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    26 1 TODAY /A=rymCOßP MICA(P) 132/10/2007 we set you thinking Thursday May 29, 2008 todayonline.com TODAY yV\=ryJj-\CORP MICA(P) 132/10/2007 we set you thinking Thursday May 29, 2008 todayonline.com
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  • AFTERNOONEDITION
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      Groundwork for a layman's challenge
      530 1  -  ANSLEY NG IDAYEXCLUSIVE ansley@media corp. com. sg THE idea was to make the layman more aware of his rights and obligations under both public and international laws. And since Law Society president Michael Hwang shared his vision with Today in April, two senior lawyers and
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      Civil service shows how, will private sector follow suit?
      768 1  -  LIN VAN QIN SHERALYN TAY AND yanqin@mediacorp.com.sg EVEN as private sector employers dither over the National Wages Council's call to give rank-and-file staff a boost to cope with spiralling inflation, the Civil Service is showing them how it's done. Just two
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  • hot news
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      Barred last year, back this year
      736 2  -  LOHCHEEKONG Barely a stir last Friday as Canadian don presented paper on Section 377 at annual legal conference cheekong@mediacorp.com.sg TEN months ago, at the height of the polarising debate on whether homosexual acts should be decriminalised, controversy broke when Canadian academic Douglas Sanders was
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      Lock icon CHEE CAUGHT UP IN AWARD FLAP
      859 3  -  DERRICK A PAULO Hearing ends with judgment reserved: SDP chief to explain contempt ASSISTANT NEWS EDITOR derrick@mediacorp.com.sg AN AWARD from eight years ago has become the latest test of Dr Chee Soon Juan's credibility in a political battle with the Government that is in
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      560 2 "We could be facing a recession which is longer, deeper and wider than any recession that Jt we have encountered in the last 30 years." wJ^BMHS?" Dr Tony Tan, Deputy Chairman of the Government of Singapore Investment Corp jui vfl^^^^E^^*^- SPH The Straits Times, 22 April 2008 t ly^^^^^^*^-*^- V\
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  • news
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      Plans for ARP system for roads in Malaysia
      241 4 THAT drive into the heart of the Malaysian capital could burn a hole in the pockets of the city's residents and visitors, for plans are afoot to charge motorists a "user fee" if a draft plan for Kuala Lumpur is given the
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      Less red tape for gambling operators
      446 4 Changes proposed, while survey shows more see 4D,Toto as'leisure' activity IF proposed changes to the law are given the thumbs-up, the Singapore Turf Club under the Singapore Totalisator Board (Tote Board) could encounter less red tape in seeking approval for its schemes, such as
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      Lock icon Donors still waiting, watching
      425 6  -  ALICIA WONG alicia@media corp.com.sg THE doors to international aid efforts may have been thrown open wider over the weekend, but in Singapore, this has not quite led to a renewed surge of donations for Myanmar. Most organisations Today spoke to said largely, donors are waiting to
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      S'pore-listed firm's lifeline at Ground Zero
      682 6  -  JINNY KOH Its Myanmar staff brought aid to 250,000 survivors in hard to reach areas jinny@mediacorp.com.sg FOR weeks, hundreds of thousands of cyclone survivors in some of the worsthit areas in Myanmar depended on one Singapore-listed company as their main lifeline, even as their
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    • Article
      United in scam, divided in court
      460 8  -  LEONG WEE KEAT Wife claimed it was out of fear that she helped husband fake death weekeat@media corp.com.sg THEY were married for more than 20 years and even hatched a plan to fake the husband's death to claim more than $330,000 in insurance. Yet,
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      Lock icon Bus collides with lorry near Causeway, six injured
      339 8  -  NEOCHAICHIN MADAM Tay Ah Lay was on her way to Johor to visit her sister-in-law yesterday morning, but the SBS Transit bus she and nine others were on did not make it to the checkpoint. The bus, service number 160, collided with
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    • SINGAPORESNIPPETS
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        Lock icon STEALING MOTORBIKES: TEENAGERS NABBED
        103 8 CHANNEL NEWSASIA Police have nabbed two teenagers believed to be involved in at least 11 motorcycle thefts in areas such as Hougang, Sembawang and Yishun. Their crime spree started last month. Police believe the teens, aged 16 and 17, stole the motorcycles for fun. In most
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        NEW PORTAL TELLS WHAT TO EXPECT IN NS TRAINING AND CAMP LIFE
        126 8 A new portal launched yesterday will help National Service pre-enlistee and their parents know what to expect in NS training and camp life. The online interactive guide includes videos and instructions on pre-enlistment procedures, and also addresses safety,
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        Lock icon VIRAL MASK HELPS FIGHT VIRUSES
        108 8 938 LIVE A local company has developed a face mask that could help combat the spread of airborne viruses such as Sars, Anthrax and the Avian Flu. Pasture Group's Nano Technology Viral mask breaks down the molecules in the airborne viruses, destroying them. Chief executive
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      a scientific approach to success
      905 9 As a high throughput curator for the Scientific business of Thomson Reuters, Bernett Lee has to sift through some 100 biology journals, which focus on topics ranging from genomics and proteomicsto cell and molecular biology, then extract and assemble key information in a database so
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      Tiger to separate check-in fee
      144 10  -  LEONGWEEKEAT STARTING today, passengers booking flights on Tiger Airways will have to pay separately for all their check-in baggage. Unlike other airlines that hide the cost of checked baggage into tickets, Tiger will separate the fee. This will ensure its customers only pay for what
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      Lock icon WHAT'S IN THE PRICE OF THAT AIR TICKET?
      842 10  -  LIANG DINGZI Airlines try to pass on higher operating costs to consumers so as to maintain their margins IN LIGHT of soaring fuel prices, aviation soothsayers warn that bleak times loom large for many airlines. It is predicted that more low-cost carriers
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      Lock icon $180m boost for scientists to do research
      440 12 CHANNEL NEWSASIA RESEARCHERS here hope to shed more light on areas such as cancer, childhood leukaemia and sleep deprivation which is why the Health Ministry and the Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*Star) have set aside some $180 million for research into
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      Lock icon Studio Milou gets go ahead for gallery
      631 13  -  CHRISTOPHER TOH French firm and local partner, CPG, wins contract to design news32o-million National Art Gallery christophertoh@media corp.com.sg IT LOOKS like the future home of art here will get a French flair, after all. After months of speculation, Dr Lee Boon Yang, Minister
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      Dne fdr the Rdad
      990 14 These three bartenders take it dne drink at a time dn the small screen BY LYNETTE KDH DARREN HO, 28 WINEBAR How did you get into bartending? It was the flairing (doing tricks with cocktail equipment or ingredients) that got me hooked. I was a waiter
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      201 7 fiffa If/ I X. SAMSUNG Just like a window to your inner workings, the Samsung Soul navigates like r-' a dream, almost intuitively. Touch screen window icons change according I^KpPi to chosen functions from Music, to FM Radio, to Camera, to Image Editor \r~ at a magical touch, with haptic
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      212 11 Screen images are simulated. ©2008 Samsung Electronics Go. Ltd. M^^Bll innagine the beauty of crystals p^ H lil jred in a true original Marvel at a masterpiece gorgeously sculpted, inHised with intense colour. Captivating from the first sight, it sets your imagination soaring with pictures so vivd. Realism Jl IV
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  • world news
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      Lock icon Selangor bars promoting Islam Hadhari
      432 16 AP KUALA LUMPUR An opposition-ruled state in Malaysia has barred mosques and other Islamic institutes from promoting the Prime Minister's concept of Islam because it distorts religious precepts, an official said yesterday. The move by Selangor state is a big slap to Prime Minister Abdullah
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      Lock icon Petrol rule won't hurt tourism: Johor Chief Minister
      488 16 JOHOR BARU Malaysia's new ruling to ban the sale of petrol to foreign-registered vehicles within a 50km radius of its border will not hurt Johor's tourism industry, according to the state's Chief Minister. "I believe the state has other attractions for foreigners
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      Lock icon Pakistan coalition has agreed to expel Musharraf: Sharif
      288 16 -AFP LAHORE Pakistan's ruling coalition has agreed to expel United States -backed President Pervez Musharraf from power, former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif said yesterday. Mr Sharif said the widower of slain opposition leader Benazir Bhutto, Mr Asif Ali Zardari, had agreed in
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      Lock icon Video on forum promotes nuclear attacks: Report
      193 18 AFP WASHINGTON A video encouraging would-be terrorists to develop and detonate weapons of mass destruction (WMD) in the United States and Europe was posted on an Islamic militant forum, US-based monitoring group, Site, said on Tuesday. The 39-minute, documentarystyle video, titled Nuclear Jihad:
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      Lock icon Closer trade, tourism links
      458 18 -AFP China President welcomes KMT head in historic meeting in Beijing BEIJING Chinese President Hu Jintao called for peaceful relations with Taiwan as he met the head of the island's ruling party here yesterday in the highest-level contact since the two sides split in 1949. Putting
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      Lock icon Beijing blames design defects for school collapses
      351 20 -AFP BEIJING The collapse of many schools in China's massive earthquake was partly due to design defects and weak buildings, a staterun newspaper reported yesterday, citing a government investigation. "There were design defects in the construction of schools with regards to earthquake resistance,"
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      Lock icon China's adored PM, now on Facebook
      345 20 -AP BEIJING Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao (picture) now has a page on Facebook. It's not known who set up the profile on the popular socialnetworking website, but it's clear the Premier has fans with more than 13,000 "supporters" as of yesterday, more than United
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      Lock icon Sharon Stone's bad 'karma'
      218 20 -AGENCIES Actress Sharon Stone has sparked a storm of criticism in China after suggesting the earthquake that killed at least 68,000 was bad "karma" due to Beijing's policy on Tibet. Stone, 50, made the remarks at the Cannes Film Festival last week. "I'm not happy about
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      Lock icon Olympic tickets go high-tech
      412 20 AP Personal details to be stored on embedded chips BEIJING China has ratcheted up surveillance and security in every phase of the Beijing Olympics even the tickets. In a move unprecedented for the Olympics, tickets for the opening and closing ceremonies are embedded with a microchip
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      Lock icon Suu Kyi's detention will not affect cyclone aid
      228 22 -AFP YANGON Outrage over Ms Aung San Suu Kyi's house arrest will not detract from relief work, key donors said, as the United Nations yesterday reported small gains in getting aid to cyclone survivors. The military regime quietly informed the Nobel Peace
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      Lock icon 'Donors may go right down'
      399 22 -AGENCIES New order contradicts efforts by officials to stem private donors YANGON Individual volunteers are free to travel into regions devastated by the cyclone to give donations to storm victims, Myanmar's tightly controlled state media insisted yesterday. "Donors may go right down to storm-hitareas of
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      have a cool summer
      395 24 bq retreshingly green this summer with lianPo Jewellery's Olyra collection-a trite to the graceful bamboo Maybe it's the rising mercury or maybe it's the air of cheerfulness that pervades the summer season. At this time of the year, fashion designers and labels usually go colour-crazy on
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      Insight into junta
      823 24  -  NAZRY BAHRAWI Nyan Win's media snubs offer grim prospect on change in Myanmar nazry@mediacorp.com.sg SEATED among a group of 10 foreign ministers was the poker-faced, media-shy general, the man every journalist wanted to hear from. To the roomful of international correspondents hungry for answers, Myanmar Foreign Minister
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      Lock icon BARRIERS TO A TWO-PARTY SYSTEM
      572 26  -  JESSINTATAN Lack of a strong political language is one hurdle jessinta@media corp.com.sg WHILE the rise of an Anwar-led opposition coalition has led to talk that Malaysia is likely to have a two-party system in the near future, some analysts believe that it is not likely
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      Lock icon UN chief pledges probe into sex abuse
      149 26 -AP UNITED Nations Secretary-General Bai Ki-Moon (picture) said the UN will in vestigate allegations by a leading children's charity that UN peacekeepers are involved in widespread sexual abuse of children. The report released on Tuesday by Save the Children UK, based on field
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      Lock icon 111 nations agree on treaty to ban cluster bombs
      215 28 -AFP DUBLIN Delegates from 111 countries meeting here have agreed on the text of a landmark international convention to ban cluster bombs, according to an Irish Foreign Ministry spokeswoman. After 10 days of often tense debate in the Irish capital, diplomats
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      65 28 -AFP MONARCHY ABOLISHED, REPUBLIC DECLARED: Maoists dancing during a rally in Kathmandu yesterday hours before the newly-elected Constituent Assembly met on the fate of Nepal's King Gyanendra. The 601-member assembly voted during its first session late last night 560-4 to abolish the 240-year-old monarchy and to declare the country a
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      Lock icon Ex-Bush spokesman hits out in book
      391 28 -AFP WASHINGTON US President George W Bush's former chief spokesman charges in a harsh new book that the Iraq war was unnecessary and sold to the US public with a deceptive "propaganda campaign". Released months before the November presidential elections, Mr Scott McClellan's stunning
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      Lock icon Couple puts baby up for sale online
      229 30 AFP VANCOUVER A couple put their seven-day-old baby girl up for sale for US$lO,OOO ($13,600) on the Internet, Canadian police said on Tuesday, just days after a similar incident came to light in Germany. The baby was seized by social workers in an
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      Lock icon 'One dish rule' for weddings
      424 30 AP Often-ignored law requires all Pakistani wedding feasts to include just one main dish LAHORE Pakistan When Mr Mohammad Imran was planning the dinner for his cousin's wedding reception, he had no excuse to trim the pricey menu down from six entrees. Then, the government
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      Lock icon Monkeys control robotic arm with nothing but brain power
      296 30 AFP PARIS Scientists have trained monkeys to manipulate a robotic arm solely with brain power and could soon help amputees and paralysed stroke victims do the same, according to a study released yesterday. Immobilised monkeys with electrode filaments inserted into their
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      208 39  -  PAUL ANTHONY FERNANDEZ Letter from IREFERto, "You can't buy petrol in JB from Friday" (May 27). The announcement that foreign-registered vehicles are not allowed to buy fuel within 50 kilometres of Malaysian border towns will have a negative effect, causing unnecessary social and economic
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      203 40  -  CAITLAN SIM Reader would like to encourage all commuters to be more considerate Letter from AS A regular commuter on the East-West line, I very much appreciate the move by SMRT to introduce more trains during peak hours, ensuring that everyone has an opportunity to reach
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      131 40  -  NAVEEN KUMAR Letter from I WOULD like to draw your attention to the noise generated by MRT trains passing at close proximity to residential apartments in many areas of Singapore. It can be quite deafening for the thousands residing in the vicinity of the
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      232 40  -  KUEKCHORLING Letter from Manager, Corporate Marketing and Communications, SMRT WE REFER to the letter by Geraldine Chay Mci Fong, "A bus, not a sports car" (May 20). Following the writer's feedback, we have conducted investigations and found that on May 16 at 10.45 am,
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      125 40 IT'S TIME TO DRAW THE LINE After reading the letter by David Hong, "Do not use bins to book parking space". May 27, Today reader Jack Koh captured this photograph of rubbish bins, flower pots and chairs placed in a line in front of the houses at a road
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      162 43  -  GOH KIAN HUAT Letter from IT APPEARS that some parents do not expect schools to conduct classes during school holidays, and they complain when their children are required to go back for extra lessons. This may not be in their best interests, especially for those
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      385 43  -  TAN KIN LI AN Former Income CEO outlines why it must adjust its payout Letter from I REFER to your article, "NTUC Income Web protest off" (May 28). I met with NTUC Income's management to seek an amicable solution that will be in the best interests of
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      222 43  -  DR JAMES DOBSON BY..... THE LEGEND OF THE TAJ MAHAL The Taj Mahal is one of the most beautiful and costly tombs ever built, but there is a fascinating legend behind its beginnings. In 1629, when the favourite wife of Indian ruler Shah Jahan died, he
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      523 45  -  CONRAD RAJ Dr Anthony Soh and OCBC Bank expected to turn up EDITOR-AT-LARGE conrad@media corp.com.sg THE Securities Industry Council's (SIC) hearings into Dr Anthony Soh's (picture) aborted takeover for Jade Technologies kick off today. Chairing the sessions will be SIC head Thean Lip Ping, who
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        109 45 Sembcorp Marine, the world's second-larg-est rig builder, said its subsidiary Jurong Shipyard has received a US$64O million ($873 million) order from Seadrill to build a semi-submersible platform to bore for oil in deep waters. Jurong Shipyard secured a letter of intent for delivery in December 2011.
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        CHINA TEXTILE FIRM LAUNCHES IPO
        84 45 China Taisan Technology Group yesterday launched an IPO to raise $55.9 million by listing on Singapore Exchange's Mainboard. China Taisan specialises in knitted performance fabrics used in the sports and leisure clothing industry. It hopes this year's Beijing Olympics, Guangzhou Asian Games 2010 and Shenzhen
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        503 46 -AP MALAYSIA'S central bank has relaxed foreign exchange rules to woo foreign investment but said it will not let the ringgit trade abroad amid volatility in global financial markets. Bank Negara Malaysia made the announcement after reporting that the economy expanded 7.1 per centin the
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        107 46 THEIR BEEF WITH FTA: Some 2,500 protesters shouting slogans during a rally protesting against a beef import agreement with the United States in Seoul yesterday. Police detained more than 100 protesters yesterday the largest number taken into custody amid weeks of demonstrations that have stymied the plan to end restrictions
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        Telkomsel chief denies Temasek interference
        399 46  -  CHEOWXINYI He claims right to buy back SingTel's shares if Spore firm is forced to sell stake cheowxinyi@media corp.com.sg THE head of Indonesia's largest phone company says it would be interested in buying back Singapore Telecom's stake, if it were forced to sell. However, Telkomsel's
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        398 48 AP INDONESIA has pulled out of the Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (Opec), because it says it is no longer a net oil exporter. Energy Minister Purnomo Yusgiantoro, who signed the papers yesterday, told reporters that it did not make sense for Indonesia to
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        735 48 -AGENCIES Australia's biggest airline unable to offset expected $2.6b increase in fuel bill AUSTRALIA'S Qantas Airways will lay off staff, implement an executive pay freeze and reduce capacity across its domestic and international networks by around 5 per cent to offset higher costs from recent
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        374 50 BLOOMBERG Central bank ready to defend dong VIETNAM is heading for a "currency crisis", similar to that of Thailand's baht in 1997, because the central bank has kept the dong too strong as inflation soars and the trade deficit widens, United States (US) banking giant Morgan
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        332 50 BLOOMBERG THE Philippines government has abandoned its plan to balance the budget for the first time in a decade this year, so that it can boost spending and re-energise an economy suffering from surging prices. The government's economic managers today agreed to
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        Lock icon Shaw Brothers denies selling TVB stakes
        240 52 -AFP THE company that owns Television Broadcasts (TVB), one of the world's leading Chinese language stations, yesterday denied reports it had sold a stake in the company to a property developer. Shaw Brothers said it has not yet entered into any agreement for the
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        Threadneedle opens HK office
        485 52  -  CONRAD RAJ UK-based firm plans to open branch in Singapore too EDITOR-AT-LARGE conrad@mediacorp.com.sg ASIA'S growing wealth has attracted yet another fund manager to the region. United Kingdom-based Threadneedle, which manages US$l25 billion ($l7O billion) worth of assets worldwide, has just opened an office in Hong Kong
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      517 51 W V I Overcame Extreme Ik t^sr Hair Loss Problem After I Treatmßnt /p <X I aroline I Patch Baldness has set in, I started \/J causing bacteria to wreck losing hair Jb .iZjp'W her hair follicles, leading to slight baldness on I Fight Extreme Hair Loss 11 her head.
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      588 53 IHTT nW y O ijr Beauty ratch Mind Youi «-> rW MP, 4 T eVlrxf Thursday 9pm» 'J nr^ HMI C 7 ft ■flEilllP**^^ as it was difficult giving up her favorite charkway teow and eating only fish and vegetables in the long run. Kong Slew Ling, 24 ]j What
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      613 54  -  17H frtiffll Further proof that you should never believe what you see on TV the two amiable hosts of Mythbusters don't like each other at all CALL them the odd I couple, the un-B likely pair proud I to tell the world they do I not repeat,
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      BONDING THROUGH CHICKEN GUTS
      280 55 KARI, GRANT AND TORY THERE'S definitely a more youthful, relaxed vibe over at Mythbusters' other studio 10 blocks away. We dropped in as secondary hosts Tory Belled, Kari Byron and Grant Imahara were filming an experiment for the next season, testing the myth about being able
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      FAMOUS FIVE
      267 55 WITH Adam and Jamie's backgrounds in special effects and modelbuilding, as well as numerous commercials and films logged, it's no surprise that their experiments have been spectacular at the very least. Here are five that fans are still crazy about. 1. CAN YOU DISLODGE DRIED CEMENT FROM A
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      Lock icon '110% sure' Kelly in sex tape
      300 56 -AP A FORMER employee of R Kelly testified on Tuesday that she was "110 per cent sure" the Grammy-winning R&B singer appeared with an underage girl on a sex tape at the centre of his child pornography trial. Ms Lindsey Perryman, who said she
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        105 56 We Started Nothing KICKING off with the hyper-danc-ey Great DJ, The Ting Tings marry indie attitude with bop-pop precision. They even attempt social commentary with UK No 1 That's Not My Name, which laments the objectification of women. They're probably the only group other than Go Team
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        Death Cab For Cutie
        70 56 Narrow Stairs This latest effort by the band named after a 1967 song has a remarkable mix of post-Radiohead dreariness and indie pop. It begins with an oblique one-two of Bixby Canyon Bridge (with its Jack Kerouac references) and I Will Possess Your Heart, but shifts
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        Chaka Khan
        59 56 Classikhan This re-issue of Chaka Khan's 2004 album features her singing jazz and pop tracks backed by an orchestra on songs like Crazy, Stormy Weather, To Sir With Love, and a reworking of Shirley Bassey tunes, such as Hey Big Spender. This anodyne collection makes us long for
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        M83
        58 56 Saturdays Youth Even as the Brian Eno-esque opener You, Appearing begins to fade, MB3 (Anthony Gonzalez with help from Loic Maurin, Morgan Kibby and Ewan Pearson) resorts to channelling its inner Fleetwood Mac across the remaining 10 songs. The result isn't so much the stream-of-consciousness musical landscapes they're known
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        67 56 The Next Dawn Building upon the emotional vocals that made Claire's debut impressive, her vocals are now given more room to roam, even if the songs are still pretty safe and easy on the ear. The only gripes are how tacky the upbeat tracks sound, and the
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        61 56 Encanto Along with Mantovani, Herb Alpert and James Last, Sergio Mendes was responsible for making muzak what it is today highly irritating, but surprisingly familiar. Building on the template established on his previous album. Timeless, Mendes once again hangs with some of today's hottest acts in this update
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        67 56 We Sing, We Dance, We Steal Things If you like pristine pop, you'll love what Jason Mraz has done on this album. He doesn't write so much as craft songs, and this album is a neat collection of 12 finely-crafted tunes so polished, you could slip on them
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      294 57 DPA MOSCOW Russia's victory in the annual Eurovision song contest not only boosted resurgent patriotism, but also sparked an outburst of gratitude towards unlikely Baltic friends. After votes from several former Soviet republics helped singer Dima Bilan win the 43-na-tion competition, a pro-Kremlin group picketed the
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      133 57 SEX IN NEW YORK: After a string of premieres in Europe, Sex and the City finally went home to New York Tuesday night. Over 3,000 fans lined up outside the premiere at Radio City Hall to watch celebrities like Bette Midler, Mary J Blige, Donna Karan, Project Runway winner Christian
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      595 57 Clay Aiken talks about plastic surgery rumours, lousy singers, and the pain in his bum HE'S had four Top 5 albums on the Billboard charts, but Clay Aiken still can't shake off his days as the geek on American Idol. "I think to some extent
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      203 58 DPA Political blockbuster to be released on eve of US elections VETERAN actor Richard Dreyfuss is to play United States Vice-Presi-dent Dick Cheney in the political blockbuster, W, that is to be released on the eve of the presidential elections in November. Dreyfuss is best known
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      430 60  -  ANNETTE TAN With the rising cost of chicken, it's starting to make sense to splurge a little on organic fillets f ood@newstoday.com.sg AS THE price of food continues to soar, it makes sense to eat wisely since we're now paying a premium for what we put into
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        1231 62  -  SIMON HANCOCK Savour Libya's amazing ruins, easy pace before it becomes a magnet for tourist hordes with its billion-dollartourism project traveller@newstoday.com.sg FINDING a road less travelled these days is hard with tourism and travel such a boom industry it can often feel that anywhere worth
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        158 63 DUE to overwhelming response, KLM Royal Dutch Airlines has extended its airfare promotion to June 10. The deal, which was to expire yesterday, offers aspiring travellers tickets to popular European cities starting from $775, excluding taxes and fees. The destinations include Paris,
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        409 63 THE MACABRE ATTRACTS Whether it's full out gore or a classic brain teaser, there's no denying that a good mystery heightens the allure of a place. That said, here are some exhibitions and events to take note of should you be in the vicinity. GAWK AT IT: LONDON What:
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        718 64  -  IVAR SCHOUT Take a bike to see the hidden side of the Mekong Delta traveller@newstoday.com.sg THE mighty Mekong River reaches the sea in southeastern Vietnam, forming a fertile delta of islands, estuaries and waterways. The country's rice basket Vietnam is the world's third largest exporter
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      218 66 -AFP BETHESDA Tiger Woods (picture) says the rehabilitation of his surgically repaired left knee is "right on schedule", as next month's US Open draws near. Although Woods decided to skip this week's Memorial tournament because he wasn't ready to return to competition, he expects to
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      167 66 -DPA SYDNEY The Iraqi football team arrived in Australia yesterday hoping the World Cup qualifier against the Socceroos will go ahead this weekend. Fif a head Joseph Blatter suspended Iraq on Monday, giving Baghdad until midnight, Wednesday, to rescind a government decree dissolving all the
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      613 66 MCT Defending champs on the brink of elimination as Kobe's gang raid Texas NBA PLAYOFFS San Antonio 91 LA Lakers 93 lead their Western Conference Finals series 3-1. Fisher bodied Tony Parker so much that almost every late-game shot Parker took came up short. Gasol
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