Today, 8 July 2005, Afternoon Edition

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    11 1 TODAY /\AediaCorp incorporating utT6£itS MICA (P) 103/07/2004 Friday July 8,2005 todayonline.com
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  • AFTERNOON EDITION
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      Lock icon London expects travel mayhem
      390 1 AFP Blasts cripple transport system used by 3 million LONDON Millions of London commuters struggled slowly home yesterday after a string of bombs crippled public transport, and the capital looked poised for more mayhem today. At least 38 people were killed and hundreds injured after bombs
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      Lock icon US stock prices edge higher
      179 1 -AFP NEW YORK US stocks recouped early losses and turned higher yesterday despite turmoil on global financial markets in response to the deadly attacks in London. After a sharply weaker opening for the main indexes, the blue-chip Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 31.61 points to
      -AFP  -  179 words
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      From Ground Zero, PM Lee deplores London blasts
      492 1  -  Teo Hwee Nak Deputy News Editor in New York hweenak@newstoday.com.sg AT the fitting setting of New York City's Ground Zero, where terrorist attacks brought down the World Trade Center twin towers and thousands of lives four years ago, Prime Minister Lee Hsien
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      Lock icon London will not be cowed: Mayor
      746 3 IN a fiery speech before leaving Singapore last night, London mayor Ken Livingston warned terrorists that they would never succeed, however many they kill. Here is the full text of his speech. OUR thoughts are with those who have been injured. Our thoughts and
      AP  -  746 words
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      Lock icon London blast not connected to Games
      452 4 Agencies Olympic delegation in Spore says it is just a 'terrible coincidence' JUST hours after the elation of winning the 2012 Olympics, the London delegation in Singapore was shocked by yesterday's news that simultaneous explosions had ripped through the city, ensuing in chaos and
      Agencies; AFP, AP  -  452 words
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      Lock icon Barbaric attacks hallmark of Al Qaeda
      644 6  -  Clement Mesenas and Tor Ching Li Experts say strikes on public transport difficult to prevent; other countries raise alert levels clement@newstoday.com.sg THE coordinated attacks on the London Underground and bus system bore all the hallmarks of a terrorist attack, security analysts told Today, pointing
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      Lock icon Blasts cast shadow over G8 summit
      366 6 -AFP GLENEAGLES (Scotland) The world's top leaders began talks here yesterday on aid to Africa and climate change but the summit was overshadowed by a series of explosions in London. A dark and tense mood redolent of Sept 11, 2001, swept over Gleneagles Hotel,
      -AFP; AP  -  366 words
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  • Singapore news
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      CJ raises jail terms of commandos
      646 8  -  Ansley Ng Rejecting their appeals for fines, he says officers in dunking incident 'a disgrace to army' ansley@newstoday.com.sg THE careers of commandos Pandiaraj Mayandi and S Balakrishnan came to an end yesterday when the Chief Justice dismissed their appeals and increased their jail terms
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      Lock icon Nobel winners and a 20-year dream
      611 10  -  Derrick A Paulo National University of Singapore plans to become a leading academic and research institute by 2025 derrick@newstoday.com.sg THE year is 2025 and the latest global university rankings are out Among the first 10 names on that list is that of the National
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      Got loose change? Buy the S'pore Zoo, lah
      176 10  -  Dawn Quek THE Singapore Zoo is now up for grabs at only $2,600 in Monopoly currency, that is. Games giant Hasbro has unveiled the latest Uniquely Singapore Special Edition Monopoly set endorsed by the Singapore Tourism Board (STB), to commemorate Singapore's 40th
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      Lock icon Fuel surcharge for air tickets to go up
      209 10 Dow Jones SINGAPORE Airlines will increase the fuel surcharge on air tickets from July 20 to mitigate the impact of rising fuel costs. The airline will increase the surcharge to US$l2 ($2O) from US$lO for flights from Singapore to Bandar Seri Begawan,
      — Dow Jones  -  209 words
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      Lock icon Soccer fright – and a gift of sight
      584 12  - Soccer fright and a gift of sight Sheralyn Tay One year on, 65 more people have benefited from wider Hota sheralyn@newsto day, com. sg SPRAINS, bruises and the occasional scrape are not unusual in rough-and-tumble sports like soccer. But Stanley Teo's favourite sport was to cause him a lot more
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      Zap that addiction away
      441 14  -  Tan Hui Leng New laser treatment will dispense anti-smoking advice to client huileng@news today, com, sg SMOKERS who want to quit have a new way of being weaned off the harmful habit Pioneered in the United Kingdom, a new cessation therapy uses a series of low-powered
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      Piano whiz at Esplanade soon
      289 14  -  Clement Mesenas CLARE Yeo (picture), the youngest Singaporean to be awarded a scholarship to study at the prestigious Juilliard School in New York at the age of 11, will be back in Singapore to perform at the Esplanade to raise funds to help children with
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      Lock icon Migratory birds may spread virus globally
      374 18 Agencies It could result in a pandemic of human disease, warn scientists NEW YORK Scientists have warned that migrating geese and other birds could carry the bird flu to India, Australia, New Zealand and eventually Europe. In reports published jointly by the journals Science
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      Lock icon We can't generate witnesses for Corby, says Aussie PM
      232 18 Agencies SYDNEY The federal government will try to help convicted drug smuggler Schapelle Corby (picture) but it cannot generate witnesses and evidence for her reopened case, Prime Minister John Howard said. The former Gold Coast beauty student this week wrote to
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      Lock icon Chen renews call for China talks
      144 18 AFP TAIPEI Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian yesterday renewed his call for the reopening of talks with rival China, as two military drills were held to test the island's defences against Beijing. "It has been my hope that the two sides could stage negotiations" to
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      Lock icon Election rights for former Aceh rebels?
      239 18 AFP JAKARTA Indonesia is on the brink of making a major concession to separatist rebels in the tsunami-hit Aceh province ahead of a new round of peace talks to end a decades-old war, reports said yesterday. President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has sought the support
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        Lock icon 'Human torch' to marry
        88 20 AP To prove his love, 38-year-old Mr Todd Grannis of Grants Pass, Oregon set himself on fire before getting down on one knee and asking his girlfriend to marry him. Earlier, he climbed up a 3m scaffold, where he was set on fire. He then plunged
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        'Tarzan' takes a tumble
        79 20 Romanian Stefan Trisca, 66, ended up in hospital after he tried to swing from tree to tree to escape his wife and go drinking, reported ananova.com. Mr Trisca had been locked in the bedroom by his wife, who was fed up with him going drinking with
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      Lock icon Al Qaeda regroups in Afghanistan
      305 20 AFP It's more powerful than before PARIS Members of Osama bin Laden's Al-Qaeda network may have returned to Afghanistan en masse to bolster Taliban militants fighting US and Afghan forces in the east and south of the country, officials and analysts said. Although no one
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        Lock icon Blast at mall in China injures 47
        74 22 AFP A bomb exploded in a shopping centre in northeast China, injuring 47 people and shattering windows. Xinhua news agency said one person was seriously injured in the blast, which occurred Wednesday at the Zhengde shopping centre in Liaoning province's Liaoyang county, 580
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        Money woes in half of Japanese households
        65 22 A record high of 56 per cent of Japanese households say they are struggling to make ends meet, despite a government announcement that the economy was on the upswing. Twenty-three per cent of households said life was "very tough" and 33 per cent
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        Lock icon FBI boss of 'Deep Throat' dies at 88
        82 22 AFP Former FBI head Patrick Gray, who headed the organisation during the 1 972 Watergate scandal and was Deep Throat's boss, died Wednesday at his home in Atlantic Beach, Florida at the age of 88. He died of complications from cancer of
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        Lock icon Immigrant US citizens grow by 16%
        67 22 AFP More than half a million immigrants gained US citizenship last year, with Asians making up the biggest ethnic group. About 537,171 immigrants were sworn in as citizens, 1 6 per cent more than the number in 2003, said the US Office of Immigration
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      Lock icon Iran seeks UN nod to test atomic parts
      344 22 Agencies US sees move as attempt to develop nuclear weapons TEHRAN Iran has asked the United Nation's nuclear watchdog to let it break UN seals and test atomic equipment that has been mothballed under an agreement with the EU's three biggest powers,
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      Lock icon Doctor hit for 'haste' in ending patient's life
      238 22 Agencies SYDNEY An Australian doctor who was labelled Dr Death after a string of patients died under his care moved with "indecent haste" when he ordered a patient's ventilator be turned off before a braindeath test was carried out The fact was
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      Lock icon Attack feared in Philippine ferry disaster
      187 22 AFP ZAMBOANGA (Philippines) More than 200 people were rescued from a blazing ferry off the southern Philippines yesterday with officials refusing to rule out a militant attack. All 222 passengers and crew of the 10,709-ton Princess of the World were evacuated on life rafts
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      Lock icon Protecting source, NYT reporter jailed
      546 24 Agencies US press freedom in jeopardy, warns journalist WASHINGTON A judge jailed New York Times reporter Judith Miller yesterday for refusing to divulge the name of a source who blew the cover of an undercover CIA agent The case, arising from the political tempest whipped
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      Feeling your age? Have sex, say experts
      224 24 BANGKOK The elderly should not allow age to get in the way of their sex lives, Thai experts said, adding that regular sex helps prevent sexual dysfunction during old age. Dr Pansak Sugkraroek, a sex counsellor and columnist, said regular sex was good
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      Lock icon Lessons learnt from Wilson's war
      765 26 -IPS NEW YORK Although it happened just over 20 years ago, today's media has all but forgotten that Afghanistan's Taliban was largely the creation of the United States Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and a party-loving Texas congressman who helped funnel billions of dollars in arms
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      Lock icon Asian states sweat as oil prices soar
      535 28 -AFP With the oil crisis threatening their economies, governments are launching major energy-saving plans BANGKOK Bangkokians love their cars. So when Mr Jongrak Timachai was encouraged to drive less and conserve fuel as part of a campaign to save energy, he did what
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        Does M'sia still need a national car?
        633 30  -  Oon Yeoh A WAR of words involving the chief executive of national carmaker, Proton, and a former prime minister on one side and the government on the other, has captured the public's attention. Very rarely does the head of a government-linked company publicly
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      Focus, On the Family
      279 32  -  Dr James Dobson i Jfi by HELPING CHILDREN SEE THE VALUE OF LEARNING Remember how badly you wanted to learn to drive a car when you were about eighteen? No one had to coax you to acquire that new skill. The desire came from within, and
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      Breaking that vicious cycle
      531 32  -  TAN KOK TIM Poor need assistance in food, shelter, transport, education and employment Letter from THE formation of the Ministerial Committee on Low Wage Workers headed by Minister Ng Eng Hen is a clear signal that the Government listens to feedback from the public. We know
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      Stop 'sick' treatment of animals
      280 32  -  STELLA SIQW MAX KIM [VANESSA KRISHNAN I Letter from I I REFER to "To those who killed Lingwu" ouly 7). A friend rescued a kitten (picture) in Pasir Ris Aye 1 and brought it to me for treatment I saw an open sore on its
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      Lock icon Singapore 2016
      921 34  -  mr brown If any city can hold the Olympics, we can news@newstoday.com.sg BY now, the world will be aware that the 2012 Olympics will be held in London, and forgotten where this great announcement was made. Don't get patriotic on me, okay? I ask you, where was the
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      Malaysian on the outside, but S'porean inside
      248 38  -  i MAX CHUI LING] Citizenship matters not to real friends I Letter from I FOUND Liang Dingzi's News Comment, "Time to scale the Everest of our prejudice" (July 6) an interesting read. I can identify with this social issue because I myself am
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      Our universities rock, why merge?
      197 38  -  JEFFREY LAW LEE BENG Letter from I LIKE the frank and candid letter from Teo Chin Ker, "Keep the 'monster' at bay" (July 4). Over the years, Singapore has evolved a sound education system. To many in the region, Singapore is an ideal place for
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      Lessons from the speed duel
      129 38  -  RASHID OSMANJ Letter from I REFER to the report, "Speed-duel cabby jailed for four years" (July 7). As a motorcycle rider myself, I have been subjected to a similar experience with a taxi driver, as that which happened to the late Mr Leong Weng Keong.
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      Bamboo poles a safety hazard
      283 40  -  [CHAN MUN CHUNG Restrictions on pole length, proper usage should be put in place I Letter from IT SADDENED me to learn that another person had plunged to her death recently while hanging clothes out to dry on bamboo poles. Over the years, there have
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      Don't blog in the heat of the moment, talk it out instead
      167 40  -  NELSON QUAH| Letter from I READ with some amusement the column, "Go ahead! Tick off your boss, rant about a date" (July 6) by Mr Miyagi aka Benjamin Lee. It is easy for one to get carried away,
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      731 44  -  FREDERICK HO The will to make a difference inspired him to join the PAP 11 years ago coffee with I 33, Young PAP exco member FREDERICK Ho is a true blue or rather, all white party animal. At age 33, he has already chalked up
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      396 44  -  PETER MANNING Letter from CLINICAL ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR I Chief, Emergency Medicine Department, National University Hospital (NUH) I REFER to Mrs Alice Sim's letter, "Have X-ray facilities in HDB Estates to ease the A&E crunch" (June 25). We thank Mrs Sim for
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      266 45  -  KAREN T Letter from I REFER to Annie Chua's "It boils down to boundaries" (July 5), her perspective on my predicament, published on July 1. I never viewed my husband as my meal ticket I had assumed he understood how hectic it is to
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      426 45  -  FRANCES ONG HOCK LIN Even emancipated career women can be happily married I Letter from I WAS amused by the assertions that Ms Rene Yap ("Can't a girl have dreams?", July 6) made after reading my article on being a wife first and
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      Lock icon BFC site sold for $1.8 billion
      563 46 Bloomberg Group including Keppel, Cheung Kong, HK Land submits highest bid A CONSORTIUM comprising Keppel Land, Hong Kong's Cheung Kong Holdings and Hongkong Land Holdings may pay as much as $1.8 billion for the Business and Financial Centre (BFC) site at the New Downtown
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      Prosecution seeks bargain in Citiraya case
      320 46  -  Christie Loh THE prosecution in the case involving Citiraya Industries wants to strike a bargain with at least one of the four accused of taking bribes worth $2 million from the electronic waste recycler, which is being probed by the police. Arrested two weeks
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        21 46 Sold us$/oi iilver us$/oi 'latinum us$/oz 429.00 7.065 874.00 Rubber centsAg 281.50 Palm Oil RM/tonne 1,437 Brent crude us$/barrel 60.33
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        144 46 Dow Jones SHARES fell yesterday on worries over the impact of surging oil prices and on profit-taking after recent gains, traders said. The ST Index fell 21.79 points, or 0.98 per cent, to 2212.34. In the broad market, decliners outnumbered advancers 320 to 171, while market volume amounted to
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        63 46 >SGX, Bloomberg Information provided by fy volume Close JniFiber 0.390 iingTel 2.670 .abroyMar 0.910 JTAC 0.675 biosensors 0.710 SembLog 1.760 iPH 4.520 Change +0.005 -0.050 +0.005 -0.015 -0.015 +0.060 +0.020 +1.3 -1.8 +0.6 -2.2 -2.1 +3.5 +0.4 'OOO 24,071 22,571 14,929 14,506 14,242 13,435 13,300 ilectroTech 0.545
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        73 46 By Close Change itarHub SGAeCW*****6 0.745 +0.255 rtyflux 4.340 +0.200 iPC 5.200 +0.200 rtyflux CA eCW*****5 1.420 +0.150 rtyfluxDB eCW*****7 0.985 +0.145 >PCCAeCW*****8 1.620 +0.140 By percentage KepLandSGAeCW*****2 SPH DB eCW*****8 StarHubSGAeCW*****6 SembLog DBeCW*****5 AutoTouch Jade Close 0.255 0.090 0.745 0.145 0.070 0.020 Change +82.1 +63.6 +52.0
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        Chen's lawyers still waiting for full PwC report
        381 48  -  Val Chua Uncertainty arises over who has authority to release document val@newstoday.com.sg NEARLY three weeks after asking for the full version of the PricewaterhouseCoopers report on the China Aviation Oil Singapore (CAO) debacle, the lawyers for Chen Jiulin, the suspended chief executive
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        Lock icon Temasek Holdings raises stake in Pakistan bank
        134 48 Bloomberg SINGAPORE investment company Temasek Holdings has almost tripled its stake in Pakistan's NDLC-IFIC Bank to 72.6 per cent, a move that will bolster the capital of the lender and enable it to expand. The investment by Temasek, which already had a 25-per-cent
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        GES 2005 to draw 10,000
        88 48  -  Chow Perm Nee OVER 10,000 local and foreign business participants are expected to converge in Suntec International Convention Exhibition Centre for Global Entrepolis@Singapore (GES) from Sept 26-29, 2005. Held annually to encourage enterprise, innovation and technology, the four-day business networking event will see a gathering
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        Scrap metal recycler Union Steel seeks IPO
        320 48  -  Christie Loh DON'T call him a karang guni man. Recycling scrap metal is his business but "we are quite (technologically) advanced", said Union Steel's founder and managing director, Mr Ang Yu Seng. Any association with the image of a rag-and-bone man is undesirable,
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        Lock icon Now China lectures US on free market
        585 50 AFP Market-based reforms boost economy to world's sixth-largest, but are rattling existing order SHANGHAI Having once railed against Western capitalism, China has since warmly embraced the credo of market forces and free trade, but suspicions about how it plays the game spur concerns
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        Lock icon Unocal to consider CNOOC bid if specific conditions met: Report
        262 50 -AFP SHANGHAI Unocal Corp has told China National Offshore Oil Corp (CNOOC) it will consider backing the Chinese state-owned company's landmark US$lB.5 billion ($3l billion) bid for the California-based oil company if it meets requests for divestments and other demands
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        Lock icon China's H1 GDP expected to grow 9.2%
        164 50 AFP BEIJING China's gross domestic product (GDP) is expected to grow 9.2 per cent in the first half of this year from the same period last year, the central bank said in a report yesterday. That compared with 9.7-per-cent year-on-year growth rate recorded
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        GAMING BOOM'S RIPPLE EFFECT
        691 52  -  Daniel Cheng news@newstoday.com.sg MACAU'S liberalisation of its gaming market in 2002 revitalised the once stagnant casino gaming market in Asia. Now, as the former Portuguese enclave begins to reap the economic fruits of its bold move, its neighbours are scrambling for a piece of the new-found
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        Lock icon Dollar near 11-month high versus yen on oil concern
        205 54 Bloomberg THE dollar traded near the highest in more than 11 months against the yen in Europe after oil prices surged to a record. The US currency had risen 11 of the past 12 days against the yen partially on concern
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        352 54 AFP Traders now focus on hurricanes NEW YORK World oil closed lower yesterday at the end of a hugely volatile session that started with a market dive caused by the London bomb blasts and ended with US traders fretting over hurricane weather. New York's
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        Lock icon Oil analysts incorrectly predict oil price, again
        126 54 Bloomberg THREE months ago, analysts predicted crude oil would average U5549.50 a barrel in New York this year. Yesterday, it reached a record U5561.53. Now the analysts are back in a Bloomberg poll with another prediction, their highest ever: US$53 a barrel in
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        Lock icon There's no ringgit, yuan revaluation pact
        202 55 AFP China, M'sia not collaborating on when to adjust their currencies: Abdullah KUALA LUMPUR Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi yesterday dismissed speculation that Malaysia and China were working on a pact to adjust their currencies which are both pegged to the US dollar. "We
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        Lock icon Malaysia's industrial output takes a surprise fall
        325 55 Bloomberg MALAYSIA'S industrial production unexpectedly declined in May for the first time in three years as mining output fell and demand for Asian electronics cooled. Production at factories, mines and utilities fell 0.4 per cent from a year ago, compared with revised growth
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        Lock icon Aberdeen to acquire Deutsche Bank's UK fund unit
        185 55 Bloomberg ABERDEEN Asset Management, a Scottish money manager recovering from a regulatory probe, agreed to buy Deutsche Bank's UK fund unit for as much as 265 million pounds ($789 million) to almost triple assets under management Aberdeen will sell 215 million pounds
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      488 56 AFP BANGKOK The maze of stalls at the Bangrak morning market stock a bewildering range of flavours in neat piles of colourful spices, tropical fruit, fresh fish and fiery chillies. But more tourists are learning to navigate the tastes of Thai cuisine with help from chefs
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      Charge trip to credit card and enjoy free holidays
      153 56 CHAN Brothers Travel has a treat for its clients: Those who charge their next trip to their Citibank credit cards will enjoy a free holiday. For example, those who choose to fly to China, Australia or New Zealand will get to
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      430 57 AFP LIEPAJA While many visitors travel to Latvia in the summer to discover its great outdoors, there are some who spend their time in the Baltic state indoors, learning what life was like in a Soviet prison. "This is going to be terrible," said Liga Engelmane, a
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      Lock icon Vaughan cautious despite record win
      387 60 -AFP LEEDS, England England captain Michael Vaughan did his best to keep his emotions in check, after seeing his side achieve their biggest wickets' win against Australia in a one-day international. Victory by nine wickets at Vaughan's Headingley home ground this morning saw England take
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      Lock icon Armstrong avoids six-bike crash
      319 60 AFP NANCY, France US rider Lance Armstrong thanked his lucky stars he was nowhere near the front of the chasing peloton after a dramatic 199 km sixth stage between Troyes and here on Thursday which was won by Italian Lorenzo Bernucci. Fassa Bortolo rider Bernucci was
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      Lock icon Big play by Little puts him in spotlight
      177 60 AFP LOCH LOMOND, Scotland Journeyman pro Stuart Little produced the best round of a solidly unspectacular career to grab a share of the first round lead at the Scottish Open this morning. Little, who attributes his sudden emergence into the limelight to
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      Lock icon Bellamy want to be good
      571 60 AFP Blackburn's new signing vows to let his football do the talking LONDON Newcastle striker Craig Bellamy has vowed to shake off his bad boy label at his new club Blackburn. The 25-year-old Welshman sprang a major surprise yesterday when he announced he would be
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      Lock icon Tiger groans, Lefty grins
      548 62 AFP Open organisers alter course, may penalise big hitters LOCH LOMOND, Scotland As anyone who has witnessed them play Ryder Cup golf together will testify, Phil Mickelson and Tiger Woods rarely see eye-to-eye on very much. So it was hardly a surprise this week to hear
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      Lock icon Gerrard a Red for life, Figo could join him at Anfield
      378 62 Agencies LONDON It was one of the worst nights of his life. In fact Steven Gerrard didn't sleep at all on Tuesday night as he pondered a monumental decision. By Wednesday morning, the midfielder had changed his mind again.
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      Juve meet Arsenal to discuss Pires
      177 62 LONDON Juventus officials flew into London yesterday with sources in Italy claiming the club were meeting Arsenal with a view to signing Patrick Vieira and Robert Pires (right). Arsenal, who are interested in Juve defender Stephen Appiah, would resist any moves for their captain,
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      362 64  -  TAN YO-HINN yohinn@newstoday.com.sg IT WAS a day of contrasting fortunes for Li Li (picture) and Ronald Susilo. In a huge upset, Singapore's No 1 female shuttler Li Li gave herself a perfect birthday present, when she stunned China's world No 1 Xie Xingfang
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      58 64 WOODLANDS Wellington's title hopes in the NTUC Income-Yeo's S-League 2005 were dealt a major blow last night, after they could only manage a 0-0 draw against Home United at the Woodlands Stadium. The stalemate was the Rams' third consecutive draw. In third spot in the standings, they
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      471 64 Agencies German confident he can narrow gap at Silverstone LONDON If the pundits are saying the Formula 1 title race is over, Michael Schumacher is not listening. The German insisted yesterday his bid to win an eighth Formula 1 world crown is still alive despite being
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      233 64 AFP SYDNEY Australia's Eddie Jones ripped into South African coach Jake White yesterday, after he implied the Wallabies forwards would not try to mix it with the big South African pack tomorrow. Wallabies coach Jones said White was trying to distract and provoke Australia
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    549 66 -AFP Angry Parisians not convinced English played by lOC rules PARIS The French are famous for producing grapes for their fine wines, but they turned a little sour yesterday. National political leaders and the media have accused the British of not playing by the rules in London's
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    434 66 -AP THE International Olympic Committee's (IOC) medical chief said yesterday that too many Olympians are falsely depicting themselves as asthmatic, and outlined tough screening procedures to prevent them from qualifying for otherwise banned medication. Arne Ljungqvist, the lOC's medical commission
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    584 67  -  LEONG WEE KEAT weekeat@newstoday.com.sg THE French people must be wondering what hit them. Three bids in the last 20 years and no Olympic Games to show for them. The latest failure at the 117 th International Olympic Committee (IOC) Session was a bitter blow to
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    166 67 AFP LONDON Scotland have quashed England hopes of fielding a British football team in the 2012 London Olympics. Britain do not currently enter a team, fearing it would damage the independent status of the English, Welsh, Scottish and Northern Ireland unions. But English Football Association
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    402 67 AFP VICTORY over Paris for the 2012 Olympics was a bittersweet experience for London mayor Ken Livingstone. Aside from having to rush back to the English capital to deal with several explosions on the London Underground tube network yesterday, the mayor also
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    Lock icon Four spots enough for Asia
    516 68  -  JOSE RAYMOND Blatter says continent's World Cup Finals number capped for now, even with Aussies jose@newstoday.com.sg ASIA will not be granted an additional spot for the World Cup Finals, despite Australia joining the Asian Football Confederation fold. Talking to journalists yesterday after a short visit
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    181 68 -AFP NAIROBI The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) congratulated London for winning the 2012 Olympics, but urged the city to follow through on pledges it made to hold a "green games" yesterday. The Nairobi-based UNEP, which have worked with the International Olympic Committee and host cities
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    375 68 AP BULGARIAN member Ivan Slavkov was ousted from the International Olympic Committee (IOC) yesterday, the third delegate to resign or be expelled in ethics cases in the last year. Slavkov, who was implicated in a BBC television documentary last year on alleged
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    Lock icon Fighting for Olympic status
    497 69  -  TANYO-HINN Sevens legend Serevi to work lOC members in bid for rugby yohinn@newstoday.com.sg WHILE middle-distance track legend Sebastian Coe has rightfully claimed the plaudits for pushing London 2012 over the finish line first, Waisale Serevi will try to pull off a similar winning effort, as the
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    Lock icon Pentathlon legend confident sport will ride on after 2012
    321 69  -  LEONG WEE KEAT weekeat@newstoday.com.sg FEW Singaporeans know what modern pentathlon is all about. But Sydney 2000 Olympic champion Dmitri Svatkovsky speaks passionately about his sport. "The modern pentathlon is a sport that was developed by the founder of the Olympic games,
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      145 69 WAR of the Worlds director Steven Spielberg and French film giant Luc Besson, of Leon, Nikita and The Fifth Element fame, took a beating in the 2012 Olympics contest. An unknown Englishman and his producer were hailed as the heroes of London's Olympic bid, after their
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      Kenya can't host Olympics
      111 69 NAIROBI Kenya is not ready to bid for the 2016 Olympics because it lacks modern sports facilities, funding and has a dilapidated transport system, the country's Olympic chief said yesterday. His remarks contradict what Sports Minister Ochillo Ayacko said in January, when he revealed Kenya planned
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      Chasing Prince Albert
      69 69 PRINCE Albert (picture) of Monaco was asking all the questions during the candidate cities' final presentations on Wednesday. He was the International Olympic Committee (IOC) member who asked the most questions at the 1 1 7th Session and allegedly upset Spain's lOC delegates by fielding questions on
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      British press mock Chirac
      82 69 BRITAIN'S newspapers hailed London's victory in the race to host the 2012 Olympic Games with full colour front pages of the city's joyous celebrations. Popular tabloid The Sun could not resist the chance to lash crestfallen French President Jacques Chirac. The tabloid baked the "blundering president"
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    895 70  -  ROHIT BRIJNATH Bloated Olympic sports programme finally comes under scrutiny Being part of the Games is an enormous fillip for any sport, both financially and in prestige. To exit the Olympics is a gloved slap on the face, nothing short of dishonour. Not everyone will
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    352 70 THREE years ago, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) decided to cap the number of sports atthe Games to 28 and to reviewthe composition of the Olympic programme after every edition. In 2002, lOC President Jacques Rogge proposed that baseball, Softball and modern pentathlon
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      26 70 7am Baseball Red Sox v Orioles, Ch23 4.30pm Pool World Pool C'ships, Ch23 10pm Golf Scottish Open, Ch2l Tomorrow I 7am Baseball Indians v Yankees, Ch23
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      898 73  - NO TIES NO TEARS Elisa Chia NAC chairman Liv steps down after leaving his mark on the Singapore arts scene HE TURNED to the row of books lining the window in his office, then pointed to the books loosely stacked on the carpeted floor. "Some people call this a mess;
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      Arts live, their vehicle dies
      1188 74  -  David Chew Dollars and cents claim yet another Singapore arts publication THE Esplanade Theatres by the Bay is up and running, the Singapore Arts Festival is doing well. While by no means perfect, the Singapore Season earlier this year was orchestrated admirably and was a
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      353 76 Vehicle The Swansong VEHICLE was born out of a pet project a photocopied newsletter of sorts started by current Plastique Kinetic Worms director Yvonne Lee. "What started as an informal guide grew into a proper, published, colour visual arts magazine. The idea developed further as people grew more excited about
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      Why the NAC pulled the plug
      445 76 WHY was the decision made in 2003 to close Passion 99.5FM and to withdraw funding for Focas! In 2003, due to a limited budget, the NAC redefined its strategies and funding priorities to focus on critical areas of promoting the arts. These areas include
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      Lock icon Spores young master musician
      681 78  -  David Chew At 27, Darrell Ang conducts orchestra and plays piano, bassoon and violin david. chew@newstoday. com.sg WHEN his relatives saw him head to the very prestigious Vienna Conservatory to study piano and music theory, Darrell Ang overheard them asking his parents why he was going
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      358 78  -  Lorraine Lim WHAT does it take to create new art these days? If an artist residency organised by The Substation is any indication, then perhaps this means shutting up 10 Singaporeans and their four UK-based artist-facilitators at Spell #7 this week and no one
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      Lock icon The princess & the peacock
      375 80  - The princess the peacock Meryin Tay Farm struts her stuff in the NKF Cancer Show 2 mervin@newstoday.com.sg SEE Farm Wong as you've never seen her before. That was how the Princess of Caldecott described her item for the NKF Cancer Show 2, which will air live on Sunday at 7.30pm
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      276 80  -  Joyce Lin A NASTY fall during the filming of a music video in September left singer Victor Wong with a dislocated right elbow and a nine-inch-long scar that snakes along the back of his arm. He has since recovered after three operations
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      364 80  -  Mervin Tay HE CLOSED down an up-and-coming design firm set up with friends to pursue a singing career, and when his girlfriend of two years knew he was to be based in Taiwan, she ended their relationship. "I had to spend three months abroad, and
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      426 82  -  -Jason Tan IT WAS only a matter of time, after Temptation Island opened the door and other rip-offs plundered the seedy depths of reality TV. The programme Cheaters, currently in its fifth season in the United States, is a ratings triumph and the new leader
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      Destiny, thanks to Lau's hair
      494 82  -  Meryin Tay mervin(gnewstoday.com.sg TO AN extent, it was Hong Kong actor Hawick Lav's hair that brought him to act in Singapore TV programmes. The fact that his hair could grow so quickly made Hawick decide to take up a role in Destiny, a new local
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      539 84  -  Zul Othman This breakbeat duo are having fun bringing all kinds of people together news@newstoday.com.sg THERE are many personality traits associated with superstar DJs. However, aloofness from the fame game isn't usually one of them. Englishman Aston Harvey, though, is an exception to the
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      363 84  -  Zul Othman "BEING called 'retro' isn't something that bothers us," scoffed Michael Zakarin of New York-based electro-rockers The Bravery, in a recent phone interview from his hotel room in Los Angeles. His response was aimed at critics who say they've been ransacking
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      Girls rocking the music scene
      476 86  -  Joyce Lin This year's indie rock festival will see more female rock musicians joyce@newstoday.com.sg NOW in its fourth year, Baybeats 2005 is seeing a rising number of female band members, a refreshing change from the somewhat male-dominated scene. However, girls in bands still tend to
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        86 86 Take a tour to places off the beaten track. Expedition "H" (for Heritage) will take you to Singapore's lesser-known historical sites. Be ready for an adventure that lasts up to five hours. Get on board and be enchanted by Singapore's untold and best-kept secrets at $15 per
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        70 86 Following the first karung guni sale two weeks ago, Theatre Works has more retrospective items on sale, as it is moving soon. Among the items at the sale are an old typewriter, retro lamps, costumes and items from the artistic director's table. The sale will
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        81 86 Catch the quarter-finalists of Project SuperStar tomorrow afternoon at Design Fiesta, the finale of Digital Design '05, organised by ACM Siggraph NTU. To be held at Atrium@Orchard, it is a digital art product design competition where youth get to apply their design skills on a commercial
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        90 86 space While there are various stimuli that influence an artist's work, the space that the artwork is exhibited in also plays a vital role. Emerging artists Chen Liang, Chio EXian, Kong Mci Sing, Jane Lee and Zenn Tan explore the relation between their works and the site
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        76 86 The works of nine Tibetan artists will be on show until July 24. Incorporating fresh ideas and modern techniques while remaining true to Buddhist ideals, the artists' approach serve as a cultural bridge between the past and the present. The exhibition will be held at SG Private
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        1026 88  -  Shibu Itty Kuttickal Book commemorating Perumal Tern pie also documents the development of Indian community here Long-lasting symbols That buzz and bustle continues. Likewise, the "Hindu heritage", as President S R Nathan describes it, remains today. One of these is the Sri Srinivasa Perumal Temple on
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        415 89 A club of letters CEOs, MB As and BTCs ONE would think that a CEO book club would be made up of high flyers discussing the various management books they have read. That may be true in some cases, but the only CEO book club in Singapore comprises MBA holders
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        269 90 -AFP LOS ANGELES Director Steven Spielberg, who tackled the Holocaust in Schindler's List, has begun work on a film exploring the aftermath of the terrorist attack on the 1972 Munich Olympics. The film, set in the aftermath of the massacre of 11 Israeli athletes, is
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        85 90 -AFP LOS ANGELES After they teamed up for Seven and Fight Club, director David Fincher will direct Brad Pitt (picture) for a third time in Benjamin Button, Hollywood industry newspaper Variety reported earlier this week. The script is by Eric Roth, who earned an Oscar
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        611 90  -  JEANNE TAN Fantastic Four is a blast of a film that brings back the good old days of the uncomplicated superhero FILM REVIEWby THE film Fantastic Four is a tribute to the oldschool superheroes: The uncomplicated good guys who fought the equally uncomplicated bad guys, and made
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      306 79 Shopping has never been this appetising! Get ready to embark on a gastronomic experience at Novena Square as we celebrate the Singapore Food Festival from 1 to 17 July! From exotic treats around the region to favourite local delights, there is something to satisfy everyone's tastebuds. There are lots of
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