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  • 39 1 TODAY MICA (P) 031/10/2011 A PUBLICATION OF NEWS HOTLINE 6822 Wednesday November 30, 2011 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking Today MICA (P) 031/10/2011 A PUBLICATION OF NEWS HOTLINE 6822 2268 Wednesday November 30, 2011 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking
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  • 82 1 Korean pop group Super Junior showed that they were still the ones to beat when it came to popularity in Singapore, at least. The group took home the Singapore’s Choice award at the 2011 Mnet Asian Music Awards, which was held at the Singapore Indoor
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  • 526 1 AGENCIES BRUSSELS Euro zone finance ministers converged on the European Union headquarters yesterday in a desperate bid to save their common currency and protect the world economy from a debt-induced financial tsunami, but plans to boost the region’s bail-out fund are falling
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  • 607 1  -  MOE to equip 360 schools islandwide with faster broadband TAN WEIZHEN weizhen@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE About 360 schools across the country will have their current information technology backbone overhauled, as they look set to tap into the new super fast broadband network in five months’
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    • 26 1 @tdysports SPORTS FANS, STAY UPTO DATE ATTWITTER.COM/TDYSPORTS SCORES ANALYSIS NEWS >> KOREAN AWARDS SHOW, INTERNATIONAL CAST 10 >> BRINGING OUT THE ‘BAZOOKA’ WON’T END EURO WOES COMMENT 16
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  • HOT NEWS
    • 432 2 REUTERS HONG KONG The Hong Kong government has proposed a new law that will slap fines and jail terms on property developers who mislead buyers of new homes. The government yesterday kicked off a two-month consultation period on the new law,
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    • 283 2  -  AVELYN NG SINGAPORE The Government has put more land on the market, releasing three new sites for private housing that are expected to yield about 1,830 homes. The 99-year leasehold sites at Mount Vernon Road, Jalan Lempeng and Kovan Road/Simon Road are put up for
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    • 449 3  -  S RAMESH rameshs@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE The country needs to increase its national research and development (R&D) expenditure to 3.5 per cent of GDP by 2015, said Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong yesterday. The target is comparable to other re-search-intensive countries. Mr Lee spoke
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    • 484 4 Malaysia’s Lower House passes Bill, which critics say is repressive AGENCIES KUALA LUMPUR Lawmakers in Malaysia’s Lower House of Parliament approved legislation to ban street protests yesterday, after opposition politicians walked out before the vote and lawyers representing Malaysia’s Bar Council staged a
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    • 292 6 CHANNEL NEWSASIA SINGAPORE From tomorrow, children will receive both doses of the measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccination at a younger age, after the Ministry of Health (MOH) accepted a recommendation from the Expert Committee on Immunisation. The MOH said the earlier
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    • 423 6  -  Elderly sufferers, late detection linked to numbers NG JING YNG jingyng@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE The number of deaths among HIV patients is showing no signs of decline, and this could be linked to the increasing number of elderly patients with the virus and late
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    • 198 8 AGENCIES SYDNEY An airline passenger’s iPhone started glowing red and filling the cabin with smoke last week, prompting an investigation by aviation safety officials in Australia. The incident happened last Friday just after the Regional Express flight touched down in Sydney from Lismore.
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    • 387 8  -  CHEOW XINYI SINGAPORE Singapore Airlines (SIA) has suspended two passenger flights in and out of London today as the United Kingdom’s biggest city braces itself for a nationwide one-day public sector strike that is expected to cause massive delays at immigration. In
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    • 477 10  -  Black Eyed Peas’ Will.i.am and Apl de Ap perform at the 2011 Mnet Asian Music Awards CHRISTOPHER TOH christophert@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE The Indoor Stadium became a microcosm of Korean pop culture for six hours at least as fans thronged the arena to catch a glimpse of
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    • 276 12 REUTERS BANGKOK International drug gangs from Africa and Iran are muscling in on Southeast Asia’s booming methamphetamine business which has shown a staggering increase and is spreading through the region, the United Nations said in a report yesterday. Amphetamine-type stimulants (ATS),
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    • 141 12 AGENCIES Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) customs say they nabbed two drug smugglers who were able to dupe X-ray scanners, The Star reported. The two smugglers, both Cyprus nationals and wanted by the United States, arrived from Dubai on Nov 5. Plainclothes
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  • COMMENT&ANALYSIS
    • 966 14  -  STEPHAN S ROACH Stephen S Roach, non-executive chairman of Morgan Stanley Asia, is a member of the faculty of Yale University and the author of The Next Asia. PROJECT SYNDICATE For the second time in three years, global economic recovery is at risk. In 2008, it
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    • 1122 16  -  PETER BOONE, SIMON JOHNSON Peter Boone is a principal at Salute Capital Management, a non-resident senior fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics and a visiting senior fellow at the London School of Economics. Simon Johnson, a professor at the MIT
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    • 870 17  -  MALFRID BRAUT-HEGGHAMMER Malfrid Braut-Hegghammer is an assistant professor at the Norwegian Defence University College, Oslo. THE NEW YORK TIMES Parallels between Iraq’s former nuclear weapons programme and the Iranian nuclear programme have shaped policy debates for nearly a decade. We are still paying the costs
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    • 814 18  -  RICHARD HARTUNG Richard Hartung is a consultant who has lived in Singapore since 1992. While elderly parents have traditionally lived with their children in Singapore and elsewhere in Asia, the reality is that more seniors here are living on their own. State of the
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    • 856 20  - So you want to be an entrepreneur ALEXANDRA LEVIT Alexandra Levit is the author of Blind Spots: The 10 Business Myths You Can’t Afford to Believe on Your New Path to Some people who toil discontentedly in corporate cubicles regard entrepreneurship as the cure for all workplace ills. Only when
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    • 990 22  - Noda's doing it his way, quietly TOMASZ JANOWSKI Tomasz Janowski is a Reuters journalist. REUTERS When Mr Yoshihiko Noda (picture) took over as Japan’s latest prime minister nearly three months ago, many wondered how he could do any better than his shortlived predecessors, saddled with the same divided party and
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    • 153 17 trustworthy. Instead, we must rely on intelligence assessments whose sources cannot be verified. Second, the real Iranian threat is not their known enrichment capacity: Their apparent efforts to hide information and bury facilities underground constitute evidence of a growing threat. Such logic played a key role in bringing on the
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  • VOICES
    • 113 24  -  LETTER FROM CHANCHEESENG I am pleased thatthe National Environment Agency will be building more hawker centres, which could mean more cheap eating outlets for the public. Could the NEA also consider, for existing hawker centres, ensuring that stalls are open for a full work day?
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    • 334 24  -  Letter from Lawrence Ng IT WAS as tall as nine storeys, and it was swaying as I looked out my apartment window and the rain pelted down. Then, it uprooted and crashed on a car, blocking two lanes of Clementi Road. Thankfully, no one was
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    • 211 26  -  Letter from Low Tian Hin GIVEN the true value of landed property in a small country like Singapore, I doubt that we must expect “Landed home prices to fall in some areas after new rules, say analysts” (Nov 26). The
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    • 198 26  -  Letter from Shaun Tham THOSE who sold their first subsidised Housing and Development Board flat after March 3, 2006, are the lucky ones. If they apply for a new flat now, they will pay only a fixed amount of resale levy. So for
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    • 128 26  -  Letter from Lim Poh Seng I THANK SMRT Corporation and SBS Transit for coming forward to offer early transport, starting at 1am, for the Standard Chartered Marathon on Dec 4. I also thank the organiser for coordinating with the public transport operators to
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    • 43 26  -  LETTER FROM DANIEL LIM BOCK CHIN I would like to thank the publicspirited person and officers from Tampines Neighbourhood Police Centre and Bedok Police Division for their efforts in making sure that my elderly mother was brought home safely on Sunday.
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    • 35 26 VOICES ONLINE Just as community centres were renamed community clubs to keep up with the times, the format for an HDB flat’s address should be changed. From Sam Prasad ONLYAVAILABLEATTODAYONLINE.COM OR ON OUR MOBILE APPS
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  • SINGAPORE
    • 290 28 CHANNEL NEWSASIA SINGAPORE The Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) received a boost in its arms, as it signed an agreement with the Changi General Hospital (CGH) to collaborate in the field of military sports medicine yesterday. The Ministry of Defence said similarities between sports and military training
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    • 193 28 The only museum here dedicated to showcasing currency has a new home. The Singapore Coins and Notes Museum is now located at a shophouse at 40, Pagoda Street, in Chinatown. The museum, which opened in 2009, was formerly located at
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    • 313 30  -  SUMITA SREEDHARAN A chemical compound found in consumer products like paint, hair products and cosmetics could potentially lead to cancer, according to a study conducted by Nanyang Technological University (NTU) researchers. Despite the groundbreaking finding, they were quick to say more
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    • 504 30  -  ESTHER NG estherng@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Actress Janice Koh has put her name on the slate, after arts lecturer Audrey Wong declined to be nominated for a second term as a Nominated Member of Parliament (NMP). The arts community had hoped to
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    • 154 32 CHANNEL NEWSASIA SINGAPORE The Council for Private Education (CPE), the industry watchdog, has filed charges against the manager of the ALG Education Centre, Mr Ken Yong, for contravening the Private Education Act. The CPE said Mr Yong had failed to furnish it with
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    • 424 32  -  YU PEI FERN yupeifern@mediacorp,com.sg SINGAPORE Aside from roadshows, dance contests and school talks, an online element will be roped in to help youths learn the dangers of drug abuse. From Monday, the National Council against Drug Abuse (NCADA) and the Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB) will
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  • WORLD
    • 429 34 AGENCIES ISLAMABAD Pakistan’s Prime Minister has ruled out “business as usual” with the United States after a NATO attack on Saturday killed 24 Pakistani soldiers. Pakistani officials also decided during a Cabinet meeting yesterday that they will, in protest, boycott a coming
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    • 150 35 AP Dirty needles at a private clinic have been blamed for an outbreak of hepatitis C among children in central China, underscoring the challenges of policing healthcare as clinics mushroom to meet growing demand. State media reported yesterday that the
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    • 476 35 AP BEIJING The world should get ready for a new Made in China product vaccines. China’s vaccine-makers are gearing up over the next few years to push exports in a move that should lower costs of lifesaving immunisations for the world’s poor
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    • 158 36 AGENCIES The floods which killed seven people in northern Malaysia last week have eased, The Star reported yesterday. In Kelantan, the worst hit state where all seven fatalities occurred, only seven evacuation centres are still in operation, housing 1,300 residents. The east coast state’s evacuation
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    • 225 36 THE GUARDIAN BUSAN (South Korea) China has snubbed rich countries in their attempts to establish a worldwide partnership on aid effectiveness. The move put a dampener on an aid summit which started yesterday in South Korea and was attended by 2,500
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    • 124 36 BLOOMBERG Taiwan President Ma Ying-jeou has announced plans to reduce the work week and restrict unpaid leave as he battles slower economic growth, in a move the opposition said was a campaign ploy ahead of January elections. The government proposed cutting the work week
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    • 255 40 AP OSLO Confessed mass killer Anders Behring Breivik was insane when he killed 77 people in a bombing and shooting rampage in Norway earlier this year and should be sent to a psychiatric ward instead of prison, prosecutors said yesterday. A
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    • 355 40 AP TEHRAN Hard-line Iranian students stormed the British diplomatic compounds in Tehran yesterday, bringing down the Union Jack flag and throwing documents from windows in scenes reminiscent of the anger against Western powers after the 1979 Islamic Revolution. The mob surged past riot police
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    • 158 42 AP China’s first aircraft carrier headed back to sea yesterday for a second round of sea trials, the Defence Ministry said. The as-yet-unnamed carrier left the northern port of Dalian yesterday to conduct “technical research experiments”, the ministry said in a
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    • 345 42 AGENCIES WASHINGTON The Obama administration is taking a foreign policy gamble by sending Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on a historic trip to Myanmar this week. It is betting that the first visit to the country by a Secretary of State in more
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    • 559 44 BLOOMBERG NEW YORK In the 25 years Johns Hopkins University and Nanjing University have run a joint campus in China, it has never published an academic journal. When American student Brendon Stewart tried last year, he found out why. Intended to
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    • 233 44 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH LONDON Footballers who regularly head the ball could be putting themselves at risk of long-term brain damage, scientists believe. They say they have found “compelling evidence” of brain changes that lead to problems with memory, attention, planning ability
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    • 187 46 AGENCIES An obese eight-year-old boy has been taken into custody in Cleveland, Ohio, after social services said his mother was essentially neglecting him by allowing his weight to rise to more than 90kg. United States government growth charts say most boys his
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    • 288 46 AGENCIES WASHINGTON In an explosive allegation, a woman accused United States presidential hopeful Herman Cain on Monday of having a 13-year affair with her that ended just months ago, a new charge that could derail his campaign for the White House. The Republican
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    • 176 46 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH A Frenchman has been charged with murder after allegedly killing his three-year-old son by stuffing him into a washing machine and turning it on. A source connected with the case said the boy appeared to have died from “a
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    • 123 49 WOULD YOU LIKE TO TAKE A RIDE IN MY ‘SMARTPHONE’? THE DAILY TELEGRAPH Ahead of this week’s Tokyo Motor Show, Japanese car manufacturer Toyota unveiled the experimental “Fun-Vii” car, which stands for “Fun vehicle, interactive, Internet”. The whole body of the interactive concept car can be used as a touchscreen
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    • 339 49 AP BALI Chinese shadow puppetry, Mexican mariachi music and poetic duelling from Cyprus were among the cultural traditions identified by the United Nations yesterday as in need of protection. Also added to the Intangible Cultural Heritage list now in its second
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    • 174 49 AP Harvard scientists have built a new type of flexible robot that is limber enough to wiggle and worm through tight spaces. The Harvard team, led by chemist Dr George Whitesides, borrowed from squids, starfish and other animals without hard skeletons
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  • BUSINESS
    • 397 50  -  MILLET ENRIQUEZ emelita@mediacorp,com,sg WITH AGENCY REPORTS SINGAPORE A consortium led by property giant CapitaLand, CapitaMalls Asia and Temasek unit Singbridge will spend about 21 billion yuan (S$4.1 billion) on a mixed-use development in Chongqing, China, after it won the tender yesterday for the site
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    • 26 50 HANG SENG 18,256.20 (+1.21%) Ç Ç Ç NIKKEI 8,477.82 (+2.30%) Ç SHANGHAI È Ç 2,412.39 (+1.23%) AUSTRALIA 4,102.10 (+1.08%) MUMBAI 16,008.34 (-0.98%) MALAYSIA 1,444.72 (+0.92%)
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    • 54 50 STOCK CALL Outperform S$1.79 CIMB starts Global Logistic Properties with a S$2.24 price target. House notes the stock trades at a 20 per cent discount to its revalued net asset value “at more attractive multiples than its logistics peers, with catalysts to come from higher rents, accretive capital deployment
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    • 248 51 AGENCIES FORT WORTH (Texas) The parent company of American Airlines is seeking bankruptcy protection as it seeks to unload massive debt built up by years of accelerating jet fuel prices and labour struggles. The third-largest United States airline also said its CEO Gerard
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    • 222 51 REUTERS SINGAPORE Electronics and furniture retailer Courts Asia said yesterday it plans to nearly double the number of its stores in Singapore by 2015 as part of a S$70-million expansion plan. The retailer plans to expand its Singapore outlets to 18 from
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    • 102 51 DOW JONES The Singapore Exchange (SGX) said yesterday it has appointed former DBS executive Chng Lay Chew as chief financial officer, effective Dec 29. It said Mr Chng has a 32-year track record in accounting and financial management, both in Singapore and international markets.
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    • 136 51 REUTERS The shares of Singapore-listed engineering services firm PSL Holdings plunged as much as 33 per cent yesterday, triggering a regulatory query on the sharp decline. UOB Kay Hian has told its clients to put up cash upfront to buy the stock if
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    • 280 52 BLOOMBERG JAKARTA South-east Asia will experience “robust” growth over the next five years, led by Indonesia, as the region’s increasing reliance on domestic demand to drive expansion buffers it from global downturns, the Organisation of Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) said yesterday.
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    • 145 52 REUTERS The telecoms business spin-off of PCCW struggled in its trading debut in Hong Kong yesterday, capped by volatile global markets and a rich valuation following a US$1.2 billion (S$1.5 billion) initial public offering (IPO). PCCW, controlled by Hong Kong tycoon Richard
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    • 93 52 DOW JONES Ezra Holdings, an offshore oil and gas industry service provider, said yesterday it has won about US$231 million (S$300 million) worth of charter contracts for four offshore support vessels. The charters which include renewals and one new contract are for
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    • 251 53 AGENCIES CANBERRA Global uncertainty over the European debt crisis has forced Australia to cut its economic growth and revenue forecasts and to outline new spending cuts so the government can honour a promise to return the budget to surplus by mid-2013. Treasurer
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    • 282 53 AGENCIES NEW YORK The United States lost its last stable outlook from the three biggest credit-ranking companies after Fitch Ratings lowered the nation to negative following a congressional committee’s failure to agree on US$1.2 trillion (S$1.5 trillion) of deficit cuts. Fitch’s outlook
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    • 232 53 REUTERS PARIS Standard Poor’s could change its outlook on France’s triple-A credit rating to negative within the next 10 days, a French economic and financial newspaper cited sources as saying, the latest signal that France’s top-tier status is at risk. An S&P
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    • 293 54 AGENCIES TOKYO Japan’s jobless rate rose for the first time in three months last month while household spending and incomes fell, adding to evidence that the country’s postdisaster rebound is waning. The unemployment rate increased to 4.5 per cent last month from 4.1
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    • 209 54 REUTERS TOKYO Japan reminded markets that it remains on guard against any sharp rises in its currency, with the finance minister pledging yesterday to achieve “more appropriate” yen levels even as the currency moved away from its record highs hit last month. Bank of
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  • DIGITAL
    • 470 56 REUTERS SAN FRANCISCO Facebook, the world’s largest Internet social network, is preparing for an initial public stock offering next year, according to a source familiar with the matter. Facebook is exploring raising US$10 billion (S$13 billion), the Wall Street Journal said
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    • 585 57 THE NEW YORK TIMES NEW YORK The photographs of celebrities and models in fashion advertisements and magazines are routinely buffed with a helping of digital polish. The retouching can be slight colours brightened, a stray hair put in place, a pimple healed. Or it can be drastic
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    • 102 57 BRANDS BRAND’S* r\ MUSIC CHANGES" LIVES FEATURING WANG LEE HOM THE STAGE IS SET FOR THE NEW STARS OF MUSIC 7 The votes have been cast and the judges have decided It is now time for the top 4 musicians to shine! A musicians \oy A /i NAien Chong MW
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    • 427 58 THE NEW YORK TIMES NEW YORK Continuing its effort to make sure young media consumers do not miss the coming Olympics, the International Olympic Committee is focusing the latest iteration of its promotional campaign on the 12- to 19-year-old market. “Those of us of a
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    • 401 58 NEW YORK When reading books, some children like to turn the page, others like to swipe the screen. Seeking an opportunity to reach digitally curious children, the publishing arm of the Walt Disney Company will release this week its first app based on a Marvel Comics
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    • 652 60  -  After a year of struggles, FAS president Zainudin is banking on better year ahead TAN YO-HINN yohinn@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE It was a year where the S-League had failed to revive interest in Singapore’s professional competition and it ultimately showed in its inability to provide the national
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    • 467 60  -  TAN YO-HINN SINGAPORE It was a double celebration for SAFFC attacking midfielder Mislav Karoglan at the annual Great Eastern-Yeo’s S-League awards. Already assured of the top scorer award with 33 goals, the Croatian capped off his debut season by also scooping the Player of the
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    • 579 61  -  Multiple world record breaker Kipketer says National Service not obstacle to LOW LIN FHOONG linfhoong@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE He was born in a country that produced the largest number of worldclass distance runners, including Kipchoge Keino, the two-time Olympic gold medallist in the 3,000m steeple and 1,500m, former
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    • 261 61 AGENCIES Five professional footballers are reported to have contacted a clinic founded by the former Arsenal captain Tony Adams following the death of Gary Speed. The Wales manager apparently hanged himself and was found dead in his home in north-west England. Although
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    • 167 61 AGENCIES Hammersmith and Fulham police have interviewed Chelsea captain John Terry as part of their investigation into allegations that he racially abused Anton Ferdinand during the Blues’ defeat by Queens Park Rangers last month. A statement was taken from Terry in Surrey last
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    • 258 62 AGENCIES MILAN Manchester City have 10 days to agree a loan deal with AC Milan for AWOL striker Carlos Tevez. The Serie A giants are leading the race to sign Tevez after Juventus ruled out a move for the
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    • 430 62 City boss calls on League to intervene to rescue country’s international campaign THE DAILY TELEGRAPH LONDON Roberto Mancini (picture) has joined a long line of Premier League managers to cite burnout as the principal reason why England consistently disappoint during major tournaments. Manchester
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    • 429 63 After two years in World Rally, Finn signs with Lotus AGENCIES LONDON Former McLaren and Ferrari driver Kimi Raikkonen will make an eagerly-anticipated comeback to Formula 1 next season after signing a two-year contract with Lotus, the team currently known as Renault. The team said
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    • 574 64 Guardiola warns Barca they need to lift game to catch AGENCIES BARCELONA On Saturday, Barcelona were handed a 1-0 defeat by Getafe despite having well over 70 per cent of the possession and taking 21 shots to the hosts’ seven. It was the Catalan
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    • 84 1 ARTS MUSIC MOVIES TELEVISION WINE DINE STYLE DESIGN HEALTH TECH TRAVEL CARS EVER WONDER WHAT HAPPENS AT THE NORTH POLE DURING CHRISTMAS SEASON? PINT-SIZED GIFT-WRAPPER BRYNY TELLS ALL ELFIS ONLFISOISW THE WAYWATHAPPENSATTHENOR POLE DURING CHRISTMAS? PINT-SIZED GIFT-WRAPPER NOVEMBER 30, 2011 A PUBLICATION OF TAYLOR LAUTNER’S LAST SHIRTLESS DAYS T2 OUR
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    • 376 5 REUTERS MARTIN Scorsese’s first effort at a family film, big-budget 3D movie Hugo, now has a big hill to climb at the box office. Debuting at just 1,277 theatres in the United States and Canada last Wednesday, the PG film grossed only US$15.4 million (S$20
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    • 350 6  -  MOVIE REVIEW: ARTHUR CHRISTMAS PG, 100MIN ALVIN CHONG WITH 2 billion children across the world, the old wooden sleigh and reindeers just don’t cut it anymore. So how does Santa do it? As it turns out, with a well-oiled military operation. In Arthur Christmas, you’ll see Santa
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    • 332 6  -  MOVIE REVIEW: 50/50 M18, SERENE LIM IT SUCKS to have cancer at any age. Especially for hit radio producer Adam Lerner (Joseph Gordon-Levitt), when he discovers his backaches are actually caused by a rare spinal tumour. As if cancer’s not bad enough, his artist girlfriend Rachel (Bryce Dallas
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      194 7  -  GENEVIEVE LOH Ice Age 4:Continental Drift (3D): Can anyone believe that we’re already hurtling towards the fourth Ice Age? Yes, our favourite prehistoric creatures are back, voiced again by Ray Romano, John Leguizamo, Denis Leary, and Queen Latifah, and all set for yet another crazy adventure. Manny (Romano),
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    • 468 9  -  In the spirit of the season, HTC’s giving three of its iconic phones a makeover and unveiling a new model RYHAN YAZID WHILE it never snows in sunny Singapore, we have always been fixated with the romantic idea of a white Christmas. So too, it seems,
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