The Straits Times, 24 July 2007

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    25 1 THE STRAITS TIMES 110 PAGES IN FIVE PARTS MICA (P) 198/12/2006 TUESDAY, JULY 24 2007 «JT A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION ESTABLISHED 1845 80 CENTS
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    Lock icon Temasek helps boost Barclays' bid for ABN
    605 1  -  It takes $3b stake in British outfit; China Development Bank also roped into takeover battle By Grace Ng TEMASEK Holdings has been roped into the world's largest banking takeover battle. The Singapore investment company is paying £975 million (Ss3 billion) for a 2.1
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    Lock icon Violin prodigy impresses at debut concert
    186 1  -  UNXINYI TWELVE-YEAR-OLD violin prodigy Gabriel Ng (above) performed his debut concert last night, playing to a 1,300-strong audience at the Esplanade that included President S R Nathan and Mrs Nathan. The concert, presented by HSBC, is part of Gabriel's community outreach effort to help
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    Lock icon New Football Channel to give 24-hour coverage of EPL
    566 1  -  Terrence Voon By FOOTBALL fans in Singapore will get a new 24-hour cable channel dedicated solely to the English Premier League (EPL). StarHub yesterday announced that its new Football Channel will be the home of the EPL when the new season
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  • UPFRONT
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      Lock icon High crime a hot issue as polls loom in Malaysia
      1103 1  -  Chow Kum Hor Bv Malaysia Correspondent In Kuala Lumpur VISITORS to Klang town in Selangor could be forgiven for thinking that sundry shopowners there treat their goods of daily staples like rice as if tney were gems. Many of the
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    • IN A FLASH
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        30 2 SECTION ONE Prime 2-4 Asia 6-13 World 14-18 Review 19-21 FYI 22 SECTION TWO Home Hl-H6 Forum H7 Sports HB-Hll Obituaries Hll-Hl2 Money Hl3-H2O LIFE! Travel L2-L4 Events TV L9
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        19 2 Anti-coup protests to continue Demonstrators will continue protesting against the Thai regime, despite Sunday's violent clash. PAGE 11
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        20 2 SO,OOO without fresh water Torrential rain has swamped Britisn towns, leaving over 350,000 people without fresh water. PAGE 14
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        39 2 How safe? The Chinese food-safety scare is part media beat-up and part real concern. Yet China will make a mistake if it whitewashes the weaknesses in its food quality assurance. Luckily, it understands the stakes involved. PAGE 19
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        20 2 Containing Hizbollah Support for violence against Israelis will be undermined if Israel reduces its own confrontational approach. PAGE 20
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        29 2 Businessman sues siblings A businessman is suing his daughter and three siblings, claiming two properties left by his late mother were bought with his hard-earned profits. PAGE H2
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        Lock icon Coming home to Singapore
        21 2 Family and friends are the top two reasons Singaporeans studying overseas choose to return home. PAGE H3
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        18 2 Remarkable work in progress Despite its shortcomings, Singapore is tops in many ways, says reader. PAGE H7
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        16 2 Golf glory for Europe Harrington ends the championship drought with his British Open win. PAGEHB
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        32 2 Cost of living hits a new high The monthly inflation rate rose to 1.3 per cent in June and is set to keep rising, but at a benign rate. PAGE H2O
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        Lock icon WHAT IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN
        78 2 IN LAST Saturday's report, "CapitaLand unit's first-half income up 87%", we said that top monthly rents are $18.50 per sq it (psf) at 6 Battery Road, and $11 psf at Robinson Point. This is incorrect. The figures refer to asking rents for the two buildings.
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      37 1 ACQUITTED p^-k^l WORKING BREAK r\ v t I For more and more Singaporeans, f I holidays are a chance to do C!!^^3^S!3^E^fflMi^L.Jßy^^^li volunteer work abroad iSnSmlir^* \Mf\\AT: u i PNy^^ EF^ I t irrri t o HRr
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      133 2 Dlqltajgle" BUDGET GIZMOS rcr flj Wj Want an MP3 player? r"* CBBMt: Go to your "heartland tB pr supermarket" 28 PAGES TODAY, WITH THE STRAITS TIMES ■Hi Lo^inci Hpiii*"^ f^. I I I Kmi^^^9ii lyj id I V 1 li TrichoKare utilises the finest natural djtk H^ V 4 W&-^~
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  • PRIME
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      Lock icon TALEBAN EXTENDS KOREAN HOSTAGE DEADLINE
      127 3 AGENCE FRAN :E PRESSE South Korean protesters shout slogans during a rally in Seoul yesterday demanding the safe return of 23 of their countrymen who were seized by the Taleban in Afghanistan last Thursday. Last night, Taleban militants extended by 24 hours the deadline for
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      Lock icon Proposal to make patient data collection compulsory
      601 3  -  Lee Hiii Chieh This will help in fight againsc diseases that most affect Singaporeans By A NATIONAL disease database will be set up to improve collection of dr ta on ailments that most affec Singaporeans, so better policies can be designed to prevent
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      Lock icon Ng Eng Hen helms PAP's drive to get new blood
      455 3  -  Li Xu eying By MANPOWER Minister Ng Eng Hen will coordinate the ruling party's recruitment drive as it steps up efforts to attract new blood for the next election. Dr Ng, 48, a central executive committee (CEC) member of the
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      Lock icon Cleaning services for be spruced up
      521 4  -  Arlina Arshad Quality benchmarks to be used to up industry's professionalism By PUBLIC housing estates can expect better-quality cleaners and service when quality benchmarks for the industry come into force. Contracts between town councils and cleaning companies will be awarded based on service quality,
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      Lock icon ROOM TO MOVE
      98 4 This utility room in a multistorey carpark in Block 81C, Toa Payoh Lorong 4, is home to Bangladeshi workers (from left) Amin Khan Zahurul Hoque Khan, Jewel Akabbar AH, Mohammed Ali Late Mohammad Saju and Balayet Amir Uddin. The room is half the size of a badminton
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      Lock icon 4 work groups formed to look into IDR cooperation
      334 4  -  Cheong Suk-Wai By tant Foreign Editor In Pulai (Johor) SINGAPORE and Malaysia yesterday set up four work groups to look into ways of cooperating over the latter's Iskandar Development Region (IDR). The two countries did so in the first meeting of
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      34 4 SME SPOTLIGHT Doctor on a mission Perseverance pays off for a company that takes a new approach to monitoring blood pressure. Glue-sniffer's friend's big regret in badni balled Mm sit bed sun be dive
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  • ASIA
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      Lock icon Hostages' families face agonising wait
      778 6  -  Lee Tee Jong REUTERS, AGENCE FRANCE PRESSE By Snuth Korea Correspondent In Seoul THE families of 23 South Koreans held hostage in Afghanistan have to wait another 24 hours until 10.30pm tonight (Singapore time) to find out if they will be freed. Minutes after a
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      26 6 Protests to continue Thai anti-junta leaders say Sunday's violent protest outside General Prem's house has touched a raw nerve, and vow to press on. PAGE 11
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  • CHINA
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      Lock icon EU calls on China to boost product safety
      291 7 REUTERS, ASSOCIATED PRESS Beijing THE fcU yesterday urged China to ensure that exports met European standards amia a series of safety scares about Chinese products ranging from toothpaste to tyres. Kuropean Union Consumer Protection Commissioner Meglena Kune- .1 said she saw some
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      Lock icon Fake buns: Chinese don't buy govt line
      199 7 REUTERS Bed ing WHEN the Chinese government said scandalous TV footage of a Beijing vendor stuffing steamed buns with flavoured cardboard was a hoax, some quipped that even the news in China is fake. But since the authorities detained reporter Zi Beijia and
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      Lock icon Beijing 'stopped release of green report'
      480 7 REUTERS, AGENCE FRANCE PRESSE Data on environmental cost of growth drew strong opposition from local officials, says expert Bkijing CHINA has stopped the public release of an official study to calculate the environmental cost of Us dazzling economic growth, a government researcher said, blaming
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      16 7 Head to CATS FASTADS in The New Paper for job opportunities! i*IO IT j C M
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  • EAST ASIA
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      Lock icon Small firms woo parents to get grads to join them
      525 8 They hold workplace tours and eve i have president visit parents to recruit the best Tokyo THE way to recruit the best and brightest university graduates is through winning the hearts and minds of their parents. Tins is especia'ly so,
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      Lock icon DOCTORS SEPARATE TWIN SISTERS
      72 8 PHOTO These baby girls have been separated safely at a hospital in northern China's Hebei province. The doctors separated the livers of the four-month-old twins, repositioned their hearts and rebuilt their breastbones on Sunday. The babies are said to be in stable condition. Last week, doctors
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      Lock icon Japan to let lAEA inspect quake-hit N-plant
      398 8 ASSOCIATED PRESS. REUTERS. AGENCE FRANCE PRESSE Tokyo PRESSURE from the local authorities has pushed the Japanese government to agree to allow investigators from the UN nuclear watchdog to inspect a nuclear power station damaged last week by a powerful earthquake. The Kashiwazaki-Kanwa plant
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      Lock icon Carmakers to restart production
      133 8 ASSOCIATED PRESS MORE than half of Toyota's shuttered assembly lines will start running again today, and carmakers Mazda and Honda plan to restart production as well. Their decision came after a key parts supplier damaged by a major earthquake resumed operations yesterday. Factories of Toyota Motor
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      Lock icon Japan's military shedding its restraints
      667 9 NEW YORK TIMES Moves like live bombing drills show Tokyo is carrying out changes unthinkable before Andersen Air Force Base (Guam) TO TAKE part in their annual exercises with the US \ir Force here last month, Japan practised dropping 200kg live bombs on Farallon de
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      Lock icon DANGEROUS LIAISON
      48 9 PHOTO: A rabbit playing happily with its tiger friends at a zoo in Wenling, in China's Zhejiang province, on Saturday. The rabbit was playing near the tigers' cage before wandering inside. To the surprise of zoo employees, it was not harmed by the tiger cubs. REUTERS
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      Lock icon Ex-Shanghai boss to lose Parliament seat
      164 9 REUTERS Beijing SHANGHAI'S disgraced former communist boss will be formally removed from China's Parliament today, signalling that punishment for his role in a pension scandal is imminent, a Hong Kong newspaper reported yesterday. Chen Liangyu was sacked as the city's party boss last September
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  • INDIA/SOUTH ASIA
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      Lock icon Pakistan defends anti-terror record
      262 10 REUTERS, AGENCE FRANCE PRESSE Washington PAKISTAN has hit back on Sunday at US critics of its h^ht against terrorism, after US officials said they would not rule out military action in Pakistan to eradicate Al-Qae-da militants. Appearing on CNN on Sunday, an angry Foreign Minister Khursheed
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      Lock icon Indian police find 30 bags of baby body parts in dry well
      209 10 REUTERS Bhubaneswar (India) THIRTY plastic bags stuffed with the body parts of female toetuses and newly born babies have been found in a dry well near a private clink in the east Indian state of Orissa, police said
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      Lock icon India's nuclear experts back US deal
      565 10  -  Ravi Velloor Differences over key bilateral accord were narrowed after Washington talks By India Bureau Chief In New Delhi INDIA'S atomic energy establishment, a key holdout so far, has lent cautious support to the nation's nuclear accord with the United States after talks in
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  • SOUTH-EAST ASIA
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      Lock icon Thai anti-junta protesters vow to continue rallies
      595 11  -  Nirmal Ghosh Sonthi apologises to Prem after demonstrators battle police at residence By Thailand Correspondent In Bangkok ANTI-JUNTA protesters said yesterday they would continue their rallies against Thailand's military regime, adding that violence at a Sunday night rally showed they had touched a
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      Lock icon Graft panel wants Thaksin's wife arrested
      120 11 A6ENCE FRANCE PRESSE THAILAND'S Assets Examination Committee (AEC), a powerful military-appointed anti-corrup-tion panel, yesterday urged police to issue arrest warrants for Thaksin Shinawatra's wife and three others after they failed to appear for questioning last week. The AEC said it would file a complaint
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      Lock icon MM shares views on Indonesia's growth
      381 11  -  AZHAR GHANI By Indonesia Bureau Chief In Jakarta GIVEN its large market size, Indonesia should be the top choice for businessmen looking for a South-east Asian in- estment destination to complement China. Yet, the money has gone to places such as Vietnam, with investors
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      Lock icon Arroyo focuses on economy in annual address
      307 11 ASSOCIATED PRESS. REUTERS Manila PRESIDENT Gloria Arroyo yesterday used one of the most stable periods of her troubled tenure to tout her government's economic successes and promise the poor that they will benefit soon. Making her seventh annual State of the Nation address
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      Lock icon Ex-minister gets 7 years in jail for graft
      136 11 ASSOCIATED PRESS Jakarta A FORMER Indonesian fisheries minister was sentenced yesterday to seven years in jail for misappropriating state funds, the latest in a string of corruption cases targeting government officials. Rokhmin Dahuri, who served from 2001-2004 under presidents Abdurrahman Wahid and
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  • MALAYSIA
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      562 13 SIN CHEW DAILY/ ASIA NEWS NETWORK Feud with I'mno Youth erupts over remark Ma aysia is an Islamic btate Kuala Lumpur LEADERS of Malaysia's biggest Chinese party have reacted strongly to a warning from dmno Youth to sop declaring the
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      Lock icon Umno files report against webmaster
      420 13  -  Chow Kum Hor By Malaysia Correspondent In Kiim.\ Lumpur sHNIOR Umno leader has lodged a police report against the webmaster of a popular political website just days after police nabbed a blogger who works for an opposition party. Umno information chief Muhammad Muhammad Taib, who
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      74 13 GOT A BURNING QUESTION FOR MM Here's your chance to seek answers from the man himself. Email your question to stpioneersGsph.com.sg and if it is picked, Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew will answer at the "Pioneers: Inside tones' seminar on Aug 6 at the Arts House. You will also be
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon WATER, WATER EVERYWHERE
      719 14 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FROM ASSOCIATED PRESS AND REUTERS The Severn Severe warnings for Gloucester Tewhesbury and < Worcester The Thames Severe warnings affecting Eynsham to Sandford Lock and also Little Wittenham The OcK Severe earnings from Charney Bassett to Abmgdon The Great Ouse Severe warnings from Turvey to
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      Lock icon Landslides kill 32 in Indonesia
      174 14 A6ENCE FRANCE PRESSE AT LEAST 32 people are dead and 5,000 have fled their homes in Indonesia after floods and landslides caused by heavy rain demolished homes and severed transport links. officials said yesterday. Entire villages in Central Sulawesi have been cut off by the
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      Lock icon Turkish voters give PM Erdogan strong mandate
      633 15 ASSOCIATED PRESS, WASHINGTON POST, AGENCE FRANCE PRESSE PHOTO: He vows to uphold secularism, deepen reforms amid Islamic fundamentalism fears Ankara In April, Mr Erdogan had alarmed Turkey's military and others in the largely urban and educated secularist bloc when he tried to push
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      Lock icon Blair makes first visit as Middle East peace-maker
      519 16 ASSOCIATED PRESS He arrives in Israel hoping to add momentum to peace efforts Jl-.KUSAI.KM l-ORMHR British Prime Minister Tony Blair yesterday began his foray into Middle East diplomacy, hoping to add new momentum to fledgling peace efforts between Israel and the Palestinians.
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      Lock icon Brown preparing for early general election: Report
      284 16 A6ENCE FRANCE PRESSE. REUTERS London THE Labour Party is doing so well in recent polls that Prime Minister Gordon Brown is repert t'dly considering calling an ejrly general election. The Sunday Times newspaper, without citing sources, reported that Mr Brown was preparing to
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    • WORLD QUICKLY
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        Lock icon TAIWAN CUTS TROOPS ON ISLANDS
        103 16 AGENCE FRANCE PRESSE TAIPEI: Taiwan's military is planning to dramatically reduce the number of troops stationed on a group of islands near China due to their waning strategic value, a local official and reports said yesterday. The two brigades currently stationed in the Kinmen islands,
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        Lock icon 1,500 FLEE PENANG FLOODS
        77 16 THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK BUTTER WORTH (Penang): About 1,500 people were evacuated to four relief centres on the mainland side of Penang state after floodwaters hit their areas. South Seberang Prai district officer Jusni Ismail said a downpour lasting almost nine hours, from 10pm on Sunday
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        Lock icon JAILED FOR FORGING DOCUMENT
        93 16 REUTERS BEIJING: A court in south-west China has jailed two men for falsifying an official document during violent mass protests against harsh family planning measures, state media said yesterday. Thousands of villagers rioted in several towns in Bobai county in the Guangxi region in May, after
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        Lock icon JETSTAR PLANE DIVERTED TO BALI
        95 16 AGENCE FRANCE PRESSc JAKARTA: An Australian plane, with 310 people on board, was forced to divert and land in Indonesia's Bali after one of its engines developed trouble, an airport official said yesterday. The Airbus 332, owned by budget airline Jetstar, had left Bangkok and
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    • SPOTLIGHT PEOPLE
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        Lock icon Indian 'Robin Hood' killed by police
        378 17 ASSOCIATED PRESS. REUTERS INDIAN police have killed one of the country's most notorious bandits. Shiv Kumar Patel, 56, also known as "Dadua", was killed on Sunday along with 10 other members of his gang in Uttar Pradesh state. For three decades, Kumar ruled the
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        191 17 PHOTO: A 10-YEAR-OLD girl who is worshipped as a living goddess in Nepal has had her title reinstated after defying tradition and visiting the United States. The temple authorities at her home town said she will not be stripped of her title because
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        Lock icon Insurance agent wins Hemingway contest
        209 17 REUTERS AN INSURANCE agent who beat 122 others to win Florida's annual "Papa" Hemingway Look-Alike Contest said he has little in common with the Nobel Prize-winning author. Mr Larry Austin, 64, of Palm Harbour, Florida, won the contest on his 10th try on Saturday night
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        Lock icon Ex-king of Afghanistan dies at age 92
        237 17 A6ENCE FRANCE PRESSE FORMER Afghan king Mohammed Zahir Shah, the last monarch of the troubled country, died on Monday at the age of 92 at his Kabul residence, President Hamid Karzai said. "We announce three days of national mourning over the death of
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      Lock icon Spouses make their mark in US campaign
      586 18 REUTERS They affect image presidential hopefuls want to portray, say experts Washington CANDIDATES' spouses may not determine voters' choices on election day, but in these early months of campaigning, they are playing central roles as Americans meet the contenders in the 2008 presidential
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      Lock icon Nine Israelis held for organ trafficking
      237 18 ASSOCIATED PRESS Jerusalem ISRAELI police have broken up an illegal organ transplant ring that persuaded dozens of Israelis to have their kidneys removed in Ukraine for US$3O,OOO (5545,000) each, a spokesman said yesterday. Nine Israelis suspected of trafficking in organs have been arrested and
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      Lock icon DANCING ON A HIGHER PLANE
      57 18 Stilt dancers taking part in a procession to celebrate the Feast of Mary Magdalene in the northern Spanish village of Anguiano on Sunday. The stilt-walking tradition has been handed down from father to son for generations and is believed to have started by shepherds using
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      Lock icon Bikini-clad gardener, anyone?
      198 18 ASSOCIATED PRESS Memphis (Tennessee) A LAWN care company is showing a little skin to boost business. The women of Tiger Time Lawn Care offer to mow lawns dressed in bikinis a service that attracts more attention to the women than the lawns. "Oh yeah, they honk and
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      435 19 BEGINNING with poisoned pet dogs in America and toothpaste laced iiith an industrial chemi- the food-safety issue has forced Chim the defensive where it least expectrf. An objective view of the boisterous merican chatter is that this is part me-beat-up over the old Chinese bogey part
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      898 19  -  Edmund W. Sim By For The Straits Times TOXIC fish! Tainted pet food! Toy trains that cause brain damage! Car tyres that split open! Every day brings American consumers a new "shocking" announcement of allegedly shoddy goods from China. The Chinese government responds in kind
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      778 19  -  Geoff Dyer By WHEN an American friend sent me an e-mail message about the latest food scare in China something about bottled water full of the wrong type of minerals he titled it The Jungle, after Upton Sinclair's 1906 novel exposing the
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      963 20  -  Nicholas Noe Copyright: New York Times Syndicate By O\'E year after Israel's devastating 34-day war with Hizbollah, it seems as though both sides are readying themselves for another round. Recent statements by American and Israeli officials, as well as by the United Nations,
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      852 21  -  Andy Mukherjee Copyright Bloomberg Mews By HARRY Potter's invisibility cloak, the boy wizard's fashion accessory in many an adventure, seems to have left the Hogwarts campus for its new home in China. Two separate reports last week by Standard Poor's and JPMorgan Chase
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      831 21  -  Nathan Lee Copyright- New York Times Syndicate By THE first thing I remember about movies was how I spoiled one. Every year my family went camping in New Hampshire, and every year it rained so hard that we took shelter in the
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      38 19 I tealing with Hizbollah The best way for the US and Israel to contain Hizbollah may be to give it some of what it wants. m iMoi it i k i re PUNCHLINES ~^S^~ We at CM K
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      956 22 Singapore today I V I Cloudy, showers with thunder J a B^ a 8 a afternoon over many areas. THE STRAITS TIMES TUESDAY, JULY 24 2007 ASIA WORLD WEATHER USEFUL NUMBERS 5 THINGS YOU CAN r-^ mwr —<■ m Emergency lines DO TODAY 'i?ML THf: nflr* r PoCce 999 W^/^^^^^^^^^^
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      729 23  -  Chong Chee Kin Court clears rag-and-bone man who rented out warehouse space unknowingly to smugglers who stashed contraband cigarettes there By FOR close to half a year, rag-and-bone man Ong Sing Hoe languished in a cell at Queenstown Remand Centre, wondering how
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      331 24  -  Khushwant Singh YISHUN BLAZE By A WOMAN was arrested for attempted murder just hours after a flat in Block 802, Yishun Ring Road, was set on fire at about 3pm on Sunday. Initial police investigations levealed that a suspect had bought petrol from a petrol kiosk
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      650 24  -  Elena Chong Late mum left him semi-D, but he wants to claim two other properties as well. 3 houses are worth $9m By Court Correspondent A BUSINESSMAN who had been given a house by his late mother wants to claim his daughter's and three
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      352 24  -  Arti Mulchand DENGUE OUTBREAK By THE dengue outbreak continues to stalk Singapore, with 363 people 15 shy of the epidemic level infected last week. The Aedes aegypti mosquito is actively transmitting the virus in 94 areas here, with 12 recording 10 or more
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      201 24 11 Pasir Ris Drive 6 (Blocks 405, 406, 407, 412, 413, 414, 415, 416, 417, 418, 419, 420, 421, 422, 423, 426 and 427) /Pasir Ris Drive 3 (Blocks 35 and 37) Cases: 60 Woodlands Street 83 (Blocks 829, 830, 831, 832 and 835) /Woodlands Street
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      579 24  -  K.C. VIJAYAN By I.an- Correspondent MORE convicted offenders are appearing in High Court appeals without lawyers, and this is something that may need to be studied, said Chief Justice Chan Sek Keong. He pointed out it would be a good sign
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      619 25  -  Cassandra Chew Family and friends are top reasons they come home By MANY Singaporean students attending a career event here say they would prefer to remain abroad for several years after completing their overseas degrees. But policymakers looking for the secret
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      235 25  -  NBKAIUNC DAREDEVIL freestyle motocross (FMX) riders are set to jump-start this year's National Day Parade (NDP) with gravity-defying stunts. And they will be up close between the floating platform and the spectators' seats. Calling themselves the Madflyers, the five professional riders from Switzerland will
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      408 25  -  Jessica Jaganathan By BY YEARS end, elderly and needy kidney patients with multiple medical problems will have full access to medical facilities. A new centre, to be a "semi-hospital setting at a medical centre", will be set up by the Kidney Dialysis Foundation KI)}:)
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      490 26  -  Lee Seok Hwai Asean sec-gen says two-way ties remain solid despite obstacles By A FREE trade pact between Asean and the United States looks out of reach, the South-east Asian regional grouping's secre-tary-general Ong Keng Yong said yesterday. "We don't think we
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      219 26 PETROL prices went up yesterday the third increase this month with Shell and Caltex announcing an increase of five cents a litre. Now, the cheapest petrol, 92-octane, costs $1,733 at Shell stations while its V-Power is the costliest at $2,077 before discounts. The
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      450 26  -  Jeremy Au Yong ST PHOTO. By IT IS not easy for others to copv or imitate Singapore's model for success, but there are principles of governance that will come in handy for those who are interested, President S R Nathan said yesterday He
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      215 26  -  Wom CHUN HAN Dr Vivian Balakrishnan (foreground) comes face to facade with the Al-Huda mosque, one of the highlights of the newly launched Bukit Timah Community Trail. The Bukit Timah Community Trail is the third of a series of cultural heritage trails supported
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      387 26  -  Arlina Arshad By WHILE some foreign workers who clean housing estates are forced by employers to live in smelly, rat-infested HDB bin centres, eight Bangladeshi workers in the Bishan-Toa Payoh area are far luckier. Home for them is a utility room in
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      Lock icon 300 shops affected in 3rd HDB relief scheme
      465 26  -  Jessica Cheam By MORE than 300 shopkeepers have been offered the chance to relocate or close down in the Housing Board's latest move to restructure heartland shops. Nineteen blocks in various estates such as Bedok, Bukit Merah, Jurong East and Hougang are
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      608 27  -  Alfred Siew StarHub scores high on content; SingTel's mio TV is more flexible By Technology Correspondent WITH the launch of SingTel's mio TV' service last week, couch potatoes now have another 33 pay-TV channels to pick from. It allows them to, for
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      382 27  -  Oo Gin Lee By DROPCAST the very first made-in-Singapore video game for the popular Nintendo DS handheld will be launched worldwide by year's end. But Singaporeans will have to wait till the later part of next year, as the action puzzle game will be launched
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      97 27 IT'S hot. It's cool. It's the iPhone. It's here, but you can't have it yet. It's also called a "chick magnet". Find out why in this issue of Digital Life. Also catch our first-hand review of the iPhone and why people are drooling over it.
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        80 27 THE fourth Teachers Seminar was held at Orchid Country Club yesterday. Its theme was preventive drug education efforts for youth. It was attended by 270 teachers and representatives from Parent Support Groups in secondary schools as well as social workers. They were updated on the drug
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        67 27 MINISTER of State for Community Development, Youth and Sports Yu-Foo Yee Shoon will lead a delegation to the United Nations headquarters to present Singapore's Third Periodic Report at the 39th Session of the Convention On The Elimination Of All Forms Of Discrimination Against Women. During the
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        62 27 SILKAIR, the Singapore Airlines subsidiary, is planning two new routes. One is to Coimbatore its third destination in South India three times a week from October. SilkAir already flies to Kochi and Thiru vananthapuram. Air travellers can also look forward to direct services between Singapore
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        32 27 THE Central Expressway (CTE) tunnel exit to Havelock Road will be closed to traffic tomorrow from midnight to sam to facilitate maintenance work. Motorists should use alternative routes.
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      561 28  -  Jane Ng Review panel to be formed in next 2 months; curriculum changes set to be introduced in 2009 By STUDENTS of Nanyang Technological University could have a wider choice of courses in two years' time with the school now looking at
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      293 28  -  JANE NG PROFESSOR Cham Tao Soon, who headed Nanyang Technological University for 22 years, has been given the title of President Emeritus in honour of his contributions. In a glowing tribute, current NTU president Su Guaning said Prof Cham nurtured and developed the university "like a
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      413 28  -  Ho Ai Li By GO AHEAD, customise your space, schools were told two years ago. And they have. rasir Ris Primary now has L-shaped classrooms, Regent Secondary has an amphitheatre, and Princess Elizabeth Primary has story-telling corners under its stairwells. These were some of the
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      400 28  -  Maria Almenoar By BUSINESS school undergraduates at the National University of Singapore (NUS) are getting a career leg-up: A centre has been set up especially to groom them for working life The career services centre, located within the business school building, even
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      73 26 GOT A BURNING QUESTION FOR MM Here's your chance to seek answers from the man himself. Email your question to stpioneers@sph.com.sg and if it is picked, Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew will answer at the "Pioneers: Inside Stories" seminar on Aug 6 at the Arts House. You will also be
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      373 29  -  Dr Apoorva Gogna I REFER to Ms Selena Goh Kim Choo's letter, "Why Singapore isn't First World yet" (ST. July 21). I agree on some points. On a recent trip to Chicago, an elderly paraplegic man hoarded the crowded bus
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      362 29  -  Wong Yew Kwan IN THE wake of problems caused by trees, I note with concern the case of a taxi hit by a falling branch in Tanglin Road last Tuesday. I went to the site to see if I could find out what
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      111 29 For more readers' views, log on to httpV/www. straitstimcs.com Access to letters online is free. Kids' moral behaviour can and must be taught by parents Target campaigns on civic-rnindedness at old folk and adults first What happened to social and civic consciousness? S'poreans not the only culprits, people
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      339 29  -  Tan Kee Siong READER Camillus Yap asked why Credit Bureau Singapore (CBS) still keeps the name of a loan defaulter in its public records even after the loan was repaid six years ago (ST, July 20). The CBS listing is nothing compared to the public
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      421 29  -  Peter Heng IN REFERENCE to Mr Alfred Siew's article, "Speed race: SingTel takes a breather" (ST, July 20), SingTel believes that there is no real need for a broadband "speed race" when any speed beyond 20Mbps today cannot be feasibly used by
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      391 29  -  Murali Sharma NOT long ago, a pensioner drawing a monthly income would have been denied a credit card. Now students and the jobless are being offered one ("No minimum pay needed for new credit card"; ST, July 19) The major banks are targeting
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      102 29  -  Chan Tee Seng I REFER to the recent Forum discussion on the issuance of Letter of Guarantee (LOG) by Medi-save-approved insurers. NTUC Income provides a LOG to our policyholders when they are admitted to hospital. This relieves the financial burden on policyholders. Our policyholders can contact
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      306 29  -  Paul R. De Lay Teguest Guerma IN THE opinion piece, "UNAids, beware of crying wolf" (ST, July 14), Professor James Chin criticised the United Nations. His claim that the UN had "exaggerated" the estimates of HIV cases shows a misunderstanding about how
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      38 29 You can also mail your letters to Forum Editor, The Straits Times, News Centre, 1000 Toa Payoh North, Singapore *****4. Fax: 6319-8289. Please keep your letter to no more than 400 words. Thank you for writing to us.
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      30 29 Letters to Forum Editor Please include your full name, address and a telephone contact number. For women, indicate Miss, Mrs, Mdm or Ms. Send your letters via e-mail to stforum@sph.com.sg
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      844 30  -  Spencer Robinson GOLF: BRITISH OPEN Irishman wins play-off with Garcia to end Europe's drought in Major championships By Is (arnoustie (Scotland) EUROPE'S drought in Major championships is over. And a more dramatic finale to the 136th edition of the British Open would have been hard to
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      190 30 ASSOCIATED PRESS PADRAIG Harrington woke up after only two hours of sleep yesterday, so he couH see the British Open's Claret Jug by his bed. "I went to bed at about 4am and woke up at 6am wide awake," he said. "I woke my wife and
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      480 30 HOW PADRAIG HARRINGTON NEARLY LOST THE BRITISH OPEN 72nd hole (Par-4 18th 499 yards) Hamnfton goes into the final hole at mne-under 271 a one-stroke lead over Sergio Garcia He tees oft and finds the water of the Barry Burn. Takes a drop and hits
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      96 30 iger Woods (below) is famous for his red attire on the last day of a tournament. Many of the ontending players on the British Open's final day wore red. Did the players figure that if they ild not beat Tiger, they might as well follow Well,
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      594 31 AGENCE FRANCE PRESSE. ASSOCIATED PRESS SOCCER Japan's playmaker claims they help to soothe his body's aches and pains Hanoi JAPAN'S Shunsuke Nakamura has been bathing in germanium to keep himself in peak condition during the Asian Cup tournament. The Celtic Rangers midfielder, who leads Japan's quest
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      305 31 REUTERS Kuala Lumpur AFTER a gruelling quarter-fi-nal victory over Iran in the Asian Cup, South Korea's exhausted players are opting for rest and relaxation rather than more practice. The Korean camp are more concerned about ensuring that their players will be fit to play
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      266 31 London NEXT season's race for the English Premier League title will be a four-horse race. Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson is convinced his side will have to battle Chelsea, Liverpool and Arsenal to retain their crown. The Red Devils begin their Premiership campaign against Reading
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      94 31 AGENCEFRANCE PRESSE SWEDISH midfielder Fredrik Ljungberg has completed his move from Arsenal to West Ham United. The 30-year-old had been a Gunner since 1998. He played 325 times for Arsenal, scoring 72 goals, but lost his grip on a starting place last season. No details
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      123 31 ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTO Mauro Zarate (centre) scored in the 86th minute to cap Argentina's 2-1 comeback victory over the Czech Republic in the Under-20 World Cup final on Sunday. It was Argentina's sixth U-20 title. Zarate's low shot from the edge of the penalty box through a
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      468 31 A6ENCE FRANCE-PRESSE CYCLING LOUDENVIELLE (FRANCE) KAZAKH rider Alexandre Vinokourov overcame the disappointment of having any chance of winning the Tour de France by clinching the 15th stage after a 196-km ride from Foix to here yesterday. It was the second of three days in the Pyrenees.
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      683 32 ASSOCIATED PRESS BASKETBALL FBI investigation to focus on referee Donaghy's official role in the past two seasons New York THE FBI investigation into allegations that veteran referee Tim Don■jfcy betted on NBA games over the past two seasons will focus on his official role. According
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      410 32  -  Terrence Voon MARATHON By SAFETY measures will be beefed up at the Standard Chartered Singapore Marathon this year. This follows the record turn-out expected, and recent safety concerns in endurance sports. Organisers are accepting 38,000 runners for the event on Dec 2, up
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      526 32 A6ENCE FRAMCE-PRESSE. BLOOMBERG RUGBY Cape Town SOUTH Africa's national selectors have stayed true to their word. They have named a predictable squad of 30 for the World Cup in France from Sept 9 to Oct 20. National coach Jake White named 14
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      353 32 ASSOCIATED PRESS GOLF New Hoc helle (New \ork) FOR Lee Seon llwa, the adinstment to prolessional golf has been swift and lucrative. She was the top rookie on the Ladies Professional Golf Association Tour last year, earning U*****,000 (551.39 million) ind winning the Shopßite LPGA
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      359 32  -  leanette Wang ATHLETICS By THEIR wings were clipped last year, but they are set to fly again. Local group Wings Athletic Club (WAC) last Thursday resumed their activities after a nine-month hiatus. The club, formed in 2000, was banned by the Singapore Amateur
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        87 32 CYCLING fans can enjoy dinner, door gifts and a mug of beer if they attend a Tour de France screening all for $30 at Brewerkz at the Singapore Indoor Stadium today. Organised by Athlete's Circle, a charity auction will also be held with bicycles and
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        62 32 ASSOCIATED PRESS LONDON: English football club Liverpool are considering legal action to force Manchester United to accept their bid for defender Gabriel Heinze. United have rejected an offer for the 29-year-old Argentinian left-back. Liverpool's bid is reportedly more than the £6 million (Ssl9
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        54 32 SINGAPORE Armed Fore es FC have reached the last four of football's Singapore Cup. They beat Gombak United 5-3 in the second leg of their quarter-fi-nal clash at the Choa Chu Kang Stadium yesterday. The Warriors won 9-5 on aggregate after their 4-2 win in the
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      841 33  -  JEANCTTE WANG A6ENCE FRANCE-PRESSE MOTOR RACING Leader Hamilton puts it down to learning experience in worst weekend nuerburgring (Germany) LKWIS Hamilton emerged from the worst weekend of his Formula One career with a smile and, much to his amusement, still leading the drivers' championship. For
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      498 33  -  Steve Slater IN THE DRIVER'S SEAT By THE action-packed European CI rand Prix was the first race of the 2007 season which did not feature super-rookie Lewis Hamilton on the podium. But. for me. it marked him out as a truly great racer.
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      750 33 AUSTRALIAN RULES AFL: Geelong 20 18 (138) bt West em Bulldogs 9 9 (63). Colhngwood 18 14(122) btEssendon 14.9(93). Fremantle 20 6 (126) bt Adelaide 15 1 1 (101). St Kilda 14 11 (95) bt Hawthorn 1112 (78). West Coast 16 16(112) bt Sydney 15.10(100). Brisbane 25 13 (163)
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      40 32 TV times CRICKET: Pro4O: Warwickshire v Nottinghamshire (Live, Ch9s. 11.38pm). SOCCER: Barclays Asia Trophy: Portsmouth v Fulham (6pm), Liverpool v South China (8.30pm) Live, Ch22. Event SOCCER: Singapore Cup q-final, Ist leg: Balestier Khalsa v Bangkok University (Toa Payoh, 7.45pm).
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    1398 33 TAN AH SOON Age: 71 Passed away peacefully on 22 July 2007. Dearly missed and always remembered by loved ones. Husband: Eng Teng Kim Soas: Daughters-ia-iaw: Robert Eng Yong Hock Amy Tan Sicw Hua Patrick Eng Yong Hcng Verinc Yuen Yin Lee Daughter: Son-ia-law: Jasmine Eng Soo Lang Paul
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      467 36 BLOOMBERG NEWS Dwindling inventories, rising demand, supply disruptions may lead to a 'superspike' in prices \ew York ITO US$lOO a barrel oil that Goldman Sachs said would prevail by 20(W may only be a few months away Mr Jeffrey Currie,
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      277 36 REUTERS Wellington THE board of New Zealand's Auckland International Airport has backed an offer from state-backed Dubai Aerospace Enterprise (DAE) to pay up to NZ$2.6 billion (Ss3.l billion) for a controlling stake in the airport. Under the off^r, which values the whole ot
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      36 36 AFP Yesterdays 17.963.64 194 29 ponts) Japanese share pnces tost just one* a per cent, dropping below the key 18 000-pwntle^ after a (Man Street sell-oft on Fnday spancd by ladMke earnings news.
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      40 36 UP Yesterdays close 23.365 56 73 66 poMs) Hong Kong stocks rose 0 32 per cent tor another record finish. M investors pcled up Chma stocks and some blue chips fofaMng sharp gams on mainland bourses
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      36 36 AFP Ytstanfay's 4.213.36 154.51 points) >» Chinese share pnces closed sharpJy higher addng3Bl per cent to be back arthm sight of record levets. as nvestors shrugged off a third interest fate hie this *3f
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      38 36 m Yesterday's close f ***** I (-31.4 points Australian stocks closed 0 5 per cent lower on oront-tatang after they hit 888l higtrs on Friday, taking their cue from a sen off on aa Sheet
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      31 36 AFT Yestortay's 862 62 (+l2 08 points) That stocks ctosed 142 per cent higher, outperforming ottw rpgonal markets as tnipiMStro downplijid WBJtnd cl^srtcs between poto and arm-junta protesters
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      276 36 YESTERDAYS CLOSE 3,635.35 id 23 Stock Name m Close Change Sta*N«m m Close Chance Mfrtwi Ascandatrait CaprtaCMM Capitaland CapitalM Chart SemiCond C'fyOev ComfortDttfiri CoiCoCorp Crtatnrt Ttck DBSCrp OTIC Oatacratt FIN Kw lull Mil Land Nyfliu jut ISM larttMCU iuronfTtch tappMlMi Utray Manna Ml 0 53 1870
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      57 36 M23 iMp* 44.344.000 Sapphire 41.134.000 B*Mt 40.636 000 YMgMM 36.394.000 IPCi Ml 34 882 000 tmucmr§utmm\i)k. u mow Jail TNft 33 409.000 fcttm 30.564.000 Im Im 29 894 000 L««¥h 29>85!(X)0 CaatNM 352.088.000 StarCnrtsas 236.519.000 Hmuamg 124.332.000 lakar Tack 120.312.000 TfeaiNvarafi 110.669.000 Hl6 98.*****0 SSN Ctrf 83.531 000
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      158 36 I UNIT TRUSTS TABLE APPEARS ON MONDAYS FOREIGN CURRENCY NOTE RATES (MM): SINGAPORE DOLLARS TO ONE UNIT OF FOREIGN CURRENCY lllllJMM C^ftaAA Aust dollar 1 3240 1 3390 Can dollar ***** ***** C»rt 2 0790 ***** MatoysiMriNifit* 0 4420 0 4428 »Z dollar ***** ***** Sterling pound 3 0910
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      491 37 BLOOMBERG NEWS Currency firms on talk of policy change by Beijing to cool economic growth Bkijinc; THK yuan had its highest close since the end of its US dollar link in July 2005, on speculation China will seek a stronger currency
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      169 37 REUTERS Beijing CHINA is not falling into a period of significant inflation, even though consumer prices rose by a 33-month-nigh annual rate of 4.4 per cent in June, a statistics offi cial said in comments published yesterday. The centra] bank on Friday raised
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      297 37 BLOOMBERG NEWS Kuala Lumpur SHARES of Poton Holdings, the unprofitable Malaysian carmaker, rose < n a report that Volkswagen (VW) may have agreed to share technology with the cojTtpany and buy a stake in its manufacturing unit. Proton stock climbed as
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      172 37 FINANCIAL TIMES, REUTERS New York MERRILL Lynch, Lehman Brothers, Morgan Stanley and Citigroup are among a group of investment banks developing an electronic trading platform for unregistered securities to compete with existing systems, such as the one created by Goldman Sachs. The move comes after
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        352 38  -  NICHOLAS FANG WINNING WORKS: O&M Singapore picked up a gold award for its FHM Magazine ad campaign featuring rows and rows of bikini-clad models (above) and a silver award for its Scotts Emulsion ad (right) at the Cannes festival. The Singapore firm
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        616 38  -  Nicholas Fang It plans to help firms make global impact through creative design of products By HELPING Singapore companies design iconic brands is emerging as one of the key targets of tne DesignSingapore Council. The council is drawing up a fresh
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      470 39  -  Joyce Teo Drawing five bidders, the auction reflects a supply crunch that is feeding demand for office space By Property Correspondent MAPLETREE is set to clinch a 99-year leasehold for an office plot along Anson Road with a knock-out bid
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      453 39  -  Chua Hian Hou By FORTY-SIX trainees are here to attend a one-vear, $300,000 course on how to be a very goocf listener one of the key attributes of a successful private banker. This select bunch, including 13 Singaporeans, were handpicked from
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      525 41  -  Alvin Foo Half-year sales rise to $396m; telco raises 2007 profit forecast to single-digit growth By SINGAPORE'S smallest telco MobileOne (Ml) reported a 10.3 per cent rise in first-half net profits to $90.3 million yesterday, mainly due to lower taxes and increased data
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      337 41  -  Gabriel Chen By A UNITED States hedge fund has pumped $131.6 million into KS Energy Services in return for 10 million shares and a five-year ze-ro-coupon convertible bond. The move, announced yesterday, will give Stark Investments a stake of up to 12.5
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      297 41 BLOOMBERG NEWS MARUBENI, Keppel Corp and SembCorp Industries plan to bid for the electric utilities being sold by Temasek Holdings, three bankers with knowledge of the deal have said. Keppel and SembCorp, the world s biggest oil-rig builders, this month contacted lenders
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      621 41  -  Goh Eng Yeow TAKING STOCK By WALL Street's tumble last Friday barely made a ripple in Singapore, as traders skidded along on a wave generated by a jump in oil prices to near record highs. As usual, that meant marine and offshore plays
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      210 41  -  60H ENG YEOW WARRANT WATCH INTEREST in covered warrants on Keppel Corp and its associate, Singapore Petroleum Company iSPC), ls mounting, amid keen anticipation that botn firms will produce positive earnings surprises at half-time And to satisfy the appetite of investors. Macquarie Bank
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      747 42  -  Robin Chan Inflation climbs 1.3% in June on the back of growing transport and health-care costs By CONSUMER prices rose by 1.3 per cent overall June, the steepest monthly rise this year as health-care and transport costs went up. And economists expect inflation
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      19 42 itraliao dollar 1.3240 1.3390 2.0790 2.1020 Hint pound 3.0910 3.1240 dollar 1.5030 1.5200 i (100 units) 1.2405 1.2538
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      8 42 up down Gainers: 402 Losers 479 Unchanged: 663
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      198 42  -  GABRIEL CHEN »GROWING CUSTOMER BASE ORDERS continue to roll in for a unit of Keppel Offshore Marine, with specialised ship deals worth $350 million announced yesterday. Keppel Singmarine has secured contracts to build six onshore support vessels for a new customer, Greatship Global
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      566 42  -  Erica Tay GETTING TO KNOW YOU Meeting Mr Yao (right) at yesterday's send-off reception are. (from left) Mr Philip Wong, managing director of Vietnam Investment Ventures; Mr Daniel Lum. partner of Rossi Apparel; Associate Professor Nilanjan Sen, NTU lecturer; and Mr
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      29 42 Driven by design Singapore's design council maps out five-year plan to help local firms design iconic brands and products to compete with the best in the world. PAGE Hl6
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        48 46 1 Don't scare the horses on the road by tailgating or sounding your horn at them. Accidents, sometimes fatal, have been known to happen. 2 Don't take photographs of the Amish. If you really must, ask first, but do not be offended if you are turned down.
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        31 46 Lancaster County is a one-hour--40-minute drive from Philadelphia Philadelphia Trolley Works (www.phiUytour.com/serviceamish asp) runs day trips to Lancaster County from Philadelphia. It costs US$lO9 (Ssl6s) per adult. ST GRAPHICS
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        1121 47  -  Teo Cheng Wee More Singaporeans are looking to do community work, such as building schools, instead of just chilling out on their vacation MOST honeymooning couples picture themselves in romantic Paris or chilling out in the Maldives, but not Mr Daniel Hewitt and Ms ldah Khan:
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      401 50  -  June Cheong BORDERS is expanding. The American bookstore chain will open a new store at Parkway Parade at the end of this year. Spanning 20,000 sq ft, the space was formerly occupied by MPH, which ceased operations at Parkway Parade yesterday and
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        44 84 5 Hardcore gaming A gaming centre is using Core 2 Quad chips in its PCs 6 MP3 players go heartland Budget players are available in your neighbourhood 8 Tech camps for kids Children in the US get a headstart in IT
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        95 84 Editor Grace Chng Writers Alfred Siew, Leung Wai-Leng, Tham Yuen-C, Serene Luo, Leslie Goh, Oo Gin Lee Intern Lim Yee Hung, Designers'Sub-editors Tan Khim Yong, Yvonne Chew, Leung Wai-Leng, Samir Shndhar Cover design Tay Chern Hui Contributing Copy Editor Eve Yap t ADVERTISEMENT SALES Cheong Lian Sze (9150-3006),
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        260 84 At least 15 sets are in Singapore. But they have been bought by companies who want to develop applications for the trendy new phone. By 00 GIN LEE and LIM YEE HUNG Mr Paddy Tan, CEO of Bak2u, asked his contacts in the United States to
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        Lock icon Apple iPhone to Singapore
        734 85 For the BGB US$599 (Ss9os) version, he ended up paying about $2,500 each. "We got eight people to queue up for us since each person was only entitled to buy two. And since we had to buy the iPhone with a two-year line from AT&T, we
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        395 86 M.K. WONG, one of just a few people here who laid his hands on the iPhone, gives an unbiased account Not even the most in-depth online reviews or the megabytes of videos on YouTube could have prepared me for my first encounter with the iPhone. I
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        442 87 iCafe is the first gaming centre in South-east Asia to use Intel's ultra-fast Core 2 Quad chips on its PCs-all 120 of them. LIM YEE HUNG gets up to speed Imagine a tiny chip, smaller than a matchbox, with four micro-proces-sors squeezed into it. I This
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        293 87 Reuters Nokia launched last week a service that will cut the time a GPS-ena-bled cell phone takes to pinpoint its whereabouts, opening new opportunities for location-based online services, the company said. Nokia hopes the service, available for people who own its flagship
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        588 88 Budget MP3 players are now selling in your friendly neighbourhood stores. BILLY TEO sniffs around to see what gives MP3 players have infiltrated the heartlands. Sheng Shiong Supermarket recently began selling MP3 players in its new Bedok Central branch, such as one from Alcom for
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        174 88 PHOTO: Lesser-known devices like the Le-Mon EM26O priced under $200 supports MPEG-4, has a FM radio tuner and is capable of 3D surround sound effects. Tips for picking your dream MP3 player Expanded storage Multimedia such as song and movie dips hog lots of storage space.
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        Lock icon Stretch that MP3 dollar
        426 89 PHOTO: use it mainly j for listening to j IP3 songs. It looks DSt :ike an iPod o, and the c quality is Undergraduate Soh Wan Tine (above), 19, on her no-brand" MP3 player Budget MP3 players The priciest of the no-name MP3 models can do
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        766 90 The Washington Post In camps that charge as much as US$699 (551,055) a week, children learn video game design, website design, robotics and digital photography. The market is worth between US$4OO million and US$5OO million a year The Bible says it
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          79 92 Asus' Ms3ow smartphone boasts some impressive messaging functions: it supports mail server systems such as BlackBerry 4.0 and Microsoft Exchange, has a Web messenger for instant messaging, and its full qwerty keyboard makes typing out long e-mail messages a breeze. It also has a 2-megapixel camera with
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          81 92 Finally, a Blackßerry that doesn't look out of place outside the office. The new Curve is the smallest and lightest full qwerty Blackßerry handset to date, and arguably the most stylish too. Apart from its round, lightweight design, the device has consum-er-friendly functions like a
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          98 92 The not-so-technologically-sawy will appreciate the new WL-520gU wireless router. Setting up the wireless router is an idiot-proof process: users need only click a button on the router, and launch the set-up program on their computer. The program will then automatically search for and connect with the
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          97 92 Want to personalise your laptop without damaging it? Use Gelaskins, which are removable vinyl skins, to give your laptop that personal touch as well as protect it from scratches. The skins feature graphics ranging from fine art to contemporary urban images, and are backed by
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          77 92 Owners of the new Ecoßook from Asus will have to keep it away from hungry pandas. The laptop uses bamboo panelling, and is built using environmentally friendly methods. To further emphasise its "green"-ness, the Ecobook also has a power management feature that extends battery life by up
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          77 92 Kingston has launched its new ultra low-latency HyperX memory modules, which will give performance enthusiasts the opportunity to push their motherboards further, especially for gaming The good thing is it won't heat up your system too much as well due to its lower latencies. The ultra low-latency
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          82 92 Sony has announced a new slimmed-down version of its popular gaming handheld, the PlayStation Portable. Dubbed the PSP Slim, it is now lighter, having shaved 91g off the weight and 4mm off the thickness of its predecessor. One significant new feature is a video out port, so you
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          93 92 The Casio Exilim Card EX-SBBO has a YouTube Capture mode that records I video at the optimum size for the video-sharing she. Like to upload videos of yourself online a la Steven Lim? The Casio Exilim Card EX-SBBO is just right for you it has
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          95 92 Sometimes, it is not enough just showing off the latest technology. You need to show that it burnt a hole in your pocket, too. That's where the Jabra JXIO Cara Bluetooth headset comes in useful. Made of 24-carat gold, this is the perfect accessory for techie tai
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        254 93 ONCE EXCLUSIVE TO high-end phones, 3G technology is now available in many phone models, including entry-level ones. Geek Zoners discuss which 3G model is the best shikimii: "Well, it depends wad you want to use yourr phone for. perhaps photography? mp3 function? "for mi, i wan one with good
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        591 94 Local firm comes up with service for users to record favourite shows over the Net. ALFRED SIEW reports Want to watch the latest season of Desperate Housewives but keep missing the episodes because you are not home early enough? Buy a video recorder, friends
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        829 95  -  Brad Stone, New York Times News service Mr Dimitry Shapiro brings an unlikely gadget into meetings these days: a TV remote control. As chief executive of Veoh Networks, an Internet video company based in San Diego, Mr Shapiro uses the remote
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        449 96 Celebrity blogger Xiaxue ranked Steven Lim No.l on her "top seven most disgusting bloggers in Singapore" list, igniting a war of words LIM YEE HUNG observes the action from afar Drawing first blood pot.com/2007/07/top-seven-most-disgusting-bloggers-in.html "The thing thats the most disgusting about him is: His face. "Or
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        749 97  -  GRACE CHNG Tomorrow's workers will not just work, they expect to chat, watch videos and listen to music during office hours The way teenagers work these days, they're like octopi. They watch TV, chat over the Internet and talk on their cellphones while doing their
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          410 98 Harry Potter And The Order Of the Phoenix Lord Voldemort has been restored to full strength, unbeknownst to the wizarding world. Worried that other students might be attacked by Lord Voldemort, Harry Potter secretly provides proper defence training to a group of volunteers collectively dubbed Dumbledore's Army
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          207 98 ALTHOUGH THE GAME features six duelling spells, you will only need to I consistently rely on three. Protego (deflect attacks) is the most important move of them all A few of the dozen or so fights in the game will pit your Harry or Sirius Black against enemies that
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          284 99 anet Puzzle League The DS touch screen has made gameplay a lot more innovative, but few games have improved as drastically as Planet Puzzle League, the latest in the 12-year-old Puzzle League series. You can play the game in a vertical format holding it like a
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          308 99 Surfs Up Penguins take to the waves in Surfs Up, a recent animation film. With it, a multitude of games have emerged for practically every console. The portable versions of the game veer away from having the player perform extreme surfing stunts as they would if they
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          339 100 Project Sylpheed Some games are all style, no substance. Others the reverse. And then, there's Project Sylpheed. A space fighter title, you control Katana, protecting the Acropolis mother ship as you scour the galaxy. This fast and furious game takes players on
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          403 100 Vampire Rain Terrorists are a piece of cake but can Sam Fisher take on vampires? This seems to be the question posed by the makers of stealth-cum-com-bat game Vampire Rain, where players have to outwit and outsmart a whole city of
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          488 101 3 I |bOO Get it from all authorised LG dealers Polished. Tha^s the new LG Prada KE 850 phone. It's shiny, stylish and looks more like an expensive Italian accessory for the haute couture set, than a Korean phone for the office
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          357 101 bonite Online PC Backup $84.90 (12-month subscription with unlimited capacity) Available from Asiaflux Networks Ever had the PC just give up the ghost on you when you needed some important data real bad? Carbonite's Online PC Backup, for al-ways-on archiving, allays fears of such
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          250 102 Canon IXUS 950 IS •$649 Available at all authorised Canon dealers Canon is not sitting still. Having just released a bevy of Ixus models in February, the Ixus 950 IS (IS stands for image stabiliser) is out just eight months after the Ixus 850
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          497 102 Creative X-Fi Sound System lOvlU $599 Available at all authorised Creative retailers In the light of the hype and hysteria over the Apple iPhone, it is easy to overlook the Creative X-Fi Sound System i6OO. This recently launched 2.1 speaker system produced for the iPod and presumably,
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          256 102 NEC Versa ***** $1,799 Get from authorised NEC dealers I thought NEC designed the coal-black Versa ***** for office users, but I was wrong. It ships with Windows Vista Home Premium and Windows Media Centre an all-in-one multimedia player, organiser and
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          313 103 QWhen I use my Yahoo! e-mail, my computer becomes very slow. Whenever I type or click on a command, the instruction takes a long time to execute. I have used Norton Anti-Virus to detect viruses. It found two cookies and the problem was fixed. However, the
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          646 103 If the problem is not evident on the other system you may need to seek additional professional advice troubleshooting the problem. Problematic Joybook I cannot connect to the Internet ff I using my BenQ Joybook 7000 \v which
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        167 104 Products and services for the enterprise PRODUCT OF THE WEEK Hardware Central storage made easy AFFORDABLE HIGH-PERFORMANCE NETWORK storage in the form of NetGear's Storage Central Turbo has just been released. The device makes use of NetGear's Storage Area Network (SAN) technology and allows users to store and share
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        Lock icon Software CRM on demand for new businesses
        111 104 With little upfroat IT investment, new business users can turn to the newest release of Oracle CRM On Demand for their sales, marketing and service automation needs. On Demand Release 14 adds new features such as built-in analytics and a virtual call centre
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        153 104 New high-capacity tape libraries for Unix or Intel servers are now available from Fujitsu Asia. The Eternus LT2IO, LT22O and LT2SO provide backup and archival services for different operating systems, including Windows, Solaris and Linux. The LT2IO is an entry-level tape library which
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        132 104 Brother International has released three new multi-function colour laser printers: the three-in-one DCP-9040CN (print, copy and scan), the five-in-one MFC-9440CN (print, fax, copy, scan, PC fax), and the six-in-one MFC-9840CDW (duplex print, copy, scan and fax, as well as PC and Internet
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        534 105  -  -Xinhua Los Angeles Times -AP Tech news from around the world >ts milk cows Brooms Bloom Dairy, a 240-acre farm in C res well, Maryland, recently installed a US$lBO,OOO (*****,600) computerised system that milks the cows and tracks yield data. The Lely X-Link system operates 24 by 7 and
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        494 106 If businesses make their sites more accessible, they will get more hits, and eventually, more revenues The Internet gives new levels of independence to many people, providing access to information, entertainment, job searches and education. However, many websites fail to deliver adequate accessibility features, preventing
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        289 106 Ms J.K. Rowling, the creator of the hugely successful Harry Potter series, felt it was important that all parts of her website would be accessible to every visitor, including those with disabilities. The site, www.jkrowling.co.uk, pioneered accessibility features for blind,
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        649 108 Associated Press A video-conferencing robot allows doctors to talk to their patients from any location Has it come to this? Robots standing in for doctors at the hospital patient's bedside? Not exactly, but some doctors have found a way to use a video-conferencing robot to check
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        487 108 Associated Press Google is offering to run the search engines of small websites for as little as US$lOO (Sslsl) per year. The service, unveiled two weeks ago, was aimed at the millions of websites that either don't have search engines or are unhappy
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        866 109 He's finished his race as CEO and will now lend a hand as "minister mentor". Mr Jordan tells LESLIE GOH why the company he helped j turn around is well-placed to design Singapore's Standard Operating Environment system Mr Michael Jordan, chief executive of Electronic Data
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        536 113 The five Ws and an H of the growing economy, by Andrew duffy WHAT HAS HAPPENED? All the figures that show how well the economy is doing are pointing in one direction: upwards. Last year was a boom year for Singapore and no one expected it to
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        217 113 PHOTO: Taking the temperature of the news How would you rate the news items below: HOT, WARM, COOL or COLD? Write down the category in the spaces provided, then answer the quiz questions. In a month when the new Seven Wonders of the World were chosen. Singaporeans have voted
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        174 114 ST Fll£ PHOTO Plan to ban retail food chains in Kerala, India What happened there Although modern air-conditioned chain stores are becoming popular in India, the Kerala state government announced a few weeks ago it would introduce laws banning all retail chains selling food and farm products.
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        404 114 What it is The number of new cars registered in the Chinese city of Shenzhen this year. The booming city now has more than one million cars and the total number of new cars could reach 200,000 by the end of the year. This has caused
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        78 118 In a bid to improve the unfriendly image of Paris, the inaugural Pahs Tourist Day was launched on July 9.The campaign is aimed at making Parisians understand how important tourism is to their city's economic growth. France is the world's top tourist draw and 12 per cent of jobs
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        105 118 For six years, the world led by the United States has waged a war on terror and one of the aims was to get rid of terrorist organisation, Al-Qaeda. However, a US intelligence report has warned that Al-Qaeda is at its strongest since the terrorist attack on Sept 11,
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        82 118 Two years ago, on July 21, four men used home-made bombs and tried to blow up London's transport system.The bombs failed to go off, but the men (clockwise from top left) Muktah Said Ibrahim,Yassin Hassan Omar, Hussein Osman and Kamzi Mohammed and have been made to pay for their
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        133 118 Six medics jailed here since 1999 will not be put to death. A Palestinian doctor and five Bulgarian nurses had been convicted for allegedly infecting 426 Libyan chidren with the deadly HIV virus while working at a children's hospital. The Supreme Court had sentenced them to death last yean
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        213 119 Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf has vowed to crush extremists and to move against religious schools that breed them. On July 10, Pakistan troops attacked the Red Mosque in the capital city of Islamabad, killing 75 members, including hardcore militants.The mosque has been a centre of militancy for years and
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        137 119 The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) is taking Internet giant Google to court.The consumer watchdog is accusing Google of going against the Trade Practices Act by failing to make clear the differences between sponsored links those paid by organisations to attract Internet users and "organic** search results free
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        752 120  -  ZACHARY PESTANA It was a bright and cheery sight to behold on a Saturday afternoon as 30 pupils from St Gabriels Primary all dressed in orange T-shirts and carrying orange umbrellas trooped down Orchard Road. The event on July 14 was part of a Nickelodeon TV channel
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        143 121 GRAPHICS: Look at an encyclopaedia or search online and state if the following are true or false: 1. Mumbai is a city and port on the east side of India. 2. Salsette Island was made by connecting seven smaller islands. 3. The city was called Bombay until 1800
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        199 123 What do these words mean? Tick the right answers. Settlers: a) People who run away from their country b) People who move to a new area, usually one where no one lives c) People who leave their country by sea 2. The going: a) Local weather b) Conditions, or
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        305 124 With so much to do and so little time, things can get a little messy. Here are some idioms on efficiency to help you sail through the day. by baey shi chen TO KILL TWO BIRDS WITH ONE STONE This means to accomplish two tasks with just
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        494 126 PHOTO: PHOTO: Borneo is the world's third largest island, after Greenland and New Guinea. It is divided among three nations Indonesia (Kalimantan), the Malayan state of Sarawak and Sabah, and Brunei. About twice the size of Germany, Borneo is a treasure island of Asia. It is
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        95 126 Asian elephant Elephas maximus The Asian elephant once ruled from ancient Mesopotamia's Tigris and Euphrates rivers in the west to China's Yangtze River in the north, to Java in the south. It was formerly called the Indian elephant. But that was confusing, since it actually inhabited
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