Today, 1 December 2008, Afternoon Edition

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    10 1 TODAY Monday December 1, 2008 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking
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  • afternoon edition
    • TERROR IN MUMBAI
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        Lock icon Coming to terms
        341 1  -  TEOXUANWEI Despite their sorrow, family members remember Lo Hwei Yen with love and pride xuanwei@mediacorp.com.sg THEY sobbed uncontrollably. They clung to one another for emotional support. They exchanged long hugs and quiet whispers of condolence. They shook their heads in disbelief, still coming to terms with the
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        Lock icon Terrorist admits to Pakistan link
        208 1 THEDAILYTELEGRAPH AFTERNOON LATEST MUMBAI Ajmal Amir Kamal, the only surviving member of the terrorist gang that assaulted Mumbai last week, has told police he belonged to the Pakistani militant group with links to the disputed region of Kashmir, Lashkar-E-Taiba (LET). Kamal, 21, has told investigators
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        US backs India in hunt for terrorists
        179 2 AFTERNOON LATEST WASHINGTON The United States is swinging behind India's efforts to track down those responsible for the deadly attacks in Mumbai, President George W Bush told Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in a telephone call yesterday. "President Bush told the Prime Minister
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        Lock icon Global outrage over violent fanaticism
        211 2 AP RAMALLAH (West Bank) Muslims from the Middle East to Europe yesterday condemned the Mumbai shooting rampage by suspected Islamic militants as senseless terrorism, but also found themselves on the defensive once again about bloodshed linked to their religion. Intellectuals and community leaders called for
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        Lock icon IS ANYONE SAFE?
        698 2 ,AP NEWS COMMENT P N BALJI IN THE last 11 years, our collective hearts have cried out forthe families of victims of two tragedies. We mourned when a Silk Air plane dived into the Musi River in Palembang in 1997, taking 40 Singaporean lives. We mourned in
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        Lock icon The Lashkar link
        358 4 AFP ISLAMABAD Lashkar-e-Taiba, the radical Islamic group suspected of training the Mumbai attackers, was established to fight Indian rule in Kashmir and has past links to both Pakistani intelligence and Al Qaeda. The group, whose name means "Army of the Pious", is on the United States' watchlist
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        Lock icon Mumbai locals helped us: Terrorist
        217 4 MUMBAI The only Pakistani terrorist captured alive, Ajmal Amir Kamil, has revealed the names and addresses of at least five people from Mumbai who helped the terrorist operation there, The Times of India reported yesterday. The newspaper cited sources claiming d that these locals had
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        Lock icon Taj Palace was warned of attack: Owner
        165 4 AFP MUMBAI —The management of the Taj Mahal Palace hotel in Mumbai was warned it was a possible target, but increased security measures were eased shortly before the militant attack, its owner said yesterday. Mr Ratan Tata said the extra protection, which kept
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        Lock icon M'sia probes credit cards, denies link
        227 4 'AFP KUALA LUMPUR Malaysian police are investigating reports that Malaysian-issued credit cards were found in the belongings of the terrorists involved in the Mumbai attacks, according to reports yesterday. Indian media had earlier reported that Malaysian credit cards were discovered in the knapsacks of
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      146 1 I HOT SPIES W Today meets the stars of Burn Notice. PLUS 20 BIZ LATEST Opec squirms Plummeting prices and weakening demand have exposed cracks in the oil cartel's united front. Page Bl Yahoo deal Miction' The Web giant is not planning to sell Microsoft its Internet search business, said
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      88 2 Accounting Australia's Curtin University of Technology Advertising has been delivering degree programmes in Finance Singapore through its local partners since Human Resource Management 1986. From December, Curtin is taking its International Supply Chain Management relationship with Singapore one step further. Logistics Management Curtin Singapore will offer students the most Management
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  • NEWS
    • TURMOIL IN THAILAND
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        Lock icon 15,000 Thaksin supporters rally
        450 6 AFP Reacting to PAD they say they do not want a coup BANGKOK Around 15,000 supporters of ousted Premier Thaksin Shinawatra massed in Bangkok yesterday to show support for the embattled government, raising fears of clashes with rivals besieging the airports. Bedecked in red shirts to
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        Lock icon Asean summit postponed?
        274 6 AFP BANGKOK The head or the Association or Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) said yesterday that time is "running short" for crisis-hit Thailand as it prepares to hold a major summit, adding that a delay of the meeting would enable better preparations. Mr Surin Pitsuwan, secretary general of
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      MISSION ACCOMPLISHED
      86 8 Lim Chu Kang Road, a public thoroughfare on most days, was turned into a temporary runway as aircraft from the Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF) executed a series of takeoffs and landings yesterday morning. The exercise, involving F-5 and F-16 fighter jets and E-2C airborne early warning
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      Lock icon A $40m boost for media education
      255 8 CHANNEL NEWSASIA ATTENDING to the sick is something that Deric Sim does on a full-time basis. Now, the medical doctor is pursuing another of his desires acting. "It is my passion to be able to help the sick, and it has always been my
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      MM recovering from minor surgery
      96 8 MINISTER Mentor Lee Kuan Yew is recovering from minor surgery he underwent on Saturday to implant a cardiac pacemaker. The surgery was performed because he has been experiencing symptoms of cardiac arrhythmia irregular heart rhythm—which showed up with his atrial flutter on Sept 14. He
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      Malay-speaking volunteers needed
      393 8  -  ALICIA WONG KIDNEY PATIENT CARE Care would be more effective with more of them alicia@mediacorp.com.sg MORE Malay-speaking volunteers are needed at the National Kidney Foundation (NKF), now that the number of Malay patients have gone up. There has been an increase of about 10 per cent in
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      More going for anonymous HIV tests: MOH
      279 10 SOME 22 per cent more Singapore residents have been tested for HIV in the first nine months of this year, compared to the same period in 2007. In a statement yesterday, the Ministry of Health (MOH) said 124,559 HIV tests were done, compared
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      Businesses not biting
      632 10  -  ALICIA WONG MANAGING HIV/AIDS Few Asian firms are involved in the fight against the disease alicia@mediacorp.com. sg HE CALLS himself a "very good salesman", but getting companies in Asia to help combat HIV/ Aids is still an uphill battle, said Dr Peter Cowley, a country director at
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      GLOBAL ROUNDUP
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      ARIF SHAH CONSIDERING JOINING KEADILAN
      120 12 MrArif Shah Omar Shah, Malaysia's ruling coalition candidate who lost to Anwar Ibrahim in August's Permatang Pauh by-elec-tion, admitted on Saturday that he was asked to join Mr Anwar's party, Pakatan Keadilan Rakyat (PKR). The NewSundayTimes reported Mr Arif Shah was considering his future in
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      Lock icon SEX SPELLS TROUBLE, SAYS DALAI LAMA
      115 12 AFP The Dalai Lama, the exiled Tibetan spiritual and temporal leader, said sex spelt fleeting satisfaction and trouble, while chastity offered a better life and "more freedom". "Sexual pressure, sexual desire, actually I think is short-period satisfaction, and often, that leads to more complication,"
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      Lock icon 300 CHINESE TAXI DRIVERS PROTEST
      119 12 AP About 300 taxi drivers went on strike on Saturday in Chaozhou, a city in Guangdong province, smashing cars and demanding a crackdown on unlicensed taxis in the latest protest against illegal taxi competition in China. More than 200 taxis were parked in front of
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      Mentally ill medical grads
      358 12 M'SIAN DOCTORS Entrance screening for medical school vnot detailed enough 7 KUALA LUMPUR At least five Malaysian doctors are found to be suffering from serious mental illnesses every month, a top health official said in a newspaper report yesterday. Director-general of Health Mohd Ismail Merican said
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      Lock icon Tainted soymeal in France
      238 12 AFP RENNES (France) Almost 300 tonnes of soymeal from China, used to feed organic poultry in western France, have been taken off the market aftertesting positive for a toxic chemical, an import company said. The soymeal contained melamine the chemical at the heart of a scandal
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      Lock icon Endeavour lands safely — but on the wrong coast
      270 14 Endeavour lands safely but on the wrong coast CAPE CANAVERAL (Florida) The United States space shuttle Endeavour (picture) landed safely yesterday (this morning, Singapore time) at a California air base to conclude a mission to the International Space Station, after two Florida landing chances were ruled out due to poor
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      Lock icon Hillary so close to Secretary post
      468 14 AFP AFTERNOON LATEST Obama to announce pick today for a remarkable alliance WASHINGTON Senator Hillary Clinton may have fallen short in her quest to become America's first woman President but she will have a unique opportunity to carve her name on global history books
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      POINT OF VIEW
      32 16 A heroine, a braveheart. May Singapore remember HweiYen, one of our own, fallen but not forgotten. Our condolences to Michael and his family, and the Lo family. blogged tomorrow.sg
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      What if tomorrow never comes?
      429 16 LO HWEIYEN blogged www.mr-endoh.com I DO not know Ms Lo Hwei Yen (picture), the emotions just got the better of me as I read of the impressions she had left in the hearts of her family, friends and colleagues. Maybe some of you have passed
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      Why target defenceless civilians?
      216 16 blogged geraldgiam.wordpress.com AFTER reading about repeated terror attacks in Iraq, Sri Lanka, Pakistan and India, it is easy to numb your mind to all these senseless deaths. That is, until a fellow Singaporean falls victim to these evil doers. Ms Lo Hwei Yen was the first
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      PUT SARCASM ASIDE
      162 18 Most parents wouldn't put up with sarcasm from their kids. But do we hold ourselves to the same standard? A sarcastic sense of humour may seem funny to many adults, but kids aren't always able to distinguish a joke from an insult. Parents who tease their kids
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      An outpouring of grief
      480 18 LOHWEIYEN A selection from more than 500 messages posted on the condolence wall on Facebook for Singapore's first victim of terrorism. HweiYen, I will always remember you as the girl with so much fun, happiness, love and sunshine. You are the heroine in my heart. -Shawn
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      Setting the small screen on fire
      766 20  -  MAY SEAH TODAY EXCLUSIVE Burn Notice is one spy show that will heat up yourTV may@mediacorp.com.sg IF YOU believe everything you see on the television, you'd think that Miami was full of guys in loud Hawaiian shirts with big guns. That's why I was
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      Lock icon A STAR-STUDDED NIGHT
      41 21 Seven thousand fans gathered to watch their favourite stars perform on Saturday night at the Lee Guitars All-Star concert. Among the luminaries present were Singaporean sinqer/sonqwriter Tanya Chua, Taiwanese band Mayday and Hong Kong singer/songwriter Emil Chau. WEETECKHIAN
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      Lock icon A fitting swansong for Sorenstam
      694 23  -  LOW LIN FHOONG ASIAVTHEWORLD Team International clinch Lexus Cup for retiring captain Annika Golf Lexus Cup 2008 linfhoong@mediacorp.com.sg SHE could not have asked for a better farewell. It was a fitting swansong for one of women's golfs greatest players. Competing in her final LPGA Tour
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      SINGLES RESULTS (INTERNATIONALS FIRST):
      94 23 1 Annika Sorenstam bt PakSe Ri 3812 2 Nicole Castrale lost to Sarah Lee IUP 3 Suzann Pettersen halved with Tseng Yani 4 Helen Alfredsson bt Park Inbee 3812 5 Paula Creamer lost to Choi NaYeon 3812 6 Cristie Kerr lost to Kirn Song HeeiUP 7
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      Lock icon Ronaldo was innocent: Fergie
      331 24 AFP AFTERNOON LATEST Winger was trying to stop ball from hitting his face, says United manager PREMIER LEAGUE Manchester City o Manchester United 1 MANCHESTER Sir Alex Ferguson had a few choice words for referee Howard Webb after Cristiano Ronaldo was sent off for deliberate handball
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      Lock icon EVERTON BEAT SPURS BUT LOSEYAKUBU FOR SEASON
      115 24 AFP South African midfielder Steven Pienaar ended his goal drought to give Everton a 1-0 win against Tottenham yesterday, lifting the Toffees to seventh place. Pienaar had not scored for more than a year but he finally got on target with a deflected
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      Lock icon Record turnout for Singapore Slingers
      216 24 LOW LIN FHOONG SOME 8,500 fans packed the stands at the Singapore Indoor Stadium (SIS) the biggest turnout for any basketball match at the SIS yesterday for some slam-dunking basketball action. In the second match of a double-head-er, the Singapore Slingers beat Smart Telecom National
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      Lock icon 13 years on, Ricky Ng takes victory again
      416 24  -  TANYO-HINN Bowling 'anon Super Series 2008 yohinn@mediacorp.com.sg RICKY Ng knows what it's like to win, having struck gold at the 1995 SEA Games in Chiang Mai, Thailand, with stalwarts Jack Wong, Ricky Tan, Sam Goh, Lim Choon Heng and Tommy Ong in
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      Lock icon Scolari: Ref is responsible
      448 25 AFP AFTERNOON LATEST Van Persic was offside when he scored Arsenal's first goal, says Big Phil PREMIER LEAGUE Chelsea 1 Arsenal 2 LONDON Chelsea coach Luiz Felipe Scolari launched a scathing attack on referee Mike Dean and his officials after his side's 2-1 loss to Arsenal
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      Lock icon Tale of two Milans: Inter imperious, AC crash
      287 25 AFP ROME AC Milan crashed 3-1 at Palermo yesterday to hand city rivals and reigning champions Inter Milan a six-point lead at the top of the Serie A table following their 2-1 success over Napoli. Milan remain third on goal difference behind
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  • business
    • afternoon edition
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        STOCK CALLS THAI BEVERAGE
        58 26 21 cents Hold Deutsche Bank downgrades from Buy, citing flat earnings growth profile, declining market share, limited margin growth. Says diversification into nonalcoholic beverages not paying off. Govt's measures to discourage alcohol consumption via excise tax hike, advertising limits, sales restrictions all negative for company. Cuts
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        STX PAN OCEAN
        70 26 68.5 cents| Underperform Merrill Lynch downgrades from Buy after slashing target price to 64 cents from $4.20. "We now expect 2009 to be its worst year since becoming a listed company in 2005." Expects every 10-per-cent change in Baaltic Dry Index to affect earnings by about 27
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