The Straits Times, 11 May 2009

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    20 1 MICA (P) 191/11/2008 MONDAY, MAY 11 2009 S|sl A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION ESTABLISHED 1845 90 CENTS THE STRAITS TIMES.
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      Lock icon Hospital's healthy win
      45 1 PATIENTS in a Health Ministry survey were most satisfied with the service they got at Alexandra Hospital the fifth year in a row the hospital has come in tops. Among polyclinics, the one in Bedok got the best review. HOME PAGE Bl
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      Lock icon Feeding off eating woes
      35 1 PRO-anorexia websites which encourage those with the eating disorder to feed off each other's problems are becoming more prevalent on the Internet and a hazard, say health experts. HOME PAGE B3
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      Lock icon Jockeying ahead of polls
      42 1 POLITICAL manoeuvrings in Indonesia are going up ahead of presidential polls in July. There is now talk of a possible alliance between the opposition Indonesian Democratic Party-Struggle and its arch rival, the Democratic Party. WORLD PAGE A 7
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      Lock icon 'Reds' rally in Bangkok
      52 1 BANGKOK has witnessed its first large rally since violent protests on the streets of the capital last month that provoked a government crackdown, leaving two people dead and 123 injured. About 10,000 anti-government "Red Shirt" protesters gathered at a temple in Don Muang yesterday. WORLD PAGE
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      Lock icon Beating credit card fraud
      60 1 INCONSISTENT security standards across the electronic payment industry are a major reason for the prevalence of credit card fraud, a newly established industry body has warned. The Secure Point-of-sale Vendor Alliance was set up in the United States last month to enhance the level of security
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    Lock icon SICHUAN QUAKE – ONE YEAR ON
    28 1 SICHUAN QUAKE ONE YEAR ON PHOTO: I An earthquake survivor mourns her parents in earthquake-hit Beichuan county. SPECIAL REPORT BY CHINA CORRESPONDENT TRACY QUEK: WORLD PAGES AlO-11 REUTERS
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  • Article
    Lock icon Flu alert lowered to yellow
    619 1  -  Lee Hui Chieh Sujin Thomas By THE Health Ministry (MOH) confirmed yesterday that it would be lowering the flu pandemic alert level here from orange to yellow today, as planned. It had already announced last Wednesday that it would be doing so if the global
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    Lock icon S'porean, Malaysian security officials to discuss terror threat
    637 1  -  Carolyn Hong They will meet after KL completes probe into Mas Selamat's activities By MALAYSIA BUREAU CHIEF KUALA LUMPUR: Police chief Musa Hassan yesterday said that Malaysian security officers will meet their Singapore counterparts as soon as investigations into Mas Selamat Kastari's
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      42 1 MANCHESTER RERBY FILL'ER UP THE MONDAY INTERVIEW fl 1 United Singapore: The Wi-JBB^M Comedian Henry Thia^R f I down City 2-u Electric City i H^3jr is no pushover AK^T i SPORT, PAGE B8 JJJJkIv PRIME, PAGE A6 I V'M I LIFE! C4
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  • VIEW POINTS
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      Lock icon What electric car movement can mean
      62 2 "Green" car technology has grown, so it is about time Singapore got started on putting electric cars on the road. A point to ponder is whether widespread use, if it comes about, will worsen congestion. How might that negate some of the environmental gains?
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      Lock icon 'Little Britains' in Taiwan
      28 2 Sceptics are scoffing at Taipei's plan to build mini English villages to help raise students' English proficiency, says Ho Aili. WORLD PAGE A 9
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    • Article
      Lock icon Defusing nuclear tension
      28 2 Working together is the only way for India and Pakistan to ease tension in the region, says Iftekhar Chowdhury. REVIEW PAGE Al6 OUR READER SAYS
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    • Article
      Lock icon Aware of need for GRCs
      32 2 The Aware saga has given Johnny Heng a better appreciation of the group representation constituency (GRC) system which aims to ensure reasonable minority representation. FORUM PAGE Al9
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      Lock icon ONLINE BLOGS
      30 2 www.straitstimes.com Joanne Lee wonders why the jeers at Mas Selamat's capture? Alastair Mclndoe looks at the controversy boxing champ Manny Pacquiao created when he ignored a flu advice.
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      Lock icon Winning new audiences for arts
      996 2  -  Adeline Chia Selling cut-price tickets on performance day will fill houses and win fans By ARTS REPORTER w i 1 tin, local musical, aieepiei>i> Town, sold only 28 per cent of tickets during its 2.5-week run in March at the Drama Centre. «JjJL. The Toy
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      Lock icon Singaporeans abroad enrich nation's fabric
      582 3  -  Kwan Weng Kin President Nathan urges those in Japan to stay connected to home By JAPAN CORRESPONDENT TOKYO: Singapore President S R Nathan said here yesterday the varied experiences, skills and networks gained by the increasing number of Singaporeans living overseas will become a big
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      67 3  -  Stephanie Yeow What happens a minute before Bam? Straits Times photographers show their interpretation of that moment in the Prime pages every Monday entitled 7.59. We aim to capture everyday scenes across the island with a different perspective, bringing readers a slice of life that would perhaps go unnoticed.
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      Lock icon Two new flu deaths in Americas; infections in 31 countries
      481 6 SAN JOSE: The death toll from the new flu is continuing to rise, with two new fatalities in the Americas bringing the total to 53, as the virus continues its global spread. The United States and Costa Rica have both
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      Lock icon ELECTRIC CITY
      566 6 AFTER deliberating for more than 10 years, Singapore has decided to give electric vehicles (EVs) a go. The Government has said it will set aside $20 million for a trial that will put the first EVs on the roads here from next year. The three-year programme will not
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      Lock icon Countries and car makers gearing for change
      359 6  -  CHRISTOPHER TAN NATIONS and car-makers the world over are looking to electric vehicles (EV) as an alternative to the combustion engine. This latest attempt comes on the back of progress in battery technologies and an expanding charging infrastructure. Energy groups and about 20
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      Lock icon Plug in and fill up
      624 6  -  CHRISTOPHER TAN WITH close to 90 per cent of Singapore residents living in high-rises, charging up an electric car will not be as simple as pulling an extension cord out to the driveway. Facilities for public charging will thus be needed, but setting these up
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  • prime-mas selamat captured
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      Lock icon Wife relieved to learn Mas Selamat safe
      578 4  -  Zakir Hussain He did not get in touch with family while on the run By POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT FOURTEEN months ago, she thought she was going to see her husband at the Whitley Road Detention Centre, as she had done almost every week he
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      Lock icon Could he have attacked singapore?
      543 4  -  Sujin Thomas By THE disclosure that Mas Selamat Kastari was plotting against Singapore while on the run did not surprise terrorism experts but they doubt that he had gathered enough resources to launch a large-scale operation. Ms Sidney Jones of the International Crisis Group, who
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      Lock icon Fighting terror like fighting virus: SM
      155 4 Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong, who is warded in the Singapore General Hospital for chicken pox and is expected to be discharged later this week, commented in a statement yesterday on the re-arrest of Mas Selamat Kastari. "Despite Mas Selamat's re-arrest, the threat of
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      Lock icon Strong cooperation helped: George Yeo
      136 4 Comments by Foreign Affairs Minister George Yeo on the re-arrest of Mas Selamat. He spoke to reporters on the sidelines of Vesak Day celebrations at the Fo Guang Shan Buddhist centre in Punggol on Saturday. "What is wonderful is the strong cooperation between the security
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      Lock icon Experts warn of 'hidden militants'
      1193 5  -  Shefali Rekhi Many at large in Asia reforming terror cells By ASSISTANT FOREIGN EDITOR Still on the run: S-E Asia's most wanted terror masterminds Noordin Mohammed Top (left) Deemed one of the most dangerous Jemaah Islamiah (JI) leaders, he was a top recruiter and bomb-maker.
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon Rivals coming together?
      764 7  -  Salim Osman BUILDING BRIDGES "We have started building a sense of mutual appreciation and respect between two parties that have been on the opposite sides of the political divide for five years." Democratic Party deputy chairman Anas Urbaningrum Prospect of PDI-P and Democratic Party tying up looms
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        Lock icon Red shirts gather in fresh protest
        593 8 ANTI-GOVT RALLY Thai opposition aims to 'catch PM Abhisit out', claims it has video proof that he had lied BANGKOK: Some 10,000 Thai protesters gathered in Bangkok yesterday in what the police said was the biggest rally against the government since the military cracked
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        Lock icon True grit on the road to recovery
        1362 10  -  Tracy Quek SICHUAN EARTHQUAKE: ONE YEAR ON By CHINA CORRESPONDENT At exactly 2.28pm on May 12 last year, a massive earthquake hit southwestern China, causing widespread destruction not seen in 30 years. The Straits Times' China Correspondent, who witnessed the aftermath, revisits the
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        Lock icon Kids left disabled undaunted by hard slog ahead
        846 11  -  TRACY QUEK SJCHUAN EARTHQUAKE: PICKING UP THE PIECES HIGHER HURDLE "Employment will be a real challenge for these kids. Able-bodied university graduates now face such a hard time finding jobs in China, not to mention disabled graduates." Ms Peng Hong, China coordinator
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        Lock icon Baby boom as mums replace lost children
        844 11  -  TRACY QUEK NEW LIFE, NEW HOPE "When my baby is old enough to understand, I will tell him how his sister died. And that he was born to bring us happiness once more." Madam Feng Fubing, who is six months pregnant SHI FANG
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        Lock icon English villages may not spell language success
        1021 9  -  Ho Ai Li Sceptics scoff at Taiwan's bid to raise English-language skills via real-life settings By TAIWAN CORRESPONDENT Nearly 10 years after English lessons were introduced in elementary schools, the English standards of Taiwan students have shown no marked improvement. COMEDIANS sometimes make
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        Lock icon Anger brewing in N. Korea over trading curbs
        583 12 Crackdown on markets sparks price spiral and deprives workers of extra source of income SEOUL: Public discontent is simmering in North Korea after the hardline communist regime imposed tighter restrictions on market trading in an attempt to reassert its control over the
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        Lock icon 'Underwater bunker' for Tamil Tigers leader found
        291 12 COLOMBO: The Sri Lankan army has uncovered a large contraption that may have been intended as an underwater bunker for the leader of the Tamil Tigers. The 110m long railway carriage -like construction may have been designed to be wheeled into the sea
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        Lock icon Welcoming the rainy season
        35 12 Participants cheering after successfully launching their rocket during the "Bun Bangfai" rocket festival in Yasothon, north-east of Bangkok. The festival marks the start of the rainy season in Thailand. PHOTO: REUTERS
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        Lock icon Support for Labour at record low: Poll
        562 13 TROUBLE FOR BRITISH PM Party hit by row over MPs' expenses; upcoming elections may decide Brown's fate LONDON: Support for Prime Minister Gordon Brown's Labour Party has dropped to its lowest level since polling in Britain began in the *****, a new survey
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        Lock icon Expense woes
        156 13 Mr Phil Woolas, Immigration Minister He reportedly submitted claims for nappies and women's clothes. Mr John Reid, Former home secretary He claimed expenses for a series of furnishings to his Glasgow flat, including a pouffe, an armchair and a sofa. He also submitted receipts for an ironing board
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        557 14 Leaner, meaner military in response to lessons from war with Georgia MOSCOW: Rows of missiles and tanks rumbled through Moscow's Red Square and dozens of combat jets streaked overhead over the weekend in the largest display of military might since the
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        Lock icon US detains Abu Dhabi prince over 'torture tape'
        229 14 WASHINGTON: A prince in Abu Dhabi at the centre of a "torture tape" scandal has reportedly been detained, a senior US State Department official told CNN. The videotape emerged last month in a federal civil lawsuit filed in Houston, Texas, by United
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        Lock icon Perks in the works for healthy habits
        483 15 Bosses may be allowed to reward healthy staff; critics say this is unfair NEW YORK TIMES U.S. HEALTH CARE PROPOSAL WASHINGTON: In its effort to overhaul health care, the United States Congress is planning to give employers in the country sweeping new authority
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        501 15 Moscow battles fire MOSCOW: Moscow yesterday suffered its worst fire in decades when a gas pipeline blast sent flames bursting into the sky and raised new concerns about the security of Russia's ageing energy infrastructure. The fire produced spectacular plumes of yellow flames up to 200m high. Moscow
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  • THE STRAITS TIMES REVIEW & FORUM
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      Lock icon What green light for electric motoring means
      418 16 THE $20 million in government funding to help put electric vehicles on the road beginning next year comes in the wake of important breakthroughs in green automotive technology. Research and development in energy storage has yielded alternatives that are lighter, capable of holding
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      Lock icon Collaboration only way to defuse tension
      832 16  -  Iftekhar Chowdhury NUCLEAR ARMS IN SOUTH ASIA By FOR THE STRAITS TIMES So far both India and Pakistan have behaved responsibly with regard to their nuclear arsenals. Indeed, one might argue that the possession of nuclear weapons has encouraged the two countries to behave
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      Lock icon Pakistan on the precipice
      744 16  -  Kapil Komireddi By PAKISTAN is still finding it difficult to accept that the forces it once created and nurtured, with a view towards influencing Afghanistan and crushing India in Kashmir, have now turned against their masters. Powerful elements within the Pakistan army still see the Taleban
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        Lock icon The Asian arms bazaar
        655 17  -  Robert Karniol By DEFENCE WRITER A RECENT report underscores Asia's continuing pre-eminence as a market for the global arms trade, with the continent hosting four of the five top recipients over the past five years. China received 11 per cent of all major conventional arms transfers
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        Lock icon Timing and quantity both tricky issues
        890 17  -  Michael Richardson WHO'S RECOMMENDATION ON HINI VACCINE By FOR THE STRAITS TIMES Even if several billion doses of effective HIM pandemic vaccine could be produced annually from late this year, it would still be far short of demand for a global population of 6.7
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        Lock icon Europe: A precedent for peace in a cynical world
        805 17  -  Tommy Koh By LET me share three positive thoughts about Europe and the European Union on Europe Day. My first thought is that the members of the EU family have enjoyed peace for the past 59 years. This is no small
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        Lock icon The GRC parallels
        324 19 LESSONS FROM AWARE THE Aware saga and the valuable lessons learnt from it have made me better appreciate our system of group representation constituencies (GRCs), despite the fact that, until now, I was never an admirer of the system. The Aware incidents have glaringly highlighted the fragility
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        326 19 I AM very grateful for The Straits Times' strong support which has contributed to the success of my many sporting and philanthropic projects during the past two decades. I have always respected the paper for accurate and responsible reporting in the past. Unfortunately, it was
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        Lock icon Cleaners must be physically fit
        115 19 I REFER to the report, "New drive to clean up Singapore" (May 2). Cleaning jobs require cleaners who are physically fit. While it is good to hire more senior citizens, we must not forget that certain jobs need physical stamina. The National Environment Agency should
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        211 19 WRITE IN: Letters should be sent only to The Straits Times. They should be no longer than 400 words. The Forum editor reserves the right to edit a letter. Please e-mail your letter to stforum@sph.com.sg or fax it to 6319-8289. Mas Selamat's capture "Now, many Singaporeans, myself included,
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      770 21  -  Lee Hui Chieh 74% polled rate service standards as excellent or good down 2 points By How the hospitals fared Alexandra Hospital: 83 per cent of patients rated it good or excellent KK Women's and Children's Hospital: 75 per cent National University Hospital and Singapore General
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      265 22  -  Ang Yiying By BIRD watchers at the Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve, a haven for migratory birds, will have a reference guide to turn to by September. The guidebook will feature 70 species of such birds, and give information on their migration patterns
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      715 22  -  K. C. Vijayan NEW NUS FELLOWSHIP Law school to match funds from unnamed donor towards M. Amaladass Fellowship By LAW CORRESPONDENT A LITTLE-KNOWN lawyer, who ran his own small firm and died suddenly last December, will have a fellowship in the National University
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      985 23  -  KIMBERLY SPYKERMAN WEIGHT LOSS: THE BAD By Pro-anorexia groups growing but under fire for touting illness as lifestyle choice A RISKY CHOICE "There is also the danger that these sites frequently glamorise having an eating disorder, touting it as a lifestyle choice rather than an illness." Dr Lee
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      571 23  -  Jalelah Abu Baker THE GOOD By MR NG Jun Jie logs in to Changi General Hospital's (CGH) online weight loss portal for five minutes every day, before he starts work, to key in his activities for the day and to check the meal
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      588 24  -  Tessa Wong Upset investors claim UAG has failed to pay promised returns By A GROUP of disgruntled investors has lodged police reports against a prominent wine investment company for delaying payouts due. The investors claim that Universal Assets Group (UAG) should have made
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      154 24 Madam Vivian Lin, 35, with her older five-year-old daughter, Alicia Chow, and three-year-old son, Aaron, after winning the Most Radiant Mum and Most Lovely Mum contest yesterday. Her one-year-old daughter, Aline, was not present. She won over $14,000 worth of prizes. Over
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      670 24  -  Carolyn Quek By A 27-YEAR-OLD man is now $14,000 poorer the result of having been taken in by a well-dressed, glib con artist. Identifying himself only as Mr Shamuganathan, he said he first parked $4,000 with the 51-year-old woman, known to him as
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      1282 25  -  Amanda Tan Goh Yi Han Teh Joo Lin S'poreans are losing their belongings due to sheer carelessness. We highlight two hot spots where bags go missing HOT SPOT 2 Restaurants step up measures to protect customers from thieves By By y Two to three carriers go missing
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        720 26  -  PHILIP LEE More people are attending medical forums to get professional advice on treatment and proper health care BY A WOMAN in her 50s, diagnosed with aggressive lymphoma, a type of cancer involving cells of the immune system, believed she was going to die.
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        355 26  -  AHMAD OSMAN BY AIRASIA is now the biggest lowcost carrier here operating 48 daily flights in and out of Singapore, says its group chief executive officer, Mr Tony Fernandes. He wants to increase these to 60 by the end of this year when
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        225 26  -  KARENTENG BY A SHOPPING mall where families want to be in this is what United Square wants to offer to stand out from the competition. It has implemented a slew of family-friend-ly initiatives as part of its efforts to be a more pro-family mall. These
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        227 26  -  KAREN TENG DELIFRANCE'S home delivery service will gradually be expanded to cover more locations islandwide. This follows positive feedback of this doorstep service, which was officially launched in February. "The response has been very encouraging and we're steadily launching home delivery in more areas
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      1101 27  -  Eisen Teo Serene Luo SOAPBOX For 'tweeters', it's all about sharing a lifestyle in little, bite-size chunks By By 140-character Tweets just cannot describe our colourful lives THE Feminist Mentor is my friend on Twitter. Well, I'm not sure if it was really Dr
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      293 27 MY SURF A WANDERING artist is giving Singaporeans "art for thought" on quirky, enigmatic "Post-it" notes plastered all over the island. Each piece of art is drawn on the übiquitous yellow, rectangular sticky paper found sticking out of textbooks, on work desks and in office supply stores. The
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      1074 27 MY LIFE This year's anti-smoking campaign from the Health Promotion Board has the tagline "Live it up without lighting up". It strives to remind young smokers of what they can gain by kicking the habit. But just what will it take
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      761 28  -  CARLOS TEVEZ Richard Jolly "I am very sad... I don't think I will be a Manchester United player next season. I have not been treated as a member of the family I do not feel wanted. They do not respect me as a footballer. I want to play
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      367 28 West Ham United 0 Liverpool 3 LONDON: After Liverpool beat West Ham on Saturday to climb to the top of the English Premier League for what proved to be less than 24 hours, there was regret from manager Rafael Benitez. Regret that Manchester United look set
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      148 28 Arsenal 1 Chelsea 4 LONDON: The only thing Arsenal fans will take away from the Emirates yesterday was what Arsene Wenger wrote in the programme notes. "Certainly we will try to strengthen the squad in the summer. We are prepared to spend," he said. On the pitch, his
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      705 29 Spanish GP Results 1 Jenson Button (Gbr/Brawn) lhr 37min 19.2025ec 2 Rubens Barrichello (Bra/Brawn) +13.0565ec 3 Mark Webber (Aus/Red Bull) +13.924 4 Sebastian Vettel (Ger/Red Bull) +18.941 5 Fernando Alonso (Esp/Renault) +43.166 6 Felipe Massa (Bra/Ferrari) +50.827 7 Nick Heidfeld (Ger/BMW Sauber) +52.312 8 Nico Rosberg
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      387 29 BARCELONA: Toyota have joined Ferrari and BMW in threatening to quit Formula One if Max Mosley gets his way. The International Automobile Federation (FIA) president recently unveiled plans to encourage teams to operate within a £40 million (SsB9 million) budget cap from
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        39 29 HOME United beat high-flying DPMM 2-0 in an S-League football match at the Clementi Stadium last night. They sealed the win in the second half through Norikazu Murakami (60th minute) and Kengne Ludovick (63rd).
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        76 29 LONDON: Barcelona will lobby European football's governing body Uefa on behalf of Manchester United for Darren Fletcher to be allowed to play in the Champions League final. The Spanish giants hope that Uefa will, in return, lift the suspension of at least one of
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        51 29 DETROIT: Chuck Daly, the Hall of Fame basketball coach who led the Detroit Pistons to back-to-back National Basketball Association titles, and the US Dream Team to an Olympic gold, died on Saturday. He was 78. Daly was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer two months ago. ASSOCIATED
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        81 29 CANBERRA: Ryosuke Irie, 19, set a new world record in the men's 200m backstroke as Australia hung on to beat Japan narrowly in the two-day Duel in the Pool swim meet yesterday. Irie sliced 1.08 seconds off American Olympic champion Ryan Lochte's world
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        71 29 FORMER Liverpool football star Robbie Fowler will be in Singapore on May 31 with Australian side North Queensland Fury to play an exhibition match against the S-League's Tampines Rovers. The match will be held at the Jalan Besar Stadium ticket prices will range
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      235 29 LONDON: Tottenham and England defender Ledley King was arrested outside a London nightclub in the early hours of yesterday morning and held on suspicion of causing actual bodily harm. It is understood that he got into a row with doorman Waheed Butt, who told
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      54 29 Today Gombak v Sengkang (Jurong West, 7.45pm) Tomorrow Young Lions v Super Reds (Jalan Besar, 7.45pm) Wednesday Home v Tampines (Clementi, 7.45pm) Thursday Singapore Armed Forces FC v Balestier (Choa Chu Kang, 7.45pm) Friday Albirex v Geylang (Jalan Besar, 7.30pm) Live, Chs, 7.25pm Saturday DPMM v Young Lions (Bandar
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      506 30 Dallas Mavericks 105 Denver Nuggets 106 DALLAS: Antoine Wright had a simple objective. In a game with 61 fouls already called, he was trying to commit another. So he bumped Denver's Carmelo Anthony once, hard enough to knock him off stride. But not enough
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      204 30 Atlanta Hawks 82 Cleveland Cavaliers 97 ATLANTA: Leßron James had that unstoppable feeling. Everyone get out of the way. As if being the National Basketball Association's Most Valuable Player was not enough, he scored 47 points in his best performance yet of these play-offs,
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      583 30 Foot fracture means Chinese star will miss the rest of the play-offs Injury prone 2005-06 season: Yao Ming's big toe was infected. He had surgery in December 2005 and missed 21 games. Four games before the end of that regular season, he broke the fifth
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      237 30  -  May Chen By SINGAPORE'S shooters are hauling in the medals at the ongoing Arafura Games in Darwin, Australia. Eunice Chong, 17, shot her way to a silver medal in the 10m air pistol women's junior individual event yesterday, adding to the gold she won
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      297 30 ROME: World No. 1 Dinara Safina knows she is a marked woman, but the Russian 23-year-old is enjoying her new, lofty position in women's tennis. Safina, the younger sister of former men's No. 1 Marat Safin, ascended to the top spot in the
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      417 30 LONDON: Less than a week after ending his "marijuana" ban, Olympic hero Michael Phelps was back in the news yesterday as the star of another scandal. The British tabloid News of the World carried an explosive interview with a Baltimore stripper, who claims she has been having
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      372 30 PONTE VEDRA BEACH (Florida): Alex Cejka ended a wild afternoon of collapses at the Players Championship with a five-foot birdie for a five-shot lead on Saturday and an unexpected date in the final round with Tiger Woods. The German kept out of
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      490 31  -  Lin Xinyi Photographer puts his rivals in the shade to win Mr Singapore title By MAKING LIGHT WORK "Photography is sculpting with light, while bodybuilding is sculpting with physique." CHAN WAI TEIK, Mr Singapore 2009 and a fashion photographer WHY HE WON "Today, he is in
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      610 31  -  Terrence Voon By Factfile Yong Yi Xiang Age: 15 School: Hwa Chong Institution Honours 2009: Singapore Sportsboy of the Year 2008: World Junior Wushu Championships gold medal (gunshu B) 2008: National Wushu Championships 2nd (changquan), 3rd (gunshu) 2007: National Wushu Championships Ist
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      91 31 VENICE: Mark Cavendish (above) had to cross his legs for most of Saturday's opening team time trial before finding out he was the first Briton to wear the leader's pink jersey at the Giro d'ltalia. His Team Columbia went out first and clocked 21min 50sec. But they
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      609 31 Basketball NBA Play-offs S-finals (best-of-seven series): Eastern Conference: Atlanta 82 Cleveland 97 (Cleveland lead series 3-0). Western Conference: Dallas 105 Denver 106 (Denver lead series 3-0). Cricket Indian Premier League In Kimberley, South Africa: Rajasthan 140-7 in 20 overs (G. Smith 30, R. Jadeja 27: M. Muralitharan 2-22). Chennai
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  • OBITURAIES
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      172 32 Ijaf^' "Surely goodness and love will follow me all the days "^*|sj WE of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever." Psalm 23:6 j] POON SIEW FONG Age: 81 Was called home to be with the Lord on 9 May 2009 I Dearly missed
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      123 32 "The Lord's right hand is lifted high, the Lord's right hand has done mighty things! I will not die but live, and will proclaim what the LORD has done." Psalm 118:16-17 The Family of the late NGGWEKKEE Departed 7 May 2009 wish to express their heartfelt thanks and appreciation to
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      20 32 2nd Anniversary In Loving Memory of Elizabeth Mathew Departed 11/5/2007 Dearly missed and fondly remembered by Family and loved ones.
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      30 32 14th Anniversary In Loving Memory Of S. MINACHI Departed 11/5/95 Gone from our lives One so dear, But in our hearts forever near Always fondly remembered by loved ones r
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      126 32 "I am the Resurrection and the Life. Whoever believes in Me will live, ■even though he dies; and whoever lives and believes in Me will never die." John 11:25-261 M.V. JOSEPH VARGHESE JOSEPH Age: 60 was called home to be with the Lord on 10 May 2009. Sadly missed and
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      63 32 With Deepest Sympathy Heartfelt Condolences to MR KWAN TUCK SING on the demise of his father KWAN FUN MEE Age: 87 Departed on 9 May 2009 From The Management Staff WANCO INDUSTRIAL PTE LTD WANCO ELECTRIC MACHINERY PTE LTD MAWANCO SDN. BHD WANCO INDUSTRIAL (THAILAND) CO. LTD WANCO MOULDBASE COMPONENTS
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      54 32 We, the family of the late A. J. HENDRICKS Departed 2 May 2009 wish to express our heartfelt thanks and appreciation to all relatives, friends, colleagues, prayer groups, priests and business associates foi their kind assistance, attendance, condolences, contributions, prayers and wreaths during our recent bereavement. Special thanks to the
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      63 32 SRI RAMAJAYAM Ist ANNIVERSARY CHITRADEVIW/O RAVICHANDRAN Departed on 11 May 2008 Fought, with courage Gone, are the days of pain Peaceful, be your rest. We lost you, our precious AMMA On Mother's Day last year You will be missed and loved forever. Dearly missed and remembered by Husband: R. Ravichandran
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      65 32 OM NAMA SHIVAYAN GOVINDAYSAMY ANJELAH (Newton Papathi) Age: 83 passed away peacefully on 10/05/2009. Sadly missed by Sons, daughter, daughters-in-law, brother, sister, sister-in-law, grandchildren, great grandchildren all relatives and loved ones Body is resting at Blk 758, #02-137 Choa Chu Kang North 5 Tel: *****481-Selva *****512-Yasotha Cortege will leave on
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      106 32 3rd Anniversary In Loving Memory Shirley Ng Beng Soon Departed: 11 May 2006 For the greatest wife and mum It had been three long years but, there was hardly single day that passed, without thinking of you. You have been my dearest and my most beloved wife, the greatest mum
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      64 32 OYAMMAL W/O P MANIVEL Age: 73 passed away peacefully on 10.05.09 Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones (Husband: Manivel, deceased) Sons: Daughter-in-law: Alagasamy Kenny Ravichandran Christina Daughter: Mariyammal Grandson: Granddaughter: Dennis Sabrina Body is resting at Blk 804 King George's Avt #06-164, S'pore *****4. Tel: *****701 Cortege will
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      66 32 ONG GEOK LAN, THERESA Age 60 passed away peacefully on 8 May 2009, dearly missed by Husband: Lim Hock Choon, Michael Sons: Lim Yun Feng, Christopher Lim Jun Hao, Edward and all relatives Body resting at Blk 532 Hougang Ave 6. Hp: 9855 7618 Cortege will leave on 12 May
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      52 32 .—iT lstAnniversary ~~3 TIANGCHOOYONG Called home to be with the Lord: 11th May 2008 Ma, I love you and I miss you You live in my heart always May the Lord bless you and keep you Forever and ever Till we meet again.' Always remembered missed by: Family, relatives loved
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      183 32 Douglas Miller and his beloved wife Sonya were in Perth, among family, tor a happy occasion when he answered God's call to go home on 4th May. He went peacefully in his sleep, lovingly accompanied by the Angels as he walked into the light and welcoming presence of God. He
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      114 32 "The Lord is my Shepherd; there is nothing I shall want. In the Lord's own house shall I dwell forever and ever." Psalm 23 QUEK POH LONG, DENNIS Age: 85 was called home to be with the Lord on 10 May 2009, leaving behind loved ones. (Wife: Nellie Chua, deceased)
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      48 32 ATHMA SHANTIPOOJA AVADAI RADHAKRISHNAN (RADHA) Departed on 3 May 2009 Athma Shanti Pooja for our beloved Appa Thatha will be held on 13 May 2009 (Wednesday) 7pm at Sri Sivan Temple, 24 Geylang East Avenue 2. The family would like you to treat this as a personal invitation.
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      714 33  -  Goh Eng Yeow BULLS AND BEARS Wall St's rally set pace for S'pore, which saw stocks at 7-month high By SENIOR CORRESPONDENT THE desire to experience a bull run is so overwhelming that not even half a million job losses in the United
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      102 33 Where S$ stands I STRAITS TIMES INDEX ...May 8 CHNG YR 2009 CLOSE FR May 7 S$ LOW S$ HIGH IS$ 1.4660 +0.27 1.5579 1.4308 iuro 1.9639 -0.24 2.0732 1.9150 2.2031 +1.20 2.2712 2.0356 1$ 1.1071 +0.46 1.1122 0.9453 'en* 1.4746 +0.40 1.7278 1.4831 tupiah* 0.***** +0.32 0.*****
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      172 33 IBXT FTVietnam 10USS IBXT Nifty 10USS JOB IBS Grp lityDev ICBC Bk 4.5%NCPS 100 ;ia 200 ;i A 3870 7558 1474 1190 849 8580 1256 1254 791.5 351.8 324.0 240.0 201.0 190.0 188.0 184.0 16. 3. 28. 25. 31. 2. 17. 17. Week's Top Rise (c) 7o
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      215 33 U0B.ES.0905 DBS.ES.0905 CityDev.ES.0g05 SIA.ES.0905 SGX.ES.0905 OCBC Bk.ES.0905 Kep Corp.ES.0905 KepLand.ES.0905 UOB BNP eCW*****1 1480 1200 840 1260 773 717 715 270 141 372.0 276.0 218.0 196.0 152.0 132.0 120.0 100.0 80.5 33. 29. 35. 18. 24. 22. 20. 58. 133. Week's Top Rises (c) 7o Isia Env
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      721 36  -  Joanna Seow THE WAY TO BEAT ELECTRONIC PAYMENT FRAUD Vendors of point-of-sale equipment should be more vigilant, says new industry association By INCONSISTENT security standards across the electronic payment industry is a major reason for the prevalence of credit card fraud, a newly established industry body has
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      1007 34  -  Goh Eng Yeow CM JIN CAD findings may shed light on whether extra safeguards are required to protect investors By SENIOR CORRESPONDENT THE Jade Technologies takeover 14 months ago was one of the biggest corporate debacles of recent years, but the long-awaited sequel the official
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      463 34  -  Gabriel Chen By TEMPLETON Asset Management's veteran fund manager Mark Mobius is so bullish on emerging markets that he thinks the recent dramatic stock market surge is barely the beginning. He believes the "breakout" for emerging market stocks has not yet happened.
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      475 34  -  Grace Ng By CHINA CORRESPONDENT BUILDING ON A LEGACY "All I have done in the last 51 years is to follow my passion in building upon the bank founded by my father." Mr Wee (above), in his acceptance speech for the
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      662 35  -  MICHELLE TAY 47% of finance staff here would jump ship for better pay or work-life balance, survey finds By IN TODAY'S turbulent economic climate, one might expect everyone with a job in the financial sector to cling to it yet plenty
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      370 35 WASHINGTON: Putting himself on the side of fuming consumers, President Barack Obama is pushing for Congress to send him legislation by May 25 that would put a tighter rein on the credit card industry. "Americans know that they have a responsibility to
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      267 35 STANDARD Chartered (StanChart) in Singapore is the latest bank to unveil attractive home loan packages for homebuyers and owners, as interest in residential property purchases continues to pick up. It is introducing a package with a low interest rate of 1.5
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        76 35 CHAN KAM MAN: He has stepped down from Sinobest Technology as an independent director, citing personal matters, the company said in a statement to the Singapore Exchange last Friday. Mr Chan, 46, has also ceased to be a member of the firm's audit committee and chairman of
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        66 35 ANDREAS SOHMEN-PAO: He stepped down from the Rickmers Trust Management board last Thursday, due to "increasing work commitments" as chief executive of BW Maritime and chief executive-designate of BW Gas. Mr Sohmen-Pao, 37, also has additional executive and non-executive responsibilities, Rickmers Trust Management said in a statement.
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        71 35 GILLIAN SIM: UPS Singapore has appointed her as managing director (MD). Ms Sim, who was the group's senior director for supply chain solutions operations for UPS North Asia, takes over from Ms Mary Yeo, who has been MD for the past nine years. The changes took
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        66 35 NG CHEE SOON: He was appointed as president and managing director of Sennheiser Electronic Asia, a fully owned division of Sennheiser electronic GmbH Co in Germany. Mr Ng, 46, joined the company as its senior vice-president of sales in May 2006. Prior to that, he
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        908 38  -  deepika shetty Tamil film star Asin Thottumkal moves from Kollywood to take Bollywood by storm INTERNATIONAL TAMIL FILM AWARDS 2009 Where: Singapore Expo Max Pavilion When: Saturday, spm Admission: $30 to $100 from Silver Screen International. Call 6377-1980 Tamil cinema's hottest female star is only 23
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        582 38  -  Deepika Shetty With his rippling arm muscles, actor Sunil Shetty looks like the prototypical macho man he is often made out to be in movies. In real life though, Bollywood's leading action man is affable and remarkably easy-going. The 47-year-old is in town to film
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        623 41  -  rachael boon Travis Fimmel gets life lessons on and off the screen from his ailing co-star Patrick Swayze I A Bff?lr77/75" qUOte me I 'When I was younger, I was much better at drinking and not getting hangovers and misbehaving and not feeling bad about it'
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        421 41  -  chin hui wen Flattery does get you everywhere. Just ask Taiwanese actress Cheryl Yang. She says she was charmed by Singaporean singer Huang Jinglun, 25, when he made a guest appearance on her new TV series, Queen Of No Marriage. The singer, who made it to the
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        883 42 Ayelet Waldman, who got flak for saying she loves her husband more than her kids, now has a book on motherhood 'I would just sit there at the playground pushing the kid on the swing and every once in a while I would say to
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        405 42  -  chang tou liang EEBconcert THE STUFF OF LEGENDS Singapore Symphony Orchestra Shui Lan, Conductor Esplanade Concert Hall Last Friday It seems that local composer Leong Yoon Pin's Dayong Sampan Overture is set to become the iconic Singaporean classical work of our age. The piece
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        570 43  -  jamie ee wen wei adeline chia Rachel Kum was all surprise when she beat 11 other beauties to be Miss Singapore Universe and I had been starving nyself for two days oecause I needed to look ?ood, especially for the Dikini round' A glitzy four-hour affair
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        271 45 Actress Michelle Chia, 33, and actor Shaun Chen, 31, are tying the knot at a dinner tonight at The Ritz Carlton's The Grand Ballroom and The Grand Gallery, after a five-year relationship. Over 800 guests will attend, including various MediaCorp stars such as Adrian Pang, Nat Ho
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        273 45 New York Rihanna's record label has asked for nude photos, purportedly of the American singer, to be removed after they were leaked on the Internet last Thursday. The singer's bruised face in a photo after her alleged beating by ex-boy-friend Chris Brown had been the talk
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        166 45 New York Sheryl Crow's biological clock was to blame for their split three years ago, cyclist Lance Armstrong says. Armstrong, 37, in a biography titled Lance, by author John Wilcockson, says, of Crow (right) just before she turned 44 around January 2006: "She wanted marnot
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        160 45 Los Angeles Actress Mia Farrow last Friday ended a 12-day hunger strike she used to draw attention to the humanitarian crisis in Sudan's embattled Darfur region, she said on her website. Farrow, 64, had been on a water-only diet from April 27 in what she described as
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        149 45 CARRERAS 'NOT QUITTING OPERA' The Jose Carreras Foundation said the Times Of London "misinterpreted" the tenor's remarks in its report that he is quitting opera. "We wish to formally deny this claim," its statement said. It added that "for years now... Carreras gives exclusive concerts and recitals the world
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        913 46  -  adeline chia Superstar DJ Gilles Peterson's first foray into music was a DIY radio station in his garden shed When he was a teenager, Gilles Peterson wanted to be a footballer. The Londoner even tried out for the Crystal Palace football club in London when he was 17.
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        567 46 Hollywood American Idol viewers are accustomed to seeing the show's perennially positive judge Paula Abdul grapple for just the right words to deliver her verdicts. But last Monday afternoon in a Burbank rehearsal space, she strutted across the floor without fear or uncertainty, directing six strapping
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