The Straits Times, 22 June 2007

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    22 1 THE STRAITS TIMES 13^-PAOBSiN FOUR PARTS MICA (P) 198/12/2006 FRIDAY, JUNE 22 2007 A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION ESTABLISHED 1845 SO CENTS
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    Lock icon Durai given 3-month jail term
    729 1  -  Chong Chee Kin Ex-NKF chief to appeal against sentence for deceiving charity He also agrees to pay $4m to the new NKF to settle civil case By priately reflect the seriousness of the offence, the harm caused, as well as the level of culpability," he
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    Lock icon Egypt to host Mid-East peace talks next week
    550 1 ASSOCIATED PRESS, ACENCE FRANCE-PKESSE, MEW YOtK TIMES. REUTERS Ramallah CLOSING ranks against Hamas, Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak will be hosting the Israeli. Palestinian and Jordanian leaders at a peace summit on Monday, Palestinian. Egyptian and Israeli officials said yesterday. Arab leaders watched
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  • UPFRONT
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      Lock icon Students with average grades grab chance to shine
      1226 1  -  Jane Ng By WHEN Mr Soong Jun Wei applied for the biotechnology course at Ngee Ann Polytechnic three yean ago, he did not think he would get into medical school eventually via that route. It was unheard of for poly graduates to
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    • IN A FLASH
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        60 2 15-year-old 'surgeon' An Indian doctor and his wife let their 15-year-old son operate on a woman in a bid to have the boy listed in the Guinness Book of Records. PAGE 12 Twist in case A Mongolian model may have had an affair with another man working for the
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        23 2 Osama honoured A group of Pakistani Islamic scholars, reacting to writer Salman Rushdie's knighthood, honours Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden. PAGE 16
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        42 2 Thai election A quick return to elective rule in Thailand is essential. Now that a tentative date has been set, it is important for the sake of the winning party's legitimacy that election laws allow for the widest participation. PAGE 31
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        22 2 The new normal For girls in previous generations, Nancy Drew's self-confidence was revolutionary. Now, she is the new normal. PAGE 34
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        77 2 On dengue alert A general practitioner in the West Coast dengue hot spot has been on dengue alert for the past few weeks. PAGE HI Challenging extremists If community leaders do not speak up, they will be conceding public space to extremists, says Deputy Prime Minister Wong Kan Seng.
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        50 2 Waiting time for cabs Readers offer suggestions on reducing the waiting time for taxis and ensuring that enough cabbies ply the roads at all times of the day. PAGE HlB Caregivers need help Caregivers to the mentally ill need the support of the Government, says a reader. PAGE HlB
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        28 2 England's heartbreak England's Under-21 side suffer the agony of losing 12-13 to the Netherlands after a penalty shoot-out in the semi-finals of the European Championships. PAGE H26
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        33 2 Deterring short-selling The Singapore Exchange is proposing a hefty penalty on Drokerages whose traders "short-sell" warrants, in measures to make the covered warrants market more orderly and safe for traders. PAGE H3B
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  • PRIME
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      Lock icon Idea to up CPF minimum sum withdrawal age gets backing
      651 3  -  Sue-Ann Chia ANY CHANGE SHOULD BE MADE CAUTIOUSLY, SAYS LIM SWEE SAY By LABOUR chief Lim Swee Say yesterday backed the idea of raising the age at which Singaporeans can draw down their Central Provident Fund (CPF) minimum sum. Hut
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      Lock icon Thaksin and wife charged with graft
      554 3  -  Nirmal Ghosh Prosecutors say ex-PM illegally influenced deal involving purchase of prime land in Bangkok By Yhailand Correspondent In Bangkok THAI prosecutors yesterday charged former premier Thaksin Shinawatra with corruption, the first legal action to be taken against him since he was ousted in
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      Lock icon $250m bid for Man City backed
      69 3 AfiENCE FRAHCE-PRESSE THAILAND'S ousted premier Thaksin Shinawatra won acceptance yesterday for an £81.6 million (Ss2so million) bid for English Premier League club Manchester City. The formal bid was made by his UK Sports Investments company and was backed by management at the club. Officials
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      Lock icon Union leader and ex-NMP Nithiah Nandan dies at 57
      595 4  -  Jeremy Au Yong By RIGHT to the very end, union leader and former Nominated MP Nithiah Nandan, 57, had workers' interests at heart. The National Trades Union Congress (NTUC) vicepresident died early yesterday, a day after signing two memoranda of understanding
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      Lock icon In surprise move, US holds direct talks with N. Korea
      546 4 NEW YORK TIMES. REUTERS. AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Top negotiator makes secret visit; move is a big reversal in strategy Washington IN A sharp reversal of United States strategy, Washington's top North Korea negotiator turned up in Pyongyang yesterday on a surprise
      NEW YORK TIMES. REUTERS. AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE; AP  -  546 words
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      12 4 TT DURAI GETS 3 MONTHS JAIL Once CHARITY KING Now CHARITY CASE?
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      45 4 Golf? You got to be kidding A new breed of young professionals in Singapore is eschewing the weekend on the green From soccer to dodgeball, amateur league sports are proving to be a great new way to I form friendships and foster I business connections.
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  • ASIA
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      Lock icon Rising crime wave hits Johor tourism
      838 6 THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK, BERNAMA t gets tough, eases police patrols more girls are raped MIJAR I Ml. rising cume rate in Johor has hit toun>m. and the Malaysian government i> taking action to deal with the fallout. Speaking to reporters on Wednesday. Deputy
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    • CHINA
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        Lock icon New man to helm reform think tank
        604 7  -  Chua Chin Hon Decision to replace architect of China's 'peaceful rise' policy with party loyalist causes upset By China Bureau Chief In Beiiing THE influential thinker behind China's "peaceful rise" policy, Mr Zheng Biiian, will make way soon for a party apparatchik at
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        Lock icon TV censors warned against taking bribes
        211 7 AGENCE FRANCE PRESSE Beiiing SOMK Chinese censors are taking bribes to give the green light to television programmes, sparking .i clampdown by the nation's watchdog, state press reported yesterday. "Censors collecting unwarranted fees from TV play producers will be strictly dealt with." Xinhua news
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        64 7 Local residents ofXurihua county winging their way across the the Yellow River with the help of a wire rope in -China's north-western province of Qinghai on Wednesday. According to local media, these wire ropes, measuring about 200 m in length, are used by the residents to travel
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        Lock icon HK optical shops bad for eyesight: Poll
        266 7 Hong Kong SHOPS selling products to improve eyesight are, ironically, hurting the eyesight of their staff through excessive display lighting, according to a survey. The problem is also found in other shops, particularly goldsmith shops and snooker clubs, Hong Kong newspapers have reported.
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        Lock icon Rescued teen recalls brickyard horrors
        750 8 ASSOCIATED PRESS. AGENCE FRANCE PRESSE CHINA'S SLAVE LABOUR RACKET He was beaten, starved and forced to work 20 hours every day without pay Ruzhou (Henan) UP FROM the countryside and desperate for work, 16-year-old Chen Chenggong jumped at the offer of a well-paying factory job
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        Lock icon Ma keen on Taiwan opening door to foreign talent
        430 8  -  Ong Hwee Hwee By Taiwan Correspondent In Taipei A SMALL island with a big heart. That is the vision that opposition Kuomintang (KMT) presidential candidate Ma Ying-jeou has for Taiwan. For Taiwan to thrive amid stiff global competition, it musi open
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        Lock icon Hotel rates for Games up to market: Beijing
        286 8 REUTERS Beijing BEUING will not intervene in the pricing of hotel rooms during the 2008 Olympic Games, the city's tourism chief said, amid reports of exorbitant room rates and dwindling supply more than a year before the opening ceremony. Barring an extreme
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    • EAST ASIA
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        541 10 BLOOMBERG Move to get more global financial firms to site Asia HQs in the city Tokyo JAPANESE Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has given the to develop an area of Tokyo into an international financial centre along the lines of Wall Street or the
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        Lock icon 'Top polluter' China hits back at Dutch report
        298 10 REUTERS, AGENCE FRANCE PPESSE Beijing CHINA said yesterday it was hypocritical of rich countries to buy its cheap goods and then condemn its greenhouse gas pollution. Beijing was defending itself against a Dutch report that said it had surpassed the US as
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        Lock icon Smokers need not apply to this university
        222 10 AGENCE FRANCE PRESSE Seoul THE head of a major South Korean university is planning to bar students who smoke and to start a campaign against excessive drinking. Mr Oh Myunc, president of Seoul's Konkuk University, told Korea Times that a new admissions policy
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    • INDIA / SOUTH ASIA
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        Lock icon Doctor lets 15-year-old son operate on woman
        541 12 REUTERS Bid to enter boy in Guinness Book of Records as world's youngest surgeon Chennai INDIAN doctor K. Murugesan and his unnamed wife, a fellow doctor, face having their licences revoked as well as possible criminal charges for allowing their 15-year-old son to
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        Lock icon Youths run riot in Karachi over blackout
        189 12 ASSOCIATED PRESS Karachi AT LEAST six people were hurt when youths here rioted for two hours yesterday to protest against a 16-hour blackout, even as the city's residents sweltered in 40 deg C heat. The youths blocked roads with tyre bonfire stoned passing
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    • SOUTH-EAST ASIA
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        Lock icon Insurgents in Thai south on their last legs: Thai minister
        364 13 AGENCE FRANCE PRESSE Recent surge in )lence a desperate bid to win world attention, he says Kuala Lumpur INSURGENTS in the south of Thailand are on their "last legs", the country's Defence Minister yesterday after a meeting with Malaysian defence
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        Lock icon Peace could be decades away, warns expert
        507 13  -  Veo Ghim Lay By THE Thai government needs to be more serious in tackling the insurgency in the south or it could fester for as long as 30 /ears, one of ue country's leading experts on southern Thailand said yesterday. Dr Srisompob Jitpiromsn,
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        Lock icon BLAZE RAZES HOMES IN JAKARTA SLUM
        39 13 Smoke rising from a fire in Jakarta that gutted about 200 houses in a densely populated slum area yesterday. Firefighters said the blaze was believed to have started in a kitchen. PHOTO: AP
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        Lock icon Three-nation deal to build Mekong bridge
        198 13 REUTERS Manila CHINA, Thailand and Laos yesteria\ .igreed to build a bridge across the Mekong River, linking Chiang Kong in northern Thailand and Houayxay in Laos. The bndge, scheduled for completion in 2011. is the final link of the north-south road system in the
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        Lock icon JI in disarray after arrest of two top leaders, says member
        284 13 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Jakarta AN UNNAMED Indonesian mem ber of the terrorist group Jemaah Islamiah (JI) has told the English lan guage Al-Jazeera TV channel that the group was in disarray now that its two top leaders had been caught
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    • MALAYSIA
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        Lock icon Did private eye have affair with Mongolian woman?
        749 14  -  Carolyn Hong Key witness says he was told to sack assistant for being 'too close 1 By Malaysia Bureau Chief In Shah \i_\m A MONGOLIAN interpreter may have had an affair with a private detective working for her former lover, a political
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        Lock icon Tears one day, smiles the next
        242 14  -  CAROLYN HONG POLITICAL analyst Abdul Razak Baginda has proven to be a man with quite a few mood swings. He looked chirpy and cheerful yesterday the fourth day of his trial in the murder of his former lover Altantuya Shaariibuu. and a day after
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        Lock icon Altantuya had someone in Malaysia, says father
        406 14  -  CAROLYN HONG Shah Alam MONGOLIAN beauty, who was allegedly killed on the instructions of her prominent Malaysian former lover, had come to Malaysia three times because "she has someone" here, her father told the court yesterday. On the fourth day of the sensational
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        Lock icon Minister targets eight social boo-boos
        603 15  -  Chow Kum Hor MCA man tries to t v Chinese Malaysians aware of the'.r bad habits By Muluysia Correspondent In Kuajj* Lumpur UTfcR Malaysia was declared free of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (Sars) in 2003, and fears about it began to ease, Malaysian politician Ong
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        Lock icon KL to give its proposal on joint ministerial group soon
        467 15 PUTRAJAYA VALAYSIA will submit the terms of reference for its joint ministerial committee with Singapore M Noon as possible, Sin Chew Daily reported yesterday. The committee is for easing cooperation between the two countries on specific matters, including bringing about
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      30 6 A victim's horror A 16-year-old Chinese teen tells of how he was beaten and made to work 20-hour days as a slave at a brickyard in Henan province. PAGE 8
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon 'Sword of Allah' title for Osama
      727 16 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE. ASSOCIATED PRESS, XINHUA Islamabad A GROUP of Pakistani Islamic scholars yesterday awarded its highest honour to Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden in what it said was a reaction to Britain's knighthood for writer Salman Rushdie. The Pakistani Ulema Council, a private body
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      Lock icon Mob kills man in Texas after car hits child
      541 16 REUTERS, ASSOCIATED PRESS Austin (Texas) POLICE were yesterday hunting members of an angry mob who beat a man to death in a parking lot after the car in which he was riding struck a four-year-old child. Investigators believe that Mr David
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      Lock icon Hamas' victory in Gaza leaves Arab leaders jittery
      636 25 NEW YORK TIMES Win bolsters Iran's position and threat posed by political Islam to status quo Cairo THE conquest of the Gaza Strip by Hamas has frightened Arab leaders because it is characterised by the same dynamics that have been agitating the
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    • WORLD QUICKLY
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        Lock icon BUSH ISSUES STEM CELL VETO
        123 25 NEW YORK TIMES WASHINGTON: President George W. Bush has issued his second veto of a measure lifting his restrictions on human embryonic stem cell experiments. The move effectively pushes the scientific and ethical debate surrounding the research into the 2008 presidential campaign. "Destroying human life
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        Lock icon PORN BAN FOR ABORIGINES
        147 25 ASSOCIATED PRESS CANBERRA: Australia's leader announced plans yesterday to ban pornography and alcohol for Aborigines in some areas, and to tighten control over their welfare benefits to fight what he called a child sex abuse crisis among them. Prime Minister John Howard was responding tv an
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        Lock icon CHEF'S BROTHER IN DRUG TRIAL
        108 25 25 DENPASAR: The younger brother of British celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay admitted in an Indonesian court yesterday that he was a drug user in a trial on charges of heroin possession in Bali. Ronald Ramsay, 38, was arrested in February after entering a supermarket in
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        Lock icon VIET WOMAN DIES OF BIRD FLU
        84 25 REUTERS HANOI: A 28-year-old Vietnamese woman died yesterday of the pernicious HSNI strain of bird flu. A hospital official said she was Vietnam's second victim of the virus this month, after a 20-year-old man from Ha Tay province died of the flu last week.
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        Lock icon NANKING CLAIMS OFFEND CHINA
        127 25 ASSOCIATED PRESS BEIJING: China yesterday criticised a claim by Japanese lawmakers that the death toll in the Kape of Nanking had been grossly inflated as an affront to international justice. A group comprising some 100 Japanese ruling party lawmakers said on Tuesday that documents from their
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      Lock icon US 'wants Blair to be Palestine envoy'
      249 25 AGENCE FRA ICE-PRESSE Washington THE White House is pushing for British Prime Minister Tony Blair to be made a special envoy to work on forming a Palestinian state after he steps down, reports said yesterday. US newspapers cited unnamed officials as saying that
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      Lock icon BlackBerry ban for French govt officials
      507 26 ASSOCIATED PRESS Govt fears leak of secrets as e-mail goes through servers in US and Britain Paris BLACKBERRY handheld computers, or "Le Blackßerry" as they are known in France, have been called addictive, invasive, tiresome for thumbs and, now, a threat to French secrets.
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      Lock icon US cybersecurity systems hacked 844 times
      267 26 AGENCE FRANCE PRESSE Washington HACKERS succeeded in penetrating computer systems of the United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) in hundreds of attacks on tne leading US cybersecurity agency, a congressional panel has disclosed. A lawmaker said at a hearing on Wednesday that documents
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      Lock icon Private jet market goes supersonic
      711 27 NEW YORK TIMES Super-rich fuelling demand for faster and bigger luxury business planes Paris TEXAS billionaire Robert Bass is not the kind of guy who flies commercial. And if his latest venture takes to the skies, he will not be the kind of guy who
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      Lock icon Plane-makers tout 'green' technology
      343 27 ASSOCIATED PRESS Le Bourget (France) BOEING, Airbus and dozens of airlines that fly their jets are jumping on the environmental bandwagon, touting "green" technology at the Paris Air Show and pledging to spew less noxious fumes into the planet's skies. So far, though, growth in worldwide
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      Lock icon Renewable energy attracts big money
      243 27 ASSOCIATED PRESS Paris HI \EWABLE energy has moved out of the tnnge and into the mainstream, with investors worldwide pouring US$7l billion (Sslo9 billion) in new capital into the sector in 2006, says i UN report. Fears about global warming, frustration over high oil prices
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      Lock icon Hopes of global trade deal fade after talks fail
      572 28 REUTERS Future of WTO's Doha Round in [&gt;übt as nations lay blame game I'msDAM (Germany) ATTEMPTS to salvage global trade talks collapsed yesterday, throwing the future ol the World Trade Organisation &gt; struggling round deeper into doubt. Ministers from the United
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      28 29 PHOTO: THE SEATTLE TIMES HIGH ACHIEVER: Andrew Hsu, who graduated earlier this month in neurobiology, biochemistry and chemistry, is the youngest University of Washington triple-degree holder.
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      396 29 ANDREW Hsu has not yet been on a date or taken his driving test. But the 16-year-old American does have three degrees in neurobiology, biochemistry and chemistry. Earlier this month, weeks after his 16th birthday, he became the second-youngest person to graduate from the
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      421 31 THE Thai military government's undertaking to hold parliamentary elections on Nov 25, even i artier than planned, will he well received by a people who must feel their nation has lost its moorings in the months following last September's coup. The removal of the controversial Tliaki
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      1657 31 BATTLE AGAINST EXTREMISM Deputy Prime Minister Wong Kan Seng, who is also Home Affairs Minister, spoke at the opening of a five-day seminar on the role of community and faith leaders in promoting peace yesterday. The seminar was organised by the Islamic Educational,
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      1144 32  -  JOERCiEN OERSTROEM MOELLER SHIFT IN GLOBAL ECONOMIC POWER By For The Straits Times THE tirst half of this year has seen a seminal shift in global economic power. Instead of the I "nited States dominating, there is now a more even spread than at any
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      876 33  -  Kanwaljit Soin AGEING AND SOCIOECONOMICS By For The Straits Times MORE and more we are hearing it said that 'the 70s are the new 50s This is not just a glib statement; there is growing evidence that this is a fact. A recent survey by HSBC
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      154 35 PEOPLE POLITICS FROM July 1, cash registers will ring in a higher goods and services tax (GST) of 7 per cent. But it appears to be all quiet on both the consumer and business fronts. Not many consumers seem to be grumbling about having to pay more. Not many businesses
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      468 35 3 MEN AND THE 2-POINT HIKE Two, there was sufficient discussion to explain the reason for the GST increase. The rationale given: It is needed to help fund additional social programmes such as the new Workfare scheme, an income supplement for low-wage workers.
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      476 35 MR LEE Vi Shyan admits that he hardly looks at the GST tag when shopping or dining these days. Some would say it is because the Minister of State for Trade and Industry belongs to the higher income group whose pockets will not be
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      433 35 THEY say nothing is certain except death and taxes, and Mr Raymond Kwok knows a lot about both. As managing director of UOB Life Assurance, he is constantly rinding ways to get people to buylife insurance. As chairman of the Taxpayer Feedback Panel, he is
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      375 35 CONSUMER advocate Seah Seng Choon bought a new Toyota Camry two months ago to beat the GST hike. "A 2 percentage point increase for day-to-day items is still okay, but it can be a large difference for big ticket items," he says. As executive director of
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      1164 36  -  MOHAMED ALI IRIDAY MATTERS By minds, not merely in the use of guns and through legislation. The first question we need to ask is: What drives the heart of Islamic radicalism? Radicalism is the internalisation of a set of beliefs, including a militant
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      887 36  -  Zakir Hussain THE POST 65ERS By too often today, religion is seen as a source of conflict, even though no religion promotes violence. It is not hard to see why this perception exists, as extremists distort what religions actually teach and dress their
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      23 35 Countering radical thought Muslim thinkers have a responsibility to correct perceptions of Islam through their publications, speeches and via the Internet. PAGE 36
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      781 39  -  Andrea Ong They say some patients resist blood test, others refuse to rest at home By GENERAL practitioner Tan Chin Leong has been on dengue alert for the past few weeks. Dr Tan, 55, whose clinic is in the West Coast Road dengue
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        596 40  -  Tania Tan carch group ows, with focus on possible vaccine By SIIOBANA KESAVA SINGAPORE'S battle against dengue was ratcheted up yesterday with more researchers coming on board determined to beat the virus. Six new research bodies ha\e joined the Singapore Dengue Consortium, adding to the
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        496 40  -  SHOBANA KESAVA AND ART! MULCH AND Researchers here are burning lln midnight oil to increase their understanding of the dengue virus. There are several "knowledge gaps" which need to be bridged, say Associate Professor Leo Yee Sin, clinical director of the Communicable Disease Centre, and Dr
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        359 40  -  ChoW KUM HOR Malaysta Correspondent in ku\i.\ Lumpur MALAYSIAN health authorities are on high alert after Singapore this week declared its first dengue epidemic since 2005. The Health Ministry is not concerned about infections spreading across .the Cause- way, but fears
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      433 42  -  Carolyn Quek By i MEDIACORP actor Christopher Lee, who is serving out a six-week traffic offence sentence, could walk out of jail by this weekend. The prosecution yesterday dropped the last of five charges against Lee, 35, for failing to stop after an
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      598 42  -  K.C. VIJAYAN 2 victims claiming damages for alleged lack of adequate security By Law Correspondent TWO air-stewardesses who were sexually attacked by an intruder three years ago are suing the Grand Hyatt Singapore hotel for about $1 million in damages. Together with
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      281 42  -  K. C. VUAYAN FORMER Commercial Affairs Department boss Glenn Knight is set to join the law firm Bernard Rada Law Corporation. The firm's managing director S. Radakrishnan confirmed yesterday that Mr Knight "intends to join the firm" and added his role will be settled
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      107 42 A 55-YEAR-OLD man has been accused of sexually assaulting his daughter, now aged 16, on 10 occasions between 2002 and November last year. The odd-job worker appeared in a magistrate's court yesterday at a preliminary inquiry held behind closed doors. He was committed to stand
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      448 43  -  Ken Kwek PM spells out political vision for Spore in German Interview By SINGAPORE must have new leaders with fresh ideas in 10 to 15 years' time. They must keep Singapore updated witn emerging technologies and help the coun
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      411 43 THE impact on Asean will be manageable if the stock market «ii China crashes, though it may affect the mood of the region's bourses, said Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong. "But if it's the Chinese economy which goes down, the impact on Asean would be
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      245 43 THE Association for Women in Action and Research (Aware) yesterday rele. what it says is its most comprehensive report on the status of women here m Here are some of the key recommendations made in 130-pa§e report. Amend the Constitution to include I provision that no one will
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      600 43  -  Radha Basu By WOMEN'S rights group Aware yesterday called for the Constitution to be changed to ensure that no one is discriminated against because of sex or marital status. The call coincided with the release of a 130-page report by Aware (the Association of Women
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      541 46  -  Zakir Hussain Otherwise they will be conceding public space to extremists, says DPM Wong By THERE can be no room for ambiguity on the issue of terrorist violence and extremist ideology, Deputy Prime Minister Wong Kan Seng said yesterday. If community leaders do not
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      245 46 IN THE Middle East and beyond, the Arab-Israeli conflict has strained relations between Muslims and Jews. While here, Italian Muslim leader Yahya Pallavicini hopes to show how the example of regular contact among Catholic, Jewish and Muslim leaders in his country has built trust. "This
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      280 46  -  Khushwant Singh By AROUND 350 students were yesterday Siven a glimpse of the horrors of terrorism uring a mock MRT bomb attack. The youngsters from 17 secondary schools learnt how to raise the alarm about suspicious people and items, how to use fire extinguishers,
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      523 47  -  Keith Lin Training courses, job opportunities lined up for them By THE Chinese Development Assistance Council (CDAC) will give a hand to elderly housewives who want to re-enter the workforce. The self-help group has lined up training courses and job opportunities
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      293 47 A weekly look at what to watch out for in the wond of consumers. Figures, case study and tips come from the Consumers Association of Singapore (Case). The world of beauty Q7 I °*cases *iled w I (January to December 200fc) Top complaints 1. Unsatisfactory services 2. Pressure
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      499 48  -  Ken Kwek Health, finances should be looked into if withdrawal age is to be raised By Workers and union leaders have called on the Government to look into how any move to raise the CPF minimum sum withdrawal age would affect
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      79 48 ST PHOTO ST FILE FDWIN KOO SHOW OF RESPECT: PM Lee Hsien Loong and his wife Ho Ching pay their respects to the late Mr Nithiah. With them are Mr Nithiah's widow Vimalla Mariappan (second from right) and son-in-law Kannan P.S. PHOTO A GREAT LOSS:
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      601 48  -  Jeremy Au Yong By MORE than 2,000 workers, who had been paid on a daily-rated basis, are now enjoying stable monthly salaries because unionist Nithiah Nandan would not give up even if it was at his own expense. Being a daily-rated worker himself,
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      732 48 Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong described the late labour leader Nithiah Nandan as an "outstanding unionist" in a condolence letter sent to -his wife Vimalla yesterday. Here is what Mr Lee said: "Nithi lived an active and fulfilling life. From humble beginnings,
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      438 50  -  Maria Almenoar PRIMARY 1 REGISTRATION Enough places for all next year despite downward adjustment after increase this year By PARENTS will have six new primary schools to choose from during this year's Primary 1 registration exercise which starts next
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      346 50 FOR a full list of schools and places available, visit www.straitstimes.com The Education Ministry's website www moe.gov.sg/esp/schadm/pl/ also has information on the number of places available after each phase. The following are the registration dates and enrolment ph?*es for children born between Jan 2, 2001 and Jan
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      119 50 THE Nanyang Schools Alumni Association is holding its annual Primary 1 registration talk tomorrow for parents with children enrolling in primary school next year. Nanyang Primary s principal. Madam Heng Boey Hong, will take the parents through the admission criteria, registration procedure and other matters.
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      84 51 Visitors took a literally hair-raising virtual rollercoaster ride, complete with wind effects, at Sentosa's newly launched Cine Blast yesterday In this $3.5 million jungle-themed attraction, fans installed in the corners of the room give visitors the feel of wind rushing through their hair as they
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      386 51  -  Liaw Wy-Cin Said to be more effective with fewer side effects, it is undergoing clinical trials now By A NEW anti-cancer drug, now undergoing clinical trials, may soon make cancer treatment as easy as taking a pill. Following encouraging results on mice, local bio-technology
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      435 51  -  Eunice Quek By MR STEVE Lim has been an optician for 20 years now, but he completed his optician's course at Singapore Polytechnic (SP) only in February this year. He had picked up his skills on the job, learning from his father, before taking over
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        576 52  -  Alfred Siew and Tham Yuen-C By THAT long MRT ride home may soon be less dreary, with the monotonous grind of the train tracks replaced by cheers from 1,000 football fans. The reason: live TV is coming to a cellphone near you. Local
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        397 52  -  Alfred Siew Bulk orders for region's 500 million people will lower the cost of new set-top boxes By Technology Correspondent ASEAN countries have adopted a common digital TV standard, joining theglobal trend of moving away from analogue TV, media regulators said yesterday. Because new
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        114 52 DIGITAL TV refers to television programmes delivered to homes usins a digital format. Broadcasters worldwide are switching their channels from a decades-old analogue format to the digital format because the new technology lets them squeeze more channels in the limited bandwidth available. Digital TV can be
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        171 53 WITH screens that flip, rotate and slide, new cellphones that tune in to mobile TV services were out in force at the CommunicAsia trade show, which is part of the Infocomm Media Business Exchange expo, this week. Three phones stole the show: Samsung SCH-P940 With a 2.15-inch screen,
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        110 53 SINGAPOREAN and South Korean media companies now have more reason to work on television shows together, after the Media Development Authority of Singapore signed an agreement with the Korean Broadcasting Commission yesterday. As a result, both countries will treat these Hunt piojects as
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        98 53 THE 2004 Boxing Day tsunami caused many an unsuspecting death, but a tsunami warning system developed by German-based A3M hopes to avert that The system, a winner of the European Information and Communications Technology Prize, gets seismic measurements from some 100 stations around the world
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        99 53 SINGTEL has launched a fiee e-mail service for its mobile phone customers, but they must acept some advertisements. The MobileM&lt;i il push-mail service, which de!i\ers e-mail messages to users' phones from their Sing Net, Yahoo, Gmail or Hotmail accounts, will also include some text and
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        124 53 SINGAPORE company Eubiq has just solved an interior decor problem for many house-proud people, with its patented power track. The track replaces fixed power points and allows people to attach power outlets anywhere so they can plug in their devices. I his means not having
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        342 53  -  Grace Chng Teams vie for $1.5b project to standardise hardware, software for public sector By i Deputy News Editor A CONVOY of six mini buses disgorged about 100 people in matching white T-shirts at Suntec Tower 3 yesterday, 18 of them carrying
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      780 54  -  Selina Lum Settlement deal brings NKF's civil suit against former CEO to a close By OF THE estimated $12 million that ihe National Kidney Foundation (NKF) sought to recover, the charity can now hope to see at least some part of it
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      635 54  -  Chong Chee Kin By DISTRICT Judge Aedit Abdullah, who sentenced T.T. Durai to three months' jail yesterday, sent a clear signal to chief executives of all charities, saying the top man must perform his duties with utmost propriety. Doing anything less and' failing in his
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      413 54 July 2005: IT. Durai sues Singapore Press Holdings for defamation Details about pay, dodgy commercial links and evidence of mismanagement of funds emerge in court The suit is dropped; public backlash is savage. Durai and his entire team step down. Mr Gerard Ec is appointed interim chairman. The
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        101 54 THE driver of a Malaysian-registered oil tanker was arrested at Woodlands Checkpoint on Wednesday morning for attempting to smuggle illegal immigrants, contraband cigarettes and eggs into Singapore Immigration and Checkpoints Authority (ICA) officers who conducted checks found six men, aged between 21 and 34 and believed
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        107 54 A 55-YEAR-OLD man was jailed for six weeks and fined $1,000 on Wednesday for slashing his neighbour on the left arm Low Liang Teck pleaded euilty to causing hurt to Mr Michael Jonn Appadurai with a chopper outside his fifth-floor unit at Block 90. Pipit Road
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        80 54 THE office of a land surveying professional con sultancy was raided on Monday morning for ming pirated software and breaching several software licences. A server, 24 desktop computers, two laptops and 10 CD-ROMs which are suspected to con tain pirated software programs were seized Under the
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      293 55  -  LIAW WY-CiN By THEY have been "together" since 1971, so when he is late, she is understandably anxious. On his part, he cannot bear to be away from her for more than a week. This happy pair is featured in one of seven one-minute
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      370 55  -  SUMATHI SELVARETNAM They include largest indoor opening show, outdoor adventure test By FUHUA Secondary School student Govinderpal Singh, 16, has been drumming away, not at a gig, but for a Chinese drums performa.ice. He has been preparing hard for this year's Singapore Youth
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        84 55 SBS Transit yesterday launched a drive to stem the number of assault c.ih's against bus drivers. Posters are up in all of SBS' 2.800 buses, at its 16 interchanges and 18 terminals asking the public to report any assault to the police. The Stop Bus Captain Abuse
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        79 55 A NEW express bus service will from this Monday allow Choa Chj Kang and Bukit Batok residents to travel to the Harbour Front interchange faster. The new service 188E will pick up passengers at selected stops along the present service 188 route. riut it will travel on
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      25 39 I or your viewing pleasure Local companies are testing out new mobile services, which will give smoother, clearer, uninterrupted TV on special cellphones. PAGE Hl4
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      429 56  -  Raymund Koh Joo Guan TAXI WOES I REFER to the letter, "Anything but easy to get a taxi in Singapore" (ST, June 19). I am a full-time taxi driver and I was surprised to read that Mr Steve Armstrong had difficulty getting
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      345 56  -  Latifah Mohamed Akil (Ms) -1 REFER to the letter by Mr Steve Armstrong, "Anything but easy to get a taxi in Singapore" (ST, June 19). I agree with him. On Monday night I had to wait 1 hour and 20 minutes from 9.20pm
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      217 56  -  Lee En (Ms) ON SUNDAY night I was at the Clark Quay taxi stand, queuing for a taxi. A sign there says: "No touting, 24-hour camera surveillance...". Right in front of the taxi stand were two limousine taxis whose drivers stood outside smoking.
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      319 56  -  Raymond Anthony Fernando THE article, "Why caregivers should get an allowance" (ST, June 15), touches on a topic very close to my heart. As the sole caregiver to my wife who was stricken with schizophrenia 17 years ago, my journey with
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      79 56  -  Chang Long Kiat I REFER to the letter, "Consider single premium for Home Protection Scheme" (ST, June 18), by Mr Leong Sze Hian. Before March 1, 2001, HPS was a single-premium insurance scheme whose large premium payable upfront posed difficulty to members. Hence, the
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      383 56  - Save $120, 3 demerit points and your child's life Toh Boon Ngee POLICE would like to thank Mr Colin Suter for his feedback, "Parents belted up, child left to wander in back" (ST, June 13). We agree with him that failure to secure children properly in cars exposes them to
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      195 56  -  Lynne Tan Sok Hiang (Ms) I HAVE a soft spot for Alexandra Hospital (AH) as it is an architecturally interesting building with a rich history. Thus I wonder why AH is not considered a heritage monument. Surely, with the integrated resorts coming
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      92 56  -  Dr Khoo Chong Yee TOE report on the proposal to save a portion of the Butterfly House at 23 Amber Road ("'Hybrid' condo to replace Katong bungalow"; ST, June 19) gives the impression that the plans have been finalised, but this is not the case.
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        814 62  -  Tehrence Voon By THE ballroom at Swissotel the Stamford was filled with Singapore-bred champions last night. But the ladies of Singapore sports very nearly stole the show. Swimmer Tao Li stood out with her now-trademark shock of spiky hair. Out went the formal gown in favour of a
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        1467 62 horse racing |J Quartet Races 3, 5, 7& 9 Triple Trio Races 6, 7& 8 lt y C *ro»i MICHAEL ANDREW MAX WORTHY FROST CRAIG EVANS I 1 9 0 MIGHTY KINGDOM 7 SILENT W1N0 12 Trip!* Acts 9 0 M^rtty Kingdom 7 S**n Wm 1 Lan't SvMnf
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        579 62  -  Jeanette Wang By LIKE a caterpillar maturing into a colourful butterfly, national swimmer Tao Li has also transformed herself from a dull to a dazzling performer. The change has come fast and thick for the the 17-year-old Singapore Sports School student. From a little-known swimmer
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        388 62 SENIOR AWARDS Sportsman of the Year ($lO,OOO award): Remy Ong (bowling) Sportswoman of the Year ($10,000): Tao Li (swimming) Coach of the Year Zhang Yongqiang (sailing) Team of the Year: Li Jiawei, Sun Beibei, Zhang Xueling, Tan Paey Fern, Zena Sim, Tan Van Zhen (women's table tennis)
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        622 63  -  Terrence Voon By DRESSED in black, the newly crowned Sportsgirl of the Year Vanessa Yong wore the smile of a champion yesterday. It was exactly the same feeling she had when she clinched the bronze medal in the Commonwealth Games shooting competition last year.
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        347 64 ASSOCIATED PRESS Porto Alegre (Brazil) JUAN Roman Riquelme's return to Boca Juniors paid off big time for the Argentinian club. Playing in what is likely his farewell match with them, Riquelme scored twice to lead Boca to a 2-0 win over Brazil's Gremio on Wednesday.
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        514 64 Their U-21 side bow out to Holland after 32 kicks, Uefa's longest shoot-out in history Amsterdam ANOTHER penalty shoot-out, another night of tears for England. Only, this time, it was their Un-der-21 side who lost 12-13 to the Netherlands in the semi-finals of the European
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        226 64 How Wednesday's shoot-out went (England score first): Ashley Young 1-0, Ryan Babel 1-1, James Milner 2-1, Royston Drenthe (hit post) 2-1, Mark Noble 3-1, Tim Janssen 3-2, Justin Hoyte (saved) 3-2, Roy Beerens 3-3, Matt Derbyshire 4-3, Hedwiges Maduro 4-4, Anton Ferdinand 5-4 Daniel de Ridder 5-5,
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        418 64 London A DAY after media reports claimed that Fernando Torres was Liverpool's top target, the Spain international's club Atletico Madrid said their captain is going nowhere. The club's president Enrique Cerezo said yesterday: "Torres is an Atletico Madrid player, and I think he
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        203 64 CHELSEA'S Champions League ambitions have been raven a Doost, after they were named in the list of top seeds for the first time. Jose Mourinho's side have had a tough time in recent seasons, coming up against Barcelona, Liverpool and Porto in the group stage. But they
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          95 64 LONDON: Tottenham will consider offers for England striker Jermain Defoe when they complete a transfer for Dan-en Bent from Charlton. The Mirror s«id that they have yet to agree to a fee for Bent, having offered £14 million (5542.8 million), £4 million less than
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          48 64 LONDON: Manchester United defender Gabriel Heinze has signed a pre-contract agreement to join Real Madrid for £5 million. The Daily Star reported. The move to the new Spanish champions will be completed when he returns from representing Argentina in the Copa America.
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          108 64 MADRID: David Beckham will "be bored stiff" in Major League Soccer after leaving Real Madrid, said Getate coach Bernd Schuster. The German, tipped by Spanish sports daily Marca to replace Fabio Capello as Re.il coach, told the Cadena Ser radio station: "It's a
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      554 65 ASSOCIATED PRESS. REUTERS SOCCER Club's board accepts the bid, but he has to pass the Tit and proper person' test London THAKSIN Shinawatra has vowed to take Manchester City to their "rightful place at the highest level of competition in the Premiership and
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      114 65 English Premiership players, Tim CahiU (right) and Mark Schwarzer, were among the Australian national footballers who arrived at Change Airport's Terminal 1 last night. The Socceroos will be based here for a 10-day training camp, to acclimatise to the heat and humidity ahead of their maiden appearance
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      416 65  -  Leonard Ljm By HARISS Harun, 16, could soon add another feather to his cap. He will eclipse Fandi Ahmad's record as Singapore's youngest full international, if he plays in any of the upcoming senior "A internationals against North Korea, Saudi Arabia or Australia. Fandi
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      Lock icon The door is still open for Japan's retired star Nakata
      340 65 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Tokyo JAPAN coach Ivica Osim has kept the door open for former Asian Footballer of the Year Hidetoshi Nakata to come out of retirement, but said his star may have already fallen. :'He's still young. And if he
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      241 65 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE. REUTERS Beijing CHINA striker Li Jinyu, controversially left out of the Asian Cup national squad, became the first player to score 100 goals in the Chinese top flight on Wednesday. The striker headed a 67th-minute equaliser, then reached the milestone with his second goal
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      358 65  -  JEROME SEOW SWIMMING AFrER two years of hard work, Mark Tan has achieved his target. The 21-year-old broke Desmond Koh's 15-year-old national 200 m breaststroke record of 2min 21.875 ec yesteiday at the Singapore National Swimming Championships. On the fourth day of competition,
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      421 65 AGENCE FRANCE PRESSE TENNIS London ONE year after making Wimbledon history, China's Li Na returns with the legacy of her ground-breaking quarter-final appearance threatening to become too big a burden for her and her compatriots. She was the first Chinese player to reach the last
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      137 65 ASSOCIATED PRESS SERENA and Venus Williams will play with gold rackets, which will make their debut at Wimbledon. Serena will play with a black Wilson (X) Factor limited-edition racket and Venus will use a white version featuring 22-carat gold leaf laid into the frame. "I can't
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      471 66 MOTOR RACING &lt;Vonso, Hamilton cannot talk about other unless both are present London MCLAREN have decide i to muzzle thtir two drivers, but whether that will help reduce the inction between Lewis Hamilton and Fernando Alonso remains to be seen. The pair have been told
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      232 66  -  Hannah Back MY TOP MARKS A weekly series on student-athletes, written by their schoolmates By Dunman High School Secondary 3 WHEN Chelsea Toh (right) mined Duninan High s badminton team from Tao Nan School, few expected her to excel in the way she
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      120 66 SIMPLY write in to The Straits Times about an outstanding athlete in your school, how he or she has excelled in a particular sport. Articles must be no longer than 300 words. Please also send us a photograph of the athlete. The student with this
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      Lock icon Isabel, Jie Yan claim Asean junior TT titles
      396 66 SPORTS IN SCHOOLS By Carissa Kang Royston Sim ONE was the youngest member of the Singapore team at the South-east Asia Junior Table Tennis Championships. The other had not even won a gold medal at the schools level. Yet Isabel Li, 13,
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      79 65 Singapore Invitational Sunday Singapore v North Korea (National Stadium, 8.30pm) Wednesday Singapore v Saudi Arabia (National Stadium, Bpm) Thursday Oman v North Korea (Choa Chu Kang Stadium, Bpm) July 1 Saudi Arabia v Oman (Choa Chu Kang Staaium, 8.30pm) Tickets on sale at the FAS Admin Finance Office at Jalan
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      63 66 ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW JERSEY: Tennis player Guillermo Coria on Wednesday settled his lawsuit against an American vitamin maker. He blamed it for a positive doping test and costing him US$lO million (Ssls million) in earnings. Terms between him and Universal Nutrition, which had denied the Argentinian's
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      58 66 ASSOCIATED PRESS SAO PAULO: Vandals sawed the arms off a statue of football legend Pele last Friday. The police came to know about it the next day, and are scouring scrap-metal yards and art workshops for them. A bronze replica of the World Cup trophy, placed
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      129 66 A6ENCE FRANCE PRESSE AUSTIN: Seven-time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong went on the attack on Wednesday, ahead of the release of a book reviving claims the US cyclist was a dope cheat. He criticised From Lance to Landis, the latest book by Irish writer
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      53 66 ASSOCIATED PRESS CROMWELL: The PGA Tour Commissioner Tim Finchem changed his mind on Wednesday and called for a united effort from golfs ruling organisations to test for drugs. Dick Pound, chairman of the World Anti-Doping Agency, said it was a big forward step for
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      78 66 ASSOCIATED PRESS PHILADELPHIA: Victor Molina will accept whatever punishment he gets for kicking a horse in the stomach. The veteran jockey said on Wednesday that he hoped that everyone who saw his disturbing act can accept his apology and let him ride again Last
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      52 66 MUNICH: Singapore's top golfer Mardan Mamat shot a one-under 71 at the European Tour's BMW International Open yesterday. At press time, he was six strokes behind leader Jose-Filipe Lima of Portugal. Former world No 1, South African Ernie Els, was two shots behind
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      36 66 TV times GOLF: EP6A BMW Int'l Open: Day 2 (Live, Ch2l, 9.30pm). USPGA Travelers C'ship: Day 2 (Live, Ch22, tomorrow 3am). Event SOCCER: SGSFL, Div 1: MOE A v Police Veterans (Teacher NT, Grange Road. 5.15pm).
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      497 72 BLOOMBERG NEWS Median home price set to drop while supply of unsold homes hits record Boston THE worst is yet to come for the United States housing market. The jump in 30-year mortgage rates by more than 0.5 percentage point to 6.74 per
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      412 72 BLOOMBERG NEWS, REUTERS. A6ENCE FRANCE PRESSE New York MERRILL Lynch's threat to sell US$BOO million (551.23 billion) in mortgage securities seized from Bear Steams' troubled hedge funds is sending shudders across Wall Street. Two large hedge funds managed by investment bank
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      336 72 BLOOMBERG NEWS London THE London Stock Exchange &lt;l SI Hurope's third-largest exchange, is in takeover talks with Borsa Italiana, the closely held company that manage! the Italian Stock Exchange. The two companies are seeking "to establish whether a merger of the two
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      40 72 AFP Yesterdays ClOSt: 18^403 (+2B 62 punts) Japanese starts closed at a seven-fear high on the mam index s swßi straight day of gams, as exporters benefited tram the •teak yen. when is tradmg at mutt-year lows
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      36 72 AFP Yesterdays 21.954.67 (+270 points) Hong Kong shares gained 1 ?S per cent with the kkJo nearmg 22.000 pants, as strong i«qu«d&lt;ty and China s apanded domestic investment scheme helped the market
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      35 72 AFP Yesterdays 4.***** i +49 5 points) Chinese stocks rose 118 per cert *tth Shanghai and Shenzhen wxawnng some recent lost ground, as investors bought bants on topes of strong interim results
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      34 72 AFP Yesterdays close 6 387 (-9.9 points) Australian shares ended 015 per cent lower following the sharp faH m US martets owemight Volume was 266 btlhon snares worth Asl22b*on iS$l5 9b#«n)
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      24 72 Aff Yesterdays 1.387.96 (+1.69 points) Malaysian share pnees dosed 0.12 per cent higher at another record high. as investors ignored WtfStaets
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      27 72 AFF Yestertays 14.499i4 (+87.29 points) Man share pnceshnshedO6l per cent higher m vdat* trade W by bante. on sustained interest m the CICI stock oner
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      35 72 AFT Yesterdays dOSt: 2,152.34 (4.73 peMs) Indonesian slocks ended 04 per cent tower, wtfh mvestors cashing in on recent record gams and as sentiment took a M tram Wai Streets overnight dechne
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      29 72 Aff Yestentoys CIOSS: 775.2 (-0.9 point) That stocks finished 0 12 per cert off as nvestors «wre waned am possitte vnience at a welwdraMy agarelthecounhys government
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      12 72 JUNE 21 2007 YESTERDAYS CLOSE: 3,839.49 j +10.82 I
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      462 73 FINANCIAL TIMES, BLOOMBERG NEWS Exports to key US market up only 0.4% last month; imports grow at brisk pace Tokyo JAPANESE exports rose 15.1 per cent to a record high for fast month. However, brisk imports and s.uggish shipments to the
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      314 73 REUTERS Washington THE International Monetary Fund must vigorously pursue its new rules on currency surveillance, particularly for China, to stay relevant, US Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson said on Wednesday. "Let me say tfiat the reform is important, but the onus is on
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      283 73 BLOOMBERG NEWS Taipei COMPUTER memory chip prices, which rose by a record yesterday, have gained on speculation that some Taiwan producers are expen encing manufacturing "problems", according to Asia's largest spot market for semiconductors. The production problems have occurred at some suppliers
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      517 74  -  Fiona Chan Consortium pays ecord $1,449 per sq ft per plot for the estate By Property Reporter A GROUP of four property and construction firms has paid i benchmark price for a site in Newton, betting that home prices in
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      300 74  -  FIONA CHAN MAJOR investment deals in Singapore's popa ty sector since January have totalled $214 bil lion, thanks to a roaring collective sale market The figure is 48 per cent higher than that a year ago, and investment sales are on track
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      369 74  -  Gabriel Chen By OLAM International has won the bidding war for Queensland Cotton Holdings after rival bidder Louis Dreyfus Commodities threw in the towel in the face of a superior offer. Singapore-listed Olam announced yesterday that it had raised its
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      389 74  -  Arthur Poon By FIRSTLINK Investments is buying into a China-based organic fertiliser maker, in a deal that may go up to $64 million. This comes amid expectations that more China farmers will start using fertilisers. The main board-listed investment holding firm will pay $16 million
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      178 74 ROTARY Engineering has signed three deals worth $150 million for projects in Singapore and Indonesia. Two contracts came from Shell Eastern Petroleum for its new US$3 billion (554.6 billion) Shell Eastern Petrochemicals Complex on Bukora Island and Jurong Island. The first one, worth
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      246 74  -  Joyce Teo By ABOUT 300 political and business leaders from 25 countries are expected in town this weekend, to attend the 16th World Economic Forum (WEF) on East Asia. The event on Sunday and Monday, held in partnership with the Economic
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      431 75  -  Bryan Lee No single director should have control over management, says fund manager By THE second-biggest investor of Yellow Pages Singapore will oppose a proposal by the company's top shareholder to remove all its independent directors. American-based fund manager
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      589 75  -  BRYAN LEE DESPITE the onslaught of Internet search engines, Yellow Pages Singapore investor Stanley Tan believes the phone directory publisher can return to growth in two years' time. But more directors with industry expertise are needed to make this happen,
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      226 75  -  ARTHUR POON A DIRECTOR of Allgreen Properties has pared his stake in the property developer, after a recent run-up in its share price. Mr Teo Joo Kirn, who was appointed a director of Allgreen in 1989, sold 100,000 shares at an average price of $2.05,
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      294 75 BLOOMBERG NEWS, tf UTItS Paris BUDGET carrier Tiger Airways has signed a memorandum of understanding to buy 30 Airbus A-320 aircraft in a deal worth US$2.2 billion (553.4 billion) at list prices, planemaker Airbus said at the Paris Air Show yesterday.
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      Lock icon STI hits fresh high despite overnight Wall St selldown
      424 75  -  Goh Eng Yeow TAKING STOCK By IN NORMAL times, a stumble on Wall Street would have brought Asian bulls grunting to a halt, but these are far from normal times for regional stock markets. Despite the sharp overnight correction in the
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      774 76  -  Goh Eng Yeow It is also reviewing rules for error trades as warrant market booms By Markets Correspondent THE Singapore Exchange (SGX) is proposing decisive measures to make the risky but highly popular covered warrants market far more orderly and safe for
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      203 76 REUTERS m Jakarta THE Indonesian government aims to sell stakes in 15 state firms through an initial public offering (IPO) next year, with flagship carrier Garuda Indonesia to go pub lie the year after, the state enterprises minister said
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      51 77 Children-friendly shows rule the airwaves Programmes like Campus SuperStar and Spell Cast occupy the prime-time belt on free-to-air TV while cable offers four dedicated kids' channels, with one more likely to be launched. LEE SZE YONG report pages &3 ST DfS'gn PETER WILIIAMS Photos MfOIACO? 0 2oNfY h
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      414 79 FLY Entertainment artiste Shane Mardjuki (left) was queueing up at a petrol kiosk to pay for his petrol two weeks ago when the cashier waved at him and said: "Oh. you are the guy from Spell Cast right? Come, you can pay here first." Recounting the incident to
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      352 79 PLEASE do not Google Pornsak Prajakwit s first name on the Internet. The jovial host of Campus SuperStar (below) says with a laugh: it's really a common name in Thailand. Either you get people who are not me. or you'll be led to some undesirable sites." His name
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      480 81  -  Adeline Chia The National Library is holding an exhibition of pastel art works by both established and amateur artists ARTS REPORTER A SPLASH of colour has been added to the National Library's reference section. Some 57 pastel art works by Singapore artists amateur
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      347 81 BUDDING comics artists take note: If you want to find out how to get published, attend the first ever Comics Publishing Forum tomorrow. Some of the biggest names in the industry will be speaking at the Comics Publishing Forum, organised by the
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        468 86 Reuters SAN FRANCISCO Some bands that played Monterey Pop 40 years ago will return in July to the site of the first great rock festival, but the original promoter and others say the spirit of the Summer Of Love is long over. The 1967 event at
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        154 86 CE Caetano Veloso ALL hail Caetaao Veloso here*s yet another intriguing record Irom the Brazilian genius thai defies pi-geon-holing. Unlike his last feu albums that are lush affairs. Cc is stripped down to the basic bass-drums-guitar set-up, a spartan rock combo which plays off against the mans subtle. nimble
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        160 86 SHANGHAI 12 Girls Band Manrwttan B&lt;*&gt; Note #*i_-_r_r IMAGINE Vinessa Mac plasing Chinese instruments instead, or leggy Aussie-Brit string quartet Bond sashaying in qibao and you get an idea of the offering here. Released in the United State* ahead of their summer tour there. Shanghai is the kind of
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        136 86 LUCKY YOU Vanouo artists Columbia MHHh IT'S luck of the draw for listeners of the soundtrack to the poker film starring Eric Bana and Drew Barrymore. Strictly by-the-numhcrs. this is curatorship to fit the narrative arc. What this means is that you get folk like jazz chanteuse Madeleine Peyroux
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          408 87 PRINCE Nicholas Teo or] MKHM IT SEEMS like only yesterday when this Malaysian lad was still beaming his trademark toothy grin and crooning the catchy chorus of the 2004 sleeper hit Who Do You Think Of When You Are Lonely. Three years on, Nicholas Teo has made some
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          185 87 BACK EAST Joshua Redman Nonesuch MMHM THE title of saxophonist Joshua Redman's latest CD carries both literal and metaphorical baggage. His first acoustic album in six years takes the musician back to New York for collaborations with a Cuoal of East Coasters. Its programming also takes a cue from
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          158 87 RAVEL MIROIRS Qaspard de la nuit Minoai Nojima, HGTOTQnc© riQCOrCsnQS RR-35C0 THE great Japanese pianist Minom Nojima has made only three commercial recordings in his illustrious career. He is extremely selective in his repertoire and the recording label almost makes an apology for the short 50 minutes of his
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        725 89  -  Frankie Chee Molecular mixology, which turns familiar drinks into new forms and states, is the latest thing YOl' order a cocktail and n comes in the form of a paste on a toothbrush. Or. if your poison is a cold martini, it is served so
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        281 96 Noor Hidayat is killed in a car crash on highway SINGAPORE writer Noor Hidayat (:nset. in a 1979 file picture) died in a road accident on the North-South Highway near the town ot Pagoh in Johor on Sunday night. He was 61. He died on
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        152 96 IT WILL be a Crowded House right in your home on the July 7 weekend. Couch potatoes can catch pop stars from Madonna to John Mayer to Eason Chan and bands like Crowded House, Red Hot Chili Peppers and The Police in a 24-hour
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        408 96  -  Joyce Hooi KARAOKE hit singer Zhuang Xuezhong found himself Jo ing something out of the box two years ago. The 44-year-old shaved his head and spent lOdeyt at &lt;i Buddhist monk in Myanmar. The Malaysia-born singer, with more than 70 singing championships under his
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        79 96 HOMER'S BACK: Police yesterday forced two Malaysian college students to return a life-sized statue of cartoon character Homer Simpson which they stole from a cinema near Kuala Lumpur. Twentieth Century' Fox had offered RMI.OOO (*****) for information on the theft... NEW WONDER: Indian actress Bipasha Bam (left) is to
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      36 77 ;end BUMPER LISTINGS TELEVISION j^jjK NIGHTLIFE things to do The horrific death Jhi| C Ready for molecular m the coming week of the Grizzly Man MfeF mixology at the pub? pagesl4,lsaiB page 7 IV W pagel3
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      192 91 I RTaft R^aa^R^H RF r^r^r^r^r^r^r^r^r^r^r^rml^b^r^r^r^rS^ I^^^, Jm\ Ky Mat bb^ H RKr I 4j^9^H^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^M^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^Hßft Maquillage Summer Summer makeover Keep cool even in the summer heat with new shimmer makeup Experience the colours of summer with a complimentary makeover by International from Maquillage. Beauty Artiste, Ms Yumiko Misaka*. Simply call the
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      1218 91 LitelEvents Shopping THE FINAL COUNTDOWN (ALTITUDC 2007) On the mark, get set. go. This is your last weekend to shop at Raffles City s Great Singapore Sale. Spend $80 or charge $50 to your Visa card for a chance to enter a daily instant draw to wm vouchers of up
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      780 91 It's testing times when a woman, who MM h man and tops the imperial examination, is offered the hand of a princess in marriage. Catch this comic Huang Met opera. ■My ytkf g\M%f% directed by Chinese director Lin Hong, which stars ■■'J WVWI m\M China-born. Singapore based lead actresr, Zhang
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