Today, 15 November 2006, Afternoon Edition

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    14 1 TODAY /A=diaCorp share your free newspaper Wednesday November 15, 2006 todayonline.com MICA (P) 314/10/2006
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  • AFTERNOONEDITION
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      Lock icon Risk, reward and Shin
      804 1  -  LOH CHEE KONG Minister tells House why Govt didn't meddle with the deal cheekong@media corp.com.sg DID the Government of Singapore agree with Temasek's investment in Shin Corp? Was the "political risk" factored in, especially since sentiment was already brewing against former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra
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    • Article
      Bigger war chest for battles ahead
      625 1  -  LEECHINGWERN chingwern@media corp. com. sg AS SINGAPOREANS punch away on their calculators to assess the damage of the impending Goods and Services Tax (GST) hike, economists are also doing their sums. Their conclusion: The fund-raising measures announced by Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong on
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  • hot news
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      Lock icon The battle for the Muslim mind will be fought out and won on the Internet – and so far, the terrorists are winning, say security experts
      607 2  - The battle for the Muslim mind will be fought out and won on the Internet and so far, the terrorists are winning, say security experts CLEMENT MESENAS EDITOR-AT-LARGE clement@media corp.com.sg YOUNG, technology-sawy extremists have a deadly new ally in the Internet and they are using it to reach out to
      DON WONG  -  607 words
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      Lock icon Iran willing to trade weapons for terrorist's promotion
      451 2 -AGENCIES LONDON They've had their differences but now they are eyeing an alliance and the West is terrified. Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is lobbying for a proIranian activist to be promoted within the Al Qaeda terror network's hierarchy, in exchange for terror
      -AGENCIES; AFP  -  451 words
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      Lock icon Majority of more than 100 kidnapped Iraqi workers freed
      190 3 -AGENCIES BAGHDAD A majority of the more than 100 Iraqi government workers who were kidnapped yesterday had been released or rescued by early this morning, according to the pan-Arab news channel Al Iraqiya, citing an Interior Ministry spokesman. Most of the
      -AGENCIES  -  190 words
    • Article
      Lock icon Top coup plotter held in Manila
      422 3 -AFP Former colonel went into hiding shortly after he was charged earlier this year MANILA A former colonel and leader of the political opposition who allegedly was among the key plotters of February's failed coup against Philippine President Gloria Arroyo has been arrested, police
      -AFP  -  422 words
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      Lock icon Dow hits new record, oil closes lower
      105 3 -AFP NEW YORK Wall Street share prices leapt to fresh highs yesterday as data on US inflation and retail sales bolstered the notion of a "soft landing" for the world's biggest economy. The Dow Jones Industrial Average vaulted to an all-time record high
      -AFP  -  105 words
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  • Singapore news
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      MPs send out tax message
      518 4  -  TORCHING LI They ask: How will extra tax revenue be used, and what about middle-income earners? chingli@media corp. com. sg TWELVE years ago, the introduction of the Goods and Services Tax (GST) was purely about the need to shift Singapore's tax structure from direct to
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      Ministry wants full offset on GST hike
      372 6  -  TAN HUI LENG PARLIAMENTTODAY Subsidised costs should continue to be absorbed, says Health Minister Khaw huileng@media corp.com.sg THE Health Ministry will ask for any increase in Goods and Services Tax (GST) on subsidised patients' medical costs to be fully offset, said Health Minister
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      Battle against haze hots up
      579 6  -  ANSLEYNG ansley@mediacorp.com.sg THANKS to the lurking El Nino, which is threatening to strike in force next year, a strong sense of urgency has seized the region in the battle against haze. In fact, what has been happening in the last five weeks, during which regional
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    • Article
      NMPs a viable voice
      327 8  -  TAN HUI LENG PARLIAMENTTODAY huileng@media corp. com. sg NOMINATED Members of Parliament (NMP) are to be a fixture once again in the 11th Parliament. Yesterday's debate on the appointment of unelected members to the House for which the Party Whip was lifted saw Opposition members Chiam
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    • Article
      Wait longer for upgrading funds
      409 8  -  LOHCHEEKONG 'Naive' Opposition MPs 'misheard' PAP's message cheekong@media corp. com. sg IT'S been more than six months since the General Election but Opposition MP Chiam See Tong has not forgotten the multi-mil-lion-dollar carrot offered by the People's Action Party (PAP). Yesterday, the Potong Pasir MP
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      VIO power for Lexus supercar
      161 8 A MODEL poses next to the Lexus LF-A (picture), one of several concept cars on display at the Singapore Motorshow 2006. The twoseater coupe hints at what the Japanese automaker's first highperformance sports car will look like when it is launched in 2008. Power comes
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    • SINGAPORE SNIPPETS
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        Lock icon EXPECT A FOUR-PERCENT PAY RISE NEXT YEAR
        143 8 938 LIVE Singapore workers can expect a salary increase of up to 4 per cent next year the highest in more than five years. Companies paid their workers 3.9 per cent more on average this year, according to a survey by human resource
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        Lock icon MM IN PARIS FOR FOUR DAYS, MIDDLE EAST NEXT
        127 8 -938UVE Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew and Mrs Lee are in Paris for a four-day visit, during which Mr Lee will attend the Total International Advisory Board Meeting. On Friday, they will leave Paris for Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates.
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        Lock icon MAN GETS 18 MONTHS FOR ILLEGAL ARMS ROLE
        97 8 CHANNEL NEWSASIA A 45-year-old man was convicted of abetting the unauthorised brokering of 20,000 AKMS rifles. BR Chaandrran was sentenced to 18 months'jail by the Subordinate Courts. Singapore Customs investigations revealed that between May and September last year, Chaandrran, who is not
        — CHANNEL NEWSASIA  -  97 words
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      More betting room
      585 10  -  JASMINE YIN LetS'pore Pools buy firms, go online, to compete with casinos: Ho Kwon Ping jasmine@media corp.com.sg WITH the boom in Internet gaming and flashy casino developments worldwide, state-owned lotteries such as Singapore Pools could do with more room to manoeuvre. This was the point made yesterday
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    • Article
      NKF case: Ex-directors' plea rejected
      265 10  -  —ANSLEYNG TWO former directors of the National Kidney Foundation (NKF) who are defendants in a civil suit will not have access to most of the documents they have demanded from the NKF, a High Court ruled yesterday. Last month, Mr Loo Say San and Mr
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  • world news
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      Lock icon Bush visit sparks calls for SBY's ouster
      306 12 -AFP Hardline Islamic groups to seek no-confidence vote JAKARTA Several hardline Indonesian Islamic groups plan to initiate a noconfidence vote against President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono over the scheduled visit of United States President George W Bush, a group leader said yesterday. "We see
      -AFP; AP  -  306 words
    • Article
      Umno Youth chief defends burnt policy
      427 12  -  FAWZIAH SELAMAT IN KUALA LUMPUR fawziah@media corp.com.sg THEY had expected a fiery speech, one that might fuel the war of words that has raged for months. Instead, United Malays National Organisation (Umno) Youth chief Hishammuddin Hussein, a minister in Mr Abdullah Ahmad Badawi's Cabinet,
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      Mongolians confused over which model was killed
      191 14 ULAN BATOR (Mongolia) Many Mongolians were initially confused over the identity of the model killed in Malaysia, The Star reported. They had assumed that murder victim Altantuya Shaariibuu whose alleged lover is a political analyst linked to senior Malaysian politicians was Ms Altantuya
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      Lock icon Thaksin goes shopping in HK
      379 14 -AGENCIES Ousted Thai leader will later head to unspecified country in South-east Asia HONG KONG Ousted Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra joked about being unemployed and said it was too soon to return home as he shopped in an upscale Hong Kong mall, a local
      -AGENCIES; AFP  -  379 words
    • Article
      Youngest Forbes tycoon on trial for fraud in China
      359 16 BEIJING A Chinese tycoon the youngest person on Forbes magazine's list of China's 400 richest people last year has been put on trial for fraud, media reported yesterday. Thirty-two-year-old Zhou Yiming, chairman of an electronics and food processing company in the
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    • GLOBALROUNDUP
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        Lock icon RAISE CHING CHEONG'S CASE AT APEC, URGES WIFE
        89 16 AP The wife of Ching Cheong, a Straits Times journalist jailed in mainland China, asked Hong Kong Chief Executive Donald Tsang yesterday to raise her husband's case at the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation Forum (Apec) this week. Ms Mary Lav presented a
        — AP; AFP  -  89 words
      • Article
        MAN TRIED EXTORTING MONEY FROM FEMALE BILLIONAIRES
        61 16 A man suspected of extorting money from female billionaires has been arrested. Li, 28, chanced upon a recently-published China rich list and targeted the females on that list because "they were easier to bully". The master's degree-holder sent more than 10 letters demanding
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        Lock icon MAN FORCES SON TO WALK NAKED IN THE STREETS
        46 16 AFP A Hong Kong resident was convict ed yesterday for forcing his nine-year-old son to walk naked in the streets as punishment for failing to finish his homework. Chan Kwokyim, 45, was charged with ill-treat-ing his son.
        — AFP  -  46 words
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      Lock icon Japan bars export of Kim Jong-Il's favourite foods
      181 16 -AFP TOKYO Japan yesterday slapped a new trade ban on North Korea aimed at hitting the leadership directly by barring exports of 24 luxury goods including liquor, tobacco and Kirn Jong-Il's favourite foods. It is the latest sanction Japan has imposed on
      -AFP  -  181 words
    • Article
      Lock icon Only millionaires and babes allowed at Shanghai do
      298 16 -AFP SHANGHAI Shanghai, China's wealthiest and most dazzling city, plans to add to its reputation this weekend with a millionaire party aimed at hooking up rich men with beautiful women, state press said yesterday. Men wishing to participate must have assets worth
      -AFP  -  298 words
    • Article
      Lock icon Rumsfeld faces suit over torture
      323 17 -AFP Complaint filed on behalf of detainees BERLIN An international group of lawyers filed a lawsuit yesterday calling on German prosecutors to investigate outgoing United States Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld for allegedly sanctioning torture. The suit is being brought on behalf of 11 former Iraqi
      -AFP  -  323 words
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      Lock icon Giuliani takes key step towards presidential race
      208 17 -AFP NEW YORK Former New York mayor Rudolph Giuliani, a Republican who guided his city after the chaos of the Sept 11 attacks, has taken a key step towards a possible run in the 2008 presidential election in the United States. Mr Giuliani
      -AFP; AP  -  208 words
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      Lock icon Cuban-born senator to head Republican party
      127 17 -AFP WASHINGTON- Cuban-born United States senator Mcl Martinez (picture) will be the new head of the Republican Party, a Senate spokesman said. The announcement comes a week after polls showed that Hispanics had overwhelmingly voted for Democrats in an election that ended the Republican
      -AFP; AFP  -  127 words
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      Lock icon Peace talks restart as blasts hit Kashmir
      170 18 -AFP NEW DELHI A total of 28 people were wounded in two separate attacks in Kashmir yesterday as India and Pakistan resumed peace talks. Militants blew up a car bomb outside the heavily-fortified Karan Nagar military base in Kashmir's summer capital, Srinagar, injuring
      -AFP  -  170 words
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      Lock icon India, China in spat over border
      315 18 DPA Diplomatic row comes days before President Hu's visit NEW DELHI India and China were involved in a verbal spat over their border in the strategic Arunachal Pradesh region, days before Chinese President Hu Jintao is to visit India, media reports said yesterday. The
      — DPA; AFP  -  315 words
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      Lock icon Al Jazeera takes on BBC, CNN
      163 18 —AFP DUBAI The English-language version of Al Jazeera's news channel launches today after a year-long delay, aiming to take on long-established names like BBC and CNN. At 1200 GMT, Al Jazeera International will begin broadcasting from the network's studios in Doha, Qatar, with 12
      —AFP  -  163 words
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      Lock icon AT APEC, MONEY TALKS
      850 20  -  SIMON TAY AND HANK LIM ALMOST anything may happen when the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec) Summit convenes this Saturday and Sunday in Hanoi, Vietnam. Discussion of political and security issues such as North Korea's recent provocative nuclear test is likely, at least on the sidelines. Apec's
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        Lock icon Study impact of GST rises on growing income gap
        506 22  -  LEONG SZE HIAN Letter from THE Prime Minister has said the Goods and Services Tax (GST) will be increased to 7 per cent. Mr Lee Hsien Loong said the hike is necessary to finance the enhanced social safety nets to help
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      • Letter
        Give aid freely and with fewer conditions
        157 22  -  CORINNEFONG Letter from IF THE GST has to be raised to help the needy and the poor, so be it But I urge the ministries to be generous in giving financial aid, and not to tie this to too many conditions. It is
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        Impose lower GST on health, basic expenses
        51 22  -  ONGKOKSOON Letter from THE Government should think of various levels of GST rather than fix it at 7 per cent Medical bills, transport charges and basic expenses should have a lower GST, and entertainment spending given a higher one. This will benefit the
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        Show details of how hike will benefit needy
        142 22  -  MOHDROSLE AHMAD Letter from WHAT intrigues me most about the proposed GST hike is the reason for the move, as I am not yet convinced by the big picture drawn up for us. A detailed breakdown of the potential increase in GST
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    • Article
      FOCUS ON THE FAMILY
      229 24  -  JAMES DOBSON BYDR RAISE YOUR CHILD'S IQ According to Dr Burton White at Harvard University, there are six factors that contribute to the intellectual capacity of the child, and we discussed the first three helpful environmental factors yesterday. They were: 1) The most critical period for
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    • Article
      Have more kids? It's a SQUASH
      481 24  -  SANGEETHABYSHEIM The shrinking size of HDB flats makes it difficult to accommodate larger families Letter from THERE are many reasons given why younger Singaporeans are having fewer children: The high cost of living, lack of childcare, lack of Government assistance, lack of time, and
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    • Letter
      Pay in full, on time = no charge
      678 26  - Pay in full, on time no charge ONG-ANG AI BOON After due date, credit card customer loses entitlement to interest-free credit Letter from Director Association of Banks in Singapore WE REFER to the letter, "When 24% hides the true cost" (Oct 20), by Mr Kuo How Nam, president of Credit
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    • Letter
      For more babies, grow funds for child's education
      225 26  -  GARY LEE Letter from I REFER to the Government's plan to channel the Baby Bonus to post-secondary education. Isn't this already achieved when unused balances are transferred from a Child Development Account (CDA) to the Post Secondary Education Account (PSE) and, subsequently,
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      isay THE ALLURE OF THE DEBT TRAP
      411 28  -  SIM KAH CHOON A MERE mortal like me doesn't often get a phone call out of nowhere from a Venerable Credit Card Company offering him a loan of $30,000 free of interest for six months. "And if you are agreeable," carried on the
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      With a song in his heart
      722 30  -  CHEOWXINYI Former students gather at a well-loved teacher's wake to sing their last goodbye memorium LORTUCKKWUN,76 Karaoke teacher news@newstoday.com.sg HE DIED suddenly and there was no obituary, but the funeral of Mr Lor Tuck Kwun was so packed that some had to stand outside
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    • Letter
      SMS a problem if abroad
      135 31  -  DENIS DISTANT Letter from STANDARD Chartered Bank is introducing a further security feature for access to its Internet banking service, which involves sending an additional logon pin by SMS. I hope StanChart and other local banks realise that customers can access their online accounts from
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    • SHORTTAKES
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        VIP DETOUR MEANT EXTRA ERP CHARGE
        139 31  -  EDDY TAN: I refer to the article, "Roads closed, exams delayed for Bush visit" (Nov 13). The last time the roads were closed for the US President's visit in 2003, motorists incurred extra costs not only in terms of the time taken for travelling
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        SUPERMARKET DASH
        164 31  -  JURIAH TALIB: I am grateful to a member of the service staff of NTUC Fair Price's outlet at Yishun MRT station. On Oct 30 at about 6pm, she went out of her way to return a packet of fruit that I had paid for but euphoric with the
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      445 32  -  CHRISTIE LOH christie@media corp.com.sg TEMASEK Holdings is "cautiously optimistic" that the controversy over its stake in Thai-land-based Shin Corp will be resolved, the chief executive of the Singapore investment firm, Ms Ho Ching, said yesterday. It was her first public comment
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      157 32 -DOW JONES TELECOMMUNICATIONS-serv-ice provider Unified Communications Holdings said yesterday that it was tying up with United States network-software provider Telcordia Technologies in a bid to win a $5 million contract to manage a centralised database for mobile phone numbers in Singapore. The two
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        447 34  -  CHOW PENN NEE OCBC's Q3 profit up 7% at $379 million pennnee@media corp.com.sg OVERSEA-Chinese Banking Corp (OCBC) yesterday reported a net profit of $379 million in its fiscal third quarter ended Sept 30, an increase of 7 per cent from the corresponding period a year ago.
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        320 35 —AGENCIES CITY Developments (CDL) said yesterday that its third-quarter net profit more than tripled from the corresponding period a year ago, boosted by an expanding economy and the sale of leasehold interests in four hotels. Its net profit for the three months ended Sept 30 rose to
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        224 35 BLOOMBERG China Aviation Oil (Singapore) Corp turned to a profit in the third quarter from a loss a year earlier. Net income in the quarter ended Sept 30 was $12.5 million, compared with a loss of $13,000 in the year-earlier period, the jet-fuel trader said. Its sales jumped to
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        727 36  -  SHOBHATSERINGBHALLA IDAYEXCLUSIVE India's central bank deputy governor enthralled by pace of expansion of Chinese cities shobha@mediacorp.com.sg HE IS one of India's, if not Asia's, most respected economists and the brains behind India's economic liberalisation that started in 1991, but it is China's gleaming cities or
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        605 37 East Asia to grow 7.3 next year DOW JONES China to continue to lead region's expansion: World Bank THE economies of emerging East Asia will expand for a sixth consecutive year in 2007, led by sustained growth in China, the World Bank said in a report released yesterday. The region,
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        189 37 —AFP ASIA-PACIFIC business executives will call on world leaders at a Hanoi summit to kickstart stalled global trade talks and tackle volatile energy prices, a Vietnamese industry leader said yesterday. Members of the Apec Business Advisory Council (Abac) will detail their worries over the
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        846 38 Innosight Asia formulates compelling business plans for clients to create new markets SINGAPORE companies looking to create or break into new markets by adopting "disruptive innovation" can look to Innosight Asia for guidance. Innosight is a company dedicated to developing intellectual property, new technologies and fresh
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        190 38 THE British Chamber of Commerce yesterday announced the winners of the annual British Business Awards at its gala dinner held at the Shangri-La Hotel. Eleven individuals and organisations received their awards from guest-of-honour Ho Kwon Ping, the chairman of the Banyan Tree Group, in the
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      559 44  -  NGYI-SHENG plus@newstoday.com.sg FOR two-and-a-half months, I was an artwork with the Singapore Biennale. I'm not kidding. I was part of a project by the artist Luchezar Boyadjiev, who trained us volunteers as tour guides, giving visitors a behind-the-scenes glimpse into the art world. I got to
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      483 49 —AGENCIES Shine and Everton star could become Rooney's permanent partner for England FRIENDLY Holland v England LONDON Andrew Johnson has been accused of being too quick to take a tumble. Today, the Everton striker hopes to be the man to put England back on their feet
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      262 49 —AFP SYDNEY England spin bowler Monty Panesar was racially abused by an Australian cricket fan in a warm-up match ahead of the eagerly anticipated Ashes series. The bearded Sikh was called a "stupid Indian" during a tour match against New South Wales at the Sydney
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      385 49 DPA MADRID Real Madrid are planning the most expensive mid-winter transfer campaign ever undertaken by a football club. The Spanish giants are prepared to splash out up to 30 million euros ($6O million) on young South Americans Marcelo, Fernando Gago and Gonzalo Higuain.
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      320 50 -AFP NEW YORK The Boston Red Sox won negotiation rights for Japanese star pitcher Daisuka Matsuzaka for US$42 million ($65 million), ESPN reported Monday, saying the bid was far more than any Major League Baseball rival. Citing unnamed sources, the
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      530 50 —AFP Defender's tolerance of English weather, food pays off FRIENDLY France v Greece SENLIS, France Manchester United's French defender Patrice Evra has painted a grim picture of life in England catastrophic food, awful weather but he would not swop it for the world. Evra
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      329 51 -AFP LONDON Struggling Premiership side Charlton have named former assistant Les Reed as their new head coach to replace lain Dowie who was sacked on Monday. The club brought a premature end to Dowie's reign after Saturday's 3-2 defeat at Wigan left the Addicks
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      135 51 ■AFP LONDON Chelsea have confirmed the signing of Swedish goalkeeper Magnus Hedman, who will help plug the gap left by the injured Peter Cech. Hedman, who has been on trial with the club, has signed a contract until the end of the season. "He (Hedman)
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      229 53  -  CUBBYLEONG cubby@mediacorp.com.sg IF ALL goes well, Manchester United legend Eric Cantona (picture) could be strutting his stuff on a beach in Singapore. According to sources, Cantona is one of several high profile names targeted to grace the Brazilian Beach Soccer 2006, set for Dec
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