Today, 25 September 2009, Afternoon Edition

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  • 20 1 TODAY Friday September 25, 2009 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking TODAY Friday September 25, 2009 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking
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  • afternoon edition
    • 99 1 2 A possible Al Qaeda plot was uncovered in New York, with an Afghan charged with making WMDs using hydrogen peroxide and nail polish. C Q Wenger weighs in on •JO the added-time controversy, saying referees cannot continue to keep coaches and players in the dark. D 1
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    • Article, Illustration
      113 1 AFP I Police fired canisters of pepper spray and smoke at marchers protesting the Group of 20 summit in Pittsburgh yesterday (this morning, Singapore time) after anarchists responded to calls to disperse by rolling trash bins and throwing rocks. The march turned chaotic at just I about
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    • 700 1 AGENCIES, SOPHIAHUANG SANCTIONS ON MYANMAR Singapore, Aung San Suu Kyi welcome Washington's readiness now to vengage'junta UNITED NATIONS After years of trying unsuccessfully to force Myanmar's military rulers to reform through sanctions, the United States is finally ready to try an approach that past administrations had
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    • 680 1 RENAULT were stunned last night when both their title sponsors, ING and Spanish insurance firm Mutua Madrilena, terminated their deals with the French team with immediate effect. Although Renault largely escaped sanction on Monday, receiving a two-year suspended ban for their involvement in a deliberate
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  • NEWS
    • 373 2 AGENCIES RESOLUTION APPROVED Global leaders approve historic resolution UNITED NATIONS The UN Security Council unanimously approved a historic resolution yesterday aimed at ridding the world of nuclear weapons at a summit-level meeting chaired by President Barack Obama. Russia, China and developing nations supported the US-sponsored
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    • 416 2 AP NEW YORK An Afghan immigrant who received explosives training from Al Oaeda went from one beauty supply store to another, buying up large quantities of hydrogen peroxide and nail-polish remover, in a chilling plot to build bombs for
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    • 375 4  -  LEONG WEEKEAT RSAFDETACHMENT Singapore seeks to buy F-16 training programmes, logistics and support weekeat@mediacorp.com.sg THE Singapore Government plans to buy F-16 pilot training programmes and logistics support from the United States, in deals which could amount to some US$325 million ($460 million), according to
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    • 212 6 THE members of the new Censorship Review Committee 2009 has been named. Mr Goh Yew Lin, chairman of the Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of Music, will head the panel. Sixteen other people, including academics, media experts, lawyers, violinist Mm
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    • 404 6  -  LEONGWEEKEAT COEQUOTA CUT weekeat@mediacorp.com.sg THE Land Transport Authority's (LTA) overprojection of the number of vehicle deregistrations has resulted in the sharpest cut in years in the supply of certificates of entitlement (COEs). After the average 15.7-per-cent reduction across all vehicle categories for the next six months,
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    • 413 8 BANGKOK An experimental Aids vaccine has for the first time reduced the risk of infection, marking a "breakthrough" in the quarter-century battle against the deadly epidemic, said researchers. The vaccine reportedly reduced the risk of being infected by 31 per cent, in the world's largest
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    • 541 8 Wooing the world Gaddafi's way THE GUARDIAN LIBYA ATTHE UN In 100-minute speech, he tears up UN Charter, insults his audience NEW YORK It was meant to be a day of global reconciliation, when the new leader of the free world put all the rancour of the past eight years
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    • 124 8 THE GUARDIAN United Nations protocol stipulates that heads of state addressing the General Assembly must keep to time limits 15 minutes since rules changed in 2003. Mr Muammar Gaddafi's 100 minutes was way too much, although modest compared with Cuba's Fidel Castro who in i960
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    • 147 2 Another 30 yea pay you to take Considering how the BILLY bookcase had cost $228 in 1979 and now cost even less, that could almost be a possibility! Because when we introduced the BILLY bookcase 30 years ago, we'd already started thinking of ways to constantly I aoA p™ n
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    • 232 3 rs and we may BILLY home. reduce its price while maintaining its quality. With our continuous efforts to lower the price and pass on these savings to you directly, you can be sure it's always a good time to improve your everyday life at IKEA. Price drop How did it
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    • 36 3 Fl PARTIES TO BE AT 38 »FORMULA ARTz f o »NODOUBTTHEY'REGOODz f 8 HAMILTON AND BUTTON FACE OFF 51 FERRARI DRAWACROWD 52 BRIATORE PUNISHMENTTOO HARSH: ECCLESTONE 53 JACKIE STEWART SPEAKS 54 SAUBER LIVE IN HOPE 55
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    • 197 8 *CUT OUT THIS ADVERTISEMENT TO EXCHANGE FOR SOUVENIRS AT THE MENTIONED VENUES! i r^ nn n\ i 26 September 2009, Saturday, 9am spm Venue: Field next to Tampines MRT Station l Guest-of-Honour: Dr Yaacob Ibrahim, Minister for the Environment Water Resources 1 Distinguished Guest: Mr Mah Bow Tan, Minister for
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  • SINGAPORE
    • 170 10 938 live SOME 15 percent of problem gamblers have attempted suicide, recent research has found. Conducted by the National Addictions Management Service at the Institute of Mental Health (IMH), the study of 350 people revealed that problem gamblers often suffer from anxiety
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    • 486 10  -  NEOCHAICHIN DIAGNOSING DIABETES chaichin@mediacorp.com.sg THERE is now a possible new use for an old way to measure average blood glucose, and it can make a difference in how accurately someone can be diagnosed for diabetes. Results can also be available faster and that means
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    • 101 10 CNA A new campaign has been launched to raise public awareness of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), with 200 general practitioners to conduct COPD screening at their clinics for the first time. Previously, spirometry testing machines were available only at specialist clinics and hospitals. The
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    • 362 11 Meeting the Master Canon's Fi Photography Seminar held yesterday proved to be a treat for the more than 300 photography enthusiasts who attended the event. It was conducted by master photographer Paul-Henri Cahier, who has been photographing Formula 1 races using Canon cameras since 1977.
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    • SINGAPORE ROUNDUP
      • 132 12 Fans of Dream Works animation blockbusters such as Madagascar and Shrek are in for a treat when Universal Studios Singapore opens its doors early next year at the Resorts World Sentosa. This is because the theme park will be home to two world firsts Madagascar:
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      • 154 12 CHANNEL NEWSASIA Officers from the Home Team have broken up a Singaporebased syndicate ferrying immigration offenders by sea. Five men, including three Chinese nationals, have been charged and sentenced to jail for offences ranging from overstaying, unlawful entry and conveying illegal immigrants. The heaviest penalty of
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      • 90 12 A couple and a two-year-old child were rescued after a fire broke out just after midnight yesterday. Alerted to a fire at Block 216 in Petir Road, the Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) despatched a fire engine, a Red Rhino, two ambulances and a support
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      • 168 12 The police have announced road closures in conjunction with the Annual Firewalking Festival on Oct 4 and 5. The following roads will be closed: Mohammed Ali Lane, from 6pm on Oct 4 to 12pm the next day; the extreme right lane of South Bridge Road,
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    • 402 15  -  ZULOTHMAN DEFAMATION SUIT zul@mediacorp.com.sg THEY maintain they had acted in the best interests of the Singapore Swimming Club (SSC) when they decided two years ago to install a new filtration system for its pools. The club's previous management committee then went on to accept
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    • 245 15 EFFORTS to save jobs and in rolling out schemes for low-income families has paid off for the Labour Movement despite the bad times, membership to the NTUC has grown by 38,000 in the last two years. While 92,000 members were lost, 130,000 had been
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  • WORLD
    • 323 16 AFP AUSTRALIAN STORM SYDNEY Australia cleared up yesterday after the worst dust storm in decades which smothered Sydney and cost an estimated tens of millions of dollars in lost productivity. Residents cleaned grimy cars and windows under clear skies a day after millions of tonnes of dust
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    • 265 18 THE STAR CREATIVE LOANSHARKING GEORGE TOWN Malaysian loan sharks have found a simpler and hassle free way to do business they use credit cards to issue money to borrowers, take their cut via interest, and then leave the banks to collect the debt. Under a
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    • EYE ON ASIA
      • 93 18 .AFP An American has been accused of inciting unrest and having links to groups behind a series of bombings in the country. The New Light of Myanmar said KyawZawLwin was detained inYangon on Sept 3 after he arrived on a flight from Bangkok.
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      • 92 18 AFP Former Taiwanese President Chen Shui-bian has filed a lawsuit in the United States in a bid to overturn his life sentence for graft and secure his release from detention. The move came as judges at Taiwan's High Court were deliberating whether to extend Chen's detention.
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    • 92 18 AFP Beyonce has sung about! partying like a "naugh-J ty girl", but Malaysian^B can expect her to be well behaved for her^B Oct 25 concert. Parti Islam H^B SeMalaysia BBJ wanted the showß scrapped, say- BBJ ing it promotes^B "Western sexy I performances". I
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    • 62 21 AFP Honda's new 'personal mobility' device resembles a unicycle, and to zip around, just lean your weight into the direction you want to go. Designed to be small, safe and unobtrusive enough to mingle with pedestrians, it scoots along at 6 km/h. The machine is still 'a
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    • 250 21 AGENCIES CENTRAL INDIA NEW DELHI Rescuers used heavy cranes and saws to free more than a dozen people trapped in the rubble of a large chimney that collapsed at a power plant under construction in central India, killing at least 14 people. Inspector-General of police
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    • 178 21 AFP SEOUL South Korea could mount swift and precise attacks on North Korea's nuclear bases should war break out on the peninsula, said Seoul's incoming top military officer yesterday. General Lee Sang Eui, named as the next Chairman of the Joint
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    • 264 22 THE GUARDIAN COUNTER-TERROR MEASURES Britain is employing alternative measures to curb domestic and international extremism LONDON The Foreign Office is flying in senior UK diplomats to talk to British Muslims who live in "terror hotspots" as part of its efforts to prevent domestic and
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    • 208 22 .AFP LONDON United States President Barack Obama turned down five requests from British Prime Minister Gordon Brown for a meeting this week, amid tensions over the release of the Lockerbie bomber, said reports yesterday. The Prime Minister's office denied Mr Brown had been snubbed
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    • 471 24 AP SWEDISH ROBBERY STOCKHOLM Just like a scene from a Hollywood movie, masked robbers dropped from a helicopter onto the roof of a Swedish cash depot before dawn, broke into the building through a glass pyramid, set off explosions to get to the millions inside and escaped
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    • 189 26 THE MALAYSIAN INSIDER KUALA KANGSAR It has been three months since she was sentenced to six strokes of the cane for drinking beer in a Pahang nightclub. Now. Muslim model Kartika Sari Dewi Shukarno, 32, whose sentence made headlines all over the world,
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    • 295 26 THE GUARDIAN DISCOVERY OF WATER WASHINGTON The United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration's (Nasa) plans to establish a human outpost on the moon have received a surprise boost following the discovery of large amounts of water on its surface. Three spacecraft detected a thin sheen
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    • 112 22 State of Kuwait Ministry of Public Health JOB ANNOUNCEMENT Ministry of Health in State of Kuwait is announcing job vacancies for Medical Laboratory Services in the following specialty: 1) CLINICAL VIROLOGIST 2) CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGIST Qualification Requirements: Bachelor of Medicine Surgery (MBBS or MD) MRC Path or equivalent qualification in Clinical
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  • voices
    • 101 28 Letter from Bernadette Low Manager, Corporate Marketing and Communications, SMRT Corporation We thank Mr Gerald Giam for his feedback regarding the ventilation at aboveground train station platforms (Sept 9). The above-ground train stations were designed with an open concept, allowing for the flow of air
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    • 447 28  -  Ignatius Lourdesamy FLAT PRICES Letter from Deputy Director (Marketing Projects) for Director (Estate Administration Property), Housing Development Board I REFER to the letter "It's not all about the numbers", (Sept 16) by Mr See Leong Kit. It is misleading for Mr See to
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    • 157 30  -  DR BILL MAIER BY....... IDENTIFYING, TREATING DYSLEXIA More than one in five kids today are affected by dyslexia. The good news is, it can be treated once it's identified. Recent research shows that dyslexic kids can almost always overcome it by using a phonics based reading
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    • 687 30  -  Tabitha Wang BUDGETTAI-TAI Penile delinquents' roam HK's streets, all sharp elbows and killer shopping carts voices@mediacorp.com.sg IT ONLY took a few seconds. I had chosen my stuff at a Salvation Army charity shop and placed it on the counter to pay. In the time it took to
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    • 758 38  -  I CHRISTOPHERTOHi I 7 7 7 GENEVIEVELOH j i Today picks the parties you i j want to be at on race weekend Hand! I NEVER let it be said that Singaporeans don't 1 know how to party. With the Fl season, every day is a party
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      775 40  - FORMULA ART MAYO MARTIN FiCARS What draws artists to these speed demons? Today gets in the driver's seat mayo@mediacorp.com. sg THEY'RE fast and make a lot of noise. The men behind the wheel always get the girl (our sympathies, Nicole Scherzinger). And for many a motorhead, a Formula One car
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    • 188 40 If you're around the area, check out these other exhibitions and showcases THE FIRST Fi NIGHT RACE Fi photographer Paul-Henri Cahier's photographs of last year's action-packed race in Singapore. Until Oct 3 along Orchard Road, from Wheelock Place to Far East Shopping Centre. ASIAONTHE EDGE It's
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    • 421 42 AP MAMAS AND THE PAPAS SCANDAL Mackenzie Phillips reveals sexual, drug abuse by her vtortured father FORMER child star Mackenzie Phillips said on Wednesday that she had a dec-ade-long sexual relationship with her father, pop superstarjohn Phillips, who also taught her how to roll
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    • 303 44  -  GENEVIEVELOH LOCAL FILM NEWS GlenGGoesi #s return to cinema, The Blue Mansion, heads for the Tokyo International Film Festival genevieveloh@mediacorp.com. sg WITH his latest dark comedy whodunit The Blue Mansion just selected to showcase at the Tokyo International Film Festival (TIFF) next month right after its
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    • 126 44 AFP MJ DEATH A HOMICIDE The Los Angeles Police Department is treating Michael Jackson's death as a homicide and is focusing on doctor Conrad Murray, the entertainment website TMZ.com reported on Wednesday. The pop icon's family has spoken of "unanswered questions" concerning Murray's role in the final
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    • 386 48  -  CHRISTOPHERTOH Fi ROCKS Gwen Stefani and band promise an awesome show for their set tonight christophertoh@mediacorp.com.sg THE last time we saw No Doubt perform here in 1997, we were left breathless by their energetic show. This time round, although the band said they have mellowed
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    • 70 48 PATRICK WATSON IN CONCERT Popular indie rock Canadian singer-songwriter Patrick Watson will be in town next year for a special performance on Jan ig, 7.30pm at the Esplanade Recital Studio. Presented by Greenhorn Productions, tickets at $80 from Sistic. Early bird priority booking for this exclusive showcase
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    • 92 48 WWW.TODAYONLINE.COM/BLOGS POPARAZZI Fi Rocks Singapore with LG host Lindsay Lohan (right) says although she doesn't know much about Formula 1 racing, she'll still try her best. Nice Alexander McQueen shoes, though. FOR ART'S SAKE! The RAT nibbles on Anthony Poon'sWave, TwardzikChing Chor Leng's ambitious artwork,
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    • 862 50 TV LISTINGS ON MEDIACORP CHANNEL ON MEDIACORP 2009 FORMULA 1 SINGTEL 6.00 AM Entertainment Tonight 400 GP Racing On Track-Racing 11.45 Survivor XIX ZOMBI KAMPUNG PISANG SINGAPORE GRAND PRIX 6.30 Prime Time Morning Icons 12.45 AM LoveYouto Death Suria, 8.30pm Practice Session l 6pm 9-3° The Rachael Ray Show 111
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    • 819 51  -  TANYO-HINN FORMULA 1 SINGTEL SINGAPORE GRAND PRIX 2009 World champ Hamilton and his possible successor Button hold court in a lively manner yohinn@mediacorp.com. sg IT ISN'T exactly the Battle of Britain. Yet, anyway. But if the verbal jousting between McLaren-Mercedes' Lewis Hamilton and Brawn GP's
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    • 657 52  -  LOW LIN FHOONG Fans turn up to catch Raikkonen wearing the famous red, possibly for the last time here linfhoong@mediacorp.com.sg JUDGING from the 500-strong crowd pushing and pulling to catch a glimpse of Ferrari drivers Kimi Raikkonen and Giancarlo Fisichella at a Shell-Ferrari roadshow outside lon
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    • 345 52 RED BULL BANANASKIN IN STORE? Mark Webber says Red Bull will be at a disadvantage when the red lights go off at the Marina Bay street circuit on Sunday. The 33-year-old, who is fourth in the championship behind leaders Jenson Button and Rubens Barrichello of Brawn GP,
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    • 487 53  -  LAN DE COTTA Ecclestone can't say enough about race organisation here, and expresses sympathy for Briatore fl senior correspondent ian@mediacorp.com.sg HE WAS amazed at the organisation of the inaugural race last year, and Formula 1 ringmaster Bernie Ecclestone was similarly blown away this time around,
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    • 422 53  -  LAN DE COTTA fl senior correspondent ian@mediacorp.com.sg JEAN Todt said yesterday he is confident he will be able to bring harmony back to Formula 1, if he is elected to succeed Max Mosley at next month's general assembly
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    • 539 54  -  SHAMIR OSMAN Three-time world champion Jackie Stewart calls for a total overhaul of Formula 1 shamir@mediacorp.com.sg SPY-GATE, Lie-gate, Crash-gate. Gone are the days of honourable racing with gentleman drivers like Jim Clark, Stirling Moss and Jackie Stewart. From McLaren being fined US$lOO million ($141.2 million)
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    • 409 54  -  TANYO-HINN yohinn@mediacorp.com.sg TWO Singapore-based motorsport enthusiasts are aiming to form the world's first commu-nity-owned Formula 1 team. Australian Benjamin Potter and Briton lan Baldwyn are expected to meet several teams this weekend on the sidelines of the
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    • 644 55  -  LOW LIN FHOONG Team could still feature next year as Kubica and Theissen ponder next move linfhoong@mediacorp.com.sg IT LOOKED as if Formula 1 had seen the end of Sauber's participation in the sport, when BMW announced they were pulling out of the partnership two months ago
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    • 472 56 AGENCIES KYOTO Singapore's Lam Chih Bing, 32, emerged as the joint-first round leader at the Asia-Pacific Panasonic Open yesterday, three days after surviving a freak accident which could have blinded an eye. Lam fired a superb 5-under 66, sinking five birdies on the back nine at
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    • 177 56 AGENCIES SPANISH FOOTBALL Against Villarreal, he needed only a few seconds longer to find the back of the net. A brilliant turn on the halfway line saw the Portuggal international escape the attentions of marker Angel Lopez, and no Villarreal player could get close enough
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    • 516 56  -  SHAMIR OSMAN GREAT EASTERN-YEO'S S-LEAGUE 2009 Home United v Woodlands Wellington Jalan Besar Stadium, 7.30pm shamir@mediacorp.com.sg HE MAY not take home the Coach of the Year trophy at this year's annual awards, which will likely be a battle between SAFFC's Richard Bok and controversial
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    • 165 58 AFP LONDON Everton defender Phil Jagielka was confronted by knife-wielding burglars, the latest Premier League star to fall victim to gangs raiding the homes of soccer's super-rich The 27-year-old, who is currently injured, was watching his team on television on Wednesday when three men burst into
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    • 344 58  -  THE GUARDIAN NOTTINGHAM Sven-Goran Eriksson has admitted that he has yet to meet the owners of Notts County, only their representatives. But the former England manager said that he was happy to remain at the club as long as the owners keep putting money
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    • 611 58 THE NEW YORKTIMES AFTERNOON LATEST Refs must end the added-time confusion, says Wenger LONDON Coaches, players and fans need to be told how referees calculate stoppage time to stop the current confusion at the end of matches, Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger said yesterday. Timekeeping and
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    • 671 59 AGENCIES asef The two world No is have not had a stellar season by their lofty standards ATLANTA The world's No 1 men's and women's golf players are fighting to end the year on a high. Tiger Woods and Lorena Ochoa started the
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    • 378 59 AGENCIES LEAGUE CUP, THIRD ROUND Chelsea 1 QPR o LONDON It was an emotional return for midfielder Joe Cole, who completed his first 90 minutes since seriously damaging knee ligaments last January in Chelsea's win over Queens Park Rangers in the third round
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    • 180 62  -  TREVORTAN CANON Singapore's partnership with Brawn GP for the Sing Tel Singapore Grand Prix must have made the company trigger-happy it has launched an avalanche of 34 products this week. The new products include Selphy and Laser Shot printers, Legria camcorders, IXUS and
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    • 512 62  -  TREVORTAN MOBILE PHONE REVIEW GARMIN-ASUS NUVIFONEG6o trevor@mediacorp.com.sg IT IS no longer a novelty to have satellite navigation (sat-nav) in one's mobile phone, so what can the Garmin-Asus alliance offer with its latest nuvifone G6O? Packing a 3-megapixel auto-focus camera, a 3.55-inch touchscreen, 4GB memory with a microSD
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    • 171 62  -  TREVOR TAN THE highly-anticipated Panasonic Lumix DMC-GFI (picture) is slated to reach our shores next month. The Micro Four Thirds (MFT) GFI packs a 12.1-megapixel Live MOS image sensor, a Venus HD image processor and a three-inch Intelligent screen in a petite body.
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    • 260 64  -  TREVORTAN L^M ROAD GIMOZ Drivers, rejoice: Technology exists that could*make your morning commute that bit better Driving that overpriced, fuel-guzzling car of yours down Singapore's roads isn't always a pleasurable experience, thanks to the constant cacophony of beeps as ERP toll gantries relentlessly whittle down
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    • 187 64  -  HEDIRMAN SUPIAN We chanced upon a rather ingenious product called the Com Tec In-Vehicle Digital Video Recorder (CT-IVOR94O1) that can be mounted on your dashboard with no messy hardwiring needed. What's unique about the camera is that it can record a perpetual stream of
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      146 64 Always getting stuck along the Pan Island Expressway because of heavy traffic or road accidents? Now, you can avoid these jams with the Mio MOOV3BOGPS device that provides you with "live" traffic information. The 4.3-inch tool utilises the TrafficGEM service launched by the Automobile Association of Singapore
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    • 165 64  -  TREVORTAN Are too many Singaporeans getting lost on our own roads? Yet another navigation service has surfaced on the market the Galactio Papago! X 3 TMC Real Time Navigation Software, created by East Gear. The software uses real-time information from the Traffic Information
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    • 195 64  -  ARIELTAM Every driver needs a quality Bluetooth headset. One that doesn't take 20 button presses to pick up a call. One that doesn't make the calling party sound like Darth Maul. One that doesn't make other drivers slam their brakes in alarm at the sight
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    • 117 64  -  TREVORTAN Com^msT^/veeTena^uests wK' entering the Fi Audi Sky Lounge just need to flash their mobile phones at a reader W to gain access to the best view of the night race. Attendees will have their mobile phones attached 1 with First Innovations Asia's Stickkey. It
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    • 759 68  -  WILLIAM PESEK BLOOMBERG BUSINESS COMMENT Short-term economic gains may hurt China's long-term prospects THIS is not the time to be critical of China's 2009 economic boom. That's clear enough from the hate mail that clogs the inbox of anyone who suggests China will not grow at 8
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    • 262 70  -  KELVIN CHOW kelvinc@mediacorp.com. sg FORMER BHP Billiton CEO Charles Goodyear has broken his silence on why he did not become CEO of Temasek Holdings. "Differences of strategic vision is the best way to put it," a Reuters report quoted Mr Goodyear as
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    • 484 70 BLOOMBERG JAPANESE BANKING WOES $4.gb loss prompts bank to enforce early retirement AIFUL, Japan's second-largest consumer lender by assets, announced plans to cut as much as 44 per cent of its workforce and forecast a full-year loss, sending the shares to a six-month low. The
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      • 93 70 AP Switzerland and the United States have signed a treaty to increase the amount of tax information they share to help crack down on tax evasion. The agreement follows a model set out by the Paris-based Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) designed
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      • 83 70 BLOOMBERG The number of Americans filing first-time claims for jobless benefits dropped unexpectedly last week to the lowest in two months, another sign firings are slowing as the economy pulls out of the recession. Applications fell by 21,000 to 530,000 in the week ended Sept 19,
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      • 74 70 BLOOMBERG Nomura Holdings, Japan's biggest brokerage, plans to raise as much as ¥511.3 billion ($7.9 billion) in its largest stock sale to fund expansion in the United States. Tokyo-based Nomura will sell about 800 million shares in Japan and overseas between Oct 13 and Oct
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    • 777 72 BLOOMBERG SOVEREIGN WEALTH FUND INVESTMENTS CHINA'S U*****.5-billion ($421-bil-lion) sovereign wealth fund is stepping up investments in commodities companies, agreeing to spend U552.75 billion in the last two days. China Investment Corp (CIC) bought US$l.9 billion of debt from PT Bumi Resources, Indonesia's
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    • 282 73  -  KELVIN CHOW kelvinc@mediacorp.com.sg MAINBOARD-LISTED commodities firm 01am International has made it to Forbes Asia's Fabulous 50 annual list of big-cap and profitable firms in the Asia-Pacific region. 01am, a supply chain manager of agricultural products and food ingredients, is the only Singapore firm
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    • 246 73  -  NG BAOYING CHANNEL NEWSASIA baoying@mediacorp.com. sg A TOTAL of 210 local graduates have found jobs as management trainees in local small- and-me-dium-sized enterprises, under a scheme by enterprise development agency Spring Singapore. The Executive Training Programme is part of efforts by the Government to help
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        • 75 74 Fall on weak home sales Wall Street shares slumped as a disappointing report on US home sales rekindled economic fears and prompted investors to push the market lower for a second straight session. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 41.11 points (0.42 per cent)tocloseat9,7o7.44,extending losses from Wednesday. The
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        • 62 74 Tumble further World oil prices tumbled as weak US economic data and signs of sluggish energy demand in America highlighted fears about a tepid recovery from the global recession. New York's main contract, light sweet crude for November delivery, dropped US$3.OB to close at U5565.89 a barrel. Brent
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        • 93 74 Waiting on G2O Europe's leading stock markets tumbled by more than 1 per cent as investors cautiously awaited the outcome of the G2o's discussions on reforming the banking system, traders said. Europe stocks were also pulled down by news from the US markets. London's FTSEIOO index of leading
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      • 520 74 AFTERNOON LATEST US has "special responsibility'to preserve confidence in the dollar: Geithner UNITED States Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner (picture) said the Group of 20 nations have a "strong consensus" to reduce reliance on exports, and said the US has a "special responsibility" to support the dollar's role
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      • 322 74  -  ESTHER FUNG esther@mediacorp.com.sg AS THE stock market took a dip in the 12 months ended June this year, so did the paycheque of the chief executive officer of the Singapore Exchange (SGX).MrHsiehFuHua. Mr Hsieh earned $4.02 million in the financial year ended June, down
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      • 321 74 BLOOMBERG TOKYO Nomura Holdings, which last year bought Lehman Brothers Holdi ngs's operations in Asia and Europe, plans to sell a record ¥511.3 billion ($7.95 billion) of stock to fund expansion in the United States. Tokyo-based Nomura will sell about 800 million shares, equivalent to
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