Today, 17 January 2008

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    13 1 TODAY /A=diaCofip MICA(P) 132/10/2007 we set you thinking Thursday January 17, 2008 todayonline.com
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    Lock icon Cloned for the table
    848 1 -AGENCIES US okays food from cloned animals; AVA to do 'risk assessment' AS AMERICANS begin to digest the possibility that their supermarket shelves may be stocked with cloned corned beef or cloned ham in the not-too-distant future, Singapore's food authorities said yesterday that they would do
    -AGENCIES; AFP  -  848 words
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    Will airshow extravaganza set record for business deals?
    769 1  -  LEONGWEEKEAT weekeat@media corp.com.sg IT PROMISES to be the biggest air show ever to be staged in the region, when the inaugural Singapore Airshow is unveiled on a brand-new 30 ha site the size of around 28 football fields near Changi Airport next
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      240 2 A home loan that's flexible to your lifestyle needs. When it comes to your lifestyle, you have plenty of choices. So why shouldn't your home loan be just as flexible? With many different ways to structure a home loan, HSBC can customise a solution as individual as you are. One
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  • hot news
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      Lock icon Dr Neo gets to grips with school bullying
      740 3  -  LINYANQIN MPfeels compelled to raise issue in a motion of adjournment in Parliament yanqin@media corp.com.sg ONE child had been kicked in the stomach while another was kicked in the chest and ribs, but the school principal had put it down to "thoughtless
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  • Singapore news
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      Lock icon Timed and primed for safety on the roads
      486 4  -  JINNY KOH jinny@mediacorp.com.sg EVEN as a major land transport review is about to be completed, the Land Transport Authority (LTA) has been looking for simple ideas to improve the land transport system that it can implement separately. For example, a more commuter-friend-ly
      DON WONG  -  486 words
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      Lock icon Manager's no-show
      496 4  -  ZULOTHMAN Wang, accused of fixing matches, fails to turn up in court, not answering phone zul@media corp.com.sg LAST week, S-League club Liaoning Guangyuan's team manager Wang Kin made headlines when the Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau (CPIB) arrested him for allegedly fixing matches. Yesterday, a warrant for his arrest
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      Boon Keng bonanza
      441 6  -  NEO CHAI CHIN Demand for 'condo-like' HDB flats outstrip supply by five times chaichin@media corp.com.sg APPLICATIONS for the second batch of condo-like HDB flats, near Boon Keng MRT station, closed yesterday, with demand outstripping supply by five times. As of 6pm yesterday, City View Boon Keng, part
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    • Article
      Worker dies in IR accident
      221 6  -  LEONGWEEKEAT A CHINESE national became the first fatality at a construction site this year when a retaining wall collapsed on him at the Marina Bay Sands Integrated Resort (IR) construction site yesterday. The incident happened at around 10.30 am when Mr Xie Xv Han, 39,
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    • SINGAPORESNIPPETS
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        Lock icon 54-YEAR-OLD PAEDOPHILE JAILED 22 YEARS
        158 6 -938UVE A 54-year-old man has been sentenced to 22 years in jail for sexually abusing two young boys, one of whom is mentally retarded. Machine operator Soh Beng Huat, alias Teo Beng Huat, pleaded guilty in the High Court yesterday to 16 charges of oral
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        Lock icon 'AH LONG' RING OF FOUR MEN AND ONE WOMAN NABBED
        103 6 CHANNEL NEWSASIA On the same day a youth surrendered himself to the police who had released his photo and that of three others for harassment related to unlicensed moneylending five more people were arrested for unlicensed moneylending. The police caught
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      Temasek Poly-IBM in tie-up
      208 6  -  UNYANQIN TO DEVELOP a pool of well-trained IT security professionals to meet growing industry needs, Temasek Polytechnic (TP) is teaming up with IBM to give its students a taste of the real life. Under the partnership, the polytechnic's Cyber and Digital Security diploma programme students will
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      Lower-income residents at Henderson Road have poorer health than most: Survey
      345 8  -  ALICIA WONG alicia@mediacorp.com.sg OBESITY? Check. Hypertension? Check. Risk of diabetes? Check. In three out of four key health indicators, a group of lower-income, mainly elderly, residents at Henderson Road are faring poorer compared to the national average. These are
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      Lock icon Gas leak scare at American club
      362 8  -  LOH CHEE KONG cheekong@media corp. com. sg THERE was a brief scare at the American Club yesterday when a chlorine gas leak led to heavy police and civil defence presence at its premises. But the leak, which was traced to an "accidental release" of
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      ICONIC BRANDS AND THE ETHICS OF LUXURY
      765 10  -  DRJEMBENDELL "WHAT are you made of?" From London to Little India, stars of sport and screen ask us as they peer from billboards and magazines. The watch company Tag Heuer suggests wearing their brand provides the answer You are made of something strong,
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      638 5 Panasonic iM Usher in the New Year with -^^v Coot, Clean or /Ml 111 I /rfiHrf 11 Fresn (Beginnings JllL I II It's time to look forward and start afresh. Pamper yourselves to life's little mS LbBM comforts with Panasonic Home Appliances. Hurry down to the nearest 4flP' VB BJ
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      127 6 faftft All work and no EC* play makes you m a DULL PERSON!" k M m^ M I sown Tourism Hospitality Management I (Mayor Project /n Cas/no Management) I Getting you prepared for the IR I Understand how to manage a team in the Casino I Progress on to Masters
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  • world news
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      Lock icon Sharing notes on Suharto's health
      523 12  -  JESSINTATAN IN JAKARTA FROM AFP Hundreds of journalists camp outside the hospital to wait for developments jessinta@media corp.com.sg HUNDREDS of local and foreign journalists have been keeping vigil at Jakarta's Pertamina hospital, where former President Suharto has been fighting for his life since early this
      FROM AFP; WEETECKHIAN  -  523 words
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      Mahathir fails to show up in Lingam probe
      334 12 KUALA LUMPUR Former Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad failed to make it to the royal commission tasked to investigate the controversial V X Lingam tape yesterday, disappointing scores of people who turned up to hear his testimony. Dr Mahathir is instead giving
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      Lock icon Respected Indon Sultan to run for President
      389 12 -DPA JAKARTA Indonesia's respected Sultan of Yogyakarta has said he is ready to enter next year's presidential race if his candidacy gains wide support, a local media report said yesterday. "If people want me to do so, why should I reject it?" said
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      Lock icon China bans food price hikes
      347 14 -AP Acts to cool six-month-old inflation surge BEIJING China took its most drastic step yet yesterday to slow a rapid rise in po-litically-sensitive food prices, barring producers from imposing new increases without government permission. Beijing has imposed a series of measures to cool a six-month-old
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      Lock icon US concerned over detention of rights advocates in China
      280 14 -AFP BEIJING United States Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte held talks with Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao yesterday as US diplomats pressured Beijing over the arrests of an Aids campaigner and other activists. Mr Negroponte arrived in China as the US
      -AFP; EPA  -  280 words
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      Lock icon At least one major strike daily in China: Activist
      316 14 -AFP WASHINGTON At least one strike involving more than 1,000 workers occurs every day in China's manufacturing hub in the Pearl River Delta area, underscoring rising labour unrest in the country, a labour activist said on Tuesday. All the protests in
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      Lock icon There's hope yet for Romney
      580 16 —AFP AGENCIES Scores a win in Michigan; nomination fight now lacking clear favourite DETROIT Presidential hopeful Mitt Romney on Tuesday scored his first major primary victory in his native Michigan, a much-needed win that revived his faltering candidacy and thrust wide open the race for
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      Lock icon Vietnam tells Catholics to stop prayer vigils
      292 16 -AFP HANOI Authorities in the Vietnamese capital have told Catholics to stop mass prayer vigils demanding the return of church land seized in the *****, a Catholic news website said yesterday. For almost a month, thousands of faithfuls have held prayer vigils in
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      Lock icon Fukuda tells party to be ready for possible snap poll
      236 16 -AFP TOKYO -Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda told his party yesterday to be ready for a possible snap poll this year, despite earlier warnings against such a move amid sagging public approval for his government "There may be an election.
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      Lock icon Myanmar to auction 1,600 lots of precious stones
      226 16 -AFP YANGON Military-run Myanmar has opened another major auction of gems and jade in the country's economic hub Yangon, despite international efforts to cut off the junta's sales, state media said yesterday. Nearly 400 lots of precious stones and some 1,200 lots
      -AFP; AFP  -  226 words
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      Lock icon US BABY BOOM BUCKS THE TREND
      444 18 ■AP With 2.1 birth rate, this wealthy nation just likes children ATLANTA Going against the trend in many other wealthy industrialised nations, the United States seems to be experiencing a small baby boom, reporting the largest number of children born in 45 years. The
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    • GLOBALROUNDUP
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        Lock icon MUSLIM ROCK SINGER CHIDED FOR BARING CHEST
        90 18 Popular Malaysian rock singer Faizal Tahir, 29, caused an uproar by barm his chest at a live TV concertand will do community M service to atone for the stunt his record com- I panysaid yesterday. He stripped off his jacket, undershirt and bert,
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        Lock icon GUNMEN KILL PRIEST, ABDUCT TEACHER
        85 18 -AGENCIES Gunmen killed a Catholic priest and abducted a teacher in a raid on a church-run school in southwestern Philippines, the police said yesterday. Parish priest Rey Roda and teacher Omar Taub were initially kidnapped by 10 masked gunmen who forced their way into a
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        Lock icon BIRD FLU CULL BEGINS IN EAST INDIA
        76 18 -AFP Health officials in eastern India began the slaughter of tens of thousands of chickens yesterday, a day after New Delhi confirmed an outbreak of the deadly avian flu in the region. Mr Anisur Rahaman, animal resources minister of West Bengal state, said
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      Lock icon Japan pledges Mekong aid
      401 22 —AFP It seeks to counter strong presence of China in the region TOKYO Japan yesterday offered fresh aid to Mekong River nations while issuing a gentle reminder on human rights as it sought to counter China's growing influence in the region. The Foreign Minister of Myanmar,
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      109 22 AFP KING OF RATS WEIGHED A TONNE: Fossil hunters have uncovered the greatest rodent that ever lived a one-tonne behemoth that bestrode the swamplands of South America some four million years ago. The newly-identified species is the greatest-known member of the order Rodentia and, by comparison, makes the biggest rodent
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      Lock icon Indonesia, China expand defence ties
      142 22 -REUTERS JAKARTA Indonesia and China plan to cooperate in manufacturing defence equipment and are looking at other measures to expand military ties, said the countries' defence ministers yesterday. "We expect to cooperate in building defence equipment, especially in transportation. For example, planes and ships," Indonesian
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      Lock icon Unification Ministry to be scrapped in symbolic move
      238 24 AGENCIES SEOUL- South Korea's incoming government will shut down the ministry handling relations with North Korea in a move to streamline the administration, officials said yesterday. The presidential transition team said the Unification Ministry will be merged with the Foreign Ministry. Four
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      Facebook asked to end Scrabble game
      342 24  -  THE DAILY TELEGRAPH LONDON It is a battle that pitches old against new, traditional against modern, analogue against digital Scrabble against Facebook. The makers of the popular word game have issued an edict to the massively successful social networking site ordering it to take
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      Lock icon Taliban threatens suicide attacks on Kabul hangouts
      200 24 -AGENCIES KABUL The Taliban said its suicide bombers will attack Kabul restaurants where Westerners eat, a sign of a new strategy that already has United States and European workers restricting their outings in the Afghan capital. The deadly attack on Monday on Kabul's
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      Lock icon Under attack: The ugly stereotype
      301 26 -AFP United Nations forum moves to bridge cultural divides MADRID Representatives of 63 countries concluded a United Nations forum yesterday after announcing initiatives to bridge cultural divides. This included a US$lOO-million ($143-million) fund for films that combat "ugly stereotypes." The Alliance of Civilisations Forum aims
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      Lock icon Melbourne police arrest host of wild Aussie teen party
      362 26 —AFP SYDNEY An Australian teenager who held a wild house party which ended with police calling in air support was arrested yesterday over the incident, which is beginning to turn him into global cult figure. Corey Delaney (picture), 16, had refused
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      Lock icon An alternative to means testing
      297 28  -  STEVEN LUM Letter from MEANS testing is not effective in helping low-income citizens meet their medical costs. It is also not fair to distribute different medical subsidies to different classes of citizens as the rich, the mid-dle-income and the poor all contribute to Singapore's growth.
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      Lock icon Resale flats out of reach
      518 28  -  ANTHONYTAN Allow potential buyers to make higher use of CPFtoown a home Letter from LIKE many first-time flat buyers, I am having great difficulty getting a Housing and Development Board (HDB) unit so that I can start a family. To buy a unit, you can
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      FOCUS ON THE FAMILY
      178 30  -  DR BILL MAIER BY... BABIES INFLUENCED BY TV Television may be having a greater effect on your children than you think. New research has found that babies as young as 12 months old are influenced by what they see on television. And what they are watching
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      Lock icon Stranded and confused in Perth
      482 30  -  KENNETH CHEE Tiger Airways staff not there to help unaccompanied minors arrange alternative flights from Perth airport Letter from I REFER to the report, "200 passengers stranded at Perth airport back in Spore" (Jan 16). I'm afraid that the explanation about Tiger Airways flight TR7I7
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      Is S'pores property industry in denial?
      257 30  -  STEVE KNGO Letter from I REFER to the report, "Private home sales shrink 46%" (Jan 16). I am disturbed by the apparent obsession of "industry experts" in Singapore to over-stimulate the property market by painting a picture that is rosier than the situation dictates,
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      Lock icon Taiwan healthcare: There's no free lunch
      277 32  -  KAREN TAN Rosy system where patients pay less not sustainable Letter from Director, Corporate Communications, Ministry of Health IN THE letter, "Medi-debate: Can Taiwan's system offer insights?" (Jan 15), Ms Liv I-Chun shared her positive experience with the healthcare system in Taiwan. Indeed, all
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      Premium bus services – priced to match
      278 32  - Premium bus services priced to match LOOITEIKSOON Letter from Secretary Public Transport Council I REFER to Mr Zhuang Yizhong's letter, "Why shouldn't a bus service be cheap?" (Jan 4). Unlike the basic bus services that serve the public trunk and feeder bus services provided by SBS Transit and SMRT Buses
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      Don't fall prey to this dubious flat 'inspector'
      249 34  -  EILEEN SONG YICKNEAN Letter from I WISH to alert readers about a woman posing as a Town Council officer making house calls. On Monday, a woman knocked on my door claiming to be a member of the "Central Second Team Contractor". She
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      Lock icon Jobs will help them stay clean
      263 34  -  NURSUHARDIMOHAMED More can be done to ease plight of ex-addicts Letter from I REFER to the report, "Subutex, heroin arrests on the rise" (Jan 16). It is clear that illegal drug use here is increasing, but what can we do to help drug-abusers? Many
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      Not too late to seek legal recourse
      151 40  -  CHEN JUNYI Letter from I REFER to the letter, "Stuck with charges and no flat" (Jan 15). I am surprised that the writer did not receive better advice for the predicament described. First, having exercised the option, the writer is legally entitled to
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    • When birds die mysteriously...
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        ...are our agencies ready to coordinate a course of action?
        270 40  -  CHUATEEUAN Letter from THE report, "The eagles have landed" (Jan 15), may read like a light-hearted story, but there is a serious lesson to be learnt from this. The National Environment Agency's (NEA) response shows that they do not understand
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        ...which agency do we call during such incidents?
        136 40  -  THOMAS LEE ZHIZHI Letter from I REFER to the report about the eagles which landed in a house at Jalan Kayu (Jan 15). I can sympathise with the resident who had called the Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority (AVA), the National Environment Agency
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      341 32 YonKishu Enjoy nature's own remedy. The Yomeishu Komagane Plant, located at Nagano Prefecture in Japan was designed to achieve harmony with nature and integrate tradition with technology. Situated at 800 metres above sea level, the factory is nestled at the foot of the Japanese Alps where there is always fresh
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      156 42  -  -ESTHER FUNG THE robust retail business in China has provided shareholders of Capitaßetail China Trust (CRCT) with something to smile about The China retail real estate investment trust will distribute $8.59 million to shareholders for the three months ended Dec 31. This translates to a
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      519 42  -  ESTHER FUNG Sales previews for Marina Bay luxury condo to start end of this month esther@media corp.com.sg DESPITE worries of a global slowdown and a decline in sales of private property these few months, developers of the Marina Bay Suites are confident they will be
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        229 44 —AP, BLOOMBERG JPMorgan Chase and Co said yesterday its fourth-quarter profit fell 34 per cent after its exposure to subprime mortgages devalued its portfolio by US$l.3 billion ($1.86 billion). In anticipation of more problems with American consumers' ability to pay back their
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        351 44 CHEOWXINYI ASIAN stocks plunged yesterday in a region-wide sell-off, as investors enter risk-aversion mode. A steep overnight fall on Wall Street and an unexpected drop in United States retail sales heightened fears that the world's largest economy will enter a recession. Worst hit in Asia was Hong
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          85 46  -  -CHEOWXINYI In a sign that confidence should remain robust despite a moderating Singapore economy, a MasterCard Worldwide survey predicted retail sales to grow 4.2 per cent year-on-year in the first half of this year with a total value of $17.6 million. This is faster than the 3.6-per-cent
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          FIRST SHIP PAYS DIVIDENDS
          89 46  -  -ESTHER FUNG The First Ship Lease Trust, which leases containerships and tankers, said it would distribute US$l2.l million ($17.3 million) to shareholders for the three months ended Dec 31. This translates to a dividend of 2.42 US cents a share. First Ship announced a net profit
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          71 46  -  ESTHER FUNG Cosco Corporation plans to expand its rig-building capacity in one of its shipyards in Jiangsu province in China. This offshore construction base will focus on projects such as the construction of oil and gas-related equipment, including semi-sub-mersible rigs and other floaters. Development
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        461 46  -  ESTHER FUNG They set up corporate websites to advertise esther@media corp.com.sg MULTINATIONAL companies used to be seen as the main beneficiary of having a corporate website, but more small and medium enterprises (SMEs) are jumping online, thanks to the availability of high-speed broadband access
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        358 48 -AFP SAN FRANCISCO Apple chief executive Steve Jobs (picture) unveiled an ultra-slim Macßook Air laptop computer on Tuesday that he billed as the world's leanest In trademark theatrical style at the Macworld Expo opening in San Francisco, Mr Jobs slid the laptop from
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        880 48 -NEW YORK TIMES CITIGROUP, the United States' largest bank, reported a staggering fourth-quarter loss of US$9.B3 billion ($l4 billion) on Tuesday and issued a sobering forecast that the housing market and the broader economy still have not bottomed out. To shore up their financial condition, Citigroup
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      358 43 I t I I §?n£?s2So fk if I I '•""s*i|i *irH i^ 1 ffo'J^'J" fesiUir :'::j:: ;::$i:::i:8 EjJ I :j|is!i|j; I M&SZ »k Distributors: KIM ENG QOCBCSecurities DMG Partners SECURITIES 6533 1818 (65) 6226 0300 6538 4775 FU64BANK UOBKayHian Well help you get there ***** [CICU 1800 323 0100 1800
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      48 44 W if you are bleeding from this bear market, 1 I if you want the answers to: I I *how Robin overcame this Ssl3m loss, I I to become a Top Trader today I I improve your investment returns I I act now! book your seat today! J
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      142 49 pBKBy^ L/if4,~t(*4- <*>*% IvA*ut it: M3^A Attack I B3 E Household Fiesta El SUPOR II ™nkset KS&ljar 20cm DEEP FRYPAN II S l^oeach ra wlp if $9?BP $5.80.5g.80 Mf*" At^P" 561 a#each Weach i WAGON $IQ9O KITCHEN CONDIMENT SET f^_^^ V Ref: HL94B-S4 £49^0 per set WOODEN RICE BUCKET ftf*
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      1563 50  -  Christopher Toh He's the lord of guitar fiends around the world, but in seven years time, Carlos Santana wants to be the minister of his own little church TODAY EXCLUSIVE Guitarist Carlos Santana is known for a few things. That mega-hit of a song with Rob Thomas called
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      Lock icon Ellen trumps Oprah as viewers' favourite
      380 51 —AFP OPENLY gay, dog-loving comedienne Ellen DeGeneres has dethroned chat-show icon and new political activist Oprah Winfrey as the television personality Americans love the most, a poll showed on Tuesday. "DeGeneres vaulted to the top spot in the Harris Poll's annual favourite television star
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      430 52  -  CHRISTOPHER TOH Aussie singer Delta Goodrem prevailed through both to release a No 1 album christophertoh@mediacorp.com.sg SOME people really know how to rub it in. "I'm really happy being who I am," said singer Delta Goodrem in a phone call from Australia. That would have
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      327 52 -AP ACTOR Brad Renfro (picture), whose career began promisingly with a childhood role in The Client but rapidly faded as he struggled with drugs and alcohol, was found dead on Tuesday in his home. He was 25. The cause of death was not yet
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        142 54 GODSMACK Good Times, Bad Times: Ten Years Of Godsmack This compilation includes all the Danas mis sucn as Running Blind, Bad Religion and Awake, as well as their new single a rendering of Led Zeppelin's golden oldie Good Times, Bad Times. VARIOUS Anugerah Cinta The three
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          137 54 Happy Mondays Led by singer although that term is debatable -Shaun Ryder, the Happy Mondays reached their zenith with this albumin 1991. Produced by Paul Oakenfold, Pills 'n' Thrills And Bellyaches was the epitome of what the rave scene in Manchester, called "Madchester",
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          Be The King
          122 54 Champion This Chinese rock foursome may have the cutesy looks of your average boyband, but they are definitely above average and most definitely rock harder than most. This album is full of tunes that work really well, primarily because even if the glossy production, speed licks and
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          The Knee Plays
          123 54 David Bryne Knee nays was actually 12 short "plays" in Robert Wilson's global theatrical production. The CIVIL wars, that would allow for set changes in-between acts. Although the theatrical style of The Knee Playswas Japanese theatre-inspired, composer David Bryne opted to write music more reminiscent of American
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          Delta
          88 54 Delta Goodrem This third album from Delta Goodrem may sound like the amalgamation of the pop of her debut with the starkness of her sophomore. At first listen, it's a bad thing -the sounds are just too disparate to complement each other. The drama of The Guardian, for example,
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          A Guide To Love, Loss & Desperation
          108 54 A Guide To Love, Loss Desperation The Wombats This predominantly British trio (bassist Tord is from Norway) may reside half a world away from where wombats live (err, that's Australia), but their boppy tunes make you want to, well, bop along, and they do it so well you'd think they
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        Mass appeal museums
        355 56  -  MAYO MARTIN This year, local museums aim to attract atypical visitors with their programme line-up mayo@mediacorp.com.sg WHEN the National Heritage Board (NHB) tapped Ah Beng comedian Mark Lee to be the face of last year's Explore Singapore! 2007 campaign, it caused a mild stir. "There were people
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        147 56 CHINA FESTIVAL Various Venues Jan to Dec Back-to-back exhibits by modern and contemporary Chinese masters at SAM kick off the yearlong festival beginning with Primary Colours, an exhibit by acclaimed artist Feng Zhengjie on Jan 29. PERANAKAN MUSEUM OPENING FESTIVAL Peranakan Museum April 26 to May 11 on weekends
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      Lock icon LOVE THESE LIMPETS
      393 58  -  ANNETTE TAN A quick stir-fry is all the cooking these yummy limpets need f ood@newstoday.com.sg LIMPETS are prized as a Chinese New Year treat because their Mandarin name, bao yu, symbolises smooth progress. As such, to consume limpets at the most auspicious time of the Chinese calendar
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        Lock icon PILGRIMAGE TO NIRVANA
        701 60  -  TAN CHUI HUA traveller@newstoday.com.sg IT IS a sight worth hauling yourself out of bed at 4.15 am for. In the distance, the mountains are the first to catch light. As hues of purple and pink wash over the skies, the silhouettes of stupas slowly come into being.
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        747 62  -  STEPHEN FRANKLIN -MCT Alexandria's halcyon days revisited in its modern library travel@newstoday.com.sg ALEXANDRIA'S appeal lies in its long-lin-gering connection to the past with just enough taste of the new. I'm not talking about the remnants of the ancient Egyptian city left behind by the
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        107 64  -  Chang Su-fern Situated 113 km south-west of Adelaide, Kangaroo Island is 4,405 sq km of diverse landscape that brims with wildlife. There are koalas, wallabies, tiny penguins, pelicans and of course kangaroos, to name a few animals that may stray into your path. Visit the Remarkable
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        465 64 -DPA Spot rare penguins and giant sea lions in New Zealand's scenic Otago Peninsula THE hilly pasture land and craggy, steep coastline of the Otago Peninsula in New Zealand's South Island resembles that of Scotland. Yet, what from a distance looks like a huge boulder
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      358 54 Tdy: 11.00 am, 1.00, 3.00, 5.00, 7.00, 9.00pm English with Chin Subtitles R2l Tdy: 11.00 am, 3.00, 7.00pm TAG-ULAN NGAYON... ANG BUKID AY BASA 2 g&fgg Tagalog with Eng/Chin Subtitles R2l Toy.-1.00, 5.00, 9.00pm VIBRATOR #**iaWd>A Japanese with Eng/Chin Subtitles R2l Tdy: 11 30am, 1.30, 3.30, 5.30, 7.30, 9.30pm ELKE
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