Today, 2 October 2008, Afternoon Edition

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    20 1 TODAY Thursday October i, 2008 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking TODAY Thursday October i, 2008 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking
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        Euro banks bailout?
        36 1 France is proposing a 300-bil-lion-euro lifeboat scheme for the European banking system, in which each of the EU nations will have to donate 3 per cent of their GDP, reports state. Page Bl
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        B&B plan approved
        32 1 European regulators approved the British government's rescue plan for Bradford Bingley in record time, just 24 hours after details of the bailout plan were sent to Brussels. Page Bl
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        GE's Buffett boost
        17 1 General Electric for a US$3-billion vote of confidence from superinvestor Warren Buffett. Page B2
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      Lock icon Forensics for food
      524 1  -  TAN HUI LENG TAINTED EDIBLES AVA sets up intelligence 7 unit to nip issues in the bud huileng@mediacorp.com.sg TO FOOD watchdogs worldwide tasked with sniffing out suspicious contaminants, the industrial chemical melamine simply wasn't on the usual list of suspects. All —including Singapore's Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority
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      DON'T CONFUSE PUBLIC
      248 1  -  TANHUILENG Such messages only confuse the public. Which is why the AVA has asked food importers to withdraw advertisements purporting that their products are safe. It met with 160 food traders on Tuesday to discuss the issue. The problem arose when two food manufacturers, Kraft and Wall's,
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      Wheelchair friendly – but you can't board
      899 1  - Wheelchair friendly but you can't board ESTHER NG ESTHERNG estherng@mediacorp.com. sg THE message of the little blue sticker seems obvious: We're a wheelchair-friendly bus. But, as disabled commuters have found out the hard way, it doesn't necessarily mean they're welcome aboard. Mr Lee Jun Hui flagged down SBS Service No
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      96 1 J&: %i\ TODAY EXCLUSIVE fei^'i- 411 m m With a new album out i|t^ \]l in stores, Oasis shares t«B I what inspires them. Py!T\" f 4|^Bf plus2B CHAMPS LEAGUE GOLIATH HUMBLED 4 GROUPA A CFR Cluj o Chelsea o WI ok. S* Bordeaux 1 Roma 3 Ml K^t *bf
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      Lock icon 12 per cent of milk products tainted: China safety agency
      358 2 AGENCIES BEIJING The parents of a Chinese infant allegedly sickened by tainted baby formula have filed what could be the first lawsuit in the nation's escalating milk scandal, as the Chinese authorities yesterday revealed that 12 per cent of milk
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      Lock icon 31 registered for Speakers' Corner last month
      388 3  -  IMELDASAAD CHANNEL NEWSASIA imdda@mediacorp.com.sg IN THE first month after rules were relaxed to allow public outdoor demonstrations at Hong Lim Park, the authorities received 31 registrations, of which 11 were indicated as public protests. The figures, provided by the National Parks Board (NParks),
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      105 3 airfares.com.sg Call MISA Travel at 6538 0318 for great air tickets deals! Thai Airways Cathay Pacific Etihad Airways Philippine Airlines Garuda Indonesia Bangkok Ssl9B Hong Kong Ss43o Brisbane ***** Jakarta Ssl2s Jakarta Ss2Bo Chengdu Ss3BB Taipei Ss4Bo Abu Dhabi Ss99o Manila Ss36B Bali Ss3oo Seoul/Pusan Ss4BB Beijing Shanghai SssBo Brussels
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      Lock icon 'Think before you spend', Muslims told
      297 4 Think before you spend', Muslims told CHANNEL NEWSASIA,93BLIVE HARI Raya celebrations started with a bang on the stroke of midnight and for the first time in Singapore, fireworks lit up the sky in Geylang. And as dawn broke yesterday, many Muslims headed to the mosque for prayers. Minister-in-charge of Muslim
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      A step ahead in fair employment
      137 4 SOME of Singapore's largest recruiting agencies have pledged to "walk the talk" by signing a pledge to hire workers on merit and treating them fairly. The Singapore Staffing Association (SSA) on Tuesday vowed to join a list of some 800 "fair employers" by signing
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      No horsing around here
      444 4  -  ONG DAI LIN RIDING FACILITY FOR KIDS Singapore Turf Club building largest public riding facility, targeting school kids dailin@mediacorp.com. sg SHE was bitten by the horse-riding bug when she first rode one four years ago. But the cost has kept Rachel Wee from taking up riding
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      Lock icon DIVERSITY: WHAT'S WORKED FOR US
      796 6  -  DR 001 GIOK LING NEWS COMMENT Let's not forget lessons of planning as we work to accommodate foreigners SINGAPORE'S population grew 5.5 per cent in the last year, the fastest rate in nearly three decades according to data released last week, and the larger part
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      A YOUNG MAN RECALLS
      384 8  -  LEONGWEEKEAT POINTOFVIEW weekeat@mediacorp.com.sg MY FIRST personal encounter with Mr Joshua Benjamin Jeyaretnam was outside City Hall MRT station in 2002.1 was 22 and an undergraduate. He was alone, peddling his book and a newsletter to the public. In the 20 minutes I spent waiting for a
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      Lock icon Chiam says farewell
      673 8  -  ANSLEYNG JBJ'S DEATH ansley@mediacorp.com.sh FOR years, they were the only two Opposition figures in the House. Yesterday, all eyes were on Mr J B Jeyaretnam's old colleague Mr Chiam See Tong, who in a poignant setting, paid his respects to the man who was elected to Parliament
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      Only $7,000 in ticket sales, but Magic might happen
      352 10 MY MAGIC, Singapore's official entry for the Oscars, may have had a lukewarm response from local movie-goers, but its producers are far from worried. It collected only $7,000 in its first weekend in Singapore, but those who've watched the movie had
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      TV on the go
      464 10  -  ALICIA WONG MOVING IMAGES Trial run of Mobile TV gets favourable reviews from users alida@mediacorp.com.sg DURING the recent Olympics, most people had to hurry home from work to catch the television broadcasts but others like Mr Williem Myburgh caught it on their mobile phones. "I watched
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      250 10 Keys to a V Love Life OIV3 IN Ul IN \J YY want to improve your love life? Then you wouldn't SinOleS University want to miss this workshop P Polytechnic Students conducted by Dr Pat Love, rOrUm Workshop which explores the psyche of men and women. Date: Date: 11 Oct2ooB
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      175 11 Panasonic ideas for life VIE TA I excitement! Win tickets to the 2009 Australia Grand Prix* with a new Viera! Catch every second of the world's most thrilling sport on the new exciting range of Viera TVs from Panasonic. Built with advanced technology that enables increased frame count and better
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      Lock icon Herbs tainted with toxins in S Korea
      260 12 CHINA EXPORTS Tons of unsafe Chinese medicine destroyed SEOUL South Korea destroyed 871 tonnes of imported Chinese herbal medicine ingredients over the past two years because of their excessive level of toxins, official figures showed yesterday. The Korea Food and Drug Administration told
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      Lock icon Condemned Bali bomber promises 'retribution' if he is executed
      169 12 AFP NUSAKAMBANGAN (Indonesia) An Islamic militant on death row over the 2002 nightclub bombings on the Indonesian holiday island of Bali pledged "retribution" yesterday if his execution goes ahead. Amrozi (picture), 47, and fellow militants Mukhlas and Imam Samudra face a
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      Lock icon Hindraf plea to PM Abdullah
      249 12 THE MALAYSIAN INSIDER KUALA LUMPUR Some 300 Hindu Rights Action Force (Hindraf) supporters attended the Malaysian Cabinet open house at the Putra World Trade Centre yesterday, to ask Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi to release five Hindraf leaders and allow their chairman to return to
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    • GLOBAL ROUNDUP
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        Lock icon INDONESIANS IN MALAYSIA BOAT ACCIDENTWERE DUPED: REPORT
        107 14 AFP Indonesian migrant workers who survived a deadly boat accident off Malaysia's coast said they were desperate to get home for the Muslim festival of Eidal Fitrand but thought they were buying tickets for a legal ferry operating from a jetty in a
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        Lock icon SCHOOL STAIRCASE COLLAPSES; AT LEASTS RUSSIAN CHILDREN DIE
        77 14 AP Russia's Emergency Situations Ministry says a staircase has collapsed at a school in the Ural Mountains, killing at least five children and injuring several others. Ministry spokesman Alexander Sorokaletovskikh said there could be more bodies still buried under rubble. Salvage teams
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        Lock icon S KOREAN CONMAN ARRESTED FOROPENING FAKE MUSEUM
        84 14 AFP Abo-year-old man in South Korea opened a private museum stuffed with fakes and earned 530 million won ($638,000) from more than 130,000 visitors who thought the exhibits were ancient treasures, police said yesterday after his arrest. The alleged conman had bought cheap
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      Lock icon Green manifestoes all the rage
      402 14 AFP RACE FOR BANGKOK GOVERNORSHIP Candidates with spicy styles also media favourites BANGKOK A former mas-sage-parlour tycoon and a glamorous high-heeled lawyer are among the 16 disparate candidates in the race to be Bangkok's Governor. With most candidates presenting manifestos and policies as hazy as
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      Lock icon What's going on at nuke test site?
      309 16 AFP INSIDE NORTH KOREA SEOUL There has been increased activity near the site of North Korea's 2006 nuclear test but it is unclear whether the country is preparing fora second test. Smoke was spotted recently at various places around the site in the
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      Lock icon ARSON AT ALL-NIGHTVIDEO STORE
      91 16 AFP Japanese police yesterday arrested an unemployed man in the western city of Osaka for deliberately starting a fire at a late-night video shop, killing 15 people and injuring 10 others. Mr Kazuhiro Ogawa, 46, was arrested and admitted to charges of murder, attempted murder and
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      Lock icon Arnie signs restaurant-calorie Bill
      246 16 AP SACRAMENTO California is the first of the United States to require restaurant chains to reveal the calories in their standard menu items. Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger signed legislation on Tuesday that supporters say will provide consumers with the information needed to order healthier dishes when they
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      Lock icon 'Harper has got to go'
      392 18 CANADA ELECTIONS Canada's PM caught in plagiarism row ahead of elections this month OTTAWA A row about plagiarism embroiled Canada's Prime Minister Stephen Harper (picture) on Tuesday after his former speechwriter admitted to copying a speech in support of the US-led Iraq war by Australia's
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      Lock icon Palin reaches out to Joe 'six-pack'
      341 18 AP,THE DAILYTELEGRAPH ANCHORAGE Alaska Governor Sarah Palm has portrayed herself as a champion of everyday people while noting her family's stock portfolio took a US$2O,OOO ($28,500) hit last week. "It's time that normal Joe six-pack American is finally represented in the position of vice
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      Lock icon COMING SOON, ATHINKING CAP
      160 20 THE DAILYTELEGRAPH A thinking cap that can unlock the hidden genius in everyone is being developed by scientists. The device works by switching on and off certain sections of the brain and thus unlocking its hidden potential. The hairnet-like cap uses tiny magnetic pulses to change
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      Lock icon MORETIME WITH DADS = HIGHER IQ?
      79 20 MORETIME WITH DADS HIGHER IQ? THEDAILYTELEGRAPH Children who spend large amounts of time with their fathers have higher IQs, according to a new study. Strong fatherly involvement in a child's early life can also improve his or her future career prospects. Academics at the University of Newcastle also found that
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      Lock icon 'Mr' is the magic word
      385 20 THEDAILYTELEGRAPH UK PRISONS Staff told to treat inmates with respect LONDON Prison staff are being made to address inmates, including sex offenders and violent criminals, as "Mr", in the United Kingdom. Representatives at HMP Wymott in Lancashire, home to 1,000 prisoners, said staff are being
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      Lock icon Student screams house down after $17.8-million lottery win
      252 22 THEDAILYTELEGRAPH LONDON A teenage student has told how she "couldn't stop screaming" when she won more than £7 million ($17.8 million) in a lottery. Ms lanthe Fullagar (picture), 18, from the United Kingdom's Ravenglass Cumbria, said: "At first, I thought I had
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      Lock icon Strip searched, virtually
      445 22 THE DAILYTELEGRAPH EU AIRPORTS New scanners to be used across Europe by 2010 BRUSSELS Digital body scanners which leave little to the imagination will be used by airport security on passengers travelling across the European Union (EU) within two years. According to a draft European Commission regulation,
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      Lock icon S'PORETAKES STEPS TO PROTECTTRAVELLERS
      128 22 CHANNEL NEWSASIA It was reported in July Singapore's Changi Airport Terminal 3(13) was testing out a new screening machine said to be more effective in detecting illegal objects concealed on the body. Called the Millimetre Wave scanner, it is currently on a three-month trial. The scanner
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      Special needs: Fit to travel cert a must?
      179 24  -  Bala S Rajaratnam Letter from LAST Sunday, my family checked in for a Silk Air flight with my adult son who has Down's Syndrome. The counter staff asked for medical documents confirming my son's genetic condition despite him being alert and responsive.
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      I SAY HIGHER DEGREES VS THE XFACTOR
      498 24  -  Subana Hall There's more to teaching than academic knowledge IT WAS revealed recently that in the near future only graduates may be employed to teach, and eventually, the Ministry of Education wants to aim for teachers with higher degrees even for preschool education.
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      Legacy of an icon
      332 25  -  Mahdev Mohan, Stanford, United States JBJ'S DEATH Letter from THE response to MrJ B Jeyaretnam's death on Tuesday has been restrained, a striking contrast to the fiery polemic that he was. He was described as teetering on the line between inspiration and discouragement to young Singaporeans
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      Under intense pressure to sell
      180 25  -  LHTang Letter from I AM a personal financial consultant in a local bank. Banks state that there is no misrepresentation of products sold, and that products are usually recommended based on consumers' needs. A financial needs analysis and fact find is usually done to ensure
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      FOCUS ON THE FAMILY
      264 25  -  DR JAMES DOBSON LESSONS IN LIFE FROM A DOG BY Someone sent me a poem the other day that I want to share with you. I don't know who wrote it, because it wasn't signed, but I enjoyed it and I think you'll like it, too.
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      31 24 VOICES ON RADIO Should we extend maternity coverage to maids under the Employment Act? Tune intoTalkßackon g3BLIVEfrom 8.15 am to 8.45 am tomorrow. Call us at *****938 and share your views.
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      1098 28  -  SEOWJIAMIN TODAY EXCLUSIVE The brawling brothers from Oasis are actually quite charming in real life even if they do smell like ferrets IN LONDON plus@newstoday.com.sg MENTION the band Oasis and two things come to mind: First, the heady days of my youth when I would belt
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      207 28 In the mid-'gos, Oasis was one of the leading lights of the Britpop movement. Now, a decade after the scene imploded, few remain to mark the time when being Brit was cool. DAMON ALBARN After putting Blur on hiatus when guitarist Graham Coxon left,
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      251 29 ART 10-13 OCTOBER 2008 THE CONTEMPORARY ASIAN ART FAIR SUNTEC SINGAPORE, LEVEL 4 X I I -wil kl y ril it kl -I V 4 GET REALISTIC INSIGHTS AT ARTSINGAPORE'S ART CONVERSATIONS. Does it still make sense to invest in the art market in such tough economic times? Come find
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        78 30 This re-release of King's critical hit has been given the usual sonic clean-up, and fans will want to add this to their collection simply for the bonus disc, which has previously-unreleased live "piano-voice" versions of the album's songs. But the bonus disc isn't quite a bonus at
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        76 30 This is a compilation of Midler's best songs, updating from her greatest hits album but, one CD cannot store all the best bits of the real divine Miss M. That said, all the usual suspects are here, including Wind Beneath My Wings. Gems come in
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        74 30 Despite a slight change in personnel, these eight tracks show that Belliom still hasn't lost its touch in producing raw riffs and searing solos that rock you to the bone and then some. Their energy jumps right out from the moment you press play and doesn't
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        226 30 When Kings of Leon first broke into our musical consciousness in 2003 with Youth and Young Manhood, the music reflected the band's burgeoning bravado, with their Southern rock roots cleverly mixed alongside their garage rock attitude. I That expanded with Aha Shake Heartbreak (2004),
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        82 30 This latest in the Putumayo series will transport you back to your childhood, since it's a collection of songs from the Sesame Street TV series. Of course, Putumayo renowned for its world music catalogue has incorporated different versions of the popular show from around the world.
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        92 30 This new album from Scottish post-rock outfit Mogwai builds on their propensity to take seemingly innocuous and incongruous sounds, and layer them out into long tendrils that intertwine with each other in a cohesive manner into meandering musings of a musical nature. I've never had
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        101 30 They are young, they run free, they have teeth that are nice and clean. The Jonas Brothers have legions of fans, smash hits and that "so gosh darn nice, even your parents like them" vibe. And yes, we love to hate them for it.
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      381 31  -  MAYO MARTIN LOCALTHEATRE The Theatre Works artistic director returns to the stage as a performer mayo@mediacorp.com.sg ONG Keng Sen is excited about a project he's been working on for the past two years. He's been researching Vietnamese artists who painted propaganda art in the frontline
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      288 33  -  MAYSEAH REALITY TV They ate bugs and survived Donald Trump. But can Americans live through a Japanese game show? may@mediacorp.com.sg IMAGINE you are an American who has never left the country. You sign up for a reality show that supposedly resembles Survivor. You are
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      248 34  -  ANNETTE TAN Just pop Fair Price's Chicken Nuggets into the oven for a convenient crispy snack food@newstoday.com.sg DESPITE my great love for fried food, I can't say I enjoy the process of frying especially deep-frying. While I enjoy things like chicken nuggets, onion rings, fried chicken
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      863 36  -  SOPHIA HUANG Forget the crowds on Santorini, head to Milos instead sophia@mediacorp.com.sg THE birthplace of Venus de Milo, that famed statue that takes pride of place in the Louvre, has the same draws as other Greek islands there are ruins, pristine beaches and deep cerulean seas
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      372 37 MCT AS NEAR as anyone can calculate, Hercules became a god in 1226 BC. He wasn't supposed to. His original destiny was to simply become king of Mycenae. But a series of behind-the-scenes treacheries put his evil twin, Eurystheus, on the throne. Worse yet, this bad
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      266 39 RIGHT: Love 97.2FM DJ Cai Lilian (left) and a MediaCorp executive enjoying a break at a food stall in Hanoi's Old Quarter. A common sight, these eateries have knee-high tables and stools, and often serve one or a few signature dishes. These include hearty noodle soups such as pho.
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      1118 40 TV LISTINGS ON MEDIACORP CHANNEL 0 ON. MED| ACOR p I SURVIVED A DOCUMENTARY JAPANESE GAME SHOW 6.30 AM Prime Time Morning The Legend of the Amazons Comes (Available inTrue HD Culture X' SportS 9.30 Oliver's Twist 4.00 Gilmore Girls VII on HDS) Channel s,Bpm More than Just a Lettuce
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      299 41 DPA MADRID Spanish authorities are investigating the possibility that last season's Uefa Cup semi-final between Bayern Munich and Zenit St Petersburg could have been rigged. A spokeswoman for the National Court confirmed a report in yesterday's El Pais and ABC dailies, but said no details
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      837 41  -  LEONARD THOMAS SPORTS MATTERS sports editor leonard@mediacorp.com.sg Ferrari chief just sour but some tweaks could make our Grand Prix even better WHEN the machine sits idle with the engine running, it growls. It is an impressive sound, you cannot help but think of the
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      582 42  -  MILTON TAN SINGAPORE FOOTBALL Champions confident they can beat fellow Cup finalists Woodlands 2008 NTUC Income-Yeo's S-League SAFFC v Woodlands Wellington Choa Chu Kang Stadium, j.^spm sports@newstoday.com. sg IT HAS been a bad few days for champions SAFFC. On Saturday, they lost to Tampines
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      237 42 WOODLANDS Wellingtons' encounter with SAFFC tonight is viewed by many as a dress rehearsal for the RHB Singapore Cup Final on Nov 21, but Rams' head coach Jorg Steinebrunner has another view. Said Steinebrunner: "They are two totally different games. Our aim has
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      122 42  -  MILTON TAN to concentrate on the league," he said. "I assure you they will not need any extra motivation for tomorrow's game." iuper Reds IAFFC tome "ampines iieylang iiombak klbirex Voodlands 'oung Lions )alian Shide iengkang ialestier 28 27 27 27 26 27 27 26 27 27 26 27
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      560 43  -  LOW LIN FHOONG linfhoong@mediacorp.com.sg SUN, SEA, SAND AND MEDALS Sports officials back call for 2016 event here, as 36 athletes prepare for inaugural meet in Bali AFTER the roaring success of last weekend's 2008 Formula 1 Sing Tel Singapore Grand Prix, sports fans here can
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      167 43 •The ist Asian Beach Games will be held in Bali, Indonesia from Oct 18-26 Over 4,000 athletes and officials from 45 countries will be at the Games, with about 2,000 journalists, photographers and broadcasters expected for the inaugural event 18 sports will be
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      207 43 DPA PARIS The French antidoping authority (AFLD) has offered Lance Armstrong (picture) a chance to retest his urine samples from the 1999 Tour de France to prove that he was innocent of doping. AFLD boss Pierre Bordry told French newspaper L'Equipe yesterday that the
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      729 44 THEDAILYTELEGRAPH GROUP D LIVERPOOL 3 PSV EINDHOVEN 1 Keane breaks scoring duck Gerrard completes century of goals for Merseysiders LIVERPOOL Robbie Keane has scored goals wherever he has plied his prolific trade, but none will have given the Irish striker as much pleasure as opening his
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      299 44 AFP DONETSK (Ukraine) Two late goals by Lionel Messi saved Barcelona's blushes in the Champions League here Wednesday as the 2006 winners stole a 2-1 away victory at Shakhtar Donetsk. The little Argentinian came off the bench to score in the 87th and 94th
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      613 45 THEDAILYTELEGRAPH GROUP A CFR CLUJ o CHELSEA o Chelsea drops points, sees Drogba crocked against Romanian rookies LONDON Chelsea's season took an unexpected twist when Didier Drogba was carried off early in the second half of their Champions League group match (played early this morning, Singapore time) with
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      395 45 AGENCIES GROUP A BORDEAUXIAS ROMA3 AS Roma bounced back from an opening game defeat against Cluj, coming from a goal down to beat 10-man Bordeaux 3-1. Yoann Gourcuff opened the scoring for the home side after 18 minutes, but Bordeaux were reduced to 10 men before
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      212 43 Healthy Male Female Participants Needed! Pfizer Clinical Research Unit (PCRU) needs healthy participants for a scientific study involving an experimental medicine used to stop the growth and spread of solid tumor cells. t Hi The purpose of this study is to establish the relationship between two preparations of the same
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      38 45 SPURTS BET INU WITH THE LEGAL BOOKMAKER S.League SAFFC Woodlands Thu, 02/10/08 7.45pm S.League Home United Ceylang Fri, 03/10/08 7.30pm UE Cup and German League matches are also on sale. For more details, please check Singapore Pools website.
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      79 45 SPORTS ON TV TODAY 3pm Billiards World 10-Ball C'ship, Ch 23 8.30pm Golf Alfred Dunhill Links C'ship, Ch 26 11pm Tennis WTA Stuttgart, Ch 113 TOMORROW iam Baseball National League Division Series, Ch 23 2.40am Football Uefa Cup: Man City vOmonia, Ch 27 3am Golf Turning Stone Resort C'ship, Ch
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      887 46  -  LOHCHEEKONG SLEEPING PARTNERS Averic sets out to challenge biggest player in the foreign worker segment cheekong@mediacorp.com. sg TRUST a few good businessmen to sniff out money-spinning opportunities. On the one hand there is Singapore's heavy reliance on foreign workers, and then there is the
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      450 48  -  TAN HUI LENG MAKING HEADWAY IN CHINA Breaking into the China market caught the watchmaker off-guard but it has since carved a niche there IN BREGENZ, AUSTRIA huileng@mediacorp.com.sg SWATCH might be a renowned "accessory watch" brand elsewhere, but it was caught off guard when it entered
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      204 48 Although Swatch is excited over the China market, it is also keeping a keen eye on South-east Asia which chief operating officer Mr Reto Stockli describes as being "very, very promising". Although Swatch does not reveal sales figures, the company is
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      406 49 CHANNEL NEWSASIA CORPORATE REPUTATION Experts recommend firms to put in place comprehensive crisis strategies CORPORATE reputations built up over years can be tarnished in a blink of an eye. Scandals as varied as the Enron fraud and the recent crisis of confidence which affected
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      75 49 CHANNEL NEWSASIA ASIA Pacific Breweries' chief executive officer (CEO) Koh Poh Tiong has stepped down with effect from Sept 30. He will be replaced by former Heineken Russia CEO Roland Pirmez. Mr Koh, 61, became chief executive of APB in 1993. The brewer is a
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      233 49 BLOOMBERG TOKYO Japan's largest manufacturers have turned pessimistic about their prospects for the first time in five years as the deepening United States financial crisis stifles demand in export markets. The Tankan index of confidence among big makers of cars and electronics slid to -3
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      455 50  -  MATTHEW LYNN BLOOMBERG FINANCIAL MELTDOWN Government bailouts may work now but could create new problems in the future MAYBE we should call it Red Monday. Sept 29 turned out to be the day that big chunks of Europe's financial industry were taken over by
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      212 50 BLOOMBERG FORTIS, the bank rescued this week by the governments of Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg, said the 2.15-billion euro ($4.34-billion) sale of half its asset management arm to China's Ping An Insurance may collapse. A Fortis statement blamed "severe market disruption and the
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      346 51 BLOOMBERG CREDITCRISIS Job cuts would be in addition to the 7,000 already announced ÜBS, the European bank with the biggest losses from the credit crisis, is expected to use its shareholder meeting today to announce plans to eliminate about 1,900 jobs in its investment banking,
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      222 51 BLOOMBERG GENERAL Electric got a $3-billion ($4.3-billion) investment from investor Warren Buffett and said it will sell US$l2 billion in common stock, gathering more cash to fund operations amid the worst United States financial crisis since the Great Depression. Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway
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          102 52 Tentative trade After a topsy-turvy start to the week, US stocks fell only slightly Wednesday as investors awaited the outcome of a Senate vote on the US$7OO-billion ($l-trillion) rescue plan. Stocks were driven down by reports that car sales and manufacturing fell sharply in the last month signs
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          110 52 Slump on supplies shock Oil prices slumped overnight after news of a surprise jump in crude inventories in the US, the world's biggest consumer of energy, put more downward pressure on prices. New York's main contract, lightsweet crude forNovember delivery, lost US$2.ll to close at U5598.53 a barrel.
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          118 52 Higher on hope European stocks posted their first back-to-back gains in a month as banks jumped on hopes US lawmakers will pass the revised US$7OO-billion rescue plan, overshadowing a report showing US manufacturing contracted more than forecast. The Dow Jones Stoxx 600 Index gained 0.7 per cent to
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        557 52 THE DAILYTELEGRAPH CONCORDETAKES OFF FINANCIAL CRISIS France spearheads "safety net' plan for Euro banks: Report LONDON France is proposing creating a 300-bil-lion-euro ($604-billion) lifeboat scheme for the European banking system, it has emerged. European countries, including the United Kingdom, will have to donate 3 per cent of
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