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  • 36 1 TODAY /AediaCorp CD O o I CO < o 2 we set you thinking o o 6 _c "E o > (0 o o o CM od l_ _Q E 3 Q. 03 > (0 ■o (A 0) |2
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  • 713 1  -  LEE U-WEN Public concerns noted, so committee to be set up to study longevity insurance u-wen@media corp.com.sg THE idea of a "longevity insurance" makes much sense for Singapore's rapidly ageing society. But add an element of compulsion to it, and many start viewing the proposed annuity
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  • 581 1  - Bond rates 1% 'risk-free' CPF formula LEE U-WEN u-wen@media corp.com.sg WHEN it was revealed last month that interest rates for the Central Provident Fund (CPF) Special, Medisave and Retirement Accounts (SMRA) would be pegged to long-term bond rates, there was much concern that the new system would be subjected to
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  • 742 1  -  LOH CHEE KONG cheekong@media corp.com.sg TO ENSURE that laws here have the teeth to deal with the side-effects of transboundary globalisation and advances in technology. To give judges a freer hand to mete out punishment that fits the
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    • 29 1 RUNAWAY SOLDIER CPL TEO'S ESCAPE ROUTE REVEALED PARLIAMENT PAGE 4 ACTION FOR ALL ST JAMES PLANS TO GO PUBLIC BUSINESS-PAGE 25 GANGSTERS' PARADISE SOPRANOS SWEEPS THEEMMYS PLUS PAGE 32
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    • 397 2  -  LOHCHEEKONG cheekong@media corp. com. sg WITH the threat of terrorism a constant concern for governments worldwide, Singapore is beefing up its Penal Code to prepare for any such eventuality. This includes the death penalty or life imprisonment for anyone who tries to hold the Government
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    • 718 2  -  LEONG WEE KEAT weekeat@media corp.com.sg THEY are the most vulnerable to sexual perverts, and soon, under the Penal Code revisions, children will gain greater protection. For one, sexual grooming in which an adult befriends and establishes emotional control over a child, paving the way
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    • 287 3  -  LEONGWEEKEAT weekeat@mediacorp.com.sg IT'S a crime with age-old roots that has infiltrated high-tech avenues. And to send a "strong message" to culprits, the laws are being changed so that racial insults made over the electronic media, such as the Internet, will soon be considered an offence
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    • 660 4  -  NAZRYBAHRAWI nazry@mediacorp.com.sg HE DISMANTLED his rifle, concealing it in his field pack. Then he climbed out through the window at the farthest corner of the guard room bunk onto the second-floor parapet, before jumping down to the car park. This is how 20-year-old full-time National
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    • 392 6  -  NAZRYBAHRAWI nazry@media corp.com.sg THE Government should consider topping up the compulsory annuity scheme during the times when it is enjoying budget surpluses. The suggestion, made by Nominated Member of Parliament Cham Hui Fong, was among several raised on the first day of debate on
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    • 515 8  -  TAN HUI LENG Public sector leads the way in re-employing staff who hit 62 years huileng@media corp.com.sg CALL it leading by example. Last year, 96 per cent of statutory board officers were re-employed, as were 53 per cent of civil servants after they retired at
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    • 321 8 THE Government is proposing to ratify an international convention to suppress terrorist bombings, which members of the United Nations had adopted in 1997. The treaty requires participating countries to cooperate in criminal proceedings against terrorist bombers, for example, by providing extradition even if there is no
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    • 365 8 HALF OF EN BLOC SALES HAVE CONSENT LEVEL OF 90 PER CENT OR MORE The average age of all developments that applied for an en bloc sale from January 2005 to August this year was 25.9 years. The average percentage of owners who signed these sale agreements at the
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    • 463 5 baVO U r the Sweet \fo?(^ Benefits of Balance Eating a balanced diet rich in fruits can bring long term benefits to your health. Similarly, the PRU Global Balanced Fund, which invests in a portfolio of global equities and high quality debt securities of major global bond markets through 2
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    • 302 8 MILLIONAIRES HELPING OTHERS BE UNEMPLOYED TRUE wealth starts with you firing yourself from your current employment The wealthiest individuals such as Bill Gates, Li Ka Shing and Sim Wong Hoo have all created fortunes. They are able to retire young and rich by choosing the path less travelled by others
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    • 413 9  -  —ANSLEY NG A MENTALLY retarded young man with a string of petty crimes under his belt escaped caning and jail after a court reduced his robbery sentence to reformative training. In February, Emmanuel Munisamy, 20, was sentenced to eight years and three
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    • 625 9  -  ANSLEY NG Firm will seek ISPs' help to send out warning letters ansley@mediacorp.com.sg EMBATTLED anime distributor Odex facing scores of Netizens in a cyber piracy spat has changed tack to discourage people from downloading the Japanese cartoon videos. The company said yesterday that it would
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    • 207 9 HELP is at hand for lower-income members of the National Trades Union Congress (NTUC) who are grappling with the rising cost of living. The NTUC has set aside $1.6 million for its Care and Share fund this year to take some
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      • 128 9 CHANNEL NEWSASIA Singapore is lifting the suspension on imports of poultry and poultry products from Selangor with immediate effect. The AgriFood and Veterinary Authority (AVA) visited Selangor recently to evaluate the surveillance and biosecurity systems put in place by Malaysia's Department of Veterinary Services to keep
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      • 70 9 Just days after a fire gutted provision shops in a Hougang shop, killing two siblings, another fire broke out at a shop unit in Block 308, Clementi Avenue 4 at about 5.15 yesterday. The fire, which was confined to a small area in the shop, was
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      • 70 9 More than 80 per cent of Singaporeans with diabetes know of the higher risk of their contracting influenza and related complications. Yet, nearly 70 per cent of respondents were not vaccinated against the flu. This was revealed in a survey of more than 300
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  • singapore news
    • 198 10 SINGER Kit Chan, entertainer Dick Lee and actor Qi Yuwu are but a few of the local personalities who are newly-appointed board members of the National Heritage Board (NHB). Ms Chan is one of six newly-minted members of the NHB's main board. Others include MediaCorp Raintree
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    • 249 10 IT HAS already taken out a court injunction against timeshare firm Global Europ (Asia). And yesterday, the Consumers Association of Singapore (Case) issued a statement alerting the public to apparent links that Global Europ had with another company, Asialinx. Case said its interest
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    • 785 10  -  CARL S. BERG ADVERTISING FEATURE By Lifestyle Editor, A BIG WAVE is a great leveler. We tapped into the camaraderie between surfers the world over to bring you insiders' information about the world's lesserknown but all-time great surfing beaches. Listen up, dudes! Sam 'Shaggy
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  • world news
    • 578 12 —AGENCIES Was plane too old at 12 years? No, says Transport Minister PHUKET Investigators sifted through the charred debris of a Thai jet yesterday after Thailand's worst air disaster in a decade, with one airline official saying wind shear could have caused the
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    • 241 12 BANGKOK Aviation experts evaluating Bangkok's Suvamabhumi Airport almost a year after it opened have said the airport is losing its competitive edge due to high charges and poor services. The International Air Transport Association (lata) has been critical of the 15- per-cent increase in airplane
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    • 440 13 —AP Myanmar clergy emerging as focal point of anti-govt protest YANGON Monks have vandalised shops of those supporting the dictatorship in Myanmar, briefly taken local officials hostage and are today threatening to launch a boycott against the military leaders and their families. Nearly a month
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    • GLOBALROUNDUP
      • 94 13 —AFP An Indonesian court yesterday postponed for two weeks the opening hearing in a civil lawsuit against the youngest son of former president Suharto. The case, which seeks to recover millions of US dollars in state funds lost in a land scam, was postponed after lawyers
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      • 100 13 Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi has reiterated that Islam is against rioting, which causes damage to public property, Bernama news agency reported on Sunday. "People in this country want to live in peace and reject any form of violence by any group of dissatisfied
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      • 87 13 -AP Australian Prime Minister John Howard would lose the election in his home district of Sydney if parliamentary polls were held now, a poll revealed yesterday. The results of the Morgan poll published in Melbourne's The Age newspaper heightened the pressure on Mr Howard to
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    • 187 14 —AGENCIES BEIJING China will attach electronic identification labels to every barrel of drinking water in Beijing after a report said almost half of the water used in coolers across the capital could be tainted. China is trying to fight a series of health safety
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    • 420 14 But many are too young to give PM contender their vote TOKYO He may be the underdog in the race to become Prime Minister but with his love of comic books and streetwise talk of pop culture, Mr Taro Aso has plenty of support among
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    • 270 14 —AFP BEIJING China yesterday protested against a proposed US$2.2 billion ($3.3 billion) weapon sales to Taiwan, urging Washington to cancel the deal and end its ties with the island's military. "The Chinese strongly opposes the sales of weapons to Taiwan by the
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    • 331 15 —AFP HONG KONG Hong Kong must take drastic action to slash pollution to keep attracting foreign investors and protect public health, a new study released yesterday said. The city should follow the examples of Los Angeles and London, which have reaped the benefits of
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    • 287 16 -AGENCIES Pakistani President in better position to secure re-election next month ISLAMABAD Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf plans to quit as army chief to become a civilian leader, removing a main objection to his proposed re-election next month, a senior ruling party official said yesterday. "We
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    • 230 16 -AFP LUXEMBOURG Microsoft lost a landmark antitrust case yesterday in Europe's sec-ond-highest court, which upheld a record 497-million-euro ($1.04-billion) fine imposed by the European Commission. "The Court of First Instance essentially upholds the Commission's decision finding that Microsoft abused
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    • 297 18 -AGENCIES WASHINGTON United States President George W Bush, seeking to avert a possible confirmation fight over a more partisan candidate, chose retired federal judge Michael B Mukasey yesterday to replace Attorney-General Alberto Gonzales. The decision to name 66-year-old Mr
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    • 292 18 —AGENCIES But diplomacy still key to breaking impasse with Iran PARIS The world should brace for a possible war over the Iranian nuclear crisis, but seeking a solution through talks should take priority, the French Foreign Minister said on Sunday. "We have to prepare
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    • 133 18 -AFP DUBAI Al Qaeda called on Islamists to sow terror in the West to create a climate of fear, in a third video marking the 911 attacks on the United States, which was posted on the Internet yesterday.
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    • 331 19 m Sing Tel TOUCHING M \UVESFUND [vJI W J Iw I IW I I w K*J^ You can make a difference to the lives of less privileged H children and young people. Xl KJ| HI It takes so little to bring so much hope and joy to their lives. Whether
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  • Voices
    • 651 20  -  PATRICK KEE MINISTER for Health Khaw Boon Wan recently drew attention to the taboo subject of death. Indeed, in the modern world obsessed with materialism, health and wealth, the spiritual dimensions of life and death are often ignored. Paradoxically, it leads to more illness and
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    • 248 22  -  JAMES DOBSON BYDR MY FRIEND WENDY Yesterday, we talked about a remarkable young woman who suffered from terminal breast cancer Wendy Bergren, the mother of three beautiful little girls. She knew she was dying, but was determined to do everything medically possible to stay alive long
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    • 484 22  -  KAREN YEQ Aged nanny, who could not read, lost life savings to 'magic priests' Letter from I have heard of scams such as the "Apple Scam" and the "Magic Stone Scam", but I had always thought they were urban legends. Why would you bring your
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    • 346 23  -  CHERIESIM Letter from IT'S NICE that we have so many malls with nursing rooms, and they are usually nicely done up. But I have encountered objectionable situations when I was either breastfeeding my baby or expressing breast milk. At Suntec
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    • 271 23  -  GOH KIAN HUAT An alternative to annuities, longer CPF payouts would mean she can get late husband's share Letter from INSTEAD of having Central Provident Fund members subscribe to the annuity plan, I suggest the Government explore other alternatives. The current minimum sum that
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    • 155 20 MediaCorp Press Ltd MTV A A 7" 24 Raffles Place #28-01/06 I II l/\ Clifford Centre *****21 XV/l/TU 1800 236 4888 Fax 6534 4217 MEDIACORP Editorial Director P N Balji TODAY Managing Editor Walter Fernandez Night Editor Yvonne Lim Editor-At-Large Clement Mesenas Chief Sub-Editor Richard J Valladares Section editors Foreign
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  • Business
    • 431 24  -  CHEOWXINYI cheowxinyi@media corp.com.sg SINGAPORE is not immune to a slowdown in major industrial economies, and while the risks from the United States sub-prime mortgage problems "have increased", it is not clear that there has been significant spillover into the real economy, Minister of State for
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    • 282 24  -  -DOW JONES SINGAPORE'S exports grew modestly last month despite concerns that the recent market upheaval would stifle external demand and the economy may still meet or exceed the Government's 2007 growth targets of between 7 and 8 per cent Economists said data
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    • 224 25 -DOW JONES STATS ChipPac will likely be delisted soon following the announcement that strategy chief Scott Jewler will resign effective Sept 30, people familiar with the situation said. "It should happen within 30 days," one of the people told Dow Jones
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    • 492 25  -  JOHNSONCHOO It plans $108-million reverse takeover of JK Technology Group johnsonchoo@mediacorp.com.sg THE public can soon have a piece of the action at St James Power Station literally. St James Pte Ltd, which runs Singapore's largest entertainment complex, announced yesterday that it planned to seek a listing
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      • 356 26  -  JOHNSON CHOO Any broker trading on SGX can offer StanChart's new share financing seamlessly johnsonchoo@media corp.com.sg STANDARD Chartered has made investing in the market easier by offering investors on-demand share financing of up to 10 times their monthly salary. The bank targets some 60 per cent of
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        • 75 26 Being a parent is like taking a journey filled with wonderful rewards and sometimes seemingly impossible challenges. Don't miss this opportunity to discover parenting strategies to make a difference in your relationship with your child at the Singapore Parenting Congress on Saturday and Sunday. Visit www.mediacorpradio.sg/spc2oo7
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        • 70 26 Interested in cooking up a Mediterranean feast? Let 2-Michelin-starred chef JeanMarc Banzo show you how to prepare his signature dishes like stewed beef and polenta and braised European sea bass with shellfish in a Culinary Master Class at 10am on Saturday Indulge in a threecourse luncheon
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        • 60 26 Marigold Non Fat Yoghurt Drink has appointed MediaCorp artiste Jesseca Liv, who is also the recently crowned MediaCorp Princess, as the brand's new ambassador. With her as the new face for the drink, the company hopes to further enhance its brand image and reinforce its
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        • 94 26 The Sport A New You campaign aims to encourage women, especially those aged 35 and above who have to juggle career and family, to lead a more active and sporting lifestyle. Until Oct 31, key events and activities are designed to encourage the targeted women
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      • 314 27 —AGENCIES Sentiment hurt by warning that sub-prime crisis puts economy at 'increased' risk SINGAPORE shares fell yesterday as investors locked in gains ahead of the US Federal Reserve meeting later today. Sentiment was also hurt in afternoon trading by a government warning
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      • 534 27  -  -ESTHER FUNG ESTHER FUNG -DOW JONES DOWJONES -DOW JONES DOW JONES A revised agreement for the avoidance of double taxation between Singapore and China has been ratified, and it enters into force today, the Ministry of Finance said. Under the revised agreement, which has effect on income derived on
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      • 472 28 -DOW JONES But oil prices, credit strains can cut growth DEVELOPING Asia will likely grow this year at a faster rate than initially expected, as its main economic engines China and India continue to hum despite a slight uptick in inflation, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) said
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    • 297 29  -  JOSEPH YADAO Top local creative director to be revealed next month joseph.yadao@mediacorp.com.sg YOU have probably seen their advertising ideas on your way to work, but chances are you don't know who they are. Come next month, the person behind Singapore's greatest advertising campaigns will be revealed when
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    • 215 29  -  JOSEPH YADAO SINGAPORE Telecommunications (Sing Tel) is on the lookout for a new long-term creative partner and is inviting agencies to pitch ideas. The search is said to be "part of Sing Tel management's periodic review of third-party supplier arrangements" and is in
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    • 1186 32 —AP THE FASHI ON AWARDS While mob drama The Sopranos swept the awards at the Emmys, there was also affair share for everyone else at a ceremony that was full of comedy WINNING the best drama series award, The Sopranos turned its cut-to-black final season into an Emmy-gold
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    • 293 33 at Sunday's 59th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards presented by the Academy of Television Arts Sciences jy "c Drama Series The Sopranos (HBO] Comedy Series 30 Rock (NBC) Actor, Drama Series James Spader, Boston Legal (ABC) Actor, Comedy Series: Steve Carell, The Office (NBC) Actress, Drama Series Sally Field,
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    • 573 34  -  MAYO MARTIN Zulkifle Mahmod wants you to look and listen to his work mayo@media corp.com.sg DURING his solo show titled W.0.M.8. at The Substation last year, sound artist Zulkifle Mahmod (picture) recalled walking into the exhibit space only to see people make out. "There
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    • 571 35  -  ZUL OTHMAN Hard work garners rave reviews for group's debut album zul@mediacorp.com.sg IT'S NEVER easy having fulltime jobs and being in a soughtafter rock band. But for one of the most talked-about Singaporean groups to emerge in a long while, the experiment has been a success. After
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          88 36  -  -ZULOTHMAN Made of Bricks Londoner Kate Nash's quirky piano-led songs betray her past aspirations: The 20-year-old began writing songs before Bristol Old Vie rejected her. But theatre's loss is pop music's gain as Made of Bricks is a selfassured, jovial entry, even if it comes from a newcomer.
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        • 128 36  -  k\s \J I LI I \J I Mill -ZULOTHMAN Glorious: The Singles 97 -07 She has sold more than 10 million albums but pixie-faced Australian Natalie Imbruglia is more known nowadays as the face of L'Oreal than as a singer. A shame, considering the 32-year-old is a far
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          127 36  -  -KARMANTSE Philosopher Fan Wei Qi plays the titular philosopher in her latest and seventh album, singing about life, love, friendship and being ordinary. There are some heartfelt lyrics in this 10-track album, packaged like a cute little notebook filled with pretty pictures of the Taiwanese singer who
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    • 578 37  -  JOANNEYAP In conjunction with World Alzheimer's Day on Friday, Today looks at ways of helping patients cope with memory loss joanne@media corp.com.sg IT'S a disease that's more prevalent among the elderly than the young and affects about 6 per cent of Singapore's population above the
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    • 499 38  -  Lim Yen Loo CßKhare The spots may be senile purpura, which occurs on the sun-exposed surfaces of forearms of elderly people. These rashes are asymptomatic, vary in size and appear like bruises. They occur following a minor injury to sun-damaged skin, heal slowly (in a few weeks)
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    • 499 40  -  JOANNEYAP Avoid chronic diseases in old age with a proper elderly diet joanne@mediacorp.com.sg CONTRARY to popular belief that the ravages of time only afflict the body in old age, the ageing process actually begins much earlier around mid-life. And without the proper nutrients in our diets to address
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    • 231 40 ...TO PREVENT INSOMNIA Insomnia is caused by factors such as irregular bedtimes or changes in one's lifestyle. Dr C B Khare, acting chief and senior consultant of the Department of Psychological Medicine atthe National University Hospital, provides some tips on how to sleep soundly. 1 Remove underlying causes. The
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    • 213 43 —AFP NEW DELHI India will stage its first-ever Formula 1 race in 2010, Indian Olympic Association (IOA) president Suresh Kalmadi (picture) announced yesterday. Kalmadi said he met Formula 1 chief executive Bernie Ecclestone in London last week to seal the deal. "It has
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    • 452 43  -  SAZALI ABDUL AZIZ Al-Faisaly have happy memories of Stags' ground and home side want to erase them AFCCUPQ-FINALSJSTLEG Tampines Rovers v Al-Faisaly Tampines Stadium, 9pm msazali@m edia corp.com.sg TAMPINES Rovers tuned up for the first leg of their AFC Cup quarter-final match-up with Al-Faisaly in
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    • 309 44  -  CUBBY LEONG jcubby@media corp. com. sg MARDAN Mamat's adventure on the European Tour hit a rough spot on Sunday. On the final day of the MercedesBenz Championship in Cologne L the Singapore No 1 was forcec Jak to carry his own bag
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    • 498 44 AGENCIES Briton brushes off'spygate' scandal, accuses champion Alonso of foul play LONDON Lewis Hamilton yesterday rejected FIA president Max Mosley's claim that this year's Formula 1 drivers' title has been tainted by the spy scandal between McLaren-Mercedes and Ferrari. After the FIA fined McLaren US$lOO million
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    • 762 46 —AP With Irish clash looming, the hosts are not getting carried away after record win RUGBY WORLD CUP, POOL D France 87 Namibia 10 TOULOUSE France have not been fooled into believing 13 tries heaped on Namibia will make much difference when they play
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    • 314 46  -  TANYO-HINN yohinn@media corp.com.sg JUST days after clinching the women's doubles gold at last December's Asian Games, Valeric Teo (picture) quit bowling to focus on her medical studies. Now, the former national star is set for a return to the lanes. Teo, 22, will be one
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    • 600 47 AGENCIES CHAMPIONS LEAGUE, GROUP A Porto v Liverpool PORTO Liverpool open their Champions League campaign against FC Porto tonight (tomorrow morning, Singapore time) with manager Rafa Benitez demanding a sharper performance from his players. Benitez lost 18 players for a two-week international break and blamed tiredness
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    • 268 47 —AGENCIES LONDON Various reports here yesterday suggested Tottenham boss Martin Jol (picture) has six games to save his job, after his side fell to a 3-1 loss at home to arch-rivals Arsenal in the Premiership on Saturday. Jol's position has come under scrutiny as
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    • 367 47 -AP CHAMPIONS LEAGUE, GROUP D AC Milan v Benfica MILAN AC Milan open their defence of their Champions League crown against Benfica tonight (tomorrow morning, Singapore time) and Filippo Inzaghi can't wait. "The Champions League is a special competition for us," the
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