Today, 12 August 2008, Afternoon Edition

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    20 1 TODAY Tuesday August 12, 2008 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking TODAY Tuesday August 12, 2008 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking
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    • IN OUR MORNING PAPER
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        TAO LI SHINES
        180 1 I am old enough for a big part of my early Olympic education to have come via the weekly ABC Wide World of Sports, which was must-see television in Singapore in the 1970s and '80s. Looking down at Tao Li from the stands at the National Aquatics
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        SMART CAMERAS
        99 1 "Smart" cameras that can recognise suspects or wanted persons by their facial features could one day be deployed on Singapore's streets, at Orchard Road or Geylang. Used to identify suspects involved in the London bombings, about 300,000 such security cameras with facerecognition technology are now being deployed at
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      Lock icon Galaxy in crisis
      500 1 AGENCIES LGJKE;RLGKS Gullit resigns, Lalas sacked and Beckham gets blame for LA #s poor form CARSON, California Ruud Gullit resigned yesterday as coach of the struggling Los Angeles Galaxy who also fired general manager Alexi Lalas. Los Angeles are in the midst of a seven-game winless streak
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      Lock icon Portsmouth sign Spurs man Kaboul
      267 1 AFP LONDON Tottenham Hotspur defender Younes Kaboul has signed for FA Cup winners Portsmouth on a fouryear contract, the south coast club said yesterday. The 22-year-old passed the medical and, wearing the No 3 shirt, could make his debut on Sunday in the first Premiership
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      Lock icon Reds' ready to risk Gerrard
      565 2 AFP CHAMPIONS LEAGUE Liverpool willing to take gamble on injured skipper as Benitez talks up Liege threat PARIS Injured skipper Steven Gerrard will be making the trip to Belgium for Liverpool's opening Champions League clash against Standard Liege tomorrow, Reds manager Rafael Benitez said. "I
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      NEED TO REFINE DEFERMENT POLICY?
      828 3  -  SIEWKUM HONG NEWS COMMENT Increasing number of young Singaporean males are growing up and studying overseas THREE years after pianist Melvyn Tan was fined $3,000 for not fulfilling his National Service (NS) obligations, the issue of National Service defaulters is in the spotlight again. This
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      Lock icon A 'Silicon Valley buzz in Changi
      439 4  -  ZULOTHMAN LINYANQIN FOURTH UNIVERSITY Former U NSW Asia site next to business park will help new varsity build industry links zul@mediacorp.com.sg WHEN Singapore's fourth publicly-funded university goes fully operational in Changi in five years' time, it should feature a Silicon Valley-type buzz. Plans are
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      NAME THE UNIVERSITY
      85 4  -  LINYANQIN The public can have a say in naming Singapore's newest publicly-funded university. From now until Nov 30, the Ministry of Education (MOE) is inviting the public to submit their ideas forthe fourth university's Steering Committee's consideration, along with an explanation forthe choice of name. Suggested names,
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      Lock icon It's time to change gender stereotypes
      192 4 CHANNEL NEWSASIA MORE details on how Singapore plans to boost its birth rate will be announced after the National Day Rally on Aug 17, said Minister for Community Development, Youth and Sports Vivian Balakrishnan. One area the Government will be looking at is the
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      Neighbour heard groans, banging
      517 6  -  TEOXUANWEI STIRLING ROAD MURDERTRIAL Witness saw accused staring at wife's dead body xuanwei@mediacorp.com.sg As their father, Mr Tharema Vejayan Govindasamy, 39, stood in the dockaccused of murder, two children were moving about in the public gallery, oblivious to the gravity of the situation. The boy and
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      Lock icon RTC defamation suit continues
      210 6 ANSLEYNG THE two Raffles Town Club (RTC) owners who allegedly defamed former remisier Peter Lim were no "knights in shining armour". Instead, they responsible for the club's financial losses, Mr Lim's lawyer said in the High Court yesterday. Mr Lim is suing Mr Lin Jian Wei
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      Lock icon ICA'S MID-YEAR REPORT CARD
      30 8 SMUGGLING CASES STILL HIGH IMMIGRATION ARRESTS DOWN PICTURE COURTESY SINGAPORE CUSTOMS E All contraband 18,400 17,700 -3.8°/o Security-related 1,500 1,800 20% Duty-unpaid cigarettes 12,200 9,200 -23.3%
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      Smuggling down
      223 8  -  NAZRYBAHRAWI BORDERCHECKS WITH enhanced border security checks following the escape of terror suspect Mas Selamat Kastari in February, Singapore saw fewer instances of smuggling and immigration offences. According to mid-year data released by the Immigration and Checkpoints Authority (ICA) yesterday, arrests of immigration offenders at checkpoints plummeted by
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      Tofu lowers risk of breast cancer?
      367 8  -  ONGDAI LIN dailin@mediacorp.com.sg CAN A piece of tofu a day keep the doctor away when it comes to breast cancer? That is what one National University of Singapore (NUS) health study, spanning 15 years and 35,298 women, suggests. Chinese Singaporean women who consume 10.6
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      Lock icon SINGAPORE ROUNDUP
      186 8 GASTARIFFUP From Friday, households and businesses will have to pay about 10 per cent more for piped gas. City Gas-which supplies town gas to residents in public housing estates, private properties, as well as commercial and industrial operations-said it would raise gas tariffs by 1.87 cents per kWh
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      132 6 The 2 IRs, Youth Olympics, Formula One are all accelerators in Singapore's game plan to be a leading tourism destination. Billions are being invested and you can be amongst the first to tap this vast career opportunity! Our program includes over s>IUjUUU m worth of value-added premiums* inclusive of: PLUS
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      173 6 Win an all-expenses paid trip to the Malaysian MotoGP! San Disk is giving away two pairs of tickets to the ultimate motorcycle racing event in the world, the Malaysian MotoGP on 17-19 October 2008. The winning prizes include transport to and from Sepang, plus two nights accommodation in Kuala Lumpur.
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  • WORLD
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      Pay up, Umno told
      365 10 $92M ELECTION SCANDAL But party says the suit should have been directed at Barisan KUALA LUMPUR As Malaysia's United Malays National Organisation (Umno) braced itself for the tough Permatang Pauh by-election against opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim, the ruling party has been dealt a fresh blow involving
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      Lock icon Trick of a treat – those fireworks
      322 10 Trick of a treat those fireworks THE DAILYTELEGRAPH BEIJING As the Olympics opening ceremony last Friday got underway with a dramatic, drummed countdown, viewers watching at home and on giant screens inside the Bird's Nest National Stadium watched as a series of giant footprints, outlined in fireworks, processed gloriously above
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      Lock icon Rush for white jade in Xinjiang
      434 12 THE DAILYTELEGRAPH CHINAJEWELLERY Ten-fold price increase in China's wild west HOTAN (China) More than 4,000 km from Shanghai's glitzy jewellery boutiques, China's new rich have unleashed an unprecedented rush for white jade on the country's far-western border. In Xinjiang province's city of Hotan, where
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    • EYE ON THE OLYMPICS
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        Lock icon CHINESE CHRISTIAN ACTIVIST STILL MISSING
        139 12 AP A Christian activist who was detained as he cycled to church fora service attended by United States President George W Bush on Sunday has not returned home, his brother said yesterday. Mr Hua Huilin said he and his brother, Mr Hua Huiqi, a member
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        Lock icon STREETS IN WESTERN CHINESE COUNTY REOPEN
        85 12 AP Major streets reopened and people strolled downtown again yesterday in Xinjiang province's Kuqa county, which was rocked by a series of bombings overthe weekend. The violence on Sunday that police said killed 10 assailants and one security guard came just days after a
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        Lock icon SOUTH KOREAN ARRESTED IN AIR CHINA BOMBTHREAT
        77 12 AP A South Korean man has been arrested for allegedly threatening via an e-mail to blow up Air China planes, which forced a passenger jet to return to Japan last week and caused delays for four other flights, Japanese police said yesterday. Mr
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      Lock icon Thaksin, wife to stay in Britain
      347 14 AGENCIES CORRUPTION CHARGES Thailand issues arrest warrant after couple fail to keep court date BANGKOK Thailand issued arrest warrants yesterday for ousted premier Thaksin Shinawatra and his wife (picture), after the billionaire couple did not return home to stand trial for corruption. The pair
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      Lock icon M'sia warns Christian newspaper of stern action
      230 14 AP KUALA LUMPUR-Mus-lim-majority Malaysia's government has accused a Christian newspaper of breaking publication rules by running articles deemed political and insulting to Islam, and warned it of stern action, officials said yesterday. The reprimand underscores the tenuous position of minority religions in multi-ethnic
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      Lock icon Debut author, 93, opens her home to friends
      274 16 AFP LONDON A 93-year-old debut novelist has used the proceeds from her book to move her friends out of nursing homes and into her new country house, she said in British newspaper reports published yesterday. When Ms Lorna Page hit the jackpot
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      Lock icon Russia urged to halt action
      341 16 AGENCIES GEORGIAN CONFLICT Bush tells of "strong words'with Putin TBILISI (Georgia) The world's seven largest economic powers yesterday urged Russia to accept an immediate cease-fire with Georgia and agree to international mediation over a growing crisis that is verging on all-out war in the former
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      Lock icon OIL PRICES RISEAMIDGEORGIAN CONFLICT
      168 16 AGENCIES Oil prices rebounded yesterday on concerns that a widening conflict between Russia and Georgia over the breakaway province of South Ossetia could disrupt supplies in the region. Light, sweet crude for September delivery rose 79 cents to U*****.99 a barrel in electronic trading on the
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      20 17 US swimmers Michael Phelps (left) and Garrett Weber-Gale on their way to a world record in yesterday's freestyle relay. EPA
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      Lock icon 'Musharraf will not quit'
      253 17 AFP PAKISTAN POLITICS But government confident of getting two-thirds majority to impeach him ISLAMABAD Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf will not resign, his spokesman said yesterday as the ruling coalition put the finishing touches to impeachment charges against the key United States ally. Parliament was also due
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      Lock icon GLOBAL ROUNDUP
      20 17 Kashmiri Muslim women shouting slogans being accosted by Indian security personnel during a march in Srinagar yesterday. AFP
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      Lock icon ONE KILLED AS INDIAN TROOPSOPEN FIRE IN KASHMIR
      88 17 AFP One person was killed yesterday after Indian troops in Kashmir fired shots and tear gas to stop thousands of Muslims marching to the Pakistani part of the divided region. Kashmiri separatist leaders, who called the march to protest against an economic
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      Lock icon AL QAEDA DEPUTY ZAWAHIRI RELEASESVIDEO IN ENGLISH
      100 17 AFP Mr Ayman al Zawahiri, the second-in-command to Al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden, has released his first English-language video call for jihad in Pakistan, the United States-based Intel Center said on Sunday. The message was aired on Pakistan's ARY television network, Intel
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      Lock icon PAKISTAN INTELLIGENCE HELPING TALIBAN: NATO GENERAL
      108 17 AFP Pakistan's intelligence agency is helping the Taliban to pursue an insurgency in Afghanistan that has seen a 50-per-cent hike in attacks in some areas this year. The number of foreign fighters, including Europeans, is also increasing here while North Atlantic Treaty Organization's International
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      27 17 OLYMPICS SHOT OF THE DAY Brought to you by Nikon Send us your captions for the Nikon Olympics Best Caption Contest now! Email your entries to nikonolympics@newstoday.com.sg
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      Lock icon LOST IN TRANSLATION
      800 18  -  DAVE BARRY TRIBUNE MEDIA SERVICES DAVE BARRY ATTHE OLYMPICS news@newstoday.com.sg When East meets West in a taxi ride BEIJING Here's how you get around Beijing: First, you go to the hotel front desk, which will be staffed by 17 people. This is one of the nice things
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      FOCUS ON THE FAMILY
      173 20  -  BY DR BILL MAIER BE INSPIRED BY YOUR PAST Are you using your difficult childhood experiences as an excuse for mediocrity? All of us suffer through some type of trauma during childhood and some of us come into adulthood with a lot of wounds and disadvantages.
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      Lock icon THE STRUGGLING FATHER
      663 20  -  AGATHA KOH BRAZIL COFFEEWITH voices editor agatha@mediacorp.com.sg The road to fathering nirvana is long and hard WOMEN give birth but if it's more babies Singapore wants, then the men should get more attention. Because if a man is as involved as his wife in parenting, chances are
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      Lock icon Is photography the new
      1135 22  -  MAYO MARTIN CAMERA (NOT) OBSCURA Today ponders the emerging vlens-scape of the Singapore art scene mayoifpmediacorp.com. sg WHEN news that a triptych photograph bagged the top prize of the UOB Painting of the Year (POY) competition early last month, a friend of mine couldn't help but
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      152 23 2902 GALLERY The biggest photo art gallery in the whole of South-east Asia with three galleries and a workshop room over 4,000 sq ft and it's right here in Singapore. They've got regular exhibitions and workshops, and if you're a budding photographer keen on showing your
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      Lock icon A hot, buttered soul
      503 24 THE DAILYTELEGRAPH OBITUARY Soul singer Isaac Hayes dead at 65 ISAAC Hayes, the pioneering singer, songwriterand musician whose relentless Theme From Shaft won Academy and Grammy awards, died Sunday, the Shelby County Sheriffs Office in Memphis, Tenessee said. He was 65. Hayes, along with Al Green,
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      Lock icon The Dark Knight's after Princess Leia
      209 24 AGENCIES YODA better watch his back. Batman is right on target to shoot down a record currently held by the original Star Wars like a Skywalker would a Death Star. The Dark Knight took in US$26 million ($36 million) to finish as the No
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      Lock icon Loud fan faces the music
      331 25 THE DAILYTELEGRAPH WHEN NEIGHBOURS COMPLAIN Cher fan has his stereo and CD collection destroyed because of Believe A CHER fan who drove his neighbours mad by playing her songs at full blast has had his stereo and CD collection destroyed by council chiefs in South
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      Death Cab for Willis
      398 26  -  MAYO MARTIN INDIE ROCKERS Bassist Nick Harmer on evil actors and cool highways mayo@mediacorp.com. sg CONSIDERING that tonight's concert was sold out in, like, seconds, you'd assume that everyone loves Death Cab for Cutie. But the band's bassist Nick Harmer can't seem to get Bruce Willis
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      Ash blows into town
      226 26  -  CHRISTOPHERTOH IF YOU are thinking of savouring a pint at the Singapore Beer Festival in October, you might want to check out the entertainment this time in the form of Northern Irish rock trio, Ash. Influential British music magazine Q ranked Ash No 2 on their
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      499 27  -  EVELINE GAN WORLD BREASTFEEDING WEEK HPB advises breastfeeding as long as "mutually desired' eveline@mediacorp.com.sg YOU'RE not feeding him enough milk. Look, he's hungry again. Formula is better. This was what well-meaning relatives told firsttime mum, Elaine Chan, when she was breastfeeding her newborn son. "I was set on
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      274 28  -  EVELINE GAN PHYSIO FORTHE NEEDY This rehabilitation centre is a great help for patients with neuromuscular disorders eveline@mediacorp.com.sg SPINAL nerve damage almost left MrTanThian Seng, 71, bedridden three years ago. Even after undergoing surgery, he had difficulty walking. Performing simple tasks, such as buttoning his shirt, required tremendous
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      1197 29 TV LISTINGS THE YANG SISTERS II I LIFESTYLE DRAMASUTRA THAT'S IT IX Yin and Yang (Part 11, Finale) Frequency of the City: Campus Edition- Janji Diana II Fast Cars and Faster Cars Channel 5,8.30pm Team vßlack Ink' from NUS >I Suria, 9:3opm Channel News Asia, 8.31pm 11.31pm Arts Central, 9.30pm
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      835 30  -  LEONARD THOMAS BEIJING BUZZ Phelps dream of record eight golds stays alive after Lezak summons up an electrifying final burst to stop French bullet sports editor in beijing leonard@mediacorp.com.sg ON NOV 12, exactly three months from today, Jason Lezak will be 33. You
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      279 32 AFP BEIJING America's world 100 metres champion Tyson Gay (picture) confessed yesterday to being stunned by basketball superstar Kobe Bryant asking him how his hamstring injury was healing. The 26-year-old sprinter injured his hamstring in the 200 m at the US trials but went to
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      545 32  -  TANYO-HINN TODAY FILE PHOTO SWIMMING Tao Li's schoolmates couldn't be prouder of her Olympic feat yohinn@mediacorp.com.sg AT 10.23 am yesterday, the public announcement system inside the Beijing National Aquatic Centre introduced Tao Li as the swimmer in Lane 6 of the women's 100 m butterfly
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      503 33  -  BADMINTON Susilo and women's doubles pair find the going tough in Beijing LOW LIN FHOONG linfhoong@mediacorp.com.sg IT WAS a disappointing day for Singapore badminton yesterday as the women's doubles pair of Jiang Yanmei and Li Yujia, and men's singles player Ronald Susilo faltered in the quarter-finals
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      222 33 ARCHERY Men's team: 1 Kor 227, 2 Ita 225, 3 Chn 222 DIVING Men's synchronised 10m platform: 1 LinYue/ Huo Liang (Chn) 468.18, 2 Patrick Hausding (Ger) 450.42, 3 Gleb Galperin Dmitriy Dobroskok (Rus) 445.26 FENCING Women's individual foil: 1 Maria Valentina Vezzali (Ita), 2 Hyun Hee
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      44 33 BADMINTON Mixed doubles round of 16 LiYujia Hendri Saputra SWIMMING Women's 200 m butterfly heats: Tao Li SAILING Men's 470; Xv Yuan Zhen /Terence Koh, Laser Standard: Koh Seng Leong; Women's 470; Toh Liying Deborah Ong, Laser Radial: Lo ManYi
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      IN THE SPOTLIGHT
      107 33 THE'REDEEM'TEAM (US) The US stranglehold on basketball has diminished since Michael Jordan and the original "Dream Team." A poor sixth-place at the 2002 World Championship was followed by a bronze-medal showing at the Athens Olympics two years later. A 31-point win overYao Ming's China on Sunday could
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      323 33  -  LOWLINFHOONG REVENGE is on the cards for Singapore's top female paddler Li Jiawei (picture), when the Olympic women's singles event starts next Wednesday. The draw was held yesterday and the Singaporean trio of fourth seed Li, Wang Yuegu (fifth seed) and Feng Tianwei (sixth seed) received
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        87 34 One of the world's richest men, Bill Gates, took in some Olympic badminton action yesterday, and became a fan. The Microsoft founder took a seat in the YIP boxto see third seed Bao Chunlai of China down Guatemala's Kevin Cordon 21-17, 21-16 in the men's
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        85 34 Britain scored their first Olympic men's field hockey victory over Pakistan in 56 years when they won their opening match 4-2 yesterday. The British, who led 3-0 at halftime, survived a two-goal burst by Pakistan in the second half before taking full points in the pool B
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        95 34 AFP Australian swimmer Jessicah Schipper (picture), a medal contender in the women's loom butterfly final yesterday, was distracted shortly before the race when the zipper on her state-of-the-art, skin-tight Speedo LZR Racer suit broke. "It was a bit of bad luck that I was getting my suit
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      383 34 NEWYORKTIMES BEIJING One of swimming's finest rivalries is now looking lopsided. For the past five years, Kosuke Kitajima of Japan and Brendan Hansen of the United States have pushed each other, developing mutual respect and lower numbers across the language barrier. But
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      504 34  -  TANYO-HINN OLYMPIC SAILING Sailor had to gain over 10kg and put up with dirty looks to pursue her Olympic dream yohinn@mediacorp.com.sg MOST teenage girls want to look as thin as the glamorous models that grace glossy magazine covers, and national sailor Lo Man Vi was no
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      472 35 AFP TENNIS BEIJING Roger Federer earned top marks, but Rafael Nadal was made to sweat in a bumper crop of matches at the rain-delayed tennis tournament yesterday. Federer breezed past powerful Russian Dmitry Tursunov 6-4, 6-2 into round two, joining Nadal who was taken the distance
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      113 35 OVERHEARD THE OLYMPICS The competition you're going to see here ladies and gentlemen is a combination of strength and beauty. An announcer at the men's Group C 69kg weightlifting competition is able to see beyond the brawn of the sport It's okay, we have thought about this before (losing). We
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      299 35 BLOOMBERG BEIJING Abhinav Bindra (picture) fired himself into Indian sporting history by ending his country's 108-year wait for an individual Olympic gold medal. The 25-year-old shooter from Chandigarh won the men's 10m air rifle event yesterday, coming from behind to beat defending champion
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      39 35 Before the race I felt like I was going to vomit, I was so nervous.Then asl walked out, I felt this amazing sense of calm come over me. Australia's Lisbeth Trickett, after winning gold in the women's loom butterfly
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      39 35 It's not all sport at the Olympics. Cheerleaders provide entertainment at most competitions, but at the women's preliminary water polo match between Russia and Italy yesterday, fans were entertained by drummers pretty lasses, no less. GETTY IMAGES
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      923 36  -  KENNETHGOH TRANSFERS THAT MAKEYOU GO HMMM Today susses out the three players you shouldn't pin your hopes on football correspondent kenneth@mediacorp.com. sg THE bigger the transfer fee, the greater the expectation of fans, and the greater the pressure on the player to
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      412 36 AFP Eastern Europeans are not a new sight in the Premier League, but they have never before occupied such a prominent position as today. That is indicative, firstly, of the increasingly multinational nature of English football, but perhaps also, more interestingly, of a change
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      557 37  -  MILTON TAN SINGAPORE FOOTBALL Relieved Duric will play tonight after son's harrowing brain haemorrhage scare NTUC Income-Yeo's S-League 2008 SAFFC v Geylang United Choa Chu Kang Stadium, j.^spm sports@newstoday.com.sg IT'S Aleksandar Duric's birthday today, but the big striker and SAFFC captain has been walking around with
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      364 37 AFP BLOOMFIELD HILLS (Michigan) Padraig Harrington hoisted the Wanamaker Trophy on Sunday (yesterday morning Singapore time) as he captured his third Major championship and snapped Europe's 78-year drought in the PGA Championship. The two-time reigning British Open champion fired a final round of four-under 66 for
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      167 33 Pl™L?![l£? JY MEDIACORPTV 10am Chs&HDs Swimming semis finals: 200 m freestyle, 100 m backstroke (M&W) 11.45 am HDS Artistic gymnastics: men's team finals 2.30pm HDS Diving: women's synchronised 10m platform final 4pm HDS Archery: Men's final 4pm Ch U Wrestling: Men's 55kg, 60kg, Greco Roman final spm HDS Weightlifting: women's
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      105 38 A Formula 1 (Fi) car made entirely out of chocolate on display at the Royal Plaza on Scotts. The hotel's Ooh lala Chocolah event celebrates the upcoming Fi race and has teamed up with Community Chest Singapore to raise funds for under-privileged children, the elderly and
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      450 38  -  JOSEPHYADAO WHEAT FEAT Jacob's creates giant biscuit to promote importance of wheat in a balanced diet joseph.yadao@mediacorp.com.sg IT'S official: Jacob's has made the record books again. This time, it has produced Singapore's largest cracker measuring 236 cm by 239 cm. It weighs over 300
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      425 39 BLOOMBERG GAME ECONOMICS Restrictions on factories and traffic to affect output CHINA'S economy, instead of being stimulated by the Beijing Olympics and Paralympics, will be slowed the next two months, according to Goldman Sachs. To cut pollution and traffic, restrictions on construction, factories,
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      259 39 BLOOMBERG MALAYSIA'S industrial production grew at the slowest pace in 10 months in June. Bank Negara Malaysia governor Zeti Akhtar Aziz said in Kuala Lumpur yesterday: "What we need to be very aware of is that there will be a moderation in
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      413 40  -  ANDREW PEAPLE Giving up on the China Eastern 'bargain' may be a better proposition BUSINESS COMMENT FOR all the allure that exposure to the China market offers Singapore Airlines (SIA), acquiring a minority stake in a poorly-run, highly-leveraged and struggling company is hardly ideal. So
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      237 41 RETAILER CX Tang has posted a $2.58-million loss for the first quarter, blaming lower consumer spending due to the recent slowdown in economic growth. It said increases in expenses had outstripped increased turnover, forcing the firm into the red after posting a modest $357,000
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      179 41 COMPANY STAFF MOVEMENTS Departure comes in the wake of plunging share price DAYEN Environmental's managing director Huen Yin Mun has resigned with effect from last Friday. The firm's executive chairman, Mr John Lee Thian Guan, will take on the role until a replacement can be found.
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      231 41 BANKER JOINS TEMASEK TEAM Temasek Holdings has hired former Morgan Stanley banker Michael Dee as its senior managing director international. Mr Dee, 52, was the chief executive officer for South-east Asia at Morgan Stanley in Singapore from 2001 until 2004, when he left to head the bank's Houston
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      373 42  -  BARRY PORTER GREATER BUZZ Former Changi Camp buildings to be transformed into tourist hotel barryporter@mediacorp.com.sg HOTEL operators are being sought to give these two rundown barracks buildings near Changi Village a new lease of life. They used to be part of a military camp in Hendon
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      213 42 BLOOMBERG ATLANTA Harvard University economist Martin Feldstein, a member of the committee that charts the American business cycles, said the US dollar is cushioning the slowing in the economy and the currency has further to fall. "Market pressures overtime are going to put downward
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      249 43  -  BARRY PORTER PREFERENCE SHARES Bank to offer 5.1 per cent fixed dividend rate barryporter@mediacorp.com.sg OCBC has announced details of its second $1 billion preference share sale in many months. Its first offer was heavily oversubscribed thanks to an attractive yield. This time round, it will
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      223 43 DOW ONES MICROCHIP tester STATS ChipPAC has pulled a high-yield bond offering that would have raised up to US$l billion ($1.4 billion) as part of a plan to pay a large dividend to controlling shareholder Temasek Holdings, two people familiar with the matter said
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        70 44 LABOUR PAINS Bullish hiring and surging wages in recent months may come back to haunt employers as economic growth slows. Productivity levels fell by 7.5 per cent between April and June. This is the third consecutive quarter that it has shrunk, said the Ministry of Trade
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