Today, 11 June 2007, Afternoon Edition

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    28 1 TODAY /A=dJj-\Corp MICA (P) 314/10/2006 we set you thinking Monday June 11, 2007 todayonline.com TODAY /A=dsaCor.p MICA (P) 314/10/2006 we set you thinking Monday June 11, 2007 todayonline.com
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  • AFTERNOONEDITION
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      Lock icon US stock rally may fizzle out
      152 1 -BLOOMBERG NEW YORK The best may be over for the 2007 stock market rally in the United States. Gains in the Standard Poor's 500 Index will slow in the second half of the year amid rising concern that the Federal Reserve will raise interest
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      Lock icon A HIKE LESS GRUELLING
      629 1  -  ANSLEYNG More supermarket chains say they will absorb GST on basic items for now ansley@mediaco.p.com.sg AMID grumblings and accusations of retailers using the looming Goods and Services Tax (GST) hike to jack up prices, three more supermarket chains have sought to calm anxious consumers by pledging
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      30 1 ONE ABDUL BASHEER IS ONE TOO MANY 2 WEDDING BELLS IN XL, BRUNEI 1Q _47Z_4A/77SD0CKS AT SPACE STATION 10 SARKOZY PARTY SET FOR BIG WIN 1Q BOLLYWOOD OSCARS DAZZL£ BRITAIN
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  • hot news
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      Lock icon ONE ABDUL BASHEER IS ONE TOO MANY
      1069 2  -  NAZRYBAHRAWI nazry@media corp.com.sg IT HAS been a difficult weekend for the Muslim community here. News that one of its brightest is the new face of terrorism has sent shock waves through the community. Twenty-eight-year-old Abdul Basheer Abdul Kader Singapore's first DIV terrorist studied
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      SMU law school looks to up student intake
      470 2  -  DERRICK A PAULO derrick@mediacorp.com.sg TWO students who had applied to join the new law school at the Singapore Management University (SMU) but were rejected received a surprise recently. In a turnaround, the university offered the two students a place in its inaugural
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      Lock icon M'sia denies militant link in terror arrests
      144 3 -AFP Kuala Lumpur has strongly denied reports that one of the five suspected Islamic militants arrested in Singapore since last November had received training in Malaysia. In a statement on the Ministry of Home Affair's website, one of the four alleged Jemaah Islamiyah
      -AFP  -  144 words
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  • singapore news
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      Lock icon Pharmacists to face tighter regulations
      542 4  -  TAN HUI LENG First time in 20 years Act will be amended; move aims to keep pharmacists updated huileng@media corp. com. sg PHARMACISTS will soon face more stringent regulations. Like doctors and dentists, these healthcare professionals will have to undergo compulsory continuing professional education. A
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    • SINGAPORESNIPPETS
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        Lock icon CHINA GOVERNMENT SLAMS UNSW
        114 4 938 LIVE The Chinese government has slammed the University of New South Wales (UNSW) Asia for spreading "boastful and false information" to attract enrolments, the Australian newspaper Sydney Morning Herald reported yesterday. China cautioned its students to be wary of universities with "low education quality and
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        Lock icon CALLING ALL NDP TICKET RECIPIENTS
        85 4 CHANNEL NEWSASIA Those lucky enough to get tickets for the National Day Parade will be informed by NSmen via phone before June 19. For the first time, the event will be held at Marina Bay and due to the limited seating capacity, only 27,000 people
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        PRESIDENT NATHAN VISITS BIRTHPLACE
        105 4 President S R Nathan paid a "sentimental" visit yesterday to his birthplace of Muar, which his family left for Singapore 75 years ago when he was seven. In a four-hour unofficial visit with his wife, he revisited places he had known as a child, including two
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      Lock icon 100 days in, new Income chief takes stock
      755 6  -  DERRICK A PAULO derrick@media corp.com.sg Having soaked up the culture, Tan's ready to institute changes for the better WHEN Mr Tan Suee Chieh's in-laws heard he was taking over as chief executive officer of NTUC Income, they thought he was retiring. "It
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      Lock icon Insurance not a must for servicemen, says Mindef
      282 6 The Ministry of Defence (Mindef) will not make it mandatory for National Servicemen to take up insurance policies during their service. The ministry's reasoning is that its servicemen have differing needs and should be allowed to decide what additional insurance coverage fits
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  • world news
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      Lock icon Party 'princeling' to resign?
      260 8 -AFP China Vice-President indicates his intention in letter to leader TOKYO Chinese Vice-President Zeng Qinghong (picture) intends to step down from his powerful position as a top Communist Party leader at a party congress this autumn, a report said yesterday. Mr Zeng, ranked fifth in the
      -AFP; AFP  -  260 words
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      Lock icon Indonesian police capture suspected aide of JI leader
      230 8 -DPA JAKARTA Indonesian police have captured a suspected Jemaah Islamiyah 01) terrorist, a national police spokesman said yesterday. The suspect, identified as Mahfud alias Yusron, was arrested on Saturday in Kemranjen village in the Central Java district of Banyumas after being shot
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    • GLOBALROUNDUP
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        Lock icon AFGHANISTAN PRESIDENT SURVIVES APPARENT TALIBAN ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT
        145 8 —AP Taliban militants fired rockets near President Hamid Karzai in an apparent assassination attempt in central Afghanistan yesterday, but the missiles fell short and no one was hurt, officials and witnesses said. Mr Karzai was giving a speech to the elders and residents
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        Lock icon AT LEAST 5 DEAD IN FERRY FIRE
        147 8 -AP A Philippine passenger ferry (picture) with 260 people on board caught fire south of Manila yesterday, leaving at least five dead, coast guard officials said. A total of 255 survivors from the MV Catalyn D, which caught fire off Mindoro island, were
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        Lock icon THAI PM REAFFIRMS END-OF-YEAR ELECTIONS
        90 8 —AFP Thailand's army-backed Prime Minister Surayud Chulanont has reaffirmed his promise to hold elections later this year, as the junta comes under pressure from growing protests demanding its ouster. "My government, which has a one-year mandate, will arrange elections by year-end," Mr Surayud said in
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      Lock icon Hong Kong 'red tide' spreads
      197 8 -AFP HONG KONG The huge blooms of algae affecting the waters around Hong Kong have spread to a popular beach on the south of the island, authorities said yesterday. The government warned people not to swim off Stanley Beach after the so-called red tide was
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      Lock icon Controversial mufti resigns
      298 8 —AGENCIES SYDNEY Australia's outspoken Islamic leader Sheikh Taj Aldin Al Hilali, who controversially referred to im-modestly-clad women as "uncovered meat", was replaced as the nation's mufti yesterday. Mr Al Hilali was initially reappointed to the position of mufti for Australia and New Zealand by a gathering of
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    • NUPTIALS, ASIAN-STYLE
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        Lock icon BRUNEI
        311 10 -AP BANDAR SERIBEGAWAN A two-week lavish wedding celebration for the daughter of Brunei's wealthy Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah culminated yesterday in a ceremony steeped in royal tradition in the tiny oil-rich nation. Princess Majeedah Nuurul Bulqiah, 31, and Mr Khairul Khalil (picture, left), 32, exchanged vows according to Islamic religious
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        Lock icon MALAYSIA
        237 10 -AFP KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia's Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi is enjoying a wave of popularity after re-marrying, with analysts yesterday predicting the move will boost his leadership. Mr Abdullah, 67, exchanged rings with 53-year-old Jeanne Abdullah (picture, right), his petite former sister-in-law, in a private ceremony on Saturday. Mr
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      Lock icon Atlantis shuttle docks at space station
      194 10 -AFP WASHINGTON The United States space shuttle Atlantis docked with the International Space Station yesterday, after performing a dramatic backward somersault in space in its mission to deliver equipment and a new crew member. The space station crew rang a bell as shuttle astronauts
      -AFP; EPA  -  194 words
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      Lock icon Sarkozy party headed for landslide win
      156 10 -AFP PARIS French President Nicolas Sarkozy's right-wing party was headed for a landslide victory that would hand him a sweeping mandate to reform France, after the first round of parliamentary elections yesterday. One month after Mr Sarkozy's presidential election victory over Socialist Segolene Royal,
      -AFP  -  156 words
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      Lock icon Tigers have joined jihadi drug trade, says official
      214 12 -AGENCIES TAMIL Tiger separatists fighting for an independent homeland in the north and east of Sri Lanka have joined hands with jihadi movements in the international narcotics trade, a Sri Lankan government official said in Singapore last week. Money from the illicit
      -AGENCIES  -  214 words
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      Lock icon Iran warns US
      250 12 -AFP Military bases in Middle East are 'in range' TEHRAN Iran has warned that the United States' military bases in the Middle East are within the range of its missiles, amid increasing tensions with Washington over the Iranian nuclear programme, media reports said yesterday. "All the American
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    • GLOBALROUNDUP
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        Lock icon 2 MORE HOSPITALISED IN M'SIA FOR BIRD FLU CHECKS
        100 12 -AGENCIES Two more Malaysians were hospitalised yesterday for possible exposure to bird flu, Bernama news agency reported. One was a 31-year-old health worker from central Selangor state, where the outbreak was first reported last week. Health Minister Chua Soi Lek said
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        Lock icon ITALIAN PRIEST ABDUCTED IN SOUTHERN PHILIPPINES
        102 12 -DPA Muslim gunmen yesterday abducted an Italian priest while he was on his way to a village in the southern Philippines to say Mass, police said. Father Gian Carlo Bossi (picture), 57, was on his way to Bulawan village in Payao town in Zamboanga
        -DPA; AFP  -  102 words
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        Lock icon S KOREAN PRESIDENT WANTS CHANGE IN ELECTION LAW
        85 12 -AFP South Korean President Roh Moo-Hyun yesterday demanded a change to the election law which obliges him to be politically neutral, defying a ruling against his criticism of the opposition. Mr Roh called the 1987 democracy movement-which brought in direct presidential elections
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        Lock icon SHUTTLE ATLANTIS CLOSES IN ON SPACE STATION
        87 12 -AFP The United States' space shuttle Atlantis closed in on the International Space Station yesterday as its crew prepared for a new phase of its 11-day mission aimed at boosting the station's power-generating capacity. The shuttle, on its first mission of the year,
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      Lock icon A testy issue
      410 14 THE GUARDIAN UK govt opposes council's call to ban exams for children under 16 LONDON A study by an influential teaching body in the United Kingdom has called for the abolition of all national exams for children under 16 as the stress caused by over-testing is poisoning
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      Lock icon New Sony game 'irresponsible', says Church of England
      237 14 -AFP LONDON The Church of England has threatened to sue Sony Corp for featuring a cathedral in a violent computer game, saying it is sacrilegious and trivialises gun crime. Church officials accused the Japanese entertainment and electronics giant of using without permission
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      Don't get snared in this Net
      685 16  -  FRANCES ESS Letter from In Internet-reliant age, parents should teach kids not to believe all they read WHEN I read about how Abdul Basheer Abdul Kader was seduced by websites advocating radical ideologies, I wondered if my children were also exposed to similar danger.
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      Compensation, insurance coverage for all NSmen
      427 16  -  COLONEL BENEDICT LIM FAIZAL DEAL Letter from Director, Public Affairs Ministry of Defence WITH reference to the recent interest in compensation for national servicemen, the Ministry of Defence (Mindef) has a comprehensive framework of compensation for servicemen who die or suffer disability as a
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      FOCUS ON THE FAMILY
      236 18  -  DR JAMES DOBSON BY WHY BULLIES BULLY Why do boys harass and intimidate each other at school or in the playground? The Journal of Developmental Psychology once conducted a study of 452 boys in upper primary, and it revealed that those who taunt weaker peers and
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      sayagain
      134 18 Parents have many things to attend to and it is not possible for them to pay attention to their children all the time. Even at shopping malls, it is common to lose sight of one's kids in between deciding what to buy. If the lifeguards were unable to prevent
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      Lock icon Stars in his eyes
      382 18 coffee with Even when this astrologer's life was going down the drain, he always looked to the heavens for guidance HE HAS lived and breathed astrology from the day he was born. Not surprising, given that Mr Roy Rugdee (picture) comes from a family of astrologers
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    • Letter
      Making sense of Night Safari's opening hours
      1001 18  -  ISABEL CHENG Letter from Director, Marketing Sales Wildlife Reserves Singapore I REFER to the letter by Ms Christine Tey, "Night Safari's 'opening hours' are not actual time it opens" (June 7). We are sorry to hear that Ms Tey and several of her
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  • Business
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      Lock icon Temasek bought 10 per cent of Tata Sky?
      415 20  -  CHRISTIE LOH AGENCIES TEMASEK Holdings is going big into India's technology scene via conglomerate Tata Group. According to reports in the Indian press over the weekend, the Singapore investment firm has bought 10 per cent of Tata Sky for US$56 million ($86.3
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      London's AIMing for Singapore
      472 20  -  CHRISTIE LOH christie@mediacorp.com.sg Two seminars to be held this month about IPOs on British bourse AS THE Singapore Exchange (SGX) plans an extreme makeover for junior board Sesdaq to woo more small companies, a rival operator from Britain will soon enjoy a step up in its
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    • marketwatch
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        Lock icon SINGAPORE
        92 20 -AFP Share prices are expected to trade weaker as investors turn cautious on fears that the United States Federal Reserve will hike interest rates to combat inflation, dealers said. The prospect caused global markets to sell bonds last week as higher interest rates will raise borrowing costs. In Singapore,
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        Commodities
        20 20 Gold US$/oz 650.3 Silver US$/oz 13.04 Platinum US$/oz 1,286.8 Rubber cents/kg 355.85 Palm oil RM/tonne 2,750 Brent US$/barrel 69.49
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        Lock icon Your S$l buys
        33 20 i SGX, Bloomberg Information provided by uss UK£ Yen HKS RM Euro 0.6493 0.3296 79.0422 5.0746 2.2503 0.4856 Rupiah 5,912.1457 Baht 21.1 Peso 30.0542 AS Indian Rs 26.7232 /uan 4.9719
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  • business news
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      Lock icon The fight will go on ...
      409 22 The fight will go on —AFP Bosses of high-tech US firms to keep up push to hire foreign talent DESPITE the collapse of an immigration overhaul Bill last week, leaders of the high-tech industry in the United States say they will maintain a fight in Congress to address what they
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      Lock icon New game no gamble for Packer
      306 22 -AFP AUSTRALIA'S richest man James Packer (picture) is taking a calculated gamble by concentrating on casinos worldwide and distancing himself from a media empire built up by his family over three generations, analysts say. Mr Packer's plan gathered momentum this month when he sold
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      marketbuzz
      421 22 COURT'S REAL DEAL SALE Courts Singapore's largest furniture, electronics and IT retailer is proud to be the main presenter of Deal or No Deal, the new game show that is a hit in over 50 countries. "The 'deal' theme was perfect for our Great Singapore Sale period especially given
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  • Succeed
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      329 24 GROOM THAT ENTERPRISING SPIRIT The spirit of enterprise, one which embodies that "Can-do, Will-do" mindset, will be in the air at a workshop next month for those keen to acquire skill sets for "value-creation and value-adding" activities. Participants will learn how to boost staff productivity and help their staff
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      Control is letting go
      609 24  -  JOHN BITTLESTON SUCCEED with succeed@newstoday.com.sg Firms should learn not to have too tight a grip on its staff A TIGRESS whose cubs are being threatened is a fearsome protector ready to lose her life for her young. Two years later she will abandon them to fend
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      QUIZTIME
      221 24 Q: How does one know if one is suitable to make a big career change, given that the risks are high? How does one "try" options in working for the less fortunate on a smaller scale or project basis while still being fully employed in order to know if
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