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    20 1 TODAY Thursday July 17, 2008 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking TODAY Thursday July 17, 2008 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking
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    Lock icon Criminal or political?
    738 1  -  NAZRYBAHRAWI. AGENCIES, ANWAR ARREST No conspiracy, no one is above the law: Syed Hamid Albar KUALA LUMPUR An hour before he was to voluntarily appear at the police headquarters to answer sodomy allegations, Mr Anwar Ibrahim found a police party waiting outside his house. Mr Anwar was
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    One line, a few kinks?
    691 1  -  NEOCHAICHIN LEONGWEEKEAT r. and chaichin@mediacorp.com.sg COMMUTERS, who will find themselves paying 30 cents more from today on ComfortDelGro cabs, could also encounter new hassles in calling for a cab, when a common booking number meant to increase convenience kicks in. At least three other taxi
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      142 1 I BYE BYE, CSI\ |W William Petersen mmmmm JkW hit TV series -_-_ba-------------l >LUS3Z| COLUMN LEONARD THOMAS The biggest lesson our Sports Editor thinks Team Singapore must learn, if they are to walk away winners in Beijing, is this: It's okay to be losers. Page 47 COMMENT DAD'S ON LEAVE
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  • NEWS
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      Lock icon 30 nabbed in ring-fencing operation
      219 2 THE police arrested 30 drink-drivers in a six-hour islandwide operation in the wee hours of yesterday. The latest ring-fencing blitz brings the total number of people caught for drinkdriving to 2,061 this year. This was the first time the police had carried out ring-fencing on
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      Breaking the silence
      560 2  -  ESTHER NG DOMESTICVIOLENCE More victims of abuse at home speaking out esther_ng@mediacorp.com.sg ON A global average, just six in 10 abused wives confide in their friends. The surprise? The figure is seven in 10 for Singapore, and that is heartening news for organisers of the Stop Violence
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      Abused daughters become abusive mums?
      323 2  -  ESTHER NG WHAT some mothers may not realise, is that they can be abusive without being physical about it. To underline the point that violence can be emotional as well as mental, Minister of State for Community Development, Youth and Sport Yu-Foo Yee Shoon cited
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      I SAY WHY DADDY NEEDS A MONTH OFF
      677 4  -  CHRISTOPHERTOH christophertoh@mediacorp.com.sg ANY day now, my second child will be born. Today, I go on a day's paternity leave followed by a two-week personal furlough, because unlike working mums who have 12 weeks of maternity leave, dads here get no such legal
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      Buddhists seek reassurance
      399 6  -  LINYANQIN CHARITY SCANDAL Organisations get calls from devotees, after Ren Cis ex-chief charged yanqin@mediacorp.com.sg A DAY after Buddhist monk Ming Vi was charged with 10 counts ranging from forgery to giving false information, several Buddhist organisations here have received calls expressing concern from members. Distressed devotees called
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      Lock icon Roaring start to National Day party
      237 6  -  ONG DAI LIN THE Formula One pit building has just been completed and already, the nerve centre is raring to host its first races the finale of the Xl series next weekend. After close to a seven-month build up, which saw go-kart races held
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      Courting the region
      465 8  -  TEOXUANWEI LEGAL EAGLES Briton is first Queen's Counsel granted permission to practise in Singapore xuanwei@mediacorp.com. sg THE world's top law firms have been knocking on our doors since the Government announced the liberalisation of the domestic legal market seven months ago. And now, a leading legal eagle
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      PI who followed 'Psycho Lady' grilled
      390 8  -  ZULOTHMAN zul@mediacorp.com.sg "PSYCHO Lady" was what the private investigator had inscribed on the label of surveillance footage of Madam Amutha Valli Krishnan, the woman at the centre of the exorcism suit involving Novena Church. And yesterday, her lawyer, Mr R S Bajwa, pounced on
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      Former MediaCorp employee jailed, fined for taking bribes
      271 10  -  ZULOTHMAN zul@mediacorp.com.sg BEING in a position of responsibility, Teh Gim Leng (picture) should have known his actions would have "caused harm to many people". That was the message yesterday from District Judge Toh Yung Cheong to a former senior accounts manager with
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      Helping her to help others
      368 10  -  SHERALYNTAY HEALTH AWARDS MOH awards 138 development grants sheralyn@mediacorp.com. sg HAVING lost her grandparents when she was very young, Ms Mary Leong (picture), grew up without having them to dote on her. Despite this loss, the nurse discovered early in her career, hat she could
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      Lock icon Tensions on the rise
      322 12 AGENCIES BORDER DISPUTE PREAH VIHEAR (Cambodia) Thailand yesterday deployed an additional 140 elite soldiers to the Cambodian border as tensions over a disputed border area near a historic temple entered their second day. The move was meant to pressure Cambodia into talks on the disputed border
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    • EYE ON ASIA
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        RAJA PETRA TO BE CHARGED TODAY
        85 12 Malaysia Blogger and Malaysia Today editor Raja Petra Kamarudin is expected to be charged today with criminal defamation in relation to his statutory declaration on the murder of Mongolian interpreter Altantuya Shaariibuu, local media reported yesterday. In his June 18 declaration, Mr Raja Petra
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        Lock icon MANDATORY COURSES ON SEXUAL HARASSMENT?
        103 12 AP Malaysia Malaysia's Minister for women's affairs wants to make it mandatory for office workers to be taught about sexual harassment in the workplace, local press reported yesterday. Women, Family and Community Development Minister Ng Yen Yen said "only a handful of employers" have procedures
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        Lock icon ANOTHER MP ARRESTED FOR GRAFT
        99 12 AFP Indonesia The Indonesian authorities yesterday arrested a lawmaker for allegedly taking bribes from developers, the sixth MP to be detained so far this year in a major corruption crackdown. MrYusuf Emir Faishal of ex-President Abdurrahman Wahid's National Awakening Party was arrested by the powerful
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      Lock icon No diplomatic deal: Seoul
      323 14 AFP ISLANDS DISPUTE S Korea rules out compromise with Japan on islands SEOUL An angry South Korea yesterday ruled out any diplomatic compromise with Japan in a worsening row over Tokyo's claim to a group of disputed islands controlled by Seoul. "There is no room for
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        Lock icon US ENVOYTO MEET IRAN OVER NUCLEARTALKS
        98 14 AFP The United States is to send Under-Secretary of State William Burns to attend international nucleartalks with Iran on Saturday, marking a major shift in Washington's policy on negotiations with Tehran. Mr Burns will attend the weekend meeting in Geneva between European Union foreign
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        Lock icon NO JAIL FOR FORMER SAMSUNG BOSS
        108 14 AP A South Korean court handed a suspended sentence to former Samsung chairman Lee Kun-Hee yesterday, leaving the country's iconic business figure free from prison while convicting him for evading taxes. The Seoul Central District Court found Lee guilty of not paying about 47
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        Lock icon N KOREA TO RENOUNCE AGGRESSION INTREATY
        102 14 AP Asean foreign ministers are scheduled to tackle North Korea's accession to the regional bloc's Treaty of Amity and Cooperation at their annual meeting on Sunday and Monday in Singapore, AP reported. The treaty, signed in 1976, requires signatories to renounce the use orthreat
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      Lock icon Myanmar invites UN envoy to return
      208 14 AP UNITED NATIONS Myanmar has invited a UN special envoy to visit in the middle of next month for talks that are expected to focus on international efforts to bring political reform to the country. The invitation by Myanmar's ambassador, Mr Kyaw Tint Swe,
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      Lock icon PRETTY EARTH-FRIENDLY
      43 17 EPA DEFENCE TECHNOLOGY Two models flaunting new 'energy-conscious' beach fashion on a Berlin beach yesterday, in the lead-up to the city's fashion week. The clothes, by German designer Torsten Amft, can generate power for portable devices thanks to integrated solar cells.
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      Lock icon Bribes for votes?
      244 17 AFP INDIAN POLITICS Corruption row erupts as govt faces no-confidence vote NEW DELHI India's embattled coalition government has been hit by allegations it is offering bribes and lucrative jobs as it tries to muster the support needed to survive a parliamentary confidence vote next week. If the
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      Lock icon Star Wars-style lasers to reach battlefield
      249 18 THE DAILYTELEGRAPH LONDON Star Wars-style technology is about to take to the battlefield for the first time with the launch of a laser system to shoot down enemy missiles and mortars. The laser air defence system, which has been developed by American defence company
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      Lock icon British troops to train on Xbox, Playstation games consoles
      309 18 THEDAILYTELEGRAPH LONDON British troops are to be trained to fly drones to spy on insurgents using Xbox and Playstation games consoles. Hopefully, it will help to reduce the number of crashes of the unmanned spy planes, which cost £5 million ($13.5
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      Lock icon Ex-Bali police chief wins poll
      188 18 AFP DENPASAR A former police chief who led investigations into the 2002 Bali bombings has gained victory in the tourist island's first direct election for governor, officials said yesterday. Mr I Made Mangku Pastika won 55 per cent of the vote ahead of two rival
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      Lock icon War moves to foreign policy
      397 19 AFP AFP US POLITICS McCain and Obama spar over how to deal with terror threat WASHINGTON White House hopeful Barack Obama promised on Tuesday to switch the United States from its "single-minded" focus on Iraq, to Al Qaeda havens in tribal Pakistan, as he laid
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      Lock icon Fresh clamour over Gitmo tape
      315 19 AGENCIES TORONTO A video tape of a sobbing teenage terrorist suspect at the United States' Guantanamo Bay military prison in Cuba is spurring new demands to disclose information about the treatment of detainees. The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), which has battled the Bush administration
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      Lock icon Two coffins to end the war
      448 20 AGENCIES ISRAEL-LEBANON CONFLICT But prisoner swap may bolster radical Islamic militia ROSH HANIKRA (Israel) In a dramatic prisoner swap that looks likely to boost the radical Islamic militia and close a painful chapter from Israel's 2006 war in Lebanon, Hezbollah guerrillas handed over two
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      Lock icon Saudi king opens inter-faith meet
      234 20 AP MADRID King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia exhorted followers of the world's leading faiths to turn away from extremism and embrace a spirit of reconciliation, saying at the start of an inter-faith conference yesterday that history's great conflicts were not caused by religion itself but
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      Lock icon Abuse cases cloud church celebrations
      341 22 AFP POPE IN AUSTRALIA SYDNEY As Pope Benedict XVI prepared to take centre stage at the world's biggest Christian festival in Sydney yesterday, the scandal over child sex abuse by Catholic priests flared up again. More than 200,000 pilgrims are in Sydney for the World
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      Lock icon SURPRISE VISIT
      45 22 AFP The Pope received a surprise visit from a koala, a red-necked wallaby baby, a python, a lizard and other native animals from Sydney's Taronga Zoo yesterday at the Kenthurst Study Centre where he was preparing for this week's World Youth Day celebrations.
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      Lock icon Australia: Carbon trading scheme by 2010
      260 22 AFP SYDNEY The Australian government announced plans yesterday for a carbon emissions trading scheme by 2010 that it described as the biggest economic reform since the currency deregulation and lowering of tariff barriers in the '80s. Australia is one of the highest percapita carbon-polluters
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      DOES IT WORK?
      523 24  -  Michael Teo COMMENT A Western-style liberal democracy not the only way to govern, says diplomat Singapore's High Commissioner to the United Kingdom THE end of the Cold War seemed to augur a new era of global convergence. In the battle of ideas and political systems, Western liberal
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      FOCUS ON THE FAMILY
      173 26  -  DR BILL MAIIER BY STAYING FIT ON THE GO Am I the only one whose life feels like a three-ring-circus? Between work and family and all the other things going on, I can hardly keep my head above water, much less find time to exercise. And
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      Lock icon Violence: The lesser evil?
      215 26  -  Ethel Chong JOHN WOO'S RED CLIFF Intimate scenes in the movie are censored but brutal ones remain Letter from I CAUGHT John Woo's Red Cliff and was initially pleased with the PG rating. But half-an-hour into the movie, I wasn't so sure. I understand that this
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      146 26  -  TayAi Cheng Letter from Senior Director Public Library Services WE REFER to "Why isn't Net access free?" (July 8). Library patrons are able to enjoy free Internet access in our premises using their own laptops and other wireless devices as all our
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      Lock icon I SAY CAN WE TWEAK THE FORMULA?
      632 28  -  Caroline Lim Customer satisfaction should factor into fare revenue equation ON JULY 10,2008, the Public Transport Council (PTC) announced the cap to the fare revenue adjustment for public transport operators would be 3 per cent. The adjustment was derived from the revised fare
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      755 32 THE NEWYORKTIMES BIG BUSINESS Who cares about inflation? Not music stars they're still raking in the millions, especially Bon Jovi FOR the music industry these days, flat is good. Despite inflation, rising fuel prices and the continuing slide of record sales, concert tours
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      560 34 AP LEAVINGTHE SCENE William Petersen, the vboss of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation quits the hit television show WILLIAM Petersen (picture) is leaving CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, a move that might have fans of his brainy crimebuster Gil Grissom screaming bloody murder. Petersen has agreed to return for
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      200 34  -  CHRISTOPHERTOH We know Yamaha Music and Swee Lee Music stores have a lotto offer. But ask any aspiring musician or musician struck with GAS (gear acquisition syndrome), and they'll tell you that Yamaha and Swee Lee aren't the be all and end all when it
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        152 37 MAKE SOME NOISE KRYSTAL MEYERS Krystal Meyers has been likened to Avril Lavigne and it's easy to see why. Like Lavigne, the Nashville teen kickstarted her career singing pop-rock material. And like Lavigne, her third effort is fused with fluffy pop nuances that are guaranteed to
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        84 37 If you're looking for an album that percolates like a refreshing pot of Java, then look no further than this one. Others may be capable of the perfect Mandopop that's on this album, but Fiona adds a spark that edges out the competition. The easy-on-the-ears pop
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        70 37 Aka The Songs ofKash Bukand the Klowns, this album is the last in Cooder's trilogy exploring California that began with Chavez Ravine (2005) and continued with My Name is Buddy (2007). In Flathead, Cooder assumes the gruff persona of hard-living, car-racing, guitar-playing Buk. The songs are gritty
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        70 37 We haven't heard a Hebrew or Yemenite song in a long time, so when Israeli singer Noa (full name Achinoam Nini) mentioned that she was doing an album that revisited those traditional songs, we were pretty keen. While the album's sound is more New York than
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        68 37 The electronic^ duo of Richard Citroen and vocalist Francoise Hart offers ambient downtempo music tinged with oldschool pop. This album is a compilation of their two albums, The World of Lola Dutronic (2004) and The Love Parade (2007). With interesting covers (Imagine Katrina and
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        76 37 Kicking off with the swampy blues groove of Puppy Toy, Tricky reasserts his penchant for mixing the sublime with, uh, slime. For instance, his revved-up take of Kylie Minogue's Slow, and oldschool rhythms for songs like School Gates are just pumpin'. The album is supposed to
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        65 37 The last time we saw Miranda Cosgrove, she was the brat who "managed" the band in the movie School of Rock. Now, she's the star of Nickelodeon's television series iCarly. The album has contributions by Good Charlotte, Lavigne, Natasha Bedingfield and Tiffany Evans, and Cosgrove even sings on
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      227 37 THE DAILYTELEGRAPH SIR Michael Came may have recently added his respected voice to the growing clamour for a posthumous Oscar for Heath Ledger, his co-star in the new Batman film The Dark Knight, but the director Terry Gilliam told The Daily Telegraph that he regards
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      300 38  -  ANNETTE TAN This refreshing, organic honey and lemon drink pairs perfectly with healthy popcorn from Fair Price f ood@newstoday.com.sg THANKS to the Americans, popcorn and movies are like love and marriage. As the Frank Sinatra song goes, you can't have one without the other. To be sure, popcorn
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      701 40  -  JENNIFER CHEN NATURAL WONDER Iguazu Falls in Argentina and Brazil is its own CGI jennifer@mediacorp.com.sg YOU may remember the gripping scene in Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull where two jeeps race side by side in the jungles of Peru, each scrabbling
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      650 42 MCT OLDWORLD Bulgaria clings to the past even as global forces change its landscape UP AND down the twisting, cobblestone streets of the charming ancient city of Veliko Turnovo, Bulgaria, hundreds of photocopied leaflets with grainy black-and-white images of the dead are tacked onto trees, utility poles and
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      329 44 AP THE Breakers in Newport, Rhode Island, is an opulent, oceanside mansion completed in 1895 as a summer "cottage" for the wealthy Vanderbilt family. Less than 15 minutes away, and across a bridge into nearby Bristol, stands the 45-room Blithewold mansion and its verdant
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      987 46 THE SHOWDOWN ASIA DRAGONS RISING II THE SUITE LIFE OF ZACK CODY CARI MENANTU The Powerpuff Boys vs Models Inc channel News Asia, 9.32pm French 101 Finale (Part 1) Channel s,Bpm Kids Central, 6pm Suria, 8.30pm H* f\ >•■■■ C\ 21i Find out how BH Zack and Cody HM HWilUPllllill
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      813 47  -  LEONARD THOMAS SPORTS MATTERS Losing's fine, as long as they show off their best and have fun in Beijing sports editor leonard@mediacorp.com.sg TALK to any local sports official and he will tell you the same thing: The 25 athletes who will fly the Singapore flag
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      363 47  -  SHAMIR OSMAN shamir@mediacorp.com.sg APPARENTLY, that quaint old notion that pool parlours are no place for decent folk with shady ne'er-do-wells lurking in the corners hasn't yet gone away. Even among pool players themselves. Ask Michael Loh, the
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      349 48  -  ONG DAI LIN BMW Motorsport have tied up with local Xl Karting Series organisers CS Racing and the Singapore Motor Sports Association (SMSA) to offer the Xl-Formula BMW Scholarship, and a potential shot at BMW Formula racing. The Xl-Formula BMW Scholarship trial will take
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      352 48  -  SHAMIR OSMAN THE Super Reds' title hopes suffered a huge blow when they lost 1-0 to Home United in last night's NTUC Income-Yeo's S-League 2008 encounter. The Koreans set the Yishun Stadium alight with their usual scintillating football, but a combination of superb defending
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      636 48  -  LOW LIN FHOONG WATER SAFETY Water sports NSAs say education and safety awareness the key linfhoong@mediacorp.com.sg IT'S not only about being able to swim, Singapore's water sports associations said yesterday after the National Water Safety Council (NWSC) proposed on Tuesday to make swimming proficiency mandatory
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      667 49  -  SHAMIR OSMAN Striker's arrival could not have come at a better time forTampines NTUC Income-Yeo's S-League 2008 Tampines Rovers v Woodlands Wellington Tampines Stadium, 7.45pm shamir@mediacorp.com.sg KHAIRUL Amri hasn't even played his first match for Tampines Rovers, and already expectations of him are in danger of
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      163 49 IT WAS the highlight of Aleksandar Duric's day. While visiting RHB Bank's Cecil Street branch yesterday afternoon to meet, greet and autograph RHB Singapore Cup posters for fans, he had an unexpected training session with a young supporter. And he welcomed the chance to play out
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      488 50 LONDON Manchester City didn't get their man this week. On Tuesday night (yesterday morning, Singapore time), AC Milan announced that Ronaldinho was on his way to the Italian club after agreeing to a 21-million-euro ($45 million) fee with Barcelona. No
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      649 50 THEGUARDIAN TRANSFER POSTMORTEM Spanish giants pay for ham-fisted exit strategy as Milan get Ronaldinho for cheap MADRID Ronaldinho was set to sign for AC Milan yesterday after the Italian club announced on Tuesday night (yesterday morning, Singapore time) that they had reached an
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      387 51 ERNIE ELS (Rsa), world No 5, age 38 The most consistent Open performer of the last 15 years with nine top-10 finishes, including one win and three as runner-up. But he's not won a tournament this year and admits that his focus may be less intense
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      419 51 AFP GOLF SOUTHPORT (England) If it were any other tournament, Padraig Harrington would have pulled out. But for the British Open, which tees off today at the Royal Birkdale north of Liverpool in England, the Dubliner will play on at the risk of aggravating his injured right
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      72 51 SPORTS ON TV TODAY 3pm Basketball Williams Jones Cup Invitational, Ch 24 4pm Golf The Open C'ship, Ch 23 spm Basketball Williams Jones Cup Invitational semis, Ch 24 6pm J-League Kawasaki Frontale v Shimizu S-Pulse, Ch 27 11.35pm Cricket Lancashire v Gloucestershire, Ch 110 TOMORROW MN Football Euro under-19 C'ship:
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      643 52  -  KUSWEEYONG JANE KWA PROPERTY COMMENT Up to 75,000 new jobs could help to prop up market and JAN HOMES for the masses have always been the backbone of Singapore's residential market. And, with the two integrated resorts (IRs) expected to employ some 75,000 people,
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      791 54  -  CONRAD RAJ GOING GLOBAL Developer wants to build luxury homes and hotels across Asia and Europe editor-at-large conrad@mediacorp.com.sg FOLLOWING the launch of The Hamilton Scotts on Scotts Road, its developer Hayden Properties is now setting its sights on the region and beyond to
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      401 56 CAPITALAND'S INVESTMENT CAPITALAND has set up a US$l billion ($1.35 billion) private equity fund to invest in properties in Chinese cities. The Raffles City China Fund will initially own the developer's 55.9 per cent stake in the Raffles City development in Shanghai and buy three
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      306 58 LANDTENDER Balestier Road hotel site draws three bids THREE companies have entered bids for a hotel-and-park land parcel along Balestier Road, compared to the zero interest for a Little India hotel site tender that closed just two months ago. Of the three, the top bidder was HH Properties,
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      456 60  -  CHRISTIE LOH COURTS FURNITURE CHAIN Offer price of 55 cents is 9.5 cents lower than last year's christie@mediacorp.com.sg THE biggest shareholder of Courts Singapore is trying for a second time to delist the loss-making furniture chain and it is returning to the table with a lower
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