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Title Section13 2007-05-15 1 TODAY jV\=ryJj\COßP MICA(P) 314/10/2006 we set you thinking Tuesday May 15, 2007 todayonline.com13 words
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Article, Illustration580 2007-05-15 1 JOHNSON CHOO - JOHNSON CHOO —ADDITIONAL REPORTING BYDAPHNECHUAH johnsonchoo@media corp.com.sg EARLY-BIRD fans rushing to book a front-row hotel view of Singapore's inaugural Formula One (Fl) race next year face a major roadblock. A check with eight major hotels lining the proposed—ADDITIONAL REPORTING BYDAPHNECHUAH; m. m m m - 580 words
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Article, Illustration710 2007-05-15 1 LOH CHEE KONG - LOH CHEE KONG —ADDITIONAL REPORTING BY JASMINE YIN Sale committee looking into possibility of en bloc deal for landmark building cheekong@media corp.com.sg ORCHARD Towers and its infamous nightclubs could soon be a thing of the past, should it become the latest along Singapore's premiere shopping—ADDITIONAL REPORTING BY JASMINE YIN; TREVORTAN - 710 words
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Article372 2007-05-15 2 JASMINE YIN - JASMINE YIN jasmine@media corp. com. sg THE next time you meet someone who claims they are raising funds for charity, do not relax just because he whips out an of-ficial-looking licence. Here's a clue: If the first four digits of the licence are "2004", you372 words
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Article, Illustration667 2007-05-15 3 NOOR MOHD AZIZ IN LANGKAWI —AGENCIES Former Malaysian PM complains of breathing difficulties while on holiday in Langkawi LANGKAWI Malaysia's former Premier Mahathir Mohamad (picture), was admitted to hospital yesterday after experiencing breathing difficulties while on vacation in Langkawi the third time he has been— NOOR MOHD AZIZ IN LANGKAWI; —AGENCIES; ■ 1; 1 AP - 667 words
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Singapore news
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Article894 2007-05-15 4 DERRICK A PAULO - DERRICK A PAULO Unlike legal codes, guidelines lack teeth to free workers from discrimination derrick@media corp.com.sg WHEN it comes to fighting labour discrimination, Singapore prefers to tread lightly. The latest sequel to the trilogy on combating workplace discrimination following the update of the 1999 guidelines894 words
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Article501 2007-05-15 6 GRACIA CHIANG - GRACIA CHIANG Tampines trial to assess safety of bikers and pedestrians gracia@media corp. com. sg IT IS a common dilemma for cyclists: Do they cycle legally on the roads, where they risk being knocked down by motor vehicles, or cycle illegally on pedestrian paths? Soon, a501 words
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227 2007-05-15 6 CHANNEL NEWSASIA THE $4-billion Goods and Services Tax (GST) offset package, unveiled in the 2007 Budget Statement, is set to roll out over a four-year period. About 2.4 million Singaporeans will receive a total of $650 million in Senior— CHANNEL NEWSASIA - 227 words
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344 2007-05-15 8 ANSLEYNG - ANSLEYNG ansley@mediacorp.com.sg A HIGH court judge has ordered a property developer to change the name of its yet-to-be-completed private housing project, ruling that the name was likely to dilute the brand of one of the world's most exclusive resorts. Justice Tay Yong Kwang344 words
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Article, Illustration271 2007-05-15 8 938 LIVE, LOH CHEE KONG The offer has been sweetened for residents of Neptune Court estate (picture), who are being wooed to sign an en bloc deal. The legal team and property consultants hired by the estate's pro-tern sale committee are now offering a reserve— 938 LIVE, LOH CHEE KONG - 271 words
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Article344 2007-05-15 8 DARYLLOO - DARYLLOO CHANNEL NEWSASIA Yes, if Farrer Court bags its asking price of $1.5 billion darylloo@mediacorp.com.sg FORMER HUDC estate Fairer Court has been launched for en bloc sale, with an asking price of $1.5 billion making it the largest collective sale on record, if it goes through.– CHANNEL NEWSASIA - 344 words
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Advertisement416 2007-05-15 6 FINANCIAL GENIUSES TO SHARE THEIR Y\/|7 A TXX )ecialArticle MONEY makes money is an age old saying. In a recent newspaper article, it was highlighted that wealth is created by a small group of people whilst the lower income group is barely struggling along. This is because the latter is416 words
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world news
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Article, Illustration344 2007-05-15 10 —AGENCIES TAIPEI A top Taiwanese air force official has said human error may have been the cause of a fighter jet crash that killed four people, including two Singaporeans on the ground. Initial investigations show that the fighter jet which crashed last Friday had—AGENCIES; AFF - 344 words
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377 2007-05-15 10 KUALA LUMPUR The religious authorities in Malaysia insist they were right to detain a Muslim woman living with her Hindu husband, a marriage considered illegal under Islamic laws, a news report said yesterday. The Islamic Religious Department, known by its Malay acronym Jais, said377 words
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208 2007-05-15 11 -AP JUNEAU (Alaska) A cruise ship ran aground off the Alaska coast and was taking on water yesterday as more than 200 passengers were being transferred to nearby ships, United States officials said. There were no reports of injuries. The Empress of the North,-AP - 208 words
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Article, Illustration295 2007-05-15 11 -AFP Karachi, other cities paralysed by strikes as unrest grows KARACHI Gunmen killed a top court official yesterday as violence over the suspension of Pakistan's top judge, even as strikes called by opposition parties brought Karachi and other cities to a standstill. In the-AFP; AFP - 295 words
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GLOBALROUNDUP
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60 2007-05-15 11 Residents fled their homes in panic yesterday after a moderate 5.3-magnitude earthquake struck Indonesia's Nias island off the west coast of Sumatra. Residents in Gunung Sitoli town on Nias ran for safety when the quake hit, said Mr Rudi Teguh from the Met-eorolo-gy and Geophysics60 words
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95 2007-05-15 11 -AFP United States Health Secretary Mike Leavitt yesterday urged countries to share bird flu virus samples "without pre-conditions" as Indonesia's decision to withhold samples dominated the start of a World Health Organization assembly. Indonesia —where 76 people have died from bird flu stopped sharing-AFP - 95 words
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68 2007-05-15 11 AFP Indonesia and Pakistan nave agreed to wor togetherto stamp out radical Islam as part efforts to stop future deadly militant attacks They have formed a working group amid concerns that some Indonesians have attended Islamic schools in Pakistan, and later undergone— AFP - 68 words
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Article, Illustration305 2007-05-15 12 —AFP BANGKOK The wife of ousted Thai Premier Thaksin Shinawatra pleaded not guilty yesterday to charges of tax evasion over a stock sale, in the first criminal case against his family since last year's coup. Mrs Pojaman Shinawatra (picture), her brother Banpot Damapong and—AFP - 305 words
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Article, Illustration351 2007-05-15 12 -AGENCIES BANGKOK —Jihad training videos from the Middle East, seized in southern Thailand, may be inspiring local Muslim insurgents to carry out grisly beheadings, officials said yesterday. About 30 people, both Buddhist and Muslim, have been beheaded since the revival of a separatist-AGENCIES; AP - 351 words
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GLOBALROUNDUP
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67 2007-05-15 14 AFP Japan took the first major step yesterday toward rewriting its post-World War II pacifist Constitution. Parliament approved a Bill outlining procedures for a referendum on the first revision of the United States-imposed 1947 text, which says Japan forever renounces the right to— AFP - 67 words
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Article65 2007-05-15 14 DPA Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian yesterday appointed veteran politician Chang Chun-hsiung as his sixth Premier in seven years to succeed Mr Su Tseng-chang, who resigned over the weekend. Mr Chang, 69, served as Mr Chen's second Premier in 2001 for one year before he was— DPA - 65 words
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60 2007-05-15 14 AFP Interior Minister Hani Al Qawasmeh resigned from the Palestinian unity government yesterday. The news came as four people were killed in clashes between loyalists of the Fatah faction and the Hamas movement. Mr Qawasmeh, an independent, charged he had not been granted adequate— AFP - 60 words
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Article, Illustration345 2007-05-15 14 AGENCIES Officials unfazed by violence as Philippine elections close MANILA The national police chief declared yesterday's mid-term elections "relatively peaceful" even though eight more people were killed in violence that has become the hallmark of the Philippines' volatile political process. The fatalities took the death– AGENCIES; EPA - 345 words
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Article, Illustration344 2007-05-15 15 -AGENCIES BAGHDAD An Al Qaeda group demanded yesterday that the United States military halt its hunt for three US soldiers it is believed to be holding, according to an Internet statement "Your soldiers are in our hands. If you want them safe, do not-AGENCIES; AP - 344 words
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Article202 2007-05-15 15 -AP BONN Like the canaries that once warned of danger in mine shafts, migrating birds are becoming harbingers of another risk climate change. Confused and disoriented by erratic weather, birds are changing migration habits and routes to adjust to warmer winters, disappearing feeding grounds-AP - 202 words
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Miscellaneous15 2007-05-15 14 ICE-CREAM SHOP OUTTO LICK GLOBAL WARMING Ben Jerry's aims to help reduce energy consumption 2315 words
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221 2007-05-15 16 RAMCHAND RAMESH - RAMCHAND RAMESH Letter from WHILE all parties are praising one another on Singapore obtaining the right to stage the Fl races at night on a city circuit, I am curious to understand from the relevant authorities their thoughts on the following: a) What is221 words
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Letter, Illustration243 2007-05-15 16 EETECKSIEW - EETECKSIEW Letter from GIVEN the publicity and the high profile personalities behind the deal, it is no surprise that the Fl race coming to Singapore is the hot topic of the moment. The successful organisation could reap substantial benefits for the economy.3ETTY IMAGES - 243 words
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Letter, Illustration147 2007-05-15 16 EUGENE TAN - EUGENE TAN Letter from VIR P N Balji says in his lews comment "A new Singapore will need a new ypeofPM"(Mayl4)that 'the present system of seecting leaders is unlikely ;o unearth such a person". 3ut he did not explain why. In fact, I would argue147 words
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Article269 2007-05-15 18 DR JAMES DOBSON - DR JAMES DOBSON BY I MEN IN MID-LIFE CRISIS Much has been written in recent years about men who go through mid-life crises, and the condition is very real. It is brought on largely by the sudden awareness that youth is passing and that old age269 words
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Article, Illustration1262 2007-05-15 18 with PROFESSOR lAN FRAZER 54, Inventor of the cervical cancer vaccine CERVICAL cancer caused by the Human Papillomavirus (HPV) kills some 275,000 women around the world every year. But last year, a vaccine that protects women from two main cancer-causing types ofLAN FRAZER - 1,262 words
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238 2007-05-15 19 WONG HOONG HOOI - Letter from' WONG HOONG HOOI "MOTHERING" may well be crucial but it's time to see it from a broader and more objective perspective than suggested by your headline, "It's the mother of all jobs" (May 14). Mothering is part but not all238 words
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Article20 2007-05-15 20 Gold US$/oz 672.30 Silver US$/oz 13.31 Platinum US$/oz 1,341.70 Rubber cents/kg 352.75 Palm oil RM/tonne 2449.00 Brent US$/barrel 66.3720 words
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Article28 2007-05-15 20 uss UK£ Yen HKS RM Euro 0.6599 0.3330 79.3626 5.1556 2.2442 0.4873 Rupiah 5806.8560 Baht 21.9407 Peso 31.1525 AS 0.7914 Indian Rs 27.0118 Yuan 5.074428 words
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Article53 2007-05-15 20 Information provided by SGX, Bloomberg Nikkei 225 *****.94 +124.22 +0.71 HK Hang Seng *****.24 +511.03 +2.50 Australia ASX200 6345.10 +47.70 +0.76 Korea Camp 1605.77 +2.21 +0.14 Thailand SET 712.18 +5.28 +0.75 Jakarta Camp 2044.21 +21.91 +1.08 Shenzhen B 764.82 +41.79 +5.78 Mumbai Sensex *****.86 +169.70 +1.23 Malaysia KLCIInformation provided by SGX, Bloomberg - 53 words
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Article117 2007-05-15 20 Share prices closed at a fresh high yesterday with investors encouraged by gains on key regional bourses and Wall Street's rally on Friday, dealers said. The ST Index closed up 54.18 points or 1.57 per cent at a new high of 3,501.10, beating the previous record of 3,485.76 set117 words
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510 2007-05-15 20 TORCHING LI - TORCHING LI Spore remains Asia's No 2 most tax-friendly economy: Forbes chingli@media corp.com.sg FOR the first time in three years, it has become more taxing to do business or work in Singapore, according to Forbes. The Republic has chalked up more Misery points on Forbes'510 words
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260 2007-05-15 20 BLOOMBERG NEPTUNE Orient Lines (NOL), operator of Asia's fourth-largest container-ship-ping line, posted its smallest quarterly profit in four years, as lower rates eroded gains from higher volumes. Net income dropped to U5542.7 million ($64.7 million) between Dec 30 and April 6, from U*****.5– BLOOMBERG - 260 words
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208 2007-05-15 21 DOW JONES WANT Want Holdings said its chairman Tsai Eng Meng has expressed interest to buy the company at an indicative price of $2.35 per share, sending shares of the ricecracker maker soaring. Taiwan-based Want Want said in a statement yesterday that— DOW JONES - 208 words
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Article494 2007-05-15 21 BLOOMBERG BLOOMBERG TEMASEK Holdings wants to invest more in Japanese companies, its chairman S Dhanabalan said yesterday. "We want more exposure in Japan. Japan is still underrepresented" in the company's holdings, said Mr Dhanabalan, who was speaking at a press conference in Tokyo."Manufacturing, banks, services,— BLOOMBERG - 494 words
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Article134 2007-05-15 22 —BLOOMBERG DAIMLERCHRYSLER agreed to sell the Chrysler unit to Cerberus Capital Management for 5.5 billion euros ($11.3 billion), abandoning a nine-year effort to make the American division profitable. Cerberus will buy 80.1 per cent of Chrysler, with Daimler holding the remaining 19.9 per cent, while a new—BLOOMBERG - 134 words
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Article, Illustration482 2007-05-15 22 NAZRYBAHRAWI - NAZRYBAHRAWI BLOOMBERG Asia-Pacific will be the biggest naval defence spender over next decade nazry@media corp.com.sg THE HIGH seas of the AsiaPacific look set to become safer, with the region's governments gearing up to spend US$lOB billion ($164 billion) on enhancing their maritime defence capabilities over— BLOOMBERG; BLOOMBERG - 482 words
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the business of marketing
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Article, Illustration364 2007-05-15 23 JOSEPH YADAO - JOSEPH YADAO Ben Jerry's aims to help reduce energy consumption joseph.yadao@media corp.com.sg THEY say the best things in life are free. And if you were in the vicinity of any one of Ben Jerry's scoop shops on April 17, you would probablyPHOTOS COURTESY UNILEVER SINGAPORE - 364 words
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302 2007-05-15 23 —JOSEPH YADA0 IT STARTS with the jazzy bass line of George Baker Selection's Little Green Bag; a man travels back through time as he makes his way to a bar and realises that "old school" Heineken tastes exactly as it does today.—JOSEPH YADA0 - 302 words
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Article, Illustration207 2007-05-15 23 RIVER ISLAND I Get spotted at River Island Raffles City on Saturday from 2pm to 6 pm. To celebrate the opening of its second store. River Island will rock Raffles City with a line-up of Singapore's most stylish trendsetters runway maestro DanielRIVER ISLAND I - 207 words
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Article, Illustration322 2007-05-15 23 SERENE HUANG "There is a bigger prize out there," said Miss Euleen Goh, chairman of IE Singapore, summing up the quintessential vision of Tasty Singapore in her concluding remarks to the five-day Tasty Singapore culinary mission. When it comes to the vast aisles— SERENE HUANG - 322 words
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Infotech
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Article, Illustration430 2007-05-15 26 HEDIRMAN SUPIAN - HEDIRMAN SUPIAN hedirman@media corp.com.sg AT A time when liquid crystal display (LCD) television sets are all the rage, Panasonic has launched a global roadshow to showcase the advantages of its plasma screen technology, instead. The roadshow is set to cover 80 cities around the worldDON WONG | - 430 words
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Article, Illustration198 2007-05-15 26 In a fix over IT matters? Bugged by software glitches? Send your questions to infotech@newstoday.com.sg ENABLING AUTO-LOGIN FOR OUTLOOK EXPRESS 6 I cannot seem to login to Outlook Express 6 automatically. The application requires me to login manually each time I start it. I have tried previous solutions but198 words
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Article, Illustration157 2007-05-15 27 —AGENCIES YAHOO has launched a website that offers environmental news and tips to help consumers be more proactive in fighting global warming. Visitors to the Yahoo Green website (http://green.yahoo.com/) are offered suggestions on how they can reduce the impact on climate change—AGENCIES - 157 words
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Article, Illustration317 2007-05-15 27 HEDIRMAN SUPIAN - HEDIRMAN SUPIAN Protect yourself online and keep your details safe hedirman@media corp.com.sg BEWARE of websites that tell you to install addons or plug-ins for your browser. These could turn out to be a harmful program that will steal your personal particulars or credit card details which will317 words
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589 2007-05-15 28 LIM KUAN CHIANG - Sugar spice (and all things nice) LIM KUAN CHIANG Miss Singapore Jessica Tan has only good things to say about the Miss Universe pageant kuanchiang@media corp. com. sg SINCE arriving in Mexico to represent Singapore in the 2007 Miss Universe pageant, Jessica Tan has been speaking a lot more Chinese.589 words
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Article, Illustration317 2007-05-15 28 JULIANA JUNE RASUL - JULIANA JUNE RASUL Julia na.rasul@media corp.com.sg AFTER jumping about and making monkey faces on Singapore Idol, joker Joakim Gomez is all ready to get serious with his acting debut on Lifeline, the action-packed drama series on the heroicsDON WONG - 317 words
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Article, Illustration423 2007-05-15 30 JULIANA JUNE RASUL - JULIANA JUNE RASUL Juliana.rasul@media corp. com. sg FOR a school that boasts Abigail Sin, a 14-year old prodigy on the piano as a past student, it is apt that the former Methodist Girls' School (MGS) site may soon be a haven for theWEETECKHIAN - 423 words
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160 2007-05-15 30 CHANNEL NEWSASIA FIVE companies have been shortlisted to design Singapore's National Art Gallery. They include two from Singapore and one each from Taiwan, Australia and France. The two local companies are Chan Sau Yen Associates in collaboration with Lekker Design and DP Architects. The— CHANNEL NEWSASIA - 160 words
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Article, Illustration98 2007-05-15 32 Zul Othman - Call Me Irresponsible HE MAY be a smug Frank Sinatra rip-off but no one can accuse Canadian crooner Michael Buble of not thinking his projects through. In this album he has included well-known gems such as Leonard Cohen's I'm Your Man, Eric Clapton's Wonderful Tonightand Elvis Presley's Always98 words
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Article, Illustration100 2007-05-15 32 Send Away The Tigers THE eighth album from Welsh rockers Manic Street Preachers isn't likely to win many converts because it eschews hip electro-flecked guitar thrashing for good old rock 'n' roll. A pity because this could be their best album since 1996's Everything Must Go, a100 words
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Article, Illustration95 2007-05-15 32 Soundboy Rock LIKE Norman Fatboy Slim Cook, Groove Armada is stuck in a groove: How do you stay relevant? While Cook tries to stay current by adding a little house music into his latest big beat creations, it seems Groove Armada has no problem sticking with the formula.95 words
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Article, Illustration133 2007-05-15 32 JOANNE PEH - JOANNE PEH This week, we ask MediaCorp actress Joanne Peh (picture) what she chills out to when she's not busy filming. on SECRET GARDEN'S THE ULTIMATE SECRET GARDEN A lot of what I listen to depends on my mood. Sometimes I'd listen to hip-hop or jumpy music133 words
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Article141 2007-05-15 32 THE debut episode last Sunday of Deal Or No Deal drew about 700,000 viewers who watched insurance broker Harry Goh, 35, sweat his way through an hour of intense briefcase-opening. Although he was lucky enough to eliminate most of the smaller figures between $1141 words
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Article, Illustration722 2007-05-15 33 JOANNEYAP - JOANNEYAP How to heal well from chicken pox, or avoid it altogether joanne@media corp.com.sg THERE has been a spike in chicken pox cases this year. According to recent statistics from the Ministry of Health, 9,900 cases have been reported in the first four months of722 words
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Article, Illustration558 2007-05-15 37 —AGENCIES With new coach Harmon on his bag, it looks as if the chase is on PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Florida It was a two-man race in the final round of The Players Championship on Sunday (yesterday morning, Singapore time). While there was the kid Phil—AGENCIES; AF - 558 words
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329 2007-05-15 37 IT STARTED as a campaign for fans to rally behind the Singapore under-23s ahead of the 2005 SEA Games in the Philippines. The Football Association of Singapore's (FAS) Dare campaign invited fans to show how much they were behind the team, as329 words
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Article, Illustration252 2007-05-15 37 DARREN LAI NTUC INCOME-YEO'S S-LEAGUE 2007 Woodlands 4 Super Reds 0 WOODLANDS Wellington's leading scorers, Moroccan sharpshooter Laakkad Abdelhadi and South Korean winger Park Tae Won, bagged two goals apiece in the Rams' 4-0 rout of the Korean Super Reds in an S-League clash at the— DARREN LAI; TREVORTAN - 252 words
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Article, Illustration620 2007-05-15 38 CUBBYLEONG - CUBBYLEONG FAMnowsayManUtd's July 27 match in KLwill go ahead as scheduled cubby@media corp.com.sg THE battle between the Football Association of Malaysia (FAM) and the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) could get ugly. Yesterday, the FAM overturned their original decision last week and defied the AFC's demand toAFP - 620 words
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Article461 2007-05-15 38 TANYO- HINN - TANYO-HINN yohinn@mediacorp.com.sg WITH the World Championships in Cascais, Portugal the first qualifier for next year's Olympics scheduled from June 28-July 13, results have not been ideal for Singapore's 12-strong national Olympic squad, who are currently on a four-month training-cum-com-petitive stint in Europe. In two461 words
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Article, Illustration115 2007-05-15 38 Princess Sofia Trophy, Palma de Mallorca (Spain) March 30-April 6 Men's47o:Xu Yuanzhen/Terence Koh 60th (111 points), Roy Tay/Chung Peiming-79th (101), Teo Wee Chin/Benjamin Tan-91st (138) Women's 470: T0h Liying/Deborah Ong -39th (85) Laser (Men): Koh Seng Leong-76th (169), Maximilian Soh 80th (175) Laser Radial (Women):TODAY FILE PHOTO - 115 words
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Article, Illustration571 2007-05-15 39 —AGENCIES Blues' home record offers little cheer as Mourinho targets FA Cup Final success 2007FACUPFINAL^H Chelsea v Manchester United LONDON The Premiership season ended with little fanfare for Chelsea and Jose Mourinho on Sunday. The Blues equalled Liverpool's longstanding unbeaten home record of 63 matches stretching—AGENCIES; ' GETTY IMAGES - 571 words
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Article, Illustration152 2007-05-15 39 MANCHESTER Manchester City sacked manager Stuart Pearce (right) after two years in charge yesterday, reported BBC Sport. The former England captain's contract at the City of Manchester Stadium was terminated with immediate effect just a day after the end of the season. Pearce joined City as a player# It AP - 152 words
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Article, Illustration261 2007-05-15 39 —AGENCIES WIGAN A day after keeping Wigan Athletic in the Premiership, thanks to an away win over Sheffield United in Sunday's dramatic final day of the season, Paul Jewell stepped down as manager. Wigan's 2-1 win ensured their third straight season in the top—AGENCIES; ttrfl GETTY IMAGES - 261 words
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Article, Illustration148 2007-05-15 39 I THE National Stadium I was built precisely for II the purpose of elevating Singapore sport up another level, the level II of regional conquerors. It was the age of the true "Rugged Society", in the age of industrialisaII tion, in the throes of independence, in which our148 words
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