Today, 4 August 2004, Afternoon Edition

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    18 1 TODAY we set you thinking todayonline.com We d n e s d ay August 4,2004 mita (p> 103/07/2004
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  • AFTERNOON EDITION
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      Temasek in bid to buy out NOL
      778 1  -  Move seen as opportunistic; pre-emptive against takeover Today Business Desk news@newstoday.com.sg INVESTMENT holding company Temasek has moved into the corporate limelight again with a multibillion dollar takeover bid for Neptune Orient Lines (NOL), Singapore's national shipping line that is now riding the crest
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      Lock icon UK arrests 13 in anti-terror raids
      61 1 Reuters LUJNUUJN British police said yesterday they had arrested 13 men in a series of anti-terror raids across the country. Earlier, Britain resisted calls to match the high state of alert in the United States following warnings that Al Qaeda bombers might strike and
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      26 1 AFP A woman in a Catwoman outfit at the European premiere of the new film, Catwoman, which stars Halle Berry, at a cinema in London yesterday.
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      Lock icon Oil price rise hits stocks
      94 1 Reuters NEW YORK US stocks tumbled yesterday after the price of oil surged to a new record and a report showed that consumer spending had plunged in June. US crude oil futures hit a new 21-year high of U5544.24 ($76.06) in overnight trade before easing
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      Conflicting accounts of evacuation plans, warning signs
      544 1  -  Wong Fei Wan CONFLICTING testimonies on safety measures at the Nicoll Highway worksite emerged on Day 2 of the public inquiry. Several construction workers testified that they were not told of what to do should disaster strike and that an alarm that should
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      54 1 NEWSX^/lEWS Fuel for thought A world at the mercy of crude oil prices/3 Aids battle More political will needed in Indon's Aids battle/24 Kindred spirits M Night Shyamalan is the new Alfred Hitchcock/26 PARAGUAY FIRE: 6 CHARGED TEACHER TO BE FREED WORLD 22 2012 OLYMPICS: CORRUPT BID? GUNNERS 'YES' TO
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  • HOT NEWS
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      Lock icon Better bonuses soon
      498 2  -  Derrick A Paulo 'Bitter medicine' of restructuring working: DPM Lee MOST of the statistics coming out this year have pointed towards an economic rebound for Singapore. Yesterday, Deputy Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong promised that the strong growth figures would translate into a difference in the pay
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      A world at the mercy of oil prices
      720 3  -  Adrian Tan N EWSSSDUDSD^ YESTERDAY, New York light, sweet crude oil rose to a record high of U5544.24 in Asian trading, lifted by warnings of possible terror attacks on global financial institutions. Oil prices have risen by more than 30 per cent
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      Mercury Messenger
      26 4 US spacecraft Messenger just before lift-off yesterday from Cape Canaveral, Florida, on a six-year exploratory journey to Mercury, the closest planet to the Sun.
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      Lock icon Blast hits Iraqi oil exports
      129 4 KIRKUK A major attack on the main pipeline connecting the oil fields of Kirkuk with the Turkish port of Ceyhan yesterday has halted limited exports from northern Iraq, a Northern Oil Company official said. "An improvised explosive device was placed close to a network of
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      Lock icon 'A Muslim leader of all Malaysians'
      346 4 Agencies At a Christian meeting, Malaysian PM reaches out to other religious communities KUALA LUMPUR Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi broke new ground in national race relations yesterday, appearing for the first time at a Christian gathering to dismiss the notion that Malaysia
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      Lock icon A show of displeasure
      406 6 Agencies China-Spore FTA may see hitch after DPM Lee's Taiwan visit CHINA may delay talks on a free trade deal with Singapore in retaliation over Deputy Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong's visit to Taiwan, the China Daily said yesterday. The threat comes after Mr Lee visited
      Agencies; AFP  -  406 words
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      Lock icon S'pore student killer suspect faces child porn charges
      213 6 -AFP SYDNEY A Singaporean student accused of murdering his two flatmates in Australia faced additional charges in a Sydney court yesterday for possessing child pornography. Police filed 11 additional charges against Ram Puneet Tiwary, 25, including breaking and entering, larceny, receiving stolen
      -AFP  -  213 words
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      NUH first in Asia to use new stent in 'live' surgery
      205 6  -  Tan Hui Leng TWO new stents for heart patients will make their debut in Asia at the Ist Singapore International Cardiovascular Therapeutics Conference on tomorrow. Stents are small tubes that re-open blocked arteries. One new model comes coated with
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      247 2 FLIGHTS TO MORE DESTINATIONS. FOR LESS. $15 CL $18 CL 2 to travel 4 to travel Bangkok (SQBBO only) Bangkok, Jakarta Jakarta (SQI6B only) Surabaya VJ/— V^etum VJ UV V^eturn 2 to travel 4 to travel Bangkok, Jakarta Hong Kong, Shenzhen Surabaya Guangzhou I $400.11 $450... I 2 to travel
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      5 2 NUMBERS TO REMEMBER HH ISHj
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      244 4 A Giving People Beits A Caring Nation cHnuenGe 2004 So many are helped, when you reach out Make your $5 donation now. Call 1900-112-1008 or visit www.pc2oo4.org.sg A charge of 21 cents will be levied for telephone calls. Callers under 18 should seek parental consent. Double tax deductions will be
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      163 5 iajtj;^ mmmmmmWmXW^^ mmW S"? Ifetit' AmT w^ Support the Sing Tel Touching Lives Fund by buying the special Luvßite bun by Bread Talk. Here's a satisfying way to help children in need. From now until 22 August 2004, Bread Talk will be selling the Luvßite, a special bun created just
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      224 6 I All It takes. I From 1 August 2004, the Visa Magic Minute has been extended to a Magic Hour. So start shopping now! If the computerized date and time stamp on your Visa Card charge slip matches the Win What You Buy selected magic hours above, you're a winner!
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  • Home News
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      Star Wars-maker sets up shop here
      556 8  -  Raymond Andrew Lucasfilm's animation arm in joint venture with EDB, others COME 2008, the world could see an animated feature film by award winning film company Lucasfilm Ltd, with a substantial portion of it made at a Singapore production house. Founded by George Lucas,
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    • SINGAPOREsnippets
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        Lock icon SIA check-in via SMS
        47 8 -AFP Passengers flying Singapore Airlines will be able to check in for flights by short message service (SMS), me service will initially apply to flights departing from Singapore, Auckland, Christchurch, Bandar Seri Begawan, Bangkok, Chennai, Dhaka, Hanoi, Kuala Lumpur, Manila, Penang and Taipei.
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        AVA stops Perak duck imports
        50 8 The Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority (AVA) suspended imports from a duck farm in Perak after it found a suspected low-grade avian flu infection in a consignment of ducks. This was as a precaution and the AVA said the infection was "not of public health significance"
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        Published well wishes for Lee?
        51 8 Prime Minister-designate Lee Hsien Loong has received requests from grassroots leaders and well-wishers to publish congratulatory messages for his impending appointment in the media. But while he thanked them, he has asked them not to do so "in view of the expenses that will be
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      Catch outdoor screening of NDP
      248 10  -  Tor Ching Li IF YOU could not get your hands on National Day Parade (NDP) tickets again, head west, where the largest outdoor screening of the NDP will be held at Creative Resource for free. To celebrate with the nation, Creative Technology, the Singapore-based world
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      Arts award draws many
      307 10  -  Lee U-Wen Applications for national prize double as schools get more creative FROM Malay Jawi calligraphy classes to playing the guzheng (a Chinese table harp), more students are being exposed to the arts thanks to schools getting more creative with this aspect of a holistic education.
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      252 8 corporate Taxi Cards *l'wi V Introducing Comfort Charge Cabcharge Cards ■k There's a better and easier way to administer taxi travel for work. Instead of keeping receipts anc' preparing claims, just charge your taxi rides using one of our cards. It's that simple! corporate monthly statement will list all your
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      523 9 Spectacular j ea s w Hi from the leader in W* advanced digital ima?in? solutions! Now you have more reasons to smile. Buy one of these Canon products now, and you'll take home fantastic gifts. Promotion is only on from 15 July-22 August 2004, so hurry to your nearest dealer
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      154 10 Discover the power of A natural active _|W^B ingredients j V GARNER ft V 1 SKIN NATURALS I 3-step Whitening Routine WW motb Redeem GARNIER Light 3-Step Whitening Trial Pack FREE at Toa Payoh Hub atrium today! The 3 easy steps to fairer, smoother, more luminous skin. SftßNieß ight Lightens
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      220 10 I Direct Honours Degrees and Diplomas 3 YEAR Direct Honours Degrees 2 YEAR Graduate Entry Degrees 'International Relations liyl ir I I'LL'Li^J JAM •BSc Business BSc Accounting and Finance "Management t-iajfvl iflPirliiH BSc Management BSc Accounting with Law 'Politics jr £}^||ymj|^mm BSc Management with Law BSc Banking and Finance 'Social
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      86 11 SINGAPORE INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT When we say SIM is in a class of its own, what do we really mean? We mean that for 40 years, SIM has offered comprehensive, industry-relevant programmes with prestigious partners-using rigorous standards to deliver world-class results. For quality you can count on, you can trust
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      Charities should be registered
      374 12  -  Gerard Ec, Maj Yap's shelter could have had a better chance to succeed WE REFER to recent reports in Today about the aborted efforts of Major John Yap to start a shelter for the homeless. Your readers will be pleased to know there are already 10
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    • INTERNET WOES
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        The inconvenient eClub initiative
        239 12  -  Leong Sze Hian I REFER to the National Library Board's (NLB) reply, "Fees cover library's costs" ouly 29). It states the public can get free Internet access at the 22 eClubs run by the People's Association to perform online Government transactions. The eClubs were established to
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        Why charge for online access?
        126 12  -  Tan Chin Eng I REFER to the NLB's reply explaining its charges for Internet access. Several months ago, I participated in a library focus group. I was impressed with the NLB's vision to re-invent itself. It clearly identified one major area it could be relevant
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      Vote was against package, not upgrading
      198 13  -  Tan Hock Ann I REFER to the article, "Paya Lebar upgrading plan defeated at the polls" (Aug 3). It is not accurate to say residents who voted against the main upgrading programme (MUP) turned down upgrading as a whole. We turned down the package
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      What kind of adults will today's teens be?
      409 13  -  Ken Lee THANK you for your article, "The race to be beautiful" (Aug 3). It was both informative and strikingly accurate in pointing out the obsessiveness with which Singaporeans pursue this ideal of physical beauty. I, too, am a victim of this
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      Shopping centre stairwell door was locked
      133 13  -  Lim Pok Beng LAST Sunday, I visited the shopping centre near the Jurong East interchange. I decided to use the staircase to walk down from the third floor instead of waiting for the lift, as the escalator was under repair. On reaching the ground
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      296 12 switch to a Career in Nursing! The Singapore Workforce Development Agency and the Ministry of Health, in collaboration ■■I^^^^^^^ with Nanyang Polytechnic and participating hospitals, are launching the 4th intake of the Strategic Manpower Conversion Programme for the healthcare sector to help non-healthcare trained professionals acquire skills to be Registered
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  • BUSINESS NEWS
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        Lock icon Singapore
        99 14 Agencies Share prices closed higher as investors bought index stocks ahead of next week's change in prime ministership. The ST index was lifted to its highest in more than three years. It rose 24.39 points, or 1.3 per cent, to 1,911.80 off this year's intraday high of 1,915.20, which
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        STI – 1,911.80 +24.39
        3 14 STI 1,911.80 +24.39
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        World markets
        60 14 Index Nikkei 225 Value *****.57 C Pis -81.67 Change -0.73 Hang Seng Ml Ordinaries laiwanWtd *****.12 3554.40 5367.22 +155.73 +9.50 +16.82 +1.28 +0.27 +0.31 Korea Comp 726.44 +6.85 +0.95 KLCI 825.53 -1.96 -0.24 SET Index 630.81 -5.89 -0.93 Jakarta Comp 757.29 +7.83 +1.05 Phils Comp Shenzhen B Mumbai
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        Lock icon Commodities
        26 14 SGX, Bloomberg Gold uss/oi 393.4 Silver uss/oi 6.57 Platinum uss/oi 828 Information provided by Rubber centsAg 234.5 Palm Oil RM/tonne 1394 Brent crude uss/barrel 39.68
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        Your S$1 buys
        36 14 US$ 0.5825 UK£ 0.3188 Yen 64.496 HK$ 4.5434 RM 2.2134 Euro 0.4843 Rupiah 5315 Baht 24.064 Peso 32.49 A$ 0.8283 Indian Rs 26.994 Won 678.48 C$ 0.776 Yuan 4.821 NZ$ 0.9101 NTS 19.864
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        SGX most active
        64 14 iyvol iy volume ML chartered II Ventur ML DB eCW*****1 iio-Treat STelecom JTAC towsley ~hina Paper table Grp Close 2.700 1.070 0.310 0.455 0.840 0.325 0.645 0.105 0.315 1.030 Change +0.240 +0.030 +0.010 +0.140 +0.035 +0.005 +0.025 +0.005 +0.005 +0.045 +9.8 +2.9 +3.3 +44.4 +4.3 +1.6 +4.0
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        SGX top rises
        74 14 By Close Changi jealive50 17.500 +0.401 DBS 15.900 +0.301 DBS Bk 6% NCPS10 108.800 +0.301 IMH400USS 12.700 +0.301 5TIETF100 19.070 +0.271 ISH500USS 5.750 +0.251 ZITYDEV W*****0 3.780 +0.241 HOL 2.700 +0.241 :iTYDEV 6.250 +0.201 By percentage NOLDBeCW*****1 Close i 0.455 Changi +44.' China Infra 0.060 +20.1 GMG
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        SGX top falls
        71 14 By$ Close Changi OCBC 12.700 -0.101 UOI 3.500 -0.101 MPacific 0.460 -0.051 MartoPolo 2.060 -0.031 Links Is 0.360 -0.02: Atntek 1.100 -0.021 CIH 2.840 -0.021 GenMag 0.170 -0.021 IntFactor 0.500 -0.021 Iselan(S) 2.980 -0.021 By percentage Close Changi L&M 0.005 -50.1 El Nets 0.010 -33.: UediaS 0.010
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      Lock icon MCL Land sells 78 Shenton Way
      259 14 Agencies after writing down value by $33m PROPERTY firm MCL Land is selling 78 Shenton Way for $151 million in cash, in a bid to focus more on property development The Singapore-based developer said that it is selling the 34-storey office complex to Ferrell
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      Rising oil prices 'chief concern'
      225 15  -  Val Chua Local manufacturers still optimistic but less bullish DESPITE the positive outlook for the coming months, rising oil prices continued to weigh heavily on the minds of Singapore manufacturers, a survey revealed yesterday. High oil prices, above US$4O per barrel, are expected to be
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      Lock icon Collapsed WTO talks back on track
      136 15 Bloomberg THE World Trade Organization's (WTO) final agreement may take two to three years, Minister for Trade and Industry George Yeo said yesterday. WTO negotiators agreed this week on the outline of an accord cutting farm aid and tariffs on manufactured goods, taking a
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      Lock icon CORPORATEbriefs
      182 15 Dow Jones Bloomberg Bloomberg Retail group Dairy Farm International Holdings reported a first-half net profit of US$B5 million ($146 million) or 6.39 US cents per share, almost double the US$44 million it posted a year earlier. Earnings growth in the six months ended June 30 came on a 1
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      Lock icon M'sia to set up group to tackle white-collar crimes
      200 16 Reuters KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia announced plans yesterday to set up a group to tackle white-collar crimes as part of Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi's pledge to fight corruption. Mr Abdullah, who won a landslide election victory in March after promising to
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      Lock icon KLCC raises $347m in IPO
      272 16 Bloomberg Property sales, rentals seen rising with fastest economic growth in four years KLCC Property Holdings, owner of the Petronas Twin Towers the world's secondtallest buildings raised RM766 million ($347 million) amid surging investor demand for access to the nation's realestate market The unit of
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      Lock icon KL may seek 'adjustments' in contracts
      299 18 Dow Jones Abdullah wants to persuade some government contractors to agree to changes KUALA LUMPUR Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi said Kuala Lumpur might seek to negotiate "adjustments" in some contracts it had awarded to private businesses as part of Malaysia's programme to give
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      Lock icon Malaysian imports surge 38% to hit record high in June
      254 18 AFP KUALA LUMPUR Imports into Malaysia hit a record monthly-high in June, with the country on track to surpass its full-year gross domestic product (GDP) growth target this year, Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi said yesterday. Data from the trade
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  • SAVVY INVESTOR
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      Sun begins to rise again
      529 20 Japan's firms have begun leading the economy to a recovery MR EISUKE Isoda of Daiwa SB Investments, the fund manager for the DBS Japan Growth Fund, tells Mr Vasu Menon, vice-president and chief editor of finatiQ Bank of Singapore (www.finatiq.com), why he is optimistic about
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      477 20 For next week only, The Business of Learning, published every Monday in TODAY, will be published on Tuesday, August 10 instead. The Business of Learning will continue to be published every Monday after that. 3Hfl Bible Correspondence Courses |^^B Join the hunt and you could see yourself D Yes! Please
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  • WORLD NEWS
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      Lock icon Wall Street defiant
      316 22 Agencies NY exchange ready to handle major terrorist attack WASHINGTON A day after US authorities declared a high-level alert against possible terror attacks, Treasury Secretary John Snow said financial institutions are now far better prepared than before and could carry on should a major terrorist incident take
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      Bombers fail to drive wedge this time
      375 22  -  Eric Koo Peng Kuan ■sicinfo comment BAGHDAD Last Sunday's bomb attacks on churches opened another Pandora's box of reactions by all parties as terrorists targeted the Iraqi Christian minority for the first time. It also underscored fears that power has not been distributed
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      Lock icon Paraguay fire: Six charged
      151 22 -AFP ASUNCION A shopping centre owner, his son and four guards were charged with manslaughter after allegedly locking a crowded store here to prevent theft during a blaze that killed 367 people, court sources said yesterday. Juan Pio Paiva, who owns the shopping centre, his son
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      Lock icon Child-sex teacher to be freed
      201 22 -AFP SEATTLE A teacher, who won worldwide notoriety after her illicit affair with a pre-teen pupil that bore her two children, will be freed today after more than seven years in jail. Mary Kay LeTourneau, 42, was jailed after she was convicted of child rape
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    • GLOBALroundup
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        Lock icon Kuwait, Iraq restore ties
        46 22 AFP Kuwait and Iraq restored diplomatic ties on Monday exactly 14 years after ties were severed when then-Iraqi President Saddam Hussein invaded Kuwait in 1 990. Kuwaiti Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed Al Sabah said that ambassadors would be appointed in due course.
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        Lock icon HK radio show canned
        54 22 AFP I he radio show at the centre ot a political dispute over freedom of speech in Hong Kong, Teacup in a Storm, was pulled off the air yesterday and the station's director sacked after a public confrontation between the show's former host Albert Cheng and
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        N Korea deploys new long-range missile systems
        86 22 North Korea is deploying a pair of new ballistic missile systems that have the ability to hit the United States, an exclusive report by Jane's Defence Weekly said last night. The first system is a land-based road-mobile ballistic missile with an estimated range
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  • COMMENTARY
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      Lock icon Where scare tactics fail to halt Aids
      839 24  -  David Kennedy Greater political will is required in Indonesia to overcome cultural, religious taboos in Aids fight IN THE far flung town of Marauke in the province of Papua, near Indonesia's eastern border with Papua New Guinea, a giant billboard shows a grotesque
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        608 32 Reuters BBC programme 'uncovers graft' in race for Olympic hosts LONDON Two senior members of the Olympic movement told undercover journalists posing as business agents they could corrupt the 2012 Olympic bidding process, BBC TV alleges in a programme to be aired later
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