Today, 30 November 2006, Afternoon Edition

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    29 1 TODAY /A=diaCorp share your free newspaper MICA (P) 314/10/2006 Thursday November 30, 2006 todayonline.corr TODAY /AbdiaCorp share your free newspaper Thursday November 30, 2006 todayonline.com I MICA (P) 314/10/2006
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  • AFTERNOONEDITION
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      Lock icon POLITICS AND THE DEAD DOHA DREAMS
      736 1  -  DARREN LAI TWO strapping women touted as Singapore's brightest medal hopes in the Asian Games track and field events before they were controversially dropped broke down and wept But the real bombshell was to follow. Sitting beside them, their mentor, former Singapore Athletic Association
      WEETECKHIAN I  -  736 words
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      Lock icon Spy case: Radiation in 2 BA planes
      410 1 —AFP British Airways says 221 flights, 33,000 people are involved LONDON Investigators looking into the events surrounding the poisoning of former Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko found traces of radiation on two British Airways aircraft yesterday. British Airways said that "very low traces of
      —AFP  -  410 words
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  • hot news
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      Children's fund's self-imposed freeze
      523 2  -  LEONG WEE KEAT weekeat@media corp.com.sg FOR the next 10 years, you won't be dialling any hotline to pledge funds for the Children's Medical Fund (CMF) while watching stars perform stunts on TV, and you shouldn't see donation tins or pledge cards bearing the name of the
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      Lock icon US tax may drive away Americans from S'pore
      528 2  -  CHRISTIE LOH Survey finds that many want out; More jobs for locals? christie@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE may soon see an exodus of American expatriates because of a new United States tax law. According to a survey by the American Chamber of Commerce (AmCham), nearly
      SOURCE AMERICAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE PHOTO AFP  -  528 words
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      CRIMINAL DOWNSIDE OF COPYRIGHT LAWS
      838 3  -  3IEWKUMHONG Copying from a CD I bought to my iPod shouldn't be a crime LAST month, the police raided the homes of seven alleged illegal music downloaded, under a provision of the Copyright Act that took effect in January last year. The section was a
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      Lock icon US stocks, oil close higher
      151 3 -AFP NEW YORK US stocks vaulted higher yesterday after the government released a stronger-than-expected revision to thirdquarter growth, easing some investor fears about an economic downturn. The Dow Jones Industrial Average ended up 90.28 points at 12,226.71, the Nasdaq Composite finished 19.62 points higher at
      -AFP  -  151 words
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      100 2 Introduction and opening address Freely Time Squeeze Theory Fundamental, Technical and Gapping Analyses Portfolio Management for the modern investor Case studies of successful investing Witness graduates' testimonies Dr.Clemen Chiang %Wm I Singapore's number one it T money stock options ijiiifwrej^9TW<BS?l*lt., d investment coach. v v mer^' jfcfWy^ "Freely is Asia's
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  • Singapore news
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      PM upbeat about Middle East prospects
      467 4  -  LEEU-WEN IN DOHA,QATAR Visit to region a success, encourages S'poreansto pick up Arabic as 3rd language u-wen@mediacorp.com.sg PRIME Minister Lee Hsien Loong is confident that more Singapore businesses will soon make their presence felt in the lucrative Middle East. Wrapping up his first official
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      Charity Council draws up comprehensive Code of Governance
      409 4  -  JASMINE YIN jasmine@media corp.com.sg SINGAPORE'S charities will soon get its own Code of Governance, as the newlyformed Charity Council gets down to work. The 14-member council has identified the drawing up of such a Code which charities will be encouraged to adopt
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      HDB's no-commission deal
      523 6  -  JASMINE YIN Agents marketing its unsold flats won't charge buyers jasmine@media corp.com.sg WOULD you like to buy a flat without paying the property agent's commission? Well that is the deal that the Housing and Development Board (HDB) is offering to find buyers in the open market for
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      Netizens place great trust in blogs: Online survey
      583 6  -  DERRICK A PAULO derrick@media corp.com.sg 4 BLOGS TO WATCH HALF of Internet users in Singapore rate blogs to be as trustworthy as traditional media such as print, radio and television, according to a survey. Microsoft AsiaPacific reported Tuesday that Internet users in
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      Lock icon Ignorance can kill you
      634 8  -  SHERALYN TAY Hence the need to come forward for Aids testing, say activists sheralyn@media corp.com.sg THE number of those getting tested for HIV/Aids is rising, thanks in part to anonymous testing and new rapid-testing procedures. When anonymous HIV screening was first offered in 1992 at the
      PHOTOS AFP  -  634 words
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      Lock icon An end to some fishy business
      304 8 —ANSLEYNG THE company flew in the vicepresident of a renowned French culinary school to testify against a rival for using similar sauces in its seafood. But there was to be none of the courtroom drama that local seafood chain Fish Co was bracing for.
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      Lock icon Chinese tourists among top five spenders in Spore
      247 10  -  —TORCHING LI SINGAPORE is looking to be the first country in the world, by the end of the year, to receive its millionth visitor from China. And having grown to make up the second largest group of travellers to Singapore, the Chinese
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      Lock icon More Tanjung Beach hotels?
      135 10 938 LIVE THE operator of Sentosa may consider releasing two adjoining plots of land at the Tanjung Beach area for resort hotel development. The two plots could be combined into a single site, said Sentosa Leisure Group's property director Gurjit Singh, at the sidelines of a
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      Lock icon Eighth Wonder raises bid
      515 10  -  TORCHING LI It raises investment to $5.6b for Sentosa IR, plans $130 m aquarium chingli@media corp. com. sg SENTOSA contender Eighth Wonder raised its bid to $5.6 billion after its chairman Mark Advent decided to throw in a $130 million aquarium into the ring at the
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  • world news
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      Myanmar isolates itself further
      622 12  -  NG HUN WEI Junta's move to suspend Red Cross operations likely to push Asean away MYANMAR looks to have set itself on a political collision course with its neighbours. The recent decision by the militaryrun regime to suspend the operations of the International Committee of the
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      Lock icon Pope calls for peace at shrine in Turkey
      358 12 -AFP EPHESUS (Turkey) Pope Benedict XVI began the religious leg of his four-day visit to Turkey yesterday by celebrating his first mass on Muslim soil at the Home of the Virgin Mary and making a fresh appeal for peace in the Middle
      -AFP; 4 AFP  -  358 words
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      Lock icon Thai court orders 59 N Korean defectors to go home
      216 14 -AGENCIES BANGKOK A Thai court yesterday ordered 59 North Korean defectors to return home, one day after they were found hiding in a house in suburban Bangkok. Most of the defectors were women and children, police major general Praphan Panikom
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      Lock icon Warning: More protests ahead
      504 14 -AFP But Thailand's junta believes it can handle the situation after easing of martial law BANGKOK- Thailand's decision to lift martial law across much of the kingdom may ease international pressure, but raises the possibility that the junta will face bolder protests, analysts say. In the
      -AFP; 1 BU AFP  -  504 words
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      Putting a new spin on things
      551 15 With the world's first revolutionary Air Wash System, Samsung's latest washing machine-cum-dryer brings the level of cleanliness in your home to greater heights. may find this scenario familiar: The family has just come home after a barbecue party, and now, everyone's clothes smell smoky.The
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      Lock icon HK's Tsang warned about the danger of cronyism
      249 16 —DPA HONG KONG Hong Kong leader Donald Tsang was attacked yesterday by his former boss for his plans to bolster his administration with more political appointees. Former Chief Secretary Anson Chan, who was deputy leader of Hong Kong when Mr Tsang was
      —DPA  -  249 words
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      Lock icon All doped up on take-out
      405 16 —AFP 2008 Olympics athletes could test positive for doping if they eat out BEIJING Athletes who compete at the 2008 Beijing Olympics face the danger of a positive drugs test if they dine out and eat some of China's chemical-laden foods, a top Chinese doping
      —AFP; f AFP  -  405 words
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      Food scares send residents running for organic food
      310 16  -  ROLAND LIM CHANNELNEWSASIA HONG KONG BUREAU CHIEF rolandlim@media corp.com.sg HONG KONG A series of food scares in Hong Kong, including fears over the safety of eggs and fresh-water fish imports from China, has led to more and more people turning to organic
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    • GLOBALROUNDUP
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        Lock icon CHEN'S SON DENIES HE APPLIED FOR US RESIDENCY
        139 16 -AFP The son of Taiwanese President Chen Shui-bian yesterday rejected a charge that he had applied for permanent residency in the United States. Mr Chiu Yu, a lawmaker from Taiwan's opposition Kuomintang party, accused Mr Chen Chih-chung of trying to obtain a
        -AFP  -  139 words
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        Lock icon SHANGHAI REPORTS 70 PER CENT JUMP IN HIV/ AIDS CASES
        104 16 -AP The number of newly-reported Aids cases and HIV infections jumped 70 per cent in China's largest city, Shanghai, from last year, a state-run newspaper said yesterday. The 621 new HIV/Aids cases reported till Nov 20 this year brought Shanghai's
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      • Article
        Lock icon ISLAMIC MILITANT GETS 12 YEARS FOR AIDING TERRORISTS
        123 16 -AP An Indonesian court yesterday sentenced an Islamic militant to 12 years in prison for providing a gun to the aide of a leading member of a South-east Asian terrorist network. Joko Wibowo, alias Abu Sayaf, was convicted for violating anti-terror laws
        -AP  -  123 words
      • Article
        SHOUTING THERAPY MAY SOOTH SARAWAK'S POLITICIANS
        142 16 A senior politician of the Sarawak state assembly has proposed for a "shouting therapy" centre to be established on the premises of the State Legislative Assembly (DUN) so as to maintain some decorum in the assembly's proceedings, Bernama news agency reported. In a wrap-up
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      Lock icon Australia, M'sia move past Dr M
      314 17 —AGENCIES Howard's visit to XL is proof that bilateral relations are good in post-Mahathir era SYDNEY Australian Prime Minister John Howard's visit to Malaysia is proof that cracks in bilateral ties have healed since the retirement of Malaysia's former leader Mahathir Mohamad, political watchers
      —AGENCIES; AFF  -  314 words
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      Lock icon Police monitor outlawed sect after arresting alleged followers
      175 17 —AFP KUALA LUMPUR A Malaysian deputy minister said the police were monitoring suspected members of Al Arqam, an outlawed Islamic sect, to see if the movement was spreading across the Muslim majority country. The move comes after officials from the Islamic religious
      —AFP  -  175 words
    • Article
      Lock icon M'sian PM wants corruption body to buck up
      226 17 -AGENCIES KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia's Prime Minister has demanded firm results from the country's Anti-Cor-ruption Agency after adding 300 new officers to the force, which has been criticised for being soft on high-pro-file suspects. "I want them... investigate, get the proof, (and) bring
      -AGENCIES  -  226 words
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      Lock icon Poison spreads in spy death mystery
      611 18 AFP A trail of radioactive polonium 210 has been found in the footsteps of ex-Russian agent LONDON Following the poisoning death of Mr Alexander Litvinenko, reports said yesterday that the ex-Russian spy once smuggled nuclear material and that a former Russian Prime Minister's mystery
      — AFP; I YENYOK  -  611 words
    • Article
      Lock icon N KOREA'S DEMANDS FOR TALKS
      288 19 —AGENCIES North Korea wants sanctions dropped and the United States to free its overseas bank accounts as preconditions for dismantling its nuclear programme, a news agency said yesterday. These are terms which are likely to become a sticking point in negotiations. North Korean envoy Kirn
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      Lock icon Depriving Kim of his luxuries
      514 19 —AP The US'new tactic is to impose sanctions that target only North Korea's leader, not the country WASHINGTON In a bid to grab North Korea's attention, the United States government is for the first time imposing trade sanctions that expressly target a foreign leader. According
      —AP; AFF  -  514 words
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      Lock icon Back to the remote isles ...
      245 21 Back to the remote isles —AFP Scottish girl must return to her country, Pakistan court rules in custody battle LAHORE A Scottish schoolgirl at the centre of an international custody fight must return to Britain, a Pakistani court ruled yesterday after upholding an appeal by her mother. "Molly Campbell will
      —AFP; AFP  -  245 words
    • Article
      Lock icon Scientists discover 2,100-year-old 'super-computer'
      335 21 —AFP PARIS A 2,100-year-old clockwork machine whose remains were retrieved from a shipwreck more than a century ago has turned out to be the celestial super-computer of the ancient world, reported Nature magazine. Using 21st-century technology to peer beneath the surface of the encrusted gearwheels, stunned
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        Lock icon US TO PRINT BUND-FRIENDLYSSS
        85 21 —AP The United States government discriminates against blind people by printing money that all looks and feels the same, a federal judge said yesterday in a ruling that could change the face of American currency. The district judge ordered the Treasury Department to come up with
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        Lock icon US WILL TRY TO EASE VISA RULES
        70 21 -DPA United States leaders have said they would try to expand the number of countries whose citizens can enter the US visa-free, addressing a major irritant in relations with the new democracies of eastern Europe. US President George W Bush unveiled the initiative
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      Lock icon Mother 'microwaves baby'
      214 21 -AP OHIO A woman was arrested on suspicion of murdering her newborn daughter by heating her in a microwave oven. China Arnold, 26, was jailed on Monday on a charge of aggravated murder more than a year after she took her dead, month-old baby to a hospital.
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      Lock icon THE PROBLEM WITH IRAQ'S LEADER
      191 22 MILITIAS STAY American and Iraqi military leaders have pressed Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri Al Maliki (picture) for months to ban militias, some of which have close links to Shia parties in the ruling coalition. Mr Maliki has said his government will not force militias to
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      No longer the right man for the job
      586 22 But US doesn't want to replace Iraqi PM, says secret memo BAGHDAD Even as United States President George W Bush and Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri Al Maliki embarked yesterday on a two-day meeting to discuss the situation in Iraq, US national security
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      Lock icon Castro a no-show at birthday gala, sends message
      217 24 -AFP HAVANA A letter attributed to Cuba's President Fidel Castro (picture) saying he was not well enough to attend a gala celebration of his 80th birthday was read aloud at the event, almost four months after he ceded power to his brother,
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      Lock icon EU nations knew but kept quiet ...
      511 24 EU nations knew but kept quiet —AFP European countries had knowledge of ClA's seizure of terror suspects BRUSSELS Most European Union (EU) member nations knew about the United States policy of CIA seizures of terror suspects abroad and kept the information from a European parliamentary enquiry, the committee's rapporteur Claudio
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      Make nature's riches the lure
      363 26  -  MARYANNE MAES Planned development of southern islands must avoid harming area's biodiversity Letter from I WAS dismayed to hear of the Singapore Government's plan to convert six of our naturally beautiful islands into more havens for the wealthy ("Kusu: Playground of the rich?", Nov 29).
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      Action taken on smoking offences
      195 26  -  S SATISH APPOO Letter from Director, Environmental Health Department National Environment Agency WE REFER to the letter, "Smoking ban seems to be hazy in some places" (Nov 24). The National Environment Agency (NEA)'s officers conduct regular checks on places where smoking is prohibited by law
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      The downside of upbeat testimonials
      182 26  -  ETHELCHONG Letter from I REFER to the news article, "Prof fined for false information" (Nov 28). The "Prof" in question is Professor Bryan Ngoi, who was charged with passing on false information to immigration officers with regard to a sham marriage. Before Ngoi's sentence was
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    • Article
      FOCUS ON THE FAMILY
      254 28  -  DR JAMES DOBSON BY HOME: A SAFE HAVEN Most of us have become acquainted with the term "friendly fire", where soldiers were inadvertently killed or wounded by their own troops.This phenomenon doesn'tjustoccur on the battlefield; it happens at home too. In the frazzled and harried society
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      EXCITE THE UNHAPPY CUSTOMER
      623 28  -  LIANG DINGZI I HAD wanted a new pair of glasses before I travelled, so the optician had only a window of seven days (instead of the usual 10) to get them ready for collection. Kelvin of Optic Point assured me it could be done. He called
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    • ACCOLADES
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        CAPTAIN'S DRIVE TO DELIVER GOOD SERVICE
        156 28  -  JOCELYN KOH: It started to rain heavily minutes after I left my place for Ikea on Wednesday, and I did not have an umbrella with me. I boarded Bus Service 196 along Clementi Avenue 6 at about 2.15pm. When SBS bus captain Mr Ng
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        130 28  -  KENNETH CHENG JING WEN: Besides being courteous and affable, customer service personnel must also aim to exceed customers' expectations. Here's an example. Two weeks ago, I sent some feedback to Singapore Airlines (SIA) telling them of the concerns my aunt faced while using the airline's
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      831 32  -  FRANCES ONG HOCK LIN WHEN I share with friends that we believe in caning our children, we are often met with disbelief and sometimes horror. Some would even suggest that we are barbarians. Once, our six year old persisted in lying despite
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      252 33  -  NALEEZAEBRAHIM Letter from Deputy Director, Media Relations Land Transport Authority I REFER to Mr Michael Loh Yik Ming's letter "Cabbies with no street savvy" (Nov 20). Frustrated with taxi drivers who are not familiar with locations of common places in Singapore, Mr
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      525 34  -  CHUASOOKIAT Taxing the rich, corporations more would be bad for all Letter from I READ with great interest some of Edmund Lim's recommendations ("Tax the rich more over estate duties, income and property to help out the poor", Nov 29). The goods and services tax
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      680 35  -  CHEOWXINYI She creates dolls, cushions, clothes and inspiration for the disabled community CHUAN YEW ENG 59, Unemployed news@newstoday.com.sg THE elegant Indian silk cushion cover, delicately hand-embroidered and beaded, would not be out of place in some house-proud tai tai's hoard or a furnishings store. Then there
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      30 26 Victoria Concert Hall \^i| [JI What's the difference between a symphony and an overture? When should I during a concert? Why are there so many RULES to observe? BUmUm fflß
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      497 36  -  -DOW JONES BLOOMBERG Ascott Group will manage two serviced-res-idence developments in the Middle East, marking an expansion into that region. Ascott will manage the 188-unit Somerset Juffair in Manama City, Bahrain, and the 200-unit Somerset Corniche in Doha, Qatar, the company said. "The contracts are part of Ascott's master
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        MARIGOLD PEEL FRESH FOR TODAY READERS
        77 36 MARIGOLD Peel Fresh introduces two new flavours to its extensive range of chilled juices in response to Singaporean's move to be healthier. The two variants are No Sugar Added Apple Cranberry and No Sugar Added Wheat Grass Veggie. Today readers had a chance to
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        DEUFRANCE SPREADS TO INDONESIA
        96 36 DELIFRANCE Asia has entered into a Master Franchise Agreement with Bistro Delifrance BB Indonesia, allowing it the rights to operate the Delifrance franchise in the whole of Indonesia. This signing of the agreement by Bistro Delifrance BB Indonesia chief executive officer Martin Gunadi and Delifrance Asia
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        BIOMED INDUSTRY CAN APPLY FOR GOOD LAB PRACTICE PROGRAMME
        120 36 COMPANIES in the billion-dollar biomedical industry and local laboratories can look forward to greater market access with Spring Singapore's new Good Laboratory Practice (GLP) programme. Companies which are GLP-compliant will soon have their non-clinical studies data accepted in 30 Organisation for
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      809 36  -  LEECHINGWERN LEECHINGWERN PCRD minority shareholders vote today on PCCW stake sale chingwern@media corp.com.sg HONG Kong's biggest corporate drama of the year involving Asia's richest man and his family squabbles will have its finale in Singapore today, as minority shareholders of Singapore-listed Pacific Century Regional Developments (PCRD) vote
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        303 38  -  CHRISTIE LOH If proposal goes through, wrongdoers will be prosecuted under the SFA christie@media corp.com.sg TO BOLSTER Singapore's growth as a commodity futures trading hub, the central bank may soon take over the regulation of those products from IE Singapore. The transfer of oversight would
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        258 38 -AGENCIES TEMASEK-LINKED Capita Land is pricing a trust that owns seven malls in China at the high end of the range after investor interest exceeded the shares available. It will sell 193.3 million shares of Capitaßetail China Trust at $1.13 apiece, the top end of
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        146 38 CHANNEL NEWSASIA EFFORTS to stem piracy attacks on the high seas have received a boost with the launch of an Information Sharing Centre based in Singapore. It is set up by the Regional Cooperation Agreement on Combating Piracy and Armed Robbery Against Ships in Asia (ReCaap).
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        Brilliant gets $195m takeover offer from Nidec
        306 40 Singapore manufacturer's founding family agrees to sell its 53 per cent stake BRILLIANT Manufacturer has received a $195-million cash offer from Japan's Nidec Corp, the world's biggest maker of motors for hard-disk drives, in a move that could see it being delisted from
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          4 40 ST Index 2,826.36 +38.55
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          63 40 -DOW JONES THE ST Index (STI) ended higher as investors looked for bargains following the previous day's drop. The STI rose 38.55 points, or 1.4 per cent, to close at 2,826.36. On the broad market, gainers led losers 437 to 178 as 1.26 billion shares worth $1.22 billion were
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          55 40 Nikkei 225 *****.20 +220.94 +1.39 Hang Seng ASX *****.93 +141.40 5452.60 +60.30 +0.76 +1.27 Taiwan Wtd 7474.19 +29.25 +0.39 Korea Comp 1422.55 +11.00 +0.70 KLCI 1064.60 +7.37 +0.70 SET Index 735.76 +0.43 +1.16 Jakarta Comp 1713.39 +22.31 +1.32 Phils Comp Shenzhen B 2745.56 -33.50 365.13 +2.26 -1.21 +0.62
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          26 40 SGX, Bloomberg Gold US$/oz 637.30 Silver US$/oz 13.62 Platinum US$/oz 1,150.60 Rubber cents/kg 243.00 Palm oil RM/tonne 1,883.00 Brent crude US$/barrel 59.46 Information provided by
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          52 40 STATSChP UniFiber AdvSCT SingTel UTAC Chartered MediaRing Centillion Gems TV Quhua 1.260 0.265 0.655 2.900 0.755 1.360 0.340 0.155 1.410 0.505 +0.070 +0.010 +0.065 -0.030 +0.015 +0.020 +0.015 +0.005 +0.020 +5.9 +3.9 +11.0 -1.0 +2.0 +1.5 +4.6 +3.3 +1.4 27,207 23,670 22,072 20,969 20,940 20,353 19,061 10,710
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          36 40 US$ 0.6454 UK£ 0.3307 Yen 74.972 HK$ 5.0184 RM 2.3492 Euro 0.4890 Rupiah 5924.0 Baht 23.444 Peso 32.179 AS 0.8236 Indian Rs 28.846 Won 600.73 C$ 0.7296 Yuan 5.0599 NZ$ 0.9492 NT$ 21.087
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        273 42  -  CHOW PENN NEE OCBC customers can now do more with the übiquitous ATM machine such as updating their contact details. Announcing this yesterday, the bank said that this feature available at its 102 in-branch ATMs offers a more convenient way for
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        Lock icon SIA receives Boeing 777-300ER planes
        81 42 -AFP SINGAPORE Airlines (SIA) has taken delivery of its first two Boeing 777-300ER (extended range) planes from an order placed with the US manufacturer two years ago, the carrier said yesterday. SIA said that it ordered 19 8777-300ER aircraft in August 2004 and the first
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        522 42 -AGENCIES Spore initial public offering to raise $98m, half the amount sought in earlier try CHEMOIL Energy will offer about 218 million shares to institutional investors at 45 cents each, raising about $98 million in its revived public offering in Singapore. The company
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        348 43 -AGENCIES WASHINGTON The United States economic expansion is likely to remain on track through next year, weathering a slowdown largely confined to the housing sector, Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke said. In a detailed speech on the US economic outlook, he said growth
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        162 43 -AFP TOKYO The head of French insurance group AXA warned of trouble in doing business with China, saying that the Chinese were nationalists determined to conquer the world. Speaking in Tokyo at a forum of French and Japanese business leaders, Mr Claude
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        240 43 -AFP 1 SHANGHAI The head of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) John Thain urged China to make it easier for more Chinese companies to list overseas, saying pending restrictions would hurt the nation's economy. "We do not think that making
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      333 48 IT HAS become pretty much common sense to wart centred on the theme of' Your Digital Playground". Built educate visitors about high-definition (HD) content till a consumer electronics exhibition before you buy to resemble a playground, rt features five areas: Awe- and offer visitors a
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      616 48 IFYOU can't live without music 24/7, invest in a portable MP3 player Players these days come with an astounding array of multimedia features coupled with respectable battery power to deliver hours and hours of audio bliss. So, what exactly should you look for in your questforthe
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      208 50 IPOD SHUFFLE AND NANO BOOTH:3D2O THE new iterations of the iPod shuffle and nano are the best yet. The shuffle comes in IGB capacity (letting you store up to 240 songs) this time round but is only 1.62 inches long and weighs half an ounce dimensions that are
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      163 50 SHIRO MY BOOTH: 4H40 IFYOU'RE a bar-gain-hunter and want the most features in a device, check out the Shiro MY This new player in town has dual-headset support so you can plug in another pair of headphones. You can also view photos and watch videos on the
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      189 52 SAMSUNG 2258W LCD MONITOR BOOTHS: 4D01,4C20 THE Samsung 2258W and the Viewsonic VX224swm are the first few 22-inch widescreen displays on the local market. They were designed for new operating systems like Windows Vista to take advantage of the extra real estate onscreen with its visual-centric features.
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      167 52 WITH theViewDock VX224swm, ViewSonic will be launching the world's first liquid crystal display (LCD) with a built-in iPod dock at SitexWith this distinguishing feature, it sets itself apart from the other 22-inch LCDs out there. The officially-certified "Made for iPod" device sports a contrast ratio of 700:1,
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      764 56 ON THE ONE HAND BE PREPARED. Be very prepared. Sitex 2006 will see an onslaught of new notebooks by vendors eager for you to snap up their latest and hottest models. No longer are laptops garish mobile bricks; you now have a wide choice depending on your mobile computing needs
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      256 58 TOSHIBA SATELLITE M 100-302 I E (PSMAI L-0L300C) BOOTH: 4CIO THE Satellite M 1 00-3021 E (PSMAI L-0L300C) yes, that's the exact model number is a new notebook from Toshiba that comes with features that might be useful for those prone to accidents or paranoid
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      179 58 SAMSUNG R4O BOOTHS: 4D01,4C20 SAMSUNG is launching the R4O notebook at Sitex and it might just be one of the more affordable ones featuring Intel's latest processors at the exhibition. The R4O comes equipped with a Core 2 Duo processor (I.66GHz) and its only Achilles heel
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        289 60 SONYVAIOVGN-SZ3BGP/C BOOTHS: 3810,3C10,3D 10 SONY makes, arguably, the most well-designed Windows-based notebooks with its Vaio series with premium price tags to boot. On these two counts, the Vaio VGN-SZ3BGP/C notebook doesn't disappoint. Beneath its sophisticated carbon black looks lies a Core 2 Duo processor (2GHz) equipped with
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      161 62 CREATIVE LIVE! CAM OPTIA BOOTH:4F0l CREATIVE'S latest webcam, the Live! Cam Optia, touts instant plug-and-play and requires no drivers on systems running Windows XP Service Pack 2. It captures video at a resolution of 640x480 and at a rate of 30 frames per second and can also
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      164 65 WEATHERTMAV Amsterdam 8/10C partly cloudy Los Angeles 7/22C fair Auckland 12/21C rainy Manila 24/31C showers OingapOre Bali 25/32C partly cloudy Melbourne 13/26C windy 24/33C BSBegawan2s/32C thunderstorm New Delhi 8/25C hazy Bangkok 2935C thunderstorm NewYork 13/19C slight rain Bangalore 19/29C partly cloudy Paris 4/9C fog th Beijing -3/7C fair Perth 14/21C
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      Lock icon On the slow lane
      598 66 BLOOMBERG England turn to spin bowlers in Adelaide in bid to level series CRICKET Ashes Test ADELAIDE After Australia's seam bowling dominated the Ashes cricket opener in Brisbane, swing and spin are set to play a part when England try to level the five-match series in
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      490 66 -AFP LONDON Andy Robinson lost his job as head coach of the England rugby union team yesterday, after the Rugby Football Union (RFU) announced he was standing down with immediate effect "On behalf of the Rugby Football Union I am announcing that, further to recent
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      774 67 NEW YORK TIMES After failed bid in Matsuzaka lottery, New York win rights to negotiate with Hanshin's Igawa NEW YORK The fiercest and oldest rivalry in professional sports has taken hold in the Far East The New York Yankees and the Boston Red Sox have
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      445 67 -AP NBA Houston 82 Minnesota 75 HOUSTON Last season, when Tracy McGrady or Yao Ming was hurt, the Houston Rockets usually collapsed. This season, they've got the supporting cast to win those games. Yao scored 25 points, Shane Battier hit a pair of key
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      Lock icon United maintain pole position
      289 68 -AFP Ronaldo's first-half goal puts side on course for 3-0 win over Everton ENGLISH PREMIERSHIP Manchester United 3 Everton 0 LONDON Cristiano Ronaldo ensured Manchester United held on to pole position in the Premiership as he put his side on course for a 3-0 win against
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      Lock icon Liverpool reach end of the road
      249 68 -AFP LIVERPOOL (England) Liverpool's Premiership title ambitions all but ended as Rafael Benitez's lacklustre side were held to a 0-0 draw by third-placed Portsmouth at Anfield. Despite stretching their unbeaten home league run to 24 games, Liverpool were left to reflect on what might
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      Lock icon Ballade strikes to keep up the pressure
      355 68 —AFP BOLTON Michael Ballack headed home a first-half winner as Chelsea maintained their relentless pursuit of Premiership leaders Manchester United with a 1-0 win at Bolton. The German international notched his fourth goal of the season seconds before the break as Jose Mourinho's
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      Lock icon Fulham dash Arsenal's hopes
      171 68 -AFP LONDON Fulham beat a 10-man Arsenal 2-1 at Craven Cottage to end all hopes Arsene Wenger's side might have had of staying in the race for the Premiership title. An early glanced header from Brian McBride followed by a strike from Tomasz Radzinski put Fulham
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      Lock icon Past his sell-by date?
      571 69 -THE GUARDIAN LONDON When Andriy Shevchenko joined Chelsea, Jose Mourinho described it as "a day when the dream became reality". Shevchenko might now be secretly hoping the episode will turn out to be a bad dream and he will find himself back in Milan. Doubts are
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      383 69 THE GUARDIAN ENGLISH PREMIERSHIP Watford 0 Sheffield United 1 WATFORD Neil Warnock's dream is to force the football world to mention his Sheffield United team's name alongside that of Manchester United, and in one small way it came true on Tuesday night (yesterday
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      795 70  - He was their father figur, then DARREN LAI Throwers reveal how their relationship with SAA chief Loh soured darren@media corp.com.sg TOUTED as outside chances for medals in Doha, their Asian Games dreams have been shattered. Shot put throwers Zhang Guirong and Dv Xianhui were officially dropped from the Team Singapore
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      Opportunity lost, we should get some answers
      692 71  -  Leonard Thomas THEY sat across the table, strong, confident at first You expect it they are elite athletes after all. Zhang Guirong, now 34th, was at onetime the world No 18 in the shot put Once among the top 30 in the world,
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      352 72 —AFP ASIAN GAMES Table Tennis DOHA China quickly dispensed with table tennis minnows Kuwait and Yemen yesterday as the heavyweights made a clinical start to their Asian Games campaign in the men's and women's team event China's women, spearheaded by three-time world champion Wang
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      Lock icon Glamour couple on golden mission
      549 72 -AFP 'Posh and Becks' of badminton in search of Asian glory ASIAN GAMES Badminton we are looking to improve on it" While some back in China are merely hoping for a small improvement on their last outing, Li is demanding more. "We won two titles
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      Medals keep coming for Team Singapore
      145 72  -  SAZALI ABDUL AZIZ TEAM Singapore's sailors did the country proud yesterday by bagging four medals in the Far East and South Pacific (Fespic) Games for the Disabled in Kuala Lumpur yesterday. Jovin Tan and Joanne Teo swept the gold medals in the men's and
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      Lock icon China too sick and tired for an other gold sweep
      294 73 -AFP DOHA Tiredness and flu will hamper China's attempt to repeat its world gymnastics championship heroics at the Asian Games, according to head coach Huang Yubin. China collected eight of the 14 gold medals at the world championships in Aarhus,
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      Lock icon China bank on big Wang
      606 73 -AFP Without superstar Yao, Asian giants pin hopes on former NBA star to regain title ASIAN GAMES Basketball DOHA -The heat will be on China at the Asian Games basketball courts when action gets under way today as they aim to regain the gold they
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      Lock icon Maldives team isolated after chicken pox hit contingent
      226 73 ■AFP DOHA The Asian Games has been hit by a chicken pox outbreak among the Maldives team but organisers insist that the problem will not affect the 10,000 athletes taking part. The disease hit three members of the Indian Ocean island's volleyball
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      151 72 I TOUGH OPENING FOR WOODLANDS! I Faces Vietnam's top club Binh Duong. Vietnam No. 1 Cup Binh Duong Woodlands Thu, 30/11/06 6.45pm Italian Cup Chievo Reggina Thu, 30/11/06 10.00pm UE Cup Austria Vienna Sparta Prague Fri, 01/12/06 3.45 am UE Cup Panathinaikos Rapid Bucharest Fri, 01/12/06 3.45 am UE Cup
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      602 74  -  Jose Raymond ASIAN GAMES Men's Table Tennis TWICE Singapore needed him, and both times he did not let his new country down. After Singapore trailed their North Korean opponents, first 1-0 and then 2-1, in the Asian Games men's table tennis competition which got under way yesterday,
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      543 74  - When PM Lee drops by Tan Yo-Hinn Prime Minister visits us, and it has given us a real lift and makes us want to fight even harder for Singapore." Also present were Minister for Foreign Affairs George Yeo and Lim Hwee Hua, Minister of State for Finance, Singapore's chef-de-mission Annabel
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      789 75 NVA A Dell™ recommends Windows Vista™ Home Premium Dell™ I Home M Limited Time J Promotions valid till f Purely For YOU 3rd December 2006 -^■^^■^-^r g^^^ 4 r^^vMMM^h^l At Dell™, you can pick and choose till you're happy with what goes into your computer. Go ahead, take your time.
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      36 76 US! /V\ rj!A.C ORP Xoday is published by MediaCorp Press Ltd, 24, Raffles Place, #28-01/06, Clifford Centre, Singapore *****1. Tel: *****886. Printed by KHL Printing Co Pte Ltd, 57, Loyang Drive, Singapore *****8. Tel: *****222 /7W
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      787 77  -  I Justin Cheong KuSghl il Bffli l^r ffl Rl r K9 F^l EV 1 Neil Humphreys on Borat 4 Him: A men's supplement I 9 Traveller: Nude Kate Moss, anyone? 32 EVEN a movie about the Son of God has to give in to the donkey
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      766 78 Mary was very young when she was told she would bear the Son of God also influenced the director's decision to helm the film. "I love that age where your body changes you could have sex, have a child, become a woman; you're
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      311 78 She's the mother of God, but the Mary portrayed in The Nativity Story is also the latest in a long line of troubled teenagers whose lives have been captured on film. JUSTIN CHEONG looks at four other teenage characters whose tribulations were chronicled in movies. HEAVENLY CREATURES (1994)
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      763 80  -  NEIL HUMPHREYS plus point I IN MELBOURNE BORAT Sagdiyev pulls a face. The cult "Kazakh TV" star is clearly irritated. He's not unhappy with the question. He's unhappy with the person asking it. "No," he says abruptly. "I will not accept question from woman." In
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      343 82  -  GRACE YAP grace@media corp.com.sg VOCAL percussion may have spawned countless variations but Thomas Bullard, of the a cappella group Swingle Singers, wants audiences to know that their musical style is among the most intricate. "Our style takes a lot of influence from the beat
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      650 82  -  EUSACHIA Hong Kong co-director of film series also writes children's books elisa@media corp.com.sg ANIMATOR Raman Hui let out a coy laugh when he was hailed for waving the Asian flag high in Hollywood. "It's a great experience, I'm learning so much," the Hong Kong native told Today
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      456 84  -  AMELYNN LIONG Underground band chosen to play at ZoukOut plus@newstoday.com.sg haven't kept them from facing the all-too-familiar remarks. "The first response is always: You guys are teachers, mehT Fandy said with a shrug, as if resigned to being considered the ultimate in uncool. Despite the band
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      115 86 CNN anchor and correspondent Richard Quest was in Singapore last week to host the World In Motion segment of the CNN Future Summit. "I'm embarrassed with this one, because I like trashy novels. I try to read books by the winner of the Booker Prize, and I fail every
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      389 88  -  GRACE YAP Writer tells what it's like to travel first class grace@mediacorp.com.sg having an extra chocolate, only much more dramatic and much more expensive." The 64-year-old declined to divulge how much he spent on his trip, but said: "I did get some assistance along the
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        223 92 -AP HONG KONG A theme park with a statue and memorial hall will be built at Bruce Lee's southern Chinese ancestral home of Shunde, the president of his fan club said on Tuesday. The park will also contain a martial arts
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        445 110  - The end of the world ANNE CHALFANT MCT Argentina's southernmost city is the jumping off point for Antartica NEXT stop: water and ice. Ushuaia (picture) has the distinction of being one of the southernmost cities in South America, and the jumping-off point for Antarctic expeditions and cruises that go around
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