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Title Section20 2011-05-14 1 VMchA Hjdm MICA (P) 207/09/2010 A PUBLICATION OF NEWS HOTLINE *****268 May 14 -15, 2011 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking20 words
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406 2011-05-14 1 SINGAPORE The recent General Election (GE) has not only forced politicians to admit they need to connect with the people, it is also forcing the Public Service to relook the way in which they formulate policies. Deputy Prime Minister Teo406 words
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Article, Illustration603 2011-05-14 1 NEO CHAI CHIN - MM: S’pore has unique system of cooperation among unions, Govt and employers NEO CHAI CHIN chaichin@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Economic growth and development is meaningless unless it is shared by workers in the form of higher wages and a better quality of life. And the Government sincePHOTO BY OOI BOON KEONG - 603 words
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HOT NEWS
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Article, Illustration491 2011-05-14 2 NG JING YNG - NG JING YNG jingyng@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Less than two months after he joined the Singapore People’s Party (SPP), former Civil Service high-flier Benjamin Pwee (picture) has emerged as one of the party’s best-known faces. The 43-year-old has now been given a few party titles to addTODAY FILE PHOTO - 491 words
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287 2011-05-14 2 NG JING YNG - NG JING YNG The Singapore People’s Party (SPP) plans to engage Singaporeans across constituencies through online and offline platforms in its five-year master plan leading up to the 2016 General Election. Using the Internet, there will be a virtual Meet-the-People Session287 words
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Article, Illustration599 2011-05-14 3 TANYA FONG - TANYA FONG tanyafong@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE He described the Workers’ Party (WP) erstwhile treasurer, Mr Eric Tan, as his “friend and mentor”. As such, Mr Gerald Giam, 34, the party’s choice for one of the two Non-Constituency Member of Parliament (NCMP) seats it has599 words
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352 2011-05-14 4 SINGAPORE When a Cabinet minister retires, the maximum annual pension that he is entitled to would be about 10 per cent of his annual salary while he was in service. But to qualify for the maximum pension, he must have served as an office holder352 words
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492 2011-05-14 4 ONG DAI LIN - ONG DAI LIN dailin@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Members of Parliament (MPs) should not just depend on grassroots leaders to tell them about ground sentiment towards the Government. This is because some grassroots leaders may not give accurate feedback and only highlight the positives,492 words
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325 2011-05-14 4 SINGAPORE The town council under the new Aljunied Group Representation Constituency (GRC) MPs of the Workers’ Party (WP) will take on all existing agreements of the Aljunied Town Council, said the Housing and Development Board (HDB). These include325 words
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Article, Illustration340 2011-05-14 6 MUHAMAD FADHIL - Former Pakistan PM says not finding Osama an intelligence failure but MUHAMAD FADHIL muhdfadhil@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Former Pakistan Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz (picture) said his country’s inability to track down Osama bin Laden was due to “an intelligence failure” but he stopped short of placing blame on the spy agency, theBLOOMBERG - 340 words
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469 2011-05-14 6 AGENCIES SYDNEY Qantas Airways, Australia’s biggest airline, said on Friday it would be considering “all options” for its long-haul operations following a newspaper report that it may start a new carrier in Singapore. A team led by Qantas executive Lesley Grant isAGENCIES - 469 words
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637 2011-05-14 6 AGENCIES KUALA LUMPUR State-run oil company Petroliam Nasional Berhad (PETRONAS) will build a US$20-billion (S$24.8-billion) integrated refinery and petrochemical complex, Malaysia’s largest single investment, to meet Asian demand for speciality chemicals, but some analysts question the scale of the project in a highly competitive market.AGENCIES - 637 words
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Article127 2011-05-14 8 Expect a hazy weekend SINGAPORE Slight haze may be experienced throughout the island over the weekend, though late morning and afternoon showers are expected to bring some relief. The National Environment Agency (NEA) said prevailing winds have brought some haze in from central Sumatra, Indonesia, since Thursday afternoon. The number127 words
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Article, Illustration333 2011-05-14 8 TAN WEIZHEN - TAN WEIZHEN weizhen@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE At his first Meet-the-People Session (MPS) on Friday since winning the General Election in Potong Pasir, an estimated 100 residents turned up to seek help from Mr Sitoh Yih Pin, the People’s Action Party Member of Parliament forPHOTO BY TAN WEIZHEN - 333 words
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Article, Illustration573 2011-05-14 10 LEONG WEE KEAT - Alliance ponders its future, while other Opposition parties plot strategy for next battle LEONG WEE KEAT weekeat@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE As the worst-performing Opposition party in the recent General Election (GE), three possibilities for the Singa- pore Democratic Alliance’s (SDA) future were discussed at aTODAY FILE PHOTO - 573 words
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COMMENT&ANALYSIS
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Article, Illustration1216 2011-05-14 12 MAHDEV MOHAN, LAN SHIOW TSAI - Rather than focusing on differences between the two, their collaboration could pave way to ASEAN solidarity MAHDEV MOHAN, LAN SHIOW TSAI Mahdev Mohan is assistant professor of Law at the Singapore Management University and an associate fellow of the Singapore Institute of International Affairs. LanAP - 1,216 words
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Article, Illustration1985 2011-05-14 14 DANIEL DOMBEY, JAMES BLITZ, PETER SPIEGEL - The US is engaged in increasingly sophisticated warfare, fusing intelligence services and military specialists DANIEL DOMBEY, JAMES BLITZ, PETER SPIEGEL THE FINANCIAL TIMES LIMITED 2011 It is on course to become one of the abiding images of Barack Obama’s presidency. Crammed into theTHE FINANCIAL TIMES LIMITED 2011; AP - 1,985 words
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Article304 2011-05-14 16 THE FINANCIAL TIMES LIMITED Drones: The use of drones unmanned aerial vehicles by the United States to attack Al Qaeda in Afghanistan and Pakistan has increased markedly during the Obama administration. Last week also saw an armed drone strike inYemen in an apparent failed attempt to kill AnwarTHE FINANCIAL TIMES LIMITED - 304 words
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VOICES
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207 2011-05-14 18 Tan Teck Wee - Letter from Tan Teck Wee WE RECEIVED a letter from the Housing and Development Board (HDB) more than a month ago to remove the tinted films from the windows in our home. We have been living in our flat for more than two207 words
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Article423 2011-05-14 18 Tan Kee Yong - A minister’s pension is based not on total monthly salary but only its pensionable component which has shrunk proportionately since 1994 Letter from Tan Kee Yong Secretary to Prime Minister Prime Minister’s Office WE WISH to make this clarification about pensions of political office holders.423 words
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Article277 2011-05-14 18 Conrad Chin En Loy - Letter from Conrad Chin En Loy I REFER to the letter by Mr Matthew Yeo, “Unhappy? Swop places with me” (May 12). His opinion of the average Singaporean is unfortunately one apparently shared by many non-Singaporeans working here. On one hand, he praises277 words
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Article179 2011-05-14 18 ZILLAH PATEL - ZILLAH PATEL I think we can no longer play this comparison game between Singapore and other countries. Singapore should be judged by its progress over the past five years. Should we rest on our laurels just because we are better than other countries in many areas? Should we179 words
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224 2011-05-14 18 Tay Boon Albert - They could not find the other driver Letter from Tay Boon Albert I HAD an accident two years ago at a slip road when a car hit mine from the rear. The driver and I exchanged details and agreed to report to our respective insurance companies. On Tuesday, I received224 words
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SINGAPORE
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316 2011-05-14 20 CLAUDIA CRAIU - CLAUDIA CRAIU BUCHAREST When the trial of former diplomat Silviu Ionescu in a hit-and-run case in Singapore is heard on May 19, one witness may be able to identify him as the driver of the embassy car. Mr Ricardo Izaan Luchica316 words
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323 2011-05-14 20 MONICA KOTWANI - MONICA KOTWANI monicak@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Food poisoning has struck at another pre-school centre even as it has emerged that more children from Pat’s Schoolhouse were hospitalised following Tuesday’s incident. In both cases, the food vendor was Mum’s Kitchen Catering, which has since been suspended. The323 words
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Article, Illustration347 2011-05-14 20 SINGAPORE Investigations into the Benoi Road shipyard blast on Thursday which killed two men has revealed that four tanks ruptured on a barge during work to lengthen the vessel. Flammable vapours were present in the barge tanks after the blast and the possibilityPHOTO BY DON WONG - 347 words
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Article128 2011-05-14 20 Singapore’s border checkpoints experienced congestion on Friday. The Immigration and Checkpoints Authority said its entry and exit control system experienced a slow-down between 7.10 and 8.30am. ICA explained that as the slow-down coincided with the peak period, there was some crowd build-up at the Woodlands Checkpoint and128 words
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Article, Illustration125 2011-05-14 20 National Kidney Foundation chairman Gerard Ee has been re-elected as chairman of the Singapore Institute of Management (SIM) Governing Council. Mr Ee (picture), who was first elected as the council’s chairman last year, will continue to serve for another two years.125 words
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WORLD
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Article, Illustration289 2011-05-14 22 AGENCIES BEIJING A bank cashier sacked for stealing money threw a petrol bomb inside the bank on Friday in north-western China, injuring dozens of people, some of whom jumped from a fifth-storey window to escape, the local government said. Employees of theAGENCIES; AP - 289 words
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Article, Illustration308 2011-05-14 22 AGENCIES SHABQADAR (Pakistan) Twin bombings at a paramilitary police academy in northwest Pakistan killed 80 people in what the Pakistan Taliban said was in part revenge for the killing of Osama bin Laden and a precursor to attacks againstAGENCIES; AP - 308 words
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Article, Illustration335 2011-05-14 26 REUTERS KOLKATA India’s beleaguered ruling coalition has managed to avoid a voter backlash over a series of embarrassing corruption scandals, winning three of five regional polls and overturning two communist state governments, results showed on Friday. The coalition fared worse than expected in Tamil Nadu,REUTERS; AP - 335 words
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206 2011-05-14 26 REUTERS KABUL Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, backing Kabul’s peace plan to reconcile with Taliban-led insurgents, urged Afghanistan on Friday to shake off outside “coercion”, while at the same time seeking to boost India’s waning influence. Mr Singh’s strong words to a session ofREUTERS - 206 words
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220 2011-05-14 26 REUTERS TOKYO Japan on Friday announced a plan to help Tokyo Electric Power (TEPCO) compensate victims of the crisis at its tsunami-crippled nuclear plant without going broke while it struggles to resolve the worst nuclear crisis since Chernobyl. The plan comes as engineers areREUTERS - 220 words
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141 2011-05-14 26 AP Syrian security forces opened fire on thousands of protesters on Friday, killing at least one person with a gunshot to the head as soldiers tried to head off demonstrations by occupying mosques and blocking public squares. The death in theAP - 141 words
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126 2011-05-14 26 REUTERS A Libyan opposition leader made a plea on Thursday for the United States to free up some of the billions of dollars in frozen Libyan assets, saying the Benghazi-based rebels were in a financial crisis. Mr Mahmoud Jebril, a US-educatedREUTERS - 126 words
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118 2011-05-14 32 BLOOMBERG Robbers stabbed a guard and escaped with a record US$7.5 million (S$9.3 million) from a security company office in a westernTokyo suburb on Thursday, according to the Metropolitan Police Department. Two masked men entered the office of Nichigetsu Security Guard LtdBLOOMBERG - 118 words
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127 2011-05-14 32 AP Nobel Peace Prize laureate Muhammad Yunus said he has resigned as the managing director of the microlending Grameen Bank he founded in Bangladesh. He said in a statement on Friday he was voluntarily stepping down to “prevent undue disruption in the activitiesAP - 127 words
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Article, Illustration59 2011-05-14 32 Royal oxen are offered food during royal ploughing ceremonies in Bangkok. The ancient ceremony is held every year in Thailand to mark the traditional beginning of the rice growing season. In Friday’s ceremonies, the oxen ate grass from the seven types of food offered to them. Thus this59 words
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318 2011-05-14 32 THE MALAYSIAN INSIDER KUALA LUMPUR The police are investigating Malay language daily Utusan Malaysia and two bloggers on their reports alleging a Christian plot to usurp Islam as the religion of the federation, Home Minister Hishammuddin Hussein said on Friday. The UMNOTHE MALAYSIAN INSIDER - 318 words
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416 2011-05-14 33 AGENCIES MINNEAPOLIS People infected with the virus that causes AIDS are far less likely to infect their sexual partners if they are put on treatment immediately instead of waiting until their immune systems begin to deteriorate, according to preliminary results fromAGENCIES - 416 words
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Article, Illustration114 2011-05-14 33 The experimental solarpowered aircraft Solar Impulse took off from Switzerland for its first international flight to Brussels in Belgium on Friday. The Solar Impulse HB-SIA single-seat prototype took off from Payerne airfield in Switzerland at 8.40am local time. It was expected to reach Brussels by nightfall. TheAP - 114 words
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273 2011-05-14 33 REUTERS SAN ANTONIO —The next time children in some elementary schools in the state of Texas try to sneak extra french fries onto their tray in the cafeteria line, the eye in the sky will be watching them. Using a US$2-million (S$2.48million) grantREUTERS - 273 words
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Article, Illustration263 2011-05-14 33 Letting the cat (and more) out of the bags AP BANGKOK The authorities at Thailand’s international airport arrested a passenger on Friday whose suitcases were filled with baby leopards, panthers, a bear and monkeys. The animals had been drugged and were headed for Dubai. The man, a 36-year-old United ArabAP - 263 words
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184 2011-05-14 33 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH RIO DE JANEIRO Underwear in Brazil will come with health messages about the importance of screening for breast, prostate and cervical cancer under a Bill just finalised following 12 years of debate. The country’s Congress has passed proposals thatTHE DAILY TELEGRAPH - 184 words
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Article, Illustration2043 2011-05-14 24 LOW LINFHOONG - OTHERIsabelle, Rachel and Dipna forever grateful, as they continue to chase their dreams Brought to you by LOW LINFHOONG linfhoong@mediacorp.com.sg TABLE TENNIS PLAYER Isabelle Li, golfer Rachel Cheang and hurdler Dipna Lim-Prasad dream of success in their individual athletic pursuits, and all three have oneplayer PHOTO COURTESY SINGAPORE SPORTS SCHOOL; Cheang. PHOTO BY KOH MUI FONG; Dipna PHOTO BY KOH MUI FONG - 2,043 words
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SCIENCE
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Article, Illustration815 2011-05-14 34 If Google gets its way, Nevada may allow driverless cars THE NEW YORK TIMES LAS VEGAS Google, a pioneer of self-driving cars, is quietly lobbying for legislation that would make Nevada the first state where they could beTHE NEW YORK TIMES - 815 words
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BUSINESS
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Article55 2011-05-14 36 FRIDAY CLOSE +3,163.68 (+1.06%) Thursday 3,130.45 q 1.47% Wednesday 3,177.18 p 0.66% Tuesday 3,156.26 p 0.62% Monday 3,136.94 p 1.21% TOP 5 BY VOLUME NAME VOL PRICE CHANGE Genting SP 277,396 $2.100 q 3.23% GoldenAgr 116,420 $0.670 p 0.75% Artivision 86,989 $0.250 p 21.95% Dyna-Mac 27,144 $0.615 p 1.65%55 words
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Article31 2011-05-14 36 HANG SENG 23,276.27 (+0.88%) Ç È Ç Ç Ç Ç NIKKEI 9,648.77 H (+0.32%) È SHANGHAI 2,871.03 (+0.95%) AUSTRALIA 4,711.36 (+0.32%) MUMBAI 18,531.28 (+1.07%) MALAYSIA 1,540.74 (+0.55%) SEOUL 2,120.08 (-0.12%)31 words
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Article84 2011-05-14 36 STOCK CALLS Hold s$1.11 DBS Vickers downgrades from Buy and cuts its target price to S$1.20 from S$1.65. The house says Amtek’s 3Q11 earnings fell short of expectations, with core profit of US$9 million below its US$13.7 million estimate. The house says that “in view of rising labour84 words
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Article279 2011-05-14 36 CONRAD RAJ - CONRAD RAJ editor-at-large conrad@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Property company UOL Group on Friday announced first-quarter net attributable profit of S$230 million, a 133-per-cent jump from a restated S$98.7 million in the corresponding period a year ago, thanks to the adoption of new accounting rules. If not for279 words
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225 2011-05-14 36 CHRISTOPHER HOWELLS - CHRISTOPHER HOWELLS SINGAPORE Driven by a dramatic rise in car sales, Singapore’s retail sales grew 0.8 per cent in March from a year ago, reversing the 11.8-per-cent drop in February. The retail growth number, released by the Department of Statistics on Friday, was also225 words
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146 2011-05-14 36 ComfortDelgro on Friday reported a 7.7-per-cent drop in first-quarter net profit from the corresponding period a year earlier to s$50.1 million despite a 4.7-per-cent rise in revenue to s$803 million. The transport operator said the performance for the three months ended March146 words
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Article, Illustration216 2011-05-14 36 JO-ANN HUANG - JO-ANN HUANG Conglomerate Fraser Neave (F&N) on Friday said its second quarter net profit fell 15.9 per cent from the corresponding period a year earlier in the absence of onetime gains previously enjoyed. F&N’s net profit fell to s$143.3 million for the three months endedBLOOMBERG - 216 words
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250 2011-05-14 36 LOIS CALDERON - LOIS CALDERON WITH AGENCY REPORTS Wilmar International, the world’s biggest listed palm oil processor, reported on Friday first-quarter net profit of US$386.7 million (s$479 million), a 3.7-per-cent decline from the corresponding period a year ago, but the performance still easily beat theWITH AGENCY REPORTS - 250 words
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Article, Illustration585 2011-05-14 40 AP PONTE VEDRA BEACH (Florida) Tiger Woods’ post-scandal career is increasingly taking on the shape of a slice. It’s veered farther and farther offline since the moment his car slid out of control at the end of his driveway, and it just took anotherAP; GETTY IMAGES - 585 words
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Article, Illustration330 2011-05-14 41 AGENCIES ENGLISH PREMIERSHIP Blackburn vs Man United LONDON Manchester United will look to wrap up a record 19th English title on Saturday and give their key players a vital breather ahead of the team’s defining game of the season the Champions LeagueAGENCIES - 330 words
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Article, Illustration338 2011-05-14 40 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH Kenny Dalglish was made Liverpool’s permanent manager for three years on Thursday. These are the games which demonstrated his eerie powers on Merseyside since taking over as caretaker manager in January. Wolves 0 Liverpool 3 (Jan 22)THE DAILY TELEGRAPH - 338 words
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147 2011-05-14 41 Manchester will be rocking to a football beat on Saturday, with the red and blue halves of the city eager to land some silverware. The Red Devils can seal their 19th league title at Ewood Park against Blackburn Rovers with just a147 words
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Article358 2011-05-14 41 NBA PLAYOFFS Atlanta 73 Chicago 93 (Chicago win 4-2) AP ATLANTA The Chicago Bulls were turned down by LeBron James and Dwyane Wade. Now, they’ll have a chance to beat them. With MVP Derrick Rose in more of a supporting role, the Bulls cruised intoAP - 358 words
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Article153 2011-05-14 42 REUTERS Indonesia bowed to FIFA pressure on Friday and banned the two candidates football’s world governing body did not want in the race to become the chairman of the country’s football association (PSSI). Local oil tycoon Arifin Panigoro, who launched a breakaway Indonesian Premier League (LPI),REUTERS - 153 words
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Article117 2011-05-14 42 REUTERS FIFA executive committee member Worawi Makudi, who has been implicated in a World Cup bribery scandal, has lost his job as head of the Thai Football Association (FAT), local media reported. The Sports Authority of Thailand (SAT) said the postponement of last Friday’sREUTERS - 117 words
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Article, Illustration643 2011-05-14 42 LEONARD THOMAS - An update will shed light on the fate of Changi Motorsports Hub COMMENTARY LEONARD THOMAS leonard@mediacorp.com.sg The writer is executive sports editor at MediaCorp NewsHub. The yellow piling rigs dot the landscape where the old National Stadium once stood, with a steady rhythm they driveTODAY FILE PHOTO - 643 words
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224 2011-05-14 42 PHILIP GOH - PHILIP GOH SINGAPORE The Republic’s Olympic medal hopes have been boosted by the inclusion of fencing as the newest academy at the Singapore Sports School (SSP), taking the total to 11 sports academies so far. The sport will have 12 student athletes for224 words
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Article, Illustration702 2011-05-14 43 LOW LIN FHOONG - All-China affair in semis after Singapore’s No 1 is crushed in the last eight LOW LIN FHOONG linfhoong@mediacorp.com.sg ROTTERDAM She stood courtside at Ahoy Arena’s Table 1, head bowed, shoulders hunched. Moments after crashing 4-0 to China’s world No 3 Ding Ning inGETTY IMAGES - 702 words
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Article, Illustration609 2011-05-14 13 1 Shakespeare In The Park: Macbeth Singapore Repertory Theatre’s new version of Macbeth sees it transformed into a contemporary-meets-fantastical thriller, where Shakespeare’s tragic lead holds a handphone and uses guns. Date: Until May 22 Time: 7.30pm Venue: Fort Canning Park Tickets: S$38 to S$55 from Sistic 2Ram:An609 words
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Article, Illustration104 2011-05-14 10 a fun paper trail The stuff travelling’s made of FOR the restless kids in your contingent: Give the iPad a break and rely on some old-fashioned fun in paperback instead. Cheekily titled Are We There Yet?, this travel journal-slash-activity book (S$ 16.95) from Australian stationery store Smiggle will keep tweens104 words
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Article, Illustration461 2011-05-14 10 IRISH eyes were smiling and totally at ease talking about her travel adventures and mishaps.“My best and worst travel experiences was in Southeast Asia,” laughed TV chef and cookbook author Rachel Allen, who dropped by for the World Gourmet Summit recently. “I was robbed but, oh461 words
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Article, Illustration644 2011-05-14 9 Dr Howard Murad, dermatology legend, has a surprising hydration tip: Eggplant ONE doesn’t have to look too hard to find skincare products bearing the name of some big-name skin doctor. The dermatologist who started it all? Dr Howard Murad, who launched the Murad644 words
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Article, Illustration460 2011-05-14 8 Serene Lim - Audi Fashion Fest 2011 kicks off with a tasteful mix of high fashion and heart Serene Lim serenelim@mediacorp.com.sg BILLED as “the biggest fashion event of the year”, the Audi Fashion Festival (AFF) returns for the third time to much excitement. After all, past years have seen thePhoto: Jason Ho - 460 words
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Article, Illustration544 2011-05-14 7 Lynette Koh - Simon Wilson of Butler Wilson believes in outrageous jewellery for everyone, famous or not Lynette Koh lyn ettek@mediacorp.com.sg A CHOKER lined with glittering skulls. A breastplate-like necklace of crystal flowers that covers the entire front of the wearer’s torso. A cuff featuring a crystalstudded snake coiling around544 words
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Article, Illustration137 2011-05-14 7 SHORT SHORTS Shoe thing Get your fancy footwork on this Saturday and head down to Club 21’s one-day only sale on both men and women’s shoes at Pop-up by Club 21. Sift through treasures from brands such as Balenciaga, Maison Martin Margiela, Dries Van137 words
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Article, Illustration87 2011-05-14 5 RECENTLY, more than 1,500 partyheads and Heineken Green Room members popped by the Heineken Secret Gallery at a hidden location (okay, it was at 801 Margaret Drive) for the launch of Heineken’s limited edition STR bottle, which illuminates when exposed to UV light. Flying into Singapore for87 words
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Article, Illustration409 2011-05-14 5 5 questions with Vivien Ong YOU may not know who Vivien Ong is yet, but you will certainly be seeing a lot of her in the days to come.The 19-year-old was one of four models named as the official faces of the Audi Fashion Festival (AFF) at a casting party409 words
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Article, Illustration443 2011-05-14 3 ZHANG WEIFANG - No need to sweat it this season’s knits are very cool ZHANG WEIFANG zhangweifang@mediacorp.com.sg IT’S hot. Hell, it’s downright scorching. But don’t let a little weather get in your sartorial way.There are still ways to incorporate texture, or in this case, knits, into your daily kit withoutPhotography: Jason Ho - 443 words
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Article, Illustration1297 2011-05-14 1 ELISABETH ROSENTHAL - The Success of Tilapia May Pose Threats To Health and Ecology By ELISABETH ROSENTHAL AguA Azul, Honduras A CoMMoN BIBle sTorY says Jesus fed 5,000 people with five loaves and two fish, which scholars surmise weretilapia. But at the Aquafinca fish farm here,PHOTOGRAPHS BY MER1DITH KOHUT FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES; MERIDITH KOHUT FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES - 1,297 words
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Article, Illustration866 2011-05-14 2 ROGER COHEN - intelligence/roger ROGER COHEN Atlanta Do no harm. The Hippocratic oath has been rendered in many forms since it was written in the late 5th century B.C. It has been adjusted in some versions to say even the penniless are owed good medical treatment, modernizedRUTH FREMSON/THE NEW YORK TIMES - 866 words
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Article, Illustration577 2011-05-14 2 ANITA PATIL - LENS ANITA PATIL Battling desperate hordes at a sale, digging through racks and carrying a load of clothing to the dressing room only to confirm that no, indeed, nothing fits, was never a pleasant experience. Shoppers subjected themselves to the whims of salespeople, designers and one-size-fits-no-one clothing.577 words
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Article, Illustration728 2011-05-14 6 NATE BERG - By NATE BERG RIO DE JANEIRO Generations of Brazilians have grown up in the Estádio Jornalista Mário Filho, known around the world as the Maracanã. Built for the 1950 World Cup and at the time the largest stadium in the world,FELIPE DANA/ASSOCIATED PRESS - 728 words
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Article, Illustration740 2011-05-14 6 ELLEN BARRY - news analysis By ELLEN BARRY MOSCOW For three years, the power-sharing tandem of Prime Minister Vladimir V. Putin and President Dmitri A. Medvedev purred along like a sports car, quieting skeptics who said that any division of executive authority in Russia would lead toPOOL PHOTO BY MISHA JAPARIDZE - 740 words
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Article, Illustration718 2011-05-14 7 TIM ARANGO - By TIM ARANGO MOSUL, Iraq Until early May, Samar Hassan had never glimpsed the photograph of her that millions had seen, never knew it had become one of the most famous images of the Iraq war. “My brother was sick, and we wereAYMAN OGHANNA FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES; BELOW, CHRIS HONDROS/GETTY IMAGES - 718 words
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Article, Illustration514 2011-05-14 7 MARC LACEY - By MARC LACEY NOGALES, Arizona A group of migrants was hustling north through the southern Arizona desert on a recent May night when one of their cellphones vibrated with a text message. “Watch out,” it warned. “Things are hot up ahead. Take cover in theJOHN MOORE/GETTY IMAGES - 514 words
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Article, Illustration588 2011-05-14 8 RAPHAEL MINDER - By RAPHAEL MINDER BASEL, Switzerland Nick Hayek, the chief executive of the Swatch Group, is facing a problem many of his corporate counterparts might envy: he’s doing too much business. Swatch, the world’s largest watchmaker, is rushing to add factory capacity. It wants toFABRICE COFFRINI/AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE — GETTY IMAGES; GIL COHEN MAGEN/REUTERS - 588 words
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Article, Illustration677 2011-05-14 8 ANDREW POLLACK; and STEVE LOHR - By ANDREW POLLACK and STEVE LOHR Andrew Pollack reportedfrom Hitachinaka, Japan, and Steve Lohrfrom New York. HITACHINAKA, Japan A modern car is a computer on wheels. The power windows, the dashboard navigation maps, the fuel injectors these and many other operations are controlledFUM1N0RI SATO FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES - 677 words
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Article, Illustration605 2011-05-14 10 HANNAH SELIGSON - By HANNAH SELIGSON From Harbin in the north to Guangzhou in the south, young artists, musicians and designers in China are being tapped to make companies’ brands cool. And at the center of this experiment is NeochaEdge. The first and only creative agency ofRYAN PYLE FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES; LEFT, NEOCHAEDGE - 605 words
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510 2011-05-14 10 JACK EWING - By JACK EWING FRANKFURT Temporary workers played a critical role in helping Germany weather the 2009 downturn, as employers were able to quickly respond to ebbing demand by reducing payrolls. But an increasingly vocal group of critics say that the loosening of regulations510 words
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Article, Illustration713 2011-05-14 11 ANDREW MARTIN, THOMAS LIN - By ANDREW MARTIN, THOMAS LIN ORLANDO, Florida —The United States military, already using video games for recruitment and training, has started experimenting with virtual worlds as well. The Army recently held a contest for soldiers to determine who could develop theMINH UONG/THE NEW YORK TIMES - 713 words
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Article, Illustration585 2011-05-14 11 ANNE EISENBERG - By ANNE EISENBERG Longtime stargazers learned the basics of the night sky the hard way with pencils, star charts and lots of patience with their telescopes. Now high-tech equipment and smartphone apps are making the task a lot less daunting. New point-and-shoot telescopes, for585 words
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Article, Illustration602 2011-05-14 12 ERIC ASIMOV - eSSay ERIC ASIMOV Most people pay corkscrews little mind. They’re perfectly content with the free one from the local wine shop; or the cheap double-winged version; or even the Swiss army knife. There are battery-operated corkscrews and cumbersome models that operate with a pressTONY CENICOLA/THE NEW YORK TIMES - 602 words
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Article, Illustration870 2011-05-14 12 ALEX WILLIAMS - By ALEX WILLIAMS Dianne Vavra, a cosmetics industry executive in Manhattan, looked up from her iPad, where she was catching up on the latest spring looks at Refinery29.com, and noticed that her husband, Michael Combs, was transfixed, streaming a basketball game on his laptop. TheirYANA PASKOVA FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES - 870 words
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Article, Illustration648 2011-05-14 13 TANZINA VEGA - By TANZINA TANZINA VEGA The Benedictine monks at the Portsmouth Abbey in Portsmouth, Rhode Island, are aging five are octogenarians and the youngest is approaching 50 and their numbers have fallen to 12, from a peak of about 24STEW MILNE FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES - 648 words
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Article, Illustration461 2011-05-14 13 ANNE EISENBERG - By ANNE EISENBERG The joys of making a small robot or a crystal radio set have long eluded those who can’t get past Step 2 in the instruction manual. But now, Web-based instructions often designed by hobbyists are supplementing the often-con-founding directionsSHREE NAYAR - 461 words
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Article, Illustration807 2011-05-14 14 ALINA TUGEND - Essay ALINA TUGEND Numbers and rankings are everywhere. We add up our Twitter followers and Facebook friends. We use standardized test scores to evaluate teachers and students. “Numbers make “Numbers make intangibles tangible,” said Jonah Lehrer, ajournalist and author of “How We Decide.” “They giveINSU LEE - 807 words
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Article, Illustration680 2011-05-14 14 MALIA WOLLAN - By MALIA WOLLAN SAN FRANCISCO For Naval Ravikant, the problem with investing in start-ups boils down to coffee. “I got really tired of coffee meetings,” said Mr. Ravikant, 37, a technology entrepreneur turned investor. “I thought, we’re dealing with Internet start-ups here, there has gotJIM WILSON/THE NEW YORK TIMES - 680 words
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Article, Illustration753 2011-05-14 15 LARRY ROHTER - By LARRY ROHTER The O’Farrill clan may claim the distinction as the first family of Af-ro-Cuban jazz. It helped invent the hybrid genre in the 1940s, when Chico O’Farrill came to New York from Havana, and they have worked to reinvigorate the music despiteDANIEL BARRY FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES - 753 words
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Article, Illustration517 2011-05-14 15 SHEILA MELVIN - By SHEILA MELVIN BEIJING The gate to the theater complex opened only to those with a printed invitation to the event within: a dress rehearsal for a dance adaptation of “Jin Ping Mei,” or “The Golden Lotus.” The veil of caution that surrounded the rehearsalPHOTOGRAPHS BY LI HUIMIN - 517 words
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Article, Illustration619 2011-05-14 16 JOHN ANDERSON - BY JOHN ANDERSON Independent film are showing up in unlikely global locations, thanks to the organizers of Film Forward. A collaboration between two American entities, the Sundance Institute in Park City, Utah, and the President’s Committee on the Arts and the Humanities, Film Forward hasFILM SOCIETY OF LINCOLN CENTER - 619 words
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Article, Illustration761 2011-05-14 16 CAROL KINO - By CAROL KINO Over the last decade Jaume Plensa has become one of the world’s most celebrated public artists, best known for monumental figurative sculptures that can be seen from Calgary to Dubai. But ask this Barcelona native how he creates his work, which seemsBENJAMIN NORMAN FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES - 761 words
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