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    71 1 Week&uC RHW MICA (P) 162/10/2009 A PUBLICATION OF NEWS HOTLINE 6822 2268 July 31 August 1, 2010 www.todayonline.com we set you VMCH£ RHW MICA (P) 162/10/2009 A PUBLICATION OF NEWS HOTLINE 6822 2268 July 31 August 1, 2010 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking JULY 31 AUGUST 1, 2010 A PUBLICATION
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      122 1 Vl/e salute our heroes who have put Singapore's healthcare on the world map. Happy Nurses' Day! !h t IS ft a J V 1 f? A Supported by: MINISTRY OF HEALTH SINGAPORE 0 National Healthcare Group Adding years of healthy life All Nurses Fly at Half-Price this August To celebrate
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    An activist Government focused on helping the poon Tharman
    405 2  -  LEONG WEE KEAT weekeat@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE The solution to address the twin challenges of income inequality and social cohesion in a post-economic crisis world may no longer just be found solely in either economic schools of thought based on capitalism or socialism.
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      105 2 A NEW ADDITION There’s a classy new addition to Weekend Today. The Today-New York Times International Weekly will be a showcase of features on world affairs, social trends, business, science and technology as well as arts and culture. The special pullout will be distributed in selected areas each weekend with
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      700 3 As a Nurse and mother, it satisfies me greatly that I can help ease the pain and fear in a child. My work challenges me not only to care for my patients, but also to develop critical thinking, decision-making and problem-solving skills to help achieve the gold standards of wound
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  • BIG STORY
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      Lock icon Survivors need a reason to live
      1440 9 As Khmer Rouge victims come to terms with the Duch sentence, a Singapore-based couple is bringing a picture of hope to Cambodians In 2008, Singapore lawyer Mahdev Mohan and his wife, ex-journalist Vinita, set up Access to Justice Asia to represent Cambodian minorities in
      PHOTOS COURTESY ACCESS TO JUSTICE ASIA  -  1,440 words
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      ‘Whose justice is it?’
      349 10 As part of a team of trial monitors who had a ringside view of the daily tribunal proceedings for four months, Singaporean lawyer Delphia Lim, 25, learnt that justice can be chilly. “We saw raw human emotion from victims and perpetrators alike giving their testimony, juxtaposed
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    • Article
      3 HUDC estates to be privatised
      409 10  -  WONG SIEWYING AND MILLET ENRIQUEZ siewying@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Three HUDC estates in Hougang North and Potong Pasir have been identified by the Government for privatisation and industry players believe this may pave the way for more en bloc sales. Market experts say the en bloc
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      75 11 TREE FALLS ALONG DAIRY FARM ROAD Gusty winds and heavy rain felled a tree along Dairy Farm Road on Friday morning. A motorcyclist travelling on the road skidded to avoid the fallen tree, the Singapore Civil Defence Force told MediaCorp.The 50-year-old man suffered minor injuries. The National Environment Agency said
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  • NEWS
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      Lock icon Theatre Works director bags prestigious award
      394 11  -  MAYO MARTIN SINGAPORE The spotlight shines on Singapore arts once more as a theatre luminary receives the prestigious Fukuoka Prize. Theatre Works artistic director Ong Keng Sen (picture) has been selected as this year’s Arts and Culture Prize laureate. He is the first contemporary
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      Lock icon ALL THAT GLITTERS IS SILVER
      117 11 The winner of SingTel’s Lucky BPL New Subscriber, MrLimYew Guan, is one of the few who have laid their hands on four worldfamous pieces of silverware: The Barclays Premier League trophy, the FA Cup, the huge Uefa Champions League trophy and the Europa League trophy.
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      Lock icon Wendy's reopens despite flood worries
      362 11  -  ESTHER NG ESTHER NG estherng@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Six weeks after floods damaged its newly-opened Liat Towers outlet, fast-food chain Wendy’s Singapore threw open its doors to a sizeable lunch-time crowd on Friday. But there was a sense of deja vu among its staff when it rained
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      Lock icon SWISSOTEL TURNS 30
      67 13 Gold 90.5FM DJ Maggie Lim (in black) and Swissotel The Stamford’s director of operations Jeff Ross handing out gift packs and car decals to drivers as part of Swissotel Hotels and Resorts’ 30th anniversary celebration. More than 150 cars turned up at Swissotel The Stamford for the
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      Tourism hits a new high here
      146 13  -  LYNDA HONG SINGAPORE For the first time, Singapore welcomed 1 million tourists in a single month. The Singapore Tourism Board (STB) marked the occasion of ushering in 1 million tourists in July with a warm welcome at all of Changi’s four airport terminals, including
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      Shadrake won't say he's sorry
      265 13  -  TEO XUANWEI xuanwei@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Apologise to the Courts, and the contempt of court proceedings against him will be dropped. But British author Alan Shadrake, whose recently-launched book discussing the death penalty in Singapore saw him fall afoul of the law, rejected Chief Counsel David Chong’s
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      $12-MILLI0N FUND FOR COMPANIES TO IMPROVE WORKPLACE SAFETY
      151 13  -  SAIFULBAHRI ISMAIL To improve workplace safety, companies can soon tap on a $12-million fund to help them build capabilities in Workplace Safety and Health (WSH). This was announced by Manpower Minister Gan Kim Yong at the WSH Awards 2010 on Friday evening.
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      MINISTER MENTOR PAYS TRIBUTE TO LATE LEGAL SERVICE VETERAN S TIWARI
      163 15  -  CHANNEL NEWSASIA Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew has described the late Legal Service veteran STiwari as a lawyer who was always well-briefed, knew his law and was a skilful negotiator. He said Mr Tiwari, who died on Monday of
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      ICA OFFICER ACQUITTED OF FOUR CHARGES
      146 15  -  TEO XUANWEI A senior immigration officer successfully appealed against his conviction for graft on Friday and was acquitted by the High Court of all four charges against him. Dong Ching Jit, 57, a deputy superintendent with the Immigration and Checkpoints Authority, was sentenced to
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      Lock icon STARS RAISE FUNDS
      98 15 Local and international stars performed on Friday night at a charity gala dinner and auction at the Ritz-Carlton Millenia to raise funds for the Community Chest. They included Jeremy Monteiro (picture), Ernie Watts, Gabriel Hasselbach, Steve Cannon, TotsTolentino, Greg Lyons, Rahimah Rahim, Rani Singam and Claressa Monteiro.
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      DIAMOND THIEVES CAUGHT AT JEWELLERY SHOW
      114 15 The police have arrested two diamond thieves at the Singapore International Jewellery Show 2010 being held at Marina Bay Sands. Officers spotted two men, aged 39 and 42, behaving suspiciously on Thursday afternoon. One was seen talking to an exhibitor, while the other appeared
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      SUNSHINE EMPIRE BOSS JAILED, FINED
      88 15  -  SHAFFIQ ALKHATIB The head of the now-defunct multi-level marketing firm, Sunshine Empire, 49-year-old Phang Wah has been sentenced to nine years in jail and fined $60,000. He was earlier convicted of several offences, including running a fraudulent trading company and falsifying accounts. For her involvement
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      RAIL DEATHS: STUDENTS WERE TIRED OR INTOXICATED
      97 15  -  SHAFFIQ ALKHATIB Two Republic Polytechnic students who were killed by an oncoming Keretapi Tanah Melayu train last year were either too tired or too intoxicated to react when its driver sounded the horn, the Coroner’s Court heard on Friday. As a result, the
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      46 20 have your say email your letters to voices@mediacorp.com.sg join the community www.todayonline.com/voices 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th Zalina Curran Eileen Chang Yip Wai Ling Tan Poh Choo Lim Chin Chin Jan Phaink See SXXX9347H SXXX5554D GXXX3691P SXXX1066C SXXX3475G SXXX9372B 20 5 4.2 4.1 3 3
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  • VOICES
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      A snip in time ...
      305 20  - A snip in time Tree pruning, checks have been stepped up Letter from Simon Longman Director (Streetscape), National Parks Board WE REFER to Mr Tan’s letter, “To prevent more tree tragedies (July 29). We are aware that recent incidences of fallen trees due to intense weather conditions can raise concerns
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      On EIP limits
      216 20  -  Letter from Loh Swee Heng and Deputy Director (Resale), Housing and Development Board I REFER to the letters from Ms Afidah Wahib, “Willing buyer, willing seller, but (July 16), and Mr Arthur Lim, “The EIP system works” (July 21). Mr Lim had rightly pointed out that the
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      199 21 20M -Wv T6M Zheng Yiting, 31 Post-natal Weight Gain I ¥2M Now 45kg Moon Chu, 31 Water Retention Now 50kg Before 65kg Before 66kg Evelyn Teng, 54 Menopausal Weight Gain Now 51kg H u Before 63 kg Exclusively for new female customers with weight problems $1:8 G First 100; only
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      223 22 Learn B an s You will learn to: N/ Identify And Seize Opportunities Your'MINDSET'to'HEARTSET V Use Mental Rehearsal To Design The Business You Have Always Wanted V Apply Reverse Goal Setting To Achieve 100% Certainty In Your Businesses •J Speed Up Business Growth And Increase Profits Exclusive workshop coached by
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  • COMMENT & ANALYSIS
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      Lock icon Kafkaesque economy has last chance to get it right
      889 22  -  Aquino knows what to do he just has to get to WILLIAM PESEK William Pesek is a Bloomberg News columnist. The opinions expressed are his own. Give Benigno Aquino (picture) an A+ so far as Philippine president. This week, he announced
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      Lock icon Is the Internet really the root cause?
      1096 26  -  The seeds of radicalisation are sown offline, and that’s where counter-measures should focus Instead of shielding the young from radical ideology, parents, religious and community leaders should discuss openly with their children, much like how sexual education is now being approached, and thoroughly
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      323 23 N/ev SKIN SOLUTIONS Acne Scars our SINGAPORE I MALAYSIA I SHANGHAI Challenge Skin Care Expertise Experience skin results from the New York Skin Perfect Treatment Specially formulated with Asian skin in mind, the New York Skin Perfect Treatment uses exquisite botanical-based products derived from years of extensive research and testing.
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      385 24 SYDNEY" *£4 -/i SATISFY YOUR SYDNEY CRAV NG SINGAPORE TO SYDNEY ALL-INCLUSIVE RETURN AIRFARES $898 SYDNEY LAND PACKAGE per person twin share $458 Sydney land package includes a 2-night city stay, 1-night country stay, 1 local tour, 3-day car hire and can only be purchased with a Qantas or British
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      169 25 SYDNEY SYDNEY i SERVED DAILY 1 k& m ECONOMY RETURN AIRFARES from HOTEL ONLY (PPPN) SINGAPORE TO $898 $74 SYDNEY aft SALE ENDS 4 AUGUST 2010. TRAVEL FROM 15 AUGUST TO 30 OCTOBER 2010. tft 3 A i I BRITISH AIRWAYS Sale ends 4 August 2010, unless sold out prior.
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon North Korea’s World Cup football coach is now a builder
      277 27 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH LONDON North Korea’s football team has been shamed in a six-hour public inquisition and the team’s coach has been punished following their failure at the World Cup, according to reports. The entire squad was forced onto a
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      Lock icon More attacks likely: Abhisit
      382 27 Thai PM’s warning comes after man injured by Bangkok grenade explosion AFP BANGKOK Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva has warned of more possible bomb attacks, after a grenade exploded on Friday on a street in central Bangkok, leaving one person seriously hurt. The grenade, which was
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      Lock icon FLOODS WREAK HAVOC IN PAKISTAN
      131 27 The death toll in three days of flooding in Pakistan reached at least 430 on Friday, as rains bloated rivers, submerged villages, and triggered landslides. Thousands of people were displaced after their homes were washed away in the floods. Thousands of hectares of cultivated land
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      Lock icon BANGLADESH WORKERS RIOT OVER WAGES
      116 27 AGENCIES Thousands of Bangladeshi garment workers blocked highways, attacked factories and looted shops in multiple locations across Dhaka on Friday, after rejecting a government wage hike. Factories were shut as riot police struggled to disperse crowds with baton charges and tear gas. On Tuesday, the
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      Lock icon S'POREANS ARRESTED IN M'SIA DRUG BUST
      128 27 AGENCIES Malaysian police have detained six people, including a family of three Singaporeans, believed to be part of a major drug syndicate. The 28-year-old man and his parents, aged 62 and 61, were arrested with another man during a raid on an apartment in
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      Lock icon POPULATION BOOM FOR BRITAIN BY 2050
      91 28 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH Britain will be the biggest country in Europe in terms of population by 2050, overtaking both France and Germany, according to official projections. It will see its population swell from 62.2 million now to 77 million then, an increase of 24
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      Lock icon FOREST FIRES IN RUSSIA
      108 28 Forest fires swept through central Russia amid a record heatwave on Thursday, killing 18 people and injuring 21 others as they destroyed villages of wooden houses. About 800 patients were evacuated from a hospital as the flames approached the outskirts of Voronezh city, while hundreds of
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      Lock icon FBI called in to help WikiLeaks probe
      185 28 AFP WASHINGTON United States Defence Secretary Robert Gates on Thursday said leaked documents on the Afghan war posed grave risks for Americans in battle and for US relationships in the region. Mr Gates vowed the Pentagon will “aggressively investigate” and prosecute those behind
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      Lock icon MALAYSIAN ACQUITTED OF TORCHING CHURCH
      127 29 AGENCIES A court acquitted a Malaysian man of arson charges on Friday due to a lack of evidence proving he had a role in torching a church in Kuala Lumpur earlier this year. The attack on the Metro Tabernacle church marked the start of a
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      Lock icon 0FFICE FOILED
      79 29 An American chemistry college professor was the victim of a prank after students coated his entire office in kitchen foil when he was on holiday. Associate Professor Scott Bur of Gustavus Adolphus College, Minnesota, returned to find that everything, including individual pens, had been wrapped in the foil.
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      Lock icon SMUGGLED FUEL POWERS GAZA'S AUTO-RICKSHAWS
      99 29 AFP Gaza’s ubiquitous donkey carts are facing stiff competition after an influx of South Asia’s auto-rickshaws. The vehicles, in which the front half of a motorcycle is welded onto a two-wheel trailer, are well-adapted to the local economy of the besieged coastal strip. This has
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      Lock icon JENNIFER LOPEZ AND STEVEN TYLER NEW IDOL JUDGES?
      159 29 AGENCIES Big changes are in store at American Idol after judge Kara Dioguardi (picture) was reportedly fired on the same day that fellow judge Ellen DeGeneres announced she was leaving. Reports say Jennifer Lopez and Aerosmith front man Steven Tyler will be
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      Lock icon MORE PEDAL POWER IN LONDON
      84 29 AFP London has launched a bicycle hire scheme which aims to make transport in the city greener ahead of the 2012 Olympics, following in the tracks of cities like Paris and Shanghai. A total of 5,000 bicycles are currently available from 315 docking stations across
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      Lock icon MEXICO'S DRUG KINGPIN SLAIN IN RAID
      79 29 AGENCIES Mexican soldiers on Friday gunned down top drug lord Ignacio “Nacho” Corone in a rare victory against the country’s brutal cartels. The powerful Sinaloa drug gang leader was slain as he tried to escape during an army raid outside the western city of
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      132 28 Achieve Success with the Power of the Mind I Free Mind Power Workshop conducted by Nancy Ho (MBA,MSC) on 3rd Aug I O.Tues at 7.15pm. Location: Jalan Merah Saga #03-70 p Holland Village Cold Storage, behind former POSBank) For more info registrations, please visit: www.silvamethod.com.sg/freeworkshop or call 6272 7118 to
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  • SCIENCE
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      Lock icon Good news for ...
      434 30 Good news for AGENCIES People with paralysis TEL AVIV People with severe paralysis may soon be able to surf the Internet or drive a wheelchair simply by breathing, according to scientists in Israel. Scientists at the Weizmann Institute of Science in Rehovot, Israel, are testing a “sniff detector” that is
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      Lock icon When will the next big quake hit?
      747 30  -  COMMENTARY DR SUSAN HOUGH The writer is a seismologist at the United States Geological Survey and Visiting Scientist at the Earth Observatory of Singapore, NTU. She has written five books, and is now working with Dr Kerry Sieh of the EOS on a
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      Lock icon A step closer to finding the ‘God particle’
      364 31 THE NEW YORK TIMES PARIS A thousand physicists working at the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory in Batavia, Illinois, reported in Paris on Monday that they had not found the “God particle” yet. But they are beginning to figure out where it is
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      Lock icon More GM animals in tests
      145 31 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH LONDON For the first time in history, half of all experiments on animals carried out in the last year involved geneticallymodified (GM) species. More than 3.6 million tests were carried out on animals in Britain last year, with just 48 per cent
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      Lock icon If you’re still alive — duck!
      108 31 If you’re still alive duck! THE DAILY TELEGRAPH LONDON A giant asteroid called 1999 RQ36 may crash into Earth on Sept 24, 2182, scientists believe. A team of experts, including some working for Nasa, believes the 560m-wide object has a 1-in-1,000 chance of an impact 172 years from now. The
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      269 34 SINGAPORE The New York Times selects just one newspaper in each country for its international weekly collaboration among them, respected national dailies such as Le Figaro in France, The Observer in Britain, El Pais in Spain and the Asahi Shimbun in Japan.
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      454 34  -  Despite unexpected loss, analysts still upbeat about bank’s outlook JULIE QUEK AND MOK FEI FEI juliequek@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE South-east Asia’s biggest bank, DBS Group, has unexpectedly reported a net loss of some $300 million for its second quarter, on the back of a goodwill impairment
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      345 34  -  MOK FEI FEI SINGAPORE The Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) has launched a white site at Peck Seah Street and Choon Guan Street for sale by public tender. The 1.5 hectare land parcel is being put up for sale under the Confirmed List
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      199 35 Malaysian sovereign wealth fund Khazanah made available an electronic copy of its offer document to take over Singapore-listed health care group Parkway Holdings on Friday. In the document, Khazanah highlighted its interest in the health care industry, saying the sector is a key
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      332 35  -  JO-ANN HUANG joannhuang@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE SingTel shareholders have given their resounding support to the proposed directors’ fees of up to $2.45 million an increase of $200,000 from the previous fiscal year. Shareholders expressed this at the company’s annual and extraordinary general meeting on Friday. For the
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      151 35 AGENCIES WASHINGTON The United States’ economic recovery lost momentum in the second quarter as growth slowed to a 2.4 per cent pace, its most sluggish showing in nearly a year. Weaker spending by consumers, less growth coming from companies restocking inventory and a bigger drag from
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      608 36 Battle for Fabregas not over, but Arsenal boss confident they will fire in the upcoming season AGENCIES LONDON Arsene Wenger’s Arsenal have gone five years without a trophy and finished well behind champions Chelsea last season. The slump has for the first time generated questions among
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      251 36 AP LONDON Mark Hughes (picture) was entrusted with the tough task of following Roy Hodgson as Fulham manager after the west London club hired him on a two-year contract. The Premier League side opted for Hughes, who has been out of work since being fired
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      361 36 AFP PARIS European giants Liverpool and Juventus began life under new coaches with victories in the first legs of their Europa League third qualifying round ties on Thursday (Friday morning, Singapore time). A David Ngog brace gave Roy Hodgson’s Liverpool a 2-0 victory
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      587 37  -  After Ferrari’s shenanigans, the sport needs to get back to racing IAN DE COTTA IAN DE COTTA senior f1 correspondent ian@mediacorp.com.sg FORMULA 1 Hungarian Grand Prix A LITTLE over a year ago, Felipe Massa’s life hung in the balance after a freak
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      123 37 This week on SportsZone, we go courtside with the world’s best women squash players. Eight of the top squash queens are in the Lion City forthe annual CIMB Singapore Women’s Squash Masters. And forthe first time in 12 years, organisers have also taken the game
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      410 38  -  Sailors on the verge of being crowned 420 world champions TAN YO-HINN yohinn@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE The Republic’s sailing team of Justin Liu and Sherman Cheng look set to win the country’s first world title in the 420 class. On the penultimate day of competition on
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      402 38  -  LOW LIN FHOONG SINGAPORE All it took was six points for shuttlers Yao Lei and Shinta Mulia Sari to create history last month, when they defeated South Korea’s women’s doubles pair Lee Hyo Jung and Kim Min Jung at the Li Ning
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      392 39  -  TAN YO-HINN SINGAPORE Two of sport’s biggest names will not be in Singapore for the inaugural Youth Olympic Games. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) told MediaCorp on Friday that swimming superstar Michael Phelps and track phenomenon Usain Bolt (picture) are
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      636 39  -  COMMENTARY FAS need to do all they can to give the S-League a boost LEONARD THOMAS leonard @mediacorp. com.sg The writer is executive sports editor at MediaCorp NewsHub. He helped Brazil win the World Cup 16 years ago, but Romario looked as if he could still
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      277 38 SPORTS ON SATURDAY BASEBALL 10am MLB Dodgers v Giants (mioTV Ch 117) POOL Noon Guinness World Series (mioTV Ch 115) SQUASH 2pm CIMB Singapore Squash Masters A Grade Match (Ch201) 3pm CIMB Singapore Squash Masters Exhibition Match (Ch201) 4pm CIMB Singapore Squash Masters Final (Ch201) ATHLETICS 4pm EAA European C’ships
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      54 41 A PAIR OF $35 MILLION DIAMONDS: THE STARS AT THIS YEAR’S JEWELLERY SHOW. >> T8 ON THE UP AND UP: KIA CONTINUES ITS SUCCESS WITH THE NEW SPORTAGE. >> T14 AN ANTI-AGEING RETREAT IN HAT YAI ANYONE? >> T26 JULY 31 AUGUST 1, 2010 A PUBLICATION OF BULLISH ABOUT BEEF
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      678 42  -  POSTSCRIPT Who says there are no children in Singapore? They’re all in Hougang Mayo Martin mayo@mediacorp.com.sg The writer is an executive reporter at Today. I’VE always been a little sceptical of all these reports about Singapore’s ageing population. Maybe the research folk never made it to Hougang. As
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      798 43  -  THE FAIRERTEXT Classic lessons in what makes a chick magnet Georgina Chang Georgina Chang georginac@mediacorp.com.sg The writer is the senior creative director of 987FM and Lush 99.5. I’VE noticed that no matter how riveting the conversation is, how heated the discussion becomes, or how near death the
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      197 46  -  BITE-SIZED DON MENDOZA HAAGEN-DAZS Singapore is the first in Asia to launch its intoxicatingly luscious cocktail menu.The latest surprise in the brand’s provocative “Slow Melting In Progress” campaign, these treats are available exclusively at its Clarke Quay cafe (3A RiverValley Road, #01 -07). The rationale for these
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    551 47  -  RAISING Appetites with Don Mendoza FOOD Cooking a good bouillabaisse is like good parenting it takes time with Don Mendoza donm@mediacorp.com.sg I OFTEN hear parents moan about how bad their kids are about eating fish. And it stumps me a little. Both my daughters ate
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      276 48  -  Girls may find their BFF in a couple of pears at this year’s jewellery show Lynette Koh Lynette lynettek@mediacorp.com.sg TO MANY women, a pear-shaped figure is not exactly a cause for joy. But pearshaped flawless diamonds totalling 80 carats and worth $35 million? Yes, please. This pair of
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      566 54  -  CAR REVIEW Kia’s meteoric rise continues with the new Sportage compact sport utility Daryl Lee cars@mediacorp.com.sg JUDGING by how far Korean brand Kia has come in the past couple of years, it would be hard to deny that its rise has been anything short of
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      74 54 NEWS TRACKS DEALER Eurosports Auto has announced the launch of the updated Lotus Elise open-top sports car, which receives a significant revamp in the looks department.The base model has a revised, smaller,1.6-litre Toyota-sourced engine with 134bhp, with a 0-100kmh time of 6.5 seconds and 204kmh top speed. Fuel
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      514 56 CAR Uprated version of BMW’s gorgeous roadster proves that more is sometimes, well, more DERRYN WONG Ooh, it’s shiny… Indeed it is. The latest version of BMW’s Z4 hard-top convertible benefits from an extra aerodynamic kit on the front and rear, and bigger 19-inch rollers. It certainly
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      1047 59 FILMART: MICHAEL CLAYTON okto, 10pm Michael Clayton (George Clooney) is an in-house “fixer” at one of New York’s largest corporate law firms. At the agri-chemical company U/North, the career of in-house counsel chief Karen Crowder rests on the multi-million dollar settlement of a class action suit that Clayton’s firm is
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      509 64  -  Sure there are casinos galore, but it isn’t hard to have family-friendly fun. Just ask my daughter, Lucy Steven Chia stevenchia@mediacorp.com.sg The writer is a presenter on Channel NewsAsia’s Primetime Morning. A FAMILY holiday will mean different things for different people. But I think you can
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      DISCOVERY CENTRE
      693 65  -  Weekend escapades Brought to you by Shantou, China, is a city of gems waiting to be unearthed HE PEIWEN It is 35° Celsius in the scorching mid-day heat. Yet a group of Korean men were out putting away on the golf course, wearing visors and thin long-sleeved undershirts
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      Learning journeys
      809 66  -  From gourmet tours to specialised trekking, more niche holidays are popping up for increasingly sophisticated travellers who know what they want. The latest are organised by People’s Association June Wan June travel@mediacorp.com.sg THE world is your classroom. Gone are the days when a holiday meant waking at the
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      A trip for the school holiday
      275 67 The September break is around the corner. If you’re planning to travel, here are some suggestions. Taiwan Immerse the family in Taiwan’s food culture in this seven-day tour with celebrity chef Eric Teo (picture). Learn about the country’s cuisine in cooking demonstrations as well
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      288 65 LET YOUR HOLIDAY BEGIN AT CHANGI AIRPORT Changi Airport offers exciting shopping and dining experiences (including several Singapore and world firsts) for travellers. FIFA Official Store (Terminal 3, Departure Transit Mall): Changi is home to the world’s first FIFA Official Store. Find items exclusive to host countries or only available
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    950 69  -  Fear in Pakistan of India’s ability to cut off the flow. By LYDIA POLGREEN and SABRINA TAVERNISE (El)c ;N*cUf ftork (Etmcs Hari Kumar contributed reporting from New BANDIPORE, KAshmIR IN THIS HIGH Himalayan valley on the Indian-con-trolled side of Kashmir, the latest battle line
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    Lock icon The Myth of Infallible Science
    574 69  -  CARLOS CUNHA NYT Through science, we discover not only what we didn’t know but what we thought we knew but didn’t. Something that for ages may have been taken as a self-evident truth the flatness of the Earth, for instance can be exposed as a
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      34 69 11 8 15 arts styles Lady Gaga, opening up new realms. science technology Signs that people are still evolving. business of green Consumers cut into China’s energy gains. intelligence: lessons for obama, Page 2.
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  • WORLD TRENDS
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      725 70  -  iNTelligeNCe/roberT In a deep recession, voters tend to blame the party in power. iNTelligeNCe/roberT kuTTNer Robert Kuttner’s new book is “A Presidency in Peril.” He is co-editor of The American Prospect and a senior fellow at Demos, a think tank. NYT President Barack Obama’s election raised
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      Lock icon Syrians Show New Ardor for Turkey
      795 70  -  A mix of democracy, cosmopolitan shopping and Islam. By DAN BILEFSKY NYT GAZIANTEP, Turkey—Wealthy Syrians had already been coming to this ancient industrial city, drawn here by Louis Vuitton purses and storefront signs in Arabic. But local shop owners say Israel’s deadly raid on
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      Lock icon Cheap Labor Is Vying With Jewish Identity
      745 71  -  Palestinians are replaced with a wave of migrants. By DAN LEVIN NYT TEL AVIV— Even as foreign workers have become a mainstay of the economy in Israel, their presence has increasingly clashed with the country’s Zionist ideology, causing political unease over the future
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      Lock icon In Somalia, Hopes Stay Dashed
      617 71  -  Mogadishu’s failure to seize control baffles allies. By JEFFREY GETTLEMAN NYT MOGADISHU, Somalia There is a certain spot in this war-ravaged city that is unusually quiet and profoundly lush, where the trees are older and dripping with vines and where the branches interlace over the
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      Lock icon Rewriting the Bad Habit of Bad Dreams
      904 72  -  Post-traumatic stress and nightmares can be unlearned. By SARAH KERSHAW NYT ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico Her car is racing at a terrifying speed through the streets of a large city, and something gruesome, something with giant eyeballs, is chasing her, closing in fast. It
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      Lock icon Politics Keeps Oil In Ground
      659 73  -  An oil field in Kazakhstan rivals the Gulf of Mexico. By ANDREW E. KRAMER NYT ATYRAU, Kazakhstan Even as the petroleum industry continues drilling in the Gulf of Mexico at considerable expense and risk, a single field here in Central Asia stands ready to produce
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      Lock icon The Language of God, In the Dialect of Gangsters
      520 73  -  Sermonizing in street Spanish to connect with youths. By MARC LACEY GregBrosnan contributed reporting. NYT MEXICO CITY Frederick Loos was cussing like a sailor, which was surprising given that he is a Roman Catholic priest and his foul-mouthed discourse was delivered
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      113 70 The New York Times is published weeklY iN The followiNg Newspapers: ClaríN, argeNTiNa der sTaNdard, ausTria la razóN, bolivia dNevNi avaz, bosNia folha, brazil la seguNda, Chile el espeCTador, Colombia poslovNi, CroaTia lisTiN diario, domiNiCaN republiC la preNsa grafiCa, el salvador le figaro, fraNCe 24 saaTi, georgia sÜddeuTsChe zeiTuNg, germaNY
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      Lock icon In China, Insatiable Consumerism Is a Threat to Climate
      1161 74  -  Despite more energy efficiency, Chinese emissions increase. By KEITH BRADSHER NYT GUANGZHOU, China Premier Wen Jiabao has promised to use an “iron hand” this summer to make his nation more energy efficient. The central government has ordered cities to close inefficient
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      Lock icon Combating Greenhouse Gassiness
      840 75  -  Kangaroos could be key to cleaner belches from cattle. By NORIMITSU ONISHI NYT GATTON, Australia To hear Athol Klieve tell it, a key to reducing Australia’s enormous carbon emissions is to make a cow more like this country’s iconic animal: the kangaroo. Both animals are herbivores, and
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      Lock icon A Holistic Housing Project Makes Novel Use of Waste
      479 75  -  By LINDA BAKER NYT VICTORIA, British Columbia Rare are the homeowners who welcome a sewage treatment plant in their backyards. But at Dockside Green, a seven-hectare development being built just north of this city’s downtown harbor, neighborhood utilities are less a
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      Lock icon Human Evolution, A Story That Is in Flux
      795 76  -  By NICHOLAS WADE NYT Many people have assumed that humans ceased to evolve in the distant past, perhaps when people first learned to protect themselves against cold, famine and other harsh agents of natural selection. But biologists peering into the human genome
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      120 76 NYT Researchers have found increasing evidence of recent human evolution in response to local changes in diet, disease and climate. SKIN COLOR Europeans and Asians probably acquired lighter skin to better synthesize vitamin D. A variant known as the golden gene is found in more than 98 percent
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      Lock icon Home Computers Fail to Aid Poorer Students, Study Says
      416 76  -  By RANDALL STROSS Randall Stross is an author and professor in Silicon Valley. NYT Economists are trying to measure a home computer’s educational impact on schoolchildren in lowincome households. Taking widely varying routes, they are arriving at similar conclusions: little or
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      Lock icon Learning Through Failure
      644 77  -  Disaster, never desirable, often sparks innovation. william j. broad ESSAY NYT Disasters teach more than successes. While that idea may sound paradoxical, it is widely accepted among engineers. They say grim lessons arise because the arise because the reasons for triumph in matters of technology are often
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      Lock icon When Adults Have Attention Disorders, Spouses Seethe
      788 77  -  TARA PARKER-POPE By TARA Does your husband or wife constantly forget chores and lose track of the calendar? Do you sometimes feel that instead of living with a spouse, you’re raising another child? Your marriage may be suffering from attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.
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    Lock icon Fast-Paced City Suits The Aged
    733 78  -  By ANEMONA HARTOCOLLIS NYT NEW YORK New York tries to be kinder and gentler to the elderly. To make streets safer for older residents, New York City has given pedestrians more time to cross at more than 400 intersections. The city has sent yellow school
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      362 78 BUILDING FUTURES One success story at a time I want a Master Degree that will help me take the lead WE HAVE THE PLAN THE UNIVERSITY OF HULL KAPLAN) HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTE /Awarded EQUIS and AMBA Two of the leading global accreditation systems for business schools Executive Master of Business
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      Lock icon A Neglected Legacy of Iraqi Modern Art
      714 79  -  Rebuilding a trove that was plundered or moldering away. By STEVEN LEE MYERS NYT BAGHDAD What’s left of Saddam Hussein’s showcase collection of 20th-century Iraqi art is crammed into three dingy galleries of a formerly grand museum here. The rest of the building
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      529 79  -  By ERIC WILSON NYT Imagine that you are standing before a fully stuffed closet and yet have nothing to wear. Now, imagine something worse: your closet contains only six items, and you are restricted to wearing only those six items. This self-imposed
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      Lock icon The Age of Gaga Rages Absurdly On
      797 80 Jon CaramaniCa essay NYT Everywhere you look, pop has gone Gaga. Lady Gaga’s fingerprints are all over the revised images of Christina Aguilera, Rihanna, Katy Perry and Beyoncé; and on new artists like Kesha, Janelle Monáe and Nicki Minaj. These performers might not
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      Lock icon Progress, In Lieu Of History
      567 80  -  By ANDREW JACOBS NYT BEIJING Mao slept here. So, too, did the imperial eunuchs who found themselves unemployed after China’s last emperor was sent packing. For much of the last 700 years, however, the most prominent residents of the Gulou quarter just north of the
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