Today, 2 November 2011, Afternoon Edition

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    40 1 TODAY MICA (P) 031/10/2011 A PUBLICATION OF NEWS HOTLINE 6822 Wednesday November 2, 2011 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking AFTERNOON EDITION MICA (P) 031/10/2011 A PUBLICATION OF NEWS HOTLINE 6822 2268 Wednesday November 2, 2011 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking
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    Lock icon 75 hours 36 minutes later, a winner emerges
    286 1 SINGAPORE Sales manager Chong Kiat Chi, 42, emerged as the winner on Day 4 of this year’s MediaCorp Subaru Impreza WRX Car Challenge. The Singaporean managed to keep his hands on the car for 75 hours and 36 minutes, about 20 minutes
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    Lock icon Greek PM defies anger to defend euro referendum
    590 1 Papandreou seeks ‘clear mandate’ on whether Athens should stay in euro zone REUTERS ATHENS Prime Minister George Papandreou said late last night he would push ahead with a referendum on a bailout deal for Greece, defying demands from lawmakers of his own
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      28 1 $15 dining offers you can’t resist. Turn to page 5 to know more. THIS PENALTY KICK MADE IT 200 GOALS HE’S SCORED FOR BARCA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE PAGE 58
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  • HOT NEWS
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      Lock icon Scoot to take off by middle of next year
      730 2  -  ADDITIONAL REPORTING BY CAROLYN QUEK CAROLYN QUEK AP SINGAPORE Singapore Airlines (SIA) is hoping to muscle in on Asia’s burgeoning no-frills travel market with a new long-haul budget carrier it is calling Scoot. The low-cost airline will begin operating by June
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      Nominations open for NMPs
      257 3 SINGAPORE From today until Dec 8, the public can submit nominations for Nominated MPs (NMPs) to the Special Select Committee for consideration. A press release was issued this morning by the Parliament Clerk inviting nominations from the public. Under Article 44(2) of the Constitution, a person
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      Lock icon Syria claims to have reached a deal to end the violence
      534 3 REUTERS AFTERNOON LATEST BEIRUT Syria said yesterday it had reached agreement with an Arab League committee tasked with finding a way to end seven months of unrest and starting a dialogue between President Bashar Al Assad and his opponents.
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      S'poreans in bomb parts case remanded further
      409 4  -  TANYA FONG SINGAPORE The four Singaporeans who were charged by the United States Department of Justice for exporting bomb parts to Iran were remanded for another seven days, after a court mention yesterday before District Judge Toh Yung Cheong. Wong Yuh Lan, 39,
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      Lock icon Singapore to submit bid to host 2015 SEA Games
      560 4  -  TAN YO-HINN yohinn@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE The Republic will make a bid to host the SEA Games and ASEAN Para Games in 2015, the year in which Singapore will mark 50 years of independence. The Government has given the Singapore National Olympic Council
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      MF Global clients left in limbo
      665 6  -  RYAN HUANG ryanhuang@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Scores of investors turned up at MF Global’s Singapore office yesterday to try to withdraw their funds from the bankrupt derivatives brokerage, a day after the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) and the Singapore Exchange (SGX) ordered the company’s local
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      Lock icon Asia's factory sector sputters
      483 6 Manufacturing activity in Taiwan, S Korea and S’pore contracted last month AGENCIES SINGAPORE The manufacturing sector in many parts of Asia sputtered last month, data showed yesterday, reflecting strains on the region’s export-dependent economy from Europe’s debt crisis and efforts to curb inflationary pressures. A slowdown
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      Weather simulator launched on Jurong Island
      385 8  -  ESTHER NG estherng@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE It can emulate weather conditions anywhere in the world. So, a company wanting to test wind turbines need not conduct its tests overseas, but at the newly-opened Experimental Power Grid Centre (EPGC) on Jurong Island, and experiment with new energy
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      Lock icon Vietnam, Japan to go ahead with N-power plant
      250 8 AGENCIES TOKYO Japan and Vietnam on Monday reaffirmed their plan to build a nuclear power plant in the South-east Asian country using Japanese technology, even as Tokyo still struggles to put the world’s worst nuclear accident in 25 years under control. In
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      Lock icon Two trucks carrying 70 tonnes of dynamite cause huge blast in China
      295 10 AGENCIES BEIJING A massive explosion yesterday near an expressway ramp in south-west China killed at least seven people and injured about 200 while also destroying several homes. The accident happened just before midday when two trucks carrying a
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      S'poreans confused about President's roles: IPS survey
      477 12  -  ONG DAI LIN dailin@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE A survey on the Elected Presidency conducted between September and last month just after the Presidential Election (PE) in August has found that two of the top three roles that shaped a voter’s choice were outside the President’s
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      26 10 TbiMVo^Pad For the latest news updates on the go. Get the latest news, photos and videos from iTbDAYon your iPad. http://www.todayonline.com/iTODAY /AediaCorp we set you thinking
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  • COMMENT&ANALYSIS
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      Lock icon Lessons from the MF Global meltdown
      717 14 Trading firm’s demise because of US$40-billion debt shows wisdom of limits on proprietary trading BLOOMBERG EDITORIAL BLOOMBERG The bankruptcy of MF Global Holdings is the first major United States casualty of the European sovereign debt crisis. The trading firm’s demise is no small matter:
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      Lock icon It's lonely without the Goldman net
      874 16  -  ANDREW ROSS SORKIN THE NEW YORK TIMES He was from Goldman Sachs. That is the refrain you hear over and over when MF Global insiders try to explain why they went along with Mr Jon Corzine’s risky trades the same ones that caused a
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      Lock icon The clock is ticking, for world leaders to reduce 'trust deficit'
      803 16  -  BAN KI MOON Ban Ki Moon is Secretary-General of the United Nations. THE NEW YORK TIMES As the world population clock ticks past 7 billion, alarm bells are ringing. The gathering force of public protests is the popular expression
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      Lock icon Why reject the tech that puts food on plates of the poorest?
      743 18  -  Now that we are 7 billion, let’s feed the world MICHAEL HANLON THE DAILY TELEGRAPH Happy birthday, baby 7 billion, Danica May Camacho, born on Sunday night in Manila. Since 1880, the world population has doubled and doubled
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      38 15 Experience perfect fluidity. Nokia introduces yet another first With an intuitive swipe interface, three home views and seamless multi-tasking, this is the smartphone, reengineered. This is the new Nokia N9. Visit nokia.com.sg/N9 or search N9 IMCDKIA Connecting People
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  • VOICES
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      Sustainability, the alternative to happiness
      360 20  -  Letter from Mona Chew Poh Gek THERE has been recent interest generated by the debate in Parliament on using a possible happiness index to gauge Singapore’s development and guide the formulation of public policies, with various letters to Today and online joustings, too. While the
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      WERE LOCAL GROUPS EVEN CONSULTED ABOUT BUKIT BROWN PLAN?
      169 22  -  LETTER FROM DANNY G TAN The report “Affected Bukit Brown graves to be documented” (Oct 25) said the Urban Redevelopment Authority and the Land Transport Authority will work with local groups to document the graves affected by the new road that
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      How traffic news can be improved
      204 22  -  Letter from Ong Hong Bee THE Land Transport Authority’s frequent Traffic News radio broadcasts, especially during peak hours, are very useful. But pro-active improvements can be made. Besides informing motorists of the lane(s) to avoid when there are accidents or obstructions, the announcement should
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      Do hawkers understand risk assessment?
      168 22  -  Gerald Chong Chin Hui I FULLY understand the need for workplace safety but I am concerned about how the Ministry of Manpower (MOM) is implementing the Workplace Safety and Health Act. MOM requires all workplace stakeholders, including individual hawkers, to perform a risk assessment of
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      Passenger was offered several options
      147 22  -  Letter from Sharon Cheong Senior Manager, Customer Communications, Tiger Airways WE REFER to Ms Elaine Keung’s online letter “Can Tiger Airways be trusted?” (Oct 25) and apologise to her for the inconvenience caused by the change in timing for Flight TR2964 on Oct 13. Passengers
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    The final face-off
    705 25 Tonight, Austin Ng and Fandy Razak will challenge each other in the last round. Here, we look back at the last Dreamscape challenge as well as some of the picks of the weeks. In search of the next Big Shot brought to you by NIKON [Part Eight
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  • SINGAPORE
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      SPED teachers win awards
      386 26  -  NG JING YNG jingyng@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE At Katong School, an institute for the mildly intellectually disabled, students learn mathematics outdoors and parents are roped in to enable learning to continue at home. For instance, there is the “Math Homekit”, where parents help their children to learn more
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      End of digital radio here
      286 28 SINGAPORE Digital radio services over MediaCorp’s airwaves are set to end. Come Dec 1, MediaCorp will discontinue its Digital Audio Broadcasting (DAB) service, which was widely seen as the “replacement technology” for FM radio more than a decade ago. MediaCorp was the first broadcaster in
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      Lock icon IKEA recalls faulty wardrobe
      149 31 CHANNEL NEWSASIA SINGAPORE IKEA Singapore has asked customers who bought a particular type of wardrobe with a large mirror door to return it for a replacement mirror door. This is because the wardrobe door is faulty and can detach and break into sharp shards, the company
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      S'pore rising as region's choice spot for arbitration
      427 31  -  TANYA FONG tanyafong@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE The Republic is fast becoming the venue of choice for arbitration in the region, going by the number of cases which are being heard here, as well as the claim amounts being filed at the Singapore International Arbitration
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon SOONG THROWS HAT INTO TAIWAN PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION RING
      105 32 AP A third candidate said yesterday he plans to run for President of Taiwan, a move that could undermine the reelection chances of Mr Ma Ying-jeou. The announcement by veteran politician James Soong raises the prospect that he could split the vote
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      Lock icon One tweet at a time
      527 32 Social media sites spur on independent candidates in China’s parliamentary polls THE NEW YORK TIMES BEIJING China’s parliamentary elections are ostensibly open to all but are, in reality, stacked in favour of the Communist Party’s handpicked candidates. Independents seeking to crack the system must either
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      Lock icon Cyber attacks traced to China
      194 32 THE GUARDIAN BEIJING Cyber attacks traced to China targeted at least 48 chemical and militaryrelated companies from late July to midSeptember in an effort to steal technical secrets, American computer security company Symantec said in a report. The targets included 29 chemical companies and 19
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      Lock icon Bangkok Governor warns against 'mob rule' in managing floods
      253 36 AGENCIES BANGKOK The Bangkok Governor has warned against succumbing to “mob rule” in managing floodwaters on the city’s outskirts, saying the entire country will suffer if waters inundate central business areas. “It’s no good if we decide to do something either
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      Lock icon China sends outspoken artist s$2.9 million tax bill
      167 36 AGENCIES BEIJING China has ordered dissident artist Ai Weiwei (picture) to pay 15 million yuan (S$2.9 million) in back taxes and fines, in a new show of government pressure. The Beijing Local Taxation Bureau gave him 15 days to make the payment,
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      Lock icon Qantas denies rumours of marketing blitz
      241 38 AGENCIES SYDNEY Qantas Airways yesterday denied that it is planning to launch a multi-million-dollar marketing blitz to win back customers as its operations returned to normal. Some media reports suggested that, apart from plans to cut fares, Qantas had already begun preparing advertising campaigns.
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      Lock icon UN council urges Libya to stem illicit arms flow
      305 38 AGENCIES TRIPOLI The United Nations Security Council has urged Libya’s government to do everything possible to track down missing shoulder-fired missiles to keep them out of the hands of Al Qaeda and other militant groups. The missiles can be used to
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      Lock icon US WITHDRAWS FUNDING TO UNESCO AFTER UN BODY ACCEPTS PALESTINIAN MEMBERSHIP
      153 38 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH The United States severed funding to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO), after it defied the White House by voting overwhelmingly to accept the Palestinian Authority as a full member. Despite the US
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      Lock icon FBI says Russians were a 'new breed' of spy
      367 40 AP WASHINGTON She was dubbed the Russian spy babe, or the undercover femme fatale. And FBI officials say Ms Anna Chapman was not just a member of one of the largest rings of Russian sleeper agents ever rolled up by the
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      Lock icon HARMFUL CHEMICALS IN BABY SHAMPOO
      149 40 AP Two chemicals considered harmful to babies remain in Johnson Johnson’s baby shampoo sold in the United States and some other countries, even though the company already makes versions without them, according to an international coalition of health and environmental groups. Johnson Johnson has said
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      Lock icon TUMMY TROUBLE? A FAECAL TRANSPLANT MAY HELP: US STUDY
      180 42 AGENCIES The term may sound unappealing, buta new study in the United States has shown that “faecal transplants” effectively help treat those with a recurring bowel complaint. The study looked at 77 patients who suffer from clostridium difficile infection, a side-effect
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      Lock icon Metal detectors 'probably safe for people with pacemakers'
      163 42 REUTERS NEW YORK Hand-held metal detectors used in airport security screenings are most likely safe for people with heart aids, such as pacemakers and implantable defibrillators, a European study has said. Travellers with such devices are currently advised to ask for a
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      129 42 REUTERS Babies conceived using fertility treatments may be somewhat smaller at birth than newborns conceived naturally, but whether that is due to the treatment orthe underlying infertility is not fully clear, a United States study said. Researchers from Washington University in St
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      421 44 Sector remains active with two-thirds of 2012 supply taken up, but is not immune to global slowdown SINGAPORE A glut of business and science park space will come onstream next year but nearly two-thirds of it has already been pre-committed. According to
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      302 44  -  VENUS HEW venushew@mediacorp.com.sg WITH AGENCIES SINGAPORE The chief executive of Brazilian oil giant Petrobras is urging Singapore companies to participate in its multi-billion-dollar investment plan on its upstream activities there. The state-run oil company said its US$127 billion (S$162 billion) plan, which represents
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      188 46 THE NEW YORK TIMES Credit Suisse, the second-largest Swiss bank after UBS, said yesterday that its third-quarter profit rose 12 per cent, to 683 million Swiss francs (S$989 million), but announced a further 1,500 job cuts as a result of the weak global
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      54 46 TUESDAY CLOSE 11,658.00 (-2.48%) Monday 11,955.00 q 2.26% Friday 12,231.10 p 0.18% Thursday 12,208.50 p 2.86% Wednesday 11,869.00 p 1.39% NYSETOP5BYVOLUME NAME VOL PRICE CHANGE Bank of America 365.8m $6.40 q 6.30% Ford 107.9m $11.08 q 5.14% Citigroup 89.1m $29.17 q 7.66% General Electric 88.6m $16.02 q 4.13% Pfizer
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        98 46 Slide on Greek hiccup Stocks tumbled after investors were blindsided by a surprise call for a Greek referendum on an EU bailout plan, casting doubt on the sustainability of the recent market rally. The S&P 500 has slid more than 5 per cent so far this week. “The
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      228 47 REUTERS BEIJING The average home price in China’s 100 key cities fell 0.23 per cent in October from a month earlier, following Beijing’s tightening measures to curb the exuberant housing market, a private survey showed on Tuesday. The China Real Estate Index System
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      163 47 SINGAPORE The tender for a 15-year leasehold office site at Mountbatten Road attracted 11 bids at the close yesterday, according to data from the Urban Redevelopment Authority. The highest bid of S$15.01 million, or about S$1,279 per square metre of gross floor area
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      84 47 DOW JONES SINGAPORE CapitaLand said yesterday that its unit CapitaValue Homes has acquired two residential sites in China for about S$108 million. The properties are in Guangzhou’s Panyu district and Shanghai’s Pudong district, CapitaLand said in a statement. The sites will be
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      Fortis Healthcare India to buy S'pore sister firm
      124 47 SINGAPORE Fortis Healthcare India said yesterday that it will acquire Singapore-based sister firm Fortis Healthcare International (FHI) for US$665 million (S$845 million), lower than the valuation of US$695.7 million. FHI’s valuation was done by Haribhakti Co, an affiliate of BDO International, Fortis
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      258 48 REUTERS HONG KONG Gambling revenue in Macau broke a new record last month, rising 42 per cent on-year to 26.9 billion patacas (S$4.2 billion), with demand from Chinese visitors continuing to defy concerns over the global economy and a domestic credit squeeze. Widely expected to
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      293 48 AGENCIES TOKYO A day after ordering what was likely the largest oneday yen-selling intervention ever, Japan’s Finance Minister promised further action yesterday, saying he will make “appropriate decisions” at the right time if speculators again push the yen sharply higher. “We
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      269 49 REUTERS SYDNEY Australia’s central bank yesterday cut its main cash rate for the first time since the global financial crisis more than two years ago, responding to benign inflation at home and threats to the world economy from Europe’s
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      547 49 REUTERS PARIS Efforts to coax China into throwing the euro zone a lifeline will dominate this week’s Group of 20 summit and leave Beijing holding the cards as world leaders try to restore market confidence with pledges to reduce economic imbalances. Heads
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      515 50 Students are ‘learning without realising they were learning’, teachers THE GUARDIAN LONDON Teachers at a south Wales school say investing in tablets, smartphones and MP3 players has helped pupils improve their literacy skills. Teachers at Ysgol Glannau Gwaun, a primary school in Fishguard, Wales, are
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      669 52 Print is the word THE NEW YORK TIMES NEW YORK Trying to sell a US$60 (S$75) print dictionary this year is like trying to sell a silent movie. Wait... What’s that? The Weinstein Company is releasing The Artist, a modern-day silent movie, in theatres on Nov 25? Okay, how is
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      547 54  -  Indonesia-bound athletes excited at prospect of Singapore hosting 2015 SEA LOW LIN FHOONG linfhoong@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Many of them were just toddlers when Singapore last hosted the SEA Games in 1993. Now, bowler New Hui Fen, footballer Safirul Sulaiman, sprinter Ng Chin
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      444 54  -  PHILIP GOH philipgoh@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE They will start their SEA Games medal quest before everyone else and local fans will hope Singapore’s under23 football team will be the athletes to take the final stage and win the Republic’s last medal on Nov 21.
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      2015 perfect time to host SEA Games
      670 55  -  So many in Singapore have not enjoyed the spectacle at home, they are due its special sports magic COMMENTARY LEONARD THOMAS leonard@mediacorp.com. si Leonard Thomas is sports editor at Today. Deputy Prime Minister Teo Chee Hean’s announcement yesterday that the Singapore National Olympic
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      587 56  -  Defending champions aim to pull out all the stops against Singapore in SEA Games opener SHAMIR OSMAN shamir@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE The 2011 SEA Games under23 football final is scheduled on Nov 21 in Jakarta. Both Singapore and defending champions Malaysia have their sights set on a
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      233 56 THE GUARDIAN AFTERNOON MANCHESTER Roberto Mancini will allow Carlos Tevez (picture) to return to the Manchester City team if he apologises for refusing to warm up. The striker is threatening to sue Mancini after he accused him of refusing to play
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      386 57  -  IAN DE COTTA ian@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE The dispute between Genova International School of Soccer (GISS) and Sembawang Soccer Academy (SSA) looks set to be taken to the High Court. GISS has been trying to recover €176,559 (S$307,381) which the Italian school claims is owed
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      Lock icon 200 goals and counting for hat-trick hero Messi
      533 58 Barcelona, AC Milan seal their place in the last 16, but English clubs struggle AGENCIES AFTERNOON LATEST LONDON Barcelona and AC Milan qualified for the last 16 of the Champions League as expected with room to spare yesterday (this morning, Singapore time).
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      1251 2  -  Ryan Gosling is pretty much in demand right now with two movies out tomorrow Drive and The Ides Of March Catherine Shoard features@mediacorp.com.sg THE GUARDIAN STICKING to the script is something of a new direction for Ryan Gosling. A few months ago, when the movie, Drive,
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      244 3 REUTERS ONE of the biggest movie stars in the world suffered one of the biggest boxoffice flops of his career this weekend. Even with Johnny Depp, the Hunter S Thompson-themed Rum Diary couldn’t scrape up more than US$5 million (S$6.3 million) at 2,272 North
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      102 3 LOCAL horror-thriller 23:59, about a mysterious murder that happened in 1983 on PulauTekong, raced to top the local box office charts among the movies that were on sneak previews last weekend. Co-produced for the first time by Gorylah Pictures and Clover Films, the movie
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      384 4  -  MOVIE REVIEW: DRIVE M18, 100 MIN GENEVIEVE LOH DON’T believe the movie poster or its tagline.As much as it seems to suggest otherwise, Danish director Nicolas Winding Refn’s Drive is not a cheesy heist movie promising some flashy getaway cardriving from leading man-of-the-moment Ryan Gosling. Nor
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      321 4  -  MOVIE REVIEW: THE IDES OF MARCH M-18, 98MIN GENEVIEVE LOH YOU might think that The Ides of March isn’t the sort of film you’d veer towards, what with it being one of those American allegories about chicanery of American politics, and being a talky piece about American
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      137 5  -  CHRISTOPHER TOH HAYWIRE: On paper, this looks like a great set up:An action-thriller directed by Steven Soderbergh boasting an ensemble cast that includes Ewan McGregor, Michael Fassbender, Antonio Banderas, Bill Paxton, Michael Douglas, Michael Angarano, ChanningTatum and MMA superstar Gina Carano. Carano, by the way, is Mallory Kane,
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