Today, 19 September 2005, Afternoon Edition

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    11 1 TODAY /A=diaCorp incorporating dtr63tS MICA(P) 112/07/2005 Monday September 19, 2005 todayonline.com
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    Running dry, KL looks to the skies
    576 1  -  TORCHING LI Malaysian capital braces for water rationing, Johor turns to cloud seeding, Perakto prayer chingli@newstoday.com.sg A THREE-MONTH-LONG dry spell is threatening to put Malaysian capital Kuala Lumpur in a scorching bind. Water rationing for the 7.3 million consumers in Kuala Lumpur and
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  • TODAYEXCLUSIVE
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      Lock icon Your car park – my home
      439 1  - Your car park my home JOSE RAYMOND JOSE RAYMOND jose@newstoday.com.sg FOR most, that evening journey to the car park signals the end of a working day. To one elderly couple, however, a multistorey car park in Woodlands Street 41 has been home for the past six months. The man (picture),
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      35 1 ARTS I ARTSXPLOSION Getyour FREE 16-page arts events guide at MRT stations in the CBD, selected Starbucks and Coffee Bean Tea Leaf outlets, hotels, the airport ticketing centres, Singapore Visitor Centres and selected performance venues.
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  • hot news
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      Lock icon Dengue message on bedsheet stained in mozzie blood
      632 2  -  CHOW PENN NEE PM distributes 'weapons of war' to Teck Ghee folk in fight against disease pennnee@newstoday.com.sg WHILE most people whip out smiles or refreshments when the Prime Minister comes knocking at their door, Madam Lee Siew Kheng had a slightly gory
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      Lock icon M'sian authorities on high alert as dengue situation worsens
      180 2 AGENCIES ACROSS the Causeway, Malaysian health officials are on high alert as the number of dengue cases soared last week. Reports yesterday said 69 people had died and 7,000 had been infected so far this year. The latest death was a
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      Lock icon Iraqi Parliament signs off on draft Constitution
      266 3 -AFP BAGHDAD Iraqi rebels shot dead an MP and wounded another hours before Parliament signed off the much-awaited draft Constitution yesterday, paving the way for the charter to be put to a referendum on Oct 15. "We are handing the draft over to
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      Lock icon Will the 'come back home' call backfire?
      321 3 NEW ORLEANS A wellmeaning mayor's desire to see his city back on its feet could be a recipe for disaster. While the world expected New Orleans to remain a ghost town for months after it was devastated by Hurricane Katrina, Mr Ray Nagin,
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      Policy implications of a sleepy little girl in class
      853 3  -  SIEWKUMHONG Workfare's great, but we must recognise some families' unique circumstances newscomment "WE DON'T have money to live, let alone for studies. There is nothing called 'hope' in my future." Those words, uttered by a kid named Avijit in the Oscar-winning
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  • singapore news
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      Lock icon Reality jolt: Power prices poised to rise
      636 4 DOW JONES Tuas Power chief Lim Kong Puay blames the climbing cost of oil OVERSUPPLY in Singapore's power sector has prevented electricity prices from rising in tandem with surging oil prices so far this year, according to the country's thirdranked power generator. But
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      Lock icon Across 50 countries to save the forests
      923 6  -  DAWN QUEK Two men and a car are on a mission to spread the word da wn@newstoday.com.sg A JOURNEY of 75,000 kilometres started, without fuss, from Singapore last week. For the next year, Mr Srinivasa Rao, 43, and Mr R Gnanasekaran, 40, will
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      Lock icon KEEPING IN SHAPE
      109 10 Tan Hui Leng Running and walking the talk on Saturday were 350 staff from the Health Promotion Board who took part in a 2.4 km Fitness Assessment Run and a 2km Fitness Assessment Walk. The activities have been held annually since 2001 to keep HPB staff in
      Tan Hui Leng; PHOTO COURTESY OF HEALTH PROMOTION BOARD  -  109 words
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      Security guard found murdered
      85 10 A CHINESE security guard in his late 40s was found dead yesterday morning along Bukit Timah Road. Police received a call at 6.35 am informing that a man was lying motionless at the back of Boon Siew Building. Upon ar- rival, they found the guard lying
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      Heroin in check, but new threats loom
      400 10  -  TORCHING LI DPM Wong on the great turnaround intheS'poredrug scene chingli@newstoday.com.sg AN ALL-OUT war against drug abuse over the past 10 years has resulted in a muchchanged drug scene in Singapore today. Heroin abuse has dwindled from 5,933 cases in 1994 to 111
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      256 11 Sing Tel TOUCHING s. LIVES FUND _fA L I _VA Show how much you care and make I I a difference to the lives of less L privileged children and young people. M Be part of the moment. It takes so little to bring so much hope and joy to
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      Lock icon Britain's racial nightmare
      466 12 AGENCIES Country could be 'sleepwalking' into segregation, formation of ghettos LONDON Britain could be facing a future of serious ethnic divisions, where different races live in "fullfledged ghettos", warns the head of the country's race relations watchdog. In a speech to be delivered this week that was
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      Lock icon Shot in the arm for Aceh peace
      187 12 -AGENCIES LHOKSEUMAWE The rapid demilitarisation of Aceh picked up steam yesterday with thousands of Indonesian soldiers leaving the province. "An infantry battalion and a company of men from the artillery division, have left on board a navy ship from Krueng Geukeuh this morning,"
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      Lock icon US Jews give Musharraf warm welcome
      228 12 -AFP NEW YORK Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf held an unprecedented meeting with leaders of the American Jewish Congress as part of his campaign to press for moderation in the Muslim world. He is the first leader of a Muslim nation, which has no diplomatic
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    • GLOBAL ROUNDUP
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        SIX-MONTH LIMIT FOR MCS
        71 12 For Malaysians insured by the government's Social Security Organisation, doctors can no longer prescribe unlimited medical leave for migraine, joint pains, backache or other ailments. The Star reported. Medical certificates for those suffering from such pains will be capped at a maximum of six months. Those
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        Lock icon THAI UN CANDIDATE 'UNACCEPTABLE'
        74 12 ■AFP Thai Islamic separatist movement Patani United Liberation Organisation (Pulo) has told the United Nations that Thailand's deputy prime minister was an "unacceptable" candidate to head the world body because his country violated human rights. Deputy Prime Minister Surakiart Sathirathai has been lobbying to become the
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        Lock icon EXPLOSION HITS SULAWESI
        35 12 -AFP An explosion rocked the town of Poso in Indonesia's violence-torn Central Sulawesi province. Four people were injured. The explosion took place close to midnight on Saturday in Lawanga, police said yesterday.
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      Lock icon Stalemate in New Zealand, but Clark has upper hand
      361 14 -EPA —AGENCIES WELLINGTON New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark, 55, and her rival, Dr Don Brash, courted coalition partners yesterday. Both claimed they could muster the necessary strength to form the next government Ms Clark's ruling Labour Party won 50 seats
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      Lock icon Merkel fights to be first woman Chancellor
      672 14 —AFP Opposition does not do as well as expected, Schroeder to block her way BERLIN Ms Angela Merkel steeled herself yesterday for a battle to become Germany's first woman Chancellor after her party's poorer than expected election showing cast doubt on what had
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    • this quirky world
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        PARROT JUMPS SHIP
        69 14 A parrot trained to sing the praises of an Indian politician has moved to his rival's camp, ananova.com reported. The parrot used to chant "Long live Laloo" at meetings in support of the National People's Party's Laloo Prasad Yadav. But when its trainer crossed over to the
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        DOG SHOOTS HUNTER
        80 14 Bulgarian hunter Vasil Plovdiv, 35, was shot by his dog when he tried to knock a bird out of its mouth with his gun. When the German Pointer refused to drop the dead quail it had retrieved, Plovdiv tried to dislodge the bird from the dog's mouth
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        Lock icon SHEEPISH TWIST TO REALITY PROGRAMMING
        81 14 REUTERS Croatia wound up an Internet reality show starring sheep instead of people. The winner of the 10-day Stado (herd) competition is a sheep named Josip, which received poetry in its honour instead of money. The Vecernji List daily reports that those voted out of
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      Lock icon Drugs in condoms, monk with 'speed'
      634 16 -IPS Thai officials are clamping down on creative drug smugglers MAE SAI Drug smugglers in Thailand are getting more and more creative these days. So much so that custom officers in the small town of Mac Sai, near the border of Myanmar, say that
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      Lock icon A bird flu 'catastrophe' ahead?
      531 18 —AGENCIES Millions at risk of HSNI virus, warns WHO; may trigger economic crisis GENEVA Millions of people could die around the world if bird flu spreads out of control and most countries are totally unprepared for such an event, the UN's World Health Organisation said
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      Lock icon Iran digs in ahead of key UN nuclear meeting
      293 18 —AFP TEHRAN President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad yesterday ruled out making any further concessions on Iran's nuclear programme to avert an immediate threat of being referred to the United Nations Security Council. Looking confident after returning from a UN summit in New York,
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      Lock icon 'Gloating' BBC's Katrina storm
      291 18 —THE OBSERVER LONDON British Prime Minister Tony Blair has accused the BBC's coverage of Hurricane Katrina of being "full of hatred of America" and "gloating" at the country's plight Mr Blair allegedly made the remarks in private to Rupert Murdoch, chairman and chief executive of News
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        Lock icon PENANG ROAD MISHAP KILLS 7
        57 18 AFP Seven people, including three policemen, were killed after a car rammed into a police roadblock in Penang yesterday. The pre-dawn accident happened on a busy expressway when the car travelling toward Penang Bridge went out of control on the rain-soaked road, hit the police
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        Lock icon NORTH KOREAN NUCLEAR TALKS EXTENDED
        68 18 AP North Korean disarmament talks have been extended until today, as chief envoys from the six nations involved apparently failed to resolve conflicts over a Chinese proposal that would let Pyongyang keep its civilian atomic power programme after it disarms. The heads of all six
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        Lock icon COUP BID IN MANILA?
        92 18 —AFP The United States embassy in Manila had warned of a possible coup attempt against Philippine president Gloria Arroyo as early as April this year, the Philippine Inquirer reported yesterday. Former US charge d'affaires Joseph Mussomeli's April 15 report referred to "rampant rumours" that a coup
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      Lock icon Going nude in deserted New Orleans
      214 20 -AFP NEW ORLEANS The few city dwellers who remain in New Orleans savour a strange landscape with an often dreamlike quality, enjoying a few guilty pleasures in the absence of their neighbours. Mr John Luwisch, 44, passes most of his time in the nude.
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      Lock icon Is this the dawn of the super storm?
      601 20 IPS Expect more ferocious, Katrina-like storms, say global warming researchers BROOKLIN (Canada) The number of super-powerful storms such as Hurricane Katrina has nearly doubled and there will be even more in the future as the world's oceans continue to warm, scientists say.
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      Mozzies thrive on fear of fines
      300 22  -  BERTRAND TAN Afraid of penalties if the dengue pests are found in their homes, S'poreans not calling in the authorities Letter from MOSQUITOES are feared for two reasons. One, for the diseases they carry and, secondly, for the money they suck out of your
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      Fishing-line hazard in Kallang
      77 22  -  KHOO LIH-HAN Letter from I AM a dragonboater and I row along the Kallang River often. Some of my teammates have had close encounters with fishing lines thrown too far out by those fishing from the shore. It is not possible that we ban fishing at
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      More social work courses needed to deal with ageing issue
      272 22  -  LEOWXIANYIN Letter from I SHARE Mr Wong Teck Hian's sentiments ("Why no diploma in social work?", Sept 16). I gathered from the Internet that the closest option available in local polytechnics is the Diploma in Community Service Management offered by
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      isay CAN FAST-FOOD GENERATION DELIVER?
      384 23  -  KURT GAN APATHY I REFER to the article "Singapore's Gen V conservative still" (Sept 8). Some of the statistics uncovered by the study are rather worrying, if you stop to think about it. The fact that less than half of the females surveyed would sacrifice
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      Three good men vs many bystanders
      223 23  -  AUGUSTINE TAN ACCOLADE Letter from I WOULD like to thank a few people, without whose public spirited efforts the intruder who broke into our house would have surely escaped. Last Wednesday at about 12.20 am, a Chinese man wearing a black-and-red jacket broke into
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      FOCUS ON THE FAMILY
      239 24  -  BY I lUIAU DR JAMES DOBSON MAKE ROOM FOR CHILDHOOD Applying makeup to 4-year-olds and giving them adult-looking dolls at five, letting them date at 12, and virtually emancipating them at 16... Is this the best preparation for adulthood? I think not. We used to give
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      Is it about TNP? Or about AFA?
      464 24  -  IVAN FERNANDEZ Letter from Editor, The New Paper The New Paper on Sunday YOUR report, "AFA tests negative on volunteer sex charge, still bitter" (Sept 8), discredits The New Paper on Sunday. Yet your writer failed to get our side of the story.
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      Members of online forums should be named
      129 24  -  NELSON QUAH Letter from I AGREE with Timothy Tang Nam Yen ("Free speech: Are you responsible enough?", Sept 16). Some of the comments posted in online forums leave much to be desired. Some contributors, hiding under the cloak of anonymity, were sometimes outrageous
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      I can't bear to look at my husband
      412 25  -  JENNYF The wife's story: He prefers family maid Letter from I WATCHED people completely absorbed in reading your weekend cover feature, "Dangerous Liaisons" (Sept 17-18). I was amazed to see people reading it on MRTs, on the streets and in offices with
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      Rivalry the stuff of memories
      155 25  -  UMBAKSEAH Lettsr from I REFER to your report, "Saints and Rafflesians set to revive a storied rivalry" (Sept 14). The rugby spirit between the Saints and Raffles Institution dates back to even before the Kiwi Cup. As an early secondary student in 1959-1960 at the
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      Underground leaks a worry
      146 25  -  UM BOON HEE Letter from I READ about a few incidents involving underground gas leaks, including the latest in Towner Road that caused a small explosion and fire. Fortunately, in another one in Bedok, there was no fire. It was reported by a visitor to the
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      Lock icon Taken in by a smooth-talker's words
      801 26  -  KAREN —AS TOLD TO LOHCHEE KONG Couple face financial and marital problems after husband is lured by a bankrupt ex-criminal into a business thatfailed bJ, Desperate wite HER world fell apart when her 15-year-old daughter was knocked down and killed by a bus three
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      WHAT LAWYERS SAY:
      202 26 Does Karen have a way out? Mr Vijai Parwani, principal partner of Parwani Co, said: "Assuming it was a sole proprietorship under the name of Peter, then Peter would be liable for all the debts of the business incurred when he was the owner of the business."
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    • Letter
      A move towards making childcare centres accessible to all
      289 26  -  CHRISTINE CHEN Letter from President, Association for Early Childhood Educators (Singapore) I REFER to the letter "Will my child be safe at a childcare centre?" (Sept 10-11), in which Ms Patricia Koh said cost is a key factor for low-income families
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      SingTel's Indonesia challenge
      468 28  -  CHRISTIE LOH IN JAKARTA christie@newstoday.com.sg Telkomsel's 54-per-cent market share may drop due to stiff competition, says its CEO TELKOMSEL one of the star performers in SingTel's overseas stable expects heightened competition next year as newcomers into Indonesia's mobile phone market are expected to ignite a price war.
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      TELKOMSEL UNTOUCHED BY RUPIAH'S SLUMP: FINANCE DIRECTOR
      152 28 An internal monetary risk management system implemented in 2001 has been protecting Telkomsel from the recent turbulence in the Indonesian currency. Late last month, the rupiah plummeted to a four-year low of 11,550 against the US dollar amid rising oil prices. Analysts have
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      Lock icon End fuel supply monopoly, says China Eastern Airlines
      267 28 -AFP BEIJING China Eastern Airlines, one of the country's top three carriers, has called for an end to the monopoly of fuel supply in the domestic market, which has sent its profits diving. "The fuel monopoly system must be broken to let
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        Lock icon Singapore
        156 28 -AFP Shares are expected to trade in a narrow range this week on expectations United States monetary policy makers would raise interest rates, dealers said. The US central bank's Federal Open Market Committee will meet tomorrow to decide whether to raise interest rates to stem the inflationary impact of
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        Your S$1 buys
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        27 28 1 by Bloomt Gold US$/oz 483.5 Silver US$/oz 7.275 Platinum US$/oz 923.8 Rubber cents/kg 290.00 Palm oil RM/tonne 1387.00 Brent crude US$/barrel 62.88 Information provided Bloomberg
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      349 29 -AFP HONG KONG A Macau bank accused by the United States of aiding illicit North Korean activities has been placed under government control amid fears the scandal could wreck the city's financial sector, officials said yesterday. The damning report from the US
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      360 29 BLOOMBERG Lack of fresh water presents water-recycling market WATER treatment firm Hyflux expects sales from India to account for as much as 20 per cent of the total in about two years as it expands in the world's second-most populous nation. The listed home-grown
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      170 29 -AP TAIPEI Taiwan's laptop computer industry once the world's largest has closed its last assembly line and completed a massive relocation to rival China, a newspaper reported yesterday. First International Computer shut down its Taiwan factory recently, becoming the last Taiwanese laptop
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        206 30 IN SUPPORT of the Health Promotion Board's current Healthy Lifestyle Month, Nestle Singapore is offering ComfortDelGro cabbies unlimited cups of Wite coffee or Wite tea served with Nestle Coffeemate Liquid Creamer at a promotional price until Oct3l. Nestle Coffeemate Liquid Creamer, or Wite, is
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        261 30 A GUIDE to Investment-Linked Life Insurance Policies, is a free public seminar in English that discusses investment-linked policies (ILPs) as an option for meeting life insurance protection and long-term savings needs. ILPs offer both insurance and investment benefits in a single
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        58 30 Burberry Fragrances, Estheva Spa and Godiva chocolates. Each couple will also get gifts when they sign up. They also stand to win a Jane Wilson-Marquis couture bridal gown, Longines timepieces, Mondial jewellery, air tickets to Koh Samui and Anantara Resort stays. To book seats,
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        87 30 RESIDENTS and tourists in Singapore sent out a staggering 272,635 "Uniquely Singapore" postcards in August, to their friends and relatives worldwide. This rise of more than 30,000 postcards compared to the same period last year bears testimony to the continued success of Project Postcard.
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        216 30 —AFP VIENNA Saudi Arabian Oil Minister Ali Al Nuaimi has said that he favoured a rise in Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries' (Opec) official output quota of crude oil, but declined to indicate by how much. The Saudi minister noted that any decision
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        382 30 AFP Analysts question wisdom of likely rates hike this week WASHINGTON The Federal Reserve faces a tough decision as it mulls another interest rate hike after what may be a major blow to the United States economy from Hurricane Katrina. Most economists and market
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        165 30 BLOOMBERG EXXON Mobil Corp agreed to develop Indonesia's US$2.6 billion ($4.3 billion) Cepu oil field, a breakthrough in a four year dispute with the state oil company over how to exploit the nation's biggest untapped deposit. The standoff between state-owned PT Pertamina and Exxon
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        607 31  -  WILLIAM PESEKJR BLOOMBERG Favourite market for investors for eight straight months TRAVELLING around Europe, one gets the distinct impression the Japanese recovery investors waited 15 years for is finally afoot. "It's a local growth story," says Mr Marco Ratti, chief investment officer at Milan's Banca
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        532 32  -  JOHN BITTLESTON Retrenchment: Part 1 WHETHER you call it downsizing, "letting go", retrenchment or just simple "firing", losing your job is a nasty business. Your income ceases. Your family worries. Suddenly, the security a good home needs has partly disappeared. Perhaps the worst aspect
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        299 32  -  LEE U-WEN u-wen@newstoday.com.sg THE Singapore Management University (SMU) has launched a new graduate-level course to meet the growing demand of qualified accounting professionals in Singapore. It is the first local university to offer a Master of Professional Accounting (MPA) degree, a two-year part-time programme
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      768 33  -  LEE U-WEN He says NUS Business School has forgotten about competition, plans to change things u-wen@newstoday.com.sg THE country's top local business school has gotten a little lazy, complacent even. And it cannot afford to slacken, or it would risk being overtaken by the competition. Issuing
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      779 34  -  gf eliza@newstoday.com.sg THE phenomenon kicked off with simple street routines in 1981. Banging old dustbins and buckets with sticks, the performers belted out rhythms on all kinds of household appliances and street furniture to tiny audiences. Today, Stomp has performed to over nine million people in 42 countries
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      302 36  -  JEANINETAN Outspoken Apprentice reject says Trump shouldn't flatter himself jeanine@newstoday.com.sg ON REALITY show The Apprentice 3, Erin Elmore has a reputation for being outspoken. The good news is she's no different in real life a phone conversation with her proves every bit as entertaining as watching her on
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      111 36 Stomp has performed over 10,000 shows to more than 9 million people. •There are currently four Stomp companies. One is tourNorth America, another Europe and the rest of the world. The other two are based in New York and London. In its lifetime. Stomp has used over
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      344 36 -AP LONDON Supermodel Kate Moss admitted the truth over the weekend and the rest of the world struggled to stifle a yawn. After years of hanging out with hard-living actors and drugtaking rock stars, Moss conceded that she, too, takes cocaine. According to
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      299 37 —AFP MEMPHIS The home of blues has a new sound these days. Jazz and zydeco now wafts amid the neon garden of Memphis, Tennessee's Beale Street, where rock and roll was born. It comes courtesy of scores of musicians
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      342 37  -  ffs Saxophonist Redman gets spontaneous Methany, Charlie Haden and Billy Higgins very early on after I moved to New York." Still, how does such a sensation in the jazz world escape the ghosts of greats such as John Coltrane and Ornette Coleman? "I've never seen the past as
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      378 38  -  Mervin Tay Hong Kong star delivers with aplomb, makes up for musical's weak plot MUSICALREVIEW by............. Snow. Wolf. Lake Singapore Indoor Stadium SNOW.WOLF.LAKE is the most cliched of love stories, but the timeless tunes and polished performances by the cast still made the musical one to relish.
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        101 38 A Broadway musical about former Beatle John Lennon is to close just six weeks after it opened to poor reviews in New York. Last week the show played to less than 40 per cent of the theatre's capacity. Lennon -which was created with the help
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        84 38 James Bond is to be given a new image as a younger character with no gadgets, a writer on the next film has told trade paper the Hollywood Reporter. "We're trying to reinvent Bond. He's 28 no Q, no gadgets," said Paul Haggis, who is
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        TSOTSI, LOOK BOTH WAYS WIN OSCAR WARM-UP
        106 38 Tsotsi and Look Both Ways on Saturday won the top awards at the Toronto International Film Festival, an event often seen as the kickoff to Oscar season. Tsotsi, a joint UK/South African production about a Johannesburg gangster who steals a car and finds
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        58 38 A Los Angeles judge sentenced rock singer Courtney Love to 180 days in a county jail for drug use in breach of a parole order on Friday. But the former wife of late rock star Kurt Cobain will be able to serve the
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      244 39  -  David Chew THEATRE REVIEW by AS FAR as performing foreign scripts go, Luna-id Theatre's interpretation of Quills (on until Sept 25) may be one of the most memorable to date. The cast, made up of theatre heavyweights such as Lim Kay Tong, Janice Koh and a
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      328 39  -  David Chew Separation 40 is proof positive that Singapore-Malaysia collaborations can succeed THEATREREVIEW by............. Separation 40, Esplanade Theatre Studio EXPLORING the supposed differences between Singaporeans and Malaysians, the joint collaboration between Singapore's The Necessary Stage and Malaysia's Dramalab in Separation 40 proved to be a rather
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        876 40  -  EVELINE GAN Melt-The World Cafe offers a mix of international and Asian cuisine at 10 stations eveline@newstoday.com.sg FOR the rich and mighty, there's always the option of jetting around the world to indulge in the various gastronomic treasures each country has to
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        173 41  -  Brenda Chew OFFERS GALORE AT YOSHINOYA'S BTH ANNIVERSARY YOSHINOYA celebrates its eighth anniversary with offers galore and new product creations. The Japanese eatery will unveil its latest dish of Bento Setto (above), which comprises their signature gyudon (beef bowl), yasaitempura{a mixture of tempura eggplant, carrot and sweet potato), fresh
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      481 45 -AFP Dethroned lightweight champion Johnson in a coma LAS VEGAS United States boxer Levander Johnson was fighting for his life following surgery for bleeding in the brain on Saturday, after losing his International Boxing Federation lightweight crown to Mexican Jesus Chavez. Referee
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      177 45 -AFP BEIJING Mark Miles, head of the body which governs men's professional tennis, sees China as the sport's most important growth market and says now is the time to build on the potential. "China is regarded by the ATP as the most important possible
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      831 46  -  JOSE RAYMOND But after a rocky start, Shariff's finally on track to follow in his father's footsteps jose@newstoday.com.sg HE ALWAYS knew it was going to be one hard slog. Anywhere in the world, trying to fit into the boots of a legend is a huge, uphill
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      419 47  -  ERIC DING Albirexgoal ace Nakajima stays put, but for how long? sports@newstoday.com.sg ALBIREX Niigata striker Issey Nakajima is a wanted man, but for the moment, he's staying put. After frenzied speculation a month ago that the former Crystal Palace youth team player was on his way to
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      339 47  -  -ERIC DING AFTER starring in last year's Asian Cup finals and the recent Fifa Confederations Cup in Germany, Singapore's top referee Shamsul Maidin is gearing up for his next overseas assignment Together with N Santhan, Jarrod Lim and Mohd Ali Samad, Shamsul will be
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      Balestier v Geylang
      145 48 Toa Payoh Stadium Tomorrow 7.30pm Prediction: Balestier 2 Geylang 1 Likely scorers: Kengne Ludovick (Balestier), Pitipong Kudilog (Geylang) Suspensions: Nor Azli Yusoff (Balestier), Noh Rahman and Rudy Khairon (Geylang) Injuries: Daun Mathewand Brian Ravi (Balestier), Razaleigh Khalik (Geylang) Last 5 games: Balestier LLWLW, Geylang LLLLL Previous league
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      744 48  -  ERIC DING Balestier and Geylang out to end their sorry run of form sports@newstoday.com.sg GEYLANG United are in a desperate state and most teams would relish the prospect of meeting the one-time giants of the S-League, but not Balestier Khalsa coach Abdul Karim Razzak. Balestier entertain
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      Paya Lebar V SAFFC
      194 49 Hougang Stadium Thursday, 7.30pm AFTER halting a real sticky run in their season, SAFFC take on Paya Lebar determined to keep the pressure on leaders Tampines. A month ago, just as the Warriors looked primed to overtake Tampines Rovers at the top, they crumbled spectacularly in
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      Young Lions v Woodlands
      175 49 Yishun Stadium Friday, 7.30pm Live on Channel News Asia WITH Tampines playing a day later. Woodlands have the golden opportunity to seize leadership of the S-League forthe first time since Karim Bencherifa took over as coach and force even greater pressure on the Stags. Woodlands continued
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      197 49 Jurong Stadium Saturday, 7.30pm BOTH Sinchi and Tampines need points for different reasons, with the hosts hoping to secure eighth spot and Tampines eager to continue their push to win back-to-back S-League titles. Tampines are currently on one of their worst runs of the season, with only
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      Albirex V Home
      167 49 Jurong East Stadium Sunday, 7.30pm SUNDAY'S match will be a fight between two teams aiming to find a place in the top half of the table. Both Albirex and Home seem to have finally turned the corner after respective nightmarish starts to the season ended any hopes
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        FOR FUTURE MEN IN BLACK
        76 49 ANYONE who is between 16-34 years of age and has hopes of becoming the next Shamsul Maidin will be pleased to know that there is a basic referees' course scheduled for November. Sanctioned by the Football Association of Singapore, candidates (men and women) are required
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        CHINA CALLING
        75 49 EARLIER this month, former Sinchi striker Zhou Yi (below) was called up for the China national team for the East Asian Games football tournament in Macau. Despite scoring seven goals last season, the 22-year-old could not prevent Sinchi from finishing ninth in the S-League. Zhou moved to Chinese
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        66 49 SECOND-HALF goals from Jamie Oh and Siti Fajariah lifted Singapore to a 2-0 victory over Malaysia last Wednesday. Defender Oh opened the scoring forthe Lionesses in the friendly international at the Clementi Stadium on the hour mark. Five minutes from the end, substitute Siti sealed the win
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        50 49 WHEN the fasting month of Ramadan commences for Muslims (around Oct 5), all SLeague matches will switch kick-off times in the final three rounds (Rounds 25, 26 and 27). All matches will kick-off at Bpm and the 'live' games in television on Fridays will start at 7.10pm.
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        91 49 GEYLANG United look set to name a new head coach over the next month or so. Last weekend, the club conducted interviews with a few candidates and it appears that the favourite to take over as head coach for next season is former Thai international,
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      Paya Lebar rule, with help from China
      323 49  -  ERIC DING sports@newstoday.com.sg THEY travelled all the way from China just to play football here. And their efforts have not been in vain. Social footballers in their country, Luo Jian Zhen, Chen Cai Ying, Chen Yue Gui and Tang Hua Van have been
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      472 50  -  ERIC DING Albirex ace crowned hunk of the year as local football comes together and parties BY............. sports@newstoday.com.s IT CAME down to a battle between Hidetoshi Wakui, He Hongji and Hassan Sunny, and in the end, the Albirex Niigata star pipped the other two contenders to
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      479 51 -AFP Aussie legend finds his grip on dream job as coach of India slipping as reality bites NEW DELHI When Australian great Greg Chappell took over as India's coach in June, he had visions of giving the world's most cricketcrazy nation a team to be
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      367 51 ■AP GOLF 84 Lumber Classic FARMINGTON, Pennsylvania Get out the beer and chips, pull up the recliner. Jason Gore, the everyman's version of a PGA Tour pro, is playing in the final group on Sunday (this morning, Singapore time) again. Only this
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      268 51 -AFP GOLF John Q Hammons Hotel Classic BROKEN ARROW, Oklahoma Defending champion Annika Sorenstam fired a four-under par 67 here Saturday (yesterday morning, Singapore time) to seize a onestroke lead entering the final round of the US$l million ($1.68 million) LPGA John Q Hammons Hotel
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      319 52 Points shared no one's happy —AFP PRIMERA LIGA Valencia 2 Deportivo 2 MADRID Deportivo La Coruna lost their perfect record, but scraped a valuable point in a 2-2 draw at Valencia on Saturday (yesterday morning, Singapore time), in a see-saw contest that saw both teams forced to play most of
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        727 52 Nine-man Real Madrid suffer third defeat, Barcelona fall to A Madrid MADRID Nine-man Real Madrid slumped to a 1-0 defeat at Espanyol yesterday (this morning, Singapore time) to leave the misfiring multimillionaires hovering just one point above the Spanish League relegation zone. It was Real's third defeat in
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      121 53  -  CUBBYLEONG AFTER losing to Singapore 50-47 last Tuesday, Indonesia took revenge to post an outstanding 61-40 win against the hosts last night, on the final day of the Singapore Women's Basketball Invitation 2005 at the Toa Payoh Sports Hall. Singapore coach Low Dong was clearly unhappy with his
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      419 54  -  ENGLISH PREMIERSHIP —AFP Arsenal v Everton LONDON Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger has demanded his team shake off their sluggish start to the season against struggling Everton today (tomorrow morning, Singapore time), or risk losing sight of Premiership champions Chelsea in the title race.
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