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    12 1 /■AeejlaCorp TODAY incorporating utFCiitS MICA (P) 103/07/2004 Tuesday July 12,2005 todayonline.com I
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    Uncertainty for Valuair as merger talks fail
    503 1  -  Val Chua val@newstoday.com.sg ITS tagline may be "Way Smarter", but now Valuair has to outwit and outplay other forces in Asia's brutal budget airline game. After merger talks between Valuair and Jetstar Asia collapsed on Saturday, analysts said the pri-vately-owned airline would probably
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    In London mortuary, bomber gets a face
    660 1 While bodies are reassembled, Europe now needs Big Brother LONDON The face of a London bomber may be ready to reveal itself. The authorities believe they may have zeroed in on the remains of a person who carried the bomb on Bus No
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      42 1 NEWSX\YIEWS The lost world Threats, selfishness cloud hope for Africa, nature/2 Trial begins Huang Na's alleged killer in the dock/4 Why so shy? Farm, Christopher keep their distance/30 Page 22 impact Tiger set to roar in US/25 Health Pages 33 to 38
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        Humanity? It's lost in the rubble
        749 2  -  Siew Kum Hong Terrorist threats, political selfishness cloud out hope for Africa's poor and Mother Earth news@newstoday.com.sg WHAT a bewildering month it has been. The Egyptian ambassador-designate to Iraq was murdered by militants in an attempt to terrorise foreigners into abandoning the nascent state.
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      NKF sues SPH over 'gold-plated tap'
      728 3  -  Tor Ching Li Claims it didn't even have 12-storey building then; SPH lawyer asks NKF chief about his salary chingli@newstoday.com.sg LAST April, the National Kidney Foundation (NKF) made headlines in The Straits Times' (ST) on several occasions: First, for its corporate tie-up with insurance
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      Lock icon A bag of mangoes led Huang Na to her death
      769 4  -  Wong Fei Wan Alleged murderer lured her with the fruit before raping and killing her feiwan@newstoday. com, sg ALL it took was a seemingly innocent game of hide-and-seek, and the sweet bait A bag of mangoes. With this, vegetable packer
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      University for working adults opens its doors today
      167 6  -  Lee U-Wen STARTING today, working adults can start applying for a place in the first intake of the privately-funded Singapore Institute of Management University (UniSIM). About 1,000 of them are expected to form the first undergraduate intake next January, joining about 6,500
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      Lock icon PSLE failure now double winner
      174 6  -  Jasmine Yin HIS resume portrays him as a jack-of-all-trades: Newspaper delivery boy, cleaner, factory worker and helper at a fish farm. But you can't call Mr Alvin Pang (picture) a master of none. The School of Film and Media Studies (FMS) graduate is this year's
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      Lock icon NTU to tap Nobel winners' brains
      443 6  -  Derrick A Paulo derrick@newstoday.com.sg THE Nanyang Technological University (NTU) does not want to wait 20 years to produce a Nobel Prize winner. To this end, it will bring in at least seven Nobel laureates as advisers this year. Physicists and chemists from the likes
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      Lock icon Hundreds bid farewell to body-parts victim
      317 8  -  Ansley Ng ansley@newstoday.com.se HOBBLING on crutches, marketing executive Rachel Liv, 26, was determined to pay her last respects to murdered Chinese national, Ms Liv Hong Mei. She was one of more than 400 people mostly middle-aged and senior citizens who came yesterday, some with
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      Lock icon Cabby lauded for counter-terrorism move
      398 8  -  Ansley Ng Loh Chee Kong THE Indonesian passenger Mr Webster Yew (picture) picked up at Changi Airport in May last year had a strange request It was 5.30 am, yet the man wanted to be driven to the American Embassy, saying he wanted to apply
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      Lock icon Luxembourg rescues EU treaty
      248 10 Agencies LUXEMBOURG Luxembourg gave a breath of air to the European Union's gasping constitution on Sunday by voting in favour of the moribund treaty at the centre of the EU's political turmoil. The result marks a victory for Prime Minister Jean-Claude Juncker, who had promised to
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        Lock icon HK free paper launch
        57 10 AFP A Hong Kong news group said yesterday it would launch a free newspaper, the third in a territory that boasts one of the world's most competitive media markets. Sing Tao News Corp, which publishes a major broadsheet in the city, said 400,000 copies of Chineselanguage
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        Lock icon Hillary blasts Bush
        52 10 -AP Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton blasted President George W Bush, accusing him of damaging the economy by overspending while giving tax cuts to the rich. "I some- times feel that Alfred E Newman is in charge," Mrs Clinton said referring to the freckle-faced character in the satirical
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        Lock icon 'Miss Tibet-China'
        61 10 AP A Tibetan beauty queen can compete in a pageant in Malaysia provided she participates as a Tibetan Chinese as stipulated by China's embassy, an organising official said yesterday. Organisers of Miss Tourism 2005 do not want to antagonise Beijing by letting Miss Tibet, Tashi Yangchen, participate without
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      Lock icon Thaksin under fire at home and abroad
      470 10 Agencies Accusations fly asThai PM's popularity plunges PHUKET Five months after winning a landslide victory, Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra has had to defend his government from domestic and international criticism. Dr Thaksin's popularity plunged from 77.5 per cent in February to 45.9
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      Lock icon Hopes of declaring Thailand 'bird-flu free' dashed
      287 10 AFP BANGKOK Just a day before Thailand was to declare itself "bird-flu free", it announced yesterday that the deadly virus was found in chicken and fighting cocks in the country's central region. The new cases were found at four locations in Suphan Buri
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      Lock icon Australian PM writes to jailed drug smuggler Corby
      164 12 Agencies SYDNEY Australian Prime Minister John Howard has taken the unusual step of writing to convicted drug smuggler Schapelle Corby (picture) in an Indonesian prison to inform her that the government is taking an interest in her case. In a letter dated
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      Lock icon Bigger street protests loom
      305 12 Agencies Bishops' stand on Arroyo criticised MANILA Opposition and left-wing groups vowed yesterday to step up the pressure on Philippine President Gloria Arroyo to resign over electoral fraud allegations. While the refusal of influential Roman Catholic bishops to join in the fray offered Ms Arroyo a
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      Lock icon The secret dinner deal
      381 13 Agencies Payback, not pressure, behind Pyongyang 'yes' to resume talks TOKYO As United States Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice planned with key ally Japan to lay the groundwork for ending North Korea's nuclear programme yesterday, more details emerged about what went on at the secret dinner
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    • this QUIRKY world
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        Lock icon What happens when strippers aren't real ...
        79 13 What happens when strippers aren't real AFP German police called to a house due to complaints about noise were taken aback to be welcomed as male strippers. The two officers were greeted by a group of women with cries of "Are the strippers here at last?" when they visited a
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        ... and when the gift of a real stripper won't do
        87 13 and when the gift of a real stripper won't do The parents of a boy who hired a stripper for his 1 6th birthday were sentenced to two years' probation and ordered to take parenting classes. The stripper danced for two hours. Then, the partygoers passed the hat and paid
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      Lock icon Moderate tied to Bali blasts
      101 13 AP JAKARTA Police have detained a member of one of Indonesia's largest moderate Muslim groups, accusing him of helping the alleged mastermind of the Bali bombings and other terror attacks to evade arrest It is the first such arrest in the moderate Muslim community. The
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      29 10 They opted out of MediShield, but now they're back. Find out why people are rejoining the MediShield scheme. More information available on 13 July 2005. Ministry Of Health Singapore
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      Focus On The Family
      244 14  -  Dr James Dobson 0 Tbiws by j DIFFUSING LOW SELF-ESTEEM Have you ever noticed that it's much easier to handle stress if you have some warning that it's coming? There's something about knowing a tough experience lies ahead that helps us to get ready for the
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      FairPrice is still a store for the people
      318 14  -  TAN KIAN CHEW I Letter from Chief executive officer, NTUC Fair Price WE REFER to the letter, "Breaking that vicious cycle", by reader Tan Kok Tim (July 8). Like retailers here, NTUC Fair Price recognises the changing lifestyle, aspirations and expectations of
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      Lock icon Getting back at Houdini taxi drivers
      275 14  -  STEVE X NGO $4 call charge will only encourage 'disappearing acts' Letter from I WAS shocked to hear that the major taxi companies in Singapore have been allowed to jack up their call booking charges from $2.50 to $4. Although our taxi service is
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      Studying Chinese will help racial integration
      194 14  -  HENG CHO CHOON I Letter from MS SANGEETHA Bysheim in her letter "Why keep Mandarin exclusive to Chinese?" (July 11) expressed her sentiments about not enough opportunities being given to non-Chinese in Singapore to learn the language of the majority. Mandarin is spoken widely
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      Paint cyberspace Yellow
      202 16  -  TRACY WAN Yellow Pages should step up its online services I Letter from LAST week, I read a letter from the Yellow Pages saying its directories would be delivered to my business premises. It was a pleasant change from the mail that we usually receive mostly bills
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    • LONDON BOMBINGS
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        Hate crimes are as mindless as terrorist attacks
        148 16  -  MOHDROSLE AHMAD Letter from READING "London police report 'hate crimes' after attacks" (July 11) about the ensuing racially and religiously-motivated crimes following the terror bombings last Thursday, it does appear that the terrorists have, to an extent, achieved their objective. There have
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        Injustice begets injustice
        146 16  -  WONG HOONG HOOI Letter from THE world now rallies to support Britain after the recent reprehensible loss of innocent lives. Yet, a few years ago, far greater loss of life and limb occurred when Anglo-Saxon coalition bombs rained on Iraq in a war started on false premises.
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        Words of wisdom in turbulent times
        93 16  -  HAJ MOHAMED Letter from I THANK Today for publishing the full text of London Mayor Ken Livingstone's speech (July 8). Many world leaders have expressed disgust against the recent atrocities. However, their speeches seemed cliched. But Mr Livingstone's assessment of the tragedy was different
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      Towards a free-flow of basic information
      189 16  -  PECK SHU WEE Letter from SINGAPORE Press Holdings has been charging for the online versions of its newspapers. As many Netizens can testify, the decision drew more amusement than anything else. One can always turn to todayonline.com and channelnewsasia.com for their news. Also, a
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      Lock icon A turn for the better
      421 18 Strong Q2 erases Spore recession fears FEARS of a recession in Singapore eased yesterday after the Government released preliminary figures showing that the economy grew a sharper-than-expected 3.9 per cent year-on-year in the second quarter. The economy grew 12.3 per cent compared with the three
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    • Market WATCH
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        Lock icon Singapore
        84 18 Dow Jones SHARE prices closed higher, boosted by Singapore's better-than-expected economic performance during the second auarter of the year and Wall Street's surge on Friday. The ST Index rose 25.20 points, or 1.1 per cent, to its intraday high of 2,241.1 9 with gains across most sectors. Advancers outnumbered
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        World markets
        55 18 Index Nikkei 225 Value *****.79 C Pis +108.80 Change +0.94 Hang Seng Ordinaries laiwan Wtd *****.24 4264.10 6298.86 +192.77 +34.90 +97.46 +1.38 +0.83 +1.57 Korea Comp 1040.43 +18.48 +1.81 KLCI 909.32 +5.71 +0.63 SET Index 640.82 -2.49 -0.39 lakarta Comp 1123.46 +12.90 +1.16 Phils Comp Shenzhen B 1852.78
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        Lock icon Commodities
        26 18 SGX, Bloomberg Gold uss/oz 425.800 Silver uss/oz 7.070 Platinum uss/oz 867.000 Rubber centsAg 276 Palm oil RM/tonne 1420 Brent crude uss/barrel 58.20 Information provided by
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        Your S$1 buys
        34 18 UK£ 0.3378 fen 65.982 HK$ 4.5845 RM 2.2396 Euro 0.491 Rupiah Baht 5752.2 24.779 Peso 33.14 4$ 0.7919 Indian Rs 25.674 Won 615.53 C$ 0.7158 fan 4.8779 NZ$ 0.8722 NTS 18.866
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        SGX most active
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        SGX top rises
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        SGX top falls
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      Lock icon Commonwealth Bank buys Kim Eng's private banking unit
      198 19 Bloomberg COMMONWEALTH Bank of Australia, the nation's largest lender by market value, has agreed to buy the private banking arm of Kirn Eng Holdings, Singapore's biggest publicly traded stock brokerage. KE Swan Co, 60 per cent owned by Kirn Eng, agreed to
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      Lock icon Gates' support boosts Creative
      275 19 Bloomberg Microsoft will help Singapore company in battle against Apple SHARES of Creative Technology, whose MP3 music players compete with Apple Computer Inc's iPod, had their biggest gain in two months yesterday after Microsoft Corp chairman Bill Gates said his company would support the Singapore company.
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        Lock icon Temasek eyes Turkish bank
        145 20 Dow Jones TEMASEK Holdings is considering buying a stake in Turkey's fourth-biggest lender, Garanti Bank, as it looks to expand into new growth areas, banking industry sources said. The sources, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said Citibank was advising Temasek on the deal. Both Citibank
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        Lock icon Keppel Land expands in India
        91 20 Dow Jones PROPERTY group Keppel Land said it will develop its second large condominium project in the Indian city of Bangalore after securing 6.88 hectares of land for $10.5 million. The site, which is close to schools and shopping amenities, will be developed through a
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        Lock icon Millionaire island
        295 20 Channel News Asia Spore global leader in growth in number of wealthy individuals SINGAPORE witnessed the biggest jump in the number of high net worth individuals globally last year, according to a recent report The latest Capgemini Merrill Lynch World Wealth Report showed that the number of Singaporeans
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        Lock icon Stats, Chartered shares gain on rosy industry outlook
        183 20 Bloomberg SHARES of Stats Chippac, the world's third-largest provider of testing and packaging for semiconductors, surged yesterday after the company said it expects demand for its services to continue rising. The stock rose 5 per cent to close at $1.24, its biggest
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        China Motion issues profit warning
        98 20 CHINA Motion Telecom International (CMTI) announced late last night that the group's consolidated final results of the financial year ended March 31 was expected to record a significant loss. It attribute this principally to material provisions relating to debts owing by China Motion Telecom Holdings
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        Lock icon AirAsia to impose fuel surcharge
        90 20 Bloomberg AIRASIA will impose a fuel surcharge for the first time to mitigate rising fuel costs. Starting this Thursday, flights within Peninsular Malaysia will incur a surcharge of RMS ($2.23). The charge on flights to East Malaysia will be RMIO, while the charge for regional
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        Looking to beat time deposit rates?
        589 21 IF YOU are looking to beat time deposit rates, a structured deposit is an option you may wish to consider. A structured deposit is essentially a combination of a deposit and an investment product, with returns tied to the performance of the latter. Typically,
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        PUT RESPONSIBILITY BEFORE FREEDOM
        451 21  -  David Fuller news@newstoday.com.sg IT HAS been my contention since the early 1980s that Singapore had the best economic governance in the world. I believe this to be no less true today than it was back then an extraordinary and unique achievement in the modern era. And
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    • Wealth your personal finance special
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        CPF health insurance market hots up
        1231 22  -  Val Chua Aviva's MyShield plans are creating a buzz in the market, but should you switch now? val@newstoday.com.sg THE LATEST player in the CPF health insurance market may be shaking up the industry, but financial advisors say policyholders contemplating a switch should wait and
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        Lock icon An extra gift on her birthday
        313 24  -  Dawn Quek dawn(gnewstoday.com.sg HER birthday was approaching and Madam Linda Foo, 44, decided to give herself a treat. She ended up with an extra gift. Madam Foo, a nurse, spent the entire afternoon at Wisma Atria's Goldheart Jewelery along with her two sisters and
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    • the business of marketing
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        Lock icon VGO and Mizuno on growth path
        519 24  -  Shobha Tsering Bhalla Golfing giant steps up presence in the region shobha@newstoday.com.sg TIGER Woods is believed to have honed his game with its clubs as an amateur, and is reputed to be partial to its No 2 and 3 irons. Nick Faldo, Seve Ballesteros
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        7-eleven to open 35 more stores by year-end
        171 24 CONVENIENCE store chain 7-eleven aims to open 35 more outlets by the end of this year, said Mr Benjamin Eng, general manager of the chain's Singapore operations. 7-eleven already has 275 stores across the island, serving seven million customers a month. "Our
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        Lock icon Tiger Beer set to ride high in US
        675 25  -  Derrick A Paulo Homegrown lager's new branding campaign in America is winning it converts derrick@newstoday.com.sg IN SINGAPORE, Tiger Beer is as good as gold, no matter what time it is, but especially when you are with your "brudders". At least, that is
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        Jet Airways makes Singapore its hub, is poised for growth
        501 25  -  Shobha Tsering Bhalla WITHIN weeks of starting operations here in April this year, Indian full-service airline Jet Airways had reached a 71 per cent load factor on its Singapore-Mumbai sector. Now the airline is recording a similar trend in its
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          73 26 Hospitality Epicor has made available a new release of Epicor iScala Hospitality. This is an enterprise resource planning software suite designed for divisions and subsidiaries of global enterprises. Based on a service-oriented architecture utilising Microsoft .NET and Web services technology, iScala offers inventory
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        425 27 AP WEAEFA Microsoft to expand software offerings to woo small businesses I MINNEAPOLIS I Microsoft Corp will further expand its software offerings for small businesses, even though that will turn many of its current partners into competitors, chief executive officer Steve Ballmer said on Sunday.
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        398 28  -  Jennifer Huang MOBILE commerce (m-commerce) refers to transactions using a wireless device and data connection that result in the transfer of value in exchange for information, services or goods. M-commerce includes services such as banking, payment and ticketing. Consumers access a WAP (wireless access protocol)
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        215 32 THIS year's President's Star Charity show takes on a whole new approach, with the theme "Helping Hands and Dancing Feet". Much like the NKF Cancer Show, there won't be artistes performing dangerous stunts or competing against each other in gameshow-like contests to raise funds. Come
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      607 33  -  Recta Raman 102 leaders pledge to exercise more, quit smoking and drink less reeta@newstoday.com.sg THEY belong to a new breed of women who lead a double life. By day, Ms Clare Holland is the marketing communications manager at KPMG, a professional services provider. Over
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      227 34  -  Brenda Chew MOLASSES is extracted from the sugar in sugarcane plants. Blackstrap molasses is produced by repeatedly processing and boiling the sugarcane such that the molasses become dark in colour and less sweet, with a bitter tinge. Nutritionally valuable, blackstrap molasses is
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      731 35 With Artificial Disc Replacement surgery, you can now say goodbye to back and neck pains ABOUT 80 per cent of people suffer from back or neck pains at some point in their lives. Fortunately for most of us, the pain subsides after some time. However,
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      879 38 There is a wide gap between the teeth in the middle of my lower set of teeth. Is there any treatment to close the gap? Jan If the gap is a large space between your natural dentition, you may choose to get it closed by opting for
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      297 46  -  TAN YO-HINN yohinn@newstoday.com.sg TIE Yana, Hong Kong's world No 9, seemed to have got a handle on Singapore's table tennis star Li Jiawei. Last October, she denied Li the bronze medal in the women's singles at the International Table Tennis Federation
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      618 46  -  JOSE RAYMOND jose@newstoday.com.sg Lions striker flies out for Notts County triaj mm,., H FAST FACTS Date of Birth: Sept 3, 1980 Height: 1.78 m Weight: 78kg Club history: Sembawang Rangers (1997 2000) I SAFFC (2000) Sembawang Rangers (2001 2002) I Tampines Rovers (2003 present) S-League goals: 97
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      281 46 LONDON Jenson Button (picture) said yesterday he would not move to Ferrari, or any other team, unless he can win the world championship with them. BAR-Honda hope to persuade the Briton to sign a new deal, but he could leave for Williams next
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      522 47  -  TANYO-HINN Sailing, athletics and badminton could benefit from Olympic jamboree yohinn@newstoday.com.sg THE stars hit our shores last week, but there was little opportunity for the likes of Jackie Joyner-Kersee, David Beckham, Marie-Jose Perec, Sergey Bubka and Raul to interact with Singaporeans. As Singapore played
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      315 47 -AFP PARIS Still to come to terms with last week's stunning defeat to London for the right to stage the 2012 Olympics, Paris mayor Bertrand Delanoe yesterday accused British Prime Minister Tony Blair and London bid leader Sebastian Coe of breaking bidding
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      268 47  -  ERIC DING sports@newstoday.com.sg THREE days after Woodlands Wellington lodged a complaint to the Football Association of Singapore (FAS) against Home United coach Steve Darby, the Protectors have responded with a counter-complaint Home's club manager David Conceicao said yesterday: "We received an official notification from the
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        661 42 Agencies Kazakh cyclist upbeat, even if Texan's teammates look to have rediscovered their form CYCLING Tour de France GRENOBLE, France Alexandre Vinokourov has thrown down the gauntlet to six-time Tour de France champion Lance Armstrong. The Kazakh rider, just 62 seconds behind the Texan in the
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        358 42 BADMINTON Malaysian Open KUALA LUMPUR The locals here celebrated yesterday after countryman Lee Chong Wei retained the Malaysian Open title with a stirring display of attacking badminton against world No 1 Lin Dan, 22, from China. The victory is a huge boost for Lee, as
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        536 43 -AFP South African wants to join list of St Andrews winners GOLF British Open ST ANDREWS Some great golfers have won the British Open. But the greatest golfers win at St Andrews. Ernie Els (above) knows that. The South African would relish the chance of playing
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        240 43 -AFP ST ANDREWS The British Open returns to its spiritual home for the first time in five years this week, with Tiger Woods looking to add another chapter to the long history of the Old Course. The last time golf's oldest
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        416 43 -AP GOLF John Deere Classic SILVIS, Illinois Sitting behind a trophy with his wife in front of him, Scan O'Hair was very much a man at peace. He was enjoying the success his father demanded, winning the John Deere Classic on
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        615 44 Agencies Mourinho sends a message to Ferguson, Wenger LONDON You can't keep an arrogant manager down. With the new Premiership season just a month away, Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho has ordered his rivals to pull their socks up. The Portuguese firebrand insists Arsenal and Manchester United will
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        274 44 Agencies LONDON Arsenal captain Patrick Vieira (picture) wants to meet manager Arsene Wenger this week, after he was linked with both Juventus and Real Madrid recently. The Serie A champions have so far denied reports they have held talks with Arsenal about a
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          123 44 LONDON Former World Player of the Year Luis Figo has revealed his desire to move from Real Madrid to Liverpool. The 32-year-old has one year left on his contract and had been told he could leave on a free transfer, although that now appears uncertain as
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          89 44 LONDON Arsenal's hopes of signing Brazil striker Julio Baptista have been set back with news that the 23-year-old wants to stay with his Spanish club Sevilla. "I want to stay with Sevilla for one more season," the Brazilian striker said, yesterday. "Then I will be able
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          107 44 LUINUUIN Liverpool boss Rafael Benitez claims that Mohamed Sissoko (right) will turn out better than Arsenal captain Patrick Vieira. Sissoko, the 20-year-old Mali midfielder, sealed a £5.6 million move from Valencia yesterday. After turning down Everton, Sissoko will become Benitez's fifth signing in a week. "He
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          73 44 GLASGOW Celtic are set to make a move for 27-year-old Japan midfielder Shunsuke Nakamura. New manager Gordon Strachan was a spectator at last month's Confederations Cup in Germany where Nakamura impressed. The £2.75-million rated Nakamura has told his Italian club Reggina he wants to move before
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        520 45  -  CUBBYLEONG New Zealand Soccer could follow Australia and join AFC fold cubby@newstoday.com.sg ON JUNE 29, the Football Federation of Australia was officially endorsed as the 46th national association in the Asian Football Confederation (AFC), at a Fifa Executive Committee meeting in Frankfurt With Oceania only allowed
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        465 45 AFP ONE-DAY CRICKET England v Australia LONDON Brett Lee did his chances of a Test recall no harm at all by taking five scalps, as Australia strolled to a seven-wicket one-day international win against England at Lord's here on Sunday. Fast
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