Today, 28 February 2012, Afternoon Edition

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  • 42 1 Today MICA (P) 031/10/2011 A PUBLICATION OF NEWS HOTLINE 6822 2268 Tuesday February 28, 2012 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking AFTERNOON EDITION TODAY MICA (P) 031/10/2011 A PUBLICATION OF NEWS HOTLINE 6822 2268 Tuesday February 28, 2012 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking
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  • 529 1 AP CHARDON (Ohio) A teenager opened fire in the cafeteria at his suburban Cleveland high school yesterday, killing at least one student and wounding four others before he was chased from the building by a teacher and captured a short distance away, the local authorities
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  • 760 1 Independent investigation offers vivid account of Japan govt’s failures during Fukushima nuclear meltdown THE NEW YORK TIMES TOKYO In the darkest moments of last year’s nuclear accident, Japanese leaders did not know the actual extent of damage at the plant and secretly considered the
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  • HOT NEWS
    • 158 2 AGENCIES JAKARTA An appeal by extremist Islamic spiritual leader Abu Bakar Bashir against his nine-year jail sentence has backfired, with a judge yesterday increasing it to 15 years. Bashir was convicted last year of funding a training camp for militants in Aceh province
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    • 509 2 AGENCIES CANBERRA Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard may have survived a challenge from within her own party, but the dissent that forced yesterday’s vote is not going away as she continues to lag behind rival Kevin Rudd in popularity. Ms Gillard
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    • 511 3 REUTERS AFTERNOON LATEST VIENNA Iran is still relying on decades-old technology to expand its nuclear programme, a fact that suggests it might be having difficulties developing more modern machines that could speed up production of potential bomb material, experts say. A report by
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    • 565 4  -  NG JING YNG jingyng@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE For about 64 years, Boys’ Town has been helping youths from disadvantaged backgrounds stay on the straight and narrow. All these years, the charity institution has been doing so in a building hand-built
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    • 359 4  -  JOANNE CHAN SINGAPORE About three years after the Lease Buyback Scheme was introduced in March 2009, the take-up rate has been low: Less than 2 per cent of total eligible households or 446 households have joined it according to the Housing and Development
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    • 397 6  -  AMANDA LEE leeguiping@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Motorists can look forward to better connectivity and faster travelling time by 2015, once two new road projects by the Land Transport Authority (LTA) are completed. To improve the connectivity between Yishun Town, the new Seletar Aerospace Park
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    • 247 6 THE GUARDIAN LONDON HSBC paid 170 of its employees more than US$1 million (S$1.25 million) last year when the London-based bank made profits of US$21.9 billion, an increase of 15 per cent. But if US$3.9 billion of gains on the value of the
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    • 162 4 I received 4 University offers to read for a law degree based on my provisional results at Stansfield College!” i Michael James Anstey was accepted by University of Manchester, York University, Exeter University and Brown University (US), based on Stansfield’s provisional results and recommendation by our faculty. Michael is currently
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  • COMMENT&ANALYSIS
    • 1198 8  -  And the rise is not just due to latest tensions with Iran over its nuclear ambitions LIAM HALLIGAN Liam Halligan is chief economist at Prosperity Capital Management. THE DAILY TELEGRAPH SINCE last week’s euro zone “grand summit”, the headlines have been positive and
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    • 1073 10  -  PANKAJ MISHRA Pankaj Mishra is a Bloomberg View columnist, based in London and Mashobra, India. The opinions expressed are his own. BLOOMBERG India, The Wall Street Journal claimed recently, is the Iranian mullahs’ “last best friend” for continuing to buy
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    • 1067 12 In the past, the US has declared its support for confidence-building measures between the militaries of Taiwan and China. Why stop there? It could suggest a framework for the militaries to pursue things like operational military hotlines and maritime safety protocols, perhaps
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  • VOICES
    • 540 14  -  Covering MPs do not have a mandate from Hougang voters Let them decide how they would hold the WP accountable. Letter from Eugene Tan Kheng Boon Assistant Professor of Law, Singapore Management University School of Law, Nominated Member of Parliament IN
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    • 354 16  -  I SAY Paul Dunn The writer is chairman of a not-for-profit enterprise. There has been talk recently about the shortage of bus drivers, and lit­tle wonder. Each weekday, I take Ser­vice 179 and it is always packed. The first time I
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    • 281 16  -  It would slow down the planning process as well as increase workloads and inefficiencies. As the saying goes, too many cooks spoil the broth. Letter from William Tan Wei Liang I REFER to the letter “Residents not told of
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    • 385 17  -  Letter from Andrew Seow THE Government’s S$1.1-billion plan to help bus operators has sparked public debate. Whether one is for or against the move, though, what matters is service quality, and commuters would not mind fare increases if there is service improvement. With
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    • 147 17  -  Letter from Tan Kok Tim AS AN alternative approach to the Government’s S$1.1-billion funding of 550 new buses, I suggest that a trust fund should be set up, using Central Provident Fund money, to provide loans to buy the buses.
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    • 133 17  -  Letter from Raymund Koh I AM puzzled why the Land Transport Authority is not harnessing radio-frequency identification (RFID) technology for enforcement against motorcycle riding on pavements and bus lane violations. For example, every evening, many motorcyclists use the bus lane along the slip road
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    • 44 16 BUS DRIVING THAT IS UNACCEPTABLE Get a QR code reader app from your smartphone's app store (simply search for "QR reader") and scan the code using the app, or you can visit http://tdy.sg/ busdriving on your browser for the letter from Loh Chin Hui.
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    • 56 17 How does LTA ensure bus stops are useful? Get a QR code reader app from your smartphone’s app store (simply search for “QR reader”) and scan the code using the app, or visit http://tdy.sg/busshelters on your browser for the letter from Saul Sio. Almost 50% of Singaporeans suffer from tooth
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  • SINGAPORE
    • 110 18 Republic of Singapore Navy (RSN) fleet commander Rear-Admiral Lai Chung Han (right) and Royal Malaysian Navy (RMN) fleet operations commander Vice-Admiral Wira Jamil bin Hj Osman at the opening ceremony of Exercise Malapura. The two navies are conducting the bilateral maritime exercise till March 7. Singapore is
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    • 369 18 SINGAPORE More needy residents sought help from Community Development Councils (CDCs) last year, with at least two districts experiencing a spike in applications for assistance in the fourth quarter. In all, the five CDCs received 69,600 applications for assistance under national schemes last
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    • 71 18 CHANNEL NEWSASIA The results of the 2011 Singapore-Cambridge GCE Advanced Level Examination will be released on Friday. School candidates can collect their result slips from their respective schools from 2.30pm. Private candidates will be able to obtain their results through the Singapore Examinations
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    • 317 18  -  SARA GROSSE SINGAPORE Each year for the past seven years, Mr Ronald Lee diligently screened himself using a home test kit for colorectal cancer. The results were always negative, until last year, when traces of blood were found in his stool. A
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    • 252 19  -  AMIR HUSSAIN SINGAPORE Researchers at the Nanyang Technological University (NTU) will soon have opportunities to undertake complexity science research, which may, for instance, help alleviate traffic congestion or create genetically “tailored” medicine. The NTU yesterday officially launched a complexity science programme that was
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    • 262 19  -  S RAMESH SINGAPORE Instead of judges, the audience will decide the winner of Channel NewsAsia’s (CNA) latest debate programme, Bridging Asia The Singapore Debates. And they will do it all online, a first for the programme’s producers. The audience will come armed with
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    • 196 19 CHANNEL NEWSASIA A registered acupuncturist has been suspended for three years by the Traditional Chinese Medicine Practitioners Board, which has also censured him and fined him S$10,000. Tan Kang Hok, of Poh Kong Medical Hall on Depot Road, also has to pay for all
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  • WORLD
    • 405 20 AGENCIES BANGKOK Thai investigators said yesterday they had questioned three more Iranian citizens for possible links to an alleged bomb plot that was discovered in Bangkok on Valentine’s Day. The police spokesman, Major-General Piya Uthayo, said that two men and a woman were found on
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    • 89 20 A passenger plane landing on Sunday at Lampang airport despite poor visibility caused by thick haze. Eight northern provinces including Lampang, Mae Hong Son, Chiang Rai, Chiang Mai, Lamphun, Nan, Phrae and Phayao have been hit by the country’s worst haze in five years, which
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    • 208 20 AGENCIES LONDON The anti-secrecy group WikiLeaks began publishing yesterday more than five million emails from a United Statesbased global security analysis company that has been likened to a shadow CIA. The emails, snatched by hackers, could unmask sensitive sources and throw light on the murky
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    • 201 21 AGENCIES European foreign ministers increased pressure yesterday on Syria’s regime to stop its crackdown on opponents, freezing the assets of several Syrian government officials and imposing sanctions on the country’s central bank. They also banned the purchase of gold, precious metals
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    • 323 21 AGENCIES KABUL The Taliban yesterday claimed responsibility for an attack on the Jalalabad airport in eastern Afghanistan, saying it was “revenge” for the burnings of the Quran at a NATO air base. The Afghan police said at least nine people were killed by
      AGENCIES; AP  -  323 words
    • 106 22 AP The Pakistani authorities have reduced the house where Osama bin Laden lived to rubble, destroying a concrete symbol of the country’s association with one of the world’s most reviled men. Workers completed the demolition job in the garrison town of Abbottabad in northwest
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    • 224 22 AGENCIES MOSCOW Russian and Ukrainian security services have arrested a group of suspects over an alleged plot to assassinate Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, Russia’s state television reported yesterday. Channel One said the suspects, linked to a Chechen rebel leader, were preparing to
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    • 163 22 AP Oil giant BP is getting another week to attempt to hash out a settlement with a committee overseeing numerous lawsuits arising from the April 2010 explosion on the Deepwater Horizon rig in the Gulf of Mexico. The blast killed 11 workers
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    • 227 24 AP WASHINGTON For 60 years, doctors have believed women were born with all the eggs they will ever have. Now Harvard scientists are challenging that dogma, saying they have discovered that the ovaries of young women harbour very rare stem cells
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    • 99 24 An aerial view of a Via passenger train that derailed in Burlington, Ontario, on Sunday, killing three railroad employees and injuring at least 45 passengers. A Via Rail spokesman said the deceased were engineers riding at the front of the train, which was travelling
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    • 211 24 THE GUARDIAN The compound responsible for bad breath may help speed the development of stem cells from dental pulp into valuable treatments for patients, according to Japanese researchers. Hydrogen sulphide (H2S), the noxious mix that smells of rotten eggs and is
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    • 304 24 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH LONDON Parents in Britain are paying between £5,000 (S$9,990) and £15,000 a year in nursery fees as the cost of childcare soars dramatically above the rise in earnings, according to a survey of nurseries and child-minders across the country. Figures
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    • 37 25 *4 Growth and Environment yl Obama’s Re-election yl Religious Fundamentalism yl Social Media Ageism and Progress Choose si aide Make your opinion count BRIDGING 1 I SINGAPORE DEBATES f I r rihr /A-oiaCor CHANNEL NEWS AS) A
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  • BUSINESS ~
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      42 26 MONDAY~ CLOSE 12,981.50 (-0.01%) NYSE~TOP~5~BY~VOLUME NAME~ VOL~ PRICE~ CHANGE Bank~of~America~ 291.2m~ $8.04~ p~2.03% Sprint~Nextel~ 63.3m~ $2.55~ p~3.24% Ford~ 38.6m~ $12.30~ p~0.57% General~Electric~ 36.5m~ $19.07~q ~0.88% Wells~Fargo~ 35.8m~ $13.03~ p~2.82% Friday~ 12,983.00~q 0.01%~ Thursday~ 12,984.70~p 0.36%~ Wednesday~ 12,938.70~q 0.21%~ Tuesday~ 12,965.70~p 0.12%
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    • OVERNIGHT
      • 70 26 Ç US NASDAQ 2,966.16 (+0.08%) S&P500 1,367.59 (+0.14%) Ç Dow~misses~13,000~again The benchmark S&P 500 closed at its highest level since mid-2008, extending gains for a third session as oil prices retreated after a recent rally and data showed further improvement in the US housing market. The S&P and
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      • 49 26 Sliding~off~9-month~highs Oil prices pulled back after a string of higher settlements as concerns that high oil prices might curb economic growth countered supportive fears about Iran and potential supply disruptions. Brent April crude fell US$1.30 to settle at US$124.17 a barrel, while US crude fell US$1.21 to US$108.56.
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    • 14 26 È FTSE100 5,915.55 H DAX È È DAX 6,849.60 (-0.74%) CAC40 3,441.45 (-0.74%)
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    • 11 26 US$1~ s$1.255 US$1~ £0.632 US$1~ €0.746 US$1~ ¥80.488 US$1~ A$0.929
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    • 395 26 BLOOMBERG ~AFTERNOON~LATEST NEW YORK Greece’s credit ratings were cut to “Selective Default” by Standard Poor’s after the European nation negotiated the biggest sovereign debt restructuring in history. S&P dropped Greece’s rating from CC, two levels above default, after the government added clauses to its
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    • 343 26 AGENCIES OMAHA Billionaire Warren Buffett said yesterday that stocks remain relatively cheap compared to other investments as the economy continues to improve. The chairman and chief executive of Berkshire Hathaway addressed a variety of topics during an interview on CNBC, two days after
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    • 409 27 AGENCIES BEIJING China is likely to see little slow­down in growth this year even as its go­vernment needs to overhaul its economy to manage expansion over the next two decades, World Bank President Robert Zoellick said. The economy will probably have a “soft landing”
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    • 130 27 BLOOMBERG Thailand’s industrial output fell the least in four months last month as companies resumed operations and supply-chain disruptions eased after the nation’s worst floods in almost 70 years. The industrial production index dropped for a fifth straight month, slipping 15.15 per
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    • 125 27  -  VENUS HEW Business receipts for the services sector rose 2 per cent in the fourth quarter of last year from the previous three months on a nonseasonally adjusted basis, according to the statistics department. The highest business receipts came
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    • 112 27 REUTERS Malaysia’s Berjaya Group founder Vincent Tan plans to list 7-Eleven Malaysia and its Money Online (MOL) Internet business next year in a move that will raise more than RM600 million (S$250 million) combined. MrTan was quoted as saying in The Star
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  • DIGITAL
    • 476 28  -  Finnish firm, in introducing its latest devices, is doing what it feels is necessary to improve its fortunes HEDIRMAN SUPIAN IN BARCELONA hedirman@mediacorp.com.sg BARCELONA Nokia has announced a phone with a 41-megapixel image sensor and new smartphones to expand its Lumia range of Windows Phone-based devices.
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    • 177 28 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH LONDON Companies including Facebook and Apple are gaining access to swathes of private data from individuals who agree to the terms and conditions when they download an app. But, according to a poll, up to 70 per cent of smartphone users
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    • 189 28 AGENCIES Samsung has announced its Galaxy Beam at the Mobile World Congress. The device is the first mainstream phone to directly incorporate projector technology, which has become increasingly common on top-of-the-range compact digital cameras, said the Daily Telegraph. Sony unveiled its newAndroid-powered smartphones, the Xperia P and Xperia
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  • SPORTS
    • 611 29 REUTERS AFTERNOON LATEST LONDON Andre Villas-Boas does not know for sure if he has the backing of Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich and wonders if he will be sacked in the same way as predecessor Carlo Ancelotti was last May, the Portuguese coach said yesterday.
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    • 469 29 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH MIAMI For a young man whose default mode is modesty, Rory McIlroy proved disarmingly candid on his chances of deposing Luke Donald as the world No 1. “Getting to the top of the rankings is hopefully inevitable, if I
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    • 202 29 THE GUARDIAN MANCHESTER Paul Scholes believes Manchester United need to win all 12 of their remaining games if they are to secure the Premier League title ahead of Manchester City. Scholes opened the scoring at Norwich on Sunday, the second goal of
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    • 88 29 AP Manchester United striker Federico Macheda is among three players who have been charged by England’s Football Association with making alleged homophobic comments on Twitter. Macheda, currently on loan at Queens Park Rangers, was charged yesterday with acting in a way “which was improper and/or brought
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    • 293 30 AGENCIES LONDON Arsene Wenger believes Arsenal can still overtake Tottenham Hotspur and secure automatic qualification for the Champions League after describing his side’s comeback to thrash their north London rivals as “perfect”. Arsenal trailed by two goals as half-time approached
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    • 772 30  -  Only 201 on average pay to watch S-League, but hope lies within the stats SHAMIR OSMAN shamir@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE There is little doubt that the LionsXII Malaysian football adventure has ignited a little spark in the hearts of football fans here. Thousands packed the Jalan
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    • 283 31 BLOOMBERG ORLANDO Jeremy Lin (picture) has led the New York Knicks to a 9-3 record since taking over at point guard this month and said his team has the talent to win the National Basketball Association championship. “Everyone’s goal is to win a
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    • 662 31 But Durant, with 85 points in just three All-Star appearances, is next in line for the crown AGENCIES ORLANDO Kobe Bryant is still soaring, perhaps not as high as he once did or with the same ease and flair, but rising nonetheless. On a court
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    • 269 32  -  LOW LIN FHOONG Buoyed by the women’s team silver medal win at the 20th Asian Table Tennis Championships here last Saturday, the Republic’s mixed doubles pair of Gao Ning and Li Jiawei advanced to the semi-final yesterday with
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    • 365 32 REUTERS MARANA (Arizona) For Rory McIlroy, his much anticipated duel with Lee Westwood in the last four of the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship on Sunday ultimately cost him the chance of making a fast start to the final. Soon after beating world No
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    • 131 32 SPORTS FIXTURES Home Team I Away Team International Football World Cup Brazil Iraq Bosnia Singapore Match KickOff (Singapore date/time) Wed, 29/02/12 3.00am Wed, 29/02/12 9.45pm This match is played on neutral ground. For fixtures of all other World Cup and International Football, please visit Singapore Pools website. LIVE TELECAST AT
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    • 36 1 ARTS MUSIC MOVIES TELEVISION WINE DINE STYLE DESIGN HEALTH TECH TRAVEL CARS FEBRUARY 28, 2012 A PUBLICATION OF MERRY MERYL THE ICONIC LADY, THE ARTIST AND HUGO MAKE A SPLASH AT THE OSCARS T2 Photo: Reuters
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      • 1445 2 No alarms and no surprises as the awards ceremony takes the safe route THE NEW YORK TIMES FLATTERY will get you everywhere. The Artist, a love letter to Hollywood, got hugs, kisses and the Best Picture Oscar on Sunday (Monday morning, Singapore time) at the 84th
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      • 361 4  -  Serene Lim serenelim@mediacorp.com.sg CONSIDERING that this, the 84th Academy Awards, was supposed to be a sprightly affair, the reality was that the awards show was dreary. Host Billy Crystal was just slightly less dull than a rag cloth.The winners were more or less expected.
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      • CD REVIEWS
        • 135 6  -  KEVIN MATHEWS RHETT FRAZIER INC RHETT Frazier Inc taps into the rich history of American rhythm blues music and together with drummer-producer-synth wizard Donny Gruendler, make some of the sweetest “old school” soul music, where funk, blues,gospel, jazz and even psychedelia are brewed into a heady
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        • 226 6  -  KEVIN MATHEWS VAN HALEN A DIFFERENT Kind of Truth is the first Van Halen album since 1998’s Van Halen III and the first one with vocalist David Lee Roth in almost 30 years. In fact, apart from original bassist Michael Anthony’s absence, this is the
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          215 6  -  Relooking a classic record CHANGES John Williams CHRISTOPHER TOH UP UNTIL this album, guitarist John Williams not the composer of movie themes like Star Wars was renowned for his work in the classical arena. But as the album title intimates, this recording marked a departure forWilliams, who
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        • 119 7  -  KEVIN MATHEWS A1 HERE’S the deal: This comeback album for the BritishNorwegian group was actually released in 2010. So why is Waiting For Daylight being re-released in 2012? Well, it’s really simple. A1 is coming to tour South-east Asia and to coincide with this happy event, the
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        434 7 Piano Recital By Josephine Koh and no, she’s not going to stand there and recite every brand of piano available. Instead she’ll be performing works from Lizst, Chopin and many others. Feb 28, 7.30pm, Esplanade Recital Studio. Tickets at S$25 from Sistic. The Greatest Hits Tour Featuring Blue,
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      • 636 8  -  Allergen immunotherapy may be what you’re looking for Eveline Gan eveline@mediacorp.com.sg IN THE early 1900s, an English scientist, Dr Leonard Noon, discovered that injecting patients allergic to grass pollen with the very same allergen seemed to improve their symptoms. The theory is that when
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      • 471 10  -  Eveline Gan eveline@mediacorp.com.sg JANSEN (not his real name) had an inkling that something was amiss when he noticed “a couple of spots” on his genitals. He eventually saw a doctor when they did not heal on their own. The diagnosis? Genital warts. “I
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    • THINGS TO DO
      • 87 12 Bosendorfer artist Josephine Koh returns to the stage with a solo recital that features two significant works of Romantic piano literature Schubert’s Wanderer Fantasy and Liszt’s Sonata in B Minor. Presented on a Bosendorfer piano courtesy of Yamaha Music (Asia), the programme showcases the imaginary
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      • 101 12 Lyngo Theatre serves up a musical theatre treat with their interpretation of the fairy-tale Hansel and Gretel. When the two children are abandoned in the woods by their poor parents, they follow their noses to a house made of sweets, belonging to someone who loves children on
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      • 83 12 Relive the days of the boy band at this triple-bill concert featuring Blue, A1 and Jeff Timmons, the founding member of 98 Degrees, who will be coming togetherto perform some of their greatest hits. Sing along as they
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      • 85 12 On one of their annual summer trips to their vacation home in Drome, Frederic and his wife Frederique invite Hugo, their new neighbour, to tag along. It soon becomes obvious that Hugo is a free spirit and everything that Frederic is
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      • 82 12 Have all your questions about aesthetic eyelid surgery answered in this seminar organised by the Singapore National Eye Centre. The programme includes a discussion about double-eyelid surgery, as well as solutions and treatments for eyebags and droopy eyelids. Today, 7pm to 8.30pm (registration
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      • UPCOMING
        • 130 12 Held in conjunction with International Women’s Day, get ready for a weekend of aerobics and fitness workout sessions organised by U Sports and conducted by instructors from Amore Fitness. There are different workouts for everyone, including a two-hour Endurance Challenge —two high-intensity and consecutive segments of CardioBlitz and kickboxing
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        • 65 12 A four-time Grammy award winner with 100 million albums sold and 10 No 1 hits, NewtonJohn is a master in the game of musical entertainment. Let this iconic songstress serenade you with her greatest hits such as I Honestly Love You, Hopelessly Devoted to You
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    • 215 9 HEALTH LISTINGS Trigger Finger discussion on tennis elbow. Date: March 9 Time: 1pm to 2pm Venue: National University Hospital, Health Education Hub, 5 Lower Kent Ridge Road, Main Building 1, Level 1, Lobby B (next to Reception beside Dental Centre 1) Fee/ Registration: Free Registration required. Call 6772 2184. TRIGGER
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    • 33 12 SUDOKUplus DIFFICULTY RATING: HOWTO PLAY The rules are easy. Fill in the grid so that every row, every column, and every 3x3 box contains the digits 1 through 9. COPYRIGHT UCLICK YESTERDAY’S SOLUTION
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    • 58 13 ON MEDIACORP IN COLD BLOOD (FINALE) (PG13-MATURE THEMES) Channel~5, ~10pm~ She~was~a~depressed~wife~who~wanted~out~of~her~ unhappy~marriage~while~he~was~a~naïve~teenager~madly~ in~love~with~her. ~And~so~she~plotted~murder. ~Using~lies, threats~and~manipulation, ~she~used~the~16-year-old~boy~ to~murder~her~husband~in~cold~blood. DESTINATION TRUTH okto, ~9pm Josh~and~his~team~head~to~Antarctica~to~investigate~ reports~of~paranormal~activities~at~an~abandoned~ whaling~station. ON~SINGTEL~MIO~TV PARADOX British~Entertainment~On~Demand~~ (mio~TV~Ch~318), Anytime~On~Demand Detective~Inspector~Rebecca~Flint~(Tamzin~ Outhwaite), ~Detective~Sergeant~Ben~Holt~(Mark~ Bonnar)~and~Detective~Constable~Callum~Gada~ (Chike~Okonkwo)~investigate~images~being~ broadcast~to~an~eminent~astrophysicist~Dr~ Christian~King’s~(Emun~Elliott)~laboratory, ~which~ appear~to~show~catastrophic~events~in~the~future. A TIME TO EMBRACE Jia~Le~Channel~(mio~TV~Ch~88), Every~Monday~to~Friday, ~7pm During~the~glitzy~1950s, ~two~young~aspiring~filmmakers, ~artistic~Qi~Zong~and~business-minded~Ji~ Cheng,
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    • 383 13 ~6.00AM~~ Ninja~Warrior ~~6.30~~ AM~Live! ~9.00~~ The~Ellen~DeGeneres~~ Show~IX ~10.00~~ The~Dr~Oz~Show ~11.00~~ Mind~Your~Money ~11.30~~ Great~Ideas~From~JML ~12.30PM~~ Light~Years ~1.00~~ The~Pupil~II ~2.00~~ Knight~Rider ~3.00~~ The~Dr~Oz~Show ~6.00AM~~ Lodge~With~Me ~6.30~~ The~Mission ~7.00~~ Good~Morning~Singapore ~10.00~~ The~Unforgettable~Memory ~Noon~~ Behind~Every~Job~II ~1.00PM~~ News~8~At~One~ ~1.30~~ Frontline~ ~2.00~~ Think~BIG CHANNEL ~4.00~~ The~Ellen~DeGeneres~~ Show~IX ~5.00~~ Unbeatable~Banzuke ~5.30~~ Ultimate~Parkour~Challenge ~6.00~~ Million~Dollar~Money~Drop~ (Episode~1) ~7.00~~ Minute~To~Win~It~II
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    • 58 13 ON MEDIACORP FOREVER FENG FEI FEI (DEBUT) Channel~8, ~8pm Catch~the~one-hour~special~in~memory~of~Feng~Fei~Fei~ and~her~contributions~to~the~music~industry. The~show~ will~feature~a~recollection~of~her~music~career~as~well~as~ the~songs~that~brought~her~to~fame. SAJ KUMAR Vasantham, ~9pm In~the~last~episode~of~Saj Kumar, ~the~duo~joins~the~ birthday~celebration~of~Mr~Samuel~who~had~just~turned~ 100~this~year. ~After~which, ~they~check~out~Wonder~Full~ Musical~Fountain~at~the~Singapore~River, ~an~event~that~ showcases~the~history~of~Singapore. To~end~the~season, Saj~and~Kumar~chat~over~dinner~and~reminisce~about~ their~journey~on~the~show. ON~STARHUB~CABLE~TV TOP SHOT (NEW SEASON) History~Channel~(StarHub~TV~Ch~401), ~9pm Contestants~battle~it~out~in~legendary~tales~of~ marksmanship, ~from~mediaeval~crossbow~contests~ to~Wild~West~gun-slinging~fights, ~and~the~tales~of~ Annie~Oakley~and~William~Tell, ~in~this~new~reality~ competition~to~become~top~shot. FAIR GAME FOX~Movies~Premium~~ (StarHub~TV~Ch~622),
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