The Straits Times, 4 June 2007

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    25 1 THE STRAITS TIMES 80 PAGES IN FOUR PARTS MICA (P) 198/12/2006 MONDAY, JUNE 4 2007 •m A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION ESTABLISHED 1845 80 CENTS
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    Lock icon Indonesia seeks wider China and Japan role
    610 1  -  Shefali Rekhi KEEPING MALACCA STRAIT SAFE Jakarta calls for foreign technical help as it lacks resources for task By Assistant Foreign Editor NEW players could help secure the Malacca Strait the world's busiest sea lane if an Indonesian proposal to involve Japan and
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    Lock icon Six-year-old girl drowns in Sentosa hotel pool
    632 1  -  Jessica Cheam By AS SIX-year-old Anna Lim Pei Er, all bubbly and excited, ran ahead from the beach to the swimming pool, Mr Andrew Lim and his wife kept her in their sight. But in a split second, she disappeared amid the holiday
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  • UPFRONT
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      Lock icon Bush and G-8: Expect just a veneer of progress
      1110 1  -  Jonathan Eyal By Straits Times Europe Bureau In London PRESIDENT George W. Bush arrives in Europe today for a week of discussions that will culminate in the Group of Eight (G-8) summit in Germany. In a marked departure from his previous
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  • PRIME
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      Lock icon Bigger resale flats now in hot demand
      671 3  -  Tan Hui Yee Buyers with money from collective sales drive up prices as much as $20k above value By IT IS becoming a sellers' market in the public housing sector. Given the private housing property boom, it was just a matter of time
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      Lock icon Family fun takes off on runway
      280 3  -  Leslie Goh By THEY have done it together seven times, and will no doubt be geared up for No. 8. Meet the cycling and skating Yap family Mr Yap Yee Tharm, his wife and his four children aged 27, 25 and 23. They have
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      Lock icon Move aside Viagra, here comes N-Hanz
      281 3 THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK Petaling Jaya IT MAY sound nutty, but walnuts could be a remedy for erectile dysfunction. A tablet containing walnut extract has shown potential as a local alternative to Viagra. It was developed by a team of researchers at the Universiti
      THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK  -  281 words
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      Lock icon Four charged in 'one of the worst terror plots since 9/11'
      727 4  -  Derwin Pereira farget: Fuel pipelines at JFK Aim: Deal a blow to US economy By US Bureau Chief In Washington FOUR Muslim extremists have been charged over a plan to blow up JFK airport in what United States prosecutors
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      35 4 Putting back GEM's sparkle Hong Kong is toughening listing requirements for its Growth Enterprise Market (GEM), following lacklustre performance and embarrassing scandals HBt FIRST VISIT TO A SWIMMING POOL TURNS OUT TO RE HER LAST
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  • ASIA
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      Lock icon Anger in China's villages
      753 6  -  Clarissa Oon Residents strike out in violence against harsh family planning campaign By China Correspondent In Bobai (Guangxi) OFFICIALS in south-west-ern China's Bobai county in Guangxi destroyed more than just doors and windows when they ransacked old Mr Li's farmhouse to punish his family for violating
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    • CHINA
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        Lock icon Singapore investors looking to Liaoning
        571 8  -  Sim Chi Yin They are now more comfortable doing business in province: Tharman By China Correspondent In Dalian (Liaoning) SINGAPORE investors are now more comfortable doing business in Liaoning, though the booming north-eastern province did not start out as a natural choice for them, Education
        3IM CHI YIN  -  571 words
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        Lock icon US toothpaste warning irresponsible, says China
        373 8 REUTERS, ASSOCIATED PRESS Beijing CHINA has branded a United States warning against using its toothpaste as irresponsible, saying low levels of diethylene glycol (DEG) were not harmful. "So far, we have not received any reports of death resulting from using the toothpaste," China's General
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        Lock icon Lacoste wins trademark lawsuit in China
        225 8 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, XINHUA Beijing A BEIJING court has ordered three Chinese companies to pay French clothing giant Lacoste a total of 760,000 yuan (S$150,000) in damages for trademark infringement, state media said yesterday. Beijing No.l Intermediate People's Court ruled on a suit filed by
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        Lock icon Ministers from Seoul, Tokyo and Beijing discuss ties
        292 8 REUTERS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, ASSOCIATED PRESS Seogwipo (South Korea) THE foreign ministers of South Korea, Japan and China met yesterday to try to smooth often prickly ties and help resolve the impasse over the nuclear weapons plans of North Korea. South Korea's Mr
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        Lock icon MIX OF OLD AND NEW
        67 8 Models in north-western China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region showing off wedding outfits which combine traditional looks with modern touches. The region, where the population is largely Muslim, recently held an Islamic costume design competition and more than 200 innovative works were submitted. Ningxia plans to
        XINHUA  -  67 words
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        Lock icon Strong quake rocks south-west China
        148 8 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, ASSOCIATED PRESS, XINHUA Beijing A 6.4-MAGNITUDE earthquake rattled a mountainous region in south-west China at dawn yesterday, killing three people and injuring about 300. Residents in Pu'er, the centre of a famous tea-producing area in Yunnan province, fled their houses when the tremor
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    • EAST ASIA
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        Lock icon Pyongyang focusing on raising living standard
        504 9 LOS ANGELES TIMES Regime shows signs of shift away from military concerns Pyongyang SIGNS are discernible though not immediately apparent in North Korea that its regime has shifted its governing priority to raising the general standard of living since its nuclear test in October.
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        Lock icon OF GRAVE IMPORTANCE
        55 9 Children in Harbin looking at a mock tombstone for the Antarctic wolf, which went extinct in 1875. These tombstones, engraved with the names of endangered and extinct species, are som of the exhibits in a theme park which focuses on ecological and environmental issues. The park opened
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        Lock icon North Korean leader Kim back in the news
        215 9 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Seoul NORTH Korean leader Kirn Jong II has reappeared in his reclusive state's media, ending a prolonged absence from the public eye and rumours of failing health, reports said yesterday. Mr Kirn gave a characteristic "on-the-spot guidance" a seemingly impromptu
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    • INDIA / SOUTH ASIA
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        Lock icon US-India talks fail to seal nuclear agreement
        528 10  -  Ravi Velloor Officials say they do not expect closure before the end of August By India Bureau Chief In New Delhi INDIA and the United States still have some ground to cover before they finalise a key nuclear deal, as the two countries
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        Lock icon SPECTACULAR BUT DEADLY
        48 10 Lightning illuminating the sky during a thunderstorm in the northern Indian state of Jammu. Pre-monsoon lightning storms have been lashing various parts of India. Eleven people were killed and four injured when lightning struck them last week in the central state of Maharashtra. PHOTO: AP
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        Lock icon Bangladesh's leader faints in hot spell
        296 10 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, ASSOCIATED PRESS Dhaka THE head of Bangladesh's emergency government fainted yesterday after speaking for more than an hour in hot weather that has claimed at least a dozen lives in the past week. Interim chief Fakhruddin Ahmed passed out briefly after he
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        Lock icon Ousted Pakistani chief justice feted as a hero
        347 10 ASSOCIATED PRESS Abbotabad (Pakistan) TENS of thousands of supporters feted Pakistan's ousted chief justice as a hero, showering him with rose petals and dancing in the streets at this opposition stronghold where he has become a focal point for dissatisfaction with President
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    • SOUTH-EAST ASIA
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        Lock icon Thai Rak Thai leaders plotting party's comeback
        526 11 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Party regrouping despite dissolution and politics ban on senior members Bangkok THAILAND'S twice-elected Thai Rak Thai party may have been dissolved and its senior members barred from politics, but its leaders have no plans to let the party languish in the
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        Lock icon Little support for amnesty proposal
        221 11 COUNCIL for National Security (CNS) chairman General Sonthi Boonyaratglin has come under fire after he showed support for a proposed amnesty for former executives of the dissolved Thai Rak Thai (TRT) party. Gen Sonthi, who ousted former premier Thaksin Shinawatra in a coup last September,
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        Lock icon 'Confidence in Thai economy hinges on polls'
        293 11 Bangkok A REVIVAL of economic confidence in Thailand will hinge on the promised general election by year-end, said Finance Minister Chalongphob Sussangkarn. He also added that the Constitutional Tribunal's verdict last week which dissolved the Thai Rak Thai party and banned its senior
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        Lock icon Vietnam to release dissidents ahead of President's US trip
        473 11  -  Roger Mitton By Vietnam Correspondent In Hanoi AN OFFICIAL visit to the United States by Vietnam's President Nguyen Minh Triet, which was in doubt until a few days ago, will now go ahead in a fortnight's time after Vietnam agreed to
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        Lock icon Muslim protest at Pattani mosque continues
        364 11 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Pattani AT LEAST 1,000 Muslims rallied at a mosque in southern Thailand for the fourth consecutive day yesterday to protest against the military presence in the restive region. The protesters mostly young men and women with their faces covered converged upon the
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    • MALAYSIA
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        Lock icon 'Young Turks' retain leadership in PAS elections
        636 12  -  Reme Ahmad Results show party members' approval of move to soften hardline image By Malaysia Correspondent In Kota Baru (Kelantan) PARTI Islam SeMalaysia (PAS) members have elected to retain the party's crop of young moderate leaders, also known as its young Turks. As
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        Lock icon Chinese man swopped at birth files suit to leave Islam
        460 12 REUTERS, ASSOCIATED PRESS Kuala Lumpur AN ODD-JOB worker who was mistakenly given to a Malay family at birth now wants to reclaim his real identity, reported the New Straits Times. Mr Zulhadi Omar, 29, has the DNA test results to
        REUTERS, ASSOCIATED PRESS; NEW STRAITS TIMES  -  460 words
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        Lock icon Malaysian halal food marts for Europe
        154 12 THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK Kuala Lumpur MALAYSIAN convenience stores selling halal products will be opened in France and other parts of Europe this year. The Entrepreneur and Cooperative Development Ministry said it expected 100 such outlets to be opened in France and another 300
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        Lock icon Man detained in connection with Ipoh fire that killed five
        260 12 THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK SUNGAI SIPUT A 39-YEAR-OLD man has been arrested following the deaths of five people in a pre-dawn fire in Ipoh last Thursday. The man was nabbed in Ipoh at midnight last Friday and would be remanded
        THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK  -  260 words
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        Lock icon Minister's brother faces drug charges
        226 12 THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK KOTA KINABALU THE younger brother of a Malaysian Cabinet minister has been charged with possessing and trafficking in about lkg of marijuana and 35g of the hallucinogenic drug syabu. Mohammad Juznaidi Omar, a 36-year-old project coordinator whose unnamed elder brother is
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      24 6 Thai party comeback? Leaders of ex-Thai premier Thaksin's Thai Rak Thai party are plotting its re-emergence just days after it was dissolved. PAGE 11
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon Plotters sought help from Caribbean, S. America
      715 13 LOS ANGELES TIMES, NEW YORK TIMES »JFK AIRPORT TERROR PLOT Threat from terror cells not just limited to Middle East or South Asia Washington THE American who allegedly planned to attack JFK airport has been called a "sad sack" probably incapable of doing
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      Lock icon Party of the poor
      180 13 THE Jamaat-al-Muslimeen is a Muslim organisation within the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago. Its membership is predominantly made up of AfroTrinidadians. The group appeals to the poor and displaced classes. Its leader, Imam Yasin Abu Bakr, led group members in an attempted coup against the elected
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      Lock icon Controversy over teen's war crime charges
      318 13 NEW YORK TIMES New York PLANS to put an Al-Qaeda operative on trial for war crimes have sparked a controversy in the United States as the defendant was just 15 at the time. Defence lawyers argue that military prosecutors are violating international law by
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      Lock icon Dutch keep heads above water with floating houses
      1336 14  -  Neo Hui Mm Buildings designed for flooded land help country cope with rising sea level By Straits Times Europe Bureau In Delft (Netherlands) THERE is a new kind of real estate in the Netherlands these days buying patches of water. Over 200
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      Lock icon Aussie carbon trading scheme by 2012
      395 14 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Sydney PRIME Minister John Howard announced yesterday that Australia, one of the worst per-capita polluters in the world, will launch a domestic carbon trading scheme in 2012 to fight global warming. But Mr Howard warned that capping the carbon dioxide belched out
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      Lock icon Beijing asks local govts for energy-saving plans
      135 14 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Beijing CHINA had urged local officials to prepare their own energy efficiency plans in a bid to save a floundering effort to cut energy consumption drastically, state media said. Local government departments and state enterprises must report back to Beijing with
      AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE  -  135 words
    • SPOTLIGHT PEOPLE
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        Lock icon Dr Death plans media blitz on assisted suicide
        407 15 REUTERS JACK Kevorkian, the assist-ed-suicide advocate dubbed "Dr Death", stepped free from a Michigan prison with few words but plans for a media blitz to support his cause. Kevorkian, 79, who says he assisted in some 130 deaths, had served eight years
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        Lock icon Billionaire builds skyscraper home
        185 15 INDIA'S richest man, Mr Mukesh Ambani, is building a skyscraper home in Mumbai that will need an army of 600 employees to manage it. The BBC News reported that the top floors of the building will provide a panoramic view of the entire city of Mumbai
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        Lock icon Woman minister launches perfume
        91 15 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE THE first woman minister in the United Arab Emirates has launched her own perfume, the Khaleej Times newspaper reported yesterday. Economy Minister Sheikha Lubna al-Qassemi unveiled the fragrance, Mukhalat Sheikha Lubna, at the Dubai branch of the luxury Saks Fifth Avenue store. "Fragrance is
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        Lock icon Democracy, after 19-year coma
        132 15 REUTERS A 65-YEAR-OLD railwayman who fell into a coma after an accident in communist Poland regained consciousness 19 years later to find democracy and a market economy, Polish media reported on Saturday. Wheelchair-bound Jan Grzebski, who was given only two or three years to live following
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    • Article
      Lock icon Bill for UNSW's failed campus 'may hit $51m'
      505 16  -  Roger Maynard Singapore venture an international disaster, says Aussie newspaper By Australia Correspondent In Sydney THE true cost of the University of New South Wales' failed Singapore campus could be more than As4o million (Sssl million), an Australian newspaper claimed yesterday. In
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      Lock icon Arsenic 'can help extend leukaemia patients' lives'
      250 16 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Chicago WELL-KNOWN as a poison that can kill, arsenic can also prolong the lives of patients with a rare form of leukaemia, a new study has found. "This study shows that even more patients will benefit if we give (arsenic) earlier
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      Lock icon Violent crime in US increases for second year
      380 16 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Washington VIOLENT crime in the US rose for a second year in a row in 2006, increasing 1.3 per cent, the Washington Post reported, citing new government figures. The number of robberies increased 6 per cent and murders increased slightly,
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      Lock icon Pro-Chavez rally supports ban on TV station
      327 16 ASSOCIATED PRESS Caracas (Venezuela) THOUSANDS of red-clad supporters of President Hugo Chavez strode through the Venezuelan capital seeking to counter a national outcry over the government's removal of an opposition TV station from the air. The march was in response to a week
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      Lock icon Internet killing pornography industry
      119 16 INTERNATIONAL HERALD TRIBUNE Los Angeles ONCE hailed as a boon for the porn industry, the Internet is killing the market. The copious online availability of free or low-cost photos and videos is taking its toll on sales of X-rated DVDs. After years of quite steady increases,
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    • WORLD QUICKLY
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        Lock icon STRIKE PLANNED AT SPACE CENTRE
        185 17 ASSOCIATED PRESS MELBOURNE (Florida): A union representing 570 space shuttle programme workers at the Kennedy Space Centre voted to strike, less than a week before the planned launch of the shuttle Atlantis. The International Association of Machinist and Aerospace Workers, which represents the United Space
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        Lock icon AID WORKERS FOUND DEAD
        97 17 ASSOCIATED PRESS COLOMBO: Two Sri Lankan Red Cross workers who were abducted from the capital last week had been found dead, the aid group and the Defence Ministry said yesterday. The bodies of the two ethnic Tamil men were found on Saturday in Ratnapura district, about
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        Lock icon JUNE 21 KEY DATE IN TYCOON TRIAL
        194 17 THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK KUALA LUMPUR: June 21 is D-Day for steel tycoon Eric Chia Eng Hock, who is facing a charge of criminal breach of trust. The 74-year-old will know then whether he can walk out of court a free man or
        THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK  -  194 words
      • Article
        Lock icon RUSSIAN VISIT TO DISPUTED ISLES
        115 17 ASSOCIATED PRESS TOKYO: Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov visited two of the four Russian-held islands claimed by Japan yesterday and indicated that Moscow was not ready to give up the disputed territories, news reports said. Mr Lavrov's visit to the Kunashiri and Shikotan islands was
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        Lock icon PUTIN ISSUES MISSILE WARNING
        167 17 REUTERS ROME: Moscow will once again aim its missiles at targets in Europe if US plans to build a missile defence shield near Russia's borders go ahead, President Vladimir Putin has warned. In an interview reported in Italy's Corriere della Sera newspaper yesterday, he acknowledged that
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        Lock icon ROCKS HURLED AT GUSMAO
        149 17 ASSOCIATED PRESS DILI: A mob hurled rocks at the motorcade of Timor Leste's independence hero Xanana Gusmao and one of his supporters was shot dead yesterday, police said. The incident came amid growing violence ahead of parliamentary elections on June 30. Mr Gusmao, a former Timor
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      Lock icon Fighting intensifies in Lebanese refugee camp
      500 17 REUTERS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Islamist militants remain defiant as troops move into camp in full force Nahr Al-Bared (Lebanon) LEBANESE troops, backed by artillery, tanks and gunships, intensified their fight against militants at a Palestinian refugee camp yesterday. This came as Lebanon's Prime Minister called
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      Lock icon Suicide bomber strikes at Somali PM's house
      264 17 REUTERS, ASSOCIATED PRESS Mogadishu A SUICIDE car bomber blew himself up yesterday in front of Somali Prime Minister Ali Mohamed Gedi's house, the Deputy Defence Minister said. The casualties are unknown and it is unclear whether Mr Gedi was in his house at
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    • GLOBAL AGENDA
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        93 18 SEOUL: South Korea hosts the next Asia Cooperation Dialogue involving 30 nations. North Korea's nuclear drive and IT cooperation will be key issues. HONG KONG: A candlelight vigil held annually to mark the Tiananmen Square crackdown anniversary is expected to draw a larger-than-usual crowd, due to the controversy sparked
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        15 18 BEIJING: China and the US hold talks on the protection of intellectual property rights.
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        Lock icon WEDNESDAY
        20 18 TOKYO: Australia's defence and foreign ministers head to Tokyo to discuss the inaugural "two-plus-plus" talks to deepen bilateral ties.
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      179 18  -  HAZLIN HASSAN MALAYSIA WHAT IT IS ONE of the biggest and most talked-about trials in recent Malaysian history starts today in Shah Alam High Court 3 in Selangor. The 25-day trial revolves around the murder of Mongolian translator Altantuya Shaariibuu, 28, who was shot dead
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      169 18 ASSOCIATED PRESS WORLD WHAT IT IS FORMER White House aide I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby will be sentenced tomorrow. He will find out whether he will go to prison for his conviction in the Central Intelligence Agency leak case and, if so, whether it will
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      425 19 UNSAFE food and drugs for export and home consumption have become such a problem for China it is virtually being placed on watch. The death sentence passed on its former state food and drug administration chief Zheng Xiaoyu last week for massive bribery barely begins
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      1157 19  -  Robert Beckman »TERRITORIAL DISPUTES IN THE SOUTH CHINA SEA By For The Straits Times THE Spratly Islands in the South China Sea were a source of potential conflict in the region during the early *****. China, Malaysia, the Philippines, Vietnam and Taiwan all claimed sovereignty
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      837 19  -  Michael ktchardsdn GLOBAL ENERGY ROUTE By For The Straits Times SINCE the *****, various plans have been proposed to bypass the Malacca and Singapore straits, one of the world's busiest channels for international shipping, by cutting a canal or building oil pipelines through the relatively narrow
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      819 20  -  Franz Josef Jung By For The Straits Times POLITICAL leaders of Asia and guests from Europe, North America and other parts of the world gathered in Singapore over the weekend for the Shangri-La Dialogue, during which they discussed current security issues of common interest and
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      916 21  -  Bernard F W Loo STRATEGIC TRENDS 2007-2036 By For The Straits Times FOR better or worse, every time a new security concern emerges, there is almost always one question that dominates thinking what will be the military role or response? Such thinking highlights the centrality
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      31 19 Non-military options Not all security concerns affect, or can be addressed by, military power. The trick lies in being open to this possibility. PAGE 21 PUNCHLINES CALL FDR SAFER MALACCA STRAIT
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      1043 22 Singapore today Showers with thunder in the M M 0 M northern and western Singapore. THE STRAITS TIMES MONDAY, JUNE 4 2007 ASIA WORLD WEATHER USEFUL "UMBERS i——^ 1 Emergency lines BEIJING SEOUL V Police... 999 W^rT^^ j>rf Clear Police Hotline 1800-255-0000 y4^. Civil Defence (Fire, Rescue and Emergency Jt&U
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      738 23  -  Jaime Ec Khushwant Singh VIETNAMESE KILLED BY FALLING TREE BRANCH Woman trained in first aid got desperate call from ex-schoolmate to save mutual friend By AT AROUND 2pm on Vesak Day, Ms Pham Hai Yen received a phone call from a
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      115 23 "In the nature reserve, many of the trees are not in close proximity to the road, not so easily accessible, and many of them are also much bigger trees. So it's not so easy to maintain the trees in the nature reserve like we do the trees
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      663 24  -  Shobana Kesava Liaw Wy-Cin FIGHT AGAINST BIRD FLU It has enough doses to treat 25 per cent of population in the event of pandemic By THE Singapore authorities have completed building up the stockpile of drugs to help combat bird flu, a key
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      561 24  -  Shobana Kesava By A SINGAPORE research institution is about to start clinical trials of a bird flu vaccine, keeping Singapore among the front runners in the global research race to contain the disease. The vaccine was developed by Temasek Life Sciences
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        193 24 MINISTER in the Prime Minister's Office Lim Boon Heng led a team of government officials to Japan yesterday, on a trip to study Japan's management of its ageing population. The chairman of the national committee on ageing, Mr Lim and his delegation
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        171 24 TO AVOID dengue cases reaching epidemic levels, prevention is better than cure, said Health Minister Khaw Boon Wan yesterday. Even though the National Environment Agency (NEA) has stepped up its efforts, home owners must be responsible and help control this problem by checking
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      31 24 !™r* Sit,,,, UPas characters from same P°Pular manga and anime series. Guo Hao spent more than $100 to li.v c Ills I'iiUil l.iilm-iii.ulc. PHOTO: NG SOR LUAN
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      692 25  -  Carolyn Quek Buyer City Developments planning legal action against 63-year-old who is uncontactable now By HE WAS the last one left in the 140-unit private estate, and property developer City Developments (CDL) which bought over Lock Cho Apartments wants to take legal action
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      289 25  -  Khushwant Singh By POLICE officers slain in the line of duty have made the ultimate sacrifice. Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said this while paying tribute to all police officers for their commitment and dedication. Speaking at the Police Day Parade at
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        91 25 A WOMAN was fatally injured when the car she was in and an oncoming car collided at the junction of Mandai and Mandai Lake roads on Saturday night. Madam Salimah Ithnin, 40, who was in the back seat, suffered serious head injuries and died at
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        91 25 A 61-YEAR-OLD Singapo^ rean has been arrested foi trying to smuggle drugs in^ to Thailand. Tan Lye Hua was nabbed with nearly 10,000 Ecstasy pills at the Sadao border checkpoin in Thailand's southerr province of Songkhla, aD cording to television new; reports. The drugs have
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        92 25 A FREELANCE webpage designer called the Singapore Civil Defence Force control room at noon on Saturday to say there was a bomb at Raffles Place. At 2.30pm, he called again, claiming there were bombs in Orchard Road and Tanjong Pagar. The police, who searched
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        464 26 REUTERS Defence Minister Juwono hopeful of temporary agreement by end of next week INDONESIA'S Defence Minister said yesterday that he expects all outstanding issues holding up a defence treaty with Singapore to be resolved by the end of next week, paving
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        389 26  -  Shefali Rekhi By Assistant Foreign Editor UNITED States Defence Secretary Robert Gates said he was willing to discuss Washington's missile defence plans with Beijing to allay concerns over the issue. Speaking to a group of journalists on the sidelines of the
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        563 26  -  Goh Sui Noi By Senior Correspondent CHINA has agreed to participate at a senior level in future Shangri-La forums, Defence Minister Teo Chee Hean revealed yesterday. At a ministerial lunch, "our Chinese friends indicated that they would want to continue to participate in the Shangri-La Dialogue
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        38 26 US Defence Secretary Robert Gates: "In terms of our bilateral relationship, I wouldn't describe it as a breakthrough but as a next step in a process of military-to-military conversations, which we will continue in the future."
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        152 26 Defence Minister Teo Chee Hean: "We have a radar surveillance chain in the Singapore Straits and we have actually extended the picture to Indonesia's command centre so that they can see the same picture. I think that indicates the level of transparency and information-sharing and it also enables
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        50 26 Admiral Timothy Keating, Commander, US Pacific Command: "We have discussed enhancing maritime security throughout the region. It is a matter of significance and importance to us in the Pacific Command. We are not satisfied with the current state, but we are pleased with the progress we've made."
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        46 26 German Defence Minister Franz Josef Jung: "That is why the EU is working with a large number of states in the region and especially through the Asean Regional Forum to intensify the dialogue on security...on matters like anti-terrorism, conflict prevention and arms control."
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        68 26 PRIME Minister Lee Hsien Loong and German Defence Minister Dr Franz Josef Jung discussed ways to broaden cooperation between both countries as well as between Asia and Europe. They also spoke about security developments in Asia, Europe and the Middle East, including
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        174 26 DEFENCE Minister Teo Chee Hean hosted a private lunch for visiting ministers and ministerial representatives after the dialogue ended yesterday. The attending ministers noted the Shangri-La Dialogue's (SLD) role in promoting transparency and mutual trust in regional security matters. Together with Germany and
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      56 27 A group of 70 runners took part in Singapore's third World Harmony Run yesterday morning. Founded by humanitarian Sri Chinmoy, 75, in 1987, the run promotes international friendship and understanding among different nations and religions by passing torches between runners. The 22km run took participants to five
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      297 27 KUWAITI Prime Minister Sheikh Nasser Al-Mohammed Al-Ahmed Al-Jaber Al-Sabah will be in Singapore on a three-day visit, starting today. It is his first official visit to Singapore since taking office last year. His visit is at the invitation of Prime Minister Lee
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        142 27 ►>HOME WHAT IT IS EVERY June 5, World Environment Day is observed around the world with activities that range from recycling efforts to tree planting. Here, for example, the Singapore Environment Council is getting firms to cut back on energy consumption for the day. WHY IT MATTERS
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        84 27 WHAT IT IS THE 4th International Water Association Leading Edge Conference and Exhibition on Water and Wastewater Technologies. Into its fourth year, this is the first time the event is held in South-east Asia. Held at Swissotel The Stamford, the event started yesterday and ends on Wednesday. WHY
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        69 27 WHAT IT IS THE charity Youth Challenge will release an update on its progress tomorrow. WHY IT MATTERS The Commissioner of Charities conducted an inquiry into Youth Challenge following a complaint against it last August and gave it six months to shape up and comply with regulations. Youth
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      540 27  -  Zakir Hussain Lingering memories prompt former Katong MP to put pen to paper By AS A young teacher during the Maria Hertogh riots in 1950, Mr Joe Conceicao was terrified one day by the sight of a mob threatening Eurasians in Geylang
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      27 23 Mobs and monsters Former MP Joe Conceicao's memories of racial riots in the 50s and 60s stirred him to pen a cautionary book about tolerance. PAGE H5
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      178 27 rr\ What is the latest move to get more companies to hire older workers? B Under the Advantage! Scheme, W.^^m\ < the Government will offer each 1 company up to $400,000 to get > more seniors on its payroll. That's the number of retailers who agreed not to sell cigarettes
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      596 28  -  LEONG PHEI PHEI By MCDONALD'S has Chicken Fan-tastic burger. Delifrance offers otah feuillete. Pizza Hut whips up a black pepper chicken pizza and KFC tosses a tasty oriental chicken salad. They try hard to cook up a storm with new tastes as
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      256 28 IN ITS 20th year. Motherhood Exhibition returns this time with promises of a bigger and better event. Targeted at parents and parents-to-be, organiser Eastern Publishing hopes to attract 100,000 visitors over the four-day event, which opens on Thursday at Singapore Expo Hall SA. To reach its target,
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      235 28 AS A regular contest participant, Mdm Kwek Lai Keng (right) zeroes in on the contests which promise big prizes such as luxury cars and large cash prizes. So when she saw a chance at winning $10,000 in the Zap Code contest in The Straits
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        109 28 SENTOSA'S Singapore Choice Package, available between now and June 30, encourages holidaymakers to create their own fun. Reach the island by cable car or the new Sentosa Express train from Vivo City, then head to Imbiah Lookout or check out the Sky Tower. Later, catch some four dimensional
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        96 28 CHECK out the MDIS roadshow this Friday and Saturday from 11 am to 9pm at Cathay Cineleisure in Orchard. Programme consultants will be there to guide you through the school's academic offerings, while 98.7FM DJs Dan and Young (right) will join in the fun and games on
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        88 28 RAFFLES City Shopping Centre celebrates the Singapore Arts Festival with lots to see, do, buy and eat. Between this Thursday and Sunday at 7.30pm and 8.30pm, grab a complimentary Haagen Dazs ice cream and marvel at the mid-air moves of Italy's Company IL Posto, as dancers
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        67 28 MAYBELLINE New York's new Angel Fit two-way foundation promises to hide imperfections with a natural, flawless finish. Incorporating advanced pigments that give great coverage and a sheer finish, the six natural Asian shades also include natural ingredients for beneficial skincare, synthetic mica for a natural look and silicon
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      564 29  -  Jessica Lim »SOAPBOX It's more worth it to work out issues with parents than waste money on rent By THE patio of my house looks out into a sea of Tomato Cocos, their broad leaves rustling in the wind. A wooden wind
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      651 29  -  Kenny Tan By MOTOCROSS racing is still largely a male-dominated event, but the extreme sport, which involves riding modified scramblers over rough terrain, has an increasing number of female takers too. At the recent Channel U Motocross Challenge 2007 at *scape organised by Channel
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      920 30 MY LIFE Its students have been offered scholarships, but some say it may not be enough. Youths weigh in on the issue How can you make up for lost time? THE sad truth is that the students will ultimately be the ones
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      283 29 Hamimah Binte Abu Master of Education < Memorial Scholarship < The Faculty of Education at the University of Tasmania is pleased to announce the offer of the third annual Master of Education Memorial Scholarship in honour of Ms Hamimah Abu, noted Singaporean educator. Ms Abu won a Most Resourceful Teacher
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      326 31  -  Edmund Khoo Kirn Hock MANY Singaporeans must be celebrating at the moment, with the buoyant economy, high employment, higher salaries and, for private home owners, skyrocketing property prices and "en bloc" zyHowever, is the current state of the economy and future as rosy
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      191 31  -  Clara Ethel Lim Li Rong (Ms) COME August, I will enter university. Currently, the National University of Singapore (NUS) and Nanyang Technological University (NTU) charge the same tuition fees for both lab-based courses and non-lab-based ones (excluding medicine, dentistry, nursing and music). This is
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      408 31  -  Paul Chan Poh Hoi REPORTS on recent discussions of the Land Transport Authority (LTA) with the public on a review of land transport did not bring out any plausible solutions likely to be acceptable to the LTA or transport operators. Bold steps are
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      278 31  -  Chong Scow Kheng WITH the recent spate of freak accidents of falling tree branches killing unsuspecting victims, I would like to remind everyone to be careful when travelling from one point to another. This is not just in forested areas like Bukit Batok
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      207 31  -  Richard Goh Chee Kok I REFER to the report, "Falling tree branch kills man on nature reserve hiking trail" (ST, June 1). This is similar to the accident at Bukit Batok Nature Park on May 15. In the aftermath of these accidents, the National
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        76 31  -  Lawrence Gan Chai Ken I WOULD like to commend four young strangers two boys and two girls who returned my lost car keys at the East Coast Park last week. After combing the area for over an hour, I went back to my car and,
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        96 31  -  Dave Awn I ARRIVED in Singapore at about 9pm on May 16 from Kuala Lumpur. After collecting my luggage, I went to an ATM to get some local currency. I selected $500, but later, in the taxi, I realised I had not collected
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        47 31  -  Michelle Suresh (Mrs) I WOULD like to thank Mr Tan Yock Meng, taxi driver with Trans-Cab (No. SHC 5715 C) for helping me with my shopping bags on May 24 when I boarded his cab at Whitesands, and later, upon reaching my destination.
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        54 31  -  Lee Miin Che (Ms) I WRITE to commend Mr Ang Leng Woo, who is engaged by Gim Tian Civil Engineering to clean the underpass that links the Novena Square Shopping Mall to the Revenue House. He has kept the underpass and its surroundings spotless by his
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      89 31 For more readers' views, log on to http://www.straitstimes.com Access to letters online is free. Fine-tune the system so that no one is left behind in our vibrant city We need another 20,000 taxis on our roads Bad experience with a booked cab Service 969 standards appalling Cap profits of public
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      Lock icon Cleveland march into NBA Finals
      701 32 ASSOCIATED PRESS BASKETBALL James, Gibson conjure up victory in Game 6 for conference crown and a date with Spurs Cleveland AS HIS teammates danced and carried on while wearing baseball caps and T-shirts proclaiming "Champions", Leßron James walked around in a daze with a smile
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      187 32 ASSOCIATED PRESS AFTER five straight Eastern Conference Finals, two National Basketball Association Finals and one title (in 2004), the good times are over for Detroit. This year, for sure. Maybe in the near future, too. Flip Saunders' job could be on the line, although the Pistons
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      Lock icon Cavaliers are a match for the Spurs
      189 32 ASSOCIATED PRESS THE Cleveland Cavaliers cannot beat the San Antonio Spurs. Or can they? On Thursday, the National Basketball Association Finals debutants face the Spurs, who have already won the title thrice since 1999. The Spurs are led by the trio of Tim
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      529 32 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE »SOCCER London DAVID Beckham has warned the Los Angeles Galaxy they must do everything they can to help continue his unexpected England revival. It seems he is having second thoughts about ending his playing career in the footballing backwater of
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      620 33 SATURDAY Group A Azerbaijan 1 Poland 3 Belgium 1 Portugal 2 Finland 0 Serbia 2 Kazakhstan 1 Armenia 2 Group B Faroe Islands 1 Italy 2 France 2 Ukraine 0 Lithuania 1 Georgia 0 Group C Bosnia-H 3 Turkey 2 Greece 2 Hungary 0 Norway 4 Malta 0
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      Lock icon Ref abandons match after fan fracas
      422 33 ASSOCIATED PRESS, REUTERS »SOCCER Fan tries to punch official after he sends off Danish player and awards Sweden penalty Copenhagen AN ENRAGED Danish fan forced Saturday's Euro 2008 qualifier against Sweden to be abandoned when he ran onto the field and tried to punch
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      Lock icon Nani shows why Fergie paid $52m for him
      407 33 ASSOCIATED PRESS, REUTERS Brussels HE IS Portuguese, a Manchester United player and scores dramatic goals. But his name is not Cristiano Ronaldo. Standing in for the suspended winger, Nani celebrated his £17.3 million (Sss2 million) midweek transfer from Sporting to the English
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      Lock icon Italy slammed after struggling to beat Faroes
      292 33 REUTERS Milan WORLD champions Italy returned home to a chorus of criticism after scraping to a 2-1 win over the lowly Faroe Islands in Saturday's Euro 2008 qualifier. Filippo Inzaghi scored twice before carpenter Rogvi Jacobsen pulled one back after 77 minutes for
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      Lock icon France in 2-0 win against Ukraine
      239 33 ASSOCIATED PRESS St Denis (France) FRANCK Ribery and Nicolas Anelka each scored sec-ond-half goals on Saturday as France beat Ukraine 2-0 to take the sole lead in their European Championship qualifying group. Ribery collected Claude Makelele's long ball in the 57th minute, rounded goalkeeper
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      Lock icon Germany's Super Mario braced for Slovakia test
      248 33 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Nuremberg MARIO Gomez scored twice on Saturday, as Germany beat minnows San Marino 6-0 to return to the top of their Euro 2008 qualifying Group D. He had played only a handful of games as a substitute for Vfß Stuttgart after
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      Lock icon Hernandez's goal seals Spanish win
      70 33 REUTERS SPAIN moved closer to clinching a spot in Euro 2008 when they beat hosts Latvia 2-0 on Saturday. The visitors dominated the Group F encounter's opening 45 minutes but it took an own goal from defender Arturs Zakresevskis on the stroke of half-time to
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      309 34  -  Leonard Lim SOCCER Fazrul's early penalty hands youngsters a memorable 1-0 win at Senayan Stadium By FEW gave the Singapore Un-der-23 team a chance against the senior Indonesian side in Jakarta yesterday. But the Singaporean youngsters put up a stirring display to beat Indonesia
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      Lock icon MARINE TERRACE WIN U-16 CROWN
      113 34 Hafiz Amir (above right) scored the second goal in Marine Terrace's 3-0 win over The Rovers in the Under-16 final of the adidas +Challenge at Ngee Ann City's Civic Plaza yesterday. The Liverpool fan and his teammates will travel to Hong Kong next month to
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      Lock icon Henry and Benitez may be heading for Spanish shores
      360 34 London ARSENAL captain Thierry Henry and Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez could well be chasing the Spanish title next season. The Gunners are willing to sell their French striker to Barcelona, while Real Madrid are hoping to take advantage of a feud
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      Lock icon Ballack prefers Loew to Mourinho
      119 34 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE CHELSEA'S Michael Ballack said yesterday that the best coach he has worked with is not Jose Mourinho, but German national coach Joachim Loew. "Loew comes up with a training concept in his head and explains it in crystal-clear terms to his players," the
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      Lock icon Juve turn their attention to Eriksson
      200 34 London JUVENTUS, back in Italy's Serie A after being demoted for match-fixing, will settle for Sven-Goran Eriksson as their new coach if they fail to get Claudio Ranieri. Ranieri quit Parma last week. Within days, he met representatives of Thaksin Shinawatra, about the former
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      332 34 JEANETTE WANG SWIMMING NICHOLAS Ho was in seventh heaven at the 31st South-east Asia Age-Group Swimming Championships yesterday. The 12-year-old bagged seven gold medals from seven starts at the three-day annual event at the Singapore Sports School. Teammate Quah Ting Wen, 14, who competed
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      Lock icon Vipers on course for first title
      254 34  -  Hoe Pei Shan »NETBALL By THE Vipers' appetite for their maiden Netball Super League title has been whetted by their 41-31 preliminary final win over champions Stingrays yesterday. Come Saturday, in the grand final, they are looking forward to the main course of Marlins,
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      Lock icon Mardan's ioint-second in Wales
      221 35  -  Jeanette Wang ►>GOLF His best finish in Europe earns Singaporean No. 1 $303,000 By SINGAPOREAN Mardan Mamat shot a tourna-ment-low seven-under 62 at the Celtic Manor Wales Open in Newport yesterday to record his best finish on European soil. The Republic's No 1 returned a total
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      76 35 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE AUSTRALIA'S Rod Pampling fired a four-under 68 on Saturday. He held a three-stroke lead over Adam Scott and Scan O'Hair after three rounds of the PGA Memorial tournament. Pampling birdied four of the last eight holes to stand on 15-under 201 at the US$6 million (559.2
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      Lock icon Henin, Williams to meet in q-final grudge match
      532 35 ASSOCIATED PRESS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE ►>TENNIS Paris JUSTINE Henin and Serena Williams set up a grudge rematch at the French Open after they hurtled into the quar-ter-finals yesterday. It has been four years since Williams was booed off the court following an acrimonious
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      Lock icon GAY MISSES OUT ON RECORD
      121 35 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Tyson Gay (left) electrified the Reebok Grand Prix athletics meet in New York when he clocked 9.76 seconds in the century sprint on Saturday. But a favourable wind of 2.2 m per second meant the American sprinter could not claim a world record.
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      Lock icon Tan wins battle of Malaysians
      283 35 BADMINTON REMEMBER the name Tan Chun Seang a Malaysian junior shuttler who is fast becoming a familiar face on the badminton scene. The 20-year-old came back from a game down to beat compatriot Chan Kwong Beng 17-21, 21-16, 21-10 in the men's singles final of
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      Lock icon Top Singaporeans come through early rounds
      232 35  -  Jeanette Wang »TABLE TENNIS By IT WAS business as usual for Singapore's paddlers at the 17th Commonwealth Championships in Jaipur, India, yesterday. Fresh from winning a his- toric men's and women's team double on Saturday, most of the eight-member squad progressed smoothly in the
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        Lock icon 12 DEAD IN STAMPEDE
        47 35 BLOOMBERG NEWS LUSAKA: Twelve people were crushed to death and more than 45 injured in a stampede at Zambia's Chililabombwe soccer stadium yesterday, following the country's 3-0 victory over Congo. Nine men and three women were killed as supporters squeezed through exit gates.
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        Lock icon COSTLY DETTORI WIN
        103 35 REUTERS EPSOM (England): Italian jockey Frankie Dettori's Epsom Derby win on Authorized on Saturday caned bookmakers for millions. William Hill spokesman Graham Sharpe reckoned it was the industry's worst day financially since Dettori rode all seven winners in a day at Ascot in September 1996. That record-breaking
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        Lock icon IBRAGIMOV'S WBO WIN
        39 35 ASSOCIATED PRESS ATLANTIC CITY: Russian Sultan Ibragimov easily outpointed Shannon "The Cannon" Briggs to win the World Boxing Organisation heavyweight title on Saturday. His quick left hands dominated the listless American to earn a 12-round decision.
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        Lock icon JASMINE 28TH AT CUP
        62 35 MUNICH: Singapore's Jasmine Ser finished 28th in the International Shooting Sport Federation World Cup women's 10m air rifle event in Munich on Saturday. She scored 395 out of a possible 400. Compatriots Vanessa Yong was 67th (392) and Adrienne Ser was 81st (390) out of 130
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      92 35 P W D L F A Pts Tampines 11 9 0 2 26 11 27 SAFFC 11 7 1 329 12 22 Gombak 12 6 3 3 20 13 21 Young Lions ....11 4 3 4 13 14 15 Woodlands 11 4 3 4 1619 15 Geylang 12 3
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      698 35 BASEBALL MLB: Atlanta 5 Chicago Cubs 3, Toronto 9 Chicago White Sox 3, NY Mets 7 Arizona 1, Houston BSt Louis 3, Boston 11 NY Yankees 6, Florida 5 Milwaukee 2, Detroit 9 Cleveland 5, San Diego 11 Washington 3, Philadelphia 5 San Francisco 2, Pittsburgh 3 LA Dodgers
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      80 35 S-League Tomorrow Balestier Khalsa v Albirex Niigata (Toa Payoh, 7.45pm) Wednesday Gombak United v Korean Super Reds (Jurong West, 7.45pm) Thursday Liaoning Guangyuan v Young Lions (Queenstown), SAFFC v Sengkang Punggol (Choa Chu Kang) 7.45pm Friday Woodlands Wellington v Balestier Khalsa (Jalan Besar, 7.30pm) Live, Chs, 7.25pm Sunday Home United
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      57 37 (c) 7o Creative Tech )UE 'arkway Hldgs Venture Corp 'eople's Food .KH :8N lotel Prop 720 1470 404 1540 175 85.5 570 620 75.0 50.0 46.0 40 0 23.0 22.8 20.0 20.0 9.4 3.3 10.2 2.5 11.6 21.1 3.4 3.1 Ham 10IL IhangriLa Asia ..322 ..220 1970
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      85 37 Where S$ stands Jun 1 7oUHN(J TK ZUU/ CLOSE FR May 30 S$ LOW S$ HIGH JS$ 1.5303 +0.03 1.5479 1.5086 iuro 2.0566 -0.12 2.0773 1.9913 3.0283 -0.19 3.0540 2.9323 1$ 1.2674 -1.23 1.2686 1.1741 ren 1.2549 +0.32 1.3277 1.2555 lupiah *0.***** -0.11 0.***** 0.***** iaht ....4.4267 -0.14 4.4315
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      Lock icon Liquidity still high as STI nears record
      488 37  -  Gabriel Chen TAKING STOCK Some dealers warn that the market is now at an overbought level By WHATEVER happened to the old adage "sell in May and go away"? Investors looking to a good time to cut and run last month did not
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      5922 37 Unit Trusts Funds UNIT TRUSTS ABN Annro Asset Mgt (Spore) St.rE.rop.W- 1136/ g; SSIS Si 1" StarAsianTiserEqty 1.462/ Star Asia Bond 1337/ Star Asia Balanced 1133/ Star Global Tecbnoloey Fund!" 0.227/ Biilli St Fd 0.991/ Star Asia Bonj(USD) 0 875/ Gib Multi St USD 1.186/ Asia Bond Fd A 108.83/
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        78 38 DEUTSCHE Bank believes that 01am International is overvalued, so there is little margin of safety and one earnings disappointment could lead to a big correction. It says: "Olam's prospects are exciting, but the market seems to forget that Olam's current growth is partly due to a
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        62 38 DBS VICKERS says KS Energy Services' acquisition of Atlantic Oilfield Services for $122 million will help its aspirations of being a one-stop energy services provider. "KS Energy's geographical presence will also be expanded to Denmark and Amsterdam," DBS Vickers says. It has upgraded its
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        Lock icon CHINA MILK'S VALUATION 'ATTRACTIVE'
        58 38 UOB Kay Hian says that China Milk's financial year 2007 results met forecasts, though the company's raw milk production fell short of the broking firm's expectations. Still, it finds the valuation "very attractive" compared with those of other major listed dairy firms in terms of price-earnings
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      Lock icon Wal-Mart to buy back up to $23b in shares
      446 38 BLOOMBERG NEWS US retailer also plans to cut number of new stores as chief exec reacts to investors' demands to increase returns Fayetteville (Arkansas) WAL-MART Stores, the world's largest retailer, will buy back as much as US$l5 billion (Ss23 billion) in
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        Lock icon TOYOTA OVERTAKES RIVAL FORD AFTER STRONG SALES GROWTH
        125 38 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE CHICAGO: Japanese carmaker Toyota pushed further into the United States market last month as strong sales growth, reported last Friday, helped it seize the No. 2 spot from rival Ford Motor for the fifth time. Toyota commanded 17.2 per cent
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        Lock icon BANK OF AMERICA NAMES HEAD OF GLOBAL MARKETS
        69 38 REUTERS NEW YORK: Bank of America, the second-lar-gest bank in the United States, last Friday named Mr Thomas White head of global markets, replacing Mr Mark Werner, who is leaving the company with three other top executives. Mr White has been global
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        Lock icon NEW CHIEF EXECUTIVE TAKES THE HELM AT AT&T
        98 38 ASSOCIATED PRESS SAN ANTONIO (Texas): After an acquisition binge that transformed the smallest Baby Bell into a telecommunications heavyweight, AT&T underwent another change yesterday a new chief executive. Mr Randall Stephenson, 47, has risen through the ranks of AT&T, and previously served
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        Lock icon Indian central bank likely to keep tight monetary policy
        549 39 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE While inflation has eased, it may ask banks to lift reserves to ease loans growth MUMBAI INDIA'S central bank is likely to keep monetary policy tight in the coming months to tame prices, after the economy expanded at a
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        Lock icon S. Korean oil firm plans foreign purchase: Report
        178 39 IVGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Seoul SOUTH Korea's state-run oil developer is seeking the acquisition of a foreign oil firm this year in an effort to compete with global players, said i report yesterday. The planned acquisition would help boost the self-sufficiency rate of crude
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        Lock icon Rotary pumps $2m into Dalian staff training centre
        490 40  -  Arthur Poon Tie-up with varsity will help double workforce to 6,000 in 3 years By FHE shortage of skilled staff tias squeezed home-grown Rotary Engineering so much that it has tied up with a Chinese university to produce its own workforce. Rotary
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          113 40 CHRISTOPHER CHENG WAI CHEE: Appointed a director of the boards of DBS Group Holdings and DBS Bank. Mr Cheng (right), 58, is chairman of US I Holdings and Winsor Properties, both part of the Wing Tai Group. He replaces Mr Leung Chun Ying,
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          Lock icon QUEK LENG CHAN NAMED EXECUTIVE CHAIRMAN OF BIL
          44 40 QUEK LENG CHAN: Appointed executive chairman of BIL International. Tan Sri Quek is also chairman of the board. The company also announced that Mr Edwin Low Eng Juay resigned as chief financial officer, effective last Friday.
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          38 40 ZULKIFLI BAHARUDIN: Appointed as executive director of Communication Design International. Mr Zulkifli, 47, will be in charge of strategic planning and business development. He is currently managing director of Global Business Integrators.
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          92 40 KHOR JAW HUEI, PAUL HUGENTOBLER and GERALD LETELLIER: Appointed as non-executive directors of Jurong Cement by its holding company Holcim Investments (Singapore). Dr Khor, 56, has been in the cement and related business for more than 30 years. Mr Hugentobler, 58, has been a
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      Lock icon China's economic boom likely to spawn many success stories
      1007 41  -  Goh Eng Yeow COMMENTARY Early-bird investors of foreign-listed mainland shares may turn out big winners By Markets Correspondent INVESTING in a stock when it is still an undiscovered gem will probably be the closest that most of us will get to
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      Lock icon Traders snap up CapitaLand issues as Chinese deals swell
      360 41  -  GOH ENG YEOW WARRANT WATCH CAPITALAND'S latest moves to expand its footprint in China have not gone unnoticed among warrant traders. They have been busily loading up on covered warrants issued on the Singapore developer, whose share price has been stuck
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      Lock icon More private banks pick S'pore as global booking hub
      784 42  -  Grace Ng Assets registered and managed here hit hundreds of billions of dollars By Finance Reporter SINGAPORE is fast becoming the global booking centre of choice for private banks whose clients want an Asian home for their wealth. Japan's Nomura Wealth
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      351 42 REUTERS INTEREST RATES, CAREER MORE New York FORMER United States Federal Reserve chief Alan Greenspan has promised to deliver surprises and insights into the future in an eagerly-awaited book, but he gave little away, beyond saying interest rates were low. Mr Greenspan,
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      Lock icon Mortgage bind looms for millions of future UK retirees
      627 42 MILLIONS of people in the United Kingdom could still be paying off mortgages when they are pensioners, experts believe, as spiralling property prices force first-time buyers to postpone their purchases and fund them over longer periods. The number of first-time buyers
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      91 43 PEOPLE ENCORE, ENCORE 8 QUESTIONS WITH I X SOUND OF MUSIC Rocking good time Her baby girl keeps sports JL m Tan Dun's unusual Paper Concerto at Mayday concert presenter Colette Wong in shapej was an aural pleasure page 2 page 3 jt Jk page 6 m W«i Lll 1
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        531 44  -  Boon Chan The sheer energy and chemistry of the band members had enthralled fans on their feet for three hours rock MAYDAY JUMP CONCERT SINGAPORE 2007 Singapore Expo's Max Pavilion Last Saturday CAN you feel the L.0.V.E.? Taiwanese rock band Mayday certainly did from the capacity
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        207 44 LAST year's Campus SuperStar overall champion Ng Chee Yang has put his stage experience to good use. For the inaugural Get High! Concert 2007 a Chinese charity pop concert organised by the songwriting wing of Hwa Chong Institution's (HCI) Chinese Society, the 17-year-old not
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        156 44 LOS ANGELES She has been named a billionaire heiress but actress Julia Louis-Dreyfus (inset) begs to differ. Forbes magazine recently put the Seinfeld star at No. 4 on its Hot Billionaire Heiresses list, citing her father Gerard Louis-Dreyfus' US$3.4-billion (555.2-billion) fortune from commodities. Socialite Paris Hilton
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        231 55 AP FAIRFAX, Virginia Ben Affleck (right) cracked jokes about his film career at a high school graduation last Friday while paying tribute to a graduating student he befriended years ago. The audience at Falls Church High School gave him a standing ovation after his
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      581 48  -  Stephanie Yap The gala event starring paper and technology was vibrant, entertaining and deeply moving > concert THE MAP AND PAPER CONCERTO Tan Dun and the Singapore Symphony Orchestra Esplanade Concert Hall Last Saturday WHETHER you are reading this review online or in print, know this: The medium
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        795 49  -  AHMAD OSMAN By KUWAITI Prime Minister Sheikh Nasser al-Mohammed al-Ahmad alJaber al-Sabah arrives in Singapore today on a visit that will reinforce the bilateral ties between the two countries. One of the key areas of cooperation is the renewal of a pact on an e-government
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          298 53 HH SHEIKH NAWAF AL-AHMAD AL-JABER AL-SABAH KUWAIT'S Crown Prince Sheikh Nawaf al-Ah-mad al-Jaber al-Sabah, is the brother of the current Amir. Born in 1937 and educated in several Kuwaiti schools, he was nominated as the Crown Prince in a decree issued by Sheik Sabah on Jan 30,
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          309 53 HH SHEIKH NASSER AL-MOHAMMED AL-AHMAD AL-JABER AL-SABAH SHEIKH NASSER is a former diplomat and minister who has served the emirate with distinction. Fluent in Arabic, French, English and Persian, he has a degree in political science and economics from the University of Geneva in Switzerland. Born in
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        636 54  -  Philip Lee Kuwait taps on Singapore's expertise in various areas, enhancing the partnership between the two countries THE government of Kuwait continues to tap Singaporean expertise in the efforts to upgrade its information and communications technology in the public and private sectors. Today, after
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        479 54  -  Narendra Aggarwal SINGAPORE'S top telecommunications company, Sing Tel, is making waves in Kuwait by providing its premier satellite services to the country. While SingTel's satellite services available in Kuwait are primarily geared to the oil and gas industry there, the services can be
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        565 54  -  Ahmad Osman HOMEGROWN NCS group may open a new office in Kuwait as part of its plan to be the preferred information technology (IT) and communications engineering services provider in the Middle East. The group, which is a subsidiary of Sing
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      72 49 Eg r 1 V-m lil E9 H National Bank of Kuwait S.A.K., Singapore Branch, warmly welcomes H ■3 His Highness Sheikh Nasser Al-Mohammad Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah 13 Prime Minister of the State of Kuwait and his distinguished delegation H on their official visit to Singapore Q I NBj< Tn I
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