Today, 19 August 2009, Afternoon Edition

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    10 1 TODAY Wednesday August ig, 2009 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking
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      131 1 Q"") global cocaine ring £1 was run by two inmates out of their cells in England and Panama, using mobile phones, a British court heard yesterday. A CI Arsenal were too good TvJforCeltic, the London side beating their Scottish opponents 2-0 in the Champions League first-leg qualifying match.
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      Lock icon From bravery to books ...
      631 1  - From bravery to books ANSLEYNG ansley@mediacorp.com.sg WHEN Lieutenant (LTA) Kok Khew Fai threw himself onto one of his recruits to protect him from a stray grenade and both soldiers walked away unscathed little did the National Service officer realise the course of his life would dramatically change after his act
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      No strategic purpose in telling all: Tharman
      754 1  -  CHRISTIE LOH GOODYEAR'S DEPARTURE Chip did not get payment for mutually-agreed break-up deputy business editor christie@mediacorp.com.sg THEY showed up in Parliament, clearly hungry for more information and the assurance that there would not be a repeat embarrassment of the sudden walkout by the
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      'Ideal' for Temasek CEO to be S'porean
      503 1  -  CHRISTIE LOH ALL things being equal, the Government would prefer a Singaporean to run Temasek Holdings rather than a foreigner with exactly the same credentials except the local talent pool often does not provide the luxury of choice. Setting out the Cabinet's position
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  • NEWS
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      M'sia studying proposal to drop 'race' information from forms
      274 4 KUALA LUMPUR The Malaysian Cabinet is studying the possibility of dropping the requirement for information on race in official forms and documents, media reports said yesterday. Deputy Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin said the pros and cons of the proposal will be
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      Lock icon Sorry, but I won't step down: Ma
      365 4 TAIWAN DISASTER TAIPEI Taiwan's President Ma Ying-jeou said yesterday that forces of nature rather than China might be the island's main enemy in the future after Typhoon Morakot killed more than 120 people. "In the future, the armed forces of this country will
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      Lock icon 5 years' jail for charity cheat
      452 7  -  ONG DAI LIN INTHECOURTS dailin@mediacorp.com. sg HE HAD set up three charities for disadvantaged children with names that would "easily tug at the heart strings" but from the outset, he siphoned off donations for his own use. Calling his actions "repugnant" and "perverse", a
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      How Govt agencies award tenders
      350 7  -  LEONGWEEKEAT ASSURING Parliament that Government agencies do not "cheap-source", Second Minister for Finance Lim Hwee Hua said yesterday that about one in three Government tenders were not awarded to the lowest bidders. Instead, other criteria, such as the vendors' ability to deliver as well as
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      Company fined for death of worker
      157 8  -  ESTHER FUNG esther@mediacorp.com.sg CORROSION prevention services company See Hup Seng was fined $80,000 by the Subordinate Courts yesterday, following summons from the Ministry of Manpower in connection with the death of an employee hired by its contractor and subsidiary. The mainboard-listed firm had been
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    • SINGAPORE ROUNDUP
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        Lock icon MAN FOUND DEAD
        74 8 938 LIVE A 41-year-old Indian national was found dead in the Singapore River early yesterday morning. Police received a call around 12.45 am about a man falling into the water near Eu Tong Sen Street. The Singapore Civil Defence Force searched the river and recovered a body
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        NEXT-OF-KIN SOUGHT
        41 8 Police are appealing forthe next-of-kin of MrTanTuan Choon, 58, who died on Aug 10 in his home at Blk 105 Jalan Bukit Merah, or anyone who has information about the man to call the Police Hotline at 1800-255 0000.
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    • IN PARLIAMENT
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        No temporary GST cut, says Lim
        125 10 THE Goods and Services Tax (GST) will not be cut temporarily during this downturn, as it raises administrative costs and has limited stimulus impact, said Second Minister for Finance Lim Hwee Hua. With amendments to the GST Act passed yesterday, all physical vouchers will
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        It's war, new ammo against loan sharks
        569 10  -  LEONGWEEKEAT weekeat@mediacorp.com.sg NOT only will it enhance penalties against loan sharks and their runners, the Government will also introduce new laws to punish loan-sharking activities conducted overseas. These are some of the measures that the Government will introduce, as it takes a tougher
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      From 'collective wisdom' to sole discretion
      451 12  -  LEONGWEEKEAT Three MPs raise concerns over powers given to Law Minister weekeat@mediacorp.com.sg AMIDST the global battle for legal talent, Parliament passed changes to the Legal Profession Act to ensure that Singapore continues to attract high-calibre legal talent and to grow the Republic as a
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      Membership for MediShield increases
      106 13  -  1 ALICIAWONG MEDISHIELD membership jumped by 200,000 last year, after new measures to increase membership were introduced in Dec 2007, Health Minister Khaw Boon Wan said yesterday in Parliament. MediShield now covers 84 per cent of Singapore's total population and 93 per cent of working Singaporeans.
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      Putting the wheels in 'motion'
      649 13  -  ALICIA WONG alicia@mediacorp.com. sg IT HAD "cheerful half-praises and murky suggestions", described one Member of Parliament. But to treat the near hourlong speech of Nominated MP Viswa Sadasivan as "a sort of good-natured roasting of the Government" would be a mistake, according to Mr Sam
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      Lock icon Greater safety in phases
      564 14  -  LINYANQIN yanqin@mediacorp.com.sg AFTER nearly 18 months of consultation and study, the measures to enhance the safety of workers being transported in the open back carriages of lorries have at last been finalised. However, it will be another three years before the full slate of measures which
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      'Unwise' to relax foreign worker policies, says Manpower Minister
      264 15  -  LINYANQIN WHILE a downturn may not be the time to relax quotas for hiring foreign workers, businesses are concerned about the tightening of quotas, said Nominated Member of Parliament Teo Siong Seng yesterday. Responding to Manpower Minister Gan Kirn Yong who
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      Complaints rise 40%, violators taken to task
      422 15 FOREIGN WORKERS'SALARIES A SPECIALISED task force was set up in January, and in the first six months of this year, the Manpower Ministry (MOM) has handled complaints of unpaid salaries from some 4,500 foreign workers. This is an increase of 40 per cent
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      ICA spots something fishy going on ...
      199 16 ICA spots something fishy going on EAGLE-EYED officers from the Immigration and Checkpoints Authority (ICA) knew there was something fishy going on when they saw that paint around the cover of the fuel tank of a fishing boat and around the nut and bolt area had been scraped off. When
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    • Article
      Healthy respect for faith needed
      462 16  -  NEOCHAICHIN ND RALLYWEBCHAT Netizens want fairer depictions of religion chaichin@mediacorp.com.sg THE integration of new immigrants had got youths at the People's Association Youth Movement focus groups talking on Monday night, but in cyberspace, it was religious harmony that struck a chord with netizens who participated
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      Lock icon SG-Space to be a one-stop data exchange platform
      287 17 938 LIVE A SUPER-ACCURATE interactive map of Singapore is in the making, thanks to the Government earmarking $27 million to be spent over five years to build the infrastructure and develop the collaborative environment for the sharing of national spatial or geographic
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      Striking the right balance
      415 17  -  ZULOTHMAN PROBLEM GAMBLING Casino staff to take pro-active measures to identify addicts zul@mediacorp.com.sg CAN casino operators help prevent problem gambling, especially when they are in the business of making a profit? Yes, according to some participants at the two-day Singapore Problem Gaming Conference. Dr Irene Wong,
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      ALL-IN-ONE POWERHOUSE
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      251 14 IS THERE STILL TIME FOR YOU TO f PROFIT FROM THE RECOVERY? 22 months after the Financial Crisis, the economy fc^^V k. s start'nBto show signs of recovery... M %l u\|^ As the Singapore Market went up more than 73%, ■l many people profited and made money. Question is... Are
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon Kim Dae Jung dies aged 85
      444 21 AP EX-SOUTH KOREAN PRESIDENT SEOUL Former President Kirn Dae Jung, who spent years as a dissident under South Korea's military dictatorship and later won the Nobel Peace Prize for seeking reconciliation with North Korea, died yesterday. He was 85. Mr Kirn was hospitalised with
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      Lock icon South Korea weighs North's offer to restart tours
      187 21 AFP SEOUL In a cautious response to North Korea's surprise offer to restart cross-border tours, South Korea is trying to decide whether income from the trips would breach United Nations sanctions, an official said yesterday. The communist state, sanctioned for its missile
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      Lock icon Tommy Suharto eyes Golkar helm
      136 22 AP JAKARTA The youngest son of Indonesia's late President Suharto announced plans yesterday to take control of his father's old political party, despite outstanding lawsuits accusing him of corruption. Mr Tommy Suharto, who spent five years in jail for ordering the assassination of a Supreme
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      Lock icon Candidates hit the campaign trail
      405 22 AGENCIES JAPAN ELECTIONS TOKYO Japan's election campaign kicked off yesterday, two weeks before polls in which the centre-left opposition party is widely tipped to take power for the first time. The conservative government of Prime Minister Taro Aso has lagged in opinion polls for months,
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    • EYE ON ASIA
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        Lock icon MYANMAR SAYS US VISIT A 'SUCCESS'
        99 26 AFP Myanmar Myanmar's junta-controlled media yesterday touted a visit by United States Senator Jim Webb as a "success" that could improve ties between the two countries. Last week, Mr Webb secured the release of an American man who swam to the house of Ms
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        Lock icon MOVE TO RECOVER 1M UNLICENSED GUNS AHEAD OF VOTE
        72 26 AFP The Philippines Philippine police warned warlords yesterday to turn in unlicensed firearms before the presidential elections in May next year, to prevent bloodshed among rivals. National police chief Jesus Versoza said there were an estimated 1.11 million unlicensed guns in
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      Lock icon BN candidate asked to quit
      320 26 THE MALAYSIAN INSIDER PERMATANG PASIR BY-ELECTION PERMATANG PASIR Malaysian opposition alliance Pakatan Rakyat yesterday called for ruling coalition Barisan Nastional's (BN) candidate Rohaizat Othman to withdraw from the Aug 25 Permatang Pasir by-election after the Bar Council confirmed that he was disbarred for personal misconduct,
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      THE STRUGGLE FOR MALAYSIA'S POLITICAL LEOPARDS TO CHANGE THEIR SPOTS
      679 27  -  OOIKEEBENG NEWS COMMENT Is Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak a reformist, or a conservative? ALL parties agree on one thing in Malaysia at the moment, and that is that things are in flux. The politically positive trend is to talk
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      Lock icon Voting cards for sale
      380 28 AGENCIES AFGHANISTAN ELECTIONS KABUL A suicide car bomb in the Afghan capital yesterday killed seven Afghan civilians and some North Atlantic Treaty Organization troops. More than 50 people were wounded in the attack just two days before elections. The blast caused minor damage to a United
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      Lock icon Mehsud is dead: Taliban
      283 29 AGENCIES TERRORISM IN PAKISTAN ISLAMABAD -Security forces captured the Pakistani Taliban's top spokesman, and he acknowledged the death of the group's leader in a recent US missile strike, officials said yesterday. The capture of Maulvi Omar follows government claims of disarray in the militants' leadership over
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      Lock icon Shanty shutout in New Delhi
      129 29 THEDAILYTELEGRAPH NEW DELHI The Indian authorities have decided to hide New Delhi's poor during the 2010 Commonwealth Games by erecting bamboo "curtains" around their squalid shanty homes. The Games were supposed to be India's moment to show off its rapidly rising wealth. However, with barely
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        Lock icon MONEY OVER MOTHER
        97 29 AFP South Korean police have arrested a man accused of hiring two hitmen to murder his adoptive mother for 130 million won ($151,000), reports said yesterday. Police allege the son, identified only as Lee, paid killers to suffocate the woman who had raised him for over 30
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        Lock icon MJ TO BE BURIED ON HIS BIRTHDAY
        81 29 AP The King of Pop will be buried on Aug 29, which would have been his 51st birthday, according to a Jackson family spokesman. Mr Ken Sunshine said the singer will be buried at the Forest Lawn-Glendale cemetery's Great Mausoleum in California. Details
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      Lock icon Clinton (Bill, that is) meets Obama on N Korea
      228 32 THENEWYORKTIMES WASHINGTON- The meeting between President Obama and former President Bill Clinton went into overtime at the White House yesterday afternoon. For 40 minutes in the Situation Room, Mr Clinton delivered his first face-to-face briefing with Mr Obama about what he
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      Lock icon They ran global drug ring from prison cells
      381 32 THEGUARDIAN AFTERNOON LATEST LONDON Two prisoners ran a global cocaine ring from their jail cells in England and Panama, a court heard yesterday. George Moon, who led the operation from behind bars in a Doncaster jail, was jailed for 18 years after
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      Lock icon WELCOMED WITH OPEN ARMS
      273 33 AGENCIES Protesters bearing arms gathered on Monday near a convention hall in Phoenix where United States President Barack Obama spoke on healthcare reforms the third occasion in a week when guns have been linked to an Obama event signalling a disturbing trend. One of the protesters
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      Lock icon Democrats upset over 'betrayal'
      439 33 AGENCIES US HEALTHCARE WASHINGTON United States President Barack Obama is facing complaints from fellow Democrats on Monday, after a top administration official suggested the President may back down from including a federal insurance plan in a healthcare overhaul. Some dubbed the move "treachery" and "betrayal". But,
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      Lock icon Texas judge accused of misconduct over execution
      170 34 AFP WASHINGTON On Monday, Judge Sharon Keller, dubbed "Sharon Killer" for her tough stance on crime, faced a special hearing at the Texas Commission on Judicial Conduct that could result in her removal from the bench, after refusing to hear a last-minute appeal
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      Lock icon They stole 130m credit card numbers
      315 34 AGENCIES CYBERCRIME SAN FRANCISCO- A 28-year-old man was charged with the largest credit card theft ever in the United States, in which more than 130 million card numbers were stolen from late 2006 to early last year, the Justice Department said. Albert Gonzalez, of
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        Lock icon TUNISIAN WOMAN EXPECTING 12 BABIES
        85 35 THE GUARDIAN ATunisian woman in her 30s is expecting 12 babies. The unnamed woman, who has had two miscarriages since her marriage in 2007, said she was looking forward to hugging her six boys and six girls. But doctors have warned there is only a
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        Lock icon COCAINE TRACES ON MORE US$ NOTES
        91 35 AFP Some go per cent of American currency contains traces of cocaine, according to a study that gives new meaning to the term "dirty money". That is a nearly 20 per cent jump over a similar study conducted two years earlier in which 67
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        Lock icon VICTIM DID NOT UNDERSTAND GUNMAN
        88 35 AP A West African college student who was learning English was shot and killed during an attempted rot bery in which he could not understand a gunman wl confronted him in a south-west Philadelphia park in United States. Mr Mamadou Makadji, 22, of Mali, and
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      Lock icon DNA evidence can be doctored
      439 35 THE NEW YORKTIMES FORENSICSCIENCE Scientists can do it but not the average crook NEW YORK Scientists in Israel have demonstrated that it is possible to fabricate DNA evidence, undermining the credibility of what has been considered the ultimate proof in criminal cases. The scientists fabricated
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      1180 40  -  JOEQUEENAN THE GUARDIAN MODERN CLASSICS Not all movie masterpieces are spotted in the cinema sometimes the audience needs time with a DVD plus@mediacorp.com. sg THE movie-going public, which purports to know everything about everything, is sometimes left with egg on its face when the verdict of history
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      160 42  -  MAYSEAH MOVIE REVIEW DIARY OF A SEX ADDICT IT MIGHT sound like a title you are likely to see at a Yangtze cinema, but Diary Of A Sex Addict is less about eroticism as it is about exploring inner states and personal liberation. Whether that's a good or
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      286 42  - I do kinda PHIN WONG MOVIE REVIEW THE PROPOSAL SANDRA Bullock is a pushy demon boss from hell who pretty much blackmails her male assistant, played by the always funny Ryan Reynolds, to marry her so she doesn't get deported. You see, she's Canadian, and the film needs a plot.
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      329 43  -  MAY SEAH MOVIE REVIEW BRUNO may@mediacorp.com.sg NO ONE could say Borat was in good taste, but with Bruno, Sacha Baron Cohen (picture) has outdone himself on the crudeness scale. His largely unscripted, Candid Camera-style mockumentary also manages to bust out the laughs, of course. Bruno is a young,
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      163 43  -  GENEVIEVE LOH MOVIE REVIEW|THE LAST HOUSE ON THE LEFT BASED on horror master Wes Craven's notorious landmark 1972 exploitation film of the same name, which in turn was an unofficial grindhouse inspiration of the great Ingmar Bergman's The Virgin Spring, The Last House On The Left tells the
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      183 42 Arts Theatre Of Singapore Ltd Presents JLtMH {»l*/hSI? Children Musical Comedy Play Ami Stupid? Mm BSB 18/9 19/9/2009 *1, MISI 3pm, Bpm Mm\ Jubilee Hall® Raffles Hotel 328 North Bridge Road. 3rd Storey Raffles Hotel Arcade Singapore *****9 *ffr:s2l,sl7 6348 5555 (SISTIC) 6221 5684 (Arts Theatre) lasik centre jfc ■I|SBik
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      1022 44 ON MEDIACORP CHANNEL S °N MEDIACORP KALAKKALio bINCaArUKb IDUL 6.00 AM Entertainment Tonight 4.00 12th IAAFWorId 10.30 America's Got Talent IV Vasantham Bpm Channel 5, Bpm 6.30 Prime Time Morning Championships in Athletics, 11.30 The Moment of Truth 9.30 The Rachael Ray Show 111 Berlin 2009 12.30 AM The Bachelor
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      812 45 AGENCIES FOOTBALL Opening day loss to Spurs has raised doubts over Liverpool's title chances ENGLISH PREMIERSHIP Liverpool v Stoke City LIVERPOOL The Reds may have played only one game but there are some who believe they have already reached a crucial point in their season.
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      424 46 AFP AFTERNOON LATEST Wenger #s boys continue strong start, but need two lucky goals to see off plucky Celtic CHAMPIONS LEAGUE PLAY-OFF Celtic o Arsenal 2 (Ist leg) GLASGOW Two moments of misfortune cost Celtic dearly as Arsenal won 2-0 at Parkhead here yesterday (this morning, Singapore
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      344 46 DPA LONDON —Chelsea maintained their perfect start to the season as they came from behind to beat Sunderland 3-1 at the Stadium of Light. Sunderland took the lead through Darren Bent, but sec-ond-half goals from Michael Ballack, Frank Lampard and Deco gave Chelsea all three points.
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      281 47 DPA BERLIN Germany celebrated a local hero's win in the women's javelin at the World Athletic Championships, while Sanya Richards of the United States claimed her first individual world 400 m title on Tuesday (yesterday morning, Singapore time) and Jamaica's Usain Bolt looked ahead
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      432 48  -  LOWLINFHOONG SINGAPORE SPORTS Two years after Cambodia tragedy, team set for debut at world champs next week linfhoong@mediacorp.com.sg IT HAS been almost two years since the tragic death of five national dragon-boat-ers, when their boat capsized in Cambodia's Tonle Sap river in a freak accident.
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      470 49  -  SHAMIR OSMAN SINGAPORE FOOTBALL Much improved since Wong took over, Geylang now seek greater consistency GREAT EASTERN-YEO'S S-LEAGUE 2009 Sengkang Punggol v Geylang United Hougang Stadium, 7.45pm shamir@mediacorp.com. sg THREE straight wins, followed by a draw, and then three consecutive defeats. Their next six matches:
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      120 46 S.League Sengkang Geylang Wed, 19/08/09 7.45pm International Football Dortmund Real Madrid Thu, 20/08/09 2.15 am International Football Barcelona Manchester City Thu, 20/08/09 4.00 am S.League Combak Albirex Thu, 20/08/09 7.45pm E Premier, E League Champ, UE Champions, UE Europe and J League matches are also on sale. For more details,
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      80 46 SPORTS ON TV TODAY 6pm J-League Albirex Niigata vGamba Osaka, Ch 27 11pm Tennis Western Southern F Grp Masters, Ch 22 11.35pm Cricket Glamorgan v Middlesex, Ch 110 TOMORROW 2am Golf Wyndham C'ship, Ch 304 2.40 am EPL Burnley v Man Utd, Ch 27 2.45 am EPL Birmingham v Portsmouth,
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      650 48 What are the benefits of Meditation? •What is the true purpose of Meditation? What constitutes an effective Meditation? Where do you focus during Meditation? 'J) l<\ What actually happens during Meditation? t -I^. Can you feel the energy flow during Meditation? Do your thoughts wander about during Meditation? Can Meditation
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      494 50 THE NEWYORKTIMES SMALL-BUSINESS OWNERS THE two most precious resources for any small-business owner are time and money. That's why when the subject of intellectual property (IP) comes up, many owners run in the other direction. They see images of expensive lawyers and use that as an
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      315 50 Be a Certified Teacher 1 and help children with v"f)s Autism p Dyslexia, Dyspraxia ADD/ADHD Linguistic Council is an organization devoted to training teachers, i .40K n parents and caregivers with the skills necessary to identify and support children with DYSLEXIA, AUTISM, ADD/ADHD and DYSPRAXIA. mF School of Linguistics is
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      722 51  -  AMBROSE EVANSPRITCHARD THE DAILYTELEGRAPH BUSINESS COMMENT A combination of budget deficits and ageing populations spells trouble for US and Europe FOR a glimpse of what awaits Europe and the United States as budget deficits spiral to war-time levels, look at what is happening to the
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        124 52 Seiko's 7th generation Criteria ladies' watches are now in stores. They come in two series Chronograph and Retrograde featuring 100-m and 50-m water resistance, respectively. Both adopt hardlex glass for complete protection. Highly functional, these series in summer and fall colours are perfect for all occasions.
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        104 52 Zonelsll has launched the 1511 Callback service, which helps customers save up to 67 per cent on their local airtime mobile bills. 1511 Callback turns every outgoing call into an incoming call. It's the ideal choice for those who have used up their free outgoing
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        121 52 Silkygirl's Magic BB Cream is an all-in-one product that acts as a moisturiser, make-up base, concealer and foundation that comes with sun protection and lightening properties. It blends smoothly onto the skin and covers dark circle under the eyes, acne marks and uneven skin tone. Also known
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        124 52 Panasonic has launched two executiveclass cordless phones that are ideal for both home and office use. The KX-TG734ICX features a dual keypad (base unite and handset), an answering system, a large 1.4-inch easy-to-read LCD screen and simple menu operation, a "phone book" that stores up to 100
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        153 52 The all-new Honda Freed (picture) is now available in Singapore. This new generation seven-seater mini MPV features a clever design concept that fuses an easy-to-use and spacious cabin with sharp and stylish design. It also features Honda's innovative low-floor and low centre-of-gravity technology. Its 1.5-litre i-VTEC engine
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      640 53  -  ROSALIND MATHIESON DOWJONES BUSINESS COMMENT Caution is needed in managing the speed of rebound RELYING on China to lead the global economy out of its slump is a little like driving a car through an intersection with your eyes shut. You hope it will be
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      406 54 AGENCIES AUSTRALIAN ECONOMY Central bank will balance risk of inflation against that of choking confidence, demand SYDNEY There are risks in leaving interest rates too low for too long, the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) has warned for the first time since slashing rates last year
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      265 55 AGENCIES SYDNEY Australia yesterday launched legal action against Emirates for alleged cargo industry price-fixing, extending a campaign that has netted several carriers and tens of millions of dollars in fines. The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) said the Dubai carrier had colluded with
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      434 55 YORK TIMES, AGENCIES BANKRUPTCY FILING NEW YORK Faced with US$2.2 billion ($3.2 billion) of debt, the Reader's Digest Association will file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection for its United States businesses within 30 days. The company, which publishes one of the world's most
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      157 56 BLOOMBERG MALAYSIA'S budget deficit will narrow next year as the government moves to contain spending and restructure state subsidies, Second Finance Minister Ahmad Husni Hanadzlah said yesterday. The deficit will be less than the 7.6 per cent of gross domestic product projected for
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      293 56 AFP PCCWTRIAL Court upholds ruling against privatisation bid HONG KONG The Court of Appeal yesterday rejected applications by tycoon Richard Li to overturn a court decision blocking his controversial US$2.l billion ($3.05 billion) buyout bid for telecoms giant PCCW. Mr Li, the chairman of PCCW, appealed
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      299 57 938 LIVE GSSSPENDING LOCAL and foreign MasterCard cardholders spent a hefty U*****.7 million ($1 billion) during the Great Singapore Sale (GSS) in June this year. That's only half a per cent lower from the same period a year ago, a sign that shoppers are still
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      176 57  -  CHEOWXINYI cheowxinyi@mediacorp.com. sg OVERSEA-CHINESE Banking Corporation (OCBC) is the first listed company in Singapore to allow its Malaysian shareholders without a local registered address to apply for its scrip dividend scheme. The scheme grants shareholders the option of receiving the bank's interim dividend
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      205 58 CHANNEL NEWSASIA YOUNG Singaporeans need to create new and innovative products and solutions for the interactive digital media industry to stay ahead of the global competition, industry watchers say. The Government earlier highlighted the sector as a key growth area and
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      336 58  -  YASMINEYAHYA 938 LIVE BOOST FORTRADE yasmine@niediacorp.com. sg SINGAPORE Airport Terminal Services (Sats) is building its first on-airport perishables handling centre. The facility can double the amount of perishable cargo that the company can handle for the next five years. The new perishables cargo centre called Coolport
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      281 59 CHANNEL NEWSASIA RETAIL landlords are turning to creative ways to charge rent amid the current downturn and market watchers are expecting changes in rental structures as well. This is due to factors such as the increased presence of institutional landlords and
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      373 59  -  CHEOWXINYI REAL ESTATE INVESTMENTS cheowxinyi@mediacorp.com. sg A STRONG revival in property sentiment has propelled real estate investment sales in Singapore to surge in the second quarter to hit a total of $1.35 billion, according to latest statistics in a report by Colliers International. This
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        75 60 Sharp rises JS stocks rebounded a day after a sharp pullback as the market digested better-than-expect-;d earnings reports from the retail sector and mixed data on housing and inflation. The blue-chip Dow Jones Industrial Average advanced 32.60 points to 9,217.94 while tech-heavy Nasdaq composite climbed 25.08 points to
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        54 60 A big, black rebound Dil prices rebounded strongly in line with firmer stock markets and a weaker dollar. New York's main futures :ontract, light sweet crude for delivery in September, gained 2.44 US dollars to U5569.19 a 3arrel. London's Brent North Sea :rude for October delivery rallied JSSI.B3
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        72 60 German confidence Europe's main stock markets dosed higher, recovering some 3f the ground lost in the previdus day's heavy sell-off as investors welcomed a strong German investor confidence report. In London, the FTSE 100 index of leading shares gained D.BB per cent to 4,685.78 points. in Paris, the
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