The Straits Times, 10 May 2010

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    37 1 THE STRAITS TIMES MICA (P) 094/11/2009 MONDAY, MAY 10 2010 AS IN GA P O REPRE SS H O LDIN GS PUBLI CA TI O NE NE S T A BLI S HED1 8 45 90 CENTS
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      Lock icon Philippine elections today
      36 1 FILIPINOS go to the polls today in the first national election in which votes will be tallied by a computerised system. Pre-election surveys showed that Senator Benigno Aquino III will emerge the winner.
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      Lock icon Mas Selamat’s bomb plots
      59 1 TERROR suspect Mas Selamat Kastari had hatched plans to bomb targets here and in Malaysia as soon as he fled Singapore, and was waiting for his Indonesian allies to enter Malaysia before carrying out his plans. However, his plans did not materialise because his allies, who
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      Lock icon Alarm in Aceh over quake
      32 1 A 7.4 magnitude earthquake hit the Indonesian province of Aceh yesterday, causing panic and prompting a brief local tsunami watch. But officials said no casualties were reported.
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      Lock icon Thai crisis: Firms worried
      36 1 WITH no end in sight, Thailand’s deadly political turmoil has led economists to lower their growth forecasts for South-east Asia’s second-largest economy, and created jitters for some Singapore firms with Thai operations.
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      Lock icon Webber wins Spanish GP
      49 1 MARK Webber imposed himself on the Formula One championship with a crushing victory at the Spanish Grand Prix yesterday. The popular Australian led from pole position to chequered flag in his most dominant display since Brazil last year when he produced a similar imperious drive.
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    Lock icon Europe races to create crisis fund
    623 1 Rush to seal deal before Asian markets open shows crisis is global AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE NEW YORK TIMES BLOOMBERG REUTERS BRUSSELS: Europe raced yesterday against an Asian deadline, vowing to do “whatever is necessary” to prop up a debt-saddled euro before markets reopen today. The
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    Lock icon UNSTOPPABLE CHELSEA ARE CHAMPS
    82 1 After three seasons in the wilderness, Chelsea are again English Premier League champions, sealing the title with a crushing 8-0 win over 10-man Wigan yesterday. Their first title under manager Carlo Ancelotti was richly deserved after scoring 103 goals, breaking the 97-goal Premier League record set
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    Lock icon Tough stance on serious crimes saves lives: Minister
    960 1  -  BY ZAKIR HUSSAIN POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT zakirh@sph.com.sg SINGAPORE has no qualms about taking a tough line on serious crimes and imposing the mandatory death penalty because it believes this stand has saved thousands of lives, Law Minister K. Shanmugam said yesterday. The penalty
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      120 1 The fish man Cheap and fake Dangerous lasers HOME, PAGE B1 PRIME, PAGE A8 LIFE! PAGE C4 BREAKING NEWS: www.straitstimes.com INTERACT: www.stomp.com.sg EMAIL: stomp@stomp.com.sg VIDEOS: www.razortv.com.sg NEWS TIPS: 1800-*****28 WORLD PAGE A10, REVIEW PAGE A18 PRIME PAGE A4 PRIME PAGE A4 MONEY PAGE B18 SPORT PAGE B10 *****1"*****7 CALL 6388-3838
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      8 1 SPORT PAGES B8-9 More reports: Money Pages B14-16
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    • VIEW POINTS
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        Lock icon Filipinos face a problem election
        49 2 WE SAY Adding to the campaign violence and vote buying is a computer glitch which could cause problems in the Philippines’ first automated election today. And whoever wins the presidency will have to restore political trust after the controversies of the nine Arroyo years.
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        Lock icon History repeats itself
        25 2 COLUMNS William Dalrymple sees close parallels between the fix Nato now faces in Afghanistan, and that faced by the British in 1842.
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        Lock icon Force modernisation
        20 2 Vietnam is updating its military platforms to strenghthen its posture in the disputed Spratly Islands, says Robert Karniol.
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        Lock icon Sexuality education
        51 2 OUR READER SAYS Professor K. Venkata Reddy says sexuality education in Singapore schools has to be taught in the context of the secular values and beliefs of the country’s multi-religious and multiracial society. Teachers must guide students to the right path from the myriad influences they are exposed
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        Lock icon ONLINE BLOGS
        32 2 www.straitstimes.com Caroline Chia blogs about the passion of Singapore’s synchronised swimmers. Desmond Lim comes to terms with expressing his love for his mother after seeing another care for her son.
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      Lock icon ‘Fairer’ voting system is not always a better one
      874 2  -  Political haggling will be the norm in UK under any new system By JONATHAN EYAL EUROPE CORRESPONDENT jonathan.eyal@gmail.com THE inconclusive outcome of Britain’s general election has prompted strong demands for radical change in the country’s voting system. An opinion poll for
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      295 2 EDITORIAL PAGE A18 REVIEW PAGE A18 REVIEW PAGE A19 FORUM PAGE A20 Preparing Career-Ready Professionals Succeed with an EASB™ Diploma in Hospitality Tourism Management We prepare you for a career. With the opening of integrated resorts in Singapore, qualified individuals are well sought after to meet the manpower needs of
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      Lock icon Tory-Liberal talks Round 2: Mood ‘good’
      796 3 Market pressure on negotiations to show progress REUTERS AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE ASSOCIATED PRESS LONDON: Britain’s two main opposition parties resumed efforts yesterday to break the deadlock of last week’s inconclusive election, which has left the country in political limbo. The mood was described as “good”
      REUTERS; AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE; ASSOCIATED PRESS; PHOTO: REUTERS  -  796 words
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      Lock icon Mas Selamat planned to attack S’pore while on run
      605 4  -  Plans foiled when his Indonesian allies backed out, says KL police chief By SUJIN THOMAS sujint@sph.com.sg TERROR suspect Mas Selamat Kastari hatched plans to bomb targets here and in Malaysia as soon as he fled Singapore, says Malaysia’s federal police chief,
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      Lock icon Quake jolts Aceh, but no casualties reported
      492 4 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE ASSOCIATED PRESS BANDA ACEH (Indonesia): A powerful quake with a magnitude of 7.4 hit the Indonesian province of Aceh yesterday, causing panic in an area that was devastated by the killer waves of the 2004 tsunami. The quake triggered a local
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      Lock icon 6.39 PM
      68 6  -  BY CAROLINE CHIA PHOTOJOURNALIST It’s that golden time of the day when things start to wind down, people head home, and friends and family start getting together. Straits Times photographers show their take on that moment in the Prime pages every Monday entitled 6.39pm. Four women relax at
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      Lock icon Half-price booze? It may be fake
      901 8  -  Fake booze may contain chemicals and be made under dirty conditions By EISEN TEO BRYAN TOH eisenteo@sph.com.sg bryantoh@sph.com.sg IT’S a steal: A 750ml bottle of Chivas Regal going for just $53, or a Johnnie Walker Black Label whisky bottle for $47, about half the
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      Lock icon Cheap deals on wheels
      482 8 IF YOU want cheap liquor, call Uncle Simon. The Straits Times did, recently, and he turned up in a van, swiftly handed over the goods in a paper bag, and even issued a receipt. The transaction was over in about 10 minutes. It cost $42 for
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      271 9 No news isn’t news. Annual yields on life policies are generally never made public by insurers. And not hearing any news about your policies surely can’t be favourable. For the past 3 years, NTUC Income has resolutely published our yields for one reason to be transparent. With over 2 million
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon D-day for Philippines
      589 10  -  95% of glitch-hit vote count machines likely to have been tested in time By ALASTAIR MCINDOE PHILIPPINES CORRESPONDENT amcindoe@yahoo.com MANILA: On a sweltering Sunday afternoon at the Guadalupe Viejo Elementary School, two soldiers and two police officers guard a locked classroom, its windows covered with black cellophane
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      Lock icon Election by the numbers
      144 10 COMMISSION ON ELECTIONS REUTERS AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Nearly 18,000 national and local government positions in the Philippines are being contested today by some 50,000 candidates: 1 president 1 vice-president 12 senators 230 representatives 57 party list representatives (reserved congressional seats representing marginalised sectors of society) 80 governors
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      Lock icon WHAT’S ONLINE MOST READ, MOST COMMENTED ON AND MORE
      115 10 www.straitstimes.com MOST-READ ONLINE _Beaver dam visible from space MOST COMMENTED ON New York bomb suspect caught trying to flee. Says dustmask: “Many people do not acknowledge the hundreds of thousands killed in the fight against terror. Ignorance may be forgivable but
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      Lock icon Steady stream of voters cast ballot in S’pore
      363 10  -  By LUKE JOHNSON HUNDREDS of Filipino expatriates in Singapore cast their votes in presidential elections yesterday, using new automated voting machines that many hoped would lead to fairer elections. A steady stream of voters, some arriving by the busload, filtered in and
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        Lock icon Abhisit wants answer to peace plan by today
        655 11  -  Red shirts’ silence on proposal to end stand-off fuels rumours of disunity By NIRMAL GHOSH THAILAND CORRESPONDENT nirmal@sph.com.sg BANGKOK: Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva yesterday told red-shirt protesters to give him a clear answer by today on whether they accept his peace proposal
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        Lock icon Return of Indonesia’s old guard
        581 12  -  Analysts worry naming of Golkar chief to top post may hurt reforms NEWS ANALYSIS By SALIM OSMAN INDONESIA CORRESPONDENT salim@sph.com.sg JAKARTA: A new political constellation is shaping up in Indonesia, with the old guard taking centrestage once again. Some say the appointment of Golkar Party
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        Lock icon Expo not hitting daily visitor targets
        404 12 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE SHANGHAI: One week into the six-month World Expo in Shanghai, organisers are already worrying they will fail to draw the 70 million visitors they have predicted. So far, turnout has fallen far short of the daily average of 380,000 needed to meet
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        Lock icon Teflon Man
        279 12  -  SALIM OSMAN TYCOON politician Aburizal Bakrie, 63, one of the few members of the old guard from the Suharto era, appears to be making a comeback in politics. Listed as one of Indonesia’s richest men by Forbes magazine, the Bakrie group patron joined President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono’s first
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        Lock icon The case against them
        47 12 Two alleged Malaysian drug smugglers, in orange, display evidence confiscated by Indonesian Customs officers, during a press conference at Jakarta’s Soekarno-Hatta airport yesterday. The two were allegedly caught with US$1.2 million (S$1.7 million) worth of methamphetamine at Indonesia’s main airport. PHOTO: ASSOCIATED PRESS
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        Lock icon Ailing Sultan allowed to check out of hospital
        531 13  -  His sisters now accuse his wife of restricting the people who can visit him KELANTAN ROYAL DISPUTE By ELIZABETH LOOI MALAYSIA CORRESPONDENT elizlooi@sph.com.sg KUALA LUMPUR: The ailing Sultan of Kelantan was yesterday discharged from hospital and allowed to return home, after lawyers
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        Lock icon Now, Malaysian deputy minister’s car stolen
        210 13 KUALA LUMPUR: A day after the Selangor police chief’s stolen car was recovered, news emerged that a deputy minister’s personal vehicle had been stolen. This time, the victim is Deputy Foreign Minister A. Kohilan Pillay, who says an aide borrowed the car on Friday.
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        Lock icon Don’t slam police, says KL minister
        438 13 LONDON: Malaysians should support and not demonise the police force, which is under fire over the recent shootings of two teenagers, Home Minister Hishammuddin Hussein has said. “The morale of the police also has to be safeguarded and balanced. Clear demonisation does not help
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        Lock icon 8 killed in latest China rampage
        387 14 ASSOCIATED PRESS AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE BEIJING: A man on a stabbing rampage killed eight people including his mother, wife and daughter, police and news reports said yesterday, in the latest of a spate of mass homicides in China. Xinhua news agency said suspect Zhou Yezhong,
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        Lock icon ‘Murdered’ man reappears after 10 years
        335 14 REUTERS CHINA DAILY/ASIA NEWS NETWORK BEIJING: A Chinese man who was supposedly hacked to death in a fight has reappeared in his home town after 10 years, state media said, raising questions about police torture to extract a confession from the alleged killer. Mr
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        Lock icon Chen’s son to fight for father in Taiwan polls
        466 14 Convicted ex-president’s son also vows to take up independence push AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE TAIPEI: The only son of Taiwan’s convicted former president Chen Shui-bian says he is ready to enter politics, to defend his father and carry on the push for the
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        Lock icon Would knowing genetic destiny make a difference?
        873 15  -  Scientists wonder if knowing what’s in store will leave us better off MEMO FROM WASHINGTON By BHAGYASHREE GAREKAR US CORRESPONDENT bhagya@sph.com.sg WOULD we be better off if we caught a glimpse of our genetic destiny? Stanford University professor Steve Quake did just that
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        Lock icon ‘Toddler’ teen’s gene may shed light on ageing
        284 15 BALTIMORE: Scientists in the United States are hoping to gain new insights into the mysteries of ageing by sequencing the genome of a 17-year-old girl who has the body and behaviour of a toddler. Teenager Brooke Greenberg is still the size of
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        Lock icon Pressure mounts for Brown to step down
        849 16 Not possible to end the deadlock unless he goes, many say LONDON: Prime Minister Gordon Brown is clinging to office after elections left Britain politically deadlocked, but his future as premier is bleak with pressure from the ground and within his own party
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        Lock icon If just 16,000 had voted differently
        344 16 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE BRITAIN’S Conservatives would have won a parliamentary majority had just 16,000 people in 19 constituencies voted differently, experts said yesterday. Last Thursday’s vote delivered the first hung Parliament in Britain since 1974, putting the first-past-the-post system under the spotlight. Despite a strong
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        Lock icon NY bomb suspect linked to Taleban
        421 17 Times Square attack bid guided and funded by Pakistani terror group BLOOMBERG ASSOCIATED PRESS REUTERS WASHINGTON: Times Square bombing suspect Faisal Shahzad has been working with the Pakistani Taleban, President Barack Obama’s Attorney-General and his top counterterrorism adviser said yesterday. “We know that they
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      • IN BRIEF
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          Lock icon More air travel chaos
          127 17 ASSOCIATED PRESS BRUSSELS: A plume of volcanic ash snaked its way through France, Switzerland, Italy and Germany yesterday, shutting down airports and disrupting flights across Europe. Transatlantic connections were also being diverted around a larger patch of cloud stretching from southern Greenland to the coast of
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          Lock icon Russia mine blasts kill 11
          112 17 ASSOCIATED PRESS MOSCOW: Two explosions within a span of four hours tore through Russia’s largest underground coal mine in Raspadskaya in western Siberia, killing at least 11 workers and injuring 41 others. A further 84 people, including rescue workers, remained trapped in the mine after
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          Lock icon Japan to decide on base
          114 17 REUTERS TOKYO: The Japanese government is set to decide today on a proposal to relocate a controversial US air base, Kyodo News Agency reported yesterday, but there was no sign that Washington or local residents would agree to the plan. The plan will likely modify
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          Lock icon Indirect peace talks start
          117 17 REUTERS RAMALLAH (West Bank): The Palestinians declared yesterday the start of indirect talks with Israel mediated by the United States, the first Middle East peace negotiations in 18 months. Echoing a call by Washington for a future move to direct negotiations and reflecting low public expectations
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          Lock icon S. Korea security review
          94 17 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE SEOUL: South Korean President Lee Myung Bak yesterday began an overhaul of national security after the mysterious sinking of a warship near the border with North Korea in March, his office said. Mr Lee created a 15-member Commission for National Security Review consisting of
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        Lock icon Soaking up the oil slick
        65 17 A New Orleans hotel worker with donated human hair stuffed into stockings, which will help absorb the oil slick in the Gulf of Mexico. Engineers failed yesterday in their first try to cap the ruptured oil well. Ice crystals clogged a containment dome built to
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  • REVIEW & FORUM.
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      Lock icon Filipinos face a problem election
      408 18 AS IF vote buying and killings did not already mar the Philippine election campaign, computer glitches have thrown the country’s first automated polls today into doubt. It is a telling measure of distrust that President Gloria Arroyo has accumulated during her nine-year tenure that many
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      Lock icon Ignoring lessons of Afghan history
      1748 18  -  By WILLIAM DALRYMPLE The writer, the author of the forthcoming Nine Lives: In Search Of The Sacred In Modern India, is writing a book on the First Anglo-Afghan War. NEW YORK TIMES THE name Gandamak means little in the West today. Yet this small Afghan
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        Lock icon Rise of Chinese navy changes the balance
        939 19  -  NAVAL POWERS IN ASIA By MICHAEL RICHARDSON FOR THE STRAITS TIMES The writer is a visiting senior research fellow at the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies. FOR much of the Cold War, China’s navy was little more than an elaborate coast guard. It
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        Lock icon Vietnam bolstering Spratlys firepower
        799 19  -  H A N O I S A RM S U P G R A DE By ROBERT KARNIOL DEFENCE WRITER rkarniol@sph.com.sg WITH an eye apparently fixed on strengthening its defensive posture in the disputed Spratly Islands, Vietnam is in the final stages of negotiating the purchase
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        297 20  -  Goh Choon Poh RECENTLY, there has been a spate of companies being delisted from the Singapore Exchange (SGX). These companies were among those placed on a “watch list” and were deemed unable to fulfil the minimum criteria for listing. Under SGX rules,
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        193 20  -  Koh Kia Jeng WE HAVE flat and smooth roads on every major expressway and most major roads. The Land Transport Authority (LTA) and its contractors consistently do a good job when roads are first laid, but it all seems to go awry thereafter. We have
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        162 20  -  Patrick Low ONE of the loveliest nature walks in Singapore is a 2km stretch outside the Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve. It winds along the north-western coast of Singapore directly facing Johor. The stretch was inaugurated some 10 years ago, but has fallen into neglect. After
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        119 20  -  Tan Kin Lian MANY building owners in Singapore require a visitor to exchange his identity card (IC) for a visitor’s pass. The intent is to ensure that he returns the pass. It also serves as a security measure. However, there is a risk of
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      1004 1  -  Those who want one with output above 5mW need to apply for permit from NEA By LIEW HANQING LESTER KOK hanqing@sph.com.sg lesterk@sph.com.sg LASERS are sometimes used by astronomy buffs to point at constellations in the night sky and by individuals
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      231 3 DOWN and out in Sengkang West? Aid is at hand on Facebook. The fledgling constituency’s Sengkang West Angels Project allows those in need to post their requests on the social networking site. Other residents can then respond and help out. It has already borne fruit: One
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      906 4  -  JESSICA LIM FOR Mr Teo Way Yong, catching longkang fish grew from a childhood hobby into a multimillion-dollar business. Back in the 1920s, armed with a crude net made out of an old T-shirt and wire, he tried his luck in the longkang, or
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      359 5  -  MELISSA SIM IT WAS a harmony walk from the Al-Istighfar mosque in Pasir Ris to the Loyang Tua Pek Kong temple which ended with a donation of $10,000 from the temple to help with the mosque’s upgrading. The upgrading, starting next month,
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        856 7 Teenage boys and men aged 17 to 29 are the biggest culprits when it comes to littering in parks. YouthInk writers try to figure out why male youths are such litterbugs, and suggest what can be done. MY LIFE Carrots and sticks to combat
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        529 7  -  EISEN TEO NICHOLAS Lam lamented recent measures to reduce the weighting of Chinese his weakest subject in the Primary School Leaving Examination (PSLE) score. “It won’t affect me,” he said. “Only my juniors will benefit.” That is not the only thing YouthInk’s youngest contributor,
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      267 6 THE Cold Storage Kids Run 2010 on May 23 will feature a new running category for children between the ages of six to 23 months. The “Gain Stroller Chase" is a non-competitive 800-metre fun run where one parent will stroll with their child in
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      209 6 TRAVELLERS seeking out last minute getaways were not disappointed at the Natas Journeys Summer 2010 fair held at Suntec Singapore Hall 601 on May land 2, With 27 exhibitors offering a range of attractive travel deals, the two-day fair drew packed crowds. “It
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        37 6 The KFC Buddy Meal ($11.50) comes with four pieces of Original Recipe Chicken and two regular Coleslaw, two regular Whipped Potato and two regular Pepsi. Call for delivery at 6222-6111 or order online at www.kfc.com.sg
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        62 6 Panasonic’s latest foam epilator ES-WD88 comes with a foot care attachment to remove heel calluses. It also has a small epilating head for easy hair removal at the underarms and bikini area and a large epilating head for arms and legs. Retails at $179 at Best Denki, Harvey
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      291 6 HER World’s Glass House is back and a it will be on show at Bugis Junction till May 27. In celebration of the magazine's 50th anniversary, the “pop-up re- tail store" is a first of its kind for any publication in Singapore and
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      358 10 REUTERS AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE LISBON: World No. 1 Roger Federer is unconcerned by his form on clay despite losing 2-6, 6-7 (5-7) to Albert Montanes in an error-prone performance in the semi-finals of the Estoril Open. Federer, who will attempt to retain his French Open
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      82 10 Participants during the start of the inaugural U Run at Downtown East yesterday. The race was part of the U Games, a multi-sports competition for union teams and ordinary people to promote physical well-being and family bonding. The 8km run, organised by NTUC Club, attracted 1,020
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      82 10 Participants dashing towards the water as the men’s 1km Open race in The Swimming Room TRI-Swim got underway yesterday. A total of 250 athletes took part in the event at Tanjong Beach, Sentosa. It was the first of four legs of the HP TRI-Factor Series from this
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        41 10 REUTERS RIO DE JANEIRO: A Brazilian footballer died of a suspected heart attack during a Carioca championship second-division match on Saturday. Mesquita midfielder Fred, 26, collapsed after half an hour in the match away to Cabofriense.
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        49 10 REUTERS BERLIN: Former Germany goalkeeper Jens Lehmann ended his 22-year career on Saturday with Stuttgart’s final Bundesliga match of the season, a 1-1 draw against Hoffenheim. The 40-year-old also won the English Premier League title while playing for Arsenal from 2003 to 2008.
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        71 10 ASSOCIATED PRESS CARSON (California): Boxer Paul Williams earned a bizarre victory on Saturday night, when Puerto Rico’s Kermit Cintron was not allowed to continue after tumbling through the ropes and landing on a ringside table early in the fourth round. The junior middleweight bout
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        65 10 LONDON: Real Madrid star Cristiano Ronaldo will be paid a staggering £900,000 (S$1.9 million) for three hours’ work in a bid to prove he is the world’s greatest footballer. He will line up with several other players, including Steven Gerrard, Didier Drogba, Cesc
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      568 11  -  ARUNNER’S DIARY By JEANETTE WANG jwang@sph.com.sg WHEN race day comes round, avid triathlete Chris Lim always counts on java for a much-needed jolt. A cup of coffee in the morning does the trick transforms the start from sluggish to spot-on. Then, on the
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      333 11  -  LIN XINYI KAOHSIUNG: X-sai-te-men-te. Those were the letters that Feng Tianwei scribbled onto a piece of paper during an English lesson. Her teacher, Singapore Table Tennis Association (STTA) administrative officer Marilyn Nelson, had just read the word “excitement” to the player, and she wanted to remember
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      564 11 ASSOCIATED PRESS SALT LAKE CITY: After winning the first two games by dominating inside, the Los Angeles Lakers went outside in Game Three on Saturday and took a 3-0 lead over the Utah Jazz in their National Basketball Association Western Conference semi-final
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      192 11 ASSOCIATED PRESS PONTE VEDRA BEACH (Florida): When the sun was going down on Saturday, it looked as if Lee Westwood (right) was sinking with it. His ball was on top of a storm drain in the woods off the 18th fairway. Then he came up with
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      203 11 REUTERS BEIJING: Chinese Olympic judo champion Tong Wen has been banned for two years and stripped of her world title after failing a doping test at the World Championships in the Netherlands last year. Tong, who claimed the women’s 78kg title at the 2008 Beijing Olympics
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      51 8 KEEPING THE FAITH Roger Federer is not worried despite losing to Albert Montanes on clay. B10 TO BE A TRUE NO. 2 Paddler Feng Tianwei says she must first play well consistently. B11 OUT TOMORROW ROAM SNUGGLING up for INTERNET Hook up a smartphone to a laptop to get a
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      13 8 WEBBER WINS Mark Webber shows title credentials by winning easily in Spain. B10
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      33 16 FOUR-DIGIT DRAW May 9 2010 FIRST 7393 SECOND◆ 1908 THIRD◆ 5216 STARTERS 4944 5086 5789 5847 6047 6752 6807 7285 7808 8468 CONSOLATIONS 0598 2045 2235 2914 2974 4846 5555 5702 7291 9316
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      675 18  -  A few with operations in country are jittery, but banks report ‘business as usual’ By FIONA CHAN fiochan@sph.com.sg Additional reporting by Additional reporting by Dickson Li, Lee Zhi Xin and Gabriel Chen GREECE’S debt troubles are commanding the world’s attention, but closer to home
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      94 18 www.straitstimes.com MOST-READ ONLINE _Dream home loans YOUR SAY _Some companies ban it outright, while others rely on their employees to know the right thing to do. As Facebook becomes a mainstay of working life and the line between personal and professional blurs,
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        510 13  -  Traders and analysts predict further volatility before markets stabilise BULLS AND BEARS By DAWN ZENG dzeng@sph.com.sg STOCKS are likely to extend their slide this week, as investors continue to grapple with a slew of negative news that has wrecked markets recently. Despite
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          1152 13 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS A unit trust or investment-linked insurance policy qualifies for inclusion under the CPF Investment Scheme if it has: a three-year track record, top quartile performance, a sales charge not exceeding 3 per cent and an expense ratio that is lower than the median of existing funds in
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        308 13 WARRANTS WATCH BANKING stocks bore the brunt of last week’s fallout as sovereign debt fears in Europe continued to rock global markets. The increased volatility may be hard to stomach, but investors keen on taking a punt on banks may wish to consider a
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      708 14 Market meltdown pushing Congress to get US financial system under control ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON: The stomach-churning fear about Wall Street’s turbulence is roaring back. Europe’s spreading debt crisis, fraud charges against Goldman Sachs and a 1,000-point nosedive in the Dow Jones Industrial Average are
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      268 14 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE REUTERS TOKYO: Japan’s embattled auto giant Toyota will likely post an operating profit of around US$1 billion (S$1.4 billion) for the year to March despite worldwide safety recalls, a local newspaper reported yesterday. Toyota, which is due to release its annual results
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      944 15  -  Europe must ditch differences and come up with ‘shock awe’ plan against speculators C A I JIN By GOH ENG YEOW SENIOR CORRESPONDENT engyeow@sph.com.sg Cai Jin runs every Monday and covers financial matters and corporate governance issues that can affect investors. The two Chinese characters
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      603 16 If austerity measures work, terms may be re-negotiated: Minister AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE ATHENS: An unpopular austerity deal with the European Union and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to grant Greece billions of euros in badly needed loans could be modified if the belt-tight-ening bears early
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        90 16 JOS BRENKEL (right): Appointed by technology giant Hewlett-Packard as senior vice- president of its Personal Systems Group (PSG) in Asia Pacific and Japan with immediate effect. Mr Brenkel, who joined HP in 1986, will be responsible for overseeing all key elements of the PSG business to
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        89 16 JULIAN CHEONG: Appointed by the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) as head of banking for South-east Asia. Mr Cheong will be based in Singapore. He will report to Mr John Mullins, Asia Pacific head of banking. He will also report to Mr Muhammad Aurangzeb, country
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        91 16 GOH SIK NGEE: Appointed by Fraser and Neave (F&N) as chief executive officer-designate of the group’s publishing and printing subsidiary, Times Publishing, with effect from Wednesday. Mr Goh (above, right) will be responsible for the overall management of Times Publishing. He will replace Dato Ng Jui Sia, who
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      302 16  -  By JESSICA CHEAM OCBC Securities has launched a mobile trading application for its customers so they can monitor stock prices and execute trades directly from their iPhones. It is the first brokerage in Singapore to offer this service. The free iPhone application, called iOCBC
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      43 16 AUSTRALIA MONEY MARKET ETF 1C 03/05/10 185,45 AUD (AUSTRALIA MONEY MARKET ETF I |sC 03/05/10 235,90 SGd| IBOXX Treasuries Total Return Index ETF 1C 30/04/10 222,30 USD USD IG INFL/ Linked Treasuries Total Return Index ETF 1C 30/04/10 230,24 USD
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        778 17  -  Firms worry social networking site could result in security threats or productivity loss By LEE ZHI XIN lzhixin@sph.com.sg WHEN it comes to staff using Facebook at work, some employers have decided it is better to be safe than sorry. And no wonder: more
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      270 18 Preview on 14th May 2010 at 7.30 pm Lancaster Global MBA “The programme is a continual eye-opener.” Ian Huggins “With this programme you’re encouraged to be critical about what you are learning, and to give your opinion of whether you agree or not We’re taught not to take things at
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      384 1 Andrea Bocelli thrills at Botanic Gardens C8 C PART Time warp Teen talent In fine form Pianist Chisato Kusunoki stuck in 19th century Charice Pempengco launches album on Oprah’s show C5 C3 MONDAY, MAY 10 2010 SANDRA LEONG spends a day with marine aquaculturist Tan Yit Wee, to find out
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      576 2  -  Climb on board a truck with two Malaysian drivers for a different perspective of Singapore christa yeo mpyeo@sph.com.sg A show at this year’s Singapore Arts Festival aims to take people places. Quite literally, audiences attending Car- go Kuala Lumpur-Singa-pore from Friday to June 12 will have to
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      467 2  -  jocelyn lee It felt like a blind date when the members of new Taiwanese duo The Drifters met for the first time. The duo, who are known simply as Darren and Yannick, were brought together by Taiwanese Mandopop king Jay Chou, who knew them both. Darren,
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        1008 3  -  Pianist Chisato Kusunoki knows she is outdated but she loves it that way 8QUESTIONSWITH...ChisatoKusunoki christa yeo mpyeo@sph.com.sg Chisato Kusunoki might look like a 21st-century musician but the Japanese pianist revels in living in the 19th century. She does not own a television, gets her news
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        279 3 Agence France-Presse Madrid Property once owned by Oscar-winning film star Sean Connery in the south of Spain is at the centre of a money-laundering investigation. Twenty-eight people are under judicial investigation in the case, the spokesman for the Superior Court of Justice of Andalucia
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        2409 4  -  Having to deal with fish as part of his job is a dream come true for aquaculturist Tan Yit Wee a day with Tan Yit Wee sandra leong sandral@sph.com.sg Perched precariously on the edge of a speedboat hurtling through the Strait of Johor, marine aquaculturist
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        902 5  -  deepika shetty Celebrity hairstylist Kim Robinson is known for shearing the locks of famous actresses and models such as Linda Evangelista, Isabella Rosellini and Maggie Cheung. But the 53-year-old bachelor has turned his attention to something else. He is holding his first solo art show
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        649 5  -  Charice Pempengco’s YouTube videos shot the teen Filipino to fame, thanks to a fan veronica koh vkoh@sph.com.sg Filipino singer Charice Pempengco may be only 17, but she has performed with Celine Dion and Andrea Bocelli, and is deemed “one of the most talented kids in
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        465 5 Reuters Los Angeles For fans of hit TV show 24, this will come as no great shock: The show’s creator has promised that when the action programme finishes its run this month, an unhappy ending will greet Jack Bauer. The US government agent, played
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        107 6 ‘Charlie’s obsessed with Indiana Jones. I think it’s magnificent, to a degree. I really don’t want any more critiques about my abilities and Harrison Ford’s abilities. It’s kind of starting to p*** me off’ Action star Russell Crowe (left) on critiques from his six-year-old son Charlie
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        701 6  -  Sleuths Michael and Louie came in fourth in The Amazing Race after they were foiled by a cab veronica koh partner.” vkoh@sph.com.sg It was not the tough physical challenges that felled detectives Michael Naylor and Louie Stravato in the Shanghai leg of The Amazing Race. Rather,
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        345 6 New York Times New York For baseball fans, last year was the year of the Yankees. For job seekers, it was the year of the Great Recession. And for people who track baby names it was the year of the vampire. The Social Security
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      681 7  -  Never mind it was an encore, Aaron Kwok thrills with his showmanship lin wenjian wenjian@sph.com.sg review concert AARON KWOK DE SHOW REEL WORLD TOUR ENCORE LIVE IN SINGAPORE 2010 Singapore Indoor Stadium Last Friday If this was a show of intent to his younger counterparts in
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      489 7  -  tara tan review theatre THE LOST AND THE ECLIPTIC Pentas Project (Malaysia) Esplanade Theatre Studio Last Friday In the cavernous, bare, black theatre sat a small, brightly lit rectangular box. It contained the disembodied torso of a strange, bug-like man, who contorted his body and
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      817 8  -  The renowned Italian tenor serenaded 12,000 at the Botanic Gardens with classical and modern hits nicholas yong nicy@sph.com.sg Canadian singer Celine Dion once said that if God had a singing voice, it would sound a lot like Andrea Bocelli’s. An audience of 12,000 at the Singapore Botanic Gardens
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      352 8 A casual chat before the Andrea Bocelli concert netted the Community Chest an extra $150,000. Ms Jennie Chua, who chairs the charity, told another guest that the concert organisers, YTL Corporation, was donating $850,000. She told Life!: “I mentioned that I would be
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      373 8  -  chang tou liang review concert RUSSIAN RHAPSODY Singapore Symphony Orchestra Esplanade Concert Hall/Last Saturday It is a rare evening when everything on a concert programme clicks together like final pieces of a giant jigsaw puzzle. Despite an all 20th-century look, there was nothing in this evening’s Singapore
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      22 2 MOVIE PREMIUMS TO BE WON The Losers, The Last Song Broken Embraces a >2 ONLY IN YOUR MOVIE MAGAZINE ON THURSDAY FiRSTfe
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      111 5 "Priceless" -Today 'A full-frontal assault on the funny bone The Flying Inkpot SIMON CHRISANDRA ASSOCIATES PRESENTS Directed by GLEN GOBI Written by MARC CAMOLETTI English Version by BEVERLEY CROSS 4 AUGUST 4 SEPTEMBER 2010 DRAMA CENTRE THEATRE Starring Adrian Pang Emma Yong Chermaine Ang Wendy Kweh Daniel York Siti Khalijah
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      21 7 OUT TOMORROW ROAM aPPS on the go First ride in 5 years: Gin Lee finds the right bus but gets lost
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      42 8 GOT PROBLEM? NO PROBLEM! Got boyfriend troubles? Your parents just don't understand you? Or your sister is driving you up the wall? E-mail us at tnpshow@sph.com.sg Our humorists SM Ong and Sylvia Toh will tell you how to laugh your woes away
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      31 8 Head to CATS FASTADS in The New Paper for education options! CLA/Dec05/Sg <SUftp 0 (jfijdr JL v y>H r.«?5l&b* ?s m m "•“i.i,,, Daily test papersi y Maanavar Murasu Tamil Murasu
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      3379 9 must watch free to air channel 5 GODZILLA Channel 5, 6.45pm AM 6.00 Entertainment Tonight (V) 6.30 Primetime Morning 8.00 The Amazing Race 16 (Season Finale) (Simulcast from US) (V) 8.45 Just For Laughs Gags 8 (V) 9.00 Planet’s Funniest Animals 8 (V)/9.30 The Martha Stewart Show 3 (IE) 10.30
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        290 2 A former legislative assemblyman and parliamentary secretary, Mr Low Por Tuck, died of heart failure late last month. He was a member of the People’s Action Party (PAP) that swept to power in 1959, but he broke away with a dozen others in 1961 to form
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        306 2  -  The INside track BY SERENE GOH EDITOR To find out what sort of safety measures you wanted to see more of in your schools, IN’s journalists Eisen Teo and Chuang Bing Han gathered a wishlist from teenagers islandwide that had me wondering if you knew what
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        102 2 Singaporeans are loving their city more, according to the latest lifestyle survey of 4,000 people by the Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA). More than 80 per cent of Singaporeans and permanent residents agreed that this is a great place to live, work and play, a 10 per
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        235 3 Symptoms of heroin addiction include constipation, poor appetite, glassy eyes with dark circles and drastic mood swings. What would you do if someone you knew displayed all these symptoms? I would ask the student if he is feeling too stressed at school or something, and avoid being too direct.
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        443 3 Heroin can be smoked or inhaled, but many addicts actually inject themselves with it every day leaving scars all over their bodies. Imagine being so desperate to get high that you are willing to stick needles into your own body. This is what many heroin addicts
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        675 4 Sources: The New York Times, Associated Press, Agence France-Presse, National Geographic THE NEWS An exploded oil rig is leaking millions of barrels of oil into the Gulf of Mexico, affecting marine life and the many people who depend on it. THE SPILL An offshore oil rig a
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        79 4 BBC News Reuters At least three people were killed in Athens when protests against the government turned violent last week. Thousands of people had marched through the Greek capital to voice their unhappiness over spending cuts and tax increases. These unpopular measures had been taken so the country could
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        97 4 Agence France-Presse Lawmakers in Belgium have voted to ban the wearing of the full Islamic face veil in public, potentially making it the first country in Europe to enact such a law, although the upper house can still block the move. All the parties in the lower house of
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        84 4 Agence France-Presse A South Korean mountaineer has become the first woman to climb to the top of of the world’s 14 highest peaks. Ms Oh Eun-Sun, 44, made histo- ry when she summitted the 8,091 m-high Annapurna mountain in Nepal recently. But Ms Oh’s place in the record books
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        654 5  -  BY CHUANG BING HAN Catch these works of art before they disappear. Some of this week’s featured artwork will be presented as gifts to foreign dignitaries during the Youth Olympic Games (YOG) in August. Created by the residents of the Singapore Boys’ Home and Singapore Girls’
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        1508 6 / 7  -  Injuries can occur during noncompetitive physical activities too. CHUANG BING HAN AND EISEN TEO look at how schools protect their students. CHUANG BING HAN, EISEN TEO n injury picked up during a shuttle run test two years ago changed Wei Qi’s life. While executing a
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        310 8 / 9 Online gamers are the latest group to come under siege from cybercriminals. Two of the top five pieces of malicious software that attacked computers in Singapore last year stole gaming credentials, said security firm Symantec. The baddies will steal anything, including gaming passwords,
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        488 10 BY STEFANIE YEO IN CROWDER Some weeks ago, the cover story of IN was about stress, and how to cope with it. For me, that stress sometimes gets too tough to handle, and I have been through a mild crying bout before. Recently, though, I experienced
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        877 11  -  BY ANDREW DUFFY Whendid Whendid race become an issue again? Last month, an expert on racism and xenophobia (which means a dislike or fear of people from other countries) from the United Nations visited Singapore to examine how these prejudices are
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        460 16 Superstadiums Building state-of-the-art football venues was a mammoth task for South Africa. IN looks at the obstacles the country had to overcome. The 2010 Fifa World Cup that kicks off in South Africa on June 11 will be the 19th Fifa World Cup. Thirty-two teams from around the
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