Today, 29 April 2006

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  • 664 2  -  DERRICK A PAULO MM Lee explains his tough stance against Opposition, throws a challenge derrick@newstoday.com.sg HIS constituency may have been a walkover, but Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew (picture) brought his toughest election demeanour to the Foreign Correspondents Association annual dinner, and accounted why
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  • GE2006 ALL THE ACTION
    • 82 2 Few would give the relatively inexperienced Workers' Party (WP) team a chance against that led by the Prime Minister, but Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, who is facing a contest in his Ang Mo Kio ward for the first time since 1988, said
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    • 80 2 Singaporeans cannot issue the Government a "blank cheque" because it is made up of humans and humans have weaknesses. Workers' Party (WP) secretary-general Low Thia Khiang told his party's rally at Aljunied on Friday night: "Let the WP have a chance to check the
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    • 97 2 The Singapore Democratic Party, in its efforts to attract attention by being different, seems to be always getting itself into trouble, said PAP chairman Lim Boon Heng on Friday. And this time, with talk surfacing of a rift between SDP stalwarts Ling How Doong
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    • 68 2 The PAP intends to involve more citizens in policy-making decisions through regular "townhall forums," said National National Development Minister Mah Bow Tan, who helms the Tampines GRC team. While some residents may see the forums as "complaint sessions", he sees them more as a platform
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    • 79 2 WP candidate Lian Chin Way, 36, knows the odds are stacked against him in the single member ward of Nee Soon Central. He is up against 62-year-old PAP veteran MP Ong Ah Heng who is gunning for a hat-trick. But Mr Lian sees
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    • 105 2 The Singapore Democratic Alliance (SDA) had proposed, among other programmes, setting up low-cost clinics in Jalan Besar GRC to be run by retired medical professionals and where the elderly poor need only pay for their medication. But the PAP incumbent, Dr Lily Neo,
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    • 69 2 How candidates address "bread-and-butter" issues finding ways to keep transport and housing costs affordable, and helping to create more jobs are of concern to Singaporeans, many of whom will be casting their votes next Saturday. More to the point, will the respective ministers put themselves in our
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    • 81 2 CHANNEL NEWSASIA The SDA chairman Chiam See Tong may be the second oldest candidate in this General Election at 71 (Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew is the oldest at 82) but the SDA chief says his age is not an issue. Speaking at a Potong Pasir
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    • 58 2 -938 Live By Tuesday, all eligible voters whose constituency is contested should receive a poll card, which will show where a voter needs to go to cast his or her vote on May 6. And for the first time, some 550 Singaporeans overseas will also
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous

  • 328 3  -  LOHCHEEKONG Ang Mo Kio GRC team set to take on young WP team cheekong@newstoday.com. sg NEVER mind that their combined ages are almost one-and-a-half times that of their youthful opponents, the People's Action Party's (PAP) team for Ang Mo Kio GRC were up and
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  • 513 3  - It's about checks balances: WP LEECHINGWERN chingwern@newstoday.com.sg THE Government is made up of humans and humans have weaknesses, which is why Singaporeans cannot issue the Government a "blank cheque", said Workers' Party (WP) secretary-general Low Thia Khiang, at his party's rally at Aljunied on Friday night "Let the WP have
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  • singapore news
    • 791 4  -  VALCHUA Theme park operator of Australia's Movie World is back in the picture ASSISTANT NEWS EDITOR va l@newstoday.com.sg IT WAS supposed to be a non-event of sorts, with the cast of predictable bidders turning up at the Singapore Tourism Board (STB) building to pick up
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    • 190 4  -  -VALCHUA Sentosa's 10-year revamp is two years ahead of schedule. And now it has got a "happy problem" it has had to turn away tourists on some occasions due to a hotel room crunch. According to Kevin Cheong, sales director at Sentosa Leisure Group, this shortage
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    • 336 4  -  TEOXUANWEI xua nweit@newstoday.com.sg IN THE final chapter of the Nicoll Highway trials, District Judge Valeric Thean on Friday fined Nishimatsu Construction Company's three senior executives for their acts of neglect which played a part in the tunnel collapse two years ago that claimed
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    • SINGAPORESNIPPETS
      • 172 4  -  JOSE RAYMOND Singaporeans received an earlier-than-expected boost in their bank accounts on Friday. The more than 2.3 million Singaporeans eligible to receive a share of the Government's $2.6 billion Progress Package, found that their bonuses from the Government's surpluses were credited into their bank account some three
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      • 126 4 CHANNEL NEWSASIA The world's largest chemical company, BASF, has opened its first nanotechnology research centre in Asia, located at Singapore's Science Park. BASF is aiming to pump $26 million about one-tenth of its global nanotechnology spending into the new facility over the next
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    • 289 6  -  ANSLEYNG THE battle in Hougang goes beyond politics, Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong said on Friday, as he visited more than 20 maisonette units in a 90-minute walkabout in the Opposition-held ward. Saying that he had a "distinct feeling" that the ward is an ageing one,
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    • 328 6  -  TORCHING LI chingli@newstoday.com. sg THE gloves are off at Chua Chu Kang. Pulling no punches on Friday, People's Action Party (PAP) candidate Gan Kirn Yong (picture) took potshots at his opponent for the single seat ward, National Solidarity Party secretary-general Steve Chia. He
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    • 445 6  -  LOHCHEEKONG Chiam's supporters invoke need for Opposition; he promises lifts on every floor cheekong@newtoday.com.sg SINGAPOREANS cannot afford to let the "symbol of the Opposition", Chiam See Tong, lose his seat in Parliament after 22 years, according to NCMP Steve Chia. If Mr Chiam loses "Parliament
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    • 443 8  -  LEE CHING WERN AND LOH CHEE KONG PM, PAP chairman comment on goings-on in rival's ranks chingwern@newstoday.com.sg TAKING a swipe at the saga unravelling in the Singapore Democratic Party (SDP) camp, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong joked that he was "just waiting to see the
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    • 462 8  -  DERRICK A PAULO derrick@newstoday.com.sg DID he flip-flop over his comments about ousting Dr Chee Soon Juan or did various reporters misquote him? Even though his words were broadcast by Channel News Asia and caught on reporters' voice recorders Singapore Democratic Party (SDP)
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    • 335 8  -  CHEOWXINYI xinyic@newstoday.com.sg THE People's Action Party's (PAP) national manifesto to involve more citizens in policy-making decisions will trickle down to the local level in the form of regular "townhall forums," its Tampines GRC team said on Friday. While the idea of holding dialogue sessions
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    • 286 8  -  -ANSLEYNG THE Workers' Party (WP) line-up that will vie for votes with Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong's team in Ang Mo Kio GRC were volunteers and were not "assigned" the battleground, party chief Low Thia Khiang said on Friday. "I managed to convince
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    • 264 10  -  TORCHING LI chingli@newstoday.com. sg WORKERS' Party (WP) candidate Lian Chin Way, 36, knows the odds are stacked against him in the single member ward of Nee Soon Central. "I know it's going to be a very steep uphill battle, but I will do
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    • 162 10 NEE SOON CENTRAL FACTS ABOUT NEE SOON CENTRAL: Number of voters: 23,152, mostly work-ing-class. •Last election: 2001. This would be its fifth consecutive election contest. •PAP's Ong Ah Heng tookthe ward back from Singapore Democratic Party's Cheo Chai Chen in the 1997 GE. In 2001,
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    • 291 10  -  —TORCHING LI WITH a two-term unbeaten track record at Nee Soon Central, incumbent People's Action Party (PAP) MP Ong Ah Heng is now gunning for a hat trick. In fact, Mr Ong a 62-year-old veteran unionist told Today he is hoping to improve
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    • 546 10  -  JASMINE YIN jasmine.yi n@newstoday.com.sg JALAN Besar GRC's incumbent Member of Parliament (MP) Lily Neo has shot down a proposal by her opposing team from the Singapore Democratic Alliance (SDA) to setup low-cost clinics. The reason is simple: The People's
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    • 208 10  -  -UNYANQIN WHO says Singaporeans are apolitical? The buzz on the Internet about the Singapore election should dispel all such talk. According to a report by Nexlabs, an information management company which scanned election related postings on the Internet, there have been about 1,200 reports on GE
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  • world news
    • 901 12 AGENCIES As mystery shrouds the triple blasts in Egypt, residents wonder if travellers will stay away MS DELLA Levanos scribbled on the chalkboard in front of her seaside bar on Tuesday as Egyptian soldiers marched down the bloodstained promenade. "Stop violence everywhere," she wrote
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    • 218 12 -AFP RABAT (Morocco) In a project previously unknown in Islam, Morocco has just seen its first team of women preachers graduate. They will be deployed as a vanguard in the kingdom's fight against a slide towards Islamic extremism. "This is a rare experiment in the
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    • GLOBALROUNDUP
      • 60 12 -AFP Nepal's Parliament sat for the first time in four years on Friday, vowing to hold elections that could cut the powers of King Gyanendra. The legislators met without their sick premier, however. The swearingin ceremony of Prime Minister Girija Prasad
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      • 82 12 -AFP Worries that the male Pill may wreck a man's chance of fathering a child are unfounded, according to a new study into the prototype contraception. Doctors in the United States and Australia assessed the outcome of 30 smaller trials, involving around 1,500 men. The
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      • 71 12 -AFP Ten states and two cities in the United States have sued the US government in a bid to force it to regulate gases blamed for global climate change. The parties filing the suit were the states of
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    • 124 14 -AFP Hardline Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (picture) believes Iran can soon become a super power, official media said on Friday as the regime defied a UN demand to freeze sensitive nuclear work. "The Iranian nation's achievement of peaceful nuclear energy is so important that it could change the world
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    • 720 14 AGENCIES US looks at sanctions by a 'coalition of the willing' as Russia, China still against UN action against Tehran VIENNA—The confrontation between Iran and the West is poised to intensify with International Atomic Energy Agency (lAEA) chief Mohammed El Baradei expected to deliver
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    • 340 14 -AGENCIES KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia won't reverse a decision to scrap construction of a new bridge to Singapore, despite withering criticism from the country's former leader, its foreign minister said on Friday. Dr Mahathir Mohamad, who proposed the bridge before
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    • 189 14 SEOUL Hyundai Motor chairman Chung Mong-Koo (picture), 68, was arrested and thrown into prison on Friday on charges of embezzlement and breach of trust following a probe into a slush fund scandal. Chung, flanked by two investigators, was led down the steps of
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    • GLOBALROUNDUP
    • 195 16 -AFP BANGKOK-Thai media mogul and protest leader Sondhi Limthongkul turned himself in at the Crime Suppression Division police station in Bangkok on Friday shortly after a warrant was issued for his arrest Mr Sondhi has been accused of insulting the King at an
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    • 494 16  -  VINITARAMANI Thai court suspends Saturday's by-elections, casting doubt on snap poll outcome vinita@newstoday.com.sg BANGKOK Thailand's administrative court on Friday suspended a third round of voting to fill 14 seats in southern Thailand, in a ruling that cast doubt on the outcome of the April 2 snap
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  • Voices
    • 331 18  -  LIANG DINGZI IN THE salvos between the parties contesting for the Jalan Besar GRC lies the mundane truth that rice bowl issues whether new, old or borrowed may be all that matter to the constituents. Interviewing more than 5,000 households, the Singapore Democratic Alliance (SDA)
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    • 169 18  -  LAW CHIN SOON Director, 32, resident in Hong Kan GRC THE coming GE has generated a lot of discussion among Singaporeans. But I notice that much of it has centred on how both the ruling party and Opposition parties should focus more on "bread-and-butter"
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    • 247 18  -  JERINANG Housewife, 40, voting in Punggol-Pasir Ris GRC IN PREVIOUS elections, my blood pressure went up as I watched politicians resort to hunger strikes, shouting in a rough manner, and so on actions which did not help the Opposition parties at all. This time
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    • 373 18  -  ANDREW TEONENG WEE CEO, 40, resident in West Coast GRC I AM writing in response to the article, "The age-old debate: How young an MP are Singaporeans willing to accept?" (April 27). Workers' Party chairman Sylvia Lim pointed out that younger MPs
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    • 425 19  -  HO KONG LOON isayGE2oo6 I HAVE attended many mass political rallies since the *****. The last decade or so, the Opposition drew big crowds to theirs, while those of the ruling party tended to pale in comparison except when party heavyweights were on
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    • 191 19  -  ADRIAN CHONG Letter from I REFER to the article "Crime Library asked to remove flyers" (April 27). It was quoted in the article that under the Street Works (Advertisement on Road Structures, Road Related Facilities and Public Streets) Regulations 2003, it is an offence to
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    • 789 20  -  Neil Humphreys Maybe they can do something about the creepy window cleaners THE date has been set It will be Saturday, May 6. There was some speculation whether things would even reach that stage. It's a formality either way, I know, but there was
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    • 276 20  -  NEO GIM KIAN SHERYLSIM Letter from Director, Corporate Communications Department National Trades Union Congress AND Senior Manager, Corporate Communications NTUC Fair Price Co-operative Ltd WE REFER to the letters "Share refund query still not answered" by Mr Ng Swee Poh, and "Felt let down by
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    • 338 22  -  SUMCHEEWAH Letter from Director, Education Programmes Ministry of Education MARCUS Yap Wern Ching ("Train teachers to detect dyslexia", April 24) had suggested that our teachers be trained with basic knowledge to handle dyslexic students. He would be pleased to know that over
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    • 384 22  -  CINDY CHEE Obsession with looking smart in fact leads to tired, unhappy service Letter from JOBS in the service line as shop assistants, promoters, waiters, doormen often require the staff to stand for the duration of his or her shift. (See letter, "Why can't
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    • 254 22  -  BAYSHEAUROU Letter from A PIECE of State land under the Singapore Land Authority (SLA) in my neighbourhood has been discovered to be breeding mosquitoes over the past few years. I have been making regular (every quarter or so) complaints about mosquito breeding to the
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    • Local students are not being sidelined
      • 329 23  -  LIM CHEE HWEE Letter from Director, Higher bducation Ministry of Education I REFER to the letters from Mr Lim Boon Hee, "Are there anomalies in the policies?" (April 27) and Mr Khoo Lih-Han "Improve ratio of those admitted" (April 27). Admission to the National
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      • 273 23  -  TANCHORHCHUAN ER MENG HWA Letter from PROFESSOR Provost and Deputy President, National University of Singapore (NUS) PROFESSOR Acting Provost, Nanyang Technological University (NTU) MR LIM Boon Hee ("Are there anomalies in the policies?", April 27) was of the view that the
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  • Businesstoday
    • 904 24  -  SHOBHATSERING BHALLA Decline in interest in engineering courses may lead to a shortage of professionals in the sector shobha@newstoday.com.sg EVEN as Singapore's economic growth shows no sign of letting up, one potential spoiler could be a looming shortage of qualified engineers to meet the demand
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    • marketwatch
      • 128 24 SHARES closed mixed on Friday as investors switched to defensive buying in blue chips in the wake of sharp selling in China-related issues. The ST Index ended up 9.65 points, or 0.4 per cent, at 2,610.71. In the broad market, decliners led advancers 444 to 200 while traded volume
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    • business news
      • shoptalk
        • 79 26 Love the rich and sweet flavours of condensed milk but worry about what it can do to your waistline? Milkmaid now has a low-fat variant that lets you indulge without guilt.The Milkmaid Sweetened Condensed Skimmed Milk contains 98 per cent less fat than the regular variant but still
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        • 72 26 Give your diet plan a boost with the new Kilo Killer from Expressions.This 14-day weight-loss supplement is specially formulated in accordance to how the body absorbs and makes use of fats that are ingested. Each set of Kilo Killer contains three types of dissolvable tablets to be
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        • 113 26 Get that fresh-eyed look with the range of Bio-essence products that are specially formulated for the eyes.The Bio-Energy Eye Bag Vanishing Serum ($39) is said to promote blood and oxygen circulation around the eyes to firm sagging skin and eliminate eye bags. Complement this with the Bio-Energy
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        • 101 26 Enjoy the ultimate pampering with the new Ogawa Smart 10 Massage Chair.This upgraded version now comes with an ioniser that purifies the air as you enjoy a soothing massage.The Smart Button panel allows you to control and customise your favourite positions and massage modes. For
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      • 371 26 -BLOOMBERG Its shares climb to their highest level in more than 5 years DBS Group Holdings, Singapore's largest bank, reported a higher-than-expected rise in first-quarter profit as the lender earned more on loans than it paid for funds and boosted fee income. Net
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      • 243 26  -  CHOW PENN NEE PACIFIC International Lines (PIL) is set to list Singapore's first business trust, an investment vehicle where the assets of a business are held in a managed trust and owned by its unitholders. Pacific Shipping Trust (PST) lodged its preliminary prospectus
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      • 283 26 Singapore Land reported a net profit of $22.5 million, or 5.5 cents per share, for its first quarter ended March 31, up 22.3 per cent from $18.3 million, or 4.9 cents a share, in the corresponding period a year earlier. Revenue rose 17.2 per cent to $51.1 million. United
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      • 135 28 —AGENCIES SINGAPORE-based Flextronics International, the world's largest maker of custom-made electronics, said fourth-quarter net income declined 42 per cent on restructuring costs. Profit in the three months ended March 31 fell to U5542.9 million ($6B million), or 7 US cents a share, from U5574.2 million,
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        116 28 FOOD, PRIZES AND DISCOUNTS AT THIS BRIDAL SHOW PIONEER Spring Restaurant will host its Grand Bridal Show on Sunday from 1 pm to spm at its outlet at Safra Mount Faber, 2TelokßlangahWay. Highlights of the afternoon include a lavish nine-course wedding buffet spread, winetasting, goodie bags and a lucky
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      • 468 28 -BLOOMBERG Beijing is seeking to pre-empt risk of sudden slowdown in economy CHINA, which unexpectedly raised its benchmark lending rate on Thursday, may take additional steps to cool investment in factories and property in the world's fastest-grow-ing major economy. People's Bank of
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      • 234 28 DOW JONES COMMUTER rail company SMRT Corp on Friday reported fiscal fourth-quarter net profit fell 7.8 per cent due to higher tax expenses. The company, which also operates buses and taxis, posted a net profit of $20 million, or 1.3 cents per share,
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      • 136 28 BLOOMBERG BURSA Malaysia and Singapore Exchange (SGX) on Friday announced a delay in allowing investors to trade each others' securities as both sought to upgrade their trading platforms first Bursa's talks with SGX have "slowed down", Bursa chief executive Yusli Mohamed Yusoff told reporters in
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        664 30  -  nmSm To look more feminine, women are raiding men's wardrobes I'VE always been baffled by one thing about legendary female characters Hua Mv Lan and Zhu Ying Tai and their modern celluloid counterparts Gwyneth Paltrow's Viola in Shakespeare in Love and Anita Yuen's Ah Wing in He's
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      • 361 31  -  PearlynTham fashion retailers who have been on the scene since the '80s FROM FITNESS TO FASHION THEIR fourth-storey factory unit was in a walk-up building. Lynn Ho-Tan and her five siblings would lug big bags of clothes up and down the stairs every day. It was one
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      • 425 31 MY HEART took a leap when I noticed that Peter Teo, one of the founders of homegrown retailer Project Shop, uses the same no-frills handphone as I do. After all, the stylish man is Project Shop's design director. "I only need a simple handphone," he laughed sheepishly,
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      • 499 31 HE MAY be flamboyantly dressed but veteran fashion designer David Wang is no diva. "Designers have this bad reputation for being difficult... you should never burn your bridges because you never know when you need someone's help in future," David, who is the director of Advance
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      • 310 32  -  LEE HUI SHAN Drench your skin with popular cosmetic retailer's new Moisture Infinite line huisha nl@newstoday.com. sg SA SA, the well-known cosmetic retailer which carries hundreds of brands and thousands of products from all over the world, has launched its own in-house line of cosmetic, skincare
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      • 304 32  -  LEE HUI SHAN WOULDN'T it be great to know that within the moisturiser you apply daily, lies the expertise of leading dermatologists? Dr Adrian Salic, assistant professor, cell biology, at Harvard Medical School who is part of Kiehl's Scientific Advisory Panel was in town last
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      • 180 32  -  LEE HUI SHAN INSTEAD of the usual flowers, surprise mum this Mother's Day with something sparkly which lasts forever. While jewellery can hardly be a measure of our love for mummy dearest, it'd certainly make mum's day to receive some timeless and classic pieces. If
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      • ATAGLANCE
        • 67 32 If yourtresses lack lustre due to excessive chemical treatments such as dyeing or straightening, take delight in L'Oreal Professionnel's new Absolut Repair range. The hair care range features strengthening ceramides for intense repair action, shine perfecting agents for healthy shine and UV filters for long-lasting
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        • 94 32 Want light and airy lashes that stay curled all day? Fasio's new Power-Stay Mascara 3D Air Tech contains a new "air in" powder compound which results in lashes that are light and feathery to touch even as you pile on the layers. It comes
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        • 100 32 Dunhill's new fragrance dunhill Pure -ventures into unexplored territory with aquatic woody amber. This new fragrance for men opens with top notes of lotus leaves, white pepper and cardamom. At the heart, revitalising water iris adds a fluid, cooling charge to the composition, balancing the sensual effect
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        • 92 32 Even if you are not the athletic type, you can look it with Nike's Oregon Series Digital Super. Designed as a durable outdoor watch for runners and endurance athletes, it's inspired by the design and construction of the brand's Altimeter compass watches. This month,
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        75 33 OH MAX MeflaCp art is* W Ch.n 9 *7. W* Green sparkly tank top (worn inside) $139 from Tang+Co, green dot print tank top $26 and black cropped pants with attached belt $73 from Topshop, black Melissa plastic wedges with sculpted heels $59.90 from Novo. Black wrap
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        60 34 udyjuuzjij^^^ys^^^ifTTi^ Tyry^w Pink sweater with attached shirtfront $59 from G2OOO, Rebecca Taylor checked pants with lace-trimmed waist $499 from Tang+Co and Nina floral-print wedges with ribbons $109.90 from Novo. Lilac sweater with attached shirtfront $59 and necktie $49 (worn as belt) from G2OOO. Rebecca Taylor cropped pants $399
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        260 35  -  LEE HUI SHAN tfßfisrJKSa^ Korean fashion's just Seoul Good huisha nl@newstoday.com. sg BACK from Korea after filming Seoul Far Seoul Good, what Michelle Chong found most striking about the Koreans was how none of them ever had a strand of hair out of place. "Once you step out
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        89 36 tSSXT [crafts] Photography: Jason Ho Styling: Pearlyn Tham Make-up: Peter Khor using Chanel (9739 3929) Hair: Evanrie Loh, international director of Shunji Matsuo Hair Studio. 20 Bideford Road #Dl-D2 Wellington Building (*****522/1514) Adorn #04-K1 The Heeren Shops G2OOO #02-337 Marina Square Novo #02-302/303 Marina Square Raoul Ladies #02-12
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      • 519 37  -  Eveline Gan Rush to PKXpress for fresh fish chips eveline@newstoday.com.sg WHO would have thought you'd find Aussie-style fish and chips, and delicious fluffy pastries in a dingy coffee shop in Changi Village? Mention kopitiam food and greasy local delights such as laksa and cze char dishes come
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    • gadget
      • SHOPPINGGUIDE
        • 117 38 Featuring Active Light Control and Active Contrast systems, the LX6O range of Panasonic liquid crystal display (LCD) televisions gives you improved picture brightness, deeper blacks and increased gradation. The Contrast Automatic Tracking System senses ambient light conditions and adjusts the screen accordingly. With a resolution
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        • 130 38 Made for the business professional, the Sony Vaio SZ series notebooks are equipped with Intel Centrino Duo Mobile Technology, a built-in camera and microphone, Bluetooth technology, wireless local area network and a built-in modem. Weighing less than 2kg, the notebook computers boast 13.3-inch widescreen displays
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        • 102 38 The Logitech Cordless Desktop S 530 Laser for Mac is a cordless keyboard-and-mouse combination with a design that matches the Macintosh computer. The sleek and flat keyboard is less than 19mm in height and includes a built-in palm rest. One-touch media buttons let
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        • 98 38 Good news for football fanatics! Shiro has created a soccer-ball shaped MP3 player with a 37.4 mm diameter. The mini form factor means you can hang the Shiro AS MP3 player around your neck like a pendant. Supporting MP3, WMA and WAV with DRM playback, it
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      • 616 38  -  TREVOR TAN Olympus E-330 is world's first dSLR with continuous live LCD views trevor@newstoday.com.sg FOR MANY users of dSLR (digital single lens reflex) cameras, a recurring complaint is that you could only compose pictures using the viewfinder rather than the liquid crystal display (LCD) like what compact
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      • 232 38 NOKIA has added three models to its portfolio of business-optimised devices. Built on the latest edition of the Series 60 platform, the Nokia E6O, E6l and E7O combine the power of 3G and wireless local area network with advanced voice services and mobile email
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      • 681 39  -  TREVOR TAN Apple's first Intel-based laptop is a joy to use trevor@newstoday.com.sg SOON, the term "Powerßook" for Apple's top of-the-line laptop will be enshrined in the tomb of computing history. Enter the nextgeneration laptop from Apple, the Macßook Pro. The Macßook Pro Apple's first Intelbased
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      • 144 39 -AFP SAN FRANCISCO -Japan's Nintendo announced that its new gaming console known during development as "Revolution" will be called "Wii" and will be unveiled next month. Wii, the replacement for Nintendo's Gamecube, is scheduled to be launched by the firm on its home market and
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        158 39 HOT BUYS BFANS of 02 might want to get their hands on the Xda Atom Pure, la white limited edition version of the popular Xda Atom PDA I phone. Sporting the same sleek profile, the Xda Atom Pure conI tains all the features of the original. I The Xda Atom
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    • car
      • 536 40  -  COLIN YONG Michelin's latest tyre is developed specifically for cars in the region colin@newstoday.com.sg PUTTING up with excessive tyre noise is something most car owners could do without. In fact, it appears that motorists here are particularly fussy about their cars being silent. Studies conducted in
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      • 205 40  -  COLIN YONG A TWIN turbocharged 3.0-litre engine with 306bhp will power the range-topping version of BMW's new 3 Series Coupe, which was officially unveiled on Tuesday. This model, called the 335 i, will go on sale alongside the 218bhp 325 i initially. Other variants
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      • 350 40  -  -NICKSYN WHEN Audi launched the secondgeneration A 8 in 2003, architects the world over rejoiced. The car was handsome in a par-adoxically-stylish, understated manner. Its look reflected the care and sensitivity of the car's designer, who obviously had great taste. Overall, the
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      • 510 41  -  COLIN YONG The Sutera is the first in a range of Naza cars to be sold here cohn@newstoday.com.sg BUDGET-conscious motorists will soon have another brand they can consider when they go car shopping. Malaysian car maker, Naza Corporation, revealed last week that it has
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      • NEWSTRACKS
        • 180 41  -  COLIN YONG Nissan has brought its upmarket Infiniti marque one step closer to being launched in Singapore. The Japanese auto-maker announced earlier this week that the production of righthand drive cars will start in two years. Infiniti is to Nissan what Lexus is to Toyota a
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        • 175 41  -  COLIN YONG Hybrid cars, which have a conventional engine and an electric motor, may not be as environmentallyfriendly as they first appeared to be. So claims American firm CNW Marketing Research, which spent two years collecting data on the energy needed to plan, build,
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    • property
      • 713 42  -  SHOBHATSERING BHALLA A perceived decline in demand has not stopped developers from building more of them shobha@newstoday.com.sg DEVELOPERS are getting more selective about building one-bedroom and studio apartments, preferring to include them only in projects close to the Central Business District (CBD), say experts.
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      • 180 42  -  SHOBHATSERINGBHALLA IN ONE of the largest private freehold collectives sales in recent years, Chip Eng Leong Enterprises has bought Westpeak Condominium for slightly over $206 million. This works out to approximately $348 psf per plot ratio (ppr) inclusive of development charges for
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      • 162 42 HELPED by high-end properties and greater foreign investor interest, private home prices rose 1.5 per cent quarter-on-quarter in the first three months of 2006, the Urban Redevelopment Authority said on Friday. Home prices rose 1.4 per cent in the last quarter of 2005.
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      • 190 42  -  ■JANECHIAPOCO IN A new development to the CHR Realty saga, a former agent of the financially strapped real estate company has started legal action against it. "I have seen my lawyer on Friday and given him all the evidence against the company and
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      1619 44  -  Ben Slater Prolific writer, avid horticulturalist and budding beekeeper Paul Theroux admits that his superficial take on Singapore in Saint Jack fulfilled his fantasies of being a pimp surrounded by pretty girls pi us@newstoday.com.sg Originally from the United Kingdom, Ben Slater is a curator, writer, lecturer specialising
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    • THEROUX'SFAMOUSFIVE
      • 71 45 The inner monologue of Jack Flowers, a washed-up ship's chandler stuck in 1960s Singapore who pimps girls on the side. His dream of a bordello called Dunroamin' is wrecked by triads and he ends up running R R camps for the American military. Full of local sights,
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      • 53 45 With this non-fiction tale about going overland by train from London to Asia and back again through Russia, Theroux virtually invented a genre of highly personal travel fiction, chronicling the triumphs and disasters of crossing borders, clashing cultures, and meeting eccentric characters. The bookthat made
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      • 82 45 Theroux's bestselling novel about the all-American family's trip into the heart of darkness. Inventor Allie Fox relocates his wife and kids to the jungles of Central America where he believes he can improve the life of the tribes. However, things don't go according to plan. The bookwas
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      • 50 45 An infamous account of Theroux's longstanding friendship and eventual falling-out with his literary mentor VS Naipaul, whom he first met in Africa in the 60s. Sir Vidia's Shadow serves as a riveting autobiography of Theroux's early writing years and a brutally frank study of male friendship.
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      • 50 45 Theroux's latest novel features Slade Steadman, a successful middle-aged travel writer attempting to find inspiration on a hallucinogenic drug from the jungles of Ecuador. What he does not count on is losing himself in a dizzying series of sexual encounters and facing the terrifying void of blindness.
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      366 46  -  JULIANA JUNE RASUL View Singapore, 150 m from the ground Julia nar@newstoday.com.sg UP, UP and away on the DHL balloon? Well, "away" might be stretching it the trip is straight up and down but there's no denying this $2 million addition to the list of Singapore tourist attractions
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    • 449 48  -  JULIANA JUNE RASUL Constipated for 10 days, karate-loving reality-show contestant packs it in Julia nar@newstoday.com.sg SURVIVOR has lost the crazy Japanese guy who used to do martial arts and sketch by the beach. Japanese-American Brian Kanegai, who, at 58, was the oldest contestant on
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    • 195 48 MEDIACORP Press, the publisher of Today and Weekend Today, was named the winner of the Most Supporting Media prize at the inaugural Natas Awards, organised by National Association of Travel Agents of Singapore. "The Most Supporting Media Award is a testament to Today's
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    • INADDITION...
      • 118 48 -AGENCIES Bon Jovi have become the first rock band to make it to No 1 on the US country music chart. Their song. Who Says You Can't Go Home, is a duet with Jennifer Nettles, lead singer of country band Sugarland. The track from
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      • 75 48 Win tickets to the Mission: Impossible ///premiere happening on May 2 as part of the M.7.7//special event taking place on Saturday at Shaw House. Mini missions will be organised that will give audience a chance to score a pai of tickets to
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      • 73 48 Due to the overwhelming response to The Arts House screenings of Singapore GaGa over the past month, the documentary will enjoy an extended run until May 14. The screenings are at 7.30pm and 9pm on weekdays and 3pm and 4.30pm on Saturday and Sunday. There
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    • 639 49  -  SHOBHATSERINGBHALLA shobha@newstoday.com.sg IT WAS an ordinary dinner party thrown by a friend and, this being a weekday, nobody expected any surprises. So, imagine the excitement when just as the desserts were announced, in walked a tall gentleman whose polished baritone was instantly recognisable to several awed Satyajit Ray
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    • 267 49 AFP LOS ANGELES A heavily pregnant Angelina Jolie graces the cover of the latest issue of People magazine, which gave the pouty actress top billing in its annual list of the world's 100 most beautiful people. At the same time, Jolie broke
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    • in cinemas
      • 513 50  -  YONG SHU CHIANG Director explores eateries in far-flung corners of the world plus@newstoday.com.sg It's not uncommon for Chinese travelling abroad to hanker after some familiar food. When he was an engineer, Canadian film-maker Cheuk Kwan who is now an activist and documentarian often craved
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      • 268 50  -  JEANINETAN OF THE four homegrown features that had their Singapore premiere at the Singapore International Film Festival, one won big. Kelvin Tong's Love Story, about the blurring of fact and fiction in the life of a romance novelist, won the film-maker the Best Director
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      • 148 50 It's your last chance to be part of the Siff as Saturday is the final day of the festival. Here's a guide to what films to watch. Tickets at $8.40 for regular films and $21 for the closing film are available from Ticket Charge. Call 6296 2929. LITTLE BIRDS
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      • IN CINEMASROUND-UP
        • 36 51  -  Felix Cheong The pacing may be slow but once you get into its rhythm, you'll appreciate Thai director Pen-ek Ratanaruang's wry and very dry humour in this film that is a meditation on guilt.
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        • 36 51  -  Elisa Chia Heartless yet sympathetic. Election 2 is intriguing to watch as it uses a triad power struggle as the lens for a look at post-handover Hong Kong and the impact on its residents.
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        • 26 51  -  Ross Wallace Besides keeping the meatgrinder fodder and the audience off balance, the film does something rare in horror movies: It makes an actual point.-
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        • 41 51 -RW Despite all the crap movies he's made, Bruce Willis proves he can act in this buddy film where he plays a dirty cop protecting a small time hood who is the key witness in a police corruption case.
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        • 31 51  -  -JeanineTan The Amsterdam scenery is lovely, but this Pan-Asian blockbuster is otherwise an unspectacular tale of a love triangles involving Jung Woo Sung, Lee Sung Jae and Jeon Ji Hyun.
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        • 27 51 -JT Watching resourceful mutts find ways to survive an Antarctic winter is surprisingly entertaining, though nondog lovers may be miffed at dogs carrying the plot.
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        • 22 51  -  Neil Humphreys All the ingredients are there for an entertaining Harrison Ford movie, but they were also there 15 years ago.
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        • 32 51 -JT Antonio Banderas plays a dance instructor to some New York's inner city kids in what is little more than a spectacle of killer moves by limher-hnd-ied young people.
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        • 25 51 -NH The punchline a minute script aside, the animated flick about zoo animals eager to return to the wild is, ironically, rather tame.
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        • 40 51  -  Justin Cheong This whodunit about two faded stars embroiled in a sex and murder case during their younger days will intrigue, thrill and shock as will the sight of leads Kevin Bacon and Colin Firth's derrieres.
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        • 31 51 -JT This story of the unlikely love between a simple farmer and a savvy HIV-stricken prostitute stumbles into a rut well trod by South Korean melodramatic fare.
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        • 18 51 Rebecca Romijn provides the sexy and dangerous edge to what is otherwise a non-hap-pening con caper.-FC
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        • 38 51 JT Adults who watch this film about two teen girls and their mermaid friend may have to wracktheir brains to recall a time when life revolved around your best friend, that unattainable cute boy and shared secrets.-
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        • 25 51  -  Ashraf Safdar Horror master Takashi Shimizu's flash-back style depiction of an actress' fate when she re-enacts a famous murder is so heavy-handed it jars.-
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      • DVDREVIEW
        • 201 51  -  Ross Wallace by FILM: If you can imagine a 20-year-old shop clerk coming out of nowhere to challenge the likes of Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson for a major golf title, you can begin to grasp the magnitude of real-life amateur Francis Ouimet's accomplishment at
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          201 51  -  Ross Wallace DVDREVIEW by FILM: When taking a commercial airline flight alone, there's no telling who will end up in the next seat For hotel manager extraordinaire Lisa Reisert (Rachel McAdams), it's the aptly named businessman-cum-assassin Jack Rippner (Cillian Mur- phy), who starts off as a potential love
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    • 607 58 -AP Heat cooled as young Bulls narrow first-round deficit NBA PLAYOFFS, EASTERN CONFERENCE, IST RD Chicago 109 Miami 90 (Chicago lead 2-1) CHICAGO Instead of looking like his old self, Shaquille O'Neal simply looked old, flustered and frustrated. O'Neal had one of his worst playoff performances
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    • 235 58 —AGENCIES LONDON Arsenal skipper Thierry Henry has been named Footballer of the Year for a record third time by the Football Writers' Association. The 28-year-old French international was quick to praise his team-mates upon receiving the award on Thursday. "As I always say, in football
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    • 270 59 -AFP BADMINTON Thomas Cup/Über Cup SENDAI, Japan World No 1 Zhang Ning led China's heavily fancied women shuttlers to a 5-0 win over the United States in a stylish opening of their defence of the Über Cup team badminton title on Friday. Athens Olympic gold medallist
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      • 131 62 LIVERPOOL striker Djibril Cisse is hoping his late season goalscoring form will catch the eye of France coach Raymond Domenech and earn him a World Cup call-up. The 24-year-old has come under much criticism this season despite his two goals against West Ham on Wednesday in
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      • 136 62 CHARLTON boss Alan Curbishley (picture) says he will be relieved if Luiz Felipe Scolari is appointed as the next England manager. The Addicks chief now knows his dream of being picked as Sven-Goran Eriksson's successor after the World Cup finals is likely to remain just that,
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      • 133 62 FIFA suffered a serious setback in its bid to protect their World Cup sponsors when Germany's federal court said they had no right to the exclusive use of the name of the 2006 finals. The Karlsruhe-based court rejected the world football body's attempt to
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