Today, 8 January 2007, Afternoon Edition

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    14 1 TODAY /A=DJj\CORP MICA (P) 314/10/2006 share your free newspaper Monday January 8, 2007 todayonline.com
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  • AFTERNOONEDITION
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      Mysterious green light over south
      53 1 A MYSTERIOUS greenish light was seen streaking over southern Singapore yesterday. This photograph was taken in the evening by Today reader Lance Edward Lee from the beach on the southern part of Sentosa. Mr Lee was among several people who called the MediaCorp News Hotline
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      Lock icon A region dangerously on edge
      287 1 -AGENCIES IT was a bloody weekend for South Asia as political unrest and racial violence erupted in Bangladesh, India and Sri Lanka. Riot police in Bangladesh fired rubber bullets and tear gas to disperse thousands of stickwielding and stone-throw-ing opposition protesters in the capital Dhaka
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      Who's doing the asking now?
      1002 1  -  JASMINE YIN With talent becoming more mobile than ever, HR bosses have to do more to attract and retain best and brightest jasmine@media corp. com. sg AS BONUSES are decided by many employers around the island, human resource managers are getting increasingly jittery. They know
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      56 1 8 "*****6"*****9" Weekday fIOQ 1 lf^l^ 1 £1 ATTARP pendant lamp K^ M WllAl Regular Price: $59 Height adjustable. Steel. LBO, H69 180 cm. II Offer valid from 8-12 Jan 2007. m m Limited to spcs per customer. While stocks last. 317 ALEXANDRA ROAD 60 TAMPINES NORTH DRIVE 2 OPEN:
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      47 1 T T DURAI BACK IN COURT NKF's case against former CEO and 3 others begins today 4 Getyour FREE 16-page arts event guide at selected Starbucks and I Coffee Bean Tea Leaf outlets, hotels, the airport, ticketing cen- tres, Singapore visitor centres i and selected programme venues
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      6 1 TROUBLE ACROSS THE REGION PAGES 8-9
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  • hot news
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      All revved up for a place to park
      892 2  -  LEONG WEE KEAT weekeat@media corp.com.sg Common terminal to house overland bus services needed to meet demand, raise standards: Bus association WITH world-class check-in services, shop-till-you-drop duty-free outlets, free Internet, video games and movies, it's not surprising that air travellers taking off from
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      AIR TRAVEL'S GOING THE DISTANCE
      634 2  -  LIANG DINGZI Even as full-service airlines stop skimping on cherries, budget carriers are closing in with long-haul flights THESE are exciting times in the business of air travel as two seemingly divergent trends emerge on the horizon. First, this year will see a return of
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  • Singapore news
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      NKF lawsuit battle lines drawn
      1004 4  -  LEE U-WEN u-wen@mediacorp.com.sg Questions to be addressed as trial opens today WHEN it came out in court that former National Kidney Foundation (NKF) chief executive TT Durai earned $600,000 a year, Shockwaves were felt across the island. That such a sum could be paid to
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      Lock icon ONE CASE, TWO VERDICTS
      1060 6 British court's ruling on Shorvon case reflects conflicting views on "professional misconduct" The three-year-long tussle between the Singapore Medical Council and Professor Simon Shorvon drew to a close with the former disappointed, and the latter, relieved. What swung it for the epilepsy expert, when the British
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      Shopping shock: Portion of ceiling collapses onto family
      285 7  -  CHOW PENN NEE SHOPPING became more of an adventure than the Chen family had bargained for on Saturday evening, when a piece of false ceiling crashed on them, and was followed by a gush of water. Mr Chen, who was on the
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  • world news
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      Lock icon A bloody weekend in South Asia
      700 8  -  COLOMBO, SRI LANKA ji"Ti?[HlyJ -AGENCIES Tn 1 > IHI fw Sri Lanka yesterday stepped up security in public transport after suspected Tamil Tigers blew up public buses killing 17 people and wounding dozens of others. Officials said 11 people were killed and 47 wounded
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      Lock icon Israel denies plans to strike
      521 8 —AFP Refutes The Sunday limes of London report as'absurd' LONDON Israel has drawn up plans to destroy Iran's uranium enrichment facilities in a tactical nuclear strike, a British newspaper said yesterday in a report rejected as "incorrect" by the Jewish state and which provoked threats
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      Lock icon N Korea, US may meet soon
      206 9 —AFP SEOUL South Korean Foreign Minister Song Min-Soon yesterday said he expected the United States and North Korea to resume critical talks later this month on US sanctions on Pyongyang. "A date has not been set yet, but I understand North Korea and the
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    • GLOBALROUNDUP
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        Lock icon THE SEARCH MUST GO ON
        81 9 AP Indonesia's Vice-President Jusuf Kalla assured anguished relatives the search for a jetliner that disappeared nearly a week ago with 102 people or board would not be abandoned. Thousands of soldiers, police anc volunteers have battled Sulawesi island's rugged jungle terrain in search of the
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        Lock icon BAD WEATHER HITS JAPAN
        78 9 Strong winds and heavy snow engulfed much of Japan yesterday, prompting the cancellation of more than 200 flights to and from an international airport in central Aichi prefecture and delaying the high-speed bullet train service, officials said. The Meteorological Agency warned of strong winds in northern
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        Lock icon BANNED BIRD FLU VACCINE SEIZED
        100 9 —AFP Thai police yesterday said they had seized 1,800 bottles of contraband bird flu vaccine worth over 20 million baht ($860,000), in what is believed to be Thailand's biggest such bust. Koh Samui's marine police said they arrested three Thai men at a bus station
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      Lock icon Security upped for Asean meet
      361 10 -AGENCIES Several thousand police and armed forces activated for the massive operation CEBU More than 10,000 policemen and soldiers have been deployed in the Philippine resort island of Cebu for this week's summit of South-east Asian leaders, as authorities warned yesterday that a terror attack
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      Lock icon INDONESIAN Jl MEMBER AMONG 6 SLAIN BY PHILIPPINE MILITARY
      213 10 —AFP One of six Muslim extremists slain by troops in the southern Philippines has been identified as an Indonesian member of the Jemaah Islamiyah (Jl) terrorist group, according to a navy statement yesterday. The slain Indonesian was identified as Gufran, or
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      Lock icon Malaysia issues flood 'red' alert
      303 10 —AFP KUALA LUMPUR The death toll from floods in Malaysia rose to 17 as fresh heavy downpours forced hundreds to evacuate in the country's north and the eastern state of Sabah, the authorities said yesterday. The meteorological department yesterday issued its highest "red stage" warning
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      Lock icon Door to Iraq's oil opens
      466 11 New law will allow oil drilling contracts to be awarded to Western firms LONDON Iraq's massive oil reserves, the third-largest in the world, are to be opened to Western oil firms under a controversial law, which is expected to be placed before Iraq's Parliament in
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      Lock icon Diana, Dodi inquests to resume for preliminary hearings
      247 11 -AFP LONDON Preliminary hearings for a long-awaited coroner's inquest into the death of Princess Diana in a Paris car crash get under way in London today, with more legal wrangling expected. Proceedings resume three years after her inquest and that of Emad
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      126 8 "Our intention is to grow exportable, Made-by-Singapore animation and gaming content for international markets" WWA Hi lJ Seto Lok Yin, Director. Industry Development Division Media Development Authority, Singapore. -Source from Amrnatfcm'Xnress Life's like a game... j"":j« j" j""| j»Tj" "j\j take control! s"™" a '"Z "2" m m" m IS*
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      51 9 XPLORE XPERIENCE XCEL Come to our new state-of-the-art campus at 9 Woodlands Aye 9 jr (near Woodlands MRT) and m experience for yourself how we can help you excel, both in school, and in life. www.rp.sg/Openhouse2oo7 Z REPUBLIC aOOT as ias oft MfJPJ Hi 4jHHillpiiV wr 9 Woodlands Aye 9
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      Lock icon Not right on the money
      551 12  -  HUANG PENGXIE Bigger, smarter alternatives available elsewhere for price of Marina Bay units Letter from PRICES of high-end condominiums in the downtown Marina Bay area have soared beyond the reach of most Singaporeans, as buyers snapped up multi-million-dollar units in recent launches of such properties
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      From roost to roots
      188 12  -  LIMTHIAMPOH Letter from I READ Mr Sim Kah Choon's letter, "Reborn in the 'red dot'" (Dec 28). Mr Sim came from Sarawak, an economic backwater 20 years ago, when Singapore was a developing nation that held a lot of hope for a determined young man. Taking
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    • Nuclear's not the way to go
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        Lock icon Explore alternative energy sources to avoid safety hazards
        302 13  -  MARYANNE MAES JAN 6-7 Letter from THE article, "The atom calls to XL, Jakarta" oan 6-7), got me really worried. It seems to me the global concerted effort is focused on finding quick-fix solutions, such as building nuclear plants, to mitigate the
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        Asean, setup nuclear watchdog
        154 13  -  Letter from YEO JOEY I APPLAUD the move to use of nuclear energy as an alternative for oil or coal as the former is less harmful to the environment. However, the use of nuclear energy might pose a serious strain on intraAsean relations. I suggest that
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      FOCUS ON THE FAMILY
      236 14  -  DR JAMES DOBSON TO BUILD A FIRE Jack London, in his wonderful short story entitled To Build a F/retells of a man caught in a freezing blizzard. The temperature dropped to 24 degrees Celsius below zero, and he tried to build a fire to save his
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      isay IGNORE THE BACK-END TO YOUR PERIL
      718 14  -  JOSEPH TAY THE power outage late last month highlighted how, in the midst of our re-in-vention and obsession over the next big new thing, we must ensure the basics are still intact. All the glitz will come to naught if we can't get
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    • Letter
      Give staff a chance to assess their bosses
      286 14  -  FAZILMUSA Letter from I AM in complete agreement with Mr Goh Kian Huat, in reference to his letter, "Offer channels for those unhappy with the boss" (Jan 4). A close friend started work for a recruitment agency five months ago. As stipulated
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      Lock icon It's not always driver's fault
      328 15  -  LEONG KUM CHUEN TODAY FILE PHOTO Pedestrians to blame for traffic accidents, too Letter from LATELY, there have been more signs warning drivers that speeding kills. I am also sure that the tough laws and speed cameras have done much to deter reckless drivers. While
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      New year, same old rudeness
      190 15  -  Letter from RANDY KHOO I REGRET to say that the start of the new year has been tarnished by the ugly Singaporean rearing its head again. After finishing our lunch at a coffee shop in Bukit Batok at around lpm on Saturday, my wife and
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      Problem with smoking ban lies with enforcement
      202 15  -  GOH KIAN HUAT Letter from I REFER to the letters, "Weak enforcement is making the smoking ban go up in smoke" (Jan 6-7). I do not think Dr Lim Boon Hee's suggestion to emulate Hong Kong by implementing a complete ban on smoking
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      44 13 CHEAH: 'MY ENGLISH BOOKS ARE I.4Kg, MY MATHS BOOKS W* 1.5 Kg, MY CHINESE LANGUAGE I—r==_1 —r==_ r nr BOOKS I.2 Kg, MY EXERCISE BOOKS AND THE BAG VI I, ARE I.9Kg SO IN ALL, W ff§> ff* I'M CARRYING 6.OKgjJL£ |^j V Li
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      584 15 I If you had the power to help I I protect yourself against I I cervical cancer I Of course you would. Who wouldn't? However, a few of die high-risk HPV strains have the potential to be deadly. 4 They can cause After all, as an independent young woman, you
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  • Businesstoday
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      Lock icon Air Asia's Fernandes in it for the long haul
      687 16 —AFP But course will not be smooth, as analysts warn of big hurdles, reduced profitability IF ANYONE can make budget airline travel profitable on long-haul routes, it is Malaysian aviation pioneer Tony Fernandes, analysts say. The man who brought cheap flights
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    • business news
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        Lock icon 'Window of opportunity' to revive Doha round
        629 18 -AFP Mandelson seeks new impetus from EU and US to unlock world trade talks EUROPEAN Union Trade Commissioner Peter Mandelson called for a "new political commitment" between Europe and the United States to revive the stalled Doha round of world trade talks. His
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        Lock icon Singapore
        116 18 —AFP SHARE prices are expected to ease this week in a correction to recent gains, dealers said. Investors remain bullish over Singapore's economic outlook and expect robust corporate earnings growth, but their optimism appears to be already priced into the market, they said. The ST Index began the first
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        Your S$1 buys
        34 18 JK£ 'en 1K$ luro lupiah 3aht u.uu i; 0.3351 76.961 5.0721 2.287: 0.497' 5,865.! 23.34! Peso <}$ ndian Rs i/Von 2$ ruan NZ$ NT$ 31.845 0.8301 28.843 608.34 0.7666 5.0823 0.9387 21.233
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        Lock icon Commodities
        26 18 SGX, Bloomberg Information provided by ■old US$/oz Silver US$/oz 'latinum US$/oz lubber cents/kg 'aim oil RM/tonne Irent crude US$/barrel 609.30 12.28 1,112.00 296.75 1,936.50 55.64
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    • SUCCEED the business of learning
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        She's got their number
        778 20  -  DERRICK A PAULO Accountants today have to be more than digit-sawy, says SMU prof derrick@media corp.com.sg THE days of accountants as number crunchers are over. Listening to Associate-Professor Pang Yang Hoong, dean of the School of Accountancy at the Singapore Management University, it seems that, these
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        QUIZTIME
        230 20 TO RISE FURTHER, SHOULD I GO GET A DEGREE? Q: Hi Prof Chung, I work in a major department store as a retail assistant, and I enjoy the job very much. I would like to find out how I could grow my career in the services industry because this
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        noticeboard
        314 20 A FAIR WAGE FOR ALL One of the biggest gripes among employees is typically the poor administration of their salaries. Yet, studies have shown that good compensation by management gives the organisation the power to attract, retain and motivate workers. This two-day course helps managers put together a fair
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        Lock icon There's a leader within you
        702 21  -  ROBINSHARMA No matter who you are and what you do, you can-and should-lead NIKE, a leadership client of ours, has recorded their mission statement and values in a playbook called The Maxims. One of the core organising principles in The Maxims states that Nike is
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        CEI101
        125 21 Work-life balance is a myth you do have to choose between career and family. Agree? MS POLLIE SIM, COUNTRY HEAD OF MAYBANK SINGAPORE: "We believe employees need not choose between family and career. In Maybank, we recognise that human capital is our most important asset, which we can distinguish
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        BRAINFOOD
        284 21  -  LEE U WEN The Power Of Ren: China's Coaching Phenomenon Eva Wong and Lawrence Leung SCORES of books have been published on how to do business in China, but none have actually gone in depth to explain the Chinese philosophy in great detail. With many companies from the West
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    • THE TUBE
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        COMEDY
        321 22 UGLY BETTY MediaCorp TV Channel 5, premieres next month The Devil Wears Prada meets Mexican soaps. Ugly Betty is based on the popular Colombian telenovela, Yo soy Betty, lafea, and follows Betty Suarez (played by America Ferrara), a simple girl from a struggling Latino family living in Brooklyn. She
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        DRAMA
        610 22 HEROES Star World (Star Hub Channel 18) premieres on Jan 31,9pm Armchair conspiracy theorists will soon have something else to mull over besides the cryptic number sequence "4 8 15 16 23 42" from Lost. "Save the cheerleader, save the world" looks set to be this year's hottest catchphrase
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        REALITY
        407 23 AMAZING RACE ASIA FINALE AXN, Feb 1 at 9pm After a tour of Asia including a strangely brief stop in Singapore to wash a car the soon-to-be announced winners of the Amazing Race Asia will take home the US$lOO,OOO ($154,000) jackpot and bragging rights for the region. AMERICAN IDOL,
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      Lock icon Irwin show to air without death footage
      294 24 —AP BRISBANE "Crocodile Hunter" Steve Irwin's final programme is complete, but the show about the sea's deadliest creatures will not include footage from the day he was killed by a stingray, his manager said on Saturday. Irwin died on Sept 4, minutes after
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      CSI for real
      556 24  -  ROSS WALLACE Deputy Plus Editor ross@mediacorp.com.so Forensic scientist Dr Henry Lee shows how crime scenes are rea///processed NO ONE ever said getting away with murder was easy. Though, in recent years it might have seemed as if solving one wasn't too tough. With popular TV shows like
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    • INADDITION ...
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        Lock icon IS A PUNK HAIRCUT THE NEXT STEP FOR KELLY CLARKSON?
        139 24 -AGENCIES The first season's American Idol joins forces with bassist Mike Watt, co-founder of the 70s punk band Minutemen and collaborator with Iggy Pop in the reunited Stooges, on her soon-to-be-released third album. "I ended up playing on six of
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        MONEY FOR CULTURE
        89 24 Artists, managers and cultural workers interested in engaging with Asia, Asian communities and Asian arts can now tap on a fund from Arts Network Asia. Managed by Theatre Works, the fund is meant for Singapore-based artists interested in the fields of communication: Hybrid interdisciplinary work, performance, community
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        SCO WITH BRUBECK, WANG
        119 25 Into its 11th year, the Singapore Chinese Orchestra's (SCO) 2007 season will see it embark on its second concert tour to China in October. The SCO will take part in both the Beijing International Music Festival and Shanghai International Arts Festival under the baton of its
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      Lock icon Love, laid-back love, at Chan concert
      468 25  -  Jeanine Tan CONCERTREVIEW c by Eason Chan Live in Singapore 2007 YOU know you're at a good concert when people seated at the back of the venue surge forward in alarming numbers to throng the stage. Never mind that others paid good money for
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    • eatout
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        Lock icon A weekend fling a la francaise
        622 26  -  SERENE HUANG My foray into the cuisine of love has whetted my appetite for more serene@media corp.com.sg THE French dominance on elegance and style truly extends from fashion to food as well. While I can ill afford the couture threads of, say, Louis Vuitton,
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      130 26 Yet, like a sun-tanned lover, this one was irresistible. Crisp on the outside, and tender on the inside, the foie gras was buttery, rich and smooth. I was literally flushed with guilty pleasure ALL-DAY BAK KUT TEH (Available round-the-clock) Indulge in a steaming bowl of peppery soup with tender pork
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      97 29 i fs" MONTHLY CHALLENGE A family has seven children, four boys and three girls. Your friend is one of the sons and you have not met any of his siblings. You would like to know where he is on the totem pole. How would you phrase your question in the
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      538 30 -AP Cowboys Super Bowl hopes end after quarterback's fumble SEATTLE All Tony Romo had to do was put the ball down and let Martin Gramatica make an easy kick just 19 yards, even closer than an extra point That's where it all slipped away from the Dallas
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      Lock icon Perhaps Kapalua will finally smile on Vijay
      394 30 —AP GOLF Mercedes-Benz Championship KAPALUA, Hawaii Vijay Singh looks as if he's tired of finishing second at Kapalua. Having finished a combined four shots behind Stuart Appleby the last three years, Vijay seized control of the Mercedes-Benz Championship in more blustery conditions Saturday
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      230 30 -AFP NBA Chicago 106 Detroit 89 CHICAGO Ben Wallace was at the forefront of the Chicago Bulls' charge past his former team on Saturday (yesterday morning, Singapore time), scoring 12 points with 14 rebounds and six blocks in a 106-89 National Basketball Association win over the
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      698 31  -  DARREN LAI Shot put star Zhang happy at SEA Games chance, wants to'thrash'things out with NSA darren@media corp.com.sg AFTER months of acrimony, where accusations flew back and forth and ended with Zhang Guirong and Dv Xianhui being dropped from the 2006 Asian Games, the
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      450 31  -  TANYO-HINN yohinn@media corp.com.sg OF SINGAPORE'S 22-strong swim team that returned from the 2005 SEA Games with 13 gold, nine silver and 11 bronze medals, 10 were aged between 12-19 as they made their debuts in the Philippines. And Singapore Swimming Association (SSA) president Jeffrey
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      551 32  -  TANYO-HINN After Doha hell, 15-year-old has world title well in her sights SAILING Optimist World Sailing Championship yohinn@media corp.com.sg GRISELDA Khng is on course to shrug off her Asian Games disappointment. Griselda, 15, the only member of Singapore's 20-strong squad to return from last month's 15th Asiad
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      505 32  -  TANYO-HINN yohinn@mediacorp.com.sg WITH a body like granite and chiselled seemingly by a sculptor, bodybuilder Simon Chua bagged lightweight gold at the 2006 Asian Games. It was his second successive gold medal at the Asian Games, after a winning effort in the welterweight
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      524 33  -  JOSE RAYMOND Indra's improving form about only positive for Asean champions jose@mediacorp.com.sg BIRTHDAY boy Daniel Bennett scored from one of his trademarks free-kicks. Indra Sahdan hit a brace and Khairul Amri also got his name on the scoresheet. But Singapore coach Radojko Avramovic was still
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      224 33 LONDON Sven Goran Eriksson has made a sensational bid to team up again with David Beckham this time at Marseille. Ex-England coach Eriksson is set to take over as manager of the French club this week and the News of the World reported here yesterday
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      200 33 MediaCorp Press Limited, the publisher of TODAY, the second most read newspaper, invites tenders for: The Provision Of Newspaper Distribution Services From Printer To Designated Droppoints Locations COLLECTION OF TENDER DOCUMENTS Tender documents can be obtained from 10 January 2007 onwards during office hours between 9.30 am to 5.00pm (Mondays
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      Lock icon Rovers send Everton crashing
      586 34 -AFP Blackburn take full advantage of errors to put four goals past hosts and book a place in the fourth round draw IFA CUP,THIRD ROUND Everton 1 Blackburn Rovers 4 LIVERPOOL (England) A miserable weekend for Merseyside football was completed yesterday (early today, Singapore time) when
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      373 34 —AFP SHEFFIELD (England) Sheffield Wednesday striker Steven Mac Lean hit a superb equaliser only a minute after his side had fallen behind to rescue a 1-1 FA Cup draw against Manchester City yesterday (early today, Singapore time). Georgios Samaras had put City ahead with a
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      378 34 -AFP CARDIFF Tottenham were forced to settle for a 0-0 draw by Championship side Cardiff in the FA Cup third round yesterday (early today, Singapore time). Martin Jol's side survived several scares before emerging unscathed from rainsoaked Ninian Park as Cardiff pushed their Premiership opponents
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      Lock icon Solskjaer the hero
      472 35 Norwegian comes on and strikes to make it a dream Larsson debut FA CUP,THIRD ROUND Man United 2 Aston Villa 1 MANCHESTER An injurytime blunder by Gabor Kiraly gifted Manchester United a place in the FA Cup fourth round as Aston Villa succumbed 2-1 at Old Trafford
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      405 35 -AGENCIES LONDON Widespread reports in yesterday's newspapers here claimed Chelsea officials believe Jose Mourinho will leave Stamford Bridge in the summer. Mourinho's relationship with owner Roman Abramovich and chief executive Peter Kenyon has reportedly reached breaking point and a senior Chelsea
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