 B^ fc?SMU V SINGAPORE MANAGEMENT >ndlaw High flying legal eagles t Champion of educational reform, SMU is recognised for pioneering a new learning paradigm and producing bold, confident and sought-after graduates, thanks to its broad-based pedagogy and compelling participative learning style. The new SMU Law degree is yet another jewel
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      932 2 agenda INDEX ffiffil Saudi warning to Iran Wrong time for Phelps Not ready lifestyle m^inQPPtinn Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah warns American swimmer Michael Phelps .a- I MdlllbtlULlUM home Iran's President Mahmoud may not win a record-breaking nine TO!" lYllCtlCliri Iffiffl news 3-20 StaiVJng maidS Ahmadinejad not to underestimate gold medals
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      Lock icon Siblings reunited after 20 years
      628 3  -  Teh Joo Lin Man's missing, mentally ill sister found a day after her pictures were put up at bus and MRT stations WHEN Mr Jagtar Singh saw his sister yesterday morning, there was a moment's silence, then they held hands and he burst into tears.
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        Lock icon Kayak through Spore heartland
        118 3 FOR the first time, it will be possible to kayak through the heartland of Singapore instead of in reservoirs or the open sea. Sungei Pandan and Sungei Ulu Pandan a 2.7 km stretch of river from West Coast Road to Clementi Road is now open to
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        Lock icon Hoax call, robbery: 3 teens charged
        103 3 THREE youngsters who got into trouble with the law were charged in a district court yesterday. Yao Qiang, 18, is accused of making a false call to the Singapore Civil Defence Force hotline 995 saying "There will be a terrorist at Orchard MRT" from
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      Lock icon ...which is all some maids get to eat a day
      809 4  -  Melissa Sim THEY need about 2,100 calories a day, yet some employers feed them only 200. Yesterday, The Straits Times reported that the problem of maids being starved by their employers is disturbingly common, highlighting the case of one Filipina
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      Lock icon Dream home NIGHTMARE
      601 5  -  Nur Dianah Suhaimi RETIRED teacher Maimonah Mohamed is at her wits' end. After a six-year legal battle, she is now in danger of losing the dream home she bought in Johor Baru nine years ago. The JB high court has ruled that her terrace house, along with
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      Lock icon Super clubs for the super rich
      683 7  -  Tan Dawn Wei Perks include access to private jet, super cars; clubs drawn here by high proportion of millionaires WITH 55,000 millionaires in Singapore, there is no shortage of private members' clubs and services offering them the kind of perks only they can afford.
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      Lock icon Some leads in search for heiresses
      342 7 LAWYERS trying to track down the next of kin of a dead woman who has left behind a sizeable estate still have no clues about who they are but say they have some leads. If the next of kin cannot be found, the estate
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      Lock icon Are local students bad debaters?
      1217 10  -  Tessa Wong Michelle Neo THE ARENA' TV DEBATE: THE SCORER United World College, 74 Nanyang Girls' High School, 26 (Topic: Local service standards have a long way to go) United World College, 80 Methodist Girls' School, 20 (Topic: Mothers should stay at home to raise
      WANG HUI FEN; MAY LIN LE GOFF; MUGILAN RAJASEGERAN  -  1,217 words
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      Lock icon F1 driver gives proposed circuit the thumbs-up
      529 12  -  Alvin Foo Mark Webber tests out 'track' and says he's impressed. But lots of work needed to make it race-ready MARK Webber is a Formula One driver usually accustomed to hitting speeds of more than 250kmh in his Red Bull RB3 race car.
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      Lock icon Tanjong Katong upgrade ramps up charm factor
      261 12 AS DUSK fell over the Geylang River yesterday, some 500 residents gathered on the banks of the Geylang Park connector for three hours of festivities. They came to celebrate the completion of Tanjqng Katong estate's $6 million upgrading works. Among other things, they
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      Lock icon Ugandan President meets S'pore leaders
      81 12 THE PRESIDENT OF THE Republic of Uganda, His Excellency Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, met President S R Nathan, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong yesterday. President Museveni and his delegation also attended a lunch hosted by President Nathan. They discussed the
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      Lock icon Insult the ruler at your peril
      546 14 BBC News Thailand's jailing of Swiss man is not unique; other countries have similar laws for such offences LONDON OLIVER Jufer, who pleaded guilty to insulting Thailand's King by spray-painting his portraits, has been jailed for 10 years under the rarely used lese majeste
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      Lock icon Cases in other countries
      155 14 SWISS citizen Oliver Jufer, who was sentenced to 10 years in a Thai jail for insulting the king, was not the only one to have been punished under such laws. Here are some other countries which have also prosecuted people for insulting their heads of state:
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        Lock icon Buddhist man shot dead in Thai south
        87 14 AFP BANGKOK A Buddhist man was shot dead by suspected Islamic militants and three others were injured in two separate attacks in Thailand's Mus-lim-majority south, police said yesterday. A 49-year-old man was gunned down late on Friday in front of his house by
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        Lock icon Pertamina shuts gas lines near mud volcano
        106 14 AFP JAKARTA Indonesia's state oil and gas company Pertamina said yesterday it had shut off gas lines near a "mud volcano" for safety reasons, as railways and roads were again flooded with toxic sludge. "The ground near the pipes has subsided thus the
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        Lock icon Al-Qaeda man to do time in Australia
        95 14 AFP GUANTANAMO BAY (Cuba) Al-Qaeda volunteer David Hicks will leave Guantanamo soon to serve a nine-month jail term in his native Australia after pleading guilty to a terrorism charge. He will leave Guantanamo detention camp in two months and serve out his prison
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        Lock icon Dogs sniff out fake DVDs in KL shops
        91 14 AP KUALA LUMPUR Luck and Flo have sniffed out 150,000 pirated DVDs in Malaysia worth RMI.S million (*****,000). The haul from two video shops yesterday was the two labradors' second successful bust in a month as part of Malaysia's anti-movie piracy crackdown.
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      Lock icon Malaysia's anti-graft chief dumped
      459 15  -  Leslie Lav Govt will not renew contract of Zulkipli Mat Noor, who is under probe for corruption MALAYSIA CORRESPONDENT KUALA LUMPUR PRIME Minister Abdullah Badawi has dumped Malaysia's anti-corruption boss amid allegations of graft. In a statement issued late on Friday night to the national news
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      533 15 BERLIN SHOCKED by a sudden surge in the number of infanticide cases, Germany has launched an advertising campaign to highlight the problem while urging desperate women to drop their unwanted babies into "baby-klappe" (baby-drop) hatches in hospitals. At least 23 babies
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      Lock icon China abuzz over fan's obsession with Andy Lau
      516 16  -  Tracy Quek Dark side of idol worship under harsh spotlight after suicide of fan's dad CHINA CORRESPONDENT BEIJING A CONTROVERSIAL case of a Chinese woman whose 13-year obsession with a celebrity brought about her father's suicide has set a nation thinking about
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      Lock icon Thai uproar over nudes in fund-raising drive
      132 16 AP BANGKOK THAILAND lashed out yesterday at efforts to sell nude photos of local celebrities as part of a controversial campaign to raise funds to fight Aids. The photos of mostly actresses and female models some of which were splashed across the front
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      Lock icon Sydney's dark hour
      382 17 AP City dims its lights in 'call to action' to save energy and cut greenhouse gases SYDNEY AUSTRALIA'S largest city plunged itself into near-dark-ness last night when city officials, thousands of businesses and many more residents cut the lights for an hour for energy conservation. The normally
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      Lock icon Killer's master victim of trial by media
      768 18  -  Ravi Velloor INDIA'S SERIAL MURDERS Businessman, originally depicted as 'Portrait of Evil', turns out to be innocent INDIA BUREAU CHIEF NEW DELHI WHEN the face of businessman Moninder Singh Pandher appeared on the cover of India Today early this year, it was suitably
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      Lock icon No-smell durian a no-sell to Asians
      330 19 IHT TUNG PHAEN (Thailand) YOU can take the sugar out of soft drinks and the fat from junk food. But eliminate the pungent odour from the world's smelliest fruit and brace yourself for a major international controversy. After three decades of research, a Thai
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      Lock icon Thailand 'unlikely to take back Shin Corp'
      389 19 an Hr Finance minister says such a move would send the wrong message to foreign investors BANGKOK THAI Finance Minister Chalongphob Sussangkarn has said that Thailand should not and likely will not take back telecommunications giant Shin Corp from Singapore's state investment company
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      Lock icon 'Don't play with fire'
      535 20 AFP, Reuters Saudi King tells Iranian President: Ahmadinejad warned against underestimating threat of US military strike over nuke programme WASHINGTON SAUDI Arabia's King Abdullah has warned Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad that he should not underestimate the US military threat, Newsweek reported. Mr Ahmadinejad met King Abdullah
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      441 6 'nJJ W I T^ •fM^f^M' 1 'a VBH V Tfl_Hr_______» ._____-____T_j______: j___EHf*'^S^T fi'W% Hi ■j We all play many roles in our daily lives. Now there's a place where you can extend I v your different lifestyles in so many ways. a a mAkluWnmmit '^'■T, L-^J •*w^mm f II i
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      220 10 I^^. .<*»**' c j^^l^a9O^^K*iM?^:i^'/y-^M"Jk^lJ^'-jDr^TPCi^>3£i Jv; I J*. jf^i^S^U^'Utt^fl '-^5 18^53 ffrti I^^ ,v'tWk\ 3f f Stunning views of river and city. ___j—^^-^ At Tribeca by the waterfront, enjoy breathtaking views of the impressive Singapore r If |'3H."J""C3HT ]L River and the dynamic Central Business District. Expect to live alongside a
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      97 11 mms/sms ***** eman. 7Sss7@stamp.conusg SEND US YOUR VIEWS Is there really a gulf between foreign students and local ones? Send your views to *****@sph.com.sg with Sunday Times in the subject header. Or SMS to *****--type Sunday Times followed by a space, your name and then your message. liouse of Destiny
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      1078 13 HOW WILL THE CPF CHANGES AFFECT YOU? Changes to the CPF were announced at the recent Budget 2007 on 15 February. Are you aware of what these changes are? We bring you an overview of how the upcoming CPF changes will affect you. Increase in employer CPF contribution by 1.5
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      513 16 >-'- Paren+irKj Seminar: Wi DON' T WORRY I 14 April 2007» Saturday 12 pm 4.30 pm m W^ Raffles City Convention Centre, Stamford Ballroom r'l m Organised in conjunction with Thomson Medical Centre Triorason Medical Cen+re Laundies m t? 4 A seminar you won't want to miss. 1 oj} mL
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      34 17 Shareholders WKSAW^wK mm HP'»_-. }V/9iK____ra-l___i7^V--i will be asked mm to approve Wl\ more money B^S 111 for directors IL IS J during the fiffigj coming AGM gMJCgB! season Kfflji ?M IN TOMORROW'S STRAITS TIMES
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      283 18 Lorenzo's annual sofa CLEAR-OUT |WBffi!'!ff'i l *»ffg Would Ibe able to concentrate and focus on my It's that time of year again! To make space for Lorenzo's latest sofa daily task? collection, excellent showroom-condition display sets of assorted These are some of the common questions that bother ftp leather 2
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      204 19 NEW ZEALAND PROPERTY INVESTMENT »fc^iA(|Nbijy^^ Star Speaker: Mr. David Yuen, Owner of Multi-Income Stream Portfolio Ek Owns over 100 properties around the world This weekend David will share his experience and you will understand: b£l^l How to build up manageable multiple incomes t |l. How t0 take advantage of market
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      647 20 Bangkok Bali San Francisco Brisbane Frankfurt Kuala Lumpur Toronto Chicago Hongkong Phuket Mecca New York Shenzhen Kunming Singapore Today: Partly cloudy, Business showefs with thunder Woodlands Jurong Central District Chang, in the afternoon over Thunder Thunder Thunder Thunder Thunder many areas. storms storms storms storms storms /Q\ Air Quality Sunrise
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      1428 21  -  Lorna Tan It is easy to get caught up in the IPO fever, but do your financial homework to avoid getting burnt By FINANCE CORRESPONDENT IF THE performance of nine initial public offerings so far this year is any gauge, retail investors
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      438 21  - Two cents 'worth Paul Westbrook Worrying about retirement? Try the 10-12-15% savings method Author financial adviser YOU are young and you want a simple answer. You want to know how much you need to save to retire on time, so here it is: The 10-12-15 per cent solution: Age 25:
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      382 21 Reuters No movement after worst first quarter in two years NEW YORK AFTER a turbulent quarter, stocks ended the week little changed as word that the United States had slapped duties on some Chinese imports offset a pullback in oil prices. Shares of Caterpillar led the Dow's slight advance
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        Lock icon Choice spots of foreign property buyers
        813 23 Foreigners snapped up nearly 5,000 private properties last year, representing a 23 per cent market share. The bigger foreign buyer groups focused on selective districts in Singapore, such as the city and central districts DISTRICT 5 (Buona Vista and Dover Road) Proportion of total
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        Lock icon More foreigners pay millions for homes here
        340 23  -  Joyce Teo Buyers from Indonesia, Malaysia remain the largest groups PROPERTY CORRESPONDENT MORE foreigners than ever are forking out millions to buy a residential property in Singapore. Last year, they snapped up nearly 5,000 units, which represented a 23 per cent market share,
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      373 24 MY SPACE "I HAVE always loved the moon and stars, so I thought that having a star-shaped cornice in the living room, instead of the usual square or round ones, was a good idea. My husband, Edwin, and I painted the cornice blue and red to
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      571 25 YOUR PERSONAL ADVISER: FINANCE Q HAVE the following questions regarding MediShield plans: I am a housewife, 37, and my husband, 45, works at a multinational company. We have a seven-year-old daughter. None of us are covered by MediShield. The reason
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      Lock icon Will taking CFA exams help career switch to finance industry?
      517 25 YOUR PERSONAL ADVISER: CAREER Q AM in my mid-20s and working as an engineer in the electronics industry. I developed a keen interest in personal finance and investment analysis a few years ago, and would like to consider a career
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      Lock icon Private banker invests long-term in property
      862 26  -  LORNA TAN ME MY MONEY He believes in diversifying assets and knowing the risks involved when deciding where to park his money FINANCE CORRESPONDENT WHEN it comes to long-term investing, private banker Nik Rossinsky prefers to put his money in property, describing real estate
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      456 22 Getting to Britain just got easier Vmjp^ B*d*f prrfch Flights 4 Nights Accommodation from Qdj -1 OQQ* Optional car hire from only Sssl per day* J. 913 S7 "^|^^|^^^^W; TffW!W^HW!« M ■U1.1.11J1.1.U-.1.1.M FREE H Getting to Britain just got easier with Best of Britain packages B comprising return airfare on
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      241 23 Education t Exhibit ion EOO7 4 vfc M^ Saturday 14 April 2007 Ww^' K r i lOam Bpm tff^* /V Suntec Singapore Concourse Head on down to the CATS Classified Who should attend: LEARNING FOR SUCCESS Education Graduating or present polytechnic/ Exhibition! Get details about various university students local, overseas
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      309 24 stomp pick Administration supervisor Stella Ching, 37, sent Stomp this photo of her home recently. She tells Jocelyn Lee why she has a star-shaped cornice in the living room of her executive mansionette in Jurong West. Do you have a favourite space in your home? Send us a picture. We
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      615 25 CPF investors enjoy 1% bonus units! fc^^^^| *> •••••Global Equity Fund ■Mlm^ .T European Equity Fund Balanced Fund %B jjL Conservative Fund Wlfl 1 V HjflpV R(I Growth Fund PJP|W|W|||||H|^ 111 ffff^ Make your investment shine with NTUC Income's j^^iißiBBHßl^B I Top Ranked Funds Looking for an investment with excellent
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      239 26 SINGAPOREANS ARE GROSSLY UNDER INSURED*. Can your insurance plan be built on to meet life's changing needs? 0 o |h|BHH no Presenting PRUTerm Basic an affordable plan that lets you add on and convert along the way. You may have some insurance but has it kept pace with your life?
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      395 27 Pojaman Shinawatra Wife of Thailand's former PM Six months after a military coup brought down thenprime minister Thaksin Shinawatra, investigators charged his wife and her brother with tax evasion. Pojaman and her brother, Bhanapot Damapong, face up to 14 years in jail for failing to pay $25.5 million in
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      2106 27 MI XIAO was 14 when teachers from Singapore went to Gao Kin Number 1 Middle School, the top school in China's Shaanxi province, to recruit students three years ago. He sailed through mathematics and simple English tests and rounds of interviews before entering Secondary 3 at Maris Stella High
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      596 29 THE imminent conversion of the magnificent City Hall-Supreme Court edifice into an art gallery will take Singapore another step towards gentrified adornment. Having an arty overlay is an obligatory accoutrement for new-rich nations that aspire to "globalised" status these days. Singaporeans would be appreciative, for instance,
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      1157 29  -  Ben Nadarajan TWO widely publicised trials involving former National Kidney Foundation (NKF) chief T.T. Durai have come and gone but all he has uttered in court were five words. "I elect to remain silent," the usually eloquent and articulate 58-year-old told a district court on
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      452 31 SWIMMING WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS Chan Vi Shen PHOTO: NO NATIONAL record. No improvement on her seventh position in qualifying. But Singapore swimmer Tao Li was not exactly scowling after the women's 50-metre butterfly final at the World Championships in Melbourne yesterday. She
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      776 31 Reuters, AP American wins 100 m fly to remain on course for historic bid of eight titles MELBOURNE AMERICAN Michael Phelps won a record-equalling sixth gold medal at the World Championships yesterday to remain on course for his historic bid to win eight
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      535 31 AP WITH those size-17 feet, that intimidating black bodysuit and a dashing sense of style away from the pool, lan Thorpe (right) became the world's most iconic swimmer. Even when he walked away, only 24 years old, he
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        70 32 AFP NEW Zealand led the charge early on day two of the Hong Kong Sevens rugby tournament yesterday, as the major contenders all progressed smoothly towards the final stages. New Zealand crushed Russia 54-0, with Toma- si Cama collecting 22 points through two tries and
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        71 32 SINGAPORE Armed Forces FC moved to the top of the S-League soccer table yesterday with their third straight win. They beat Liaoning Guangyuan 3-0 at Choa Chu Kang Stadium, the goals coming from John Wilkinson (53rd)and Mohd Noor Ali (83rd). Liaoning's Li Xuebai (13th) had
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      594 35 AP CRICKET WOR UP Collingwood's powerful late hitting helps them beat minnows by 48 runs Georgetown (Guyana) PAUL Collingwood delivered a match-winning performance on Friday. It helped England humble Ireland by 48 runs and get their Super Eights campaign underway in the cricket World Cup.
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      508 36 AP CRICKET WOR Another batting collapse against Lanka could end their semi-final chances GEORGETOWN (Guyana) SKIPPER Brian Lara is desperate to save the West Indies' World Cup campaign, which hinges on today's Super Eight match against Sri Lanka. Victory is imperative for the Caribbean
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      481 36 Hoe Pei Shan THE SUPER EIGHT (clockwise from top left) Eoin Morgan, 20, Ireland (Left-hand bat, right-arm medium-pace bowler) Andrew Flintoff, 29, England (Right-hand bat, right-arm fast bowler) Mitchell Johnson, 25, Australia (Left-hand bat, left-arm fast-medium bowler) Mahendra Dhoni, 25, India (Right-hand bat,
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      118 36 Reuters HOSTS South Africa will open the inaugural Twenty2o world championship against the West Indies in Johannesburg on Sept 11, Cricket South Africa have announced. The tournament, from Sept 11-24, will also be held in Cape Town and Durban. Bangladesh are the
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      629 37  -  Tay Cheng Khoon THE SPORTS EDITOR NOTHING about Singapore sports is carved in stone. But that does not mean one should be quixotic and bang one's head against perceived obstacles. We all want Singapore champions. But we do so within the sacred (well, at least
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      287 37  -  Jeanette Wang PHOTO: STINGRAYS, Marlins, Vipers and Arowanas are usually a fisherman's dream catch. But, in the local netball community, they are better known as forces to be reckoned with. At the Netball Super League opening ceremony at the Toa Payoh Sports Hall yesterday, those teams were
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      85 34 Playing Today Tottenham Hotspur v Reading (Live on ch23,10.55pm) Spurs' Teemu Tainio (calf injury), Ledley King (feet), Benoit Assou-Ekotto (knee), Danny Murphy (Achilles) and Anthony Gardner (fractured leg) are out. Reading will be without skipper Graeme Murty (calf). Greg Halford will make his first start. Playing Tomorrow Aston Villa V
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      1972 35 a Selangor Sunday 1 April 2007 Meeting U, Hong Kong Racing Results I race 1: class 5 (4) 1200 M time: 12:25 RM3OOOO race e-. Malayan racing association cup class 1 mWmmmrm^ No Horse Name Jockey Trainer BarßtgWt 1400MTIME: 15:25 RM3OOOOO Hiiyiiilißliyii^l I 4573" LIM'S WONDER AppLouHo JMcgillivray 14 31
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      118 37 TEH KHIAN Age: 89 was called home to be with the Lord on 30 March 2007, Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones. (Husband: Lim Soo Yean, deceased) Children: Spouses: Lim Goke Sun Goh Siew Tin Lim Geok Leong Lawrence Tan Poh Choo Lim Geok Leng Judy Tan Lim
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      93 37 r 1 Athma Shanti Pooja The Family of the Late TANARAJOO CHINAYA (Ex-SAF Personnel) Departed on 18 March 07 wishes to express their thanks and appreciations to relatives and friends for their kind assistance and attendance during their recent bereavement. Special thanks to Mr Saravanan of the OM Himalaya Hindu
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      167 38 Our Deepest Sympathy and Heartfelt Condolences To the Family of the late JOSEPH EU CHAIRMAN EU YAN SANG INTERNATIONAL LIMITED departed on 31 March 2007 We pay tribute to our beloved Chairman who led us with passion and wisdom to where we are today. His legacy of compassion and aspirations
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      102 39 JOSEPH EU CHAIRMAN EU YAN SANG INTERNATIONAL LIMITED Age: 80 Passed away peacefully on 31 March 2007. Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones. Wife: Anne Eu Son: Jody Eu Daughters: Sons-in-law: Grandsons: Joanne Eu Marco Low Zachary Low Eleanor Eu KG Yap Ethan Yap Amanda Eu and all
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      137 39 dfere t"Oh Nanak I find life's destination when you let me lay my tired head on your comforting 1ap me, your son, returns home to you" Grief stricken and with heavy hearts we inform you of the demise of Sardar Balbir Singh Bajaj A Loving Husband, Father and Family Man
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      99 39 be m 'Surely goutiness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: And I will dwell in the house of the lj/rd forever. Psalms 23:6 YEO SIAN CHIN Age: 77 was called home to be with (he Lord on 30 March 2007, leaving behind Son: Daughter- in
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      66 39 NALLATHAMBI S/O KARUPPIAH Arc: 51 (K.v-si.it) cil Minisiiv of law I jivimnment Driver) passed awav peacefully on 31/3/07. Dearly missed and (dudl\ remembered by loved ones. Wife: Karihlgui lUsha) Daughters: Devanai lima Mageswari family, relatives friends Body is resting ut Blk 716 #02-49 Clementi Wcsl St 2. Tel: *****231 Cortege
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      82 46 -IOTPULSEREFLECTREADn i_ Am*■ i w V i_ji_..i_ii_i_w n c nai no > jS ife/ REA 0 M^m *^M «i f> Jiff If 1 li' *****% ;^HHk I i^^^^^^ Patricia Mok and Singapore's Super Earners jp ,<rf^'" What does it take to become a top lawyer, accountant, banker, MNC chief, local
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        859 47  -  June Cheong PHOTOS: When it comes to kids in cars, not strapping in may well be fatal AN INCREASING number of Singaporeans are illegally leaving their kids unbuckled when travelling in cars, putting them at risk of being injured or killed if the vehicles crash or brake
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        225 47 CHECK out these guidelines from the Automobile Association of Singapore on how to travel with a baby on board. For babies nine months and under, weighing less than 10kg: Put them in infant capsules, padded portable safety seats with raised sides to support the baby's head. From $100.
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        1055 49  -  Lee Sze Yong Some existing car number plates have stories to tell about the owners of the vehicles HERE'S a Sunday fun question. Which MediaCorp actress is linked to a silver Mercedes-Benz 200E with the digits 8700 in the licence plate? If you need a clue,
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        800 49  -  Michelle Tay T HECLUB TWENTYO CLUB NE2ISALE TO SAVVY fashionistas, the sale worth waiting for is the Club 21 Bazaar. That's where they go to scoop up designer labels like Emporio Armani, Yohji Yamamoto and Donna Karan by the armful. And why not, for luxe
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        824 50 NYT LONDON To her parents' amusement, Hannah Stacks, a third grader in Rye, New York, started asking for her own cellphone when she was six. To their consternation, she never stopped. Last autumn, after a psychologist suggested tracking her behaviour, Hannah, at the sprightly
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        1114 51 Who are the people in Singapore earning top dollar? And what makes them worth the millions? Cheong Suk-Wai and Lee Su Shyan SO YOU are a professional and want to be a millionaire? Then you would do well to eyeball the new 5 Cs that are the keys
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        918 51  -  Cheong Suk-Wai A BOOM in projects and financial deals here after the 2003 Sars scare has led to a corresponding spurt in lawyers' salaries. The five headhunters LifeStyle spoke to say this is primarily because lawyers are always needed to do up the pernickety
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        936 52  -  Lee Su Shyan TOP accountants may draw big bucks, but with starting salaries of only $2,200 per month for the thousand or so fresh accounting graduates who start at accounting firms annually, only a rare handful under 1 per cent will finally hit the
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        708 52  -  Lee Su Shyan FORGET accounting. Banking is where the glamour is. That, at least, was what a human resources officer from a foreign bank found when he spoke to a group of fresh accounting graduates recently. Most were thinking of opting for the more
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        321 52  -  Cheong Suk-Wai GLOBALISATION is so entrenched today that any mul-ti-national company (MNC) worth its salt has planted its flag on just about every continent. Singapore has about 7,000 MNCs today. No wonder there is a surge in demand for able leaders to steer this bumper crop
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        332 52  -  Cheong Suk-Wai HARD work, an appetite for risk and a knack for hitting upon new ways to grow one's business these are what characterise the top earners in the local manufacturing sector. Manufacturing makes up 25 per cent of the Singapore economy today, and accounts for more
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        315 52  -  Cheong Suk-Wai THE one profession that does not have to fret about job security and mobility is engineering. There is a worldwide shortage of engineers today, including in Singapore although more than 3,000 engineering graduates enter the market every year. The demand is being fuelled chiefly by
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        1226 53  -  Adeline Chia Melissa Lee LifeStyle susses out humour that is uniquely Singapprean and talks to our local wise-guys DON'T pray, pray. If you chuckled at this, you're probably Singaporean. The much-mimicked line is from popular television series Phua Chu Kang and instantly recognisable to most people
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        1695 53  -  Ong Sor Fern SINGAPORE, as everyone knows, is a seriously go-ahead economic hub, with a multi-pressured, fast pace of life. But, guess what: It's also a fool's paradise. Before all you non-fools splutter indignantly into your coffee you are drinking while multi-tasking over a computer keyboard, LifeStyle isn't
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        809 55  -  Boon Chan Some swear by the health benefits of Tongkat AN and Kacip Fatimah WORKING the night shift can take a toll on your health. That's why Madam Nor Azizah Sariman started taking the herb Kacip Fatimah about a year ago. The 36-year-old production operator takes it in
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        501 56  -  Gerard Yeo Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) experts answer your queries in this fortnightly column. Remember, you should not self-medicate. Always consult a practitioner. Send your questions to stlife@sph.com.sg My wife is 50 years old and has been treated by psychiatrists for the past 30 years for
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        804 57  -  Frankie Chee With her frequent visits to the world's most exclusive boutiques, businesswoman Ponz Goo knows how to burn a hole in her Prada purse PHOTO: PONZ Goo is a woman who wears many hats, literally. The chief operating officer of Haach, a spa and bodycare chain, has
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          838 58  -  PHILIP LEE Mountain views, friendly shops and a glimpse into Roman history all these can be packed in a well-planned holiday By IN MY storehouse of holiday memories, Switzerland stands out as the showcase of nature's breathtaking beauty and polite people while Italy is the modern
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        1191 59  -  Cheong Suk-Wai I've long admired Hollywood funnyman Billy Crystal, but I learnt only recently how bittersweet his fame is WHEN I was on leave recently and learnt that comedian Billy Crystal would be touring Australia from Feb 22 with his one-man two-act play titled
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        890 59  -  Mathew Pereira JUST a week before Chinese New Year, my footballing friends from university days met for our monthly game at our old Bukit Timah campus. Just 20 minutes into the game, one of the guys complained of being tired and went to
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        852 59  -  Tay Yek Keak THE fat guy got kicked out. Now you know I'm not one to leave you hanging in the air in tenterhooks like Britney Spears skipping her next rehab, but I'm going to digress with a few other atten-tion-grabbing headlines first. Here they
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          552 69  -  Stephanie Yap BOOK OF THE MONTH Marina Lewycka puts the spotlight on immigrants again in a sweet second novel LIKE the strawberries that bring together its disparate characters, Marina Lewycka's Two Caravans is both sweet and tart, with a persistent aftertaste that rather unsettles the stomach even
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            308 69 OLD-FASHIONED values and modern lifestyle choices meet in this page-turner that should thrill both today's children and the overgrown kids who are their parents. English teenager Berry Benjamin was raised by her bohemian mother in a travelling mini-bus and given an alternative education, including motorbike lessons and
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            292 69  -  Hong Xinyi DO NOT be fooled by the blurb from The Devil Wears Prada author Lauren Weisberger on the cover of this book. Although The Spellman Files is a breezy read with a spunky heroine, it is not your run-of-the-mill chick lit tome complete with travails about
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            280 69  -  Kristina Tom AFTER the surprise success of his debut novel, The Republic Of Trees, Taylor developed some sort of a cult following a lucky break, as only the cult-ish-minded fan will enjoy this book. The Amnesiac is by and large some of the worst writing I've seen published
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            300 69  -  Boon Chan By Anthony Swofford Simon Schuster/ Hardcover/ 287 pages/ $39 (without GST)/ Major bookstores Swofford's pedestrian style of writing never really draws the reader in THIS book is a decidedly mixed proposition, and that's assuming you make it past the halfway mark. The first half of this
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            316 69  -  Stephanie Yap By lain Banks Little, Brown/ Paperback/ 390 pages/$30.95 (without GST)/ Major bookstores MEMBERS of a family-owned board and computer game empire sulk and scheme as they second-guess each other before the meeting to decide whether to sell the company to a soulless conglomerate.
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            284 70  -  Ong Sor Fern By Natsuo Kirino, translated from Japanese by Rebecca Copeland Harvill Seeker/ Paperback/ 480 pages/ $34.60 (with GST)/ Major bookstores *A A*& Grotesque feels not so much like your average thriller as a grim dive into the demons that haunt Japanese women TWO prostitutes are murdered. So
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            264 70  -  Loh Keng Fatt By James Patterson and Michael Ledwidge Headline/Paperback/ 308 pages/ $27 (without GST)/ Major bookstores BOSSES should read this book, in between shouting orders to their underlings to do this and that. Then, maybe, just maybe, they may learn that the people they ridicule
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            239 70  -  Hong Xinyi By Jasmine Seah and Jennifer Koh Ethos Books/ Paperback/72 pages/ $21 (with GST)/ Major bookstores EVOCATIVE: The book features evocative photos accompanied by poetry. A WHIMSICAL wisp of a book, Light Is Like Water is like the anti-coffee table book its pictures and text
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            261 70  - EXCESS BAGGAGE CLAIM June Cheong By Terry Jaensch and Cyril Wong Transit Lounge/ Paperback/79 pages/ $17.64 (with GST)/ Major bookstores LIKE fugitives fleeing an unforgiving city, poets Cyril Wong and Terry Jaensch throw a long, lingering look at the site of their banishment, proffering love letters tinged with anger and
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        258 71 Founder Rou Gu Cha Cafeteria 347 Balestier Road Tel: 6352-6192 Open: Noon to 2.30pm, 6pm to 2.30 am. Closed on Tuesdays Try looking for a plain white spot. More than 100 photos cover up almost every inch of wall space. Celebrities include Taiwanese boyband 5566 and Hong
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        669 71  -  Sarah Ong When it comes to food endorsement, eateries believe that a picture of a celeb really does paint a thousand words WHEN Chinese restaurant Emperor's Soup opened in Joo Chiat Road in March last year, own-er-chef Edmund Lvi, 47, decided to put up the photographs he
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        396 71  -  Foong Woei Wan Sear ingly good confinement food on a regular basis CHEAP GOOD A PREGNANCY in the family or a neighbour's household always comes as happy news to some foodies. Not necessarily because they are fond of babies or concerned about the country's birth rate.
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        385 72  -  Audrey Ong Bear Mini-Cake Tin Bake six little bears at a go with this non-stick baking tin, and have fun decorating the cakes with the little ones. $12.60 from Sia Huat, 7/9/11 Temple Street, Tel 6223-1732 NordicWare Carousel Bundt Pan Evoke memories of childhood
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        535 72  -  Jenny Tan Tenuta dell'Ornellaia, La Volte, $52 FHE Italian wine industry is almost always about the family. Just ask any Adnemaker, "Do you know (insert lame of an Italian winemaker)?" and, ihances are, they are linked in one way or another in a
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        402 72  -  Jeremy Oliver CHEERS IN THIS fortnightly column, wine commentator Jeremy Oliver sheds light on the wide world of wine. He is the author of the best-selling Australian Wine Annual, and runs his website www.onwine.com.au Q: While arranging my bottles of wine at home last week,
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        1332 73  -  Wong Ah Yoke But there's hope for Singapore's restaurant scene SO SINGAPORE is not getting a Michelin Guide after all. At least, not yet. Reports last year had said that the world's most famous restaurant guide would be launching a new edition, for
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        773 74  -  Teo Pau Lin This self-taught cook and food consultant gets her chef son to cook for her when he's home FOOD CORRESPONDENT MS DHERSHINI Winodan, 53, is a food consultant with more than 25 years' experience. She has written two cookbooks Indian Food Today (1990) and Feast Of
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        623 74  -  Wong Ah Yoke Sho-U offers dishes weird and wonderful EATS THAT The Central, the new mall above the Clarke Quay MRT station, is designed to mimic a Japanese mall is no secret. The maze-like corridors leading to small shops selling niche clothing brands remind one of many similar
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      320 47 Management ti 4 April 2007 Saturday 2pm 5.30pm _^_^_^P^// PH News Centre Auditorium, 1000 Toa Payoh North Pre-registered attendees must sign in for goodie bags between 1 pm and 1.30pm. r The Straits Times Mind Your Body, your weekly j REGISTRATION FORM source of health news, presents another quality j
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      43 55 Find out why dieting is out for lovely Brazilian-Japanese model Andrea Di Raga Catch her up close and personal in an Asia One vodcast at http://multimedia.asiaone.com.sg/ and other highlights of the Singapore Fashion Festival. Asa i be the one in the know www.asiaone.com
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      446 60 A| rtfl I MCIAIDC AT r"^ J 2. NO I ilii lllJ-L^J I ITiTi 1. RED DRESS CAMPAIGN TRIBUTE TO I Pjy W L Jfrf I Refers to a repeat TV telecast that Bid for any of the red dresses EDITH PIAF \Mm\ 1 Wk\ m 2% I is slightly
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      419 66 SHERMAN'S LAGOON BY JIM TOOMEY P OKAY, IFINISHEP MY ==:r| r"7^T^ ACCORDING TO THIS, J~ 1 (T^^^TT T &(JE^ W PERSONALITY QUESTIONNAIRE)] \J//J ir J kirn I'M PASSIVE ANP "N SURPRISE J AU^APY „/W W f/A//S# YOVRS?^y ImRiT mU- PISQR&ANIZEP, ANPI I THERE KHm rmI -1/ _<CjT\ J AVOIP CONFLICT
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      290 68 BIRTHDAYS THIS WEEK Cosmo King Today He plays a journalist who is baffled by a mysterious serial killer named Zodiac. Thus Otto von Bismarck moving from Fur to Blur. (First Chancellor of Germany, also known as the Iron Chancellor, born April 1, 1815) Thursday The Iron Chancellor? Sounds powerful. Can
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      204 70 BESTSELLERS Fiction Non-fiction 1.(1) Shopaholic And Baby 1. (1) Winning: The Answers by Sophie Kinsella by Jack Welch and Suzy Welch 2. (2) For One More Day by Mitch Albom 2. (2) Tuesdays With Morrie 3. (4) Five People You Meet In Heaven by Mitch Albom by Mitch Albom 3.
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      139 73 i^ggrai Seafood iSrZk HarveW Love Seafood? Then reward yourself with a trip to Seafood Harvest, a moderately priced western-styled seafood restaurant by Jack's Place. Indulge in live fresh Maine Lobster, succulent oysters, sweet Alaskan King Crab and your favourite fish, grilled to absolute perfection! .A a must-try is our Great
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