Today, 24 December 2007

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  • 13 1 //\=DIJ\CORP we set you thinking Monday December 24, 2007 todayonline.com TODAY MICA(P) 132/10/2007
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  • 778 1 -AGENCIES People Power Party win likely to deepen Thailand's two-year political crisis BANGKOK Thai voters have delivered a damning verdict on the country's military junta by voting for the political party linked to ousted Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, who was toppled in a coup last
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    • 37 1 LUXURY ON WHEELS THE RIDE OF YOUR DREAMS IS HERE HOT NEWS PAGE 2 YOUTUBE ROYALS QUEEN OF ENGLAND POSTS CHRISTMAS MESSAGE ONLINE WORLD PAGE 8 WHERE DO YOU WANT TO PARTY THIS NEW .-^W YEAR'S EVE?
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    • 630 2  -  LEONG WEE KEAT TODAYEXCLUSIVE weekeat@media corp.com.sg HAVE you ever dreamt of being chauffeured around in style? Well, soon you can be driven around town in Singapore's first 8-m-long super stretch limousine similar to those used by Hollywood stars at red-carpet events or billionaire
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    • 600 3  -  ANSLEYNG 51-year-old man dies following quarrel, fight with friends ansley@mediacorp.com.sg IN THE third murder case in two weeks, a man died on Saturday night after he was punched while drinking with his friends at a coffeeshop in Yishun. The deceased, 51-year-old Lav Ah Song,
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    • 563 4 AGENCIES But critics worry about Hindu nationalist party leader's political ideals NEW DELHI Controversial Hindu nationalist party leader Narendra Modi has stormed back to power with an absolute majority in India's religiously-divided Gujarat state yesterday. The Modi-led Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won 117 seats in the
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    • 625 4  -  ANSLEY NG ansley@mediacorp.com.sg IT IS a small neighbourhood known for its roti prata and 24-hour coffeeshops, but at night and on weekends, the row of shophouses in quiet Jalan Kayu become the favourite haunt of some of the thousands of foreign workers whose quarters are just 500
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  • Singapore news
    • 331 6  -  TAN HUI LENG Contest helps able-bodied foster friendship with their wheelchair-bound partners huileng@mediacorp.com.sg SOME 30 wheelchair-bound youth and 60 of their able-bodied peers were on Sentosa yesterday morning competing in the first-ever South West Amazing Wheelchair Race championship. Organised by the South West Community Development
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    • 181 6 CHANNEL NEWSASIA THOUSANDS of little girls in rural China will get their dream dolls this Christmas, thanks to a Singaporean charity organisation, the Concern and Care Society (CCS). These girls will receive 4,500 Barbie dolls donated by local children. The dolls go to children
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    • 709 8 ■THE SUNDAY TELEGRAPH Figures show more in UK attending Mass rather than Anglican services LONDON Roman Catholics have overtaken Anglicans as the country's dominant religious group. More people attend Mass every Sunday than worship with the Church of England, figures seen by The Sunday Telegraph show.
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    • Article, Illustration
      40 8 HURRY CHRISTMAS: South Korean runners dressed in Santa Claus costumes participate in the 2007 Santa Claus marathon in Seoul, Christmas is one of the biggest holidays celebrated in South Korea, with Christians forming over half of the country's population. AFP
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    • 423 8 -THE GUARDIAN LONDON Queen Elizabeth II (picture) has taken a bold stride into cyberspace by launching her own channel on the video-sharing website You Tube. Launched yesterday, The Royal Channel www.youtube.com/theroyalchannel seeks to promote Britain's monarch to a youthful global audience. And at
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    • 331 10 KUALA LUMPUR Malaysian police and protesters have postponed a confrontation at the Dataran Merdeka, or the Independence Square. The Abolish the ISA Movement (GMI) has put off a planned vigil to protest detention without trial under the
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    • 573 10 -AFP With 2 weeks to go, opposition salvo ups Pakistan poll stakes LARKANA (Pakistan) The South Asian nation's bitter election campaign hot up again yesterday as Pakistan's main opposition leaders accused President Pervez Musharraf of trying to rig the vote two weeks from now. Mr
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    • 228 11 -AFP TASHKENT Uzbekistan President Islam Karimov has won another seven-year term in office after the electoral authorities in the Central Asian republic declared yesterday's presidential election valid, the official UzA news agency reported. Eighty per cent of the former Soviet republic's 16.2 million eligible voters had
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    • GLOBALROUNDUP
      • 109 12 Iran's first nuclear power plant will be operational within three months, CNN reported yesterday. The report, which cited the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (I rib), noted that Iranian Energy Minister Parviz Fattah had told reporters on Saturday that the Bushehr nuclear power plant
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      • 146 12 ■AP Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda yesterday said his ruling Liberal Democratic Party would submit a Bill on a universal relief package to help sufferers of hepatitis C contracted from tainted blood products. "I hope the Bill will be passed quickly and I want everyone
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      • 56 12 ■AFP Saudi Arabia's Interior Ministry yesterday announced the arrest of 28 Al Qaeda linked suspects for plotting attacks in the oil-rich kingdom. It was not immediately clear if the arrests were linked to an alleged Al Qaeda plan to stage an attack during the annual
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      • 119 12 -AFP China has proposed lifting millions of its citizens out of the income-tax net to ease the burden on low-wage earners amid rising inflation. It is expected to raise the monthly tax threshold from 1,600 yuan ($316) to 2,000 yuan and the legislature
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    • 332 12 -AFP Democrats demand universal suffrage by 2012 HONG KONG A group of democrats kicked off a week-long hunger strike yesterday, demanding that China promise full democracy in Hong Kong by 2012 as Beijing opened discussions about political reform in the city. The National People's Congress
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      62 14 -AFP MANY HAPPY RETURNS: Japan's Emperor Akihito (second from right) and members of the royal family greeted thousands of wellwishers at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo as they celebrated his 74th birthday yesterday. "I thankyou for coming to wish me on my birthday on this cold, rainy day,* he said
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    • 644 14 X'mas returns to Vatican of Iraq' -THE SUNDAY TELEGRAPH Former Al Qaeda 'caliphate'welcomes Christians back BAGHDAD Iraqi Christians who fled a district of Baghdad that declared itself an Al Qaeda caliphate have returned home to celebrate their first Christmas in two years. Known as the "Vatican of Iraq", the small
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    • 217 16 ■AP MANILA Australia has warned there could be terrorist attacks in the Philippines over Christmas, although the Asian nation's police chief said yesterday that security officials had not uncovered a specific threat The Australian Embassy posted a travel advisory on its website on Saturday warning
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      61 16 AFP FESTIVE FREEBIES: Families queueing up for free bags of Christmas food from a philanthropist near the Smokey mountain dumpsite in Tondo, Manila, yesterday. Gift-giving, especially during the Christmas holiday, is a custom in the Philippines, where Catholics make up 80 per cent of the population. The country also has
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    • 722 16 AFP 3 years after disaster, scientists hard at work to perfect sea sensor system BERLIN As the third anniversary of the Asian tsunami nears, German scientists said they are working hard to honour a promise made to Indonesia to create an Indian
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    • 165 16 Healthy Male Participants Needed The Pfizer Clinical Research Unit(PCRU) needs healthy participants for a scientific study involving a marketed medicine. The purpose of this study is to compare the 2 formulations of a marketed drug, using 2 different inhaler devices, when administered in the presence and absence of charcoal block.
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    • 439 17  -  YINYANUN Having Mum at home is better than anything money can buy Letter from I REFER to the article, "The luxury of being a mother" (Dec 22-23), which brought up the ca-reer-versus-child debate but did not offer any solution to the problem. There is a
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    • 666 20  -  LIANG DINGZI THE recent spate of food poisoning suffered by a number of Prima Deli customers after consuming its products is a wake-up call to food caterers that they must enforce stringent food handling procedures. That unfortunate incident happened although the Prima factory complies
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    • 192 20  -  DR JAMES DOBSON BY.................... NO PLACE TO HIDE Have you ever fantasised about running away from all the pressure and stress of today's high-tech world? Why don't we just pack up and transplant ourselves lock, stock and family dog to somewhere idyllic? How about moving to
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  • Business
    • 478 21 AGENCIES Most bourses up despite US sub-prime financial crisis ASIAN stock markets gave investors a white-knuckle ride this year, but most are up sharply despite the ongoing financial crisis in the United States. Chinese and Indian shares led the pack this year, defying fears
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    • 431 21 MR LLOYD Blankfein (picture) is looking at a cool US$69 million ($lOO million) in his pocket and a rising mountain of expectations. The chairman and chief executive officer (CEO) of Goldman Sachs, the world's biggest securities firm, has emerged as the best-paid boss
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    • 268 21 -AFP IN A move that is likely to tighten the Chinese government's control over business, China lawmakers are mulling a law to prevent state-owned assets being sold too cheaply, state press reported yesterday Xinhua news agency said the draft law details procedures for
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    • Succeed
      • 787 22 MOST leaders tend to learn the most when new opportunities come their way through a new job, a business or personal crisis, or some other significant challenge. But we don't have to wait for a new job or a promotion in order to
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      • 635 22  -  JOHN BITTLESTOIM Looking after customers will make or break any business A QUICK, anecdotal survey among overseas residents and visitors to Singapore on the quality of service they have received here delivered some unexpected results. It was rewarding to learn that most people
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        301 22  -  LOH CHEE KONG More Sex is Safer Sex by Steven E Landsburg The provocative headline sets the tone for the rest of this book. In the first chapter. Slate columnist Landsburg jolts readers by arguing that promiscuity reduces the spread of sexual diseases. The basis of his suggestion? Encouraging
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      • 289 23 CALLING ASPIRING WRITERS AND ILLUSTRATORS Are you dreaming of making your big break as a writer or an illustrator of children's books? The Media Development Authority and the National Book Development Council of Singapore are conducting an introductory workshop for aspiring writers and illustrators. At the session, works will
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    • 1200 24  -  Asif Ansar From mobster themed gatherings to intimate affairs to raise money for charity, partygoers will be spoilt for choice this New Year's Eve If you're planning to usher in 2008 with a bang, you will be spoilt for choice. Whether it's sweating it out with
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    • 359 25 —THE TELEGRAPH HE BECAME a comedy sensation playing the wannabe-gangsta-rapper Ali G. As Borat, the outrageously anti-Semitic, homophobic reporter from Kazakhstan, he became a cultural icon while lampooning and offending virtually everyone he came across. But the actor behind the two popular characters, Sacha Baron
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    • in cinemas
      • 343 26 THE GUARDIAN Nigella Lawson beats Jamie Oliver for Christmas cookbook crown HE MAY have bish-bash-boshed his way to gastronomic stardom, thrown open his kitchen doors to disadvantaged teenagers and shocked England into action over school meals, but Jamie Oliver seems to be losing the battle of the Christmas
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      • 386 29 Another peek at Singapore striker's biggest evening ALEKSANDAR Duric will long remember Nov 23, 2007. It was the biggest night of his life as he was honoured for what was the best year of his football career. In a season in which he became
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    • 1163 27 HOLIDAY EVE MOVIE THE MEDICAL TOUCH MOSAIC MONDAY CHEF SELEBRITI The Polar Express Channel News Asia, 8.32pm Opening Soon By Design: Fendi Finale Channel 5, 7.30pm It isthe second "^q^ Arts Central, 9pm Suria, 8.30pm ■j—*"fr^Mi, w w leading cause St*~*~—. From Fendi's grand flagship of death in in Rome,
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  • Sports
    • 762 30  -  ROBERTO CARLOS THE GUARDIAN Roberto Carlos gives an intriguing insight into Fabio Capello and is '100 per cent sure' he'll hand Becks the captain's armband WITH Fabio C ape 11 o there is no friendship. I have known him for more than 10 years
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    • 322 30 -THE DAILYTELEGRAPH LONDON Manchester United's pairing with Lyon in the Champions League has served to highlight manager Alex Ferguson's biggest concern as they embarked on their hectic Premiership holiday programme. United still have matches away to Sunderland and West Ham United, and
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    • 421 31 -AGENCIES Winger's brace helps United keep pace with Arsenal ENGLISH PREMIERSHIP Manchester United 2 Everton 1 MANCHESTER A late penalty by Cristiano Ronaldo enabled Manchester United to move within a point of Arsenal at the Premiership summit, after they were pushed all the way in a
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    • 461 31 —AGENCIES ENGLISH PREMIERSHIP Blackburn 0-1 Chelsea BLACKBURN Chelsea goalkeeper Petr Cech added to the club's growing injury crisis by limping off the pitch during the Blues' 1-0 win at Ewood Park yesterday (this morning, Singapore time) with a suspected hip injury. Chelsea consolidated their
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    • 40 31 9am A Football Boise State v East Carolina, Ch23 9.15 am NFL Redskins v Vikings, CMO7 SPORT RADIO 655 a- Sports Zone Minutes 11.35pm Weekdays: hourly sports updates on SSSlive 9.10 a- Sports Zone Wrap 950 am (encore at 9.10pm)
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