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    22 1 TODAY /AeljjaCorp incorporating utfCiitS mica (P) 103/07/2004 Wednesday May 18,2005 todayonline.com TODAY incorporating ulX6£ltS MICA (P) 103/07/2004 Frew Wednesday May 18,2005 todayonline.com
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  • AFTERNOON EDITION
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      Lock icon US stocks higher on yuan news
      102 1 -AP NEW YORK Stocks vaulted higher yesterday as investors welcomed the Treasury Department's move to put pressure on the Chinese currency system and, perhaps, eventually reduce the US trade deficit The Dow rose 79.59 points to 10,331.88, the Standard Poor's 500 Index was up
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      Lock icon Landless protest
      24 1 A police helicopter overflying some of the 7 2,000 landless people protesting in front of the Brazilian Congress in Brasilia yesterday. AFP
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        Exporting trouble?
        964 1  -  Jose Raymond Illegal sales of scrapped cars being investigated jose(gnewstoday.com.sg NOT many people in Singapore are all that aware of how to de-register a vehicle, a task usually left to car agents. De-registration is the process of taking a car off the road, by either scrapping it for
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        Lock icon Don't flush away Bush's sins in wake of Koran debacle
        1406 1  -  Jim Lobe -IPS WASHINGTON "People are dead because of what this son of a b**** said. How could he be credible now?" said a United States Defence Department spokesman. Here's a question for international news hounds: Who is the "son
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      Lock icon Remote-controlled vessels unveiled
      325 2 Newsßadio 93.8 THE Republic of Singapore Navy unveiled yesterday a fleet of remote-controlled vessels, which Defence Minister Teo Chee Hean said would give Singapore a high-tech boost in the battle against maritime piracy and terrorism. The two-tonne Spartan Scout Unmanned Surface Vessels (USV), which can be remotely
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      Kylie Minogue has breast cancer
      199 4  -  Mervin Tay THE Singapore leg of Australian pop diva Kylie Minogue's (picture) Showgirl tour will not take place on June 17 as slated originally. Yesterday, Minogue, 36, revealed she has breast cancer and has to undergo immediate treatment She was due to begin the 20-leg
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      Towards better safety...
      787 4  -  Wong Fei Wan Govt accepts final Nicoll Highway collapse report 'in full'; gets tough on construction industry feiwan@newstoday.com.sg IN RESPONSE to last week's inquiry findings and recommendations on the Nicoll Highway collapse, the Government yesterday said it accepted the report "in full" and announced a series of
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      KEY RECOMMENDATIONS
      132 4 Disband building control units at LTA, HDB and JTC and centralise functions at the Building and Construction Authority (BCA). BCA to act as the single authority on the regulation and enforcement or temporary earth-retaining structures related to excavation works. Continuous training for engineers, to ensure that they are
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      'IR for family will not work'
      524 6  -  Clement Mesenas in Las Vegas Concept essentially an adult entertainment facility: Casino mogul Steve Wynn Foreign Editor clement@newstoday.com.sg THE integrated resort (IR) proposed for Sentosa with attractions for the whole family will not work, casino mogul Steve Wynn (picture) said yesterday. An IR with
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      Government guidelines will not hamper IR proposals: STB
      223 6 PLANNING guidelines have been put into place, but developers will enjoy maximum flexibility in drawing up their proposals for integrated resorts (IR). Trie Singapore Tourism Board's director of Sightseeing and Cruise, Mr Chang Chee Pey, gave this assurance yesterday. Mr Chang was
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      Loan shark fined $2,000 for receiving tip-off
      181 8  -  Ansley Ng A LOAN shark has been fined $2,000 for receiving confidential information from a police officer. Koh Sze Siong, 31, was convicted of receiving information on July 1 last year from Koh Han Cheong a senior police officer in the Police Intelligence
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      Guilty feelings expose certificate-less lawyer
      456 8  -  Ansley Ng He acted for clients despite expired practising licence ansley@newstoday.com.sg THE lawyer who acted for his clients without a certificate to practise was exposed only after he surrendered to the authorities, said his lawyer. Mahadevan Lukshumayeh, 45, who pleaded guilty to six charges of
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      Nursing courses in demand
      530 10  -  Tan Hui Leng Nanyang Poly has to reject applicants for first time ever huileng@newstoday, com. sg FOR the first time since Nanyang Polytechnic (NYP) started their Diploma in Nursing course 13 years ago, the school had to turn away applicants. Describing the surge of interest this
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      Lock icon Mustafa Centre found wanting again
      331 10 Patricia Yap LAST year, Mustafa Centre was fined $300 by the Agri-food and Veterinary Authority of Singapore (AVA) for selling food products beyond their expiry date. A check at the popular 24-hour shopping centre found that it had labelled food products improperly and concealed the
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      Lock icon China needs to reassure neighbours, says MM Lee
      244 12 Channel News Asia SINGAPORE'S Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew has said it is important for China to mitigate the adverse impact of its rise and assure its neighbours and the world at large that its emergence is benign. He was speaking at
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      Lock icon Kaplan finalises APMI purchase
      483 12  -  Lee U-Wen Top US-based education provider confident of boosting Asian presence u-wen@news today, com, sg KAPLAN, Inc., one of the world's leading providers of lifelong learning, announced yesterday that it had completed the purchase of Singapore's Asia Pacific Management Institute (APMI). United States-based Kaplan, with revenues
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      Lock icon The beautiful game
      60 14 AFP The Miss Universe competition will be held in Bangkok on May 37. Among those competing for the title are Miss Thailand Universe 2005, Chananporn Rosjan, Miss Malaysia Universe 2005, Angela Gan Hui Boon, and Miss China Universe 2005 Siyuan Tao. The trio were at the Grand
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      Lock icon Japan, M'sia begin new FTA talks
      181 14 -AFP PUTRAJAYA Japan and Malaysia began a new round of negotiations yesterday to narrow differences on a planned free trade agreement (FTA) which they hope to draft before the Malaysian Prime Minister's visit to Tokyo this month. Since launching the FTA talks in January
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      Lock icon Disarmament talks stalled in Seoul
      346 14 Agencies 2 Koreas still at odds over 6-nation negotiations SEOUL South Korea hoped for a favourable response from rival North Korea on Seoul's latest push to get the North back into six-nation negotiations on nuclear disarmament, but there were signs that the atmosphere was souring
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      Lock icon Stowaways found dead on container ship
      143 14 -AFP KUALA LUMPUR Police are investigating the deaths of three suspected stowaways whose bodies were found in a container on board a Danish-registered ship heading for China. The ship, the Arnold, left Morocco with 31 crewmen and four legal passengers. But while at sea,
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      Lock icon Vietnam seizes 1 tonne of heroin
      127 15 -AFP HANOI Vietnamese police have arrested 43 people accused of smuggling about one tonne of heroin from Laos. "This is the biggest case sec-ond-to-none," said Vietnam's deputy national police chief Cao Ngoc Oanh. Among those arrested was Pua A Chu, a member of the
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      Missile pact in the offing
      127 15 JAKARTA Indonesia and China will sign an agreement to jointly develop short-range guided missiles, a Reuters report quoting Indonesia's official Antara news agency said yesterday. Indonesia's Research and Technology Minister Kusmayanto Kadiman was quoted as saying that the agreement would be signed when President Susilo
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      Lock icon Israel chided for banning Mahathir from Jerusalem
      243 15 -AFP KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia criticised the Israeli government yesterday for banning former Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad from entering Jerusalem, saying the city "is not theirs". Dr Mahathir, whose comments have in the past infuriated Jews, was visiting the West Bank on Monday when
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      Lock icon Grenade attack on shrine foiled
      254 15 -Abf JERUSALEM Nine Jewish extremists were arrested last month on suspicion of plotting an attack against Islam's third holiest shrine, Israeli security sources revealed. The arrests followed an operation led by the Shin Beth internal security agency. Police sources said the group had tried to
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      Lock icon Bush renews sanctions against Myanmar
      160 16 AFP WASHINGTON President George W Bush renewed economic sanctions against Myanmar yesterday saying the military government represses human rights. "The crisis between the United States and Burma arising from the actions and policies of the government of Burma that led to the declaration of a
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      Lock icon Blair unveils 'bold' plans
      291 16 AP Changes set to test his authority LONDON Prime Minister Tony Blair yesterday formally launched his third term in office with a packed legislative programme that could test his authority and further strain relations with his restive Labour Party. Some 45 bills over the next 18
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        Lock icon Threats to embassy
        52 16 -AFP The Indonesian embassy in Canberra has received death threats over the trial in Bali of an Australian drug smuggling suspect, a spokesman said yesterday. Ambassador Imron Cotan told the Canberra Times the embassy had received several e-mails about the case of Schapelle Corby, with some containing
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        Lock icon Tsunami rumours
        74 16 AP Rumours that a volcanic eruption had sent a tsunami crashing towards the coast spread through the seaside town of Bandar Lampung on Indonesia's Sumatra Island early yesterday, prompting thousands of panicked resi- dents to flee to high ground The residents returned to their homes only after daybreak,
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        Lock icon Support for Bush but ...
        62 16 Support for Bush but AFP Former South African leader Nelson Mandela said yesterday, ahead of a meeting with President George W Bush, that he backs the US leader's call for global "liberty" but disagrees with some of Mr Bush's methods. Mr Mandela, 86, who was a harsh critic of the
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      Lock icon Indian minister ordered to stand trial in second corruption case
      185 18 -AP NEW DELHI A court in eastern India ordered yesterday that a corruption case against a minister go to trial, the second such ruling against him in weeks, said the Press Trust of India. Judge Sanjay Prasad said he found
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      Lock icon Democrats point to US role in oil-for-food scandal
      511 18 -AFP WASHINGTON The Democratic opposition in the United States Congress pointed to a US role in diverting funds managed by the regime of Saddam Hussein, arguing that Washington had facilitated the smuggling of Iraqi oil in early 2003. "We need to look
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      Lock icon Survey exposes Filipinos' poor knowledge of Aids
      214 18 -AFP MANILA Most Filipinos still believe HIV/Aids can be transmitted by a mosquito bite or by sharing food with an infected person, a government survey showed yesterday. The survey by the Commission on Population an agency of the Philippine health department also found
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      Lock icon No babies please... we're German
      280 20 -AFP Low birth rate a worry for politicians employers BERLIN The number of Ger- man couples opting for a childless life is rising every year to the con- < sternation of politicians and employers in the eurozone's 1 biggest economy. i The United Nations predicts
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      Lock icon Soldier guilty in Abu Ghraib case
      141 20 -AFP WASHINGTON The United States military policewoman who was behind some of the most ghastly photographs from Iraq's Abu Ghraib prison was found guilty on Monday of severely abusing inmates and failing to carry out her army duties, a spokesman for the military said.
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        Lock icon Potty pets get medicated
        48 20 AFP More Australian dogs and cats are being given anti-depres-sant drugs to counteract obsessive compulsive disorder, which results in circling, pacing and tail biting. Vets say that, apart from genes and the environment, owners can pass stress to pets after a hard day's work.
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        Nudist, 85, 'discovered'
        39 20 An 85-year-old man, broke all boundaries to become China's oldest nude model. Mr Li Jisheng, a former soldier turned beggar, was spotted by a teacher who thought he had an interesting face, reported the China Daily.
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        Brazilian woman sues over false cocaine arrest
        49 20 A Brazilian woman who spent two days in jail is suing the police for mistaking two bags of flour she was carrying for cocaine. The police thought she was a drug courier but she was going home with her shopping, ananova.com said.
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      Lock icon Jackson 'accuser denied being molested'
      242 21 -AFP Social worker says boy's mother praised star SANTA MARIA (California) Michael Jackson's childsex accuser told a social worker in early 2003 that the star had never touched him inappropriately, the pop icon's trial heard yesterday. Social worker Irene Peters, of the sensitive case unit
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    Focus On The Family
    267 22  -  Dr James Dobson m TblMTs by, THE HALLWAY OF DOORS Let's talk today about lifelong addictions which often begin during the adolescent years. Imagine, if you will, a long, dark hallway with doors on either side, and written on each door is the name of an
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      Don't flip-flop over child-sex deterrents
      387 22  -  BOON CHIN AUN Citing difficulties is not the way to handle offenders Letter from IT WAS disappointing to note that when challenged to introduce tougher deterrents against Singaporeans travelling abroad for child sex, Senior Minister of State for Home Affairs, Associate Professor Ho Peng Kee,
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      READERS'SHORT TAKES
      258 22 Ivan Goh on HDB parking: The HDB should look into dual-/triple-location season parking for couples with children who need to visit their parents and inlaws regularly. One can buy separate season-parking permits, but this is costly and adds to the burden of a couple with children. HDB could
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      Lock icon Interpret the message, not the words
      605 24  -  LEE SENG GIAP Languages are just tools, says long-time interpreter for Cabinet coffee with 70, Translator/Interpreter IN HIS 40-year career, he has stood next to people of all ranks of society —from a criminal to a prime minister. A veteran interpreter in the small
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      Lock icon isay A SOCIETY WITHOUT PASSION ?
      815 26  - isay A SOCIETY WITHOUT PASSION Foo Cexiang THERE have been many articles written about how best to promote pop culture in Singapore, ever since Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew mentioned recently that, when he was Prime Minister, he had gone for high culture at the expense of pop culture which
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      Lock icon Retailers liable for harmful products
      401 27  -  LILY LIM LIM CHUEN Nl HSA does post-marketing surveillance to screen for contaminants in health supplements Letter from Acting Deputy Director, Corporate Communications for Chief Executive Officer Health Sciences Authority Letter from Senior Assistant Director, Corporate Communications (Head) for Permanent Secretary Ministry of Trade and
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      502 28  -  Valeric Law Spore 2005 GDP revised downwards to 2.5-4.5% valerie@newstoday.com.sg SINGAPORE'S economy may deliver a less rosy performance this year, after the Government revised downwards its fullyear forecast to 2.5 to 4.5 per cent yesterday. The previous official estimate was 3 to 5 per cent. The revision,
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      172 28 Dow Jones SINGAPORE'S key non-oil exports rose 6.8 per cent year-on-year to $11.17 billion last month, led by disk drives, computer components and petrochemicals. Seasonally adjusted, non-oil domestic exports expanded 4.6 per cent in April from March, said International Enterprises Singapore yesterday. Electronics shipments,
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      68 28 Dow Jones TEMASEK Holdings and Japanese venture capital company Softbank Investment Corp will set up a US$lOO-million ($166-mil-lion) fund to invest in promising Chinese firms, the Singapore investment company said yesterday. Temasek spokesman Eva Ho said that the two companies would each con-
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        249 30  -  Val Chua RETAIL investors who are angry over Longcheer Holdings' controversial initial public offering (IPO) may get some answers today when an investor body meets up with the Singapore Exchange (SGX). In a media statement, Mr David Gerald, the president of Securities
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        159 30 Channel News Asia THE long-awaited final report on investigations into the China Aviation Oil (CAO) trading scandal is likely to be ready by the end of the month. The special auditors assigned to the investigations, PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), told Channel News Asia it should be
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          60 30 hange Index Value Pis Nikkei 225 10,825.39 -121.83 -1.11 Hang Seng 13,667.03 -199.78 -1.44 All Ordinaries 3,911.70 -12.10 -0.31 Taiwan Wtd 5,894.01 -31.87 -0.54 Korea Comp 927.16 -1.88 -0.20 KLCI 891.39 +2.12 +0.24 SET Index 664.61 -6.15 -0.92 Jakarta Comp 1,045.77 -3.01 -0.29 Phils Comp 1,876.47 +13.88 +0.75
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          91 30 Dow Jones SHARES fell yesterday as investors turned cautious after the Government lowered its growth forecast for this year to between 2.5 and 4.5 per cent from its previous 3- to 5-per-cent range. The ST Index lost 11.11 points, or 0.5 per cent, to 2,154.37. In the broad market,
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          25 30 SGX, Bloomberg Information provided by Sold us$/oz 420.81 iilverus$/oz 7.011 'latinum us$/oz 858.01 (ubber cents/kg 226.2: 'aim Oil RM/tonne 1,406.51 irent crude usS/bini 49.41
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        314 32  -  Christie Loh THE PAIN OF PAYING TAXES christie@newstoday.com.sg SINGAPORE'S low personal and corporate taxes have put it near the bottom of the Tax Misery Index compiled by US-based business magazine Forbes. Among 50 global economies surveyed, Singapore ranked 46th. But the Republic still loses out to
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        308 33  -  Chow Perm Nee New CEO Larsen eyes acquisitions even as bank focuses on organic growth pennnee@newstoday.com.sg THE new chief executive of Citibank Singapore, Mr Jonathan Larsen, is keeping an eye on acquisition opportunities here even as these are limited. In an interview with Today, Mr
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        68 33 Bloomberg TRIBECA Global Management, the hedge fund set up last year by Citigroup, plans to hire as many as 17 traders for its new Singapore office. Tribeca, seeded with US$2 billion ($3.3 billion), opened its Asian headquarters in Singapore last week and will start
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          470 34  -  Valeric Law But the move may do more harm than good, auditors say valerie@newstoday.com.sg UNDER a law that kicked in last June, some companies mostly small-and-medium enterprises (SMEs) do not have to audit their financial statements anymore. To enjoy the exemption, companies must
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          408 34 Lee U-Wen THREE years after opening their first outlet in Raffles City, the founders of The Soup Spoon are ready to expand their business. But first, there is homework to be done. For one, "SouperChefs" Anna Lim, 29, and husband Andrew Chan,
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        393 36 -AP Beijing 'must act swiftly or face sanctions' WASHINGTON The United States warned China yesterday it must swiftly overhaul its currency system or face the likelihood of being accused of manipulations to gain an unfair trade advantage with economic sanctions possibly following that The
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        72 36 TOKYO Japan's economy grew 1.3 per cent in the first three months of the year, or an annualised 5.3 per cent, as higher corporate and consumer spending offset faltering exports, official data showed yesterday. This was the fastest growth rate since the first quarter
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        152 36 AFP SHANGHAI Dozens of Chinese securities brokerages that were ordered to correct financial statements have been caught under-reporting their losses by as much as $800 million. In January, securities houses reported combined losses of 500 million yuan ($lOO million) last year but have since owned up
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      276 37  -  Nur Idayu Suparto WHY on earth would you dress up as a durian, have your friend dress up like a melon, belt out the Rolling Stones classic Satisfaction in tandem and think that it would impress a girl? Eye for a Guy
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      431 37  -  Yong Shu Chiang John Hensley, 27, doesn't act his age on Nip/Tuck in Los Angeles shuchiang(gnewstoday.com.sg PLAYING the rebellious teenage son of a plastic surgeon has helped or rather, forced John Hensley (picture) to become comfortable with shooting difficult scenes. In the award-winning drama Nip/Tuck, the youthful looking
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      244 37 ROMA MAFFIA (picture) would like to fall in love soon. On Nip/Tuck, that is, where she plays the opinionated anaesthesiologist Dr Liz Cruz. "I think it'll be very interesting for the character (given) the fact that she's a woman who's gay to
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      570 38  -  Yons Shu Chiang Deal done for most expensive Singapore co-production shucniang@newstoday.com.sg CANNES The mystique of global giant China has helped Singapore land its most significant film co-production to date. At the Cannes Film Market on Monday, homegrown firm Oak 3 Films signed a Memorandum of Understanding
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        254 39  -  Mervin Tay And Kingdom of Heaven reigns supreme at local box office SHE may be 67, but she still packs a punch. Jane Fonda's return to the big screen after a 15-year absence in Monster-In-Law helped propel the movie to the top of the US box
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        86 39 -AP NEW YORK Four months after his separation from Jennifer Aniston, Brad Pitt is still struggling to set the record straight In an interview with GQ magazine, Pitt dismissed as "unfounded" reports that he wanted children, but Aniston didn't He said the reasons for the breakup were
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      Lock icon Coe confident London will win race to host 2012 Olympic Games
      381 45 LONDON With 49 days to go until the International Olympic Committee's 117 th Session in Singapore, Lord Sebastian Coe believes London have a good chance of winning the bid to host the 2012 Olympics. Chairman of the London 2012
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      418 45  -  TAN YO-HINN SNOC chiefTeo hopes upcoming lOC Session will boost local athletes yohinn@newstoday.com.sg IT IS 49 days to the 117 th International Olympic Committee (IOC) Session here at the Raffles City Convention Centre. Up to 5,000 visitors including politicians, celebrities and a who's who of the sporting
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      308 46 -AP ESTORIL, Portugal Roger Federer's devastating domination of men's tennis last year was honoured with the Sportsman of the Year award at the 2005 Laureus World Sports Award on Monday (yesterday morning, Singapore time). Federer won three of the four
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      529 46  -  ERIC DING sports@newstoday.com.sg PETER Withe (above) has always been a winner. He has sparkled as a manager in South-east Asia, leading Thailand to fourth place in the Asian Games in 1998, two successive Tiger Cup triumphs (2000, 2002) and the SEA Games gold medal in Brunei
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      185 46  -  CUBBY LEONG NTUC INCOME-YEO'S S-LEAGUE 2005 Woodlands 3 Sinchi 1 cubby@newstoday.com.sg WOODLANDS Wellington maintained their title challenge with a stylish 3-1 win over Sinchi FC last night, in their NTUC IncomeYeo's S-League 2005 clash at the Woodlands Stadium. Two first-half strikes by Jonathon Angelucci provided
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        521 47 -AFP Scudamore wants to know tycoon's ambitions for Manchester United LONDON Premier League chief executive Richard Scudamore intends to meet with the team behind Malcolm Glazer's £790 million ($2.4 billion) takeover of Manchester United. But while fans worry about the £540 million debt Glazer
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        291 47 -AFP LONDON England fullback Ashley Cole (picture) put his personal problems to one side yesterday to insist his Arsenal side can win Saturday's FA Cup final against Manchester United despite the absence of star striker Thierry Henry. The France international was ruled out
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        180 47 -AFP BERLIN Formula 1 team Ferrari are reportedly willing to offer seven-time champion Michael Schumacher a one-year extension to his current contract, according to a report in TZ magazine. The 36-year-old Schumacher is contracted with Ferrari until the end of next year, but the
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        103 47 -AFP INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana American Buddy Rice will not get a chance to defend his title at the 89th Indianapolis 500 on May 29 because of an injury. Rice suffered a concussion in a May 11 crash while practising at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. He also injured
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        152 47 -AP ATHENS Former Olympic champion Kostas Kenteris will face a public prosecutor on charges of avoiding a doping test on the eve of the 2004 Olympics and faking a motorcycle accident hours later. Kenteris is to appear before an Athens prosecutor tomorrow to answer questions
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      712 48 CSKA coach Gazzayev won't shave his famous moustache, but he plans to take first Euro silverware back to Russia LISBON CSKA Moscow coach Valery Gazzayev won't sacrifice his beloved moustache, but he could make history. When CSKA ended up in the Uefa Cup as a consolation
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      264 48 Ip SPORTING Ist rd: Rapid Vienna (Aut) (h) 2-0 (a) 00 Group stage: Panionios (Gre) 4-1 (h), Dynamo Tbilisi (Geo) 4-0 (a), Sochaux (Fra) 0-1 (h), Newcastle (Eng) 1-1 (a) Last 32: Feyemoord (Hoi) (h) 2-1 (a) 2-1 Last 16: Middlesbrough (Eng) (a) 3-2 (h) 1-0
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      571 49 Agencies Playing on our turf may not be an advantage: Coach Peseiro LISBON Sporting Lisbon will have around 40,000 partisan Portuguese backing their bid to win the Uefa Cup Final tonight {tomorrow morning, Singapore time). Taking on CSKA Moscow in the 50,000-capacity Jose Alvalade Stadium,
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      77 49 LONDON The English Premiership will be represented in the Uefa Cup Final after all. Englishman Graham Poll (picture) will referee the clash between Sporting Lisbon and CSKA Moscow tonight (tomorrow morning, Singapore time). The Uefa referees committee announced that Poll will be assisted
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