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  • 11 1 TODAY /A=DIJ\CORP MICA(P) 112/07/2005 incorporating dtr63tS Tuesday November 1, 2005 todayonline.com
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  • 657 1  -  RAHUL PATHAK SM Goh, MediaCorp chairman on why the Spore media needs an honest voice NIGHT EDITOR rahul.patha k@newstoday.com. sg TO THE clink of glasses and the applause of guests including Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong, Today celebrated a milestone that not many would
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  • 507 1 -AFP TOKYO Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi yesterday picked outspoken hawk Shinzo Abe as his effective number two, putting him in line to succeed the reformist premier next year. Mr Koizumi, the longest serving Japanese premier in a generation, reshuffled his Cabinet after
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    • 683 2  -  LEECHINGWERN At Today's sth birthday bash, SM Goh speaks of press power, responsibility and competition chingwern@newstoday.com. sg IN A recent worldwide ranking on freedom of the press, Singapore 140 th out of 167 countries placed below even warravaged Sudan. "Should we be embarrassed because
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    • 497 2  -  SHOBHATSERINGBHALLA IN A marketplace deluged with advertising, making heads turn is an invaluable skill. And that is why Today is now seeking to recognise five ads that took the game to a new level, with the launch of the inaugural Creative Awards
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    • 370 3 In repeat of 2004 results, Today wins awards from S-League for year's best story, photo IT IS an age-old adage in sport, though the honour is surely similarly cherished in any field. To repeat any sort of triumph is special. In a unique feat, Today walked away with
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    • 571 3 Eu Van Sang Gold Label Bak Foong Pill It's been called many names,"the burden" being one of them. «A' Astragalus Powdered Pilrose Deer Antler is also %XX (Bel Qi) And for many women, that time of the month can sometimes used to enrich the blood and rmm £-^^o mf^^^ m^
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  • singapore news
    • 646 4  -  ANSLEY NG Fearful, isolating himself, he came to realise he should not have generalised others a nsley@newstoday.com.sg A CLAUSTROPHOBIC Benjamin Koh Song Huat spent his first few days in prison breaking out in cold sweat and hyperventilating. Speaking to Today after spending three
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    • 237 4 -AFP SYDNEY Amid pleas by some members that Singapore should be allowed to uphold its own laws, Australia's parliament has passed a motion calling on Singapore to spare the life of an Australian sentenced to hang for drug trafficking. Nguyen Tuong Van,
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    • 688 4  -  JOSEPH TAY news@newstoday.com.sg WHEN leaders invoke creativity and challenge people to think outside the box, they rarely intend their followers to be creative in everything and everywhere. It is true in corporations as it is true also in government
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    • 511 6  -  TORCHING LI Panel of 3 citizens to decide who enters casinos, in effort to stem problem gambling chingli@newstoday.com.sg THREE people will get to determine the fortunes of problem gamblers and they're not croupiers but civic-minded citizens. At its first press conference yesterday since
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    • 430 6  -  TANHUILENG IN THE biggest multi-ethnic cohort study in Singapore, researchers here are going to track 12,000 individuals for as long as 50 years or more. The project, which studies cardiovascular and metabolic diseases and selected cancers in the subjects, will be undertaken by the new
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    • 245 6 -938LIVE.AFP SINGAPORE'S unemployment rate improved to 3.3 per cent at the end of September from 3.4 per cent in the June quarter as the number of new jobs doubled from the same period a year ago, the Government said yesterday. Preliminary estimates showed
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  • world news
    • GLOBALROUNDUP
      • 99 8 -AFP Thirty-five years after filming her first movie nude scene. United States model and actress Lauren Hutton, 61, (picture) is baring it all again for Big magazine. One of the world's first supermodels, the famously gap-toothed Ms Hutton fills the cover of the
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      • 77 8 The Parti Islam SeMalaysia (PAS) assemblyman for Pengkalan Pasir, Kelantan, succumbed to liver cancer at 6.10 am at a hospital in Kelantan yesterday. The Star reported. Mr Wan Abdul Aziz Wan Jaffar, 55, a first-term assemblyman, defeated Barisan Nasional's Hanafi Mamat by a 55-vote majority in last
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      • 64 8 -DPA All the passengers of a capsized excursion boat were found alive yesterday after floating for hours in rough seas off the western coast of West Sumatra province, Indonesian media reports said. Coast guard officials in the West Sumatra port of Teluk Bayur confirmed that
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    • 403 8 -AGENCIES They believe terrorists used phones to coordinate blasts NEW DELHI In one of the biggest manhunts in recent memory, Indian detectives have started examining millions of mobile telephone records to track down the masterminds behind three simultaneous blasts that killed more than 60 people
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    • 195 8 -AGENCIES WASHINGTON Embattled United States President George W Bush yesterday nominated a conservative appeals court judge, Mr Samuel Alito, to the Supreme Court in a move expected to heal a rift in his Republican party. In a joint public appearance at the White House, Mr
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    • 135 8 IN RESPONSE to media queries on Iranian President Dr Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's comments last Wednesday that Israel should be "wiped off the map", and his latest comments on Sunday that he was just repeating "the words of the last 27 years...", a Foreign Ministry spokesman said: "The
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    • 248 8 -DPA BANGKOK Thailand's opposition parties won three out of the four contested parliamentary seats in a by-election held at the weekend. The wins have given the opposition sufficient seats to launch a no-confidence motion against the Cabinet, election officials said yesterday. Sunday's ballot was
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    • this quirky world
      • 153 10 In Paris' Pere-Lachaise cemetery, the final resting place of flamboyant Irish writer and gay icon Oscar Wilde, his grave is the focus of a struggle between his admirers and his dutiful grandson. The Sunday Times reported. Mr Merlin Holland has been trying
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      • 73 10 The office Christmas party, where drunken revelry is de rigueur, has fallen out of favour, reported the Telegraph. A survey of 3,500 company bosses found that four out of five will not organise a Christmas party this year to avoid dealing with complications caused
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    • 329 10 AFP Bali bombing conspirator to get jail term cut JAKARTA Indonesia's government plans to grant reprieves to convicted militants, including 2002 Bali bombing conspirator Abu Bakar Bashir to mark Hari Raya Puasa, a report said yesterday. Further sentence cuts for militants such as Abu Bakar are
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    • 201 10 DPA AMSTERDAM Dutch researchers have found a substance in mothers' milk that can prevent a baby being infected with HIV. They believe it can also be used to prevent infection in adults. Researchers at Amsterdam's Academic Medical Centre and the city's Free
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    • 212 11 -DPA WASHINGTON Thousands of mourners and dignitaries alike paid their respects at the US Capitol building to the late Rosa Parks, 92, the African-American whose defiance on a segregated bus in 1955 help galvanise the civil rights movement In a touching eulogy at a
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    • GLOBALROUNDUP
      • 61 11 -AFP Rebel attacks on Sunday killed the brother of one of Iraq s two vice-presidents and wounded a deputy minister. Deputy trade minister Kais Dawud Hassan was wounded when gunmen opened fire on his convoy in Baghdad. Earlier, Cabinet adviser Ghaleb Abdel Mehdi, brother
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      • 68 11 Children are able to buy knives, adult video and alcohol online from well-known retailers in Britain, with few making checks on their age, according to a report in The Times, quoting a survey by the Trading Standards Institute. Investigators used a 13-year-old's
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    • 496 11 —AGENCIES CIA agent's trauma; calls for Bush to apologise WASHINGTON CIA agent Valeric Plame was shocked when she learned her cover as a spy had been blown, and has received threats since her unmasking, allegedly by White House officials, her husband former ambassador Joe Wilson said
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    • 408 10 eat healthy, stay HEALTHY Come and pit your culinary skills against each other in a hands-on cooking challenge! All you need to do is to prepare an original main dish using Quaker Quick Cook/Instant Oats as one of the ingredients. The judging criteria are: Arrangement Presentation Innovation Correct Professional Preparation
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    • 69 11 If you experience five or more of the following symptoms for more than two weeks, see your family doctor. Intense sadness Tiredness Changes in sleep patterns Inability to concentrate Sense of worthlessness Changes in appetite Agitation for no reason Thoughts of suicide Treat Depression Early. */2 Log on to www.hpb.gov.sg
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  • Voices
    • 204 12  -  IRENE CHEONGCHUIFOONG Letter from I AM sure many of us have experienced builtup tension with neighbours who are inconsiderate and unreasonable. I am Singaporean and currently have three foreign guests staying with me. They are here because they have a good impression of Singapore and
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    • 321 12  - When in Singapore SIOWJIARUI Don't blame the law of the land, blame the drug problem Letter from I AM writing in response to the countless attacks levelled at Singapore by the Australian media and citizens over the Australian drug smuggler who has been condemned to death in Singapore. It is
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    • SHORTTAKES
      • 77 12  -  FRANCIS CHONG GWEE SIANG This morning, as I was driving along Choa Chu Kang Drive towards the KJE (Yew Tee), I passed the junction of Choa Chu Kang Avenue 4 and Choa Chu Kang Drive. I almost missed the traffic light, which was just installed
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      • 95 12  -  KHOO LIH-HAN I refer to the letter, 'Bag request hits snag' (Oct 31). As a regular shopper at Mustafa Shopping Centre, I am aware of the huge premises of the shopping centre. Putting myself in the shoes of the management, I would
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      • 97 12  -  MABEL KOH Reading Terrance Ang's article, "Husband abuse: When it's men who need shelter from violence" (Oct 31), my heart goes out to the writer. I feel that men too need protection from abusive wives/women. I hope something can be done so
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    • 139 12  -  DESMOND YIP KING YEE Letter from I REFER to the letter from Mr Low Kirn Song "4D betting at AXS stations?" (Oct 31). He asked that Singapore Pools should consider allowing 4D tickets to be purchased from the AXS stations. I do not
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    • 649 13  -  Tang Li news@newstoday.com.sg NEIL French, creative head of the WPP Group, the world's second largest communications company, was always known for his ability to provoke. So, it should have been no surprise to industry watchers across the world when he resigned over
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    • 226 14  -  DR JAMES DOBSON BY FIRM OBJECTIVES IN PARENTING Parents should have some firm objectives in mind that will help guide their child rearing efforts. Often when I'm flying into Los Angeles International Airport at night, I look ahead to see the green runway lights that tell
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    • 392 14  -  HASLINDASHAMSUDIN Voices a valuable platform for readers to raise issues Letter from A VERY happy sth birthday to Today! Today has done very well to earn its position as the second most widely-read newspaper in Singapore. It has established itself as a credible and respectable newspaper, despite
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      35 14 What have you always wanted to ask Today's editor about the newspaper? Have you other comments or suggestions? Tell us, for our upcoming sth anniversary special edition on Nov 10. Email us at news@newstoday.com.sg
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    • 48 14  -  DERRICK D'SOUZA Letter from THANK you for columnist Jeremy Lim's interview with his mum in yesterday's paper ("Gold medal mum"). My only complaint is that it should have made the front page! Best wishes to Jeremy and his mum and all at Today.
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    • 789 14  -  LORETTACHEN She thinks and speaks in English but now directs Mandarin play Ten Brothers coffee with I 28, associate director of Toy Factory As a little girl, Loretta Chen used to watch her big brother and sisterin-law, TV actors Edmund Chen and Xiang Yun,
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    • 40 12 we set you thinking todayonline.com 1 Opinions. Thoughts. 1 Concerns. What moves you? 1 What irks you? Tell us. 1 Write, email or fax us a letter with your full name, contact HSk number and address. we want your voice
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    • 128 12 SINGAPORE Beware of SUSPICIOUS CHARACTERS following you into the lift I Bewaspadalah dengan ORANG YANG MENCURI6AKAN I mengekori anda masuh kedalam lif WE'VE HEARD OF WELCOME MATS, BUT WARNING MATS? WTWell intentioned the crime busting «n idea may be, but it doesn't exactly inspire a sense of security. Today reader
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    • 455 13 i /jiff S^^^SSsSb l^l^C^S S^^K h$ I I 0P In Harry Potter and the Qoblet of Fire, the fourth film adaptation of J.K. Rowling's populat Harry Potter novel tfl B v F series, Harry (DANIEL RADCLIFFE) must contend with being mysteriously selected to compete in the prestigious <^^k ■c Triwizard
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  • Businesstoday
    • 728 15 BLOOMBERG SUTL boss finally gets his wish to make sports and lifestyle his business AT THE helm of his US$3.B-million ($6.4-million) yacht, Mr Arthur Tay contemplates a barren strip of land on Sentosa, which he is aiming to turn into Asia's most luxurious yachting
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    • 168 15 -DOW JONES Accord Customer Care Solutions (ACCS) exchief Victor Tan Hor Peow is scheduled for a further pre-trial conference on Nov 28, relating to police charges of conspiring to cheat Nokia by falsifying some of the $4.27-million warranty repair claims in 2003. ACCS' net profit for last year was
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    • 97 15 BLOOMBERG NEPTUNE Orient Lines (NOL) posted its seventh quarterly profit gain as it moved more goods to the United States and Europe and charged higher rates. Net income rose 6 per cent to U*****.6 million ($4Bl million) in the third quarter ended Sept 23, or
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    • marketwatch
      • 126 15 SHARE prices ended higher, tracking gains in most regional bourses and Wall Street's overnight rise, traders said. Overall market sentiment was boosted by gains in property stocks on a technical recovery, traders said. The ST Index closed 24.36 points, or 1.11 per cent, higher at 2,216.77. Gainers beat losers
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      • 4 15 ST Index 2,216.77 +24.36
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      • 52 15 SGX, Bloomberg Information provided by Nikkei 225 *****.50 +259.96 +1.95 Hang Seng ASX *****.37 +170.54 4459.70 +76.70 +1.20 +1.75 Taiwan Wtd 5764.30 +131.33 +2.33 Korea Comp 1150.11 +17.39 +1.52 KLCI 910.76 +4.97 +0.55 SET Index 602.62 +0.37 +0.05 Jakarta Comp 1066.22 +7.96 +0.75 Phils Comp Shenzhen B 109.23
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      • 35 15 UK£ Yen HK$ RM Euro Rupiah Baht 0.5916 0.3335 68.436 4.5876 2.2333 0.4902 5940.1 24.139 Peso A$ Indian Rs Won C$ Yuan NZ$ NT$ 32.532 0.7897 26.673 617.29 0.6966 4.7829 0.8411 19.881
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    • business news
      • 262 16 Following similar move by DBS, the bank plans Dec 1 revision, but declines to disclose size of increase HOT on the heels of its rival DBS Group Holdings, Oversea-Chinese Banking Corp (OCBC) has said that it will raise its private housing loan rates from Dec
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      • 168 16 DOW JONES SINGAPORE Telecommunications (Sing Tel) said it remains interested in investing in Pakistan, two days after the country's biggest telecommunication privatisation failed. "We remain interested in Pakistan. We take a disciplined approach with our investments," Mr Peter Heng, SingTel's director,
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      • 207 16 —AFP SYDNEY Australian flag carrier Qantas has laid to rest talk of a possible merger with Singapore Airlines (SIA) but will consider forming an alliance with another airline, the company's chief executive said. Australian government officials raised the idea of a merger
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    • wealth the business of personal finance
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        1020 17 Do you know what you are getting into when you take a loan from a financial institution? Here is a look at various types of loan packages and how interest is computed. LOANS TERM AND REVOLVING LOANS Essentially, financial institutions offer either term or revolving loans. Term loans
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      • 213 17  -  -VALERIE LAW WEALTH management is growing in influence, so banks are not only paying top dollars to attract relationship managers, but giving renewed focus on wealth education too. OCBC, for example, wants to use its re-cently-launched wealth management website to play a more educational
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    • impact the business of marketing
      • 424 18  -  SHOBHATSERING BHALLA Jewellery chain forges alliance with Italian firm shobha@newstoday.com.sg IN 1989, marketing legend Peter Drucker predicted that partnership strategy would become increasingly important and would overtake, if not supplant, competitive strategy at some time in the *****. Of course, being the big picture expert,
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      • 268 18  -  SHOBHATSERINGBHALLA NOVEMBER is set to be the most fecund month of the year for creative minds with a host of events and activities focusing on the creative industries lined up. Foremost among these will be a two-day seminar on Nov 15 and 16 called
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    • Infotech solutions for business
      • 459 20  -  CHOW PENN NEE IN BEIJING Company targets SMEs with latest products, services and solutions pennnee@newstoday.com.sg I HEWLETT-Packard (HP) is going after the small I and medium enterprise (SME) segment in the Asia-Pacific (excluding Japan), which it has identified as the region's fastest-growing
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      • 352 20  -  ELAINE NG I CONTRARY to the notion that the workplace is becoming paperless, Canon believes that paper consumption has grown over the years and that the world is nowhere close to becoming paperless. In an average week, about half
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        463 20 lln a fix over IT matters? I Bugged by software I glitches? I Send your questions to I infotech@newstoday.com.sg I NETWORK CONNECTIONS Q1: My network card icon shows an exclamation mark and the status says there is no connectivity or limited connectivity. What went wrong? A 1: It sounds
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      • 486 21  -  ELAINE NG Local service providers at disadvantage as customers seek global expertise elaine.ng@newstoday.com.sg I MORE companies are I starting to outsource their IT security functions to external specialists and this phenomenon, according to security companies VeriSign and Equant, is leading to a growing consolidation of managed
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      • 92 21 POWER TOOL FOR ANIMATORS Autodesk 3ds Max 8 software is a 3D modelling, animation and rendering solution that helps users realise their 3D ideas for game development, film and video production and design visualisation. For example, this version includes new data management, character animation and speed/performance advancements. Character development
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    • 1585 22  -  RSBfflHl^^^H TODAYEXCLUSIVE Even Westlife's Kian Eg an, all grown up now, admits the pop phenomenon is a spent force pfflpSffßyMwtßffip^fflK^^^^^B THERE was a time not too long ago when boybands were an integral part of pop life. Whether it was the Backstreet Boys in the United States
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    • 132 23  -  Zul Othman CDREVIEWS by Intensive Care NOBODY does cheeky pop better than Britain's favourite entertainer, Robert Peter Williams. For his sixth album, Williams wears his '80s influences on his sleeve proudly, with sounds that would not be out of place on any Pet Shop Boys, Prefab Sprout or
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      121 23 Simplified WHEN it was announced that Simply Red frontman Mick Hucknall was going to add some Latin flavour to his old songs for his new album, it sounded like the ginger one had finally run out of steam, musically. A surprise, then, that Simplified has turned out to
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      108 23 De Nova IT'S not surprising The Redwalls are Oasis guitarist Noel Gallagher's new favourite band. Just like Oasis, the Chicago-based troupe are pop plagiarists of the highest order lifting riffs from The Beatles and The Rolling Stones, but adding a certain swagger that makes the music entirely their
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    • 109 23 I About to star in MediaCorp I TV Channel s's new drama I Lifeline, actress and former Cherry Chocolate Candy I band member Cheryl Miles tells Today about her favourite I album of all time. CHERYL MILES ONTHESOUNDTRACKTO JENNIFER GARNER MOVIE 13 GOING ON30: I can sing
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    • plus in cinemas
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        336 24  -  JOYCE LIN Fishing for King Crabs in the frigid Bering Sea is a perilous job but, for US$lO a kilo, it's worth it joyce@newstoday.com.sg CRUSHED fingers, broken bones and hypothermia: Just a typical day at the office for 39-year-old Sig Hansen. The Norwegian holds one of the world's
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      • 293 25  -  ZUL OTHMAN Suria will mark Hari Raya with one-hour television special at iconic Malay market zul@newstoday.com.sg THIS year marks the last time the Hari Raya bazaar will be held at Geylang Serai after nearly 35 years. The bazaar, which spills from Jalan Pasar Baru to the neighbouring
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    • Healthtoday
      • 703 26  -  REETA RAMAN And it's not just a problem that plagues women reeta@newstoday.com RETIRED security officer Lim Chin Yew* (name has been changed) was an active individual until he developed chronic back pains. He has had no medical problems, but for a few years now, the 57-year-old
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      • 342 26 WHAT IS OSTEOPOROSIS It is a disease in which bones become fragile and more likely to break. If not prevented or if left untreated, osteoporosis can progress painlessly until a bone breaks. These broken bones, also known as fractures, occur typically in the hip, spine, and wrist.
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    • plus healthtoday
      • 384 28 She's on a mission to stub out cigarettes for good MEDIACORP artiste Ng Hui (picture) launched her acting career on the set of the Channel 5 sitcom, "Living with Lydia". She starred as Apple, the daughter of veteran Hong Kong star, Lydia Sum in the
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      • 235 28  -  BRENDACHEW YOGHURT contains calcium, phosphorous, Vitamin B, iodine, protein, potassium, zinc and most notably, live bacteria. That alone should sound rather impressive for an easily available and affordable food! The tangy tasting product is made by adding bacterial cultures to milk. The bacteria
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      • 629 29 AFTER a long personal tutelage with yoga master BKS Iyengar, Ann Barros (pictures), a professional dancer, decided to hang up her dancing shoes to become a yoga instructor. Why? Because Iyengar yoga (a form of yoga developed by BKS Iyengar) cured her of scoliosis
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        107 30 PROACTIVE PARENTING RAISING WELL-ADJUSTED CHILDREN Raising well-adjusted children can be difficult. This forum can help. Date: Nov 5 Time: 2pm to 4pm Venue: Cheng San Community Library Enquiries/Registration: Free admission. Call 6332 3255 FITNESS® WORK (picture) Come join the fitness instructors at California Fitness for a one-hour long workout
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      • 822 30 I HAVE three children: An 18-year-old boy, a 15-year-old girl and a 9-year-old boy. All my kids are in good health and are in mainstream schools. My wife's and my concern is for our 9-year-old boy. He is above average in class as he often comes in
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