Today, 9 October 2003, Afternoon Edition

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    17 1 TODAY todayonline.com Thursday October 9,2003* MITA (P) 002/11/2002 TODAY todayonline.com Thursday October 9, 2003 MITA (P) 002/11/2002
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  • AFTERNOON EDITION
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      Lock icon Arnie giving up films to be Governor
      446 1 Agencies LOS ANGELES Action star turned California Governorelect Arnold Schwarzenegger vowed to give up his lucrative movie roles to focus on the business of running the most populous state in the US. "There will be no time for movies or anything else," he
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      Lock icon US stocks slip
      69 1 Reuters NEW YORK Stocks fell yesterday, snapping a five-session string of gains, as Wall Street awaited next week's flood of earnings reports. The Dow Jones industrial average dropped 23.71 points, or 0.25 per cent, to 9,630.90, and the broader Standard Poor's 500 Index slipped 5.47 points, or
      – Reuters  -  69 words
    • Article
      The weight on one pillar
      751 1  -  Derrick A Paulo Unionists ask if the tripartite system favours employers by derrick@newstoday.com.sg TRIPARTISM has often been described as a key principle that helps Singapore tick. So, when some unionists questioned the long-established practice of cooperation between employers, employees and the Government to maintain labour
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      46 1 NEWSA^/lEWS spore wins Reclamation work can continue for now/2 asean speed PM Goh on quick agreements among friends/3 khoo how san On conspiracy theories and China's first manned space launch/32 Today Exclusives I FAS SAYS: Enough is enough. We're on a global search for talented footballers/60
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      6 1 No boycott but Owen is out/59
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  • HOT NEWS
    • Article
      Singapore wins
      386 2  -  Tor Ching Li Reclamation can continue for now, rules international court by chingli@newstoday.com.sg AFTER two weeks of deliberation by 21 judges, the Hamburgbased International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS) unanimously ruled that Singapore's reclamation works around Pulau Tekong and Tuas in Malaysia's Straits of Johor
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    • Singapore Snippets
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        Lock icon Bush to visit Singapore
        33 3 Reuters President George W Bush will visit Singapore on Oct 21 and 22, the White House announced yesterday. He will also visit Japan, Indonesia, Thailand, the Philippines and Australia.
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        EHI gets a scrubbing
        72 3 The Environmental Health Institute (EHI) will start disinfecting its laboratories today in the first stage of meeting the recommended bio-safety standards. A review panel made the recommendations after a researcher contracted Sars at an EHI laboratory last month. All live BSL-3 viruses will be destroyed in
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        COE for big cars falls to $28,199
        81 3 COE prices have fallen across the board in the first tender this month, with the biggest dip in the big car category. COEs for small cars dipped 1,714 to $28,915. Category B COEs for larger cars dropped by $1,849 to $28,199. COEs in
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      Fast to decide, fast to act
      428 3  -  Asean leaders reach quick agreement on liberalised air services by] Elisia Yeo in Bali elisia@newstoday.com.sg Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra spoke about issuing a statement on this and agreed it would be good to get a third Asean member involved. As Mr Goh was seated
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      Asean inks trade, peace deals
      220 4 NUSA DUA (Indonesia) China, Japan and India signed wide-rang-ing deals with Asean yesterday in a move seen as a bid to transform economic competitors into partners and to keep the peace. Nuclear-armed China and India signed a pact "to promote perpetual peace" with the 10-member
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      Lock icon Parting shot at deputy sheriff
      438 4 AFP Dr M blasts Australia at his final Asean meet NUSA DUA (Indonesia) It was his final Asean summit but Malaysia's outgoing Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad was not leaving without a fight During a press conference at the end of the regional meeting, the veteran
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      319 4 Fa' PS^rfA f Yomeishu. As good for you today, as it has always been. .^M^sm***!- The yomeishu recipe for good health Cinnamomi Carthami \n Cortex Flos y.-i ,1,1 BaH «%%.^*^S *^i '*^l wflwinii C^^^^H f J *~ifes Rehmanniae Paeoniae Radix Radix HSA PERMIT No: MHP *****6 Yomeishu taps the goodness
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  • HOME NEWS
    • Article
      Not terrorism, say M'sia police
      132 6 MALAYSIAN police denied that foreign terrorists had snipped the wires on a Perth-bound Malaysian Airlines aircraft last week. They suggested yesterday the act was done by someone with access to the aircraft and wiring knowledge, possibly a staff member. Investigations are going on. Selangor police
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      Lock icon What Singaporeans want most...
      257 6 Val Chua THE Japanese have the deepest distrust of how major businesses in Japan can benefit their society. Filipinos yearn for less corruption in their country. Vietnamese desire more business cooperation with their neighbours. And Singaporeans? They identified "employment and livelihood" as the key areas of
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      AVA scraps cats rehab scheme
      377 6  -  Joy Frances by i oy@newstoday.com. se STRAY cats and cat lovers are on their own, as the Agri-food and Veterinary Authority (AVA) said yesterday it would discontinue the Stray Cat Rehabilitation Scheme (SCRS). Started in 1998, the scheme tried to solve the problem of Singapore's
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      Raja sister takes on NTUC Healthcare
      172 6 DREW Napier lawyers, who represented actress Andrea De Cruz in her lawsuit against Slim 10's distributors and importer, have sent a letter of demand to NTUC Healthcare, on behalf of the sister of Miss Selvarani Raja, who died last June after consuming the slimming
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      Lock icon DUCKs speak 3 Asian languages now
      215 9 Madeleine Chong FOR close to a year, tourists had to speak English in order to get their moneys worth when they took the DUCKtour in Singapore. The tour, called DUCK because it is conducted on land and in the harbour in an amphibious vehicle,
      Madeleine Chong; Koh Mvi Fong  -  215 words
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      New Indon visa rules
      391 9  -  Tor Ching Li Jakarta wants more tourists but many visitors will now need to pay for visas by Chl±±*i±±\»±±^vvoi.wueiv.^wii±.o*i COME Dec 1, Indonesia's already depressed travel and private sector may take another hit this time from its own government Facing international pressure for tougher measures against
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      Six S'poreans nabbed in JB horse-racing syndicate
      124 9 SIX Singaporeans have been arrested in Johor Bahru for running an illegal horse-racing syndicate. The six, said to be between the ages of 20 and 53, were arrested in an apartment near the city square last Saturday during a raid after a tip-off.
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      Six cops get Medals of Valour
      190 9 SIX police officers will be awarded the Police Medal of Valour for their brave efforts to rescue naval personnel on board the RSS Courageous earlier this year. DSPI Stephen Tan Wee Wah, as officer-in-charge of the Hammerhead Shark, the police vessel that played a
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      Cherish the right to be wrong
      130 10  -  Lee Wong I REFER to Michael Backman's news comment, "Is Singapore being paranoid?" (Today, Oct 8). It is one of the most truthful and thought-provoking pieces I have come across. While it doesn't say anything new, it shows a keen understanding and interest in
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      Patrols in car parks needed
      198 10  -  Abdul Islam Vigilance is the way to deter car park arsonist I REFER to the report "Another car park fire destroys eight vehicles" (Today, Oct 8). The Housing and Development Board (HDB) should be aware by now that there is an arsonist running around car
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      LTA's non-answer
      153 10  -  Michael Loh I REFER to the Land Transport Authority's response, "In road tax, size is not all that matters" (Today, Oct 8), to a reader's suggestion to review the road tax system in Singapore. I feel that the reply raises more questions than it answers. For example, though
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      MOE approval had not been sought
      107 10  -  him Chee Hwee I REFER to the report, "Get a master's in leadership" (Today, Oct 1), which stated that Research University of Leadership (RUL) is "Singapore's first private university" and has gained the Ministry of Education's approval to call itself a "university". The operators
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  • BUSINESS NEWS
    • MarketWATCH
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        ST Index: 1,733.91 +11.81
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        Lock icon Singapore
        196 12 Dow Jones SGX, Bloomberg SINGAPORE shares ended at their highest closing level for 17 months yesterday as investors continued to buy shares in anticipation of an economic rebound that will improve corporate profitability, traders said. The ST Index gained 11.81 points, or 0.7 per cent, to end at 1,733.91
        Dow Jones; SGX,; Bloomberg  -  196 words
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        SGX most active
        57 12 iy volume JniFiber chartered Horizon 'ac Cent WaFoodP VEM-EVER lingTel Soldtron Soodpack longguo Close 0.180 1.710 0.205 0.305 0.285 0.295 1.860 0.030 0.835 0.330 Change +0.010 +0.070 +0.015 +0.005 +0.015 +0.020 +0.060 +0.010 +0.010 +5.9 +4.3 +7.9 +1.7 +5.6 +7.3 +3.3 +1.2 +3.1 'OOO 93,350 71,083 46,046
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        SGX top rises
        76 12 )y$ Close Change iukilSem 13.800 +0.600 By percentage Teamsphere Close 0.190 Change +35.7 iTIETFlOO 17.700 +0.300 El-Nets 0.020 +33.3 JOB 14.200 +0.300 ASTIW*****1 0.315 +21.2 DBS Bk6% NCPS10 108.000 +0.200 BBR 0.030 +20.0 izra 1.210 +0.200 ITE 0.180 +20.0 :&C 5.550 +0.100 Ezra 1.210 +19.8 (epCorp 5.800
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        SGX top falls
        78 12 By$ Venture Close 19.200 Change -0.300 By percentage CSCW*****7 Close 0.010 Change -33.3 APB Breweries 6.400 -0.100 Vicplas W*****9 0.020 -20.0 CITYDEV 5.800 -0.100 Globa 0.025 -16.7 Seaview 9.050 -0.100 SeeHS W*****0 0.035 -12.5 SPH 20.000 -0.100 CSC 0.045 -10.0 HKLand USS 1.570 -0.080 LKN 0.045 -10.0
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        World markets
        60 12 Index Nikkei 225 Hang Seng Ordinaries laiwan Wtd Korea Comp Value 10,542.20 11,720.80 3,247.80 5,821.80 722.76 Change Pis -278.13 -3.12 +22.40 -34.88 -4.33 "k -2.57 -0.03 +0.69 -0.60 -0.60 KLCI 759.62 +11.07 +1.48 SET Index lakarta Comp 560.74 624.33 +16.35 +9.02 +3.00 +1.47 Phils Comp Shenzhen B 1,298.54
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        Commodities
        21 12 Sold us$/oi 377.800 iilver us$/oi 4.890 'latinum us$/oi 725.000 Rubber centsAg 20i Palm Oil RM/tonne 156' Brent crude us$/barrel 29.3;
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        Your S$1 buys
        45 12 US$ 0.5811 UK£ 0.3459 I Yen 63.887 HK$ 4.479 I RM 2.2028 I Euro 0.4941 I Rupiah 4872.6 I Baht 22.866 Peso 31.946 I A$ 0.8415 Indian Rs urn 1 Won 668.9 C$ 0.7739 Yuan 4.8098 4 NZ$ 0.9709 J NTS 19.641
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      Lock icon Sias questions NatSteel's corporate governance
      173 12 Channel News Asia A BATTLE is brewing between The Securities Investors Association (Sias) and the board of Nat Steel Limited. The investors' watchdog has written to Singapore Exchange (SGX) chief executive Hsieh Fu Hua, expressing concerns on issues of disclosure and corporate governance following the
      — Channel News Asia  -  173 words
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      Lock icon SPH hit by poor ad sales
      365 12 Dow Jones Media group's net profit less exceptional likely to dip 7% to $283 m WEAK advertising is likely to have hurt Singapore Press Holdings' (SPH) full-year earnings, although net profit probably rose year-on-year due to one-off gains, analysts said. Fewer consumers and companies
      — Dow Jones  -  365 words
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      Lock icon PSA eyes S Africa
      432 14 Dow Jones and India as it resumes overseas expansion drive PSA Corp, operator of the world's second-busiest container port, is looking to buy into ports in India and South Africa. The move is a resumption of an overseas expansion drive that has been overshadowed recently by
      Dow Jones  -  432 words
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      Lock icon FTA draws US investors to Singapore
      169 14 AFP THE number of new US firms doing business in Singapore has tripled over the past year despite security and political concerns in South-east Asia, US Ambassador Frank Lavin said yesterday. Mr Lavin attributed the rise to the US-Singapore Free Trade Agreement (FTA) and
      AFP  -  169 words
    • corporate briefs
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        S&P downgrades SingPower rating
        72 14 Standard Poor's has lowered its long-term corporate credit rating on Singapore Power to "AA+" on the expected weakening of the group's financial profile after a substantial rise in its debt burden. The outlook remains stable. However, Sing Power remains one of only four electricity utility groups
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        CapitaLand plans 43-storey condo
        55 14 Capita Land said yesterday it plans to build a 43-storey condominium with about 500 homes on the 99-year leasehold Jellicoe site it bought in a recent URA tender, including 1 6 art-deco conserved shophouses. The condo, planned for launch next year, will have views of the
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        Office occupancy rate up to 85%
        80 14 Singapore's office occupancy rate rose to 85 per cent from 84.7 per cent in the third quarter from the previous three months, said property consultant DTZ Debenham Tie Leung. This is the first time in 1 0 quarters that the occupancy rate has risen.
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        Lock icon Megachem plans $4.6m IPO
        59 14 Dow Jones Megachem aims to raise net proceeds or $4.6 million from an IPO of 20.8 million shares. The chemical solutions distributor is offering 3.12 million shares to the public and 16.18 million to institutional investors at 28 cents each. The IPO will close next Wednesday
        Dow Jones  -  59 words
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      Lock icon Strong Q3 growth?
      341 16 Dow Jones Economists: Quarterly GDP may have risen 16.4% SINGAPORE'S economy is likely to have expanded robustly in the third quarter as the country's important manufacturing and services sectors recover from weak global and domestic demand. According to a survey of 10 economists, the Gross Domestic Product
      Dow Jones; Wee Teck Hian  -  341 words
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      Lock icon S&P raises Malaysia, Thai, Indon ratings
      255 16 -AFP RATINGS agency Standard and Poor's raised its ratings for Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand yesterday to reflect improving fiscal positions, which showed that the region was an attractive prospect for investors relative to the rest of the world. The currency ratings for Thailand whose
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      Lock icon Bank to sell $31.4b NPLs
      265 18 AFP Goldman-led fund to buy half the amount TOKYO Japanese banking giant Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp (SMBC) plans to slash its balance of non-perform-ing loans (NPLs) by two trillion yen ($31.4 billion) by March next year, a news report said yesterday. The bank will sell
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      Lock icon Vivendi, GE to form $74b media giant
      152 18 AFP PARIS The French media and communications group, Vivendi Universal, and the US conglomerate, General Electric, said yesterday they had agreed to merge their US entertainment assets, marking the beginnings of a huge new US media group worth US$43 billion ($74 billion). The
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      Lock icon Hyundai unit to sue for Iraq debt
      124 18 AFP SEOUL Hyundai Engineering and Construction (HEC) said yesterday it will start a lawsuit in Britain to secure US$B6O million ($1.5 billion) in payments from Iraq by the end of the year. HEC has led South Korean contractors to seize Iraqi assets in
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  • SAVVY INVESTOR
    • Article
      When an IPO is not an IPO ...
      432 20  - When an IPO is not an IPO Lee Yew Meng Why call it an initial public offering when the masses have little chance of getting the shares? by yewmeng@newstoday.com.s. UNDERWRITERS of initial public offers (IPOs) should allocate more shares to the public, urged a top official at the Institute of
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    • WHA THE EXPERTS SAY ...
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        Lock icon Capita Land – HOLD
        100 20 Capita Land HOLD ING Financial Research While we have upgraded our target price for Capita Land from $1.58 to $1.80, taking a 1 0 per cent discount to realisable net asset value (RNAV), we believe the stock is overbought at these levels. Downgrade from Buy to Hold. Our Buy call
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        Lock icon ST Engineering — BUY
        59 20 ST Engineering BUY NVJ7 I IllUllt^lUl Keseorch ST Engineering's Q3 net profit of $87.6 million was 9.5 per cent above our estimate. Higher investment income was the main variant to our forecast. While we have medium-term expectations of positive operational momentum, in the near-term, ST Engineering remains a key defensive
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        Lock icon HG Metal – OUTPERFORM
        36 20 HG Metal OUTPERFORM Dow Jones Steel products distributor HG Metal Manufacturing is rated as Outperform by OCBC Investment Research, which says that expansion into making steel pipes may lift the company's margins and profits next year.
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        UNIT TRUSTS & FUNDS
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  • INFO TECH
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      Lock icon An Incredible Race, using MMS
      190 22 Today photo by PANTING and huffing, Mr Tan Zi Wei and Mr Edwin Toh, both 21, were among the fastest of the 70 students who ran around the sprawling Nanyang Technological University in Singapore's Incredible Race contest In the event, organised by Pod under Sing
      Francis Chin  -  190 words
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      Hello to Halo for Windows
      236 22  -  Francis Chin PC gamers can look forward to enhanced graphics and online multi-player capabilities by francis.chin@newstoday.com.sg START practising your fighting skills with Halo, for this top-selling Xbox shooting game has been launched as a Windows PC version. If you think you're good, join Microsoft's Halo
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      288 22 February 2004 Intake (Prelim results accepted) Trinity Graduates were offered places at the prestigious University of Melbourne for Medicine, Law. Commerce, Dental Science. Physiotherapy, Veterinary Science, Biomadical Science, Engineering, Architecture. Computer Science, Science and and Arts Ms Catherine Tay, Admissions Officer, Trinity College will be available for: Seminar Your Pathway
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  • WORLD NEWS
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      Lock icon Sharon gets mixed message from Bush
      157 24 Agencies JERUSALEM Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has drawn support and a call for caution from US President George W Bush after threatening to hit Israel's enemies anywhere in a battle against Palestinian militants. While Mr Bush said on Tuesday that Mr Sharon's decision
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      Lock icon Torture claims
      337 24 AFP Guantanamo detainees subject to 'medieval' abuse, say lawyers SYDNEY The US military allegedly tortured two Australians held as suspected terrorists in Guantanamo Bay, said lawyers for the detainees yesterday. The attorneys threatened to take the case to a United Nations tribunal. US-based Australian lawyer Richard Bourke claims
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      Lock icon One giant leap for China's space programme
      104 24 AFP BEIJING China is poised to become the third country in the world to send men into space. Officials said yesterday that China's first manned space mission will make a single orbit of the earth in a 90-minute flight on Oct 15. The
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        92 24 -AFP An illusionist's bid to trick UK TV audiences into thinking he had played Russian roulette with a loaded pistol backfired when police said the weapon had contained a blank round. "There was no live ammunition involved and at no time was
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        Lock icon Woman fails in bullet train suicide attempt
        75 24 -AFP A 71-year-old woman who jumped in front of a Japanese bullet train in a suicide bid sur- vived virtually unscathed except for a cut on her knee because she fell between the tracks and her body fitted under the carriages, officials said
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        Lock icon Man gets life for killing daughter's boyfriend
        67 24 I Reuters A Muslim man was jailed for life by a British court on Tuesday for the murder of his teenage daughter's Christian boyfriend in the second UK case of "honour killing" in just over a week. London's Old Bailey court convicted Mustaq
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        Lock icon Influence scandal topples Portugal's foreign minister
        75 24 -AFP Portugal s roreign Minister, Antonio Martins da Cruz, resigned on Tuesday following accusations he had used his influence to help his daughter sidestep normal entrance requirements to medical school. The minister has faced calls to step down since last week when a private
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        Lock icon Woman's error results in $1.2 million lottery win
        74 24 -AFP MM MUSUUIIUM WuITIUM WIIO MUS played the same lottery numbers for 31 years became a millionaire yesterday by picking the winning numbers by mistake. The woman said she did not believe the lotto official who called to say she had won
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      Lock icon Aussie officials 'gave refugees bribe money'
      155 28 AFP SYDNEY Australian immigration officials gave deported asylum seekers money and advised them to bribe border guards once they arrived at their destination, the Sydney Morning Herald reported yesterday. The claims were made by former detainees who were interviewed as part of a research
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      318 28 Reuters The young lose confidence as economy falters SEOUL Although South Korea may be Asia's fourth-largest economy, thousands of young people most of whom are professionals are leaving the country in search of greener pastures. "A tough economic situation forces people to think: 'If
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      38 28 AFP photo Australian rugby captain (jeorge (jregan watches a fireworks display on the Sydney Harbour Bridge which displays the symbol of a rugby union football yesterday. The Rugby Worlrl dm 0001 will start tomorrow in Australia.
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      956 32  -  Dr Khoo How San Taikonauts, stolen chips, rocket fuel and a conspiracy theory orbit around the launch of China's first manned space flight by news@newstoday.com.sg NEXT week, Chinese taikonauts (what the Americans call astronauts) will blast off into space for a low-orbit ride
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      787 33  -  Elisa Chia "I've never apologised to anyone. I've not done anything wrong. I believe in justice. At long last it's proven/ Rayson Tan tells Today in an exclusive interview. He adds... by elisa@newstoday.com.sg THE closely-watched Slim 10 High Court trial has ended and 39-year-old Rayson Tan
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      348 34  -  Yong Shu Chiang Kidman, Streep and Moore are excellent I The Hours I Alliance AN OUTSTANDING piece of filmmaking, which does justice to Michael Cunningham's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, The Hours was my sentimental choice for the Best Picture Oscar this year. However, despite its nine
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      229 34  -  -SereneFoo Cradle 2 The Grave I Alliance FOR gongfu fans, here's a good chance to take a behind-the-scenes look at veteran martial arts director Corey Yuen at work with Asian star Jet Li, as they bring some slick Hong Kong martial arts moves, Hollywood-style, for
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      608 36  -  Teo Siok Kuan Convenient way to a nutritious meal by GfltuuL^iicvvoLvjuiiy.i^v-'iii.ofc; THERE is a bewildering variety of goods on our supermarket shelves. Today and NTUC Fair Price supermarkets bring you a consumer column that will help you read the labels, assess the products and make the
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      COOK IT RIGHT
      126 36 TUNA SALAD PITAS Ingredients (serves 5) For tuna salad: I can of tuna flakes in water, drained 1/2 cup diced seeded tomato 1/2 cup diced seeded cucumber, unpeeled 1/4 cup mayonnaise dressing (preferably light, reduced-calorie version) 1/4 cup sliced onions 1/4 cup plain non-fat or low-fat yogurt
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      IN THE CELLAR
      440 36  -  Katrma Karim Simplicity is bliss Santa Ines Merlot Chile Country of origin: Chile Region: Maipo Valley Grapes: Merlot Vintage: 2000 Alcohol content: 14% by volume Price: $22.52 (excluding GST) Buy From: Jasons Market Place I'VE always considered merlot to be the poster grape for red wines with
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      51 37 THE INTERNATIONAL RED BULL NOW IN SINGAPORE HHB HHj Hi I^9 II RED BULL GIVES YOU WINGS, ff^ff^ IT'S FROM AUSTRIA. IT'S DIFFERENT. *^0^ I~mi\ It's a store /111 l llll\ u^ll and more (flf Cold Storage I market place I M TAe /res/l food people A Whole New Supermarket
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      416 38 Reuters Hollywood Reporter MPAA's decision to outlaw Oscar screeners draws their fire NEW YORK Opposition to Hollywood's Oscar-screener ban grew with the trade group for independent film-and-TV producers and distributors firing off a letter of protest And at least one indie producer has also begun exploring
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      224 42  -  Roy Horn Reuters LOS ANGELES Las Vegas performer Roy Horn is making progress after escaping from a tiger attack, but it is unclear if the Siegfried Roy co-star will make a full recovery, his doctor said. Horn remained in critical condition after the mauling
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  • CITY STYLE
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      Snippers steal the show
      491 44  -  Jason Coates A cutting-edge affair with hair stylists and fashion designers by newscffnewstoaay.com.se THE basic beehive and the bland bun were replaced by blunt bobs and big bangs as 15 of Singapore's most creative hairstyling talents displayed their finest at the Esplanade on Tuesday night in
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      He has skin on his mind
      436 44  -  Melody Tan THIS may come as news to some but these days, brains are a very important part of the beauty business. Ask Mr Tony Vargas, the director of research and development at Elizabeth Arden Skincare. With a background in biology and chemistry, he
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      Talk about your breasts
      127 44 LEARN more about breast cancer, the risk of getting the disease and its signs, symptoms and treatment options from medical experts. A talk will be held in English next Saturday and in Mandarin on Oct 25. It is organised by the Breast Cancer Foundation, National Cancer
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      Tame that wild mane
      455 45  -  Kathleen Tung by catliieeii.LuiiywiiewbLuuay.cuiii.by BEING rebellious need not always be a bad thing. A defiant personality may possess positive attributes such as daring to be different But having unruly hair will only make you come across as unkempt and unattractive. Dry, frizzy and rebellious hair is
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      651 46  -  Pauline D Loh in Adelaide Adelaide showcases the best of regional fine food and wine by paulinecffnewstoaay.com.se PARADISE for food lovers has a new name and it's known as Tasting Australia Adelaide's biennial showcase for the best wines and produce, the best chefs, the best culinary efforts and
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      536 48 Today Traveller It's an exciting amalgam of cultures and activities WITH blue seas and palm-fringed sands, Goa, India, offers the perfect holiday getaway for sun-lovers. Nestled between the states of Karnataka and Maharashtra, and fringed by the Arabian Sea on the West, this former Portuguese colony is famed
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      The riches of Sri Lanka
      908 49  -  Jenny Kong Find them in the country's glorious ancient capitals, temples and even hotels by iennyWnewstoday.com.se ONCE home to some of the world's most glorious ancient cities, Sri Lanka is now a treasure trove that's a wealth of history, culture and heritage. During my trip
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      City charms
      909 50 Zoe experiences the diversity of Italy in Venice, Naples and Florence ITALY has it all. Apart from the layers of history to discover in the capital, Rome, there is also the picture perfect canals of Venice, the southern charms of Naples and the beautiful architecture of Florence. Zoe
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      875 52 The HuonTrail will lead you to delightful attractions and adventures in Tasmania DRIVE the scenic route south along the Channel Highway through Taroona and take in the vista of the majestic Derwent Estuary from the top of the Shot Tower before arriving at the town of
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      Smiles and miles
      336 54 Enjoy convenience and rewards on Gulf Air A CHANCE to win a million frequent flyer miles and a host of additional benefits await passengers of Gulf Air under the airline's new Gulf Air Frequent Flyer Programme which was launched last month. Passengers aged as young as two,
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      Lie back and snore away
      561 56  -  N H Keshvani Sleep through your flight to Europe, thanks to Swiss' new improved seats by traveller@newstoday.com.se SWISSAIR was one of those airlines that sold its First Class seats on the claim it could put its passengers to sleep for the duration of an overnight
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      163 47 CoiouvfuL Adventure* y x^# Mc&U Sl Ski \CJ9Y&£*^\ Head for Maple Korea and experience the enchantment of autumn or enjoy the adrenaline-high of Ski Korea. Whether golden autumn hues or winter-white ski slopes, the mountains of Korea beckon with idyllic reminiscences of' Autumn in My Heart' Slj I3il 3ffii[ jfl£
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      80 54 From 24 November you can fly Gulf Air daily at 0930 hrs from Singapore to V^' Sydney. In First Class will be our qualified 5-star chef, personally preparing the finest cuisine in the sky. Our Business and Economy passengers can also enjoy upgraded menus, so there's a culinary treat in
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      1887 57 WATZUP tv True Courage Ironman Brothers 4ch 5,8 30pm The Bachelor 3 I•24ch 5, Midnight Baby Boom eh B,9pm A&\^ Grandfather Stories, Turned PaStOr Channel 5, 9pm Chung Fu returns from his Cnannel 5 °Pm w| President Palmer deals Kirn finds it hard to fit in at W^^\ Grandmother TaleS
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      886 58  -  iohit Brijnath These guys tell us... FOR a while it was awfully hard being a golfer at 40. First thing you had to do was stop watching women's golf on television. Because a blonde with arms thinner than the steak you haven't
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        603 59 Reuters England players back down over strike threat but blast FA ST ALBANS, England England players backed down this morning from an unprecedented threat to boycott Saturday's Euro 2004 qualifier against Turkey, but delivered a furious rebuke to their ruling Football Association (FA). Players had threatened to plunge
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        Lock icon Owen is out of England squad
        410 59 ST ALBANS, England After all the talk about a strike, England yesterday lost its most reliable goalscorer. A bad week for Sven-Goran Eriksson took a significant turn for the worse last night when Michael Owen (picture) was forced to withdraw from the England party
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        230 59  -  Tan Wee Boon AFTER four hours of painstaking discussion, the makeup of next season's S-League is still anyone's guess. At the Jalan Besar Stadium last night, the S-League committee, chaired by S-League chief executive officer Chan King Fook, held a meeting with
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        Lock icon Leeds player freed on bail
        140 59 -AFP LEEDS Jody Morris, a player for English Premiership club Leeds United, and another man arrested in connection with an alleged serious sexual assault were released on bail yesterday. Morris, 24, was arrested yesterday at the club's Thorp Arch training ground and was held overnight
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      530 60  -  Jose Raymond After 10-0 drubbing, FAS determined to make sweeping changes Today Exclusive by josewnewsioaay.com.sg FOLLOWING the Young Lions' 10-0 aggregate mauling by Saudi Arabia in the pre-Olympics qualifiers, the Football Association of Singapore (FAS) is convinced that Singapore needs more foreign talent and
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      Lock icon Paddlers get wet to build SEA Games confidence
      312 60  -  Tan Yo-Hinn by yohinn@newstoday.com.sg AS THE current world No 12, she has fought and overcome battle-hardened opponents. But she was stumped when it came to jumping into the water. At the Outward Bound School (OBS) on Pulau Übin, Singapore's top female table
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      Jevanathan quits SBBF
      116 60  -  Tan Yo-Hinn HE HAD been tipped as a favourite to succeed long-serving Singapore Bodybuilders Federation (SBBF) president Paul Chua. But in a surprising move on Monday, Jason Jevanathan (picture; resigned from his position as SBBF vice-president. Jevanathan could not be reached for comment yesterday. However, Chua confirmed
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