The Straits Times, 22 August 2005

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    22 1 THE STRAITS TIMES 68 PA^ESitfTOUR PARTS MICA (P) 093/03/2005 MONDAY, AUGUST 22 2005 JTh SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION ESTABUSHED 1845 80 6ENTS
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    Lock icon PM Lee: Your vibrant global city, your home
    724 1  -  Lydia Lim PM maps out vision to remake Singapore and calls on everyone to play a part By Senior Political Correspondent MAKE Singapore a vibrant, global city that can be proudly called home that was the call to one and all by
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    Lock icon CHANGES IN SIX AREAS TO TRANSFORM SINGAPORE
    210 1 CITY OF THE FUTURE? A new Downtown at Marina Bay with three gardens, a lake, one Integrated Resort and a first-class Business and Financial Centre. Plus a vibrant Orchard Road and bustling Bras Basah and Bugis area. R A D DRIVER FOR ECONOMY
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    Lock icon Men turn to nursing for job satisfaction
    240 1  - Men turn to nursing for job satisfaction Lee Hui Chieh fgfg By MAURICE Wone gave up a $6,000-a-month job as an FT consultant m a multinational company to become a nurse. When air force senior specialist Steven Yip Kwai Leong's eightyear contract drew to an end, he chose to be
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  • UPFRONT
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      Lock icon Men find job satisfaction in nursing
      900 2 CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE recognise his family or remember being m hospital. Mr Yip looked after him, updated the family regularly and comforted the patient's anxious wife. The man recovered and went home after three weeks. The patient's wife wrote Mr Yip a card,
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  • PRIME
    • NATIONAL DAY RALLY
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        Lock icon Two new growth engines to power the economy
        567 3  -  Leslie Koh Innovation and enterprise, and R&D will help Sp ore stay ahead m global race By TWO new growth engines have been identified to power the Singapore economy ahead and lift it to a new level. They are: innovation and enterprise,
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        Lock icon Scissors cutting in on Singapore? Don't worry
        379 3  -  Lynn Lee By LIKE the blades of a pair of scissors, global competition is closing m on Singapore's economy, threatening to squeeze it. Should Singaporeans fear the scissors? No, because the country is not going to just stay put and do nothing, said
        EDWIN KOO; LIM SENG TIONG  -  379 words
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        Lock icon Tony Tan to help R&D drive
        315 3 HE'S served Singapore at the highest level for many years and although he steps down as Deputy Prime Minister at the end of this month, Dr Tony Tan will still keep on lending a helping hand. Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong took time out
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      Lock icon AVA orders recall of China eels
      552 4  -  Arthur Poon Food officials find traces of a banned chemical, which may cause cancer, m tests By UNAGI, the popular dish of roasted eel, has been pulled off the menus of some Japanese restaurants and supermarket shelves here over concerns that fish bred m
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      Lock icon A Changi welcome home for Channel swimmer
      416 4  -  Arthur Poon By PROOF OF SUCCESS "When you set your goals, you can achieve big things. I'm living proof that other Singaporeans can achieve through sheer stubborn determination." MR THUM PING TJIN THE first Singaporean to swim the English Channel returned home yesterday
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  • ASIA
    • Article
      Lock icon Japan 'to shelf bid due to lack of support'
      311 5 FIGHT FOR PERMANENT COUNCIL SEATS Tokyo JAPAN will give up its bid for a permanent seat on the Unite Nations Security Council for the time being because it failed to win enough support from the international community, a Japanese newspaper reported
      ASSOCIATED PRESS; AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE  -  311 words
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      Lock icon Not a cakewalk to get a seat, says India
      177 5 Not a cakewalk to get a seat, says India New Delhi THE Indian government has said it would not be a "cakewalk" for India to get a permanent seat m an expanded United Nations Security Council. "We have succeeded to a certain extent," Indian Foreign Minister Natwar Singh told Parliament
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      Lock icon Thaksin to build his way out of Thai economic slump
      662 5  -  Nirmal Ghosh Mega project plans still on despite record trade deficit and warnings from senior economists By Thailand Correspondent In Bangkok BANKER'S ADVICE "This is an issue to be monitored closely to ensure that the current account does not face
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      28 5 Safe from haze Almost all the fires in Riau that caused the choking haze have been put out, but underground peat fires are still a threat. PAGE 9
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  • CHINA
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      Lock icon Fuel shortage eased by fresh supplies
      480 6  -  Vince Chong Officials now under growing pressure to review China's fuel-price system By Hong Kong Correspondent In Shenzhen MASSIVE queues at petrol stations resulting from a fuel shortage disappeared overnight m Shenzhen yesterday after China's key petroleum companies reportedly delivered new shipments to ease
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      Lock icon Braced for crisis
      222 6 ASIA'S oil-guzzling economies are bracing themselves for the worst as the price of crude oil threatens to hit US$7O (Ssll7) a barrel. The prospect is stoking fears of slower growth, soaring inflation and rising interest rates. Analysts say stronger economies Japan, South Korea and Singapore, for example
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      Lock icon Sino-Russian war games move onto Chinese soil
      142 6 Beijing THE first-ever large-scale Sino-Russian war games moved onto Chinese soil at the weekend with elite troops from the two former adversaries taking part, state media reported. With military precision, Chinese and Russian units began the second phase of the week-long Peace Mission
      AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE; REUTERS  -  142 words
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      Lock icon Villagers protesting against pollution beaten by police
      231 6 Beijing VILLAGERS staging a protest over pollution at a factory m eastern China clashed with police and were later beaten by officers for participating. Dozens were injured m the incident, witnesses and medical officials said yesterday. A large group of people gathered on
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  • EAST ASIA
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      Lock icon North Korea 'restarted N-reactor before talks'
      356 7 Steam was detected coming from boiler connected to plant, Japanese report says TOKYO NORTH Korea restarted a nuclear reactor before it returned to last month's six-nation talks on its nuclear programmes, a Japanese newspaper reported yesterday. A US reconnaissance satellite detected steam coming from
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      Lock icon Second party of LDP rebels formed
      181 7 Tokyo FOUR more lawmakers m Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) who rejected Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's postal privatisation plan have broken ranks and formed a splinter party ahead of next month's general elections, officials said yesterday. The lawmakers will join Mr Yasuo Tanaka,
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      Lock icon EMERGENCY STOP
      92 7 A Qantas jet carrying 1 91 passengers and crew made an emergency landing m Osaka, Japan, yesterday morning after smoke was reported m the cargo hold, the Australian airline said. The plane was flying to Perth from Tokyo. No one was hurt m the landing, but nine passengers
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      Lock icon KMT's new leader starts party on road to reform
      313 7 Taipei TAIWAN'S new opposition leader has taken a crucial step m reforming the Kuomintang (KMT) by going public with the election of the party's Central Standing Committee. Mr Ma Ying-jeou also pledged to lead the KMT back into power at the
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      Lock icon Former party chief's son wins seat
      152 7 THE eldest son of former Kuomintang chairman Lien Chan has been elected a member of the party's powerful Central Standing Committee with the second-highest number of votes. Mr Lien Sheng-wen, 35, said his election proved the party was willing to give young people a
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  • INDIA/SOUTH ASIA
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      Lock icon 'Unfair' to ban foreigners in Pakistan's madrasahs
      733 8 OVER-REACTION "Of course I do not think it is fair. It is ridiculous. Although a minute number of people may be involved m illegal acts or terrorism or fundamentalism/ to say all foreigners get out of the country is silly and ridiculous." MR
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      Lock icon India Post, 150, looks to revitalise itself
      225 8 Bangalore THE world's biggest postal network, India Post, has sought the help of global consultants to spruce up the old-fashioned image of the 150-year-old organisation and become more competitive. Mr R. Ganesan, secretary of the department of posts, said United States-based firm KPMG
      AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE  -  225 words
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      Lock icon Women kick against male election decree
      454 8  -  P. Jayaram Uttar Pradesh clerics under fire for saying women cannot run for government office By India Correspondent In Nfw Delhi A FATWA, or decree, issued by the clerics of an influential Muslim seminary m northern India against women contesting elections has come under
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      Lock icon Women plan to build own mosque
      225 8 MUSLIM women m the small southern Indian town of Pudukottai have come together to form a community of elders, or jamaat traditionally dominated by men. A jamaat usually meets n a mosque to adjudicate on family matters, but women are excluded. Those who have
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  • SOUTH-EAST ASIA
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      Lock icon Brunei Sultan takes former Malaysian journalist as second wife
      288 9 Kuala Lumpur BRUNEI'S Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah has taken a second wife. The 58-year-old head of the oil-rich state married Ms Azrinaz Mazhar Hakim, a 26-year-old former Malaysian television journalist, reports said yesterday. The private ceremony was held m the Malaysian capital
      AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE; ASSOCIATED PRESS; REUTERS  -  288 words
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      Lock icon Firefighters and rain help douse most Riau fires
      520 9  -  Salim Osman But cloud-seeding will continue as underground peat fires may burn for weeks By Indonesia Correspondent In Jakarta INDONESIA said yesterday that almost all the fires m Riau that smothered the region with choking haze have been put out by firefighters
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    • ASIA QUICKLY
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        Lock icon PIG-BORNE DISEASE UNDER CONTROL, SAYS CHINA
        84 9 BEIJING: China yesterday declared that its outbreak of pig-borne disease m the south-west was under control. According to a report released by the health and agriculture ministries, there have been no new cases of infection m Sichuan province since Aug 4, the Xinhua news
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        Lock icon TAIWAN DETAINS 20 CHINESE FOR ILLEGAL FISHING
        77 9 TAIWAN DETAINS 20 CHINESE FOR ILLEGAL FISHING TAIPEI: Taiwan detained 20 Chinese fishermen aboard six boats for illegal fishing during the first day of a weeklong crackdown, an official said yesterday. The men were held on Saturday off Kinmen and Matsu, two fortified island groups near the Chinese mainland. Thirty-two
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        Lock icon BEUING SHUTS 70 COAL MINES FOR INSPECTIONS
        106 9 BEIJING: More than 70 coal mines m I north-eastern Jinlin province have 1 been ordered closed for inspections after a flood trapped 16 miners, the government said yesterday. The mandate affects all mines with the potential for flooding after Friday's incident at Fengguang
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        Lock icon N. KOREAN BOAT ENTERS S. KOREAN WATERS
        126 9 SEOUL: A North Korean patrol boat crossed briefly into South Korean waters yesterday to seize a Chinese fishing boat that had been operating illegally m the North. The North's patrol boat sped about 1.85 km into the southern section of the Yellow Sea,
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      Lock icon Smuggling capital of the Philippines
      733 10  -  Luz Baguioro Subic Bay's fate underlines how nation misses the investment boat By Philippines Correspondent In Manila THOUSANDS of second-hand sports-utility vehicles, vans and tractors sit m what seem like giant parking lots m Subic Bay Freeport. They are blatant evidence that what was once
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      Lock icon 8 killed as fresh violence flares in Thai south
      409 10 Bangkok VIOLENCE continued m southern Thailand with two gunmen killing a former politician yesterday. The incident brings the weekend death toll to eight with 15 wounded m attacks by suspected Islamic separatists. The cases took place within days of Prime Minister
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      Lock icon Myanmar 'to resume talks on charter'
      137 10 Yangon CONSTITUTIONAL talks suspended by Myanmar's military rulers and designed as the first step on the junta's "road map" to democracy are due to resume by December, a visiting UN envoy said on Saturday. Former Indonesian foreign minister Ali Alatas on Friday held a
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  • MALAYSIA
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      Lock icon Chinese also need help, MCA tells Umno
      488 11  -  Leslie Lau Group unhappy with demands for return to pro-Malay policy By Malaysia Correspondent In Kuala Lumpur AT THE end of its annual general assembly yesterday, the message from the Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA) to its coalition partners was clear. The Chinese community
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      Lock icon Shipyard 'wants another $800 in for naval vessels'
      286 11 Kuala Lumpur A MALAYSIAN shipbuilder is seeking another RMI.B billion (SsBoo million) from the government to go ahead with a controversial deal to build high-tech naval vessels, a report said yesterday. PSC Naval Dockyard signed a RM24-billion contract m 1998 to build
      AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE  -  286 words
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      Lock icon Speculation rife of Cabinet reshuffle by Abdullah next month
      685 11  - Speculation rife of Cabinet reshuffle by Abdullah next month Joceline Tan By In Kuala Lumpur DATUK Mustapa Mohamad's press aide has received more telephone 1 calls and SMS messages than usual m past weeks. No prizes for guessing, but the Minister m the Prime Minister's Department is a "hot name"
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      Lock icon TURTLE TRACKING
      91 11 Two green turtles have been released from a Malaysian turtle sanctuary after having transmitters fixed to their shells. The high-tech devices will track the migration of the endangered animals, which were set free at the Ma'daerah Turtle Sanctuary m Terengganu on Saturday. A satellite of the American National
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon US gives in to Islamists over Iraqi Charter
      502 12 US Ambassador Zalmay Khal ilzad's deal Islam to be named a primary source of legislation. No legislation be permitted that conflicts with the "universal principles" of Islam. Tliis phrase raises concerns that Iraqi judges will have wide latitude to strike down laws
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      Lock icon Iran's new leader vows regime will fight off liberalism
      463 12 Teheran IRAN'S new hardline President Mahmood Ahmadinejad presented his proposed Cabinet to parliament yesterday, lashing out at the West and liberalism and vowing to nurture a culture that "promotes virtue and prohibits vice". Signalling his election would bring a clear break
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    • SPOTLIGHT PEOPLE
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        Lock icon Has anyone seen Tony Blair lately?
        179 13 THERE is nothing like a good thriller for summer reading, and this year's pageturner might be titled The Mystery Of The Disappearing Prime Minister. About three weeks ago before British Prime Minister Tony Blair left for his vacation his director of communications wrote to
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        Lock icon Natural heat for 'green' Queen
        143 13 BRITAIN'S Queen Elizabeth plans to create an underground network to extract heat from the earth's natural warmth and cut energy bills at Buckingham Palace. She has inspired a fashion among the super-rich for drilling boreholes at their properties as the latest "green" status symbol, Britain's
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        Lock icon Five children, one grandson in dowry
        117 13 SHE is a 47-year-old widow with five children and a 10-month-old grandson. He is 27. They met eight months ago. Love blossomed and despite the initial family shock and protest, they tied the knot on Saturday m Butterworth, Malaysia. In so doing, Mr Mohd
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        Lock icon Lance Armstrong joins Bush for Tour de Crawford
        265 13 PRESIDENT Georee W. Bush, an avid mountain biker, got a chance to test his mettle against the world's cycling master Lance Armstrong. The seven-time Tour de France champion joined the President for a two-hour, 27km trek through the canyons and river-crossings of
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      Lock icon Israeli Cabinet approves first West Bank pullout
      536 14 Speed of Gaza Strip withdrawal revives peace hopes and hastens next phase Katif Settlement (Gaza Strip) ISRAELI forces stormed into three of the last remaining Jewish settlements m the Gaza Strip yesterday as the Cabinet gave final approval for the first-ever evacuation from
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      Lock icon Growing fears that withdrawal may lead nowhere
      459 14 Jerusalem IT MAKES for a moving spectacle, but what does Israel's disengagement from the Gaza Strip really mean? There is no doubt that the scenes being played out on TV, of Jew pitted against Jew, make Israelis of all political and religious complexions
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    • WORLD QUICKLY
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        Lock icon AIRLINE FLIES DESPITE MAJOR STRIKE
        81 14 MINNEAPOLIS: Northwest Airlines jets roared into the sky over the heads of striking mechanics, on day one of the industry's first major walkout m seven years. Northwest's union mechanics walked off the job on Saturday rather than take pay cuts and layoffs that would reduce
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        Lock icon REBEL ATTACK? NO, JUST FIREWORKS
        88 14 ABIDJAN (Ivory Coast): A display of fireworks caused panic, with officials rushing to assure residents that a threatened rebel attack was not under way. The fireworks on Saturday were followed by brief bursts of automatic weapons. They were part of a commercial event, but the
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        Lock icon SCREENS TO SHUT OUT ACCIDENT SITES
        69 14 LONDON: British motorways are testing sight-screens to stop drivers braking to stare at accident sites. A trial using safety screens is under way on Britain's Ml motorway which runs up the spine of England from London to Leeds m the north. The screens are
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        Lock icon HANDWRITTEN EINSTEIN THEORY FOUND
        85 14 THE HAGUE: A handwritten account by German physics genius Albert Einstein of his last major theory has turned up m the Netherlands. The University of Leyden said it was found among documents from the library of a former professor and friend of Einstein, Mr Paul Ehrenfest,
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      • Article
        Lock icon LIONS KILL WOMAN IN ZIMBABWE PARK
        76 14 HARARE: A Japanese woman died m hospital after she was seriously wounded m an attack by lions during a guided tour at a park. The 50-year-old woman, an employee of the Japanese embassy m Harare, went into an enclosure accompanied by a guide and
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      Lock icon Gaddafi invites Bush and Rice to visit Libya
      95 14 Tripoli LIBYAN leader Muammar Gaddafi, keen to improve ties with the West, has invited US President George W. Bush and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice to visit his country. US Senate Foreign Relations Committee chairman Richard Lugar, ending a two-day trip to
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      Lock icon Tanks give way to tags in defence industry
      689 15  -  Jonathan Eyal Internal security draws big money m the scramble to meet terror threat By] Straits Times Europe Bureau In London UNTIL a few years ago, the world's defence industry was preoccupied with its traditional products: tanks, ships, missiles, aircraft. That is
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      Lock icon Al-Qaeda gas attack on British Parliament foiled
      354 15 London SCOTLAND Yard believes it has thwarted an Al-Qaeda gas attack aimed at ministers and MPs m Parliament, Britain's Sunday Times reported yesterday. The plot, hatched last year, is understood to have been discovered m coded e-mail messages on computers seized from terror
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      Lock icon Pope delivers blunt message
      260 15 Cologne (Germany) POPE Benedict XVI used his first meeting with Muslims to deliver a blunt message that Christians and Muslims had no choice but to work together to quell terrorism, which he said represented "the darkness of a new barbarism". His tone was not contentious, he
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      Lock icon FLYING CLOSE TO THE LEDGE
      52 15 Spectators m Budapest's parliament building gape as, metres away, pilot Nigel Lamb threads his plane through the Hungarian capital at the weekend. He was taking part m round six of the Red Bull Air Race series, won by former American top gun pilot Mike Mangold.
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      Lock icon Coffee drinkers say brew beats sex
      226 15 Atlanta IS COFFEE better than sex? For many coffee drinkers, the brew beats the bedroom, with 42 per cent of those m a recent survey reporting that coffee is more important than, or as important as, sex m any given week. The survey, commissioned
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      Lock icon GLOBAL AGENDA
      23 16 GLOBAL AGENDA A look at the key world events this week by Shefali Rekhi of The Straits Times Foreign Desk Aug 22 28
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      Lock icon Six-party nuke talks on minister's agenda
      208 16 "EAST ASIA WHATITIS SOUTH Korean Foreign Minister Ban Xi Moon holds talks with Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice m Washington tomorrow to discuss issues that are holding up six-nation talks with Pyongyang on its nuclear weapons programme. During his trip to Washington, Mr Ban
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      Lock icon S'pore, Australia to ink pact
      128 16 WORLD WHATITIS AN AGREEMENT to let the Singapore Armed Forces use the Shoalwater Bay Training Area for five more years will be signed this week when Defence Minister Teo Chee Hean meets his Australian counterpart Robert Hill. The signing m Perth tomorrow will be the
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      Lock icon Ruling on Isa's appeal
      129 16 MALAYSIA WHATITIS THE disciplinary board of Umno will on Wednesday announce the results of its deliberations on the appeal by Tan Sri Isa Samad against his six-year suspension from Malaysia's biggest political party. Federal Territories Mm- < ister Isa Samad was found guilty by the board
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      144 16 SOUTH-EAST ASIA WHATITIS PHILIPPINE President Gloria Arroyo faces a crucial week as flagging attempts to impeach her come to a head and a court rules on the centrepiece of her economic reform plans. A lower house committee stacked with Arroyo allies is due to vote tomorrow
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      142 16 MONDAY BAGHDAD: Extended deadline for Iraqi Parliament to vote on new Constitution. KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia begins cloud-seeding operations m Riau, Sumatra, Kalimantan. SALTLAKECITY: U.S. President George W. Bush delivers address on Iraq. TUESDAY BEIJING: National People's Congress Standing Committee begins six-day meet to debate draft law on individual income tax.
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      285 12 Last ones out Israeli troops storm three of the last Jewish settlements m the Gaza Strip as the Israeli Cabinet gives final approval. PAGE 14 THE UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD "^A^I SCHOOL OF EDUCATION, Singapore Teachers' Union, &\T¥^i^^/ Advanced Post-Graduate Certificate, Advanced Post-Graduate Diploma, MA m Education Policy, Practice and Innovation
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      384 17 THE Singapore that can be and how to get there. The vision for the remaking of Singapore the Prime Minister set out m his National Day Rally speech last night is a continuation of a carefully structured process. PM Lee Hsien Loong chose a few
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      1179 17  -  John R. Bradley By Senior Writer The debate should move from stating the obvious about radical Islamists, over and over, like a bad record stuck m the same groove. Either all of us Muslims, Christians, Hindus have something to apologise for, or
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      918 17  -  Anthony Paul By Senior Writer HISTORY never repeats itself exactly and the Iraq War differs m so many respects from wars m Indochina, but developments over the past few days invite this question: Is Washington's commitment m Baghdad encountering what I'll call
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      2202 18 For two years m the mid-1 9905, tiny Canadian junior Bre-X Minerals Ltd was the darling of North American investors, its stock price soaring to as high as US$23B on the Toronto Stock Market on claims that its Busang, Indonesia gold mine was possibly
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      1086 19  -  Chua Chin Hon FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT: CHINA By< China Bureau Chief In Beijing Among the hits and misses of China's battle against Aids, Beijing appears to be reaping genuine success m turning around public opinion m the capital at least. The
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      955 19  -  Chang Chiou Yi By For The Straits Times CHINA'S currency revaluation and move towards a basket-peg regime aroused strong market sentiments and brought many key questions to mind. In Asia, the move marks an appropriate time to examine the issue of massive foreignreserves
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      190 17 Fighting the stigma Aids orphans are finding some acceptance among Beijingers as public opinions change. PAGE 19 THE STRATTS TIMES SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS, NEWS CENTRE, IOOOToa Payoh North, Podium Level 2, *****4 ST INTERACnVE: http://straitstimes.asial.com.sg SPH Chief Executive Officer Executive Vice-President Alan Chan Heng Loon (Marketing) Editor-in-Chief (English Malay Newspapers
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      8 1 HOME THE STRAITS TIMES MONDAY AUGUST 22, 2005
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      Lock icon CPF home grant for needy brings cheer
      683 1  -  Peh Shing Huei NATIONAL DAY RALLY Move to help lower income families will apply to both new and resale flats By Progressing together EQUAL OPPORTUNITY "Whether you're rich or poor, you have a fair chance of getting your children to do well and
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      278 1 Use of Medisave broadened WORKING Singaporeans can soon dip into their Medisave accounts more easily. They may use it for stays m private hospitals, Class A and Bl wards, along with some major treatments m specialist outpatient clinics. Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said last night that the more liberal
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        319 2 PM Lee Hsien Loong continued a practice he started last year, of highlighting extraordinary people m his rally speech SHIRLEY LEE, 63 SHE was a clerk and got retrenched, not once but twice. Her husband is working, but with a son m junior college, she needed to save
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        363 2 SINGAPOREANS should continue to support charities and communitybased groups, despite the recent furore over the National Kidney Foundation (NKF), Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said last night. These organisations do much to help those m need and are sometimes more effective than the
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        772 2  -  Peh Shing Huei They just need a little time to adjust and employers should change their mindset B\ Progressing together NO ONE LEFT BEHIND "I can make you this promise. We are one people together. Growth and prosperity m Singapore is for all Singaporeans to
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        559 2  -  Zakir Hussain "MALAY SPEECH By THE Malay community has solved previous problems by being open about them and now it's time to talk about troubled Malay families. While many Singaporeans have coped well with economic changes, a minority are down and out, said Prime Minister Lee
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        532 2  -  Ong Hwee Hwee MANDARIN SPEECH By WELL-EDUCATED, bilingual and well-versed m Chinese culture a new generation of Chinese Singaporeans is emerging, and is riding the wave of China's economic rise. This new generation has brought a sense of new-found confidence to the Chinese community here, said Prime
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      1035 3  -  Sue-Ann Chia MICHELLE SANTIAGO, TIFFANY TAN, HEM ALATH A ARUDAS AND HEM ALATH A ARUDAS NURHID AYAH ZAINAL THESE are four young ITE women who came up tops competing against teams from the polytechnics and universities. Tiffany is a student leader, Michelle a budding entrepreneur, Nurhidayah
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      899 4  -  Li Xueying PLACES WITH GOOD SERVICE HOTELS, hospitals and the Housing Board were singled out for praise by Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong yesterday, as employers that have upheld service standards. The venerable Raffles Hotel distinguishes itself with its tagline "At Your
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      Lock icon Poly students' filmlets a hit at rally
      263 4  -  T. Rajan By TWO filmlets, produced by polytechnic students, made a debut at this year's National Day Rally. And they were a hit. Loud laughter greeted each as they captured vividly typically bad service standards m Singapore and how they are not confined
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      Lock icon Engage N(Tech) students with elective courses
      603 4  -  Lynn Lee EDUCATION By Baby bonus accounts can now help fund higher education too CALL it the "big baby" bonus: The age limit for contributions to the baby bonus accounts has been raised from six to 18. Parents can now keep contributing to the
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      877 5  - Speech with something about everyone and for everyone Chua Mui Hoong NEWS ANALYSIS By FROM Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong who pledged to build an "open, inclusive" society, came a speech last night that was, aptly, all-inclusive m style as well as substance. Call it a pao ka Xiao (Hokkien
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      Lock icon A reflection of people's spirit
      454 5 As a city, Singapore must "reflect the spirit of our people be well-conceived, vigorously executed, restrained but high quality", said Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong last night Here are some impressions of how parts of Singapore may be transformed to become a vibrant global city.
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      180 5 CHINESE REVIVAL The Chinese educated felt neglected. It is encouraging that he's aware of the problems and views this not as the end of the language but as the beginning." RUM DIRECTOR JACK NED on Mr Lee's point m his Mandarin speech that far from declining, Chinese language is
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      1064 5  -  Li Xueying SITI AISHA MOSTAFA THE Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts student wrote to the Life! section of The Straits Times on Aug 12, about the buzz m the area around her new Bencoolen Street campus. PM Lee quoted what
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      636 6  -  Leslie Koh PM applauds heroes m disaster, urges never-say-die attitude By ONE by one they rose to their feet, heroes of the tsunami disaster. Most were m army or civil defence uniforms, while the few who were not were probably doctors Or nurses who had
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      531 6 SINGAPORE is m the comfortable position of being on good terms with major global players and with its immediate neighbours, Mr Lee Hsien Loong said m a report card on external relations. "Some say that as a small country, there is no effective
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      408 6  -  Peh Shing Huei By PRIME Minister Lee Hsien Loong stood to attention at the Padang 37 years ago, drenched, shivering and wondering if he should run for cover. It was Singapore's third National Day Parade (NDP), and Mr Lee, then
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      243 6 IMPORTANT SIGNAL The PM agrees there is a real acid urgent need for employers to give opportunities to older people. I think he's received a lot of messages about older workers who call up for jobs and are told there are none because of their age. I'm happy he's
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      369 6 PATTY UM, 11 ELEVEN-YEAR-OLD Patty caught PM Lee's eye when he attended All 4 Love, a National Day musical staged by the Holland-tfukit Panjang GRC two weeks ago. He also spotted what the Primary 5 pupil had written m the show's programme booklet: "My birthday wish for Singapore
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      621 7  -  Krist Boo Plan is to bring m unique restaurants that complement the local market B\ THE names of the famous chefs who may set up shop m the planned casino resort at Marina Bay are expected to be revealed as early
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      74 7 A 150 m buffet line with 51 0 dishes set a local record yesterday for the longest buffet Chefs from Select Catering Services whipped up local and international dishes for food lovers m Hall 5 of the Singapore Expo. Proceeds from ticket sales raised $102,000 for local charities
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      434 7  -  Jane Ng By TRAVEL agency Sino-America Tours may be embroiled m a civil lawsuit over a share purchase but that did not stop thousands from visiting its one-day travel fair yesterday. Some queued overnight outside the Suntec City venue and more than 100
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        75 7 A BURGLAR made off with about $600 worth of jewellery and cash from an Ang Mo Kio Avenue 3 flat on Friday. The occupant, a woman m her early 50s, had locked and left her fiat for work at 8.15 am. She returned at 11.30pm
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        119 7 TWO motorcyclists, both m their 30s, died on Saturday m two separate accidents which occurred about 12 hours apart. The first happened at about 11.30 am. The motorcyclist was riding his bike along Pasir Ris Drive 1 and lost control of just before the slip
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      207 7  -  Tracy Sua By TWO men and a woman were charged m a special court yesterday with trying to extort $4 million from the managing director of a company that manufactures storage media like CDs and DVDs. Both the men, Li Wei
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      Lock icon Zheng He exhibition here sparks heated debate
      792 8  -  Academic challenges writer's views propounded at show about Ming admiral's travels By Lim Wei Chean ADMIRAL Zheng He may have been born more than 600 years ago, but the debate over his achievements is still raging on. The most recent controversy is over
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      Lock icon Foreign delegations to get taste of heartland life
      312 8  -  Aaron Low By ABOUT 40 young political leaders from Asia and Latin America will get to know the going-ons m the HDB heartland when they attend a conference here this week. They will visit community centres, take a lift up to the
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      85 8 THE Singapore and Malaysian armies completed a 10-day joint exercise m Pahang yesterday morning. Called Exercise Semangat Bersatu 05, it is the 12th m the series of annual bilateral exercises. The Chief of Army, Ma-jor-General Desmond Kuek, and the Malaysian Chief of Army, General Sri Abdul Aziz
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        560 9  -  Goh Wen Zhong YOUNG RESTLESS And they don't let their grades suffer despite punishing 18-hour schedules By THE poster image of tertiary education studying m campus foyers, spending long hours m the library is for some not quite a reality. Singapore Management
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        375 9 WHAT rights do working youngsters have? Assistant Professor Michael Ewing-Chow, from the National University of Singapore's law faculty, lists some key points. Which laws protect rtie during work? Part VIII of the Employment Act, subtitled Employment of Children and Young Persons, lays
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        649 10 I REFER to the letter by Mr Don Goh Ren Jie ("Long hours m school take toll on students"; ST, Aug 15). As a parent of a child m junior college, I understand his frustration with the school system. My daughter also
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        201 10 SINCE the beginning of this year, the Government has made it compulsory for schools to follow a five-day work week. This means on Saturdays, there should be no activities. The aim is to leave weekends free so families can spend time together. However, as
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        348 10 LONG hours do take a toll on students. Although most schools are supposed to operate from 7.30 am to lpm, or 2pm for older students, with a half-hour break for recess, there are many unscheduled activities added to the overall time frame. A child is
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        500 10 A STUDENT'S VIEWPOINT I REFER to the letter "Long hours m school take toll on students" by Mr Don Goh Ren Jie (ST, Aug 15). I am currently doing national service and graduated from National Junior College last year. Apart
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        302 10 I REFER to the letter "Ml doesn't protect nuisance callers" by Mr Chua Swee Kiat of Ml (ST, Aug 15). Having missed many "private number" calls and not being able to call back, I have learnt to dismiss them. I can always be contacted via SMS
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        448 10 OTHER than the blog of clogged drains started by Mr Jeffrey Ho ("Man starts blog to track mosquito sites", ST, Aug 17), I hope the public will use the toll-free hotline to the National Environment Agency (NEA), 1800-CALL NEA (1800-*****32). NEA investigations "show that
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        359 10 NANYANG Technological University (NTU) has moved from a Massachusetts Institute of Technology-style academic system to a more comprehensive one that includes other disciplines. The effort the management has put m is commendable, and continues to drive NTU to be one of the
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        205 10 ONE evening a few weeks ago, my son did me a favour by dropping me off at the bus stop outside Northpoint Shopping Centre. In order not to disrupt traffic flow, he veered into the bus bay to let me down. As
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        154 10 THE zebra crossing at the junction of Ulu Pandan and dementi roads is hazardous. It has got so bad, many prefer to jaywalk as they find it safer. I have seen pedestrians almost knocked down. Worse, the errant drivers don't even know they've nearly run someone
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        502 11 SOCCER His fluke goal gives Chelsea second win over Arsenal m as many weeks LONDON DIDIER Drogba's fluke goal gave English champions Chelsea a 1-0 victory over Arsenal at Stamford Bridge yesterday, their first league success against their London rivals for 10 years. After 73
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        349 11 London THERE is added pressure on Arsenal to do well this season captain Thierry Henry may leave at the end of the season if he thinks the club have under-performed. He sent Shockwaves through Highbury by admitting he is waiting to see how Arsenal's
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        418 11 Bolton (England) MARCUS Bent took Everton's only shot of the afternoon and earned his team a 1-0 English Premier League win against Bolton Wanderers at the Reebok Stadium yesterday. Beaten 0-2 by Manchester United m their season opener, last season's fourth-placed team
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        524 12 SOCCER Liverpool EUROPEAN champions Liverpool will have to do without influential captain Steven Gerrard for their Champions League match against CSKA Sofia tomorrow. The England midfielder picked up a calf injury m their 1-0 victory over Sunderland on Saturday. He was replaced
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        1177 12 MY SUPER- DUPER STRIKER Ferguson backs a rejuvenated van Nistelrooy to break 30-goal barrier Manchester RUUD van Nistelrooy is back, and he is hungry. His boss, Alex Ferguson, has backed him to return to his previous heights and smash the 30-goal barrier again this season. A typical poacher's effort m
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        283 12 London RIO Ferdinand could be the first head to roll m the wake of England's disastrous 1-4 loss to Denmark last week. England coach Sven-Goran Eriksson was angry with his sloppy showing and the Manchester United defender could lose his place if there is no improvement,
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        480 13 Veron's extra- time goal gives Inter Supercup SOCCER Turin INTER Milan won the Italian Supercup on Saturday, with a 1-0 extra-time win over league champions Juventus at a raindrenched Delle Alpi stadium. Argentinian Juan Sebastian Veron struck the winner m the 96th minute, after being set up by Brazilian Adriano.
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        586 13 »GOLF Akron (Ohio) TIGER Woods clung on to a share of the lead at the US$7.5 million (5512.5 million) WGC-NEC Invitational, completing his storm-delayed third round yesterday. The world No 1 withstood a blistering round by Kenny Perry, parring the last three holes for a
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        639 13 MOTOR RACING But F1 leader Alonso finishes second after Montoya's slip Istanbul MCLAREN'S Kimi Raikkonen won the inaugural Turkish Grand Prix yesterday. But Renault's title favourite Fernando Alonso stole second place following a mistake by Juan Pablo Montoya. The Spaniard Alonso, who is now 24
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        140 13 Turkish GP results: 1 Kimi Raikkonen (Fin) McLaren lhr 24min 34.4545 ec 2 Fernando Alonso (Esp) Renault at 18.609 3 Juan Pablo Montoya (Col) McLaren 19.635 4 Giancarlo Fisichella (Ita) Renault 37.973 5 Jenson Button (Eng) BAR 39.304 6 Jarno Trulli (Ita) Toyota 55.420, 7 David Coulthard
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          81 13 NEWCASTLE (England): Newcastle United are close to tying up an £8 million (5524.3 million) deal for Spanish international striker Alberto Luque. The Magpies' lack of firepower was apparent m a 0-0 draw with 10-man West Ham m their Premiership match on Saturday. Manager Graeme Souness
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          98 13 DENVER: An offensive lineman for the San Francisco 49ers died m the locker room yesterday, shortly after the American football team played the Denver Broncos m a pre-season game. The players had finished listening to coach Mike Nolan address them m a post-game meeting when
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          Lock icon THORPE TO RETIRE AT END OF SEASON
          63 13 LONDON: Former England batsman Graham Thorpe will quit cricket at the end of the season. The 36-year-old left-hand-er, England's best batsman for more than a decade, said that his long-term back injury is still troubling him. He left the Test arena after scoring
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          111 13 LOS ANGELES: The International Olympic Committee has frozen about US$9 million (Ssls million) m payments due the International Boxing Association. According to documents obtained by the Los Angeles Times, the lOC is concerned about the way matches are scored and officials are selected for matches.
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        1280 14 ATHLETICS Golden League Meeting m Zurich Men's 100 m: 1 Justin Gatlin (USA) 10.14 sec 2 Francis Obikwelu (Por) 10.22 3 Aziz Zakari (Gha) 10.22. 400 m: 1 Jeremy Warmer (USA) 44.67 2 Tyler Christopher (Can) 44.96 3 Chris Brown (Bah) 44.97. 800 m: 1 Wilfred Bungei (Ken) lmm
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        646 14  -  Chan Vi Shen TABLE TENNIS World No. 83 Yang gets citizenship and will spearhead bid for golden harvest By Team Singapore THE players nominated for the Nov 27 to Dec 5 South-east Asia Games m Manila Women's team Men's team Li Jiawei YangZi
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        510 14 BADMINTON PHOTO: Anaheim (California) TAUFIK Hidayat, seeking to become the first man to hold both the Olympic and world titles, advanced to the final of the World Championships on Saturday. The 24-year-old Indonesian sixth seed rolled over Malaysia's Lee Chong Wei 15-3,
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        337 14  -  BASKETBALL SINGAPORE'S men's basketball team could have a realistic shot at a first South-east Asia Games gold m December. This is due to the impasse between the Philippine Olympic Committee, the Basketball Association of Philippines and world-governing body Fiba. Last month, favourites Philippines
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          90 14 SINGAPORE swimmers bagged four golds on the third day of the Asian Age-Group Championships m Bangkok yesterday. Roanne Ho won the girls' Under- 14 50-metre breaststroke m a new meet record of 34.08 seconds while Koh Ting Ting took the 100 m butterfly title. Pang Si
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          47 14 BISHAN Arsenal won the annual Football Association of Singapore Women's 7s at the Singapore American School yesterday. They beat Singapore American School 1-0 m the final. In the play-off for third, Paya Lebar Punggol defeated FAS Young Women by a similar scoreline.
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          124 14 THE 10 H-TWO-O S-League Hunk nominees were at The Heeren on Saturday to model the latest Levi's collection (above). Fans can vote for their favourite by sending m contest forms which are available at all major supermarkets, convenience stores and the 10 S-League clubs. The
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        541 16  -  AZRIN ASMANI TAKING STOCK But some are likely to seize the opportunity to pick up small-cap stocks, say traders By FOCUS ON SECOND LINERS While oil-related fears may pour cold water on market sentiment, traders expect buying interest m second-liners such as
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          108 16 GOLDMAN Sachs has upgraded its recommendation on Ml since it was announced last week that Telekom Malaysia and Khazanah Nasional were taking a stake m the telco. But it is sitting tight on its longer-term fundamental view of Singapore's No. 3 telco. "Mi's earnings
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          99 16 HYFLUX has won the confidence of ÜBS Investment Research, which has reiterated its "buy" recommendation, saying the recent sell-down of the stock was overdone. Its shares retreated 16 per cent m recent weeks, after the water treatment firm's second-quarter results failed to impress the
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          82 16 CIMB-GK Research has maintained its views on Bio-Treat Technology despite the water treatment company's inability to secure funds. It said this could change if Bio- Treat's new plant, m Lianyungang m Jiangsu province m China, becomes operational m October. "The smooth running of its Lianyungang
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          56 18 LAN JIHONG: Appointed as chief financial officer (CFO) of Delong Holdings. She takes over from Madam Wang Vi, who will stay on as a financial consultant. Ms Lan. 36, has held finance posts at various companies m China. Most recently, she was the finance manager of
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        454 18  -  Erica Tay Economic growth will lift demand but resources can keep pace: ExxonMobil By THE world will consume 50 per cent more energy m 2030 than it does now, thanks to global economic growth, predicted a senior ExxonMobil executive
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        271 18  -  Lorna Tan By] Finance Correspondent FUNDS administrator iFast Financial has launched two electronic services that should improve efficiency by allowing online processing for clients. The company has 1,000 financial advisers on the iFast platform, and most have already started using iPass, one
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        250 18 Sydney THE Australian government said it might delay the As3o billion (5537.9 billion) sale of its 51.8 per cent stake m Telstra, and park the shareholding m an investment fund instead. It said last week it would seek parliamentary approval for the sale
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        290 19  - Citibank ushers in new head for credit card team Lee Su Shyan By CITIBANK m Singapore is shaking up its consumer banking and credit card team by appointing a Citibank veteran from the United States to head its local operations. The current head of credit payment products, Mr Yuen Kum
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        488 19  -  Lorna Tan By LOOKING GOOD "The growth m Asia is going to be very high. However, the main proportion of sales will continue to be generated m Europe. Now, Asia accounts for less than 1 0 per cent of Inditex's total revenue." MR
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        286 19 MAINBOARD-LISTED United Fiber System (Unifiber) yesterday requested a resumption of its share trading on the Singapore Exchange today, after asking for a trading halt on Friday. The forestry, pulp production and construction firm's request on Friday to suspend trading had followed a report m Bisnis Indonesia
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        547 19  - More M&A deals expected to keep market abuzz Azrin Asmani Temasek is likely to be prime mover and is said to have set sights on stake m Indian budget carrier By, Companies Reporter INVESTMENT bankers these days are putting m longer hours at work and sleeping less each day as
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        868 20  - Vantage boss in family spat over 1 6m Lee Su Shyan Kea Kah Kirn rejects allegations by older brother that funds were misused By Companies Correspondent Conflicting accounts EDMUND* CLAIMS »HesaysKahKim transferred millions of dollars out of Indonesian timber firm Siak Raya's "rescue fund" m Singapore. He alleges that his
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        335 20 CURRENCY TRADING Kuala Lumpur THE ringgit is expected to remain stable, Malaysia's Second Finance Minister, Tan Sri Nor Mohamed Yakcop, said on Saturday, dashing investors' hopes of a strong appreciation m the currency. He told reporters on the sidelines of a government sports carnival
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        159 5 LOS ANGELES Singer Courtney Love has gone back to rehab. She admitted tearfully m court last Friday (above) to using drugs m violation of her parole and was ordered into a detox clinic pending imposition of a possible jail term. In February, Love, 41, was sentenced
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