Today, 5 December 2011, Afternoon Edition

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    21 1 AFTERNOON EDITION MICA (P) 031/10/2011 A PUBLICATION OF NEWS HOTLINE 6822 2268 Monday December 5, 2011 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking
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    English entry test for maids to be scrapped
    899 1  -  Move could increase supply of foreign domestic workers TANYA FONG tanyafong@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE In a move that would not only alleviate the stress faced by foreign domestic workers (FDWs) seeking a living here but also ease the supply crunch hitting the industry the
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    Lock icon Iran says it shot down unmanned US drone
    382 1 AP TEHRAN Iran says it has shot down an unmanned United States spy plane that violated Iranian airspace along the country’s eastern border. An unidentified military official quoted by the official IRNA news agency warned of a strong and crushing response to
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      Lock icon China's S$4 trillion debt 'becoming major constraint to growth'
      371 2 BLOOMBERG BEIJING China’s government debt, which may have risen to 20 trillion yuan (S$4 trillion) by the end of last year, or about 50 per cent of its gross domestic product, is becoming a major constraint on its economic growth, research
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      Man collapses after finishing Standard Chartered run, dies in hospital
      341 3  -  TAN YO-HINN yohinn@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE The Standard Chartered Marathon Singapore 2011 yesterday was marred by the death of a participant possibly the race’s first fatality. The participant in the 21 km half-marathon race collapsed at the finish line in front of
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      Lock icon US solar panel probe highlights tendency for protectionism: Beijing
      343 3 AGENCIES SHANGHAI China criticised a preliminary decision by a trade body in the United States to investigate whether Chinese companies are harming the American solar panel industry, saying it was made without sufficient evidence and highlights a strong US tendency for
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      Respond in mature, calm way to offensive online postings: PM Lee
      288 4  -  SAIFULBAHRI ISMAIL SINGAPORE Singaporeans have to respond in “a mature and calm way” to religiously or racially offensive postings on the Internet, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong reiterated yesterday. Mr Lee was speaking to reporters on the sidelines of
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      Lock icon Singapore's casinos 'expected to make close to s$9b next year'
      461 4 SINGAPORE The Republic’s gaming sector is expected to rake in close to US$7 billion (S$9 billion) next year in revenue, as it cements its position as the world’s second most lucrative gaming market. According to a report by Citi Group,
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      Lock icon IS NEVADA RECOVERING? IT DEPENDS ON WHO YOU ASK ...
      283 4 IS NEVADA RECOVERING? IT DEPENDS ON WHO YOU ASK AP Across the state of Nevada where the famous Las Vegas Strip lies a battle of perceptions is being waged over whether it is on the edge of recovery, or still falling four years after the collapse of its mighty housing,
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      Lock icon Asian-Americans battle discrimination to enrol in US varsities
      545 6 AP NEW YORK Ms Lanya Olmstead was born in Florida to a mother who immigrated from Taiwan and an American father of Norwegian ancestry. Ethnically, she considers herself half Taiwanese and half Norwegian. But when applying to Harvard, she checked only one
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      Lock icon Apple's TV 'out by Christmas next year'
      521 6 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH NEW YORK Apple will launch a fully fledged television set in time for Christmas next year, says one of the most respected analysts in the know. Mr Gene Munster claimed a product called “iTV” around the world would launch in
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      Lock icon AGAINST SEXUAL VIOLENCE
      91 8 Despite the rain, Singaporeans gathered at the Speakers’ Corner yesterday to take a stand against sexual violence against women as part of the global ‘SlutWalk’ movement. Ms Vanessa Ho told the Associated Press that she and her six friends who organised the event sought to raise awareness
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      PAP MPs, activists eye online channels
      522 8  -  S RAMESH rameshs@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Following the May General Election (GE) which underlined the influence of social media People’s Action Party (PAP) Members of Parliament and activists are studying ways to tap the various online channels. Moulmein-Kallang GRC MP Edwin Tong said that since the
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      Lock icon How Al Qaeda wins over villagers in Mali
      521 10 AP SOKOLO (Mali) The first time the members of Al Qaeda emerged from the forest, they politely said hello. Then the men carrying automatic weapons asked the frightened villagers if they could please take water from the well. Before leaving, they called
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  • COMMENT&ANALYSIS
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      Lock icon Will China stumble? Don't bet on it
      918 12  -  STEVEN RATTNER Steven Rattner was a counsellor to the US Treasury Secretary and lead auto adviser. He is a long-time Wall Street executive. THE NEW YORK TIMES Hardly a day goes by without news of yet another economic problem facing China. A frothy
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      Lock icon India's economy at a turn ing point
      1712 14  -  The world’s largest democracy is in trouble, with an anarchic Parliament and absence of real leadership JAMES LAMONT James Lamont is the FT’s South Asia bureau chief. THE FINANCIAL TIMES Addressing 8,000 young party activists in a north Delhi park on a misty
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      Lock icon A democratic Myanmar?
      932 16  -  YURIKO KOIKE Yuriko Koike is Japan’s former Minister of Defence and National Security Adviser. PROJECT SYNDICATE Historic transformations often happen when least expected. Mr Mikhail Gorbachev’s liberalising policies of glasnost and perestroika in the Soviet Union emerged at one of the Cold War’s darkest hours, with United
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      Lock icon Keeping Obama in perspective, as US heads into election year
      850 18  -  NICHOLAS D KRISTOF Nicholas D Kristof is a two-time Pulitzer Prize winner. THE NEW YORK TIMES A year before United States President Barack Obama faces re-election, take a look at what has happened to other Western leaders confronting voters in
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  • VOICES
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      A new code for youth crime?
      443 20  -  Letter from Prem Singh VIOLENT crimes among youths seem on the increase, and many of those who go astray belong to youth gangs. These groups get the courage to commit crimes not only because they work as a team, but they may also believe
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      SINGAPORE NEEDS ANTI-SOCIAL BEHAVIOUR LAWS
      170 20  -  LETTER FROM JOHN CHAN CHI YUNG While I feel that values are eroding fast among the young, I must say that many adults’ values and behaviour are often none the better. We see this daily in every public space in Singapore and in complaints made
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      Caregiving leave, and not just parent-care leave
      338 21  -  Letter from Manmohan Singh Director, AWWA Centre for Caregivers I REFER to the report “Taking the lead in parent-care” (Dec 2). The Asian Women’s Welfare Association Centre for Caregivers (AWWA CFC) applauds the Public Service Division’s lead in announcing two days of parent-care
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      The issue of dirty toilets merits serious discussion
      306 21  -  Letter from Tan Kee Lin THE authorities are recognising the importance of public toilet cleanliness and have adopted educational measures. Whether this will achieve results remains to be seen. Past anti-littering campaigns achieved results not through cultivation of anti-lit-tering consciousness but mainly
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      Shouldn't floor area be bigger factor in property tax?
      217 22  -  Letter from Chin Kee Thou I AM perplexed to read the report “HDB property tax to rise, rebate to ease impact” (Dec 3) and the table of the range of property tax payable this year for various types of flats. It
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      Do away with unsightly void decks
      176 22  -  Letter from Ang Swee Chay IT IS common to see teenagers and children playing ball games in the void decks of Housing and Development Board blocks. All too often, the walls and beams of the void decks are used for target practice. This would
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      UNPROFESSIONAL NOT TO SHOW INFORMATION FOR ALL BUSES
      103 22  -  LETTER FROM PETER HARTMANN For reasons unknown to me, the new Clementi bus terminal does not display the departure times for all bus services. A friendly and helpful bus driver was kind enough to instruct me that the screen at the terminal
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      Women are no babes in the woods
      179 22  -  Letter from Felicia Ng I REFER to the I Say piece “In need of a new standard of beauty” (Dec 2). The worth of a woman needs no reiteration. Most notably, the roles of women have evolved rapidly over the years. Women are
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  • SINGAPORE
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      More ideas on ministerial pay
      465 24  -  CAROLYN QUEK carolynquek@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Ministerial salaries should not be pegged to the profit-seeking private sector, former presidential hopeful Tan Jee Say said yesterday. Speaking at a National Solidarity Party (NSP) conference on remuneration for political leaders, Mr Tan said: “A minister looks at broader welfare
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      Bt Batok renewal work completed
      178 24 SINGAPORE The Jurong Town Council has completed the Housing and Development Board’s first Neighbourhood Renewal Programme (NRP) project, located near Blocks 111 to 118 and 120 to 126, Bukit Batok West Ave 6/Central. A joint statement by the town council and the HDB said the
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      Another 2 women caught trying to bring in drugs between sanitary pads
      294 25 SINGAPORE The authorities have foiled another two attempts by women to smuggle drugs hidden in sanitary pads. The Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB) and the Immigration Checkpoints and Authority (ICA) arrested the women and seized the drugs at the
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      Singapore launches its programme for UN year of co-operatives
      218 25 SINGAPORE Minister for Education Heng Swee Keat officially launched Singapore’s programme for the United Nations International Year of Co-operatives (IYC) at the 30th anniversary dinner yesterday of the Singapore National Cooperative Federation (SNCF). The IYC 2012 will bring together more than
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      MAN ARRESTED OVER THEFT OF MOBILE PHONES WORTH MORE THAN S$100,000
      127 25 The police have arrested a 39-year-old suspect linked to at least four cases of theft of mobile phones worth more than S$100,000. Police said they received several reports of mobile phones being stolen between Nov 16 and Dec 2.
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      134 24 Connect with us at Career Outlook 2012 seminar and find out from experienced industry practitioners who will share their insights on the hiring trends and career opportunities within South Asia and Singapore. The seminar also offers an inside look at some of the hiring methodologies adopted by companies and how
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon China wants 'to invest in US roads, subways'
      272 26 AP BEIJING China wants to convert some of its mountain of US government debt into investment in renovating American roads and subways, the Commerce Minister has said. Speaking to a business group, Mr Chen Deming said China wants closer cooperation with the
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      Lock icon 45,000 GERMANS EVACUATE SO THAT WWII BOMB CAN BE DEFUSED
      140 26 AP Officials in the western German city of Koblenz said tens of thousands of residents have left their homes as experts prepare to defuse a massive World War II-era bomb discovered in the Rhine river. City officials said yesterday that
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      Lock icon CHINA’S PANDAS HEADED TO SCOTLAND
      104 26 Giant panda Yang Guang being fed apples before being loaded into the plane at Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport, Sichuan province, yesterday. Two giant pandas, Tian Tian and Yang Guang whose names in English are Sweetie and Sunshine took off from China for Scotland yesterday, with
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      Lock icon Fishermen held for catching rare turtles
      210 26 AP MANILA Six Chinese fishermen have been arrested in western Philippine waters for catching endangered sea turtles, officials said yesterday. The fishermen, from China’s southern island province of Hainan, were arrested on Friday in waters off western Palawan province’s Balabac township, said Major Niel
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      Lock icon Australia to export uranium to India
      407 27 AP SYDNEY —Australia’s ruling party voted yesterday to overturn a long-standing ban on exporting uranium to India, despite fierce opposition from critics who argued such sales are unsafe because India has not signed the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty. Prime Minister Julia Gillard urged members of
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      Lock icon AUSSIE TEEN FREED AFTER 2 MONTHS IN BALI CENTRE
      127 27 AP A 14-year-old Australian boy has been released after serving two months in an Indonesian detention centre for buying drugs while vacationing with his family on the resort island of Bali. The teenager wore a mask to hide his face from
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      Lock icon New Delhi's landmark retail reform placed on hold
      166 27 REUTERS MUMBAI India has put a plan to open up its retail industry to foreign supermarkets on hold, a senior government source said yesterday, an embarrassing turnaround for a government that has failed to pass any big-ticket economic reforms. The move to
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      Lock icon Najib tells UMNO to gear up for polls
      362 28 AGENCIES KUALA LUMPUR Preparations have begun for Malaysia’s next general election, which will be the “most critical and challenging” in the nation’s history, Prime Minister Najib Razak said. He indicated that many new faces will be fielded in the election, which is
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      Lock icon No pardon for Thaksin on Thai King’s birthday
      218 28 AGENCIES BANGKOK An annual pardon granted to thousands of prisoners to mark the revered Thai King’s birthday today will not include former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, AFP reported. About 22,000 prisoners will receive the pardon which came into effect yesterday, a day
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      Lock icon Penang Chief Minister under fire over car park
      216 28 New Straits Times GEORGE TOWN Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng is under fire over a failed car park project at the foot of Penang Hill. The RM4.3 million (S$1.76 million) multi-storey car park completed in March failed to obtain a Certificate
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      Lock icon Drought threatens 2.6m Afghans
      277 30 AP MAZAR-E-SHARIF (Afghanistan) Zara, an Afghan mother of seven, does not know what to tell her children when they ask about dinner. “I simply tell them that we must wait until their father gets home to see if he’s going to bring anything,’’ she said, speaking
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      Lock icon Clinton reaches out to Pakistani PM after NATO bombing
      138 30 AP WASHINGTON United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is reaching out to Pakistan’s Prime Minister after the NATO bombing on Nov 26, which killed 24 Pakistani soldiers along the Afghanistan border. Mrs Clinton spoke on Saturday with Prime Minister Yousaf
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      Lock icon Pakistani Taliban weakening, splintering into factions
      581 30 AP ISLAMABAD Battered by Pakistani military operations and United States drone strikes, the once-formidable Pakistani Taliban has splintered into more than 100 smaller factions, weakened and running short of cash, according to security officials, analysts and tribesmen from the insurgent heartland. The group, allied
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      Lock icon Russian polls seen as test of Putin's popularity
      279 31 AGENCIES MOSCOW Russians from the Pacific coast to the Baltic passed their verdict on Mr Vladimir Putin’s ruling party yesterday in parliamentary polls seen as a test of his personal popularity ahead of a planned return to the presidency early next year.
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      156 31 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH Consumers complained after Coca-Cola launched 1.4 billion special-edition white cans (picture) onto the market as part of its Arctic Home campaign to raise funds for, and awareness of, attempts to protect endangered polar bears. Coca-Cola purists claimed that
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      360 32 AP MANCHESTER (New Hampshire) With the implosion of Mr Herman Cain’s campaign amid accusations of adultery and sexual harassment, the once-crowded 2012 Republican presidential field appears to be narrowing to a two-man race between Mr Mitt Romney and Mr Newt
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      257 32 AP MANAMA (Bahrain) A canister containing powerful explosive material blew apart the front of a minibus near the British Embassy in Bahrain’s capital on yesterday, the Interior Ministry said. There were no injuries or other serious damage. Interior Ministry spokesman Salah Salem
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      183 32 AP An 85-year-old woman said on Saturday that she was humiliated when she was stripsearched at the Kennedy Airport in NewYork after she asked to be patted down instead of going through a body scanner, allegations that transportation security officials denied.
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      427 34 SINGAPORE Some clarity on the euro zone debt crisis could be possible by the end of the week, prompting a rebound in the stock market regardless how short lived. With a rebound in mind, analysts at DBS Vickers Securities have highlighted three investment themes
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      266 35 HONG KONG The Chow Tai Fook Jewellery Group, controlled by real-estate billionaire Cheng Yu Tung, aims to raise as much as HK$22 billion (S$3.64 billion) in what may be Hong Kong’s biggest initial public offering this year as luxury goods companies tap
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      140 35 REUTERS Germany’s SAP has said it will pay US$40 (S$51.40) per share for SuccessFactors, a human resources software maker. The offer represents a premium of 52 per cent overthe last closing price and the one-month volume-weighted average price of SuccessFactors. The deal is said
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      786 36  -  Retail businesses need to go back to basics this year to ensure happy holidays COMMENTARY PHILIP CHUA Philip Chua is the country manager for Singapore, Malaysia, Akamai Technologies. Most retailers who suffered through the holiday season last year with inconsistent availability and poor site
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      298 37 REUTERS SAN JOSE Apple failed to convince a United States judge to block Samsung Electronics from selling Galaxy smartphones and tablets in America, depriving the iPhone and iPad maker of crucial leverage in a global patent battle between the two companies. In
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      229 37 BLOOMBERG NEW YORK Facebook is planning to add an engineering office in New York to lure technical talent early next year. The news comes after sources said last week that Facebook is considering raising about US$10 billion (S$12.8 billion)
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      397 38  -  TAN YO-HINN Scheduling will be a key determinant if the annual Standard Chartered Marathon Singapore will stage the race for the 2015 SEA Games here, according to Acting Minister for Community Development, Youth and Sports (MCYS)
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      604 38  -  Kenya dominate men’s and women’s open races as Kosgei defends her crown STANDARD CHARTERED MARATHON SINGAPORE 2011 TAN YO-HINN yohinn@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE They have known each other for four years and are close friends. The two Kenyan natives train together back home. Their friendship was put
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      538 39  -  After a couple of credible performances, Yin’s Olympic mission in Perth could pay off TAN YO-HINN yohinn@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Four years ago, national sailor Elizabeth Yin (picture) secured a spot for Singapore in the women’s Laser Radial class at the Beijing Olympics. Following internal selection trials
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      287 40 AP SEVILLE Six months after winning his last tournament, Rafael Nadal overcame a dwindling motivation caused by injuries and fatigue to lead Spain to its fifth Davis Cup title and third in four years. The second-ranked Nadal recovered from a terrible start before
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      180 40 REUTERS AS Roma, without top scorer Pablo Osvaldo after he was banned for punching a team mate in a dressing-room row, had three players sent off in a 3-0 defeat at Fiorentina in Serie A yesterday. Serie A’s two crisis teams clashed in Florence
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      669 42 Captain of Brazil in 1982, he led one of football’s greatest teams and was also a force off the pitch 1954-2011 AGENCIES SAO PAULO Former Brazil great Socrates, the wonderfully gifted play-maker who captained the country at the 1982 World Cup, died yesterday. He was 57. He
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      279 42 REUTERS MADRID Angel Di Maria inspired Real Madrid to a 3-0 win at Sporting Gijon and Cesc Fabregas scored twice in Barcelona’s 5-0 drubbing of Levante on Saturday (yesterday morning, Singapore time) as the two great rivals warmed up in style for next
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      380 43 City manager concerned third-round tie will lead to a fixture pile-up in January THE GUARDIAN AFTERNOON LATEST LONDON Manchester City have been drawn at home against Manchester United in an FA Cup third-round tie between the Premier League’s leading two clubs which will increase
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      243 43 REUTERS LONDON Steven Fletcher scored twice as Wolverhampton Wanderers staged a remarkable comeback to beat Sunderland 2-1 at Molineux yesterday. Sunderland had taken a 52nd-minute lead with a delightful counter-attack neatly finished by Kieran Richardson’s strike into the top corner before Wolves
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      239 43 THE GUARDIAN LONDON Didier Drogba has conceded that Chelsea are suffering from a degree of internal disharmony but has backed Andre Villas-Boas to unify his team before tomorrow’s crucial match against Valencia. To guarantee progression to the knockout stages of the Champions League, Vil-las-Boas needs his
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      59 1 ARTS MUSIC MOVIES TELEVISION WINE DINE STYLE DESIGN HEALTH TECH TRAVEL CARS DECEMBER 5, 2011 A PUBLICATION OF FINAL FRONTIER A LOOK AT NEW YORK CITY’S PUBLIC SPACES >>T8 LADY GAGA’S NEXT SHOCK PERFORMANCE? A 14-MINUTE MUSIC VIDEO >>T6 HEMAN CHONG TRAVELS 77 YEARS INTO THE FUTURE OF SINGAPORE >>T2
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      250 5 THEATRE Old Maid What does it exactly mean when you call someone an “old maid”? New playwright Holly Ho looks into the various permutations of the term in today’s society. Dec 8 to 11,8pm (3pm matinee on weekends), LASALLE Creative Cube C101, 1 McNally Street. Tickets at S$28 from
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      112 5 AP AMY Winehouse’s father says meeting the first children to be helped by the foundation set up in his late daughter’s name has been both heartbreaking and heartwarming. The Amy Winehouse Foundation was officially launched 10 weeks ago to support vulnerable youth, and has
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      48 3 MEET GREET THE STORM TROOPERS FROM THE 501st LEGION Fort Canning Lodge 6 Fort Canning Road, Singapore *****4 Saturday 10th December 2011 10am to 6pm For more details contact: YWCA Head Office Tel: 6223 1227 members@ywca.org.sg This advertisement is supported by as part of its community outreach programme
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      254 5 ini---I/. o 'Resiawrav'-t IN DECEMBER IV. I KOREAN STRAWBERRY Taste the sweetest strawberry from Korea Snowy Christmas atTODAI Special Christmas Performance; Closed-up Magic and Santa visiting TODAI TODAI reveals new theme with Christmas under the sea Variety of Christmas dishes includesTurkey, Suckling pig and Lobster* (Lobster is only available on
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      446 6 Lady Gaga’s first directorial effort receives cheers, exasperates some, but mostly confounds audiences REUTERS LADY Gaga made her music video directorial debut with a 14-minute production which was met on Friday with a mix of weariness and adulation by fans and pop culture watchers. Marry
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      195 6 REUTERS HOW I MetYour Mother actor Neil Patrick Harris delivered an apology on Friday, after catching flak for using the phrase “tranny” on Thursday’s Live! With Kelly. “Truly sorry for saying the word ‘tranny’ on Live this week.Twice!” Harris tweeted.“Should have been more thoughtful. Didn’t
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      298 7 AP POSITIVE vibrations? Not quite. A feud has erupted within the first family of reggae, with the widow and nine children of Bob Marley suing his halfbrother to stop use of the Marley name to promote an annual Miami music festival and profit from other businesses
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      177 10 For Singles Only CONNECT PARTY Come join us this December to widen your social circle! Seize this opportunity to know more friends through this interactive party. HIGHLIGHTS Catch Good Fellas live at the party! Stand a chance to win iPad 2, Canon Digital Camera and more! Participants are given individual
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      266 11 ON MEDIACORP NEXT (PG) Channel 5, 7.30pm Las Vegas showroom magician Cris Johnson has a secret which torments him: He can see a few minutes into the future. Sick of the examinations he underwent as a child and the interest of the government and medical establishment in his power, he
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