Today, 1 December 2009, Afternoon Edition

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    12 1 TODAY Tuesday December i, 2009 afternoon edition www.todayonline.com we set you thinking
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    afternoon latest
    113 1 6 Troop surge in Afghanistan: US President Barack Obama has issued his order to send about 30,000 more troops. QQTiger Woods pulls out JC?of his own tournament in the wake of the car-crash scandal and rumours of a marriage on the rocks. /I""! Agents'fee: $160 million. That's how
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    All will be quiet on the eve...
    892 1  -  ALICIA WONG AND IMELDASAAD PM ON GENERAL ELECTION New cooling-off period will give voters time to "reflect rationally' alicia@mediacorp.com.sg TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO Six months have passed since the Government proposed changes to the electoral rules and one additional idea has kept the amendments
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    Lock icon Minarets ban could be overturned
    374 1 AP GENEVA A Swiss ban on minarets could violate fundamental liberties, Europe's top human-rights watchdog said in an indication that the heavily criticised vote could be overturned. The Council of Europe said yesterday that banning "new minarets in Switzerland raises concerns as to whether fundamental
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      Lock icon A VOTE FUELLED BY FEAR
      808 2  -  TARIQ RAMADAN AGENCIES THE GUARDIAN POINTOFVIEW Swiss voted not against minarets, but Muslims FOR months we had been told that the efforts to ban the construction of minarets in Switzerland were doomed. The last surveys suggested around 34 per cent of the Swiss population would
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    • FROM THE REPORT
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        PMETS
        53 3 They made up 52 per cent of the resident labour force, and their employment gains were concentrated in services. PMETs who were jobless, however, took longer to get a job than did production or clerical workers. Among older unemployed PMETs especially, 36 per cent had been job-hunting for at
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        ECONOMICALLY INACTIVE
        69 3 As of June, n,ioo residents were not looking for work because they believed that their search would be in vain. These "discouraged workers" made up 0.6 per cent of the resident labour force up from 7,500 or 0.4 per cent a year ago. The older and less educated
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        OLDER WORKERS
        64 3 The employment rate of those aged 55 and above maintained last year's record level of 57.2 per cent. The rate for older men in fact went up to 74.7 per cent, one of the world's highest. But employment of older women dipped. More than one in four residents
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        INCOME
        32 3 Growth was largely flat. After gains of 7.7 per cent in 2007 and 11 per cent last year, the median monthly income among fulltimers rose only 0.5 per cent to $2,600.
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        ABOUT THE SURVEY
        47 3 Conducted between May and July, it is part of a series of mid-year labour force surveys by the Manpower Ministry. The survey covered 28,487 private households, and excludes workers in construction worksites and dormitories, as well as those commuting from abroad to work here.
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      Lock icon Spike in short term contracts
      474 3 S RAMESH,TEOXUANWEI SINGAPORE WORKFORCE REPORT SINGAPORE With the volatile economic environment spurring employers to seek flexibility in their staff strength, the number of locals on term contracts has hit 197,200 and the figure could climb further, even with Singapore back on the road to growth.
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      Lock icon THUMBS UP FOR THE WE ARE ONE FINALE
      53 4 001 BOONKEONG Guest-of-honour Senior Minister S Jayakumar, MediaCorp CEO Lucas Chow (centre) and all those who attended the 'We Are One' finale yesterday at the lon Orchard posing with the completed model built entirely out of Lego bricks after it was unveiled.
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      More troops: Obama gives the go-ahead
      447 6 WASHINGTON United States President Barack Obama has issued his order to send more troops to Afghanistan, communicating his decision to military leaders late Sunday afternoon during a meeting in the Oval Office, and spent yesterday speaking with foreign leaders to share with them the
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      A $1.5-MILLION DONATION
      54 8 In honour of its long-serving governor, the Lien Foundation has donated $1.5 million to the Community Foundation of Singapore to set up the Lee Hee Seng Fund. Investment income from the endowment, the first received by the Community Foundation, will fund Mr Lee's chosen charity, the Agape
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      Four stations now back on the Internet
      276 8 MEDIACORP RADIO SINGAPORE After a nine-month hiatus, online fans of fourMediaCorp radio stations can once again get their daily fix from the Internet thanks to an agreement between the media giant and the Recording Industry Performance Singapore (Rips). From today, listeners can enjoy
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      SINDA CHARITY DRIVE EXCEEDS TARGET
      134 8 Singapore Community Council. He was the right-hand man of Dr Lien Ying Chow, founder of Overseas Union Bank and the Lien Foundation. He served as the bank's group chairman, and chaired the HDB and Public Service Commission. The Community Foundation received $15.5 million in donations
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      Seeking public views
      371 10  -  ALICIA WONG HEALTH MINISTRY'S BUDGET Minister asks for input via Facebook, MOH blog alicia@mediacorp.com. sg SINGAPORE For the first time, a Government Ministry is holding a public consultation for its annual budget through its blog and Facebook pages. Health Minister Khaw Boon Wan will share with Netizens
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    • S'PORE ROUNDUP
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        HDB ACCIDENTS DROP
        127 10  -  BYRON HO The Housing and Development Board's accidents rate dropped for the first nine months of this year, despite there being more construction and upgrading projects. The figure of 0.36 accidents per million man-hours was much lower than last year's rate of 0.52, and far below the
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        GETTING AROUND EASIER
        91 10 Eight new Wheelchair Accessible Bus (WAB) services —13,15, 36, 52, 54, 57, 291 and 333 will be launched on Thursday to commemorate World Disability Day. In all, SBS Transit will have 38 WAB services on the roads. Among those who have benefitted is IT support assistant, Mr
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        TUAS EMERGENCY EXERCISE
        97 10 A large-scale chemical release emergency response exercise will be held tomorrow at the Second Link atTuas. Traffic will be diverted from gam to lpm. Motorists are advised not to be alarmed and to follow the directions of auxiliary police officers on site, or to avoid Tuas Checkpoint
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      Freedom 'pact' a global fact
      429 12  -  LINYANQIN IPS SEMINAR yanqin@mediacorp.com. sg SINGAPORE Those who give up the "public freedom" of expression get to keep their "private freedoms" to travel, choose where they live and how to make their money. Author John Kampfner may have been rebutted last year by the Singapore
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      FIRE AT MARINE TERRACE
      89 12 More than 100 residents were evacuated and a man was rescued by Singapore Civil Defence Force officers when his fifth-floor flat at Block 53, Marine Terrace, caught fire yesterday. The SCDF officers arrived within three minutes of being alerted at 3.28pm, and found the bedroom on
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      Home Team lauded for unwavering duty during Apec
      254 12 SINGAPORE The day United States President Barack Obama arrived in Singapore, a convoy of four BMW cars with AsiaPacific Economic Cooperation (Apec) number plates, attempted to enter the Shangri-La Hotel without security checks. Despite the insistence by the motorcade's security command officer
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      Lock icon Man facing bribery charges kills himself
      155 14 AP BEIJING A former judge charged with taking bribes from gangsters committed suicide in his cell over the weekend in central China, a local government spokesman said yesterday. Wu Xiaoqing, 57, hanged himself in his cell on Saturday using the drawstring from his underwear
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      Lock icon A cover-up, specially for the Olympics
      160 14 AFP BEIJING China has charged 48 government and mining officials and 10 journalists with covering up a deadly mine accident to avoid embarrassing Beijing ahead of last year's Olympics, state media said yesterday. The July 14, 2008, mining accident in the northern province of
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      Lock icon China stands its ground
      304 14 AGENCIES EU-CHINA SUMMIT NANJING Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao rebuffed calls from European leaders for faster reforms of Beijing's currency policies and said yesterday China is doing all it can to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases. The remarks came after a one-day summit with the 27-member European
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      Lock icon Indonesia to drop charges against anti-graft officials
      161 16 AFP JAKARTA Indonesia's AttorneyGeneral will drop allegedly bogus charges against two senior antigraft investigators at the centre of a bitter feud with police, an official said yesterday. A Jakarta court is scheduled today to approve an order to terminate the police probe, the
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      Lock icon Arroyo to seek seat in Congress
      335 16 AFP PHILIPPINE POLITICS MANILA Philippine President Gloria Arroyo announced yesterday she would run for a seat in Congress next year, triggering immediate outrage from opponents who said she was making a brazen bid to stay in power. Mrs Arroyo said she wanted to represent
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      Lock icon M'sia tweaks patriotism course
      139 16 AP KUALA LUMPUR The Malaysian government announced plans yesterday to revamp a patriotism course following opposition claims that it incites racial hatred toward the ethnic Chinese and Indian minorities. Mr Nazri Aziz, the minister in charge of parliamentary affairs, said the Cabinet had agreed to the
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    • EYE ON ASIA
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        Lock icon N KOREANS FACE EXECUTION
        100 18 -•111 l_ I I W *J AFP North Korea A number of North Koreans have been arrested and could face execution for leaking information on the movements of leader Kirn Jong II to South Korean news media, reports and sources said yesterday. Dong-A llbo newspaper, quoting
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        Lock icon THREE DEAD IN RESTIVE SOUTH
        90 18 AFP Thailand Suspected separatists shot dead three men yesterday in the latest bout of violence in Thailand's restive south, local police said. Gunmen killed a Muslim villager in his house in Pattani province, while two Buddhist truck drivers were shot dead as they travelled to
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        Lock icon KANGAROOS MAY HOLD SKIN CANCER CURE: STUDY
        85 18 AFP Australia Kangaroos may provide the key to a potential treatment to prevent skin cancer, scientists at Melbourne University said yesterday. Researchers are investigating whether a DNA repair enzyme found in the marsupials could provide a model for preventing DNA damage linked to
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      Lock icon Sorry, Sri Lanka
      297 18 AGENCIES 2011 COMMONWEALTH MEET LONDON Sri Lanka has been blocked from hosting the next meeting of Commonwealth leaders in protest of Colombo's military repression against the Tamil population earlier this year. Australia will instead host the next biennial Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in 2011 after Canberra
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      PM Lee at Chogm: Commonwealth consensus on climate change 'not difficult'
      305 19  -  IMELDASAAD TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO The outcome at next month's United Nations summit on climate change in Copenhagen will depend largely on the United States, Europe and China, said Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong. Speaking to Singapore reporters yesterday at
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      Lock icon Nazi death camp guard in the dock
      390 19 AFP LAST MAJOR HOLOCAUSTTRIAL MUNICH Germany put John Demjanjuk in the dock yesterday, accusing the 89-year-old of herding tens of thousands of Jews to their death as a Nazi camp guard in World War 11. Demjanjuk, who is charged with assisting in the
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      Lock icon Where terrorists learn their job ...
      463 21 Where terrorists learn their job AP SOMALIATRAINING CAMPS MOGADISHU The recruits gather in scorching desert hideouts in Somalia, use portraits of President Barack Obama for target practice, learn how to make and detonate bombs, and vow allegiance to Osama bin Laden. Training camps in the lawless nation of Somalia are
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      Lock icon 500 MORE BRITISH SOLDIERS FOR AFGHANISTAN
      132 21 THE GUARDIAN British Prime Minister Gordon Brown was set to announce the sending of 500 more British soldiers to Afghanistan, pre-empting a long-awaited statement from United States President Barack Obama expected today. According to reports in Washington, Mr Obama will announce that 9,000 Marines
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      Lock icon Cornered, shot and maybe dead
      356 22 SUSPECTEDCOP KILLER SEATTLE A man suspected of gunning down four uniformed officers in a suburban coffee shop was cornered yesterday in a house in Seattle, wounded and possibly dead, police said. Negotiators were trying to communicate with Mr Maurice Clemmons, 37, using loudspeakers and explosions
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    • GLOBAL ROUNDUP
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        Lock icon WHO: TREAT HIV PATIENTS SOONER
        105 22 AP People infected with the virus that causes Aids should start treatment earlier than currently recommended, the World Health Organization (WHO) said yesterday. The agency issued new guidance advising doctors to start giving patients Aids drugs a year or two earlier than usual. WHO now
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        Lock icon COMPUTER GLITCH FORCES A3BOTO RETURN
        99 22 AFP An Air France A3BO superjumbo was forced to turn around and land in New York on Friday due to a computer glitch. The A3BO was forced to make a U-turn 90 minutes after takeoff from New York and landed safely at Kennedy Airport in
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        Lock icon RARE SCIENTIFIC MANUSCRIPTS ONLINE
        83 22 AFP Historic manuscripts by Sir Isaac Newton, Benjamin Franklin and other ground-breaking scientists will be published online for the first time, Britain's Royal Society said yesterday. The society, the world's oldest scientific institution, will release famous literature that it has published in its journals over the
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      Here's how we can do it
      313 24  -  Aaradhana Sadasivam INSTILLING A SCIENTIFIC CULTURE Letter from THE report "Look for a 'better fit'" (Nov 26) set me thinking and I would like to convey the following thoughts on what can be done to create a culture of scientific innovation. Need for passion:
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      The weakest link?
      197 24  -  Vivienne Lim Letter from I REFER to the letters regarding EZ-Link's service standards. My recent experience was extremely frustrating as well. My colleague contacted EZ-Link to ask about a bulk purchase of ez-link cards, but after many calls and being referred to several people, no one could
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      FOCUS ON THE FAMILY
      170 26  -  DR BILL MAIER I BY SIMPLIFYING CHRISTMAS It's that time of year again! Time to fight the crowds at the mall while you burn another hole in your credit card! After all, isn't that what Christmas is all about? Well, not exactly! I'm not sure who
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      Police did a thorough check
      277 26  -  DSP PaulTay SCHOOL ALARM SETOFF Letter from Assistant Director (Media Relations) Public Affairs Department Singapore Police Force WE REFER to "Why have alarm if nobody responds" (Nov 16). Generally speaking, there are two categories of alarm systems alarms linked to a central monitoring system and
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      More gambling, more loan-sharking
      209 26  -  James Wong Letter from I READ with interest about the new laws to punish loan sharks, their runners and also those who take loans under false addresses from illegal moneylenders. I am not surprised by the increase in the number of cases pertaining to these activities
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      Male cleaners in men's toilet, please
      138 26  -  M Lukshumayeh Letter from INCREASINGLY, in commercial buildings, one sees ladies being assigned to clean male toilets, including in office buildings such as The Strategy, located in the International Business Park. I like to believe that no male toilet cleaner goes into the ladies
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        39 28  -  MAYO MARTIN LOCALTHEATRE mayo@mediacorp.com.sg 2010 is set to be a big year for local theatre. Today talks to four companies about their milestones and what to expect next Theatreworks' Global Soul
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        WE'RE 5!
        266 28 WHO: Cake BIRTHDAY: August 1,2005 IN THE BEGINNING: "I felt I wanted to express my own style and thought I needed to take this artistic, calculated risk," said artistic director Natalie Hennedige, who had previously been with The Necessary Stage for four years as resident artist and resident
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        WE'RE 10!
        351 28 WHO: Wild Rice BIRTHDAY: January 2000 IN THE BEGINNING: After his stint in London and a year-and-half stint as associate artistic director of Singapore Repertory Theatre, Ivan Heng began his "one-man show" with help from then-adviser and consultantTonyTrickett. After his iconic performance of Emily ofEmerald Hill (picture) byStella
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        WE'RE 20!
        268 28 WHO: Toy Factory BIRTHDAY: July 7,1990 IN THE BEGINNING: "We purposely chose that date for our official registration because there's a Chinese legend of a fairy and a cowherd who meet once a year on the seventh of July. It's an auspicious date and a lovely reunion story,"
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        WE'RE 25!
        299 29 (God that's old) WHO:TheatreWorks BIRTHDAY: February 1985 IN THE BEGINNING: Veteran actor Lim KayTong started the company together with Justin Hill and Lim SiauwChong as an "avenue" in a scene that had little or no work for actors working in English. "It was the three of us and
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        632 30  -  MAYO MARTIN DJU LIAN CHNG JOVIAN LIM LOCAL ART Childhood friends behind Oats Sparkle come out from behind their flashbulbs mayo@mediacorp.com.sg AS THE dynamic duo behind the commercial photography studio Oats Sparkle, young photographers Dju Lian Chng and Jovian Lim have an ongoing side project: A series of
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        304 31 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH DANISH SUPERMODEL HELENA Christensen, the Danish supermodel, has described the joys of posing nude at 40. Speaking to Elle magazine, she said: "I have no problems with showing my body. I love the female shape. It's crazy you can have
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        125 31 AGENCIES DAVID Hasselhoff (picture) is under an involuntary psychiatric hold in a Los Angeles hospital. According to Radar Online.com, The former Baywatch star was taken by ambulance to Cedars-Sinai Medical Centre on Friday under the California Welfare and Institutions Code 5150, which allows the
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        304 32 THE GUARDIAN HOLLYWOOD LESSONS Celluloid moral dilemmas and their solutions THE moral conundrum at the heart of the new Cameron Diaz film The Box isn't whether or not you should see it because reviewers seem pretty adamant that you absolutely shouldn't it's this: Would you push a
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      791 34  -  EVELINE GAN WORLD AIDS DAY Misconceptions about HIV are still common among Singaporeans eveline@mediacorp.com.sg HE HAD met the articulate and charming woman at a club. And because she appeared to be in the pink of health, Jonathan (not his real name) thought it would be
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        79 36 Chair yoga poses are done while you sit on a chair. The pelvis and hips are stabilised, allowing easier movement of the torso and arms. The poses can tone your muscles in a safe and gentle way, and are an excellent way of relieving stress and tension. Date/Time:
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        55 36 Learn to protect your ageing eyes with the right nutrition, and find out what you can do to get rid of unsightly droopiness and bags around the eyes. Date/Time: Saturday, gam to Noon Venue.-Alexandra Hospital Auditorium Fee/Registration: $8. Registration required Call Ms Alice How at
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        69 36 Find out what first trimester screening is all about, and what you can expect to find at the 12 week scan. In addition, learn about your choices if your baby is found to have Down's Syndrome. Date/Time: Dec 9, 6.30 pm to gpm Venue: KKH
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      257 38  -  LOW LIN FHOONG SINGAPORE The Republic's young sailors made a clean sweep of the Asian qualifiers for the 2010 Youth Olympics in Pattaya over the weekend. They beat 50 others from Thailand, Japan, United Arab Emirates, India, China, Malaysia and Indonesia in the first continental qualifier
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      122 38 AGENCIES JOHANNESBURG Fifa president Sepp Blatter says the Irish have asked football's world governing body if they can be the 33rd team in the 2010 tournament in South Africa. Ireland were eliminated from the competition on Nov 18 after Thierry Henry
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      607 38  -  SHAMIR OSMAN 25TH SEA GAMES Games Village brings back memories of NS days for Spores under- 23 footballers shamir@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE It sounded as if Singapore football team manager Eugene Loo was speaking from Singapore's very own Basic Military Training Centre on Pulau Tekong when MediaCorp got
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      637 39 AGENCIES AFTERNOON LATEST WINDERMERE (Florida) Tiger Woods withdrew yesterday from his own golf tournament, citing injuries from a car crash near his Florida home. He said he would not compete again until next year. Woods said in a statement on his website that his
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      569 40 AGENCIES ENGLISH FOOTBALL Confident Chelsea look unstoppable, despite what Fergie and Wenger say LONDON He is not prone to bluster, choosing to keep his feet on the ground no matter the circumstances. Carlo Ancelotti never gets happily giddy or low and depressed, which
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        123 41 Derek Jeter, 35, became the first member of the New York Yankees to be named Sportsman of theYear in the annual selection by Sports Illustrated. Jeter, who helped the Yankees to their 27th World Series title this month, finished third last week in voting
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        122 41 World No 1 Serena Williams was hit with a record fine and two years of probation yesterday for her outburst over a foot fault call in a US Open semi-final. The punishments handed down by the International Tennis Federation's Grand Slam committee could result in
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        127 41 AGENCIES One of Formula One's worst-kept secrets was finally out in the open last night after it was confirmed that Manor Grand Prix, one of four new teams due to enter the sport next year, will run under the name Virgin Racing in 2010.
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      332 41 THE DAILYTELEGRAPH LONDON The hidden cost of buying and retaining players has been revealed for the first time after the Premier League disclosed that its clubs spent more than £70 million ($l6O million) on fees to agents in the past
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      58 39 SPORTS ON TV/RADIO TODAY 9.30am NFL Patriots v Saints, Ch 117 2pm Hockey Netherlands v Korea, Ch 22 4pm Hockey Australia v England, Ch22 TOiyiORROW 1.30am Basketball Aris v Hapoel Jerusalem, Ch 113 4.30am Basketball Gran Canaria v Turow, Ch 113 gam NHL Blue Jackets v Blackhawks, Ch 117 6.35am-ii.35pm
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      121 41 Italian Cup Sampdoria Livorno Wed, 02/12/09 3.30am E League Cup Portsmouth Aston Villa Wed, 02/12/09 3.45am E League Cup Manchester Utd Tottenham Wed, 02/12/09 4.00am Laos 2009 Thailand U23 Vietnam U23 Wed, 02/12/09 6.45pm Italian Cup Catania Empoli Wed, 02/12/09 10.00pm E League Cup Manchester City Arsenal Thu, 03/12/09 3.45am
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      703 42  -  SHERMAINEWONG BEST OF NOVEMBER These two winners prove not all serious messages need the harsh treatment shermainewong@mediacorp.com.sg IF YOU think advertisements on health issues are necessarily serious and nononsense, you might want to reconsider. The Ministry of Health's (MOH) Live On ad and Johnson Johnson's Nicorette
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      297 43 AGENCIES GENEVA Over a hundred ministers gathered yesterday to kick off the World Trade Organization's (WTO) first ministerial meeting in four years, with all eyes on the United States to provide a much needed push for negotiating a global trade pact.
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      445 43 AGENCIES UNDP REPORT Asia cannot continue to rely on export-led model: UN agency SINGAPORE Asia needs to develop a new growth plan because the export-led model that has served the region well is no longer feasible, according to the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). "Going back to
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      286 44 BLOOMBERG SAN FRANCISCO Online sales in the United States rose 16 per :ent yesterday from a year ago as :onsumers hunted for bargains on Cyber Monday, according to online marketing firm Coremetrics. Internet sales as of 3pm New fork time were at about
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      72 45 DONWONG Top gladiator Raju Rajesh, a 23-year-old insulation worker from Kerala, receiving his prize from Mr Benjamin Wong, SingTel's director of consumer sales, prepaid after the Sing Tel Dormitory Gladiators' Challenge Finale 2009 on Sunday. The event also garnered an entry in the
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      223 45  -  WONGSIEWYING SINGAPORE The growing focus on sustainability and lower carbon emissions is set to benefit the infocomm and technology (ICT) sector with the possibility of some US$l trillion ($1.4 trillion) worth of opportunities in the next decade, said observers at an industry forum yesterday.
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      250 45 TRAINING REMISIERS Effort to develop them is launched SINGAPORE A new programme has been launched to enhance the profile and development of the remisier profession in Singapore. It is a joint effort by the Singapore Exchange (SGX), the Society of Remisiers (SRS) and the Securities
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        75 46 Stocks rebound US stocks rebounded after news that Dubai's flagship conglomerate Dubai World will restructure US$26 billion in debt of some of its companies, easing default fears. After spending most of the session in the red, the Dow gained 34.92 points (0.34 per cent) to finish at 10,344.84.
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        69 46 Dubai fears ease Oil prices leapt after positive US business data fuelled economic recovery optimism and fears about Dubai's debt crisis eased. New York's main contract, light sweet crude for January delivery, advanced US$1.23 from Friday's close to US$77.28 a barrel. The New York futures contract had tumbled
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        57 46 Still jittery European stock markets, still jittery from the Dubai debt crisis, lost ground, with the London FTSE 100 index shedding 1.05 per cent to close at 5,190.68 points. In Paris the CAC 40 fell 1.11 per cent to 3,680.15 while in Frankfurt the Dax gave up 1.05
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        198 46 AP NEW YORK Shares of American International Group tumbled nearly 15 per cent yesterday after an analyst stirred concerns that the troubled insurer does not have enough reserves to pay some potential claims. AIG shares dropped US$4.9O ($6.78), or 14.7 per cent, to finish
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        859 46 BLOOMBERG AFTERNOON LATEST Investors breathe slightly easier as Dubai debt halved DUBAI Troubled sovereign wealth fund Dubai World said it began "constructive" talks with banks to restructure US$26 billion ($36 billion) of debt, including liabilities owed by units Nakheel World and Limitless World. Debt
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