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Title Section20 2011-07-12 1 TODAY MICA (P) 057/10/2010 A PUBLICATION OF NEWS HOTLINE 6822 2268 Tuesday July 12, 2011 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking20 words
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Article, Illustration729 2011-07-12 1 LEONG WEE KEAT - GPC chairman to ask Transport Ministry to review fare adjustment formula LEONG WEE KEAT weekeat@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Public transport operators SBS Transit and SMRT have applied for the maximum fare increase of 2.8 per cent for rail and bus fares, citing “uncontrollable” and “significant” cost pressuresPHOTO BY SION TOUHIG - 729 words
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Advertisement73 2011-07-12 1 THE LATEST NEWS. NOW ON IPAD. DOWNLOAD YOUR FREE APP TODAY. HOT NEWS 2 LEE KUAN YEW WHYCHINA NEEDS THE US TASK FORCE TO REVIEW PET OWNERSHIP POLICIES HOT NEWS 3 COMMENT&ANALYSIS STEFFEN HERTOG PERILS OF ECONOMIC POPULISM IN MIDDLE EAST 10 PAUL KRUGMAN THE US CAN’T OR WON’T FIX73 words
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HOT NEWS
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Article, Illustration433 2011-07-12 2 JOANNE CHAN - 'Why China needs the United States JOANNE CHAN joannechan@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Saying that China still has much to gain from the United States, former Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew said his advice to China would be to maintain an equitable and stable relationship with the US for the next 20 toPHOTO BY DON WONG - 433 words
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Article, Illustration566 2011-07-12 3 SARA GROSSE - SARA GROSSE saragrosse@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE The current policies on owning pets, as well as how stray animals are managed in Singapore, will undergo a fourmonth review, with an inter-agency task force set up to spearhead the effort. With Singaporeans becoming more concerned about animalPHOTO BY WEE TECK HIAN - 566 words
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409 2011-07-12 4 QIUYI TAN - QIUYI TAN tanqiuyi@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE The service sector will get an S$84 million boost from SPRING Singapore and the Workforce Development Agency key partners in the Go-the-Extra-Mile-for-Service (GEMS) Up committee to support their service excellence efforts for the next five years. This is aimed409 words
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Article, Illustration422 2011-07-12 4 SINGAPORE Despite the economic downturn, the high-end credit card segment has managed to expand by a third over the last two years. The number of affluent cardholders in Singapore grew by 30 per cent from 2008 to last year, and by 27 per cent fromTODAY FILE PHOTO - 422 words
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228 2011-07-12 6 THE GUARDIAN BANGKOK Ms Yingluck Shinawatra, the Thai Prime-Minister-in-waiting, has pledged “a new war on drugs” to eliminate them within 12 months, alarming human rights groups who fear a repeat of her brother’s 2003 crackdown. More than 2,500 people died in three months afterTHE GUARDIAN - 228 words
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Article, Illustration544 2011-07-12 6 BANGKOK POST BRUNEI Former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra has used his influence on the new Puea Thai-led government to stress the importance of it leading reconciliation efforts. While he holds no position in the party and has been living in exile sinceBANGKOK POST; PHOTO COURTESY BANGKOK POST - 544 words
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717 2011-07-12 8 NEO CHAI CHIN - Communication is key in end-of-life issues, say NEO CHAI CHIN chaichin@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Challenges may arise when tending to dying patients and communicating with them and their families, but it is highly unusual for misunderstandings to escalate to a point where the police717 words
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COMMENT&ANALYSIS
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Article, Illustration975 2011-07-12 10 STEFFEN HERTOG - STEFFEN HERTOG Steffen Hertog is a lecturer at the London School of Economics and the author of Princes, Brokers and Bureaucrats: Oil and the State in Saudi Arabia. The opinions expressed are his own. BLOOMBERG The first signs of a post-revolutionary hangover areBLOOMBERG - 975 words
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Article, Illustration756 2011-07-12 12 PAUL KRUGMAN - The US can’t or won’t fix its economy? PAUL KRUGMAN The writer is a professor of economics and international affairs at Princeton University. THE NEW YORK TIMES SERVICE If you were shocked by Friday’s jobs report, if you thought Americans were doing well and were taken aback by the badTHE NEW YORK TIMES SERVICE - 756 words
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Article, Illustration879 2011-07-12 14 MARK DIXON - MARK DIXON Mark Dixon is the CEO for leading workplace solutions provider, Regus. How can we organise working time in such a way that we achieve maximum productivity while promoting happiness? Of all the various aspects of work/life balance, this is one of the879 words
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Article, Illustration1397 2011-07-12 16 HENRY PORTER - Relations between the media, politicians and the public have changed for the good HENRY PORTER Henry Porter writes commentary for The Observer. THE OBSERVER The King is dead long live democracy. With the immolation of the News of the World last week, we saw the endTHE OBSERVER; REUTERS - 1,397 words
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VOICES
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Article407 2011-07-12 18 Adrian Ho - Letter from Adrian Ho I AGREE totally with Ms Sandra Foo’s letter, “Don’t just thank them on Nurses’ Day ...’’(July 8). Health Minister Gan Kim Yong has called for a full review of healthcare policies. This is indeed timely in light of the incidents of foreign407 words
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295 2011-07-12 18 Arthur Lim - Letter from Arthur Lim THE reply from the Ministry of Health (MOH) through its director of corporate communications (“Extended use of Medisave funds managed carefully”, July 9), is appreciated. However, while the first part of the reply partly addresses the “liberalisation”295 words
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186 2011-07-12 19 CHAN LAI YING - LETTER FROM CHAN LAI YING I refer to the letter from Mr Peter Tay, “Cabbies still selective of passengers, despite warnings” (July 9). My family and I faced the same problem on Saturday, along Serangoon Avenue 3 at about 10.30pm. As with186 words
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Article, Illustration503 2011-07-12 19 Lee Lin Ein - Letter from Lee Lin Ein I REFER to Mr Lawrence Seow’s letter, “My top 10 ungracious acts seen daily” (July 7). I totally agree with him. Ungracious behaviour irks me every morning during the rush hour whenever I have taken the train to503 words
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SINGAPORE
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Article, Illustration224 2011-07-12 20 SINGAPORE Women who experience bleeding in the early stages of pregnancy are at risk of a miscarriage but that risk goes up if the expectant parents are older or if the woman has a history of miscarriage and has low blood progesteroneTODAY FILE PHOTO - 224 words
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Article, Illustration248 2011-07-12 20 SINGAPORE Consumers in Singapore access the Internet more frequently than those in other South-east Asian markets, presenting advertisers with more ways to communicate and interact with them, said market research firm Nielsen. According to initial findings released from its inauguralTODAY FILE PHOTO - 248 words
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227 2011-07-12 21 CAROLYN QUEK - CAROLYN QUEK The maid was slow with the ironing and her employer, Rajeswari Mariswaran, decided to teach her howto do it more quickly— by burning her back with the hot iron. The 39-year-old pre-school teacher was yesterday sentenced to nine227 words
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397 2011-07-12 21 TEO XUANWEI - TEO XUANWEI xuanwei@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE She wrote in her diary that she felt “fortunate” to be working for her employers, who had even bought her a cake to celebrate her birthday. Six months into her job, however, Kumaeroh, 24, became gripped by paranoia397 words
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160 2011-07-12 21 NG LIAN CHEONG, SATISH CHENEY - NG LIAN CHEONG, SATISH CHENEY The partial decomposing body found in Bedok Reservoir last month has been identified as that of 23-year-old China national Lin Xiao, the police said yesterday. Mr Lin, who left his Zhejiang province home about eight months ago to160 words
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Advertisement162 2011-07-12 21 TO SYDNEY FOR THE FUN RUN! B IS rs i m m -7 J -%‘S* If row [ffll *fs N The Blackmores Sydney Running Festival (BSRF) is back to help the world stay mobile and healthy on 18th September 2011. Comprising 4 events, the BSRF has a run that's fun162 words
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WORLD
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Article, Illustration347 2011-07-12 22 AP BEIJING This year, a rocket will carry a train car-sized module into orbit, the first building block for a Chinese space station. Around 2013, China plans to launch a lunar probe that will set a rover loose on the moon. It wants to putAP - 347 words
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Article, Illustration302 2011-07-12 23 AP BEIJING The United States is spending too much on its military in light of its recent economic troubles, China’s top general said yesterday while playing down his country’s own military capabilities. The chief of the General Staff of the People’s LiberationAP; REUTERS - 302 words
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180 2011-07-12 23 REUTERS China’s cities are growing so fast that even the country’s military is getting the short end of the stick, state media reported, with unauthorised new roads cutting through barracks and tall new buildings hampering operations at air bases. Ordinary residentsREUTERS - 180 words
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119 2011-07-12 23 AP The Philippines Foreign Secretary Albert del Rosario said yesterday that he has informed his Chinese counterpart that Manila plans to take their countries’ dispute over the Spratly Islands to a United Nations tribunal. Mr del Rosario said yesterday that ChineseAP - 119 words
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304 2011-07-12 24 AGENCIES WASHINGTON President Barack Obama said he will continue to press congressional leaders for “the largest possible deal” on a package of significant deficit cuts. “Now is the time to deal with these issues,” Mr Obama said at a news conference yesterday beforeAGENCIES - 304 words
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181 2011-07-12 24 AP BAGHDAD The United States will not “walk away’’ from the challenge of Iran’s stepped-up arming of Iraqi insurgents who are targeting and killing American troops, US Defence Secretary Leon Panetta said yesterday. “We’re very concerned about Iran and the weapons they’re providing toAP - 181 words
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Article, Illustration103 2011-07-12 24 Rescue workers removing a body yesterday from the wreckage of the Kalka Mail passenger train that derailed near Fatehpur in Uttar Pradesh state in India. Rescue workers used blowtorches to cut through the mangled wreckage of the derailed passenger train, as the recovery of more bodies brought theAP - 103 words
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460 2011-07-12 25 AGENCIES LONDON Mr Les Hinton, Mr Rupert Murdoch’s lifelong lieutenant and closest adviser, faces questions over whether he saw a 2007 internal News International report, which found evidence that phone hacking was more widespread than admitted by the company, beforeAGENCIES - 460 words
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Article, Illustration178 2011-07-12 25 THE GUARDIAN If the staff at the News of the World felt bitter towards the woman who kept her job when they lost theirs, it seems they found an unlikely outlet for their anger. It was not until PageTHE GUARDIAN; AP - 178 words
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Article, Illustration94 2011-07-12 26 A rescuer walking among debris and bodies covered by sheets around the Evangelos Florakis Naval Base in Mari, Cyprus, yesterday. A huge explosion tore through the naval base at 6am yesterday, causing widespread damage and leading to extensive power cuts, the Defence Ministry said. At leastAP - 94 words
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258 2011-07-12 26 THE GUARDIAN MOSCOW Divers searching the wreck of a Russian Volga river boat reportedly saw more than 100 corpses trapped inside the vessel, from where they recovered eight bodies yesterday. A few dozen divers working with underwater lights searched the Bulgaria aTHE GUARDIAN - 258 words
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BUSINESS
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Article296 2011-07-12 28 STELLA LEE - STELLA LEE SINGAPORE Nestle, the maker of popular food products including Milo, Maggi and Nescafe, intends to buy a 60 per cent stake in SGX-listed Hsu Fu Chi. Nestle, the world’s largest food company will pay about S$2.1 billion for the stake in the296 words
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Article410 2011-07-12 28 STELLA LEE - STELLA LEE stellalee@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE AustraLand, a Sydney-based property developer, has announced that it intends to delist from its secondary listing on the Singapore Exchange (SGX). The group said in a filing to SGX yesterday that it will continue to maintain its primary listing on the410 words
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137 2011-07-12 28 The Securities Investors Association Singapore (SIAS) with the Institute of Internal Auditors and Sim Kee Boon Institute of SMU will launch the Internal Audit Excellence Award. SIAS said the award will seek to recognise how internal audit provides value to listed companies137 words
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121 2011-07-12 28 S-CHIP APPOINTS FROST SULLIVAN AS INDEPENDENT CONSULTANT S-chip China Gaoxian Fibre Fabric (CGFF) has appointed Frost Sullivan as its independent consultant to undertake a further feasibility study of its investment plan for the proposed Huaxiang Project in Zhejiang, China. CGFF said that Frost Sullivan will conduct due diligence on the121 words
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Article53 2011-07-12 29 MONDAY CLOSE 3,117.37 (-1.08%) Friday 3,151.28 p 0.81% Thursday 3,125.87 p 0.36% Wednesday 3,114.71 q 0.48% Tuesday 3,129.69 q 0.75% TOP 5 BY VOLUME NAME VOL PRICE CHANGE GoldenAgr 112,424 $0.705 UNCH TopGlobal 36,897 $0.011 UNCH Genting SP 35,000 $1.885 q 0.005% NOL 29,148 $1.440 q 0.045% PSL Hldg53 words
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Article22 2011-07-12 29 HANG SENG È 22,347.20 h NIKKEI È NIKKEI 10,069.50 2,802.69 SHANGHAI 2,802.69 0.18%) Ç AUSTRALIA 4,582.30 (-0.39%) MALAYSIA 1,588.58 (-0.39%) È22 words
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Article13 2011-07-12 29 US$1 s$1.225 £1 s$1.948 €1 s$1.720 ¥100 s$1.523 RM1 s$0.407 RMB100 s$18.9513 words
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Article101 2011-07-12 29 STOCK CALLS Underperform S$1.44 CLSA initiates with a S$1.70 target price. The house says, trading at 1X P/B, “NOL is neither expensive with an average 2012 to 14 ROE of 10.3 per cent nor compelling with past earnings slumps offering investors trough-0.4X P/B as a cyclical entry101 words
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329 2011-07-12 29 LOIS CALDERON - LOIS CALDERON SINGAPORE Listed companies in Singapore are still not disclosing enough information about executive compensation, with a mere 5 per cent revealing exact salary amounts, choosing instead to disclose executive compensation in bands of S$250,000, This and other findings were revealed in a329 words
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260 2011-07-12 29 LINETTE LIM - LINETTE LIM Listed companies will unveil their second quarter earnings from this week and most firms are expected to report lower profits. Analysts say the shaky recovery of the global economy in the April to June quarter has impacted the Singapore260 words
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DIGITAL
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Article191 2011-07-12 30 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH Not content with selling by the millions, smartphones have now also conquered the final frontier. An Apple iPhone and a Samsung Nexus S, which runs on Google’s Android operating system, were among the devices taken to the space station by the AtlantisTHE DAILY TELEGRAPH - 191 words
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Article, Illustration865 2011-07-12 30 THE NEW YORK TIMES NEW YORK The hottest new club is not in Los Angeles or New York. It is on a website called Turntable.fm, where big-headed cartoon characters populate the DJ booth. On the site, users represented by cartoon avatars enter oneTHE NEW YORK TIMES - 865 words
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SPORTS
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Article, Illustration677 2011-07-12 31 TAN YO-HINN - Singaporean duo, often playing second fiddle to China-born stars, could feature at the SEA Games TAN YO-HINN yohinn@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE National table tennis players Pang Xuejie and Isabelle Li will play prominent roles at the SEA Games, if they get the nod from thePHOTO BY TAN YO-HINN - 677 words
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379 2011-07-12 32 PHILIP GOH - PHILIP GOH philipgoh@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE It never even crossed their minds, when coach Dejan Udovicic and his Serbian team signed up for an acclimatisation stint here prior to heading off to Shanghai for the Fina World Water Polo Championship. Yesterday, Udovicic, coach of379 words
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Article, Illustration596 2011-07-12 32 LOW LIN FHOONG - Sport must attract more nations, become more competitive: Teams LOW LIN FHOONG SINGAPORE Due to costs, logistics and the time frame of the competition, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) restrict the number of sports at any Summer Games. The 2004 and 2008 Games featuredPHOTO COURTESY MICHAEL BRADLEY - 596 words
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Article, Illustration465 2011-07-12 33 Close to impossible for McLaren’s drivers to catch runaway Vettel THE DAILY TELEGRAPH SILVERSTONE McLaren’s misery continues. A British Grand Prix weekend full of rancour and recrimination, which saw Lewis Hamilton lash out at the team over their qualifying tactics before complaining loudly that theyTHE DAILY TELEGRAPH; GETTY IMAGES - 465 words
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354 2011-07-12 33 Fenerbahce, Trabzonspor fans take to the streets in REUTERS ISTANBUL Turkish police detained 22 people, including the chairman of Trabzonspor, yesterday in a widening match-fixing investigation which has already put 26 people in jail pending trial, broadcasters said. The major nationwide investigation has plunged preparations forREUTERS - 354 words
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Article236 2011-07-12 33 AP SANTA FE Colombia defeated Bolivia 2-0 on Sunday to become the first team to advance to the quarter-finals of the Copa America. Colombia’s easy victory also guaranteed that Peru, Chile and Venezuela, which have four points after two matches, also advance to the knockoutAP - 236 words
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Article, Illustration366 2011-07-12 34 AP GUANGZHOU Liverpool’s priority is to get the club to make an immediate return to Europe, manager Kenny Dalglish said yesterday. Liverpool finished sixth in the English Premier League last season, which kept them out of European competitions for the first time since 1999.AP; GETTY IMAGES - 366 words
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Article, Illustration135 2011-07-12 34 AGENCIES Arsenal recruited Lille’s 24-year-old Ivory Coast forward Gervinho (picture) yesterday as they bid to boost their firepower this season and end a trophy drought stretching back to 2005. “He is an official Arsenal player. Gervinho has joined training today at London Colney (in England),” ArsenalAGENCIES; GETTY IMAGES - 135 words
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124 2011-07-12 34 AP The match of the tournament turned into one for the ages on Sunday when an own goal, retaken penalties, a sending off, an injury-time equaliser and a penalty shootout win swept the United States past Brazil and into the women’s World Cup semi-finalsAP - 124 words
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Article, Illustration1308 2011-07-12 2 CHRISTOPHER TOH - Everything you have wanted to know about local music can be found in the next few weeks (well, kinda) CHRISTOPHER TOH christophertoh@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE has a rich pop music heritage. From The Crescendos to X’Ho to Kit Chan to The Observatory toTaufik Batisah, we’re notArtwork: Yen Yok - 1,308 words
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Article, Illustration980 2011-07-12 4 Dave Simpson - Fresh from rocking Red Sq uare, Linkin Park open up about battling some serious demons Dave Simpson features@mediacorp.com.sg THE GUARDIAN IT IS a Thursday night in Moscow, and Linkin Park are playing at the premiere of Transformers: Dark OfThe Moon at one end of the Red Square,THE GUARDIAN - 980 words
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Article, Illustration217 2011-07-12 6 KFVIN MATHEWS - QUEEN KFVIN MATHEWS UNIVERSAL Music’s reissue of Queen’s entire back catalogue continues apace with albums that were originally released between 1977 and 1982. During this period, Queen broke big in the USA and released some of its best-selling singles ever. But the focus of Deep Cuts 2Photo: Reuters - 217 words
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Article, Illustration128 2011-07-12 6 KEVIN MATHEWS - SEAN LAM KEVIN MATHEWS LOCAL music fans from the 1990s will remember “demo cassettes” lo-fidelity recordings of original material.Twenty years on, with technological advancement, it is now possible for a singer-songwriter such as Concave Scream’s Sean Lam to produce a homemade recording with minimal loss in production128 words
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Article, Illustration122 2011-07-12 6 KEVIN MATHEWS - BAD CO KEVIN MATHEWS BACK in the 1970s, when long hair and bell bottoms were in vogue, a rock band called Bad Company ruled the airwaves. Comprising Paul Rodgers, Simon Kirke (both ex-Free), Boz Burrell (ex-King Crimson) and Mick Ralphs (ex-Mott The Hoople), Bad Company epitomised 1970s122 words
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Article236 2011-07-12 7 The Pigeonhole Open Mic Hosted this time by Inch Chua, this open mic session features performances by Jamie Wong, Nigel Wylie, Johnny Oni, Tall Mountains and Quite Quiet. July 12, 8pm, The Pigeonhole. No cover. Romancing Russia! A solo piano recital by acclaimed pianist Chisato Kusunoki, featuring works by236 words
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Article, Illustration184 2011-07-12 7 K-POP fans can finally burst into elated screams.The rumours are true: Hotter-than-kimchi boyband SHINee is indeed performing here on Sept 10 at the Singapore Indoor Stadium, as part as their first concert tour SHINee World. The concert’s already sold out in Seoul,Tokyo and Taipei and it184 words
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Article, Illustration195 2011-07-12 7 CHRISTOPHER TOH - Relooking a classic record CHRISTOPHER TOH TEENAGE HEAD BY THE ODDFELLOWS (1991) “WILL I ever have a place ...Will they just forget my name?” The Oddfellows’ lead singer Patrick Chng once sang on the song 20 Years. That was 20 years ago, years ago, when the band195 words
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Article214 2011-07-12 8 AGENCIES DAVID Beckham’s wife Victoria has given birth to her fourth child, a baby girl named Harper Seven. The birth took place by Caesarean at Cedars-Sinai hospital in Los Angeles. “I am so proud and excited to announce the birth of our daughter Harper Seven Beckham.AGENCIES - 214 words
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Article, Illustration161 2011-07-12 8 REUTERS RIHANNA lit up Texas when a fire broke out on stage during her Loud tour stop in Dallas. Sparks flew and smoke sizzled in the packed American Airlines Center on Friday night, as Rihanna was ushered off stage. No injuries were reported.The crew quickly came inREUTERS; Photo: Bloomberg - 161 words
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Article, Illustration190 2011-07-12 8 REUTERS OSCAR organisers on Friday downplayed speculation that former talk show queen and Oscar nominee Oprah Winfrey might be hosting Hollywood’s top film honours next year. The Chicago Sun-Times reported that Winfrey, who ended the Oprah Winfrey Show in May to runREUTERS; Photo: Bloomberg - 190 words
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Article606 2011-07-12 11 The Very Hungry Caterpillar and Other Eric Carle Favourites Based on the works of awardwinning children’s book illustrator and writer Eric Carle, ACT 3 International brings backthis popular production for the fourth time. Expectto be enthralled by an intriguing visual feast of black light theatre, magical puppets606 words
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