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  • 10 1 weekentTODAY October ii -12, 2008 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking
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    771 1  -  LOH CHEE KONG IT'S RECESSION cheekong@mediacorp.com.sg THE gloom was not just in the official news that Singapore has slipped into technical recession, the first time since 2002 and that this year's economic growth might only hit 3 per cent. It was even more visible in what several economists
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    • 71 1 SINGAPORE^ That Lehman figure Ifs finally out MAS revealed on Friday that 9,750 retail investors bought $501 million worth of Lehman Brothers-backed structured products. And what does the authority have to say about those who had bought the collapsed firm's Mini-bonds? Page 6 WORLD Single is best Retired secretary Clara
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  • NEWS
    • 583 2 XTRA THE QUESTIONS Andy Mukherjee answers questions on the economy and the Singapore dollar THE technical recession is not altogether surprising, and one shouldn't be alarmed by it. As a small, open economy, Singapore is highly exposed to global demand conditions, which are bad and rapidly
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    • 362 2  -  KELVIN CHOW CONSTRUCTION AND PROPERTY Financing of projects is a key concern, according to OCBC Investment Research. "We believe that the current pullback in property prices could see banks continue to reduce their exposure to the property sector thus compounding the credit crunch on those
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    • 568 3  -  MARISSACHEW MAS'POLICY DECISION It is likely to weaken further against the US dollar marissa@mediacorp.com.sg THE Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) on Friday said it would end its policy of allowing the Singapore dollar policy band to strengthen, citing lower domestic growth amid a
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    • 357 3  -  CHEOWXINYI cheowxiny i@mediacorp.com.sg IS THE failure by Singapore-listed FerroChina to repay its loans an omen that some companies here will face similar problems in the months ahead? With the credit crunch biting, the answer is a resounding yes, especially for businesses that are capital-inten-sive
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    • 374 3  -  MARKCRANFIELD SINGAPORE'S central bank has switched to a looser monetary policy for the first time since the Sars virus struck Asia in 2003. This time, the ailment is entirely man-made and potentially more devastating to the economy. The government is now starkly acknowledging the difficulties firms
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    • 968 4  - A MESS NOW TO DEAL WITH IT SIMON TAY XTRA GLOBAL CITIZEN Use a different brush and you might just paint a different picture THE world seems a mess. The financial crisis in the United States continues to surprise and frighten. Like a train wreck, the banks and financial institutions
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    • 1169 5 Investing in your long-term financial goals isn't a daunting affair. By simply adopting a dollar-cost averaging strategy, you could save a significant amount, while instilling a disciplined approach to investing. With the financial markets constantly in a state of flux these days, as much as
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    • 337 6  -  LOHCHEEKONG cheekong@mediacorp.com.sg THE Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) on Friday finally revealed that a total of 9,750 retail investors bought $501 million worth of Lehman Brothers-backed structured products, with institutional investors forking out a further $138 million. In comparison, the Hong Kong securities regulator
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    • 653 6  -  TAN HUI LENG huileng@mediacorp.com. sg INDIAN DIASPORA INDIA needs to drop its "idealisation" of the village lifestyle to further fulfil its huge potential, Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew said on Friday. Speaking at the first Global Indian Diaspora conference in Singapore, MM Lee cited Indian Finance
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    • 399 6 LONDON As relations between the countries plunged to its lowest level since the '70s, both the United Kingdom and Iceland are preparing to hold talks this weekend to end the rift over who will compensate British depositors with money in Iceland's
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    • 460 8  -  LEONGWEEKEAT weekeat@mediacorp.com.sg WATER CONSERVATION THE stir in the coffee cup appears to have ceased, with coffee chains Spinelli and Starbucks closing their "dipper wells". The establishments have turned off the taps that were allowed to run into a container all day despite authorities
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    • 289 8  - In my time K S Rajah wins and looks back TEOXUANWEI HE'S never been one to shy away from speaking up for what is "fair and right". This was most recently demonstrated when he represented some minority owners in the Horizon Towers hearing last year. Then, Senior Counsel X S
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    • 289 8 A man has been sentenced to 17 years in jail and 14 strokes of the cane for raping his three-year old daughter -Singapore's youngest rape victim. The incident occurred in his flat on Mar 3. The hearing presided by Justice Woo Bih Li was conducted
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    • 833 10  -  PETER H L LIM XTRA AGEING And what role our genes play in longevity YOU may well wonder why the headline accompanying this commentary puts it in a negative way: "It's not bizarre". Why not say that living up to 100
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    • 632 15  -  ZULOTHMAN MOSQUE BUILDING AND MENDAKI FUND Move is to ensure collective responsibility and 'prevent the emergence of an underclass' zul@mediacorp.com.sg SOME in the Malay-Muslim community have questioned the wisdom of raising the contribution rates for the national Mosque Building and Mendaki Fund (MBMF). Others felt
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    • 280 15  -  LEONGWEE KEAT TWO lawyers were struck off the rolls on Friday after they were found to have defrauded a court to pay out $4.27 million to a party not entitled to the money. Another lawyer, who played a lesser role in the scam, was
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    • 348 15  -  ZULOTHMAN zul@mediacorp.com.sg FOR over two years, he was employed as a financial accountant with Borders bookstore located at Wheelock Place and naturally, the position gave him access to large amounts of cash. But instead of making out cheques to the store's suppliers as he
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    • 124 15 Shell and 7-Eleven on Friday celebrated the official opening of their new alliance site at Ang Mo Kio Aye 6 with a series of activities in support of the Asian Women's Welfare Association (AWWA) Elderly Services located at Block 123. This included a charity car
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  • WORLD
    • 828 16  -  LEONG WEE KEAT XTRA A TASTE OF SPACE TRAVEL What it was like on board a zero gravity flight, and what it can mean for Singapore weekeat@mediacorp.com.sg IT WAS like nothing on earth: Being "lifted" from the floor and then floating around in mid-air. It seemed like
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    • 403 16 Climbing into the Boeing 727, I was greeted by a sparsely furnished plane. There were about 35 seats, no toilets and no air-conditioner in the whitethemed cabin. The interior was plastered with white tape, and a large section was padded with
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    • 397 18 AFP TURMOIL INTHAILAND BANGKOK Leaders of Thai anti-govern-ment protests were granted bail on Friday after surrendering to police and immediately vowed new rallies, raising fears of mounting turmoil days after deadly street clashes. Seven People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD) leaders turned themselves in for illegal
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      45 18 Bollywood idol Shah Rukh Khan will be conferred the title of 'datuk' by Malacca Governor Mohd Khalil Yaakob on his birthday on Saturday. The NewStraitsTimes reported that the award-winning Indian actor-producer was on a list of 77 recipients of the title. TODAY FILE PHOTO
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    • 223 18 AGENCIES BEIJING The Chinese authorities have arrested a man who made 600 tonnes of melamine-laced powder that was destined for the nation's milk supply, in the biggest bust of its kind. Amid a huge reported crackdown by the Chinese authorities, Xinhua news agency reported
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    • 87 18 AP BEIJING A crane at a construction site next to a Chinese kindergarten collapsed on Friday, killing five children, reported Xinhua. The children were playing outside and were killed by falling bricks as the crane crashed onto the kindergarten in Zibo city, Shandong province and damaged
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    • 916 22  -  001 KEE BENG XTRA MALAYSIAN POLITICS The pressure is on party to embrace non-Malays but events show that's not likely to happen MALAYSIAN Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi resisted the inevitable for seven months, but finally agreed to descend from the country's political pinnacle. His party's
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    • 389 24 AP MALAYSIAN POLITICS Malaysia's Trade Minister to run for country's number 2 post in battle for ruling party positions KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia's Trade Minister announced yesterday that he is vying to become the country's No. 2 leader after heading a dissident campaign in the ruling party
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    • 353 24 THE MALAYSIAN INSIDER KUALA LUMPUR The Gerakan president said yesterday that it was time for Malaysia's Barisan Nasional (BN) component members to converge and form a single multiracial political party. Dr Koh Tsu Koon, who is heading Gerakan, a major component party of the
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    • this quirky world
      • 103 25 THE DAILYTELEGRAPH A 76-year-old man who has dedicated himself to a life of crime is finally going straight after complaining that burglary these days is too hard. Mr Richard Blaylock, a great-grandfather, left Durham jail last week after a three-month stint and vowed to
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      • 109 25 THEDAILYTELEGRAPH Mr Bill Malcolm, 61, thought he would protect his little allotment garden from thieves with a single strand of barbed wire. The Briton had been robbed three times in four months, losing more than £300 ($761) worth of spades, forks, hoes. But his local council,
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      • 119 25 The tiny mouse was meant to be lunch for a viper. Instead, it killed the snake, Ananova.com reported. Firefighters in Nantou town, Taiwan, caught the 35cm snake and put it into a cage. "We then found it a mouse for lunch," a spokesman for the firemen
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    • 464 25 SHOWOF NOCONFIDENCE KUALA LUMPUR In a show of no confidence against their leader Mr S Samy Vellu 5,000 members from the Malaysian Indian Congress (MIC) are quitting en masse to join forces with Mr Anwar Ibrahim, according to the Malaysiakini news website. The
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    • 325 26 AGENCIES ELECTION CONFUSION Tens of thousands of voters removed from rolls in six crucial states: Report WASHINGTON Tens of thousands of voters in at least six battleground states have been removed from election rolls or have been illegally blocked from registering to vote, according to an
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    • 325 26 AFP WAUKESHA (Wisconsin) Shouts of "terrorist" and "treason" aimed at Barack Obama have echoed around Republican rallies, whipping up into alarming, hate-filled frenzies against the Democratic White House hopeful. Republican Presidential nominee John McCain has taken to asking, "Who is the real Barack Obama?"
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    • 201 26 AP ANCHORAGE, Alaska Trying to head off a potentially embarrassing state ethics report on Republican Vice-Pres-idential nominee, Alaska Governor Sarah Palm, campaign officials released their own report on Thursday that clears her of any wrongdoing. Senator John McCain's running mate is the subject of
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    • 1034 28  -  TAMAL MUKHERJEE XTRA TERRORISM The Indian mujahideen doesn't exist. Period THERE have been at least 15 major bomb attacks in India since 2001. At least 600 people have been killed, and hundreds injured. But, not a single person has been convicted of these attacks so
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    • GLOBAL ROUNDUP
      • 118 29 Thousands of villagers poured into the capital of Indonesia's Aceh province on Friday ahead of the return of former rebel leader Hasan di Tiro after nearly 30 years in exile. Authorities stepped up security with an extra 400 police in anticipation of the
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      • 99 29 Smoke was detected on Friday inside an annex building of a Japanese nuclear plant, its operator said. Japan Atomic Power Co said its workers detected smoke inside a facility handling radioactive garbage, such as discarded protective suits and gloves. The smoke did not leak
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      • 105 29 TELEGRAPH THE DAILY A breed of catfish (see generic picture) is believed to have killed a number of people in India, scientists have said. The enormous goonch, a type of catfish, is said to have developed a taste for human flesh
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    • 333 29 AFP NOBEL PEACE PRIZE OSLO The Nobel Peace Prize was awarded yesterday to Martti Ahtisaari, the former Finnish President who spent 30 years ending conflict in troublespots ranging from Kosovo to Namibia and Indonesia. The Norwegian Nobel Committee hailed the 71-year-old Mr Ahtisaari "for his important efforts,
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    • 392 30 THE DAILYTELEGRAPH MILITARY MIGHT SHANGHAI The United States must increase its nuclear arsenal in response to China's growing military might, according to a State Department report. The International Security and Advisory Board (ISAB), which reports to the US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, warned
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    • 211 30 A woman celebrating her 105 th birthday says that celibacy and staying single has been the key to her long life. Ms Clara Meadmore, a retired secretary, who still has her own hair, teeth, and sharp wit, never had time for a family and lived alone until going
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    • 296 30 'AFP PARIS Whether it's a big steel coffer or a metal box with a padlock, safes are in high demand as French and British savers worried about the financial crisis keep cash and jewels at home, instead of banks. The turmoil battering banks
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    • 246 30 AP SEOUL North Korea marked the anniversary of the ruling Workers' Party on Friday amid questions about leader Kirn Jong H's health and signs that Washington was close to convincing the North to resume dismantling its nuclear programme. On Friday,
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    • 211 30 THE DAILYTELEGRAPH STOCKHOLM Swedish ad man Dag Soderberg has decided to repackage the Bible in the style of Vogue. The glossy coffee table tome, entitled Bible Illuminated: The Book, is a bold attempt to capture the attention of modern readers. Instead of
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    • 1382 31  -  LEE KUANYEW PETIR EDITORIAL minister mentor WHAT did I make of the Beijing Olympics opening ceremony? It has already been described as dazzling and dramatic in many commentaries the world over. It was a superlative performance a massive display of synchronised
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  • voices
    • 21 32 SEPARATION OF NEPALESE TWINS Jamuna (left) and Ganga with their grandparents in 2001. TODAY FILE PHOTO
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    • 254 32  -  Derrick D'Souza Letter from I REFER to the report "Failed securities: 1,000 in Spore sign petition for CAD probe, compensation" (Oct 9). We should applaud former NTUC Income CEO Tan Kin Lian's leadership in organising a petition to the MAS to investigate the sale of
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    • 331 32  -  Mr M N Swami (Nepalese Honorary Consul General) Professor Ng Han Seong, DrChumpon Chan, Mr Wong Loong Kin Nepalese Twins Fund Disbursement Committee Letter from I WE REFER to the report in The Straits Times "Jamuna to
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    • 338 32  -  Prof Lee Wei Ling Letter from Director, National Neuroscience Institute I REFER to the report in The Straits Times (Oct 9) "Jamuna to stay another week", with the subtitle "8-year-old needs operation to protect brain, but $20,000
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    • 809 33  -  KENNETH TAN XTRA AT THE MOVIES Analysing the impact of festival nominations and awards on movies SINGAPORE celebrated when My Magic made history in May as the first local movie to be nominated for the prestigious Palme DOr (Golden Palm) award in Cannes. We rejoiced
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    • 204 33  - CAPSULE REVIEW THUNDERBIRDS KENNETH TAN IN 1965, British producer Gerry Anderson created one of the bestloved children's TV series of all time. Set a hundred years in the future, Thunderbirds chronicled the adventures of International Rescue, a top-secret organisation founded by billionaire ex-astronaut Jeff Tracy, with state-of-the-art rescue vehicles piloted
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  • business
    • 360 34 AGENCIES SINGAPORE Press Holdings Ltd (SPH), Asia's biggest newspaper publisher by market value, said full-year profit fell 12.4 per cent as investment income declined. Net income dropped to $437 million, or 27 cents a share, in the year ended Aug 31, the company
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    • 536 34 AGENCIES ASIA MARKETS Markets in Tokyo, HK and S #pore take a beating with no respite in sight ASIAN stock markets were hammered Friday with Tokyo diving 11 per cent at one point as investors grew more concerned that the global credit crisis is getting
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    • 116 34 I feel the problem with most Asian businesses is nepotism. The notion that your son or daughter, solely because of common genes, is the best person to take the business forward. Chances are they are not. As Lee Kuan Yew, Minister Mentor of Singapore recently said, never
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    • 329 35 DAILYTELEGRAPH JAPAN'S Yamato Life has collapsed with debts of US$2.7 billion ($4 billion), becoming the country's first insurer to be brought down by the credit crisis. "Because of the global financial market chaos and the credit crunch, the value of our securities
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    • 409 35 THE DAILYTELEGRAPH CREDIT CRUNCH WASHINGTON The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has activated an emergency cash fund for troubled countries, amid fears that Iceland and a host of other countries may soon have to be bailed out. The Fund stands ready to pour "hundreds of
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    • 277 35  -  KELVIN CHOW kelvinc@mediacorp.com.sg CHINA Printing and Dyeing added a new dimension to the financial crisis sweeping the world. Its CEO and deputy CEO, a husband and wife team, have gone missing. The company stopped trading on Wednesday pending an announcement. But none was forthcoming
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    • 337 35 BRITISH Prime Minister Gordon Brown lashed out against the "irresponsible" behaviour of the country's bankers and said the guilty parties should be "punished", the Daily Telegraph reported. Under the government's rescue plans, banks that use taxpayer capital to strengthen their balance sheets will have
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    • BUSINESS ROUNDUP
      • 166 36 Singapore's maritime community came together on Friday morning for the inaugural Singapore Nautical Run to launch this year's Maritime Week spanning Oct 10 to Oct 17. Over 1,000 industry members were flagged off by Transport Minister Raymond Lim in the run that raised over
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      • 172 36 In an increasingly challenging business environment, the need to streamline operations, cut costs and improve productivity has become all the more urgent. "Innovation is a buzzword that is really simple to say yet incredibly complex to do," said Mr Alan Chng, vice-president of the Regional
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    • 252 39 Estee Lauder Wear your support for Breast Cancer Awareness Month in two different ways with Estee Lauder's duo of a Pink Ribbon Pin and a High Gloss in Pink Ribbon Pink ($3l). >>For every set sold, Estee Lauder will donate $20 to the BCF. Origins Pink
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    • 366 40  -  PEARLYN THAM IT IS NOT every day that you get to go shopping with celebrity make-up artist Andy Lee. But that was what some members of the media did last Tuesday at the launch of Star Dust a new beauty concept store established
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      • 313 42 THE JOY OF WELL-CRAFTED BREWS The British may be notorious fans of their beer or at least the frequent escapes to the nearest pub but it's the Germans and Belgians whose brews are consistently among the world's most highly prized varieties. Their fine craftsmanship is rivalled only by their
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      • 708 43  -  ANNETTE TAN SEASONAL EATS Feast on the best of Hokkaido cuisine the seasons have to offer food@newstoday.com.sg THE likes of sushi and tempura are staples in the Japanese cuisine that Singaporeans are familiar with. But ask any native Japanese and they'll tell you that their cuisine is largely
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      • 90 43 UNIQUELY JAPANESE The 4,600 square feet of dining space at Sun Japanese Dining's Chijmes location is certainly well utilised. Diners can look forward to a blend of traditional Japanese cuisine styles, plus items not commonly found in Singapore, such as the aburi (half-broiled) sushi and vitamin cocktails. The traditional
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    • 472 44  -  SHERMAINE WONG RUSTIC ITALIAN Despite its stylish setting, dining at Chiara is an exquisitely comfortable feast of fine Italian fare shermainewong@mediacorp.com.sg YOU'D be forgiven for feeling like you have to be on your best behaviour upon stepping into the two-month-old Chiara (pronounced "kee-yah-rah") Ristorante. After all,
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      224 44 DOUBLE DARE They say too many cooks spoil the broth, but when it comes to Michael and Manuel Gruber, executive chefs of Chiara, the reverse is true. The 24-year-old fraternal twins Michael is older by 1 0 minutes have a systematic approach to running the kitchen: Michael is in
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        720 45  -  HOT HONDA Honda has finally got its styling act together for the new City COLIN YONG colin@mediacorp.com.sg THEY say the third time's the charm and so it is for Honda's Thai-made compact saloon, the City. The original model was a perfect robbery getaway car not because it could
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      • 375 45  -  COLIN YONG THE link between high performance yachts and seven-seater SUVs is tenuous at best, but that hasn't stopped Volvo from launching a sea-themed version of its XC9O. At $182,000 with COE, it costs $4,000 more than the standard car. The Volvo
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        • 102 46 This is the first look at the new Mazda 3, which makes its world premiere at next month's Los Angeles Auto Show. It's based on the current model but has more edgy styling, with the front end designed to resemble the RX-8 sports car. Like
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    • 167 50 AP IF YOU'RE wondering what was going through Britney Spears' head during her erratic era, you are not alone so does she. "I sit there and I look back and I'm like: 'I'm a smart person. What the hell was I thinking?'" Spears said in an
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    • 317 50 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH CELEBRITY FROCKS Elizabeth Hurley's stunning Versace dress is voted top reel-carpet dress of all time LIZ Hurley's "safety pin" dress has been voted the greatest red carpet gown of all time. The black Versace outfit was worn by Hurley (left), then 29,
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    • 477 59 AGENCIES ENGLISH FOOTBALL Owner Gudmundsson's investments at home hit hard LONDON West Ham United's owner, Bjorgolfur Gudmundsson has come under huge pressure as Iceland's financial crisis worsened at the end of the week. The country's business minister, Bjorgvin Sigurdsson, was asked to help investors trapped
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    • 254 59 AFP MALABO (Equatorial Guinea) Financial stocks and shares were not the only items plummeting this week as the football fortunes of 2010 World Cup hosts South Africa took another nosedive, ahead of their African Nations qualifying match against Equatorial Guinea here on Saturday. The
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    • 344 59 BLOOMBERG MADRID Spanish football must make structural changes to avoid being left behind after a "tremendous" injection of capital into England's Premier League the past five years, Real Madrid general director Jose Angel Sanchez said on Thursday. "English clubs have
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    • 572 60  -  STEVE MCMAHON STRAIGHTTALK sports@newstoday.com.sg THERE are many different ways of winning a football game. Last Sunday, Liverpool showed how to do it the hard way. And how! They were two goals down at half-time, but turned it around sensationally to beat moneybags Manchester City
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    • 611 60 AFP ROAD TO SOUTH AFRICA 2010 Brazil, Argentina are not exactly blazing a trail to next World Cup Football South American World Cup qualifiers MONTEVIDEO Brazil and Argentina will seek to close in on top spot as the South American qualifiers for the 2010 World Cup
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    • 475 61 AFP ROAD TOfSOUTH AFRICA 2010 Loew banks on Ballack and Frings to stop lightning-fast Russian strikers' advance World Cup qualifiers, European zone, Group 4 Germany v Russia BERLIN Germany coach Joachim Loew admits Russia's attacking style will test his team's leaky defence when the two
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    • 449 61 AFP World Cup qualifiers, European zone, Group 8 Bulgaria v Italy ROME Italy's preparations fortheirWorld Cup qualifiers against Bulgaria this weekend and Montenegro on Wednesday have been disrupted by injuries to key players. But Azzurri coach Marcello Lippi re- mains confident that
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    • 465 62 Boosted by the emphatic win over Croatia, England manager Fabio Capello is planning a glut of goals against minnows Kazakhstan at Wembley on Saturday by relying on a three-pronged attack of Wayne Rooney, Emile Heskey, andTheo Walcott. Much of the focus in the build-up to the game
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