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  • 25 1 TODAY MICA (P) 160/10/2009 A PUBLICATION OF NEWS HOTLINE 6822 2268 Monday June 14, 2010 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking JUNE 14, 2010 A PUBLICATION
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  • 1038 1  -  Reporter gains easy access to some interchanges after hours LEONG WEE KEAT weekeat@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE After the incident of the vandalised MRT train which went undetected and unreported for two days, Singapore’s public transport system is now undergoing a comprehensive review as announced by the
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    • 59 1 6333 9888 MEDIACORP ADVERTISING ENQUIRIES WORLD CUP W7 THE FUTURE IS ORANGE? DUTCH CALM BAD NEWS FOR REST CAPELLO’S BIRTHDAY WISH WORLD CUP W3 COMMENT&ANALYSIS PETER SINGER REGULATING THE SYNTHESIS OF LIFE 14 THOMAS FRIEDMAN A CRISIS IS A TERRIBLE THING TO WASTE 14 RANDEEP RAMESH OBAMA HASN’T LEARNED LESSONS
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  • NEWS
    • 331 3 AGENCIES BISHKEK A third day of ethnic rioting engulfed new areas in southern Kyrgyzstan yesterday, with mobs of Kyrgyz men burning Uzbek villages, slaughtering residents and storming police stations. The interim government has ordered troops to shoot rioters dead,
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    • 482 3  -  F-16s fly 11,500km on RSAF's longest deployment NG JINGYNG jingyng@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE With a much longer flight distance to cover and unpredictable weather conditions, it was a brand new challenge for F-16 pilot Major Koh Tee See. He is part of the 180-member Republic of
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    • 528 4  -  NG JINGYNG jingyng@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Claims by Opposition-man-aged town councils that the recent Town Council Management Report was “unfair”, “subjective” and loaded with a political agenda have been refuted by the Senior Minister of State for National Development, Grace Fu. Ms Fu said the six-month
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    • 309 4 Talk of child abduction attempts must stop: Police SINGAPORE For more than a week, allegations of attempted abductions of children by a woman at Turf City have circulated in cyberspace, and several international schools have sent advisories to parents. Last night, the police confirmed that
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    • 399 5 NEO CHAI CHIN AND CLAIRE HUANG SINGAPORE He made a fleeting appearance at City Harvest Church’s Saturday service at its Jurong West premises, leaving some Sunday attendees hopeful of catching a similar glimpse of their leader. But City Harvest founder Reverend Kong
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    • 304 5 HULU TERENGGANU Malaysian children will begin formal schooling at the age of five instead of six under a plan to lower the school entry age for all students by 2015. Deputy Education Minister Dr Mohd Puad Zarkashi said the plan, which is
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    • 358 8 KUALA LUMPUR More than 470 children under the age of 15 were preparing to get married in Malaysia last year, according to government statistics, showing the practice of child marriage is more prevalent than previously thought. The phenomenon came under the
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    • 372 8 AFP NEW ORLEANS The leaders of the United States and Britain sought to ease tension with a phone call amid sharpened rhetoric over the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, as President Barack Obama prepares for a fourth trip to the stricken
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    • 337 10  -  SATISHKUMAR CHENEY satishkumar@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Taking charge of their own health that was what 500 residents did when they signed up for the Jalan Kayu Wellness Programme launched yesterday by Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong. The programme aims to engage those 50
      KOH MUI FONG  -  337 words
    • 307 10 SHARON SINGAPORE Twenty-six individuals, coaches and organisations have received the POSB Everyday Champions for Sports Award, for their work in inspiring others through sports and promoting an active lifestyle. Each of the winners received a trophy, certificate of commendation and tickets
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    • 112 12 A 57-year-old man was arrested for attempting to bribe aTraffic Police officeron Saturday. Sergeant Mohammad Sufyan was patrolling in the vicinity of Geylang Road when he spotted a man using his mobile phone while driving. The driver was also found
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    • 121 12 LYNDA HONG A Singapore film has been selected to be part of the 32nd Moscow International Film Festival 2010 in Russia from June 17 to 26. The short film, Paper, by director Kenneth Cheong Tze Heen, will be part of the festival’s Fringe
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    • 115 12 S RAMESH The 9th century Arab dhow, the Jewel of Muscat, is due to arrive in Singapore on July 3, according to Oman Sail, the company taking care of its journey from Oman. The ship a gift from the Sultanate of
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    • 103 12 Foreign Minister George Yeo and his New Zealand counterpart Murray McCully have discussed regional and international developments, including the evolving regional architecture. During their meeting last Saturday, both men reaffirmed the excellent bilateral ties enjoyed by both countries and discussed ways in
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    • 88 12 Some 1,200 line dancers performed at two locations last night for the closing of the Singapore Arts Festival. The Country Line Dance Association of Singapore were at the Central Promontory Marina Bay, while the Line Dance Society were at the Marina Barrage (picture). The
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    • 181 10 UE l_Asik SuRqERy CliNic PARAXON, SINQAPORE LASIX forum The Lasik Surgery Clinic by Dr Marc Tay Dr Jon Goh (Senior Eye Consultants) S 1,999 for TWO eyes, w/o GST $2,138.93 for TWO eyes, w GST Come and receive an eye screening that measures your myopia (short-sightedness), hyperopia (far-sightedness), astigmatism ("san
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  • VOICES
    • 626 14  -  Health screening measures for foreign domestic workers adequate: MOH, MOM Letter from Karen Tan and Farah Abdul Rahim Director, Corporate Communications, Ministry of Health (MOH) Director, Corporate Communications, Ministry of Manpower (MOM) IN “Health screening good enough?” (May 31), Ms Noorlina Senin asked about the
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    • 173 14  -  BY DR BILL MAIER HELPING AROUND THE HOUSE Hey dad still think raising babies is a mother’s job? Well think again! The days where mum does all the work at home while dad sits back in his recliner are long gone. Taking care of kids is
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    • 200 14  - MANIC DEPRESSION: BI-POLAR DISORDERS MIXED EPISODES By] Mr. Kirby Chua (Counseling Psychologist) The term brought back to popularity by the media is actually a psychological mood disorder that occurs from the fluctuations or shifts between 2 extreme affective episodes that we know very well: depression (being too sad) and mania
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  • COMMENT&ANALYSIS
    • 953 16  -  The risks of synthetic biology seem outweighed by the hope that it may help us avert environmental catastrophes PETER SINGER Peter Singer is Professor of Bioethics at Princeton University and Laure- ate Professor at the University of Melbourne. His books include Practical Ethics, One World, and,
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    • 957 16  -  We cannot fix what ails America unless we look honestly at our own roles in creating our own problems THOMAS L FRIEDMAN My friend, Mark Mykleby, shared with me this letter to the editor that was published last week in his hometown
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    • 748 19  -  The US shows foreign companies like BP the big stick but offers a big shield for its multinationals abroad RANDEEP RAMESH The writer is the social affairs editor of The Guardian. THE GUARDIAN While United States President Barack Obama is lambasting BP for spreading
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  • WORLD
    • 256 20 AP BEIJING The deputy head of China’s food and drug regulator is being investigated and has been dismissed from his post, a state news agency said yesterday, citing an anti-corruption agency, the Communist Party of China Central Commission for Discipline Inspection.
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    • 344 20 Three killed in southern Philippines following govt offensives AP MANILA Militants linked to Al Qaeda have beheaded three loggers in the southern Philippines in apparent retaliation against government offensives, security officials said yesterday. The killings were carried out as the country celebrated its 112th Independence Day and
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    • 108 20 newly-married couples. AFP The Sri Lankan authorities conducted the marriages of more than 100 former Tamil Tiger rebels at a mass ceremony yesterday attended by Bollywood actor Vivek Oberoi. A total of 53 couples were issued marriage certificates in the northern district of Vavuniya, 255km
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    • 227 20 AP BEIJING China will spend 32 billion yuan ($6.5 billion) on reconstructing a remote Tibetan region after an earthquake in April devastated the area, the country’s Cabinet said yesterday. The April 14 quake in Yushu county of Qinghai province flattened tens of thousands of
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    • 179 21 PETALING JAYA Football fans who had gathered at a restaurant to catch the opening match of the World Cup were shocked when a waiter was shot dead just a few metres away from them, The Star newspaper reported yesterday. The waiter, an Indian national known
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    • 306 21 Plan to win 60 in next election THE MALAYSIAN INSIDER KOTA BARU (Kelantan) Malaysia’s Islamic party, Parti Islam SeMalaysia (PAS), will launch a vigorous campaign to win 60 federal seats in the next general election to deny the ruling Umno-Barisan Nasional (BN) a two-thirds parliamentary majority.
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    • 57 21 AFP Malaysia is considering shutting down a controversial Britishfunded animal testing lab if there is evidence of cruelty there, the goverment’s top veterinary official said yesterday. Animal rights campaigners have accused the Progenix Research lab, which uses monkeys, dogs, rodents and rabbits for toxicology testing,
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    • 65 21 AFP The tourist trade faces strict penalties for allowing visitors onto a volcano island near the Philippine capital after it began to show signs that it might erupt, the Coast Guard said yesterday. Resort and boat operators who violate the ban by bringing tourists to
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    • 63 21 AFP At least 15 tourists, including Iranians and Pakistanis, were killed when their bus fell into a deep ravine in the Philippines yesterday, police said. Many people were also injured as the bus, carrying as many as 70 holidaymakers and local guides, fell into
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    • 407 22 Islamabad dismisses report for the LSE AFP LONDON Pakistan’s ISI intelligence agency provides funding, training and sanctuary to the Taliban in Afghanistan, according to a study yesterday which claimed to have the strongest evidence yet of their links. However, the report for
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    • 123 22 AGENCIES An Iranian Red Crescent official said in a report on Sunday that two aid ships organised by the humanitarian group were ready and awaiting Foreign Ministry approval to leave for Gaza. “We are ready but are awaiting permission from the Foreign
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    • 111 22 AFP Iranian police arrested 91 people on Saturday as the nation marked the anniversary of last year’s disputed presidential election, police chief Hossein Sadjadinia said. “Ninety-one suspects have been arrested by the police and their cases have been forwarded to the judiciary,” Mr
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    • 331 22 AGENCIES KABUL The United Nations is speeding up efforts that could lead to the removal of Taliban leaders from an international terrorist blacklist, according to the top UN official in Kabul. At a news conference on Saturday, the official,
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    • 215 23 THE OBSERVER When Mr Steve Jobs launched his latest must-have gadget, he might not have been thinking about the dolphin market. But, at the Dolphin Discovery swim facility in Puerto Aventuras, Mexico, Apple’s iPad is engaged in some remarkable research. Scientists are
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    • 100 23 AP India’s meteorological office reported a 5.1-magnitude tremor in the Indian Ocean west of the Nicobar Islands, hours after a 7.5-magnitude quake. The police in the city of Port Blair say there are no reports of damage from either quake. The Pacific Tsunami
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    • 103 23 AFP An Israeli man arrested in Poland, believed to be a Mossad agent linked to the January killing of a Hamas chief in Dubai, must be brought home and not extradited to Germany, ministers said. According to Der Spiegel, Uri Brodsky was arrested
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    • 263 23 AFP BAGHDAD A suicide bomber and gunmen wearing military uniforms killed 15 people and took hostages yesterday in a raid on the Iraq Central Bank in Baghdad, triggering an ongoing siege with security forces. The violence began at around 2.50pm when a suicide attacker
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    • 209 22 THE 19TH TEST OF PROFICIENCY IN KOREAN (TOPIK) Date Time of test: 09:00 17:30 on Sunday, 12 September 2010 Place for Registration: Singapore Korean School (near Paya Lebar MRT) 74 Lim Ah Woo Rd (S) *****4 (Tel: 6741 0778) Place for Test: Singapore Korean School New Campus (71 Bukit Tinggi
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  • SPORTS
    • 338 24 certain. THE NEW YORK TIMES PEBBLE BEACH (California) As Tiger Woods returns to the US Open this Thursday (Friday morning, Singapore time) at Pebble Beach, the site of his still-stunning victory in 2000, he is facing some uncomfortable truths and difficult barriers. Four days
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    • 467 24  -  Korea's Uber Cup win good for the women's game, says Zhou Mi LOW LIN FHOONG linfhoong@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE It was an upset that sent ripples through the badminton world last month, as South Korea demolished 11-time champions China 3-1 to lift the Uber Cup for the first
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    • 139 24 LOW LIN FHOONG Women’s doubles pair Shinta Mulia Sari and Yao Lei’s campaign at the Li Ning Singapore Open 2010 Super Series received a confidence boost yesterday, after the Singaporean duo clinched the India Open Grand Prix Gold title in Chennai. Up
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    • 119 24 LOW LIN FHOONG Singapore’s rhythmic gymnasts reaped one gold, one silver and a bronze medal at the 7th Singapore Open Championship and 8th SEA Gymnastics Confederation (SEAGCON) Junior Gymnastics Competition at the Bishan Sports Hall last night. The women’s team scored 38.950 points in the rhythmic group
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    • 127 24 National open records by Lionel Khoo andTao Li brought the Singapore National Swimming Championships to a thunderous close last night. Lionel, 14, of the Chinese Swimming Club, finished ahead of the pack in the men’s 200m breaststroke in 2min 20.52sec, setting a new national
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    • 566 25 Lakers' star needs all the help to break the deadlock AP NBA FINALS, GAME 5 Boston Celtics v LA Lakers (Best-of-seven series tied 2-2) ‘Live’ on Ch 296 at 9am BOSTON The Boston Celtics and Los Angeles Lakers are headed to a pivotal Game 5 of
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    • 522 25  -  GET ENERGIZED! for Singapore 2010 LOW LIN FHOONG linfhoong@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Netballers GralaTeo, Pamela Liew, Sharon Wong and Ng Yi Yong, who call themselves the “Murderers”, are developing the habit of killing off the competition. At the Contiki Beach Netball Festival in March, the foursome clinched the
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    • 655 32  -  TAKING CHARGE JOHN Employers demand degrees, banks insist on experience; everyone wants to help those who have excellent qualifications. But how is the street-wise entrepreneur with a creative mind and plenty of drive, but little education to back him up, to get onto the
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  • BUSINESS
    • 291 27  -  JO-ANN HUANG joannhuang@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE The Government of Singapore Investment Corporation (GIC) may see a lower return on in- vestment for its stake in BP, if the British oil giant goes ahead with a plan to suspend dividend payments due to the clean
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    • WEEKLY ROUNDUP (JUNE 7 TO 11)
      • 54 27 FRIDAY CLOSE +2,796.29 (+0.60%) Thursday 2,779.58 p 1.23% Wednesday 2,745.80 q 0.03% Tuesday 2,746.61 q 0.19% Monday 2,751.88 q 1.995% THE WEEK AHEAD Markets are expected to be volatile this week amid concerns that the global markets continue to be hampered by Europe’s woes and the growing severity of
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      • 30 27 HANG SENG 19,872.38 (+0.47%) Ç È NIKKEI 9,705.25 (-1.98%) SHANGHAI 2,569.94 (+0.64%) Ç AUSTRALIA Ç 4,505.50 (+1.26%) MUMBAI 17,064.95 (-0.31%) È Ç Ç MALAYSIA 1,294.67 (+0.02%) SEOUL 1,675.34 (+0.67%)
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      • 9 27 OIL US$74.35 (+3.13%) Ç GOLD US$1,230.20 (+0.7) Ç
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      • STOCK CALLS
        • 41 27 $0.90 Buy CIMB keeps target price at $1.03. It views current valuations more reasonable after underperformance in last three months. It says while potentially slower global economic recovery may dull earnings prospects, expected growth in warehousing operations may mitigate impact.
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        • 53 27 $2.90 Buy DBS Vickers upgrades to Buy from Hold on improved upside, with unchanged $3.50 target price. It cites successful bid to operate Singapore’s second desalination plant, new contracts from China, Middle East, North Africa markets as near-term stock catalysts. It notes water treatment firm has no exposure to
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    • 449 29  -  JULIE QUEK juliequek@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE The short-term economic outlook will be bearish in the next three years for frontier markets such as Middle East and North Africa (Mena), and Russia, said fund managers. Analysts said Dubai’s housing market bubble and debt
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    • 345 29 MILLET SINGAPORE The financial industry can leverage off Singapore’s infrastructure, sources of liquidity and wealth of expertise to offer wholesale activities in Islamic finance, said the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS). MAS sees Shariah-based financing as an extension of Singapore’s current role as an international financial
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    • 286 30 New measures aim to stabilise currency, financial system AP SEOUL South Korea’s financial authorities announced measures yesterday to help stabilise the country’s currency and financial system and limit damage to the broader economy during times of financial volatility. South Korea suffered when international capital
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    • 195 30 BLOOMBERG HONG KONG Foreign direct investment in China rose for a 10th month in May, adding to evidence that the nation is weathering the European debt crisis. China’s economy will expand by 9.5 per cent this year, three times the pace of the United
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    • 313 30 AFP TOKYO Japanese Finance Minister Yoshihiko Noda yesterday renewed the government’s pledge to review fiscal policy to reduce the country’s mounting debts amid lingering worries over sovereign risks. “It’s in the national interest to draw a blueprint for fiscal restoration,” Mr Noda told
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    • 340 31 Firms lead Silicon Valley in profit gains BLOOMBERG SAN FRANCISCO SanDisk and Symantec are leading their Silicon Valley peers in boosting profit per employee, as technology workers learn to do more with less. According to Bloomberg data measuring the most recent fiscal year, SanDisk,
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    • 219 31 SINGAPORE The audit committee of Catalist-listed Fujian Zhenyun Plastics Industry is commissioning a special audit to look into some of its transactions and balances with certain customers and suppliers, as well as bank transactions. The company disclosed this in a filing with the Singapore
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    • 111 31 Resolution, the UK buyout firm founded by insurance tycoon Clive Cowdery, is in talks to buy Axa’s British operations as part of a plan to build a life insurer valued at £10 billion ($20 billion). Talks may lead to Resolution buying “the majority of Axa’s life
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    • 105 31 BLOOMBERG China and Taiwan held a third round of talks yesterday to strengthen ties. China’s lead negotiator said agreement may be imminent on goods, servicesandindustrieschosenfor initial tariff cuts. “We are about to finish these agreements,” Mr Tang Wei, head of Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau
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    • 555 31 Tap on growth potential of Japan and China The ripple effects of the Greek debt crisis seem to be fading away and we see signs of recovery in most equity markets around the world. The MSCI World Equity Index gained 1.4 per cent week-on-week to end
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  • WORLD CUP 2010
    • 655 46 GROUP C ALGERIA V SLOVENIA Algerian custodian hands Slovenia maiden World Cup win AGENCIES 2010 WORLD CUP, GROUP C Algeria 0 Slovenia 1 JOHANNESBURG World Cup goalkeeping howlers continued in Group C yesterday with Algerian custodian Faouzi Chaouchi gifting Slovenia a 1-0 victory. Captain Robert Koren could
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    • 559 47 GROUP D SERBIA V GHANA Partisan crowd goes wild as Ghana edge 10-man Serbia AFP 2010 WORLD CUP, GROUP D Serbia 0 Ghana 1 PRETORIA An Asamoah Gyan penalty six minutes from time gave Ghana a crucial 1-0 World Cup victory over 10-man Serbia in
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    • 443 42 SHAMIROSMAN ANDTAN YO-HINN SINGAPORE It wasn’t easy being an England supporter in the wee hours of yesterday morning. Just ask the 80-odd fans who gathered at the Penny Black to watch Fabio Capello’s men take on the United States of America. Well before kick-off
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    • 632 44  -  COMMENTARY Green clanger grabs headlines but subdued Rooney performance a bigger concern LEONARDTHOMAS in Johannesburg, South Africa leonard@mediacorp.com.sg The writer is executive sports editor at MediaCorp NewsHub. I cannot imagine the smartly preened Fabio Capello ever scratching his head to try to find answers. An Italian man
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    • 354 44 AGENCIES RUSTENBURG Robert Green (picture) vowed to bounce back from his calamitous error that handed the United States a point in their opening Group C match. The West Ham United goalkeeper, who was chosen as England’s No 1 ahead of David James and Joe Hart
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    • 312 44 AP LONDON As the England squad and coach Fabio Capello rallied around under-fire goalkeeper Robert Green, the tabloids back home in London had a field day lambasting the West Ham custodian. Captain Steven Gerrard insisted after the match that the keeper’s horrendous
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    • 903 40  -  COMMENTARY England captain's heroics were all in vain in opening game stutter HENRYWINTER The writer is The Daily Telegraph’s football correspondent. THE DAILY TELEGRAPH RUSTENBURG Only one English lion looked like he belonged in Africa. Only Steven Gerrard really rose to the occasion
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    • 450 38 emotions.” AGENCIES JOHANNESBURG Their cacophonous din has so far been a soundtrack for the World Cup, to the delight of some and the profound annoyance of others. But organisers said that the vuvuzela one of the most visible and certainly most audible motifs of the tournament’s
      emotions.” AGENCIES  -  450 words
    • 693 38 England's first-choice centreback in Rio's absence ruled out of rest of the World Cup with groin injury THE DAILY TELEGRAPH AFTERNOON LATEST JOHANNESBURG Ledley King has been effectively ruled out of the rest of the World Cup after picking up a groin injury against
      THE DAILY TELEGRAPH; AFP  -  693 words
    • GROUP E JAPAN V CAMEROON
      • 649 36 Coach Le Guen backs his captain to do his best for Indomitable Lions AP 2010 WORLD CUP, GROUP E Japan v Cameroon BLOEMFONTEIN After shrugging off criticism from Roger Milla and deciding not to skip the World Cup, Samuel Eto’o will get his first
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      • 270 36 AFP GEORGE South Korea’s stunning 2-0 win over Greece on Saturday has fired up unfancied Asian rivals Japan before their own World Cup opener against African powerhouse Cameroon in Bloemfontein today. “South Korea pressed hard in battling for the ball,” Japan coach Takeshi Okada said.
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    • GROUP E HOLLAND V DENMARK
    • 135 34 AP Fifa are investigating whether transport and ticket distribution systems failed after at least 8,000 seat-holders failed to attend Saturday’s World Cup match between South Korea and Greece in Port Elizabeth. Only 31,513 people attended the Koreans’ 2-0 victory at the Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, which
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    • 81 34 AP Hundreds of angry football fans smashed vehicles in the Bangladeshi capital of Dhaka after power outages interrupted live TV broadcasts of a World Cup match, police said yesterday. The violence erupted late on Saturday when the blackouts hit Dhaka’s southern Saidabad district just before the
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    • 129 34 IN OTHER NEWS, SOUTH KOREA AND US WERE BADLY BEATEN 1966. AP North Korean state television has aired full coverage of three World Cup matches as well as snippets from the opening ceremony, but not the games played by wartime enemies South Korea and the United States. Korean Central Broadcasting
      1966. AP  -  129 words
    • 428 34 Coach Dunga locks out media for third time in a week as opener looms AFP JOHANNESBURG Brazil coach Dunga yesterday banned the media from training for the third time in a week, days before the South Americans open their World Cup campaign against Group G opponents North
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    • 313 34 AFP CAPE TOWN Fresh tragedy tinged the World Cup yesterday after a teenaged supporter plunged to his death on Cape Town’s Table Mountain while a group of journalists were involved in a crash landing scare. As the country patted itself on the back
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    • GROUP F ITALY V PARAGUAY
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        542 35 Lippi believes the age factor will work to ltaly's advantage AFP 2010 WORLD CUP, GROUP F Italy v Paraguay CAPE TOWN Champions Italy insist they have the right mix of youth and experience to successfully defend the World Cup, but there are lingering concerns ahead of a
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      • 256 35 AFP Holders Italy were astonished that France’s Patrick Vieira and not an Italian player was asked to symbolically hand over the World Cup trophy at a pre-tour-nament concert, an official said on Saturday (yesterday morning, Singapore time). The president of the Italian football federation,
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