Today, 24 October 2005, Afternoon Edition

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    12 1 TODAY /A=diaCorp fresfsf mica(P) 112/07/2005 incorporating IMTCiITS Monday October 24, 2005 todayonline.com
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  • AFTERNOONEDITION
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      Lock icon First deadly bird flu case in Britain
      218 1 AFP South American parrot in quarantine died from H5N1 strain LONDON A South American parrot that died while in British quarantine was carrying the strain of bird flu that has killed more than 60 people in Asia since 2003, officials said yesterday. "We
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    • Article
      Polish surprise
      66 1 WARSAW Staunchly Catholic Conservative Lech Kaczynski was set to become Poland's next President, according to partial results released late yesterday which bucked pre-vote surveys that had consistently put his liberal rival, Mr Donald Tusk, in the lead. Mr Kaczynski garnered 55.44 per cent of the run-off vote, results
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      Lock icon $3.24m for Cancer Charity Show campaign
      287 1 EUSACHIA IT'S official Singaporeans' confidence in charity organisations is back. That is, going by the $3.24 million in donations pledged by the end of last night's Cancer Charity Show 2005, for the beneficiaries of the Singapore Cancer Society (SCS). The first televised extravaganza to
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      Lock icon China must narrow income gap: PM
      817 1  -  LEE CHING WERN VA H V^ *d *M V* %M fcl LEE U WEN chingwern@newstoday.com.sg CHINA'S standard of living has gone up and a portion of its population has become prosperous, but it also has to address the widening income gap or there may
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      Lock icon Assad's seat at risk in wake of Hariri findings
      521 2 —AGENCIES WHERE BIG BOYZ'TOYZ GET LATHERED UP: Ifs a blatant way to get your target audience all hot and lathered up. But the organisers of Big Boyz Toyz-an exhibition of products, activities and other things that interest men were not looking
      —AGENCIES; AFP  -  521 words
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      SHAME THE WORKERS, SUFFER THE FIRMS
      695 3  -  David Graves Motivation by humiliation and abuse are counterproductive, costs more WHAT do vegetables, bits of wood and animal's protuberances have to do with the workplace? Apparently in the financial sector, it's called "motivation". Recently, it was reported that a teenage bank teller at
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  • singapore news
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      Lock icon Electricity prices same as in 2000
      193 4 CHANNEL NEWSASIA COMPETITION in the electricity market and measures to enhance efficiency and reliability have paid off in Singapore's electricity industry. One positive result is that the price of electricity has remained the same as that about five years ago, according to the Energy
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      Is poor nutrition putting your kid's future at risk?
      392 4  -  VINITARAMANI One in seven local kids underweightand this may affect brain development vinita@newstoday.com.sg HIGH as Singapore's healthcare standards are, some 14 per cent of Singaporean children under the age of five are underweight and therefore at risk of poor brain development
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      Lock icon S'pore cars find new lease of life – overseas
      400 4 S'pore cars find new lease of life overseas CHANNEL NEWSASIA A BUMPER crop of 100,000 cars this year is being taken off Singapore roads and exported, say car dealers. Singapore is now the second-largest car exporter in the world, after Japan. The Automobile Import and Export Association (AIEA) is aiming
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      Triathlete's mystery death
      383 6  -  LEECHINGWERN 'Excellent swimmer' drowns in Saturday's race at East Coast chingwern@newstoday.com. sg A MAN, 39, man drowned while taking part in the New Balance Corporate Triathlon on Saturday. It is the first time such an accident has happened in the 20-odd years triathlons have been held in
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      Lock icon Forging bonds with Kagoshima
      205 6 CHANNEL NEWSASIA JAPAN'S Kagoshima prefecture and Singapore are accelerating talks on strengthening ties. This could set the stage for the 40th anniversary celebrations of diplomatic ties between Japan and Singapore next year. Kagoshima, on Kyushu Japan's southernmost main island is known for its natural beauty, including
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      Singapore 140th in press freedom index
      563 6  -  -DERRICKA PAULO SINGAPORE has inched up seven spots in the 2005 World Press Freedom Index, released on Thursday by international association Reporters Sans Frontieres (RSF). The Republic is now ranked 140 th out of 167 countries, one place behind the Philippines. Last year, Dr
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      Lock icon Empathetic ears for trying times
      660 8  -  TAN HUI LENG Support group for couples who have fertility problems set up by those who have undergone treatments huileng@newstoday.com.sg TANIA Grose-Hodge is a lucky woman. She only had to go through the Intracytoplasmic Sperm Injection process once before she became pregnant. Many couples who
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      118 8 ■■■1 SIN-SUB SUB-SIN VFS3I Departure 09:05 VF532 Departure 11:10 From 2J October 2005 to 29 October 200J From 2J October 2005 to 29 October 2005 VFS3I Departure 08:40 VF532 Departure 10:55 From 30 October 2005 lo 26 March 1006 from 30 October 2005 to 16 Match 1006 Book now or
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  • world news
    • GLOBALROUNDUP
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        Lock icon THAILAND HOPEFUL OF BETTER TIES
        70 10 AFP Thailand s foreign minister Kantathi Suphamongkhon was hopeful of an improvement in relations with neighbouring Malaysia, strained over an insurgency raging near their border, reported The Nation in Bangkok. Ties have deteriorated since 131 Thai Muslims from Narathiwat province crossed into Malaysia in August,
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        Lock icon COUNTER-TERROR STRATEGY FAILING
        82 10 -AFP The British government's counter-terror-ism strategy is failing, according to a leaked paper by the prime minister's delivery unit, which was set up to ensure policies work effectively, the Times newspaper reported. In an indictment of Labour's war on terror, the confidential document says that key policies
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        Lock icon HEROIN TRAFFICKERS DEPORTED
        64 10 -AFP Myanmar has handed two suspected traffickers to China after seizing almost 500 kg of heroin in the country's second biggest drugs bust, the government said yesterday. Speaking at a rare press conference in the capital, Myanmar police force chief Brigadier General Khin Yee, said 494 kg
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      Lock icon EU mulls import ban on wild birds
      590 10 Increasing pressure to act follows discovery of HSNI case in Britain BRUSSELS The European Union executive faced increasing pressure yesterday to ban all wild bird imports after a parrot that died while in British quarantine was confirmed to have been infected with the
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      Lock icon Hurricane Wilma roars towards Florida
      253 10 AFP CANCUN (Mexico) Reinvigorated after a deadly strike on Mexico's Yucatan peninsula, Hurricane Wilma roared yesterday towards Florida where storm-weary US officials ordered mass evacuations. Wilma killed at least eight people in Mexico, and the Caribbean braced for more trouble as Tropical Storm Alpha also
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      Lock icon Nigerian air crash: All 117 on board killed
      465 12 -AFP Loud explosion before plane hit the ground: Witnesses LISSA (Nigeria) Rescuers yesterday struggled to gather and identify hundreds of severed body parts scattered amid smoking debris at the site of an airliner crash which killed all 117 people on board. Local
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      Lock icon Alleged rape sparks race riots in UK
      231 12 AFP LONDON A man was stabbed to death while several others, including a police officer, were injured in riots in Birmingham, England, on Saturday. The violence was the cumulation of days of tension over the alleged rape of a black girl by south
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      Lock icon Need to talk to Yangon
      759 14  -  BARBARA LITZLBECK IPS Asean lacks the clout to pressure junta to bring about democratic reforms news@newstoday.com.sg UNITED NATIONS The Association of South East Asian Nations (Asean) is seeking to bring before the United Nations Security Council the issue of the need for democratic reforms in
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      Lock icon Are Indonesia's oil price hikes fuelling mental illness?
      187 14 DPA JAKARTA The number of mentally-ill patients in east Java's capital of Surabaya has increased after the Indonesian government raised domestic fuel prices. The Jakarta Post reported that the number of patients being treated at the city's Menur hospital on a long-term
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      Lock icon Fearful Saddam lawyers want US bodyguards
      263 15 -AGENCIES BAGHDAD Judges, prosecutors and attorneys even law clerks and accountants involved in cases linked to Saddam Hussein's decades of rule in Iraq are now living in constant fear of being targeted for death. Last week's abduction and murder of Mr Saadoun Janabi points
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      Lock icon IRAQ NOT SAFE
      441 15 AGENCIES Insurgency justified, say Iraqis HOME BLEAK HOME: Asylum seekers in London protesting deportation to Iraq, saying the insurgency there has made it unsafe Survey suggests coalition has lost battle to win hearts, minds of people LONDON A significant number of Iraqi citizens believe that insurgent attacks
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      Lock icon Pakistan and India to open border for quake victims
      179 16 —AGENCIES MUZAFFARABAD (Pakistan) Pakistan and India were making plans yesterday to let earthquake victims cross the disputed Kashmir border, bringing the nuclear-armed rivals closer in the wake of a shared tragedy that killed nearly 80,000 people on both sides of the
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      Lock icon About to take off like a rocket
      517 16 -AGENCIES Hurricane warning along Florida's west coast KEY WEST (Florida) Hurricane Wilma was yesterday expected to pick up speed as it moved across the Gulf of Mexico towards Florida, after battering Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula for the past two days with sustained winds of
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      Lock icon Editor opens rift over 'leak'
      318 17 -THE OBSERVER NEW YORK A fallout from the scandal of how a secret CIA operative's name came to be leaked to the United States media is threatening to engulf the White House in crisis and has also reached the newsroom of the venerable New York
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    • this quirky world
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        LET THEM TOMATOES FLYI
        84 17 With hundreds of juicy tomatoes as ammunition and a 3-hectare New Brunswick field as their battleground, more than 100 people squared off on Saturday in the Great Canadian Tomato Fight, the Canadian Press news agency reported. The town of Maugerville's inaugural tomato battle was based on
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        Lock icon GO TO THE GRAVES, TOURISTS
        59 17 DPA India's northern Himachal Pradesh state has decided to use the "otherwordly" charm of its capital to promote tourism and is carrying out a survey of 100 cemeteries to evaluate their tourism potential. The hill-state is known for its ghost tales and authors including Rudyard
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      Lock icon Islam and Mirza, an incendiary mix?
      830 18  -  SANJAYKAPOOR Controversy over Indian tennis star's dress is puzzling world at large A FEW years ago, while hanging out at the Delhi Lawn Tennis Association (DLTA) stadium where I would occasionally go to knock a few balls, my marker came up to me and
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      The 'rights' way to go
      439 20  -  tang v Allowing suspects access to lawyers will ensure the police build a strong case Letter from I WAS saddened by Mr Wong Kan Seng, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Home Affairs, telling Parliament that accused people would not be given access to legal
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      Lock icon Condos seem more attractive than five-room flats
      136 20  -  CHIAM MOI LENG Letterfrom I REFER to the letter "HDB owners must be realistic, prudent" by Mr Tay Boon Sun (Oct 21). I spoke to many real estate agents and was informed that the demand for five-room flats is low compared to the
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      Do an independent audit of fare losses
      257 20  -  GOH RONG KAI Letter from "AS AN independent regulator, the Public Transport Council (PTC) is entrusted with the challenging mission of both safeguarding the interest of the public and ensuring the long-term viability of public transport operators. It aims to strike an optimum
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      When offenders are fined, turn proceeds over to the victims
      304 22  -  AMANDATAN Letter from I REFER to Mr Charles Tan's News Comment, "Salving the wound with money" (Oct 19). I've always wondered why people who commit a crime, whether they did so with ill intentions or not, are punished with fines,
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      Lock icon The ghost writer
      1002 22  -  wmsmmm The truth is out there... and he's not afraid to dig it up ImmllhS 31, Author THERE is nothing mysterious about Jonathan him, the, author of Owe Supernatural Skyline Between Gods and Ghosts. Not for him gothic all-black attire, he prefers a down-to-earth khaki-coloured shirt and
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      FOCUS ON THE FAMILY
      237 24  -  DR JAMES DOBSON BY WHEN A SPOUSE LEAVES Have you noticed howthe wounded partner in a divorce, the person who is clearly the victim of the other's irresponsibility, is often the one who suffers the greatest guilt when the marriage breaks up? It'strue. The partner who
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      Lock icon THE WORLD REMEMBERS, BUT WHEN WILL JAPAN?
      1458 24  -  Dr Takamitsu Muraoka isay The son of an Imperial army officer, this retired academic will not rest until Japan owns up to itsWWII-era militarism SOME years ago, a South Korean businessman was sent by his company to Kyushu, Japan. His son attended a
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    • Letter
      How are bus drivers trained to respond?
      190 26  -  LINDA CHEW Letter from I REFER to Ms Carmen Teoh-Tang's letter and SBS Transit's reply, in "Could the bus driver have done more?" (Oct 19). As a passenger on board that bus, I felt the bus captain could have shown more concern for
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      Lock icon Age limit rules out bulk of customers
      125 26  -  KENT NAI Letter from I REFER to the report, "Plugging the pre-paid loophole" (Oct 22-23). I think it is not fair to rule that a person who buys a pre-paid SIM card in Singapore has to be aged 15 years and above. The
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      Lock icon isay SOCIETY BLIND TO SPECIAL NEEDS
      651 26  -  CRIS EWELL WHILE I am happy that Singapore's bus systems will now allow guide dogs, as does the MRT system, it is sad that the law and society still do not allow them in most other public places. Let me illustrate with a story.
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      That taboo subject of sex
      192 28  -  KHOO LIH-HAN Is there enough taught in schools today? Letter from I HAVE been through Singapore's education system for 12 years and I have realised that sex education is far from sufficient for students. In primary school, there is a small section on sex education
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      Roll up your sleeves, boss
      163 28  -  NELSON QUAH Letter from IT IS not uncommon for bosses to place the responsibility of delivering excellent customer services on the shoulders of their front-line customer service staff. It would be good for bosses to be seen to walk their talk. They should not be
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      Lock icon 'Soft' aspects of a global city
      150 28  -  KRIS LEE WAI LOON Letter from I REFER to Mr Mano Sabnani's commentary, "Singapore as a true global city?" (Oct 20) Indeed, a global city needs to be "very cosmopolitan and accommodate people from all over the world". In terms of our national policy
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      151 30 BLOOMBERG A BANKING unit of Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, the world's largest bank by assets, will buy 10 billion yen ($146 billion) of Singapore government bonds as part of its plan to invest in Asian sovereign debt outside Japan, the Nikon
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        171 30 SHARE prices here are expected to remain subdued this week on concerns that the US Federal Reserve may further raise interest rates to fight inflation, dealers said. "I think the market will remain cautious because of the concern over inflationary pressures and consequently a possible interest rate hike," said
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        31 30 JS$ JK£ 'en 1K$ luro lupiah 0.5897 0.3334 68.351 4.5717 2.2255 0.4933 5955.9 Peso A$ Indian Rs Won C$ Yuan NZ$ 32.691 0.787' 26.581 624.1! 0.7001 4.769] 0.8421
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        26 30 Gold US$/oz 468.50 Silver US$/oz 7.69 Platinum US$/oz 932.80 Rubber cents/kg 289.25 Palm oil RM/tonne 1418.00 Brant crude US$/barrel 58.50 Information provided by SGX, Bloomberg
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      331 30 AGENCIES Seeks shareholders' approval to equity fund raising to finance acquisitions SINGAPORE-listed Macquarie International Infrastructure Fund (MIIF) plans to raise $500 million in equity to finance acquisition of new assets and to fund more investments in its existing portfolio. The company said in a statement that
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      201 30 -BLOOMBERG TEMASEK Holdings has been denied permission to boost its stake in China Construction Bank Corp, the Standard reported, without saying where it obtained the information. The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong rejected Temasek's offer to buy a further 3.3 billion shares
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      254 31 -BLOOMBERG JC Flowers Co, one of the bidders for Refco Inc's futurestrading business, said that it may withdraw its offer unless a judge approves the sale by Nov 11. Refco, which filed for protection from creditors last Monday, had
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        148 31 OVER the last six months, more than 500,000 Swensen's customers participated in the restaurant's Mega Fun Rewards campaign. During the period, customers were entitled to a lucky draw with every $30 spent at the restaurant. From among the participants, 16 people were picked to take
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        111 31 WATCHES have evolved from devices that only told time, to becoming decorative accessories. Today's watches are capable of many functions. The Stanley Works, a manufacturer of innovative tools and hardware for home improvement, consumer, industrial and professional use, has introduced innovative digital watches that
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        183 31 BY 2030, one in five Singaporeans will be above age 65 and an ageing population is more likely to suffer from incidences of hip fractures due to brittle bones. The skeleton in the human body is replaced every seven to 10 years and needs continuous
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        778 32 DOWJONES Company faces shrinking margins and competition from lower-cost rivals VENTURE Corporation (Venture) has been buffeted by a string of analyst downgrades over the past month, but the Singapore-list-ed electronics contract manufacturer could be in for more stormy weather as it struggles with shrinking margins and
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          89 32 CHARTERED SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING ($1.02) HOLD OCBC Investment Research keeps a "Hold" rating on Chartered with fair value at $1.09, as the upside is limited from here, despite the company's "commendable" 3Q05 results and profitable 40.05 outlook. The research house cites low visibility into FY06, as revenue is likely to dip
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          78 32 I Dow Jones DBS Vickers keeps a "Hold" on SCS with the target price at 75 cents as a recent contract from Brunei's Ministry of Defence is unlikely to impact current year earnings because most of this revenue is to be recognised in the
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        567 33  -  JOHN BITTLESTON The best job is the one you already have, so do not let it go until the next one is in hand, says career coach Retrenchment Part 6 The 9 Golden Rules of Job Loss bittleston@btinternet.com HERE are nine Golden Rules about
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        684 34  -  JASMINE YIN 30-year-old educationist provides school drop-outs an oasis to start afresh jasmine.yin@newstoday.com.sg AT 30, Principal Kenny Low could be the youngest principal in Singapore. Known to chat with his students online or in person as a friend, the principal of City Harvest Education
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      523 34 SOW SEED DAY "No one can make you feel inferior without your consent" Eleanor Roosevelt Without our own self-respect we are rudderless and adrift, unable to navigate to our destination, a slave to the winds, currents and the external environment. By giving away your self-respect, you are abdicating your responsibility
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      266 35 TOO HOT TO HANDLE? LASALLE-SIA College of the Arts is the first in Singapore to offer its own 46 Degrees in practice-based Arts and Design. This wide range of specialist Degree programmes has sparked many professional careers in the creative industries. Coupled with a luminous history of creative education in
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      1158 36  -  Elisa Chia elisa@newstoday.com.sg Local TV's been bitten by the overseas talent bug SINGAPOREAN television has never been so foreign. Point the remote control to MediaCorp TV Channel 5 on Tuesday nights and you'll see Japanese model-host Sho Yokouchi hamming it up with Ericia Lee in Extreme Japan, followed
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      301 37 GOLDEN PILLOW, CHANNEL 8 Hong Kong star Alex Man was the envy of many male viewers as both Zoe Tay and Fann Wong fell head over heels in love with him in this drama, never mind his ordinary looks. The 40-part epic was
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      423 38  -  JOYCE LIN Glenn and Jamie win top awards in the same ballroom where they will wed in 4 weeks joyce@newstoday.com.sg WEDDING gifts came early for celebrity couple Jamie Yeo and Glenn Ong last Friday. They both snagged trophies at the second Singapore Radio Awards, which saw 36 awards
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      93 38 Britney Spears threatened to take legal action after photos of her one-month-old son popped up on at least two websites, apparently stolen from a private photo shoot. There have been no clear images of Spears first child until now. The Destar Ensemble
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      436 39 After losing 10kg in 2 months, she's still losing weight! How did MediaCorp artiste Jin Yin Ji lose 10kg and 39cm in just 2 short months? It's almost miraculous for a middle-aged lady like her to shrink from 'XL' to 'M', and now
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      399 40  -  JEANINETAN jea nine@newstoday.com.sg ALEX Thomason (picture), the latest contestant to be fired from business reality show The Apprentice 3, finds his newfound fame annoying. The 29-year-old attorney made it to the final four in the episode shown on MediaCorp TV Channel 5 last night and proved his
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        669 41  -  DAVID KWEK At Sun with Moon, quick service is complemented by tasty and pretty dishes food@newstoday.com.sg TEN minutes that was all the time it took for our meal to be served. If instant gratification is what you seek, Sun with Moon Japanese Dining Cafe at Wheelock Place is
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        124 42  -  EVELINE GAN FROM now until Nov 16, fish lovers can enjoy Swensen's popular United States farmraised catfish at all its 22 outlets (except at Crown Hotel Orchard). Available in six different cooking styles grilled Catfish Sweetie ($16.80), Catfish O-Spice ($16.80), deepfried Catfish Triplets ($16.80), Catfish Salsa ($16.20), Catfish Stew
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      544 46 -AP Bullpen stars as White Sox win first Series, game since 1959 WORLD SERIES, GAME 1 Chicago 5 Houston 3 CHICAGO Yes, the Chicago White Sox do indeed have a bullpen, and they have the lead in the World Series, too. Neal Cotts and Bobby Jenks got
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      251 46 -AFP WELLINGTON The All Blacks selectors played down the opportunity of achieving a rare Grand Slam victory tour of Britain and Ireland next month, as they named five new caps in the touring squad yesterday with an eye on the longer-term goal of
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      303 47 -AFP SYDNEY Football's governing body Fifa will send a security official to next month's World Cup playoff first leg match in Uruguay, amid Australian concerns over player safety, reports said here yesterday. Australia have bitter memories of their corresponding playoff match in Montevideo in
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      215 47 -AFP SERIEA Fiorentina 4 Parma 1 ROME Luca Toni scored a hat-trick as Fiorentina thrashed Parma 4-1 on Saturday (yesterday morning, Singapore time) to move to within five points of Serie A leaders Juventus. The 28-year-old Italy international took his season's tally to nine, the
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      466 47 -AFP Aussie skipper will not give up armband, as he releases an Ashes book SYDNEY Ricky Ponting has defiantly told would-be suitors to his Australian Test cricket captaincy that he's not going anywhere. Ponting, who along with team coach John Buchanan received most of the fall-out from
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      258 47  -  LAUGA —AP Barcelona 3 Osasuna 0 MADRID Samuel Eto'o could not get the goals to help Cameroon to the World Cup finals two weeks ago, but he hasn't stopped scoring since for his club Barcelona. On Saturday (yesterday morning, Singapore time), he bagged
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      976 48 iNazri's medal cabinet lis bursting at the Iseams and the veterlan is not finished yet I DARREN LAI Hdarren@newstoday.com.sg ■HIS RECORD speaks for itHself, the trophy cabinet in his Hiome testimony to a wonderful Hareer. When he lifts the 2005 I NTUC Income
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      259 49  -  ERIC DING sports@newstoday.com.sg LAST season, it was the league and cup double. This campaign, Tampines Rovers have already won the inaugural Asean Football Federation Club Championship and have all but defended their NTUC Income-Yeo's S-League crown. Coach Vorawan Chitavanich has a unique way of motivating
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      333 49  -  ERIC DING A STRAPPING figure in the heart of the defence, Scad Muratovic is the single biggest reason why Tampines have become so secure at the back, conceding just 29 goals in 26 games this season. Calm under pressure and an excellent reader
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      846 50  -  ERIC DING But SAFFC's outgoing coach warns team not to underestimate Chinese club Sinchi v SAFFC Jurong Stadium Thursday Bpm Prediction: Sinchi 1 SAFFC 4 Likely scorers: Yao Li (Sinchi), Razif Mahamud (SAFFC) Suspensions: Zhang Jiang and Luo Tongliang (Sinchi), Dalis Supait (SAFFC) Injuries: Sun Minghan
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      119 50 S-LEAGUE fans can win Ssl,ooo cash, if their choice for favourite S-League footballer in the Singapore Pools People's Choice Award gets the nod. The 2005 NTUC Income-Yeo's SLeague have thrown up a host of heroes and each club have selected one player for the new award.
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      613 50  -  JOSE RAYMOND jose@newstoday.com.sg FIVE years ago, they were the hot duo, a partnership that propelled Home United to their first S-League title. In the 1999 season, Egmar Goncalves and Zsolt Bucs led the Protectors to the title on the back of a 21-match
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      165 51 Hougang Stadium Tomorrow, 8pm ONLY goal difference separates Geylang in eighth spot from ninthplaced Sinchi, and the Eagles will be desperate to end their season with a win. Their 20-year-old midfielder Syed Thaha is pushing for a rare start after impressing as a substitute in the
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      204 51 Jurong East Stadium Friday, 7.10pm Live on Channel NewsAsia ALBIREX got back to winning ways with a 3-1 demolition of Paya Lebar Punggol last week and are pushing for a top-four finish. The Japanese side, currently in fifth spot, can overtake fourth-placed Home United -the Protectors are
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      152 51 Woodlands Stadium Sunday, 8pm WOODLANDS still have a chance of finishing second, if they beat Tampines and SAFFC drop points against Sinchi. But much of their attention is already on the RHB Singapore Cup Final on November 6, where the Rams will be bidding to capture their
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        48 51 IN PREPARATION for the SEA Games (Nov 27-Dec 5), the Singapore under-23 side will take on S-League Japanese outfit Albirex Niigata in a friendly clash tonight. The match will be played at the Jurong East Stadium. Kick-off is at 6pm and entry is free.
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        114 51 GEYLANG United Football Club, along with partners South East Community Development Council and Diadora, have organised a Kids Soccer Camp from December 14-17 at the Singapore Sports School. The four-day-three-night stay-in camp is for children aged 7-14 years old, who will experience fun-filled and knowledgeable soccer
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        60 51 FORMER Thai international Attapol Buspakom, 39, was confirmed as the new Geylang coach last Wednesday, after a meeting with the club's management committee. He replaces Australian Scott O'Donell, who resigned in June after the two-time S-League champions continued their downward spiral. The former Pahang player is
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        75 51 TIGER Cup winner Radojko Avramovic was honoured at the 4th Coach Recognition Awards on October 7. The national team coach received the High Performance Coaching Award (Senior Competitions) in a ceremony at the Singapore Polytechnic Convention Centre. Judged bythe Singapore Sports Council Senior Management and Coaching Advisory
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        64 51 FANS who bring along this TODAY edition for the Albirex Niigata-Balestier Khalsa match at the Jurong East Stadium on Friday will go in for free. Albirex' move is in appreciation of the public's support for the clubthroughout the 2005 S-League campaign. Free door gifts, Albirex Japanese-style
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        414 52  - Is this for Real HG -AFP Beckham, Gravesen sacked as 9-man Real Madrid crash againstValencia MADRID England skipper David Beckham was sent off as star-studded Real Madrid crashed to a 2-1 defeat to Valencia yesterday (this morning, Singapore time), leaving city neighbours Getafe to take top spot in the Spanish
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        194 52 -AFP SERIEA Lecce 0 Juventus 3 ROME Leaders Juventus won 3-0 at Lecce yesterday (this morning, Singapore time) to maintain their 100 per cent league record and equal the best start to a Serie A season. Zlatan Ibrahimovic's first league
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