The Straits Times, 7 July 2009

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    20 1 MICA (P) 191/11/2008 TUESDAY, JULY 7 2009 S|Si A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION ESTABLISHED 1845 90 CENTS THE STRAITS TIMES.
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      Lock icon AYG's top medal winners
      46 1 SINGAPORE'S Quah Ting Wen (top) and South Korea's Chang Gyu Cheol (right) emerged as the top athletes of the Asian Youth Games. The swimmers ended the seven-day Games as the only athletes to have won four gold medals each. SPORT PAGE 810
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      Lock icon Ex-inmate tells of assault
      57 1 A 22-YEAR-OLD former convict yesterday told a High Court trial of how he was repeatedly beaten and sexually assaulted in a Changi prison cell by three other inmates. His alleged attackers are said to have played a "game" with him involving various punishments, including sex acts
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      38 1 THERE is now a use for instant messaging in schools. Two teachers have helped develop a program for students to ask virtual buddies questions about lessons through live instant chat. HOME PAGE Bl
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      57 1 AWARE's executive committee has announced a slew of new projects to champion women's issues as it prepares for its 25th anniversary next year. President Dana Lam also said the group is moving ahead with two Constitution changes which are aimed at preventing a repeat of March's leadership
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      Lock icon Najib's wife speaks out
      58 1 THE wife of Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak speaks candidly about how her life has changed since he took the top job. In an interview with a Malaysian daily, she also spoke about her meeting with Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew as well as her taste
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      Lock icon Robert McNamara dies
      46 1 FORMER US Defence Secretary Robert McNamara died yesterday at the age of 93. He forged a brilliant career in industry and finance, but he will be best remembered as one of the architects of US involvement in the Vietnam War. WORLD PAGE Al7
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    Lock icon Panel submits names of nine new NMPs
    663 1  -  Clarissa Oon By Jeremy Au Yong TWO creative industry leaders and a former national swimmer are among the nine names submitted by a Special Select Committee of Parliament for appointment by the President as Nominated Members of Parliament (NMPs). They are three-time Sportswoman
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    Lock icon 140 dead in Xinjiang violence
    656 1  -  Peh Shing Huei Authorities rounding up protesters involved in bloody ethnic unrest By CHINA BUREAU CHIEF URUMQI (China): Violent riots erupted in China's restive Xinjiang region, killing at least 140 people in what is believed to be the country's worst ethnic unrest in decades. More
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    Lock icon Lawyer who blogged about ongoing case fined $1,000
    449 1  -  K C Vijayan By LAW CORRESPONDENT IT IS the first case of its kind: A lawyer has been fined $1,000 by the Law Society for giving his views of an ongoing case in his blog. Mr Alfred Dodwell was taken to task
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        Lock icon North Korea's missiles: Much ado about nothing
        103 2 WE SAY The recent missile launches by North Korea are worrying. That said, there is little more to worry about. The missiles essentially represent World War 11-era technology. The latest launches underscore how the global community has run out of options. The best
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        Lock icon Fighting abuse of the old
        27 2 COLUMNS To protect the elderly from abuse, we need tougher laws and policies to deter perpetrators, says Andy Ho. REVIEW PAGE A2O
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      Lock icon What it should have been
      140 2 YESTERDAY'S report, "No quotas, but a diverse spread of people", carried a sub-headline which said: "That's affirmative action the Singapore way, says Shanmugam". This gave the wrong impression that Law Minister K. Shanmugam was stating government policy when, in fact, he was expressing his own
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      959 2  -  Lynn Lee Few issues of substance debated in Indonesia's presidential election By I CORRESPONDENT A DECADE is almost a century in Indonesian politics. In the 1999 presidential election, the air was thick with hope and elation. Today, a day before 176 million voters go to
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      Lock icon From reject to top of the class
      67 3 Five years ago, Ms Syeda Sana Rahman (centre) was told she was not good enough for the National University of Singapore despite her straight As. Yesterday, Ms Sana, getting a hug from sister Syeda Safia Rahman and mother Swee Keow Yap Rahman, was
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      Lock icon Car parallel importer fined $10.8m for tax evasion
      532 3  -  Elena Chong Record penalty imposed for under-declaring values of 2,556 cars By COURTS CORRESPONDENT A PARALLEL importer of cars was yesterday fined $10.8 million for evading Customs duty and the Goods and Services Tax (GST) on vehicles he brought in from Japan.
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      Lock icon Siew: Disappointed, but I stand by what I did
      644 4  -  Goh Chin Lian He declines to speculate on why he did not get picked for a second term By NOMINATED MP Siew Kum Hong is disappointed he has not been selected for a second term. He declined to speculate on why
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      Lock icon Nominees for NMP positions
      885 4 Calvin Cheng, 33 Entrepreneur. His company, Lumina-Looque International, operates modelling agencies, lifestyle event firms and media houses. Also a council member of the Singapore Red Cross. "The issue I feel most strongly about is Singapore's cultural identity. Being in fashion, media and entertainment, I feel I
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      102 7 Singapore mounted its largest anti-terror drill yesterday, modelled closely on last November's Mumbai terrorist attacks. Codenamed Northstar VII, the exercise tested the response of Singapore's emergency and security agencies in simulated attacks islandwide, including Orchard Road and Harbourfront. One such "attack" was on Sentosa Island, where
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      Lock icon Ex-inmate: I was sexually assaulted, beaten for bragging
      863 7  -  Selina Lum 22-year-old tells court how he was subjected to violence, humiliation by three cellmates By About the case THREE prisoners Iryan Abdul Karim, 21; Muhammad Hamdan Abdul Rahman, 20; and Mohammed Zameen Abdul Manoff, 21 are accused of assaulting their 22-year-old
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      703 8 They agree to cut their stockpiles of warheads in preliminary pact MOSCOW: US President Barack Obama and Russian counterpart Dmitry Medvedev yesterday struck a preliminary deal to reduce their nations' nuclear arsenals as they ushered in a new era of cooperation. Shortly after the
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      Lock icon Aware to report on status of S'pore women in new plans
      920 10  -  Sue Ann Chia Group making constitutional changes to prevent a repeat of controversial leadership grab By THE Association of Women for Action and Research (Aware) yesterday announced new projects to champion women's issues, as well as constitutional changes to
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      419 10  -  GRACE CHUA AN ELDERLY man here yesterday became the first HINI patient whose illness was serious enough for him to be placed in intensive care. The 63-year-old also has coronary heart disease, hypertension and other conditions. The day before, he had gone to Tan Tock
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      Lock icon Josie Lau's team won't be sued over $100k spent
      601 10  -  Aaron Low By THE leadership of the Association of Women for Action and Research (Aware) has no plan to initiate legal or any other action to recover expenses incurred by the previous executive committee during its short term in office. Aware
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      Lock icon Komoco lands Ferrari franchise
      485 11  -  Christopher Tan Decision ends uncertainty over who would represent the coveted Italian brand By SENIOR CORRESPONDENT HOTELIER Ong Beng Seng's motor company Komoco has clinched the Ferrari franchise, ending months of speculation about who will represent the Prancing Horse in Singapore. Komoco, which currently sells Hyundai
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      Lock icon Indian budget signals new govt's priorities
      1164 12  -  Ravi Velloor NEWS ANALYSIS Sensex nosedives as changes and focus on infrastructure spending point to widening deficit By SOUTH ASIA BUREAU CHIEF Blueprint for growth "The first challenge is to return to the GDP growth of 9 per cent at the earliest. The second
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      Lock icon Guarded public response to new budget
      415 12  -  P. Jayaram By INDIA CORRESPONDENT NEW DELHI: The jury was still out after Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee presented his budget yesterday, judging by the response from the business community and the man on the street. The political opposition, however, was downright scathing. "I do
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        494 13  -  Salim Osman Last-minute ruling comes amid concerns by Kalla, Megawati over voters' list By INDONESIA CORRESPONDENT JAKARTA: In a surprise ruling yesterday, Indonesia's Constitutional Court decided that unregistered voters need only to show their identity cards or passports in order to cast their ballot
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        Lock icon 'Dream team' that scored some successes
        563 13  -  Salim Osman By Wahyudi Soeriaatmadja JAKARTA: They were touted as the "dream team", until they decided to go their separate ways. Now, they are rivals. Many observers have no doubt that President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and Vice-President Jusuf Kalla brought stability and economic growth
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        Lock icon Najib's wife on life at the top
        925 14 Honoured by MM Lee's visit THE wife of Prime Minister Najib Razak said she was honoured that Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew had taken time to see her when he visited Malaysia last month. Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor believed he came around because
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        Lock icon Clean-up at govt-run shelter where residents are chained
        405 14 KUALA KUBU BARU (Selangor): A govern-ment-run shelter for the disabled where some residents were chained up like "animals in a zoo" has cleaned up its act. The floor was cleaner, the stench in the air was almost gone and nearly all of
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        Lock icon Former Selangor MB denies paying $8m for house
        245 14 KUALA LUMPUR: Former Selangor menteri besar Khir Toyo yesterday denied opposition claims that he had built a mansion costing RM2O million (SsB.2 million). He denied the house had cost so much, and said he took a RM3.5 million bank loan to build
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        Lock icon Kelantan by-election battle kicks off
        566 14  -  Carolyn Hong By MALAYSIA BUREAU CHIEF KUALA LUMPUR: A by-election battle for a rural Malay constituency in Kelantan kicked off yesterday, with only candidates from Umno and Parti Islam SeMalaysia (PAS) registered to contest. Fish wholesaler Fauzi Abdullah, 50, from PAS, will be up against
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        576 15 DPJ leads media polls for Tokyo election, after winning governor's post on Sunday TOKYO: Japan's main opposition party is ahead in media polls to win a key local election next week, after having won Sunday's contest for a governor's post in central Shizuoka prefecture.
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        326 15 SEOUL: South Korean President Lee Myung Bak, who rose from childhood poverty to the top office, yesterday donated 33 billion won (Ss36 million) most of his personal fortune to a fund for needy students. It was announced that he would donate more than
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        Lock icon Economic grievances behind riots
        631 16  -  Sim Chi Yin NEWS ANALYSIS Uighurs' resentment at being marginalised more sharply felt in downturn By I CHINA CORRESPONDENT BEIJING: Urban and large-scale, the deadly riots that rocked Xinjiang's capital Urumqi on Sunday night were not like previous episodes of unrest the restive region has had,
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        Lock icon China struggles to clamp down on online reports
        460 16 SHANGHAI: Independent information about deadly riots in China's remote north-west filtered out on Twitter, You Tube and other Internet forums yesterday, frustrating government efforts to control the news. The authorities raced to stamp out videos, images and messages posted by Internet users
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        363 16 THE latest unrest in Xinjiang follows a long history of discord between China's authorities and the Uighur minority. Xinjiang Governor Nuer Baikeli had warned at the annual meeting of Parliament in Beijing in March that Xinjiang faced threats from violence rippling across South and Central Asia and enforcing
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        Lock icon Exiled dissident the mastermind: Reports
        431 16 WASHINGTON/BEIJING: Billed by some as Xinjiang's Dalai Lama and living in the United States as an exiled dissident, Uighur businesswoman Rebiya Kadeer is being described by China as the mastermind behind the latest violence in Urumqi. According to the American media, the 62-year-old who lives
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        499 17 NO EXCUSES "We cannot allow an unfavourable economic climate to undermine the commitments made in 2000." Mr Ban, on the agreed goals which include cutting extreme poverty by half. It urges rich states not to cut aid as extreme poverty hits 90m
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        Lock icon Ex-US defence secretary McNamara dies at 93
        354 17 WASHINGTON: Former US defence secretary Robert S. McNamara, who was vilified for prosecuting America's most controversial war and then devoted himself to helping the world's poorest nations, died at home yesterday. He was 93. His wife Diana told The Associated Press that he
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        Lock icon Iran to take 'decisive' action if Israel attacks
        662 18 BEWARE OF ERRORS "Both the US and Israel are aware of the consequence of an erroneous decision... I believe our response will be real and decisive." Mr Alaeddin Broujerdi, the head of Iran's parliamentary committee on national security and foreign policy Warning
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        Lock icon Feeding time at the zoo...with some help
        54 18 Falconer Volker Walter showing off one of the two golden eagles adopted by German Chancellor Angela Merkel as zoo director Christoph Langner looks on. Dr Merkel makes a donation to feed six- and eight-year-old animals at the Stralsund zoo in northern Germany every
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        Lock icon Losing candidate to launch political party
        411 18 BEIRUT: The top figure of Iran's nascent political reform movement, opposition presidential candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi, will launch a political party to pursue his goals, a reformist newspaper reported. However, even as Mr Mousavi's supporters described plans for a political party in the daily
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        386 18 TEGUCIGALPA (Honduras): In a high-stakes stand-off played out in the skies over Honduras, the airplane carrying ousted president Manuel Zelaya was forced to circle the nation's main airport twice before flying away after coup leaders blocked his landing. He had tried
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        434 19 Public gets free e-access to over 800 surviving pages of 1,600-year-old Codex Sinaiticus LONDON: The surviving parts of the world's oldest Christian Bible were reunited online yesterday, generating excitement among biblical scholars still striving to unlock its mysteries. More than 800 surviving pages and
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          152 19 KUALA LUMPUR: After a month-long-plus tussle over his remains, 41-year-old Mohan Singh was accorded an Islamic burial yesterday, after the Malaysian High Court ruled that he had converted to Islam from Sikhism. The authorities said the body of Mr Singh, whose Muslim name was Mohammad Hazzery Shah
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          121 19 BERLIN: Germany's biggest bank, Deutsche Bank, hired detectives to spy on its employees including a member of its supervisory board, managers and a shareholder German magazine Der Spiegel reported. The bank launched an internal inquiry at the end of May into potential breaches of data
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          126 19 KABUL (Afghanistan): A roadside bomb in northern Afghanistan killed four American soldiers yesterday, while a suicide attack in the south killed two civilians, officials said. The bombing in the northern Kunduz province targeted an American military convoy, said Kunduz governor Mohammad Omar. Mr Omar said
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          156 19 KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia pledged yesterday to work with the United States to block North Korea from using its banks to fund any weapons deals. The assurance came as US envoy Philip Goldberg, who is in charge of coordinating the implementation of sanctions against Pyongyang, met
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          105 19 BEIJING/NEW DELHI: Heavy flooding in southern and central China killed at least 20 people, and caused more than 700,000 people to flee their homes, while floods in north-eastern India left nearly 500,000 people homeless. Those killed were from Hunan, Fujian, Jiangxi and Guangdong provinces in China.
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      420 20 THE short-range missiles launched by North Korea on Saturday, the United States' Independence Day, are worrying. They constitute the biggest barrage of missiles since July 4, 2006, when North Korea also fired seven missiles (then, as like now, it was clearly bent on
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      917 20  -  Jamie F. Metzl By Despite the growing promise of a multi-polar world with Asian powers sharing leadership with a weary US, that world does not yet exist. America may be recognising its limits, but no new system has emerged to take up
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      799 20  -  Andy Ho By SENIOR WRITER ELDER abuse here is chiefly physical though there are also cases of mental abuse. This is according to a recent study of 89 cases, seen between 2003 and last year, at Safe@Trans, the lead non-profit organisation that has been
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        944 21  -  Bernard Lee ECONOMIC WATCH By DESPITE the negative publicity surrounding structured products, they are making a gradual comeback, as The Straits Times has reported. Their issuance usually slows down during and immediately after a market crisis. Ironically, these products also become more appealing to some investors
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        895 21  -  Robert H. Donaldson U.S.-RUSSIAN TIES FOR THE STRAITS TIMES Worst-case thinking and Cold-War stereotypes have persisted in the attitudes of officials in both governments, and this mirror-imaging in which each side plays off the rhetorical excesses of the other is all too reminiscent of the
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        686 21  -  Nayan Chanda By FOR THE STRAITS TIMES SWEDISH author Lasse Berg often begins his book talk with an attention-getter: "I am glad to see so many Africans in the room." It invariably makes his (largely blond and Nordic) audience turn around to see where all the
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        357 22 MALAY PROGRESS LAST Saturday, Mr Abdul Shariff Aboo Kassim ("Not a mindset issue") argued that lack of financial means is the main cause of lack of progress in the Malay community. I do not dispute the statistics he cites to correlate financial well-being with success. But
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        166 22 I USE Internet banking to transfer money to other people via their bank accounts. The service is more convenient than mailing a cheque. However, implementation of this service by my bank is a hassle because the bank requires the customer to create a record for each
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        395 22 PEAK-HOUR TRAIN FREQUENCY I THANK Mr Paul Chan and Ms Trudi Chong for their feedback on our train service ("Don't blame system, boost SMRT operations", June 6; and "Make train travel more comfortable", June 8). At SMRT, we take feedback from customers seriously and are
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        292 22 I HAVE been a permanent resident (PR) for the past four years and have enjoyed every bit of my stay in Singapore. It was a conscious decision to move to this city-state, considering the quality of life, pro-family approach and proximity to
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      613 23  -  Amelia Tan Instant messaging used as teaching tool By TEACHING BASED ON NEEDS "Students use instant messaging a lot to communicate. We hope that teachers will see our program as an opportunity to teach in a way that is based on their needs."
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      562 24  -  Salma Khalik They would be effective against wide spectrum of bacteria, say doctors By HEALTH CORRESPONDENT DOCTORS say that Singapore should stockpile not only antiviral medication such as Tamiflu, but also antibiotics, in preparation for coming pandemics. Though pandemic and seasonal influenza may
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      448 24  -  Amelia Tan By WHEN she first applied for a university place five years ago, Ms Syeda Sana Rahman was told that she was not good enough despite her string of straight As from Ngee Ann Polytechnic. The rejection stung, but the then 20-year-old
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      406 24  -  CHUA HIAN HOU THE new Apple iPhone 3GS which goes on sale on Friday will cost less than its year-old predecessor, but those who bought the earlier model will be allowed for a price and a new contract to trade it in for
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      449 25  -  Maria Almenoar Cards spare users hassle of topping up but offer no savings By SEASON travel passes for bus and train rides went on sale at Transit Link offices in most MRT stations yesterday. Sold by transit card company EZ-Link, the cards come in two versions
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      139 25 "Basic pass: Four train rides a day and any number of bus trips A week: $45 A month: $170 Enhanced pass: Any number of train and bus trips A week: $50 A month: $190 THE Season Travel Pass is now on sale at Transit
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      533 26  -  K.C. Vijayan Appeals court explains why it raised jail term of ringleader in fatal attack By LAW CORRESPONDENT THE Court of Appeal raised the jail term of a gang leader even though he did not lay a hand on his victim, to make
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      421 26 Teenage m-cyclist dies in accident A TEENAGE motorcyclist died from head injuries minutes after he crashed along Tampines Expressway early on Saturday. It is believed that his motorcycle skidded and hit the road railings to the left of the highway near the Tampines Avenue 10 exit. Witnesses may call
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      550 26  -  Tessa Wong By MORE than 1,000 investors have been left high and dry after two investment companies, under investigation by the police, appear to have closed shop. Both companies were recently in the news for having riled their customers with allegedly suspicious
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      775 27  -  Carolyn Quek Northstar exercise aimed at testing the readiness of front-line defenders By Jermyn Chow 15 agencies, 2,000 people involved EXERCISE Northstar is a national emergency exercise, now in its seventh year. Led by the Singapore Police Force this year, it has
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        167 27 THE best getai singers in Singapore will be crowned at the Stomp Getai Awards 2009 tonight. The best male and female singers, as well as winners in other categories, such as the singer with the best stage presence, will perform at the Kreta Ayer
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        76 27 DEANS and leaders of law schools in the region are meeting in Singapore this week. They will discuss common issues of legal education such as curriculum, pedagogy and preparing students to serve a global legal-services market. The inaugural Asian Law Deans' Forum is organised by
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      761 28  -  Serene Luo Self-help groups and others roll out courses on basic computer skills By PREP SCHOOL "These days, you need to visit the companies' websites to find out about their mission and vision and their culture before going for the interviews." Cashier
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      60 28 Mr Luo Baoming, the governor of China's Hainan province, called on Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong at the Istana yesterday. Mr Luo has been here since Sunday on a four-day official visit at the invitation of Foreign Affairs Minister George Yeo, who also met
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      399 29  -  Cheryl Ong Highlights include ongoing 144-hour reading marathon, short story contest By THERE is a committed bunch of readers at the National Library this week. They are there as part of the nationwide reading campaign, Read! Singapore 2009. This year, organiser National Library Board
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      94 23 pi WHAT'S ONLINE MOST READ, MOST COMMENTED AND MORE www.straitstimes.com YOUR SAY MOST-READ ONLINE Aware has announced changes to its NUS undergrads cry foul. Constitution to stop newcomers from What led to soldier's death? taking over the leadership. Comment on this at www.straitstimes.com BLOGGED ABOUT A germaphobe's nightmare. WWW.Stomp.COm.Sg Says
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  • THE STRAITS TIMES SPORT.
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      702 30 Never-say-die court genius is a credit to tennis and to sport LONDON: This time a year ago, Roger Federer was reduced to tears after losing a heart-rending Wimbledon final. On Sunday, he was hailed by royalty and commoners for setting a new standard of excellence in tennis
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      413 30 A CLEAN sweep of table tennis golds helped China top the medal tally on the final day of competition at the Asian Youth Games. China's three golds at the Toa Payoh Stadium yesterday, combined with Saturday's mixed team title and one from windsurfing,
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      925 31  -  Rohit Brijnath American star manages to find a grace within his disappointment SPORTINGLIFE By He is faster, his forehand revived, his play solid. He is better than he has ever been, a startling feat at his age, but it is no solace. For he was still
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      615 32  -  Leonard Lim Spore eye first Asian Games women's relay medal in 28 years next By CALL it symmetry, perfection, or just plain coincidence. Whatever the term, the curtain fell on the Asian Youth Games swimming competition in the same way it had opened five days before
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      643 32  -  Terrence Voon By "Before the match, I was nervous because it was my first time bowling in a live TV final. After a while though, it sank in and I just kept focusing on my shots instead of what was around me." BASIL LOW
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      663 32 Bowling Boys' Masters, 2nd block: 1 Basil Low (Sin) 3,576 pintails. 2 Choi Kyung Hwan (Kor) 3,558. 3 Jose Collins (Phi) 3,507. 4 Justin Lim (Sin) 3,439. 5 Peerawich Rungcharoen (Tha) 3,427. S-finals: Kyung Hwan bt Jose 218-211. Final: Basil bt Kyung Hwan 501-433 (236/265-220/213). Final standings: 1 Basil
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      581 33  -  Wang Meng Meng Striker Myeong Won guides South to football title against the North By "He will be a great player. He will do well at Portsmouth and be a player South Korea will rely a lot on in the coming years." CHUNG JUNG YONG,
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      307 33  -  Lin Xinyi By CHINA showed their invincibility in table tennis when they were guaranteed a four-gold sweep even before the start of yesterday's mixed doubles, and boys and girls' singles finals. Having secured the mixed team gold last Saturday, the Chinese added a second on the
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      476 33  -  Jonathan Wong By "I tried my best but it's okay. At least Shafiq got a medal for us... I'm really happy for him." KHAIRUNNEETA AFENDY, 14, who narrowly missed out on third place THE colour was neither gold nor silver but Muhamad Amirul Shafiq, 14,
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      135 33 COUNTRY G S B 1 1 China 25 16 11 5; 2 South Korea 20 17 17 5^ 3 Thailand 11 7 2 2C 4 Singapore 9 6 15 3C 5 Hong Kong 5 8 5 1? 6 Japan 5 6 4 IE 7 India 5 3 3
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        141 33 TONIGHT'S Asian Youth Games closing ceremony will not be open to the public, as organisers have decided to keep it an intimate affair. Said Games spokesman Jose Raymond: "The closing ceremony will be held at the Raffles Ballroom, L 4, Raffles City Convention Centre.
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        80 33 SINGAPOREANS were not the only ones who were behind the Republic's keglers during the step-ladder finals of the Masters events last night. Not-so-neutral bowlers from Hong Kong, Macau and Japan were spotted in the stands at the Orchid Country Club, cheering wildly and waving
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      345 34 CARDIFF: Australia face an anxious wait over the fitness of Brett Lee for tomorrow's first Ashes Test here against England, after the fast bowler suffered a rib injury which could rule him out of the opening two matches of the series. Lee, one
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      642 34 With AT&T title, Woods again enters Major on back of PGA Tour win BETHESDA (Maryland): Tiger Woods will enter a Major golf championship coming off a victory for the third time this year. The American world No. 1 sank a 20-foot birdie putt at the 16th hole to
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      277 34 LONDON: Carlo Ancelotti has denied that Chelsea are preparing to sell John Terry to Manchester City, after the Italian was unveiled as the English football club's new manager yesterday. City are preparing to make an increased bid of £40 million (Ss9s million) for the Chelsea
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      101 34 Manchester United have an agreement in place with s Bordeaux to sign 20-year-old winger Gabriel Obertan, says the French club. Arsenal have put a £40 million (Ss9s million) price tag on midfielder Cesc Fabregas as they prepare themselves for a bid from Barcelona or Real Madrid. Spurs have
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      110 34 SYLVANIA (OHIO): South Korean golfer Vi Eun Jung (above) won her first career title on Sunday at the LPGA Jamie Farr Classic. The 21-year-old had entered a play-off with American Morgan Pressel after her even-par 71 gave her an 18-under 266 total. She then birdied
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      416 34 Cricket Third day of Ist Test In Galle, Sri Lanka: Sri Lanka 292 and 217 (overnight 0-0: T. Paranavitana 49: M. Aamer 3-38, S. Aimal 3-34). Pakistan 342 (M. Yousuf 112, M. Ul-Haq 56: N. Kulasekera 4-71, T. Thushara 2-77) and 71-2. Fourth and final ODI In Gros-lslet, St
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      178 30 n WHAI 5 UIMLIIMt V) most viewed, 9 MOST COMMENTED AND MORE www.straitstimes.com.sg MOST-READ ONLINE STORIES Serena inspires, Venus aspires. I want to be world famous. Asia's fastest boy. MOST COMMENTED It's Real or nothing Said smokingguns: "As far as I see it, when a player says something like, 'If
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      97 34 Today Asian Youth Games Closing Ceremony (Live, ChllS/ChOl, 7pm). Football S-League: SAFFC v Gombak (Choa Chu Kang), Woodlands v Home (Woodlands) 7.45pm. Tomorrow Cricket First Test, day 1: England v Australia (Live, ChllO, 5.58pm 8.30pm). Football S-League: Young Lions v Albirex (Jalan Besar), Super Reds v Geylang (Yishun) 7.45pm. Thursday
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      155 35 "Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life; and will dwell in the house of the Lord forever." n M m oo.k rsaim^J.b I '■'^^i ■■■'";^^^i ;5 ■J!ffli«iia« TZTU^rr^r KHOO PEK CHOE QQ Age: »o Called home to the Lord Jesus Christ on July 6
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      100 35 He who has the Son has life; he who does not have The Son does not have life. 1 John 5: 11 -12 lst Anniversary In Loving Memory of DON VELIN WILFRED DE SILVA Departed 7th July 2008 r,. God took him home, it was His Will, But in our
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      54 35 #(B ATHMA SHANTHI POOJA NEELAKANDAN GOVINDAN Departed on 23 June 2009 wish to express our heartfeft thanks and appreciation to all relatives and friends for their condolences assistance attendance, donations and wreaths during our recent bereavement. ATHMASHANTIPOOJAwiIIbe held^onWed,BJuly'o9at 7|pm l=eyiang tast. Please treat this as a .-i 111 l \MlliUTs;il\
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      33 35 13th Anniversary I In Loving Memory Of I imTurf «™r "M"(KslN(' Departed 7 July 1996 T™6 Cka"geS many things, But not the memory this day brings. a.arivmi.^hv Dearly missed by familyand loved ones.
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      109 35 ,-v, .^r-r-*,.^ "Even to your old age I am He and to grey hairs, I will carry you" Isaiah 46:4 TANG KOK BOON Age: 77 was called home to be with the Lord on 5 July 2009, leaving behind loved ones. Wife: Gwee Beng Neo (Nancy Tang) Son: Daughter-in-law: Terence
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      83 35 I I if W II lxMJ5f 'Nothing is mine within me, what-ever there is, that is thine, OLord (Waheguru)' a g a tKabirii-sGGS4S39) s ujagar singh Ag^/s Village: Malliana Passed a»aY Pe n a n c Q eMly on 5 July 2009. Dearly missed and fondly remembered by sister-in-law, nephews/
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      34 35 Ep 9th Anniversary I In Loving Memory Of I I 1 NANCY PECK Departed 7 July 2000 God knows, how much ZrmemorTfade our loving thoughts ever "3^?a* wh«-eshe^± huZ^cMdrS, grandchildren, relatives Q loved ones
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      109 35 f a 1 Athma Shanti Pooja PARPATYHOTCHAND RITA HOTCHANG Age: 59 wifeoftheiate Alivalahgan s/o Veerasamy (Robin) Our family wishes to express their heartfelt thanks and appreciation to relatives, friends and New Indian Casket for their kind attendance, condolences, assistance, wreaths and donations during our recent bereavement. Karumathi prayers will be
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      76 35 I We, the family of the late r i MDM PHAY WHYE HENG n rt h 90 I onno Departed on 29 June 2009 wish to express our heartfelt thanks and appreciation to relatives, friends.colleagues and business associates for their kind assistance, attendance, condolences, donations, prayers and wreaths during our
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      94 35 S. SANDRAMOHAN A6e- M passed away suddenly on 5-7-2009, leaving behind loved ones. wife: C. Rajasvari Daughters: S. Vikneshwari s.^nutha Father:K. Somasundram (deceased) Mother: S.Vijayaletehmi (deceased) D Brothers Sisters-in-law: S. Perinpanathan(deceased) Vasanthal S.Nandakumar Violet Cheng Lai Chun JEBbL SBT" Sister: Brother-in-law: S. Kalaiselvi T. M. Sundarajoo and nieces, nephews, loved
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      53 35 s c AT\rr>R AIVTOTTA INT O. OA.l"NJL»«j^.lYXV^Jtli?%J.>l Age: 52 To our beloved brother, who demise mno suddenly on 3- /-ZUU*. Dearly missed and fondly remembered by: S. Mail! M.S.R. Moorthy C N Raian MS R VenU Z-ZZT. ™f Jl' K.l.Kaj Aridas V.T. Rajan DaS F. ItO R. SlHldar Raveen Selva
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      66 35 OURTREASUBEDMEMORY Lawrence Freddie ShirieyMay Yap Tiong Seng Ooi Chit Gim 18.5.1920-18.5.1983 16.12.1924-7.7.2001 We wander to your resting place Arrange each flower with care Our hearts still ache with sadness As we turn and leave you there. L Dearly missed by J Wt ch J ldr e n,grandcluldren, re laUve S
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      128 35 "The Lord is my shePhere|;there is nothing I shall want." Psalm23:l TREVOR FRANCIS ALBUQUERQUE wascalledhometobewiththelx>rdonsJuly2oo9, leaving behind loved ones. Father: Kenneth Albuquerque Mother Nancy Albuquerque (deceased) Linda™ Brothers-in-law: Carat Derrick Locke Corinne JESSE*" vyner laeceaseaj iwaaonna IWS?1 Nieces Spouse: MarkChia Germaine James Maclean Vyner Junior April Locke Grandniece: GraceMadean 83SKU-
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      85 35 "This soul is unmanifest, it is unthinkable; and it is spoken of as unchangeable. Therefore, knowing this as such, you should not grieve." (Gita: 11/25) Athma Shanti Pooja MRS C T NAIR fAMMIIKIITTYI MX!» Lfa NAiK (AMMUKUII*] wif*° e*V™*our deepest appreciation to our donations during-our recent bereavement. Athma shanU Pooja
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        486 36  -  Lee Su Shyan BULLS AND BEARS Stock trading muted as investors await direction from the US market By ASSISTANT MONEY EDITOR A SEVERE case of the Monday blues gripped investors yesterday, with most unable to muster any real enthusiasm for trading. From the
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        391 36 NEW YORK: A trade group's measure of the health of the United States services sector contracted less than expected in June, reaching its highest level in nine months. The Institute for Supply Management (ISM) yesterday said that its services index read 47 in
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          172 36 Yesterday's close: 9,680.87 (-135.20) Japanese shares fell by 1.4 per cent amid uncertainty about prospects for the economy and corporate earnings. [▼'I Yesterday's close: 1,065.83 (-6.86) Malaysian shares fell 0.63 per cent as profit-taking hit during lacklustre trade. Yesterday's close: 17,979.41 (-223.99) Hong Kong shares fell by 1.23 per
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            105 36 FOREIGN CURRENCY NOTE RATES: (9AM): S$ TO ONE UNIT OF FOREIGN CURRENCY July 6 2009 Buying Selling Aust dollar 1.1460 1.1810 Can dollar 1.2450 1.2600 Euro 2.0200 2.0440 Malaysian ringgit* 0.4110 0.4119 NZ dollar 0.9070 0.9280 Sterling pound 2.3580 2.3850 US dollar 1.4460 1.4620 S$ TO 100 UNITS OF
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        516 37  -  Christopher Tan It is the first storage and delivery car facility to use wireless ID tagging By SENIOR CORRESPONDENT HOME-GROWN and Hong Kong-listed motor group Tan Chong International has opened a $40 million high-tech car storage and delivery centre. The Nissan and Subaru
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        357 37  -  Joanna Seow By RENEWABLE energy company Van der Horst Energy (VDHE) began building its corporate headquarters and a warehouse facility for its GKE logistics unit yesterday. The $28 million facility a fourstorey warehouse and seven-storey office complex will be finished in September next
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        280 37  -  JOANNA SEOW MANUFACTURING firm JLJ Holdings launched its initial public offering (IPO) on the Catalist board yesterday one of only a few companies to do so this year. The firm lodged its offer document at the Singapore Exchange yesterday and is offering 19 million shares at
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      609 38 Carrier's bid to cut costs sets it up for possible strike and travel chaos LONDON: British Airways' (BA) cabin crew yesterday rejected overwhelmingly the airline's demands for new contracts over pay and conditions and up to 3,500 job cuts deemed vital
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      181 38 HONG KONG: Hong Kong Financial Secretary John Tsang said the economy probably returned to growth in the second quarter after a record contraction in the previous three months, as demand for exports improved. "On a quarter-on-quarter basis, there is a large chance that there
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      330 38 ZURICH: Despite shrinking assets, the wealth management industry continued to add headcount and there was a 6 per cent rise in new hires, with far more firms hiring than firing staff, a survey showed. Bank of America (BoA) also toppled cri-sis-hit ÜBS as the world's
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      69 38 THE top 10 wealth managers and their assets under management last year, according to Scorpio: 1. Bank of America: US$l.5 trillion (552.2 trillion) 2. ÜBS: US$l.39 trillion 3. Citigroup: US$l.32 trillion 4. Wells Fargo: US$l trillion 5. Credit Suisse: US$6l2 billion 6. JPMorgan: US$552 billion 7. Morgan
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      135 38 NEW YORK: ÜBS' chief executive wants to shake up the top managerial ranks of the embattled bank's brokerage business in the United States after deciding against a sale, the Financial Times reported, citing people familiar with the matter. ÜBS has repeatedly considered a sale of
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      496 38 LOS ANGELES: A United States bankruptcy judge has cleared the way for a sale of the bulk of General Motors' (GM) assets to a new entity, opening the door for the troubled carmaker to emerge from Chapter 11 this week. The decision,
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      490 39  -  Francis Chan By ADVISERS have a key role to play in reviving a financial service sector battered by the downturn and the Lehman Brothers fiasco, but their focus needs to be less on sales and more on client needs. The call came
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      623 39  -  Joyce Teo Fall accompanied by rise in vacancies and unlikely to recover anytime soon By LANDLORDS took a one-two punch in the second quarter, with rents continuing to decline for offices and industrial space as vacancies kept rising. Rents were under the
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      340 39  -  Jessica Cheam By IN THE male-dominated world of engineering and construction, it would be easy for a 19-year-old Joanne Chan to feel out of place. But the former Raffles Junior College student had set her heart on entering the industry and her dream came
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      696 40  -  Fiona Chan Higher factory output may have led to a double-digit growth quarter-on-quarter By THE earlier-than-expected bounce in the manufacturing sector may have given Singapore's economy a much-needed boost in the second quarter of this year. Most of the eight economists polled by The
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        1432 42  -  boon chan Known for its architectural record-breaking feats, the city boasts several family-friendly attractions too 5 things to do 1 Protect yourself from the heat and glare with shades, sunscreen and headgear, and drink lots of water. 2 Take along some warm clothing if you plan
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        93 43 Singapore Airlines and Emirates fly direct to Dubai daily. The flight takes about seven hours. Car rental is readily available at Dubai International Airport. You can rent a car for seven days from US$24 (Ss34) a day and a navigation system from U5513.50 a day, according to Budget
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        1147 44  -  alex frew mcmillan The Thai island is turning into a five-star haven, a far cry from the cheap place it used to be The year was 1993. A college buddy and I made our first trip to Asia. It was also the first time I stepped
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        374 45  -  Cheryl Tan EUROPEAN SUMMER CRUISE Looking to do some romancing along the Danube River? Chan Brothers is offering a $1,200 discount a couple on the Danube Summer Cruise. Departing on Aug 29, the 10-day cruise starts from Nuremberg in Germany and sails to Austria, Slovakia and finally Budapest
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      708 47  -  valerie wang To join the famous Little Singers Of Monaco, the boys need strong lungs and excellent grades AN ENCHANTING EVENING WITH LES PETITS CHANTEURS DE MONACO (THE LITTLE SINGERS OF MONACO) Where: Victoria Concert Hall, 11 Empress Place, Victoria Concert Hall When: Today and tomorrow,
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      757 48 Beating the odds, 8,750 winners will get two tickets each to witness MJ's service in LA today Los Angeles In the days since Michael Jackson died, fans have grieved, cried and sung along with his music as it played perpetually over the airwaves. On Sunday,
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      571 48 Los Angeles Michael Jackson crossed swords with many people when he was alive, but perhaps none more important than Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis. The former United States first lady, as an editor at Doubleday Books, secured a coveted book deal with the pop star
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        367 50 Los Angeles In a rare tie, reigning champion Transformers: Revenge Of The Fallen and the new cartoon Ice Age: Dawn Of The Dinosaurs shared the top spot at the holiday weekend box office in North America. According to studio estimates issued on Sunday,
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        271 50 Beijing Zhang Yimou is through with star-studded films with more style than substance after directing the cast-of-thousands Beijing Olympics ceremonies, his producer says. Expect no more spectacles such as Curse Of The Golden Flower (2006), starring Chow Yun Fat, Gong Li and Jay Chou, says Zhang Weiping. Zhang Yimou's
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