Today, 8 August 2005, Afternoon Edition

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    11 1 TODAY /AehiaCorp incorporating *MT6£itS Monday August 8,2005 todayonline.com MICA (P) 112/07/2005
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  • AFTERNOON EDITION
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      Lock icon Bird flu vaccine appears effective
      392 1 -AFP WASHINGTON US scientists have tested a vaccine that appears effective against a strain of bird flu that has killed at least 60 people in South-east Asia since 2003, US newspapers reported yesterday. In a federally-funded study, 113 volunteers were injected with two doses of
      -AFP  -  392 words
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      Lock icon Former oil-for-food chief leaves UN, criticises Annan
      195 1 -AFP WASHINGTON Mr Benon Sevan, the former head of the UN oil-for-food programme in Iraq, has resigned from the world body and criticised UN chief Kofi Annan for "sacrificing" him as he faced an inquiry into his role in the scandal-plagued aid scheme,
      -AFP  -  195 words
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      Lock icon Jet landed too far down rain-soaked runway
      152 1 -AFP TORONTO The Air France Airbus jet which crash-landed at Toronto's international airport touched down too far along the rain-soaked runway to stop in time before overshooting and bursting into flames, a senior investigator said yesterday. "I am pretty convinced that there was
      -AFP  -  152 words
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      45 1 Bewitched sneak previews in Cinemas everywhere today! OFHCIAL I tg MAGAZINE ARTS XPLOSION GetyourFßEE 16-page arts events guide at MRT stations in theCBD, selected Starbucks and Coffee Bean Tea Leaf outlets, hotels, the airport, ticketing centres, Singapore Visitor Centres and selected performance venues. 8 "*****6"*****9"
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      35 1 TOSHIBA K^A ENGLISH PREMIERSHIP K^ «*fL no go nf*l FOR b^*;| ESSIEN JyiiP Page 38 V P USA f 3*o* &TDK I 983 l^llHßßßfa I BBjß^Bßßßb^b^^ TERROR SUSPECT ARRESTED ON ARRIVAL IN BRITAIN WORLD 8
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  • hot news
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      Dog days in Singapore
      87 2 Celebrating Singapore's 40th birthday, Scuffy, the silky terrier, donned a vest with the number "40" formed from stars. It was one of the 500 dogs at yesterday's National Dog Walk held at West Coast Park. Far left: With Scuffy was Mr Andrew Kuan, who made his
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      Asean's plumber
      492 2  -  Christie Loh Sec-gen evaluates his 'fixes' on association's 38th birthday christie@newstoday.com.sg HE can hardly take three steps without being waylaid by a staff member or a reporter. And although he has every reason to be curt, his demeanour is attentive and jovial. Meet Mr Ong Keng Yong (picture),
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      Lock icon Nathan: Race, religion won't be issues at polls
      189 2 Channel News Asia PRESIDENT S R Nathan said he welcomed the challenge and believed differences in race and religion would not be an issue, should a contest for the Elected Presidency take place on Aug 27. With applications closed on Saturday for
      – Channel News Asia  -  189 words
    • Article
      Anwar states his intentions
      452 2  -  Jose Raymond in Kuala Lumpur j ose@newstoday. com.sg FORMER Malaysian Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Anwar Ibrahim's latest attack on the country's racebased politics is the clearest signal to date of his intention to lead it as its next Prime Minister, say political observers. And
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    • The right choice for President
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        The right choice for President
        691 3  -  Wayne Soon To remove any doubts about process, open up vetting of candidates to scrutiny POLITICAL scientists have argued that electoral institutions are created by political elites to achieve certain social and political outcomes. In a young nation like ours and speaking as a young
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  • Singapore news
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      Breaking down prejudice
      223 4  -  Jasmine Yin SINGAPORE'S "social compact" needs to be reviewed if it is to thrive and part of this involves enabling Singaporeans, whatever their race or religion, to earn a living, said National Trade Union Congress chief Lim Boon Heng. "It means helping them upgrade their skills. It
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      Lock icon SINGAPOREsnippet
      152 4 Channel News Asia S'porean swims English Channel A 25-year-old student nas become the first Singaporean to swim the English Channel. Mr Thum Ping Tjin took 12 hours and 24 minutes to complete the 35km swim. His attempt, postponed several times because of bad weather, started off in calm seas,
      – Channel News Asia  -  152 words
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      Young minds behind NDP promotions
      521 4  -  Dawn Quek Temasek Polytechnic students design website, fun-packs, logo and videos dawn(gnewstoday.com.sg AS THE party goes into full swing tomorrow, meet the creative minds behind the National Day Parade logo, website, videos, fun-packs and overall promotional campaign and they're all from Temasek Polytechnic. Brigadier-General Loh
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      Lock icon Age, injury no bar for this adventurer
      548 6  -  Tan Hui Leng At 63, she is gearing up for 620 km KL-S'pore cycling expedition huHeng@newstoday.com.sg UNTIL last Wednesday, Mdm Margaret Wong needed a cane to walk. But a quiet recuperation is not on the cards. The 63-year-old is already gearing up for
      KOH MUI FONG  -  548 words
    • Article
      Education tourism gets boost from STB
      518 6  -  Shobha Tsering Bhalla LEARNING can be fun and also boost tourism. That is the message the Singapore Tourism Board (STB) is sending out with the institution of a new award that will see the education sector looming large among the five new categories in
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    • Article
      What to do if your car catches fire
      435 6  -  Colin Yong A CAR that burst into flames at a multi-storey carpark in Pasir Ris on Thursday night was the second vehicle to have caught fire within the past week. Although incidents of vehicle fires are on the decline, the Singapore Civil
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  • world news
    • this QUIRKY world
      • Article
        Tours for teddy bears
        57 8 A German travel agent is offering holidays for teddy bears, reported ananova.com. Teddy-in-Munich promises "the holiday of a teddy's lifetime with a host of activities to tempt teddy away from the loving arms of his owner". The teddies stay at a luxury flat, visit beer houses
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      • Article
        Skin – and tax frauds – exposed
        69 8 Skin and tax frauds exposed Tax authorities in Italy have deployed female inspectors posing as sexy bikiniclad holidaymakers to expose tax frauds at beachsiae bars, reported ananova.com. The undercover agents have been sent to tourist region Liguria to see if bars and restaurants were issuing customers with proper receipts. The
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        Staff forced to after lunch
        46 8 nap Austrian bank Sparkasse in Steiermark is hoping to make its staff more productive by making them take 20-minute naps after lunch, reported ananova.com. Neurologist and sleep scientist Manfred Walzl said one third of Alpine republic inhabitants suffer from sleep disorders.
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      Lock icon Saved – in nick of time
      260 8 Saved in nick of time Agencies Rescue robot frees submarine trapped on seabed PETROPAVLOVSK-KAM-CHATSKY (Russia) With hours to go before they ran out of air, seven Russian sailors who were trapped for three days on the Pacific Ocean floor in a submarine were rescued yesterday. The Priz AS-28 mini-sub-marine was
      — Agencies; AP  -  260 words
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      Lock icon Terror suspect arrested on arrival in UK
      239 8 -AFP LONDON Haroon Aswat, a Briton apprehended in Zambia two weeks ago reportedly because he was wanted in connection with last month's deadly bomb attacks in London, was arrested on his arrival in Britain yesterday after being deported from Lusaka, Scotland Yard announced.
      -AFP  -  239 words
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      Lock icon Ex-UK foreign secretary dies after collapsing on mountain
      363 10 AP Robin Cook resigned from Blair Cabinet over Iraq war LONDON Former British Foreign Secretary Robin Cook, who quit Prime Minister Tony Blair's Cabinet in 2003 to protest against the war in Iraq, has died after collapsing on a Scottish mountain while
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      Lock icon Vote on Japan Post Bills likely today
      190 10 -AP TOKYO Lawmakers were locked in lastditch lobbying yesterday ahead of a vote on postal reform that could decide the fate of Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi, as well as that of his ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and its almost unbroken grip on
      -AP  -  190 words
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      Lock icon KL calls for Asean defence ministers' meet
      205 10 AP I KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia is calling on South-east Asian defence ministers to meet next year for the first time to discuss regional security, news reports said yesterday. "The time has come for us to also discuss defence issues and not just foreign
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      Lock icon One in 10 Malaysian Muslim men are polygamous: survey
      116 10 -AP KUALA LUMPUR About 10 per cent of Malaysian Muslim men have more than one wife, according to a survey published in the New Sunday Times newspaper. Five per cent of the 7,589 Muslim men polled have two wives, 4.3 per
      -AP  -  116 words
    • GLOBALroundup
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        Lock icon Netanyahu quits over pullout
        90 12 AFP Israeli Finance Minister Benjamin Netanyahu tendered his resignation yesterday over his opposition to this month's planned withdrawal from the Gaza Strip, official sources said. Mr Netanyahu, a former prime minister and stalwart of Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's Likud party, resigned shortly before a cabinet vote
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        Lock icon Bush takes a beating in the polls
        94 12 AFP United States President George W Bush took a political beating over the weekend after a second opinion poll, taken after a spike in US casualties in Iraq, showed a sharp drop in public support for his Iraq policy. The Newsweek survey indicated
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        Lock icon N Korea disarmament talks stall
        68 12 AP Envoys to North Korean disarmament talks announced a three-week recess yesterday after 1 3 days of meetings, deadlocked over the North's insistence on retaining a peaceful nuclear programme. Talks are to resume the week of Aug 29, Chinese vice-foreign minister, Wu Dawei told reporters.
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      Lock icon Battered wife or cold-blooded killer?
      553 12 -AP New questions arise in the 'milkshake murder' trial HONG KONG He was a trim investment banker for Merrill Lynch. She was a housewife bringing up three children in a luxury apartment with two maids. He's now dead, and she's accused of beating him to
      -AP; AFP  -  553 words
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      Lock icon India, Pakistan to set up nuclear hotline
      203 12 AFP NEW DELHI Neighbouring rivals India and Pakistan have reached a series of landmark agreements aimed at reducing the risk of a nuclear war between the two countries. After two days of discussions in the Indian capital New Delhi, the countries agreed on
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  • voices
    • Article
      Focus On The Family
      230 14  -  James Dobson Tbiws by Dr. A CHILD UNDERSTANDS DIVORCE The pain of a broken family. How does a child comprehend such a thing? A high school teacher recently sent me a poem written by one of her students entitled, "Does a Child Understand?" I'd like to
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    • Letter
      More details about zakat funds needed
      216 14  -  HAJ MOHAMED Letter from MAJLIS Ugama Islam Singapura (Muis) has released its Annual Report 2004. As the custodian of Mosque Building and Mendaki Funds and charged with the responsibility to disburse the millions collected as zakat (alms) yearly, it is a good practice on
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      isay $$$ CANT BUY GOOD SERVICE
      686 14  - isay CANT BUY GOOD SERVICE Jean Yeap Leng I SPEAK from seven years of experience in recruiting staff. For three months now, our company has been trying to fill the retail positions. On the interview day, usually only about 30 per cent of shortlisted candidates turn up. The 70 per
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    • Letter
      Why be shy about polls?
      343 15  -  ADRIAN GOH Presidential hopeful does voter disservice by staying in shadows Letter from WITH regard to the presidential election, one fails to understand the shroud of secrecy surrounding interested parties who do not wish their identities revealed. When Saturday's deadline for applications for certificates of
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    • Letter, Illustration
      All play a role in quiet library
      224 15  -  JASNA DHANSUKHLAL Letter from I Manager, Corporate Communications, National Library Board WE THANK Mr Timothy Tang Nam Yen for his feedback and suggestions and regret any inconvenience he experienced from the noise level at the National Library. ("Shhh! Keep it down at National
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      Lock icon The age of loneliness
      857 16  -  SALLY WONG Surekha Yadav face in ttie crowd in her bUs, widow SHE doesn't exactly fit the stereotype of the desperately lonely old widow. Clad in well-fitted pants, Sally Wong giggles constantly and acts more like a carefree 16-year-old than a woman in her 60s. "For
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    • Letter
      'Wolf-whistle' victim crying wolf on Latin American culture
      324 16  -  ROMAN SANTINI Letter from JOCELYN Cai's commentary, "Back from wolf-whistle country" (Aug 5), paints a misleading portrait of South America. Ms Cai mentions living in one country, that offers, at best, a very small sample of the diversity and cultural richness that
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  • Businesstoday
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      Lock icon SE Asian currencies do better
      539 18 -AFP With yuan's revaluation, they too strengthen against the US dollar SOUTH-east Asian economies have emerged unscathed two weeks after China revalued the yuan, thanks largely to Beijing's calibrated move of allowing only a modest appreciation, analysts said. Key regional currencies have strengthened against the
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    • Article
      United Fiber to enjoy 'immediate returns' from wood deal
      197 18 UNITED Fiber System (UFS) has secured the supply of 1 million metric tons of Acacia Mangium wood from Indonesian state-owned forestry manager Inhutani II in a contract that is valid till the end of 2008. This is a significant development for
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    • MarketWATCH
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        Lock icon Singapore
        122 18 AFP THE ST Index lost 1 3.69 points or, 0.58 per cent, at the end of last week, to 2,338.87 points. The week's average daily volume was 1.16 billion shares worth $1.3 billion, up from the previous week's 933 million shares worth $1.05 billion. As for this week, a
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        Your S$1 buys
        36 18 us$ UK£ Yen HK$ RM Euro Rupiah Baht 0.6048 0.3399 67.691 4.6998 2.2688 0.4893 5899.4 24.883 Peso A$ Indian Rs Won C$ Yuan NZ$ NTS 33.824 0.7872 26.297 615.04 0.7356 4.9008 0.8767 19.28
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        Lock icon Commodities
        26 18 SGX, Bloomberg Information provided by Gold us$/oi Silver us$/oz Platinum us$/oi 442.70 7.15 910.50 Rubber centsAg 282.25 Palm Oil RM/tonne 1344 Brent crude us$/barrel 61.11
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    • savvy investor
      • STOCKcalls
        • Article
          Anwell Technologies (16 cents) – BUY
          90 20 Anwell Technologies (16 cents) BUY Anwell unexpectedly issued a profit warning for 2Q05 and sees a net loss against our expectation for a weak but profitable set of results. We believe the cause is due to higher-than-expected operating expense, deferred shipment and underutilised capacity. Undoubtedly disappointing, the warning is likely
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          Celestial NutriFoods (49 cents) – BUY
          92 20 Celestial NutriFoods (49 cents) BUY Celestial reported a good set of 2H05 results that were in line with our expectations. Net profit jumped 175 per cent year-on-year to 124.8 million yuan ($25.47 million) benefiting from the 77-per-cent increase in production capacity from October last year. Valuations are undemanding with the
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        • Article
          Lock icon Hi-P International ($1.47) – BUY
          127 20 Hi-P International ($1.47) BUY DBS Vickers Research Hi-P reported 1 HO5 results that were within our expectations and its guidance. Its telecommunication unit registered the strongest sequential sales growth of 13.9 per cent, while its computing and consumer electrical segments' sales were flat. Sequentially, margins narrowed at both gross and
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      • market BUZZ
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          Relief from aches
          74 20 AFTER a long day at work, many commuters had a pleasant surprise on their way home last Monday. More than 2,500 pieces of the new Salonpas Gel-Patch samples were given at the Raffles Place MRT station. These newly-improved plasters from Hisamitsu help to relief external pain such
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          Cathay turns 70
          56 20 CATHAY Organisation Holdings' 70th Anniversary Celebrations was a huge success. On top of giving patrons free tickets on July 1 8 with their copy of Today, the cinema operator also gave away two Cathay YIP Passes to two patrons (a male and a female) who turned 70
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        • Article
          Get a free camera
          56 20 NTUC Income has relaunched the Ideal Plan and is holding a road show at Caltex House on Thursday and Friday from 9am to 6pm. It is offering a Creative digital camera free for every Ideal Plan signed up (terms and conditions apply). However, this offer is
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          Treat for National Day babies
          88 20 PIZZA Hut will give 40 Hawaiian Lover's personal pan pizzas worth more than $250, in the form of vouchers, to babies born on Aug 9, 2005. For the vouchers, their parents need to present the baby's birth certificate at Pizza Hut's head office before Sept
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          TTSH honours an oustanding nurse
          87 20 TAN Tock Seng Hospital (TTSH) held its annual Nurses' Day recently, which included the presentation of the Nivea Outstanding Nurse Award that recognised the winner's outstanding performance and significant contributions to nursing. This is the third year that the award sponsored by Nivea was presented.
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        Lock icon When the 'science' promises too much
        694 20  -  Chet Currier Bloomberg Beware of 'scientific approaches' to investing that claim to provide returns that are not realistic news@newstoday.com.sg SCEPTICAL as they may be about most other things, modern citizens of the world place an amazing amount of trust in scientists. People can't simply
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    • the business of learning
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        Standards determine YOUR WEALTH
        502 22  -  John Bittleston Times are changing, but sticking to good principles can help you make money THE first duty of parents is to ensure the survival, safety and nourishing of their children. The second duty is to impart to them standards by which to live. It is
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    • SUCCEED
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        I dream of art
        504 23  -  Dawn Quek RGS grad quits junior college to pursue passion dawn@newstoday.com.sg TWO months after she started junior college, Raffles Girls' Secondary student Ong Vi Ting decided to defy her parents and give it all up. "To them, junior college, then university is the correct way to
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      765 24  -  Zul Othman I think they wanted the tattoo because it fitted my character Dawn's image that of a mischie' vous, alcohoHoving party animal. Shooting Stars' Maylene Lv, right, on her acting debut opposite Singapore Idol runner-up Sylvester Sim Sly's new 'girlfriend' admits she acts just like his rumoured
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      310 25  - Idols are confident with or without mikes Zul Othman THERE will be no second series of Singapore Idol this year, but fans can watch some of last year's finalists in MediaCorp TV Channel s's Shooting Stars tomorrow night. But the question is: Can the singers cut the mustard as actors?
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      206 25 WaJ Cuban singer Ferrer (picture), known for his work on the ■3uena Vista Social Club Hproject, died at a Havana Biospital on Saturday at the Hige of 78, his wife Caridad said. HShe said Ferrer, who had just completed a month-long tour of Europe,
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      215 26  -  ZUL OTHMAN CONCERT REVIEW by The Bravery MICHAEL Zakarin, guitarist from New York-based electro-rockers The Bravery, isn't impressed by the "bad boy" myths that surround his highly-acclaimed outfit But when this reporter put it to him that lead singer Sam Endicott perpetrated most of the myths,
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      278 26 Agencies Bob Dylan tops poll of musicians, actors and industry experts LONDON Bob Dylan's song Like a Rolling Stone topped a poll over the weekend to find the 100 songs, movies, TV shows and books that "changed the world" in the opinion of musicians, actors
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      85 26 1. Like a Rolling Stone Bob Dylan 2. Heartbreak Hotel Elvis Presley 3. She Loves You The Beatles 4. (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction The Rolling Stones 5. A Clockwork Orange (film) 6. The Godfather and The Godfather II (films) 7.
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      Dim Sum Dollies out of steam?
      76 26  -  LORRAINE LIM I B Dim Sum Dollies-Singapore's Most Wanted AS A group, the Dim Sum Dollies are synonymous with having a good time at the theatre. With their past performances, the trio of Selena Tan, Pam Oei and Emma Yong have certainly raised the
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        258 27  -  Jeanine Tan Apprentice reject slams Trump, calls team-mates 'fools' j eanine@newstoday. com.sg QPEAKING with Apprentice 3 Ocontestant Kristen Kirchner is quite an experience. While she came across as unpleasantly abrasive on last night's episode of the business reality show where she was fired by Donald Trump she's
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        486 28  -  Lauren Peh Tucked away in Duxton is a gem of a restaurant food@newstoday.com.sg SO MANY fine dining restaurants have come and gone that we sometimes forget about those remarkable ones that continue to draw a faithful crowd through the years simply by sticking to what they do best.
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        647 29  -  Low Shi Ping A Cantonese staple fused with Continental heritage iood(gnewstoday.com.sg T\[M SUM lovers have another reason to ./--'rejoice. Poppi, at The Legends Fort Canning Park, is now serving dim sum on Sundays. But do not expect the traditional Chinese delicacies. The only resemblance to the dim
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      220 25 MediaCorp Press Limited, the publisher of TODAY, the second most read English morning daily, invites tenders for: The Provision of Newspaper Distribution Services (The selected party will have to provide lorry/van to carry newspapers to various locations) COLLECTION OF TENDER DOCUMENTS Tender document can be obtained from 3 August 2005
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      1661 30 Portrait Of Home i Incredible Tales i Film Art to <oj^^ I <^V The Singapore I Want channel B,7pm j It's Not Over Dirty Pretty Things I j Part 2 P4j)l as^yj j channel 5,1 Opm j Arts Central, 10pm Channel NewsAsia < 832 Pm JJb LT^ta i An abuseU
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      617 31 Year's final Major has two clear favourites and everybody else GOLF PGA Championship NEW YORK Ernie Els is out with a knee injury. Retief Goosen suffered final-round meltdowns in the last two major championships. Phil Mickelson has been missing in action since May. The so-called "Big Five"
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      358 31 -AP I GOLF International CASTLE ROCK, Colorado Cameron Beckman (picture) made five birdies and an eagle Saturday (yesterday morning, Singapore time) to take the lead after two rounds at the International with 23 points, one ahead of Billy Mayfair, Charles Howell and Brandt
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      200 31 -AFP TENNIS Washington Classic WASHINGTON Top seed Andy Roddick (picture) and emotional comeback king James Blake won impressive straight-set semi-final triumphs here on Saturday (yesterday morning, Singapore time), to reach the final of the US$6OO,OOO ($900,000) ATP Washington Classic. Fifth-ranked Roddick unleashed a barrage of sizzling
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      959 32  -  ERIC DING Shi's journey has been a long and arduous one, but it's starting to bear fruit sports@newstoday.com.sg THREE years ago, Shi Jiayi was toiling on the fringes of Shanghai International Football Club. Clearly unwanted, he left soon after. Ironically, last year, Shanghai International
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      474 33  -  ERIC DING Paya Lebar's left-winger Chiang impresses Fandi sports@newstoday.com.sg ON JULY 6, Jeremy Chiang helped Paya Lebar Punggol to their first S-League point, making the Young Lions the first S-League side to drop points against the Seahorses. For Paya Lebar, the 2-2 draw against the
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      354 33  -  ERIC DING sports@newstoday.com.sg WOODLANDS Wellington are one of the challengers for the NTUC Income-Yeo's S-League 2005 title, but their season has been disrupted by an increasing number of cautions and red cards. Woodlands possess the worst disciplinary record to date, having accumulated 39
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      183 33 TO commemorate Singapore's 40th birthday tomorrow, the local football community will come together at a Fan*Tastic 40 Party before tonight's S-League match between Japanese outfit Albirex Niigata and China's Sinchi FC, at the Jurong East Stadium. The Guest-of-Honour for the event will be Associate Professor Ho
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      657 34  -  ERIC DING Arch-rivals dare not lose this one as both look to make up for poor season sports@newstoday.com.sg AS THE 2005 NTUC Income-Yeo's S-League season enters its third and final round, both Albirex Niigata and Sinchi FC have been largely disappointing so far. Japanese outfit Albirex
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      622 34  -  DARREN LAI darren@newstoday.com.sg HOME United celebrated the induction of Peres De Oliveira into the S-League's exclusive centurion club on Friday night with a poolside party at the Copthorne Orchid Hotel. When he notched his 100 th S-League goal against Balestier Khalsa on March 20,
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      198 34  -  Eric Ding NEWLY-CROWNED Asean Football Federation (AFF) Club champions Tampines were handed a tough match-up in the 2005 RHB Singapore Cup semi-finals, when they were drawn against three-time champions, Home United FC. After clinching the Asean championship, Vorawan Chitavanich's charges, currently leading the S-League and in the
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      185 35 Bishan Stadium, Wednesday, 7.30pm NOT many can forget the 4-4 thriller between these two sides in the opening match of the season. Home United appeared to be in the driving seat with a 3-1 lead at half-time, but were pegged back by the John Wilkinson show. In
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      178 35 Woodlands Stadium Thursday, 7.30pm WITH only nine games left in the league, Karim Bencherifa's expensivelyassembled squad find themselves 10 points adrift of leaders Tampines. With Tampines meeting secondplaced SAFFC on Saturday, third-placed Woodlands will be looking to seize the chance to close the gap at the
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      191 35 Toa Payoh Stadium Friday, 7pm Live on Channel News Asia SINCE Abdul Karim Razzak returned from his 'A' licence coaching course in China, Balestier have yet to record a win. The 3-1 defeat to Albirex last week exploited their defensive frailties and the Tigers are starting
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      165 35 Tampines Stadium Saturday, 7 pm LABELLED as a potential title decider, this could well be a classic top of the table clash, the proverbial sixpointer as they say. Newly crowned Asean club champions Tampines are in devastating form with four victories in their last five matches. Such is
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      403 35 In memory of Atiff Tahir MORE than $20,000 have been raised for the family of Atiff Tahir, Geylang United's under-1 8 star who passed away on July 1 5. The Football Association of Singapore (FAS) and Geylang United each pledged $10,000 to the family, and all proceeds from the
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      79 35 IT WAS his first hat-trick and Paya Lebar's striker Jafri Hashim did it in style, giving his team their first-ever victory in the S-League. The 20-year-old, who joined the struggling Seahorses in June, scored his first with a tap-in and followed it
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      70 35 BEING stranded in the bottom three is already a huge embarrassment for a club like Geylang United. Adding to their woes, the traditional giants of Singapore club football last week suffered the ignominy of being the first club to go down to rookies Paya
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      75 35 KUDOS to Qi Yubo's outfit for fighting till the end and claiming a deserved victory against Geylang. Paya Lebar were almost undone by two dubious penalties awarded to Geylang, but impressively, they never gave up and were rewarded in the dying seconds to
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        653 36  -  TRACK AND FIELD -AP American sprinter's margin of victory is the largest in world championships history World Championship HELSINKI Justin Gatlin didn't just win the 100 meters at the world athletics championships, he dominated it like no other sprinter in the meet's history. The 23-year-old Olympic
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        363 36 -AFP WASHINGTON Andy Roddick was never so happy to struggle so much. Top seed Roddick blasted 18 aces, the last on match point, to beat James Blake 7-5, 6-3 this morning in an ailAmerican title match at the ATP Washington Classic, spoiling his
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        264 36 -AFP SAN DIEGO Roland Garros runner-up Mary Pierce easily beat Japan's Ai Sugiyama 6-0, 6-3 to capture the WTA Acura Classic championship this morning. It was the first US outdoor hardcourt crown and first Tier 1 final in more than five years for 16--year veteran
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      438 37  -  JOSE RAYMOND Stags ace fails to land contract with Skonto Riga jose@newstoday.com.sg NOH Alam Shah's dream of playing in Europe is over. The Tampines Rovers striker, who has been attending a football trial with Latvian Division One champions Skonto Riga since last Wednesday, will return home
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      135 37  -  Cubby Leong THE Singapore national hockey team were trounced 5-1 by Korean league champions, University of Physical Education, in a Seven Nations clash in Macau yesterday. Once they went ahead in the 17th minute, there was no stopping the Koreans, who ended the half 3-0 up. Made up
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      438 37  -  TAN YO-HINN yohinn@newstoday.com.sg QUALIFYING for next year's Commonwealth Games is a vital step in Singapore's quest to become one of the world's top 10 netball teams by 2011. It means next month's 6th Asian Netball Championship is crucial, as only
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        577 38 Lyon reject Chelsea's final offer for Ghanaian midfielder LYON Lyon president Jean-Michel Aulas appears to have had the last word in a long-running transfer dispute with Chelsea by announcing that midfielder Michael Essien will not be joining the English champions. Chelsea have been trying to lure
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        372 38 -AFP CARDIFF Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger lamented the loss of captain Patrick Vieira but insisted Francesc Fabregas could fill the gaping hole in the Gunners' midfield. Wenger made the admission after watching Arsenal lose their opening match of the season and
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      444 39 Drogba stakes a claim for a first-team spot with a brace as Blues display typical resoluteness FA COMMUNITY SHIELD Arsenal 1 Chelsea 2 CARDIFF A Didier Drogba brace guided Chelsea to a 2-1 victory over Arsenal in the Community Shield, reported BBC Sport. A new English
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      271 39 AFP ISTANBUL Manchester United's Brazilian midfielder Kleberson (picture) arrived here yesterday after reportedly agreeing a three-year contract with Besiktas, the Turkish club announced. The contract includes an option for a fourth year, Besiktas said, without disclosing the financial terms of the deal. The 26-year-old Kleberson
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      165 36 League Home Team Away Team Match Kick Off (Singapore date/time) S.League Albirex Sinchi Mon, 08/08/05 7.30pm E League Champ Preston Derby Tue, 09/08/05 12.45 am Intertoto Cup Hamburg Valencia Wed, 10/08/05 2.15 am Intertoto Cup Deportivo Marseille Wed, 10/08/05 3.00 am UE Champions Everton Villarreal Wed, 10/08/05 3.05 am UE
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