Today, 28 October 2008, Afternoon Edition

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    20 1 TODAY Tuesday October 28, 2008 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking TODAY Tuesday October 28, 2008 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking
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      BIZ LATEST
      96 1 Deutsche's big blow Germany's biggest bank has lost more than US$4OO million ($604 million) on equity derivatives trade, say sources. Page Bl US home sales up New house sales in the US were up 2.7 per cent in September but that was before the credit crunch really set
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      SPORTS LATEST
      40 1 Better than Schumi? Motor sport legend Michael Schumachersays Lewis Hamilton could overtake his record seven Fl crowns. Page 41 Ferrari may quit Fi Proposal to standardise engines may see Prancing Horse follow Toyota out of Fl. Page 41
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      Lock icon They planned to kill 102 men — including Obama
      510 1 They planned to kill 102 men including Obama AP AFTERNOON LATEST US agents smash assassination plot hatched by skinheads WASHINGTON, DC Federal agents have broken up a plot by two neo-Nazi skinheads to assassinate Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama and shoot or decapitate 102 black people, the United States Bureau
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      Lock icon Alaska senator convicted of ethics breach
      307 1 WASHINGTON, DC Senator Ted Stevens of Alaska, the longest-serving Republican in the Senate's history and a figure of enormous influence in his state, was found guilty yesterday (this morning, Singapore time) of violating ethics laws for failing to report gifts and services that he
      THE NEWYORKTIMES; AFP  -  307 words
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      Lock icon Syria accuses America of 'war crime'
      501 1 AGENCIES DAMASCUS A startling United States commando attack inside Syrian territory over the weekend has sent a clear signal to countries giving safe passage to terrorists: Take action, or the US will. A US military official in Washington said special forces conducted the raid
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      148 1 MARKET GLOOM Another manic Monday INTHE MORNING EDITION Read the full story at www.todayonline.com A PUBLICATION OF /A=DIACORP MICA (P) 132/10/2007 HOTLINE 6822 2268 ADVERTISE 6359 7359 M*^*-^ wj^^ £jrr] K# j ~-15!flB b^^*^"/^"*ffc H tTtW Lji i -■■^w m^^i je^' -^"j k iwMm m r*i«B t/a ik f nft,
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      Lock icon Pricier power? Life goes on
      671 2  -  NEOCHAICHIN PAY-AS-YOU-USE How low-income families are coping with electricity price hikes chaichin@mediacorp.com.sg TOA Payoh resident Mdm Noorhayati used to top up her electricity account with $10 every five days, but now she does it every three to four days. The dressmaker and her four children,
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      Illegal betting syndicate raided
      163 2 POLICE arrested eight people last Saturday in an operation against an illegal football and horse betting syndicate. Officers from the Criminal Investigation Department seized about $9,000 in cash as well as equipment including four computers, two laptops, several ATM cards and 11 handphones in raids in
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      POLICE CAR CRASH
      96 4  -  WEETECKHIAN A police car cruising along Frankel Avenue towards Changi Road crashed into a bus stop and overturned yesterday. A police spokesman told Today that the police had received a call at 5.03pm informing them of the accident. The officer driving it was alone in the car,
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      Lock icon Bad debt on the rise...
      607 4  -  IMELDASAAD CHANNEL NEWSASIA ECONOMIC SLOWDOWN Current economic crunch forces more to resort to gambling imelda@mediacorp.com.sg MORE people are falling into bad debt as a result of gambling, and experts say given the current economic crunch, such cases may rise. Out of the cases seen at
      CHANNEL NEWSASIA  -  607 words
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      HITS OF THE NIGHT
      201 6 It was a night of glitz and glamour at the Singapore Hit Awards on Saturday. Into its 14th year, the event saw outstanding talents from not just the local music scene but also those from Taiwan, Hong Kong, Malaysia and China. Local artists who made an
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      229 2 You get more out of trading FX with us. And not just because we're giving you US$l5O. More tools. 24 hour access. AccuCharts trading. Spreads from 3 pips. Flexible contract sizes. And free* money too. New to us? Open an FX account with US$25O, trade three times in November and
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      328 4 THE BEST-SELLING FINANCIAL EDUCATION IN SINGAPORE, KUALA LUMPUR JAKARTA \_l\_J Ult n \l I LJ V J LJ I flfnl J\ I[] It is a very familiar story about almost everyone that has ventured into the world of Trading and Investing. It always begins with luck, evolves into greed, then
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      336 5 7 iw^^^HCS^l f r Gold 90FM DJ Brian Richmond with his grand^ son, Sol, 14 months. ,jr Photo by Jason Ho MY SOURCE OF UNBRIDLED JOY' In what ways has Sol changed your life? I never What are your greatest hopes for Sol? What is your wish for the children
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      317 7 CULTIVATE YOUR LOVE FOR TRAVEL SINGAPORE AIRLINES ALL-IN FARES KUALA LUMPUR 5302 RETURN HO CHI MINH CITY/ JAKARTA $352 Wi iif;' i 1 -"'i U. xfc SHANGHAI/TAIPEI RETURN LONDON '1588 RETURN Now all Singapore Airlines fares come complete with taxes and surcharges*. So you know at a glance what your
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon KASHMIRSHUTON INDIAN TROOP ANNIVERSARY
      109 10 AFP Indian troops were deployed in strikehit Kashmir yesterday to prevent Muslims from staging protests against the arrival of soldiers in the region 61 years ago, officials said. The army presence came a day after a student protester was killed and 20 others were hurt when
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      All rights preserved
      260 10 MALAYSIAN POLITICS Najib will defend rights of Malays as well as non-Malays IPOH Malaysia's Deputy Prime Minister Najib Razak has said that the special rights of Malays will be defended alongside the interests of non-Malays when he takes over power in March. Mr Najib gave assurances that
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      Lock icon 'Knighting' Khan in M'sia will boost tourism: Official
      269 10 AFP KUALA LUMPUR The "knighting" of India's top Bollywood star Shah Rukh Khan (picture) will help boost tourism in Malaysia, an official from the Malacca state government said yesterday. Mr Khan is to be given the Governor of Malacca's award, which carries
      AFP; BLOOMBERG  -  269 words
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      Cleric or paedophile?
      402 12 INDONESIAN LAW He married 12-year-old girl and was planning to wed another two underaged girls JAKARTA —An Indonesian child protection agency is planning to lodge a police report against a cleric for allegedly having illegal sex with a 12-year-old girl whom he married. According to a report
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        UNWILLING GROOM SETS FIRETO HOTEL
        134 12 A Japanese man set fire to the hotel where his wedding was to be held in order to stop the ceremony from happening, Reuters reported yesterday, citing media reports. MrTatsuhiko Kawata, 39, had proceeded with wedding plans despite being married to another woman, Reuters reported,
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        Lock icon BOY, 8, SHOOTS HIMSELF AT GUN FAIR
        129 12 AP An 8-year-old boy died after accidentally shooting himself in the head while firing an Uzi submachine gun under adult supervision at a gun fair in Massachusetts on Sunday. The boy, Christopher Bizilj, was with a certified instructor and "was shooting the weapon
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      Lock icon Thailand denies damaging temple
      274 12 AFP BANGKOK Thailand's Foreign Ministry yesterday denied Cambodia's claims that Thai soldiers had damaged the ancient Preah Vihear temple with rocket fire during a border shoot-out earlier this month. In a statement, the ministry said Thai soldiers had only fired rifles, and instead accused Cambodian troops
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      Lock icon UK police to take random fingerprints in street
      376 14 THEGUARDIAN LONDON Every police force in the United Kingdom is to be equipped with mobile fingerprint scanners handheld devices that allow police to carry out identity checks on people in the street. The new technology, which ultimately may be able to receive
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      Lock icon Pigs and diabetics
      446 14 AP MEDICALTRIALS NZ company to implant pig cells into people with diabetes WELLINGTON A New Zealand company is preparing to implant pig cells into people as an experimental diabetes treatment, though some scientists warn that the risk of introducing a new virus to humans is too great.
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    • EYE ON ASIA
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        Lock icon KIM JONG IL'SSON LINES UP FRENCH BRAIN SURGEON
        127 14 AFP The eldest son of North Korea's leader Kirn Jong II (picture) is believed to have visited a Paris brain surgeon who apparently flew to Pyongyang to treat his father. Speculation about Mr Kirn's health has swirled since he failed to appear
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        Lock icon S KOREANS FACE EJECTION OVER BALLOON PROTEST
        140 14 AFP North Korea threatened yesterday to evict South Koreans from a joint industrial complex in protest at cross-border propaganda, as activists launched balloons loaded with leaflets denouncing the communist state. The North made its demand during talks between military officers, in what was
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      Lock icon China knew in September
      361 16 AFP TAINTED EGGS But no melamine was found in eggs in October checks BEIJING Eggs tainted with the industrial chemical melamine were detected last month in the same north-east Chinese city from where contaminated ones sold in Hong Kong originated, an official said yesterday. The safety
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      Lock icon 'No hope' for talks with China: Dalai Lama
      290 16 AFP DHARAMSHALA (India) The Dalai Lama is considering a major policy shift towards China following a complete lack of progress in talks on Tibetan autonomy with Beijing, a senior aide said yesterday. The Tibetan leader's spokesman Tenzin Taklha said all options would
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    • AMERICA VOTES
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        Lock icon Obama's final salvo
        431 18 AFP PRESIDENTIAL RACE Democrat to urge voters to choose vhope over fear CHICAGO High-flying Barack Obama was set to present his "closing argument" to voters this morning (Singapore time), as the Democrat's epic White House duel with beleaguered Republican John McCain entered its final full week. With
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      • EYE ON THE US ELECTION
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          Lock icon FINANCIALTIMES ENDORSES OBAMA
          138 18 AFP The Financial Times (FT), the respected business daily, endorsed Democrat BarackObama yesterday to become the next United States President, even though it prefers the trade policies of his Republican rival John McCain. The newspaper, which has a daily readership of about 1.3 million worldwide, said the
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          Lock icon NO MORE FANCY CLOTHES: PALIN
          149 18 AFP Republican vice-presidential hopeful Sarah Palm said on Sunday that she will forgo the expensive outfits bought for her campaign appearances, and from now on will appear wearing her own Alaska-bought clothes. Ms Palm stressed to supporters at a campaign stop in Florida that she
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        Lock icon Halloween 2008: The Sarah Palm look is in
        306 20 THE DAILYTELEGRAPH NEW YORK Halloween costume stores across the country are reporting a run on wigs featuring her distinctive combination of beehive top and cascading locks. Also hot are replicas of the vice-presidential candidate's designer spectacle frames. At Ricky's, a chain of
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        Lock icon Both candidates know Asia well
        564 20 AP US-ASIATIES The next US President will have deep, personal connection to region WASHINGTON For all their political differences, Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama and his Republican rival John McCain share a life-changing personal experience. They both spent long stretches of their early lives in
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      Lock icon 2 dead, 1 hurt
      262 22 AGENCIES US CAMPUS SHOOTING One person in custody, three being sought CONWAY (Arkansas) A shooting at the University of Central Arkansas (UCA) killed two people and wounded a third, police said. UCA police spokeswoman Lieutenant Rhonda Swindle said the shots were fired on Sunday night near
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        WORLD'S FATTEST MAN WEDS FRIEND'S WIDOW
        146 22 Mexican Manuel Uribe, the world's fattest man in the 2007 Guinness Book of Records, has married his friend's widow. Despite shedding 230 kg from 590 kg early this year, Mr Uribe had to be carried by a crane on his bed where he has
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        Lock icon VIETNAM CLOSES TERMINAL AFTER FIRE
        107 22 Vietnam's biggest airport was forced to close its domestic terminal yesterday after a fire broke out, the airport authority said. The blaze at Tan Son Nhat Airport in Ho Chi MinhCity broke out early yesterday morning inside theterminal building. A statement released bythe Southern Airport
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        Lock icon DOG RISKS LIFETO GUARD FOUR KITTENS IN BURNING HOUSE
        85 22 AFP Cats and dogs may be traditional enemies but a little Australian pooch has defied expectations by risking his life to guard four kittens caught in a burning house. Pint-sized Leo, of unknown breed, remained in a Melbourne house during a
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      Lock icon Debate over prayer
      299 25 AP AUSTRALIAN PARLIAMENT But dumping of the Lord's Prayer unlikely to happen anytime soon CANBERRA The speaker of the Australian Parliament has called for a public debate about whether the country's lawmakers should end the practice of starting every day of a session with the Lord's Prayer.
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      Lock icon Hostage freed by defector jailor
      239 25 AFP CALI (Colombia) Colombia's army has said it helped free ex-lawmaker Oscar Lizcano (picture), who was held as a political pawn for more than eight years by Marxist rebels, as France offered asylum to the rebel jailer who set him free. "Please understand that if
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      Lock icon US missile strike kills Taliban commander
      170 25 AFP PESHAWAR (Pakistan) A suspected United States missile strike on a militant training camp in Pakistan's tribal belt bordering Afghanistan has killed a top Taliban commander and at least 15 other people, officials said yesterday. The attack was the latest in a series on
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      We are a power service provider
      450 26  -  Ho Lai Fung SINGAPORE POWER Role is to transport energy from power generation companies to the end user Letter from Director, Corporate Communications Singapore Power Ltd WE REFER to the article by Mr Conrad Raj "Is this the best deal" (Oct 20) and would
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      Ill-behaved pupils on excursion
      169 26  -  Lionel De Souza Letter from WHAT I witnessed last Thursday at Little India Arcade shocked me. A group of more than 200 students were presumably there on a school excursion trip. They looked to be in Primary 6. Not only were they obstructing the entrance and
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      Tariff revision no benefit to power generation companies
      437 26  -  Jenny Teo Letter from Director, Corporate Communications Energy Market Authority IN "IS this the best deal?" (Oct 20) Mr Conrad Raj suggested that the increase in electricity tariffs had benefitted power generation companies (gencos) and Singapore Power (SP) at the expense of
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      FOCUS ON THE FAMILY
      196 28  -  DR JAMES DOBSON BY WILLIS B DOBSON I want to pay tribute today to a good man —who happened to be my uncle Dr Willis B Dobson. He earned his PhD in Shakespearean English at the University of Texas and served for more than 40 years
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      Lock icon A SINGLE POSTER GIRL
      971 28  -  AGATHA KOH BRAZIL COFFEEWITH voices editor agatha@mediacorp.com.sg Good-looking and successful, Zita Ong is living it up in cosmopolitan Singapore NOW that we know that one in four people in Singapore is a foreigner, we locals can stop wondering if it is just our imagination that sometimes
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      Lock icon Geography quiz in a taxi
      195 29 blogged on josh.sg ONE of the nice things about Singapore is that you don't need to own a car. Taxi rates are dirt cheap, and the island is so small that you'll hardly ever take any long trips. So I spend a lot of my
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  • Page 26 Miscellaneous
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      When hype
      1188 30  -  MAYO MARTIN 15THE LATEST ASIAN SENSATION Sorry, Mr Artist from China, India or Southeast Asia. You may be good, but we really don't like stuffy auction houses telling us what's good art and what's not. Next! 14 LASCAUX CAVE PAINTINGS Just because these over 2,000 figures of what
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      648 32  -  GENEVIEVELOH LOCAL CINEMA Farm and Chris might get hitched in new film genevieveloh@mediacorp.com.sg COME Chinese New Year next year, Singapore will be able to watch celebrity couple Farm Wong and Christopher Lee tie the knot. In a reel wedding, that is. Not the real
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      339 33 AGENCIES MISSING NEPHEW CHICAGO Police have found the body of a child here and have confirmed that it is the nephew of Dreamgirls star Jennifer Hudson, officials said yesterday. The body was discovered on the city's west side and it had several gunshot wounds, the officials added.
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      645 34 THE GUARDIAN HOLLYWOOD GETS REAL Real men do their own stunts. Just look at James Bond ONCE upon a time, action movies were dangerous, macho games, on a par with firefighting or deep sea fishing. Now, they're an offshoot of the IT industry. In the
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      600 36  -  EVELINE GAN RUNNER'S HIGH Running a marathon is hard on the body, so just how safe is the sport? eveline@mediacorp.com.sg SHE once ran a marathon on such "bad, uneven roads" that she had to endure excruciating knee pain for three weeks after the event. In
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      283 36 MY INNERTHIGHS HURT QUESTION BYSALMAH HASHIM I am in my 40s and overweight. In recent months, I have been suffering from pain and aches in my inner thighs. The discomfort is especially acute when I get up in the morning or when I turn on my side
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        63 36 Women, take charge of your health at an early age. Learn more about menstrual problems that occur during adolescence and cervical cancer prevention. In addi- tion, an obstetrician will touch on what's normal and what's not during an antenatal diagnosis. Date: Saturday Time: lpm to 4pm
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        47 36 Learn how to recognise the early onset of dementia and how to train your brain to keep the disease at bay at this public forum Date: Saturday Time: gam to Noon Venue: Alexandra Hospital Auditorium Fee/Registration: $5. Registration required. Call Phoebe Hoh at 9236 6576.
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      757 37 ml experience short, sharp pain in my teeth whenever I eat ice cream or very sour food. Do I have sensitive teeth? A Sensitive teeth can be caused by several conditions. The possible causes include: Dental decay or cavities Tooth fracture Gum infection Faulty
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      466 40 THE GUARDIAN Watch your back, Benitez warns title rivals as the Bridge is breached, at last LONDON It lasted four years and eight months, no wonder Liverpool were celebrating long into Sunday night after bringing to an end Chelsea's 86-game unbeaten league record at Stamford Bridge.
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      645 40  -  LEONARD THOMAS sports editor leonard@mediacorp.com.sg THE expression of Steven Gerrard moments before he crashed into Jose Bosingwa in the 39th minute said it all. Such was the determination it tattooed lines on the Liverpool skipper's face, he was not going to hold back and the Portuguese defender
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      318 41 BLOOMBERG AFTERNOON LATEST Italian giants and Toyota could leave over engines proposal THE Ferrari and Toyota motor-racing teams yesterday raised doubts about whether they would remain in Formula One if the series adopts a plan to introduce a standardised engine. Fiat's Ferrari and Toyota Motorsport, the
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      352 41 AFP LONDON Former motor-racing great Michael Schumacher said yesterday that his record feat of seven Formula One world championships is there for the breaking and that Lewis Hamilton was in pole position to do it. That is just the boost the British McLaren driver,
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      218 41 AFP NEWCASTLE —Joey Barton has been told by manager Joe Kinnear he will be treated like any other Newcastle United player when it comes to selection for the match against West Bromwich Albion today (tomorrow morning, Singapore time). Barton made his return
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      204 41 THE GUARDIAN LONDON Tottenham manager Harry Redknapp has admitted he is interested in bringing Jermain Defoe back to White Hart Lane if the England striker becomes available. Defoe left Spurs for Portsmouth in January after finding his opportunities limited but the departures of Dimitar Berbatov and Robbie
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      543 42  -  MILTON TAN SINGAPORE FOOTBALL Champions all set to cash in after title rivals stumble over the weekend NTUC Income-Yeo's S-League 2008 SAFFC v Young Lions Choa Chu Kang Stadium, j.^spm sports@newstoday.com. sg AFTER their 5-1 demolition of Balestier Khalsa last Tuesday, SAFFC midfielder
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      364 42 World Series, Game 4 Philadephia Phillies 10 Tampa Bay Rays 2 PHILADELPHIA (Pennsylvania) There's nothing like a improbable home run from a starting pitcher to help get your struggling offence back in the swing of things. The Philadelphia
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      354 43  -  TANYO-HINN SINGAPORE SPORTS Title sponsors Canon look to do more for local sport yohinn@mediacorp.com.sg WHILE the global financial crisis is set to hit the sponsorship pie, at least one company aren't planning to cut back on their support of local sports. Speaking at
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      237 43 LONDON Cristiano Ronaldo was named the FifPro World Footballer of the Year yesterday. It is the first in what is expected to be a host of individual honours for the 23-year-old this season, after he scored 42 goals for Manchester United on
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      399 43  -  TANYO-HINN yohinn@mediacorp.com.sg BOWLING still has numerous hurdles to overcome in its bid to get on the Summer Olympic Games' roster of sports. But Singapore bowling chief Jessie Phua believes her meeting with former International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Juan Antonio Samaranch earlier
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      62 42 SPORTS ON TV TODAY Bam Baseball World Series: Phillies v Rays, Ch 23 10.30pm Tennis BNP Paribas Masters, Ch 24 TOMORROW MN Tennis BNP Paribas Masters, Ch 24 2.55 am Football Karlsruher v Schalke 04, Ch 27 3am Football ADO v PSV, Ch 116 3am Football Werder Bremen v Bayer
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      614 44 MARKETING Idea to use magnets to join bottles earns Singapore team third spot in competition PEARLYNTHAM pearlyn@mediacorp.com.sg THREE is a lucky number for Jenalyn Liv and her two team-mates. Together, the trio formed The Pinnacle the Singapore team that came in third at this year's
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      277 44  -  PEARLYNTHAM WHAT do you get when 1,282 budding and professional shutterbugs come together for a day? A new record for the "Most Photographers on a One-Day Photo Assignment" in the Singapore Book of Records. The record was set during the sixth annual Canon Photo Marathon,
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      824 46 NEWYORKTIMES They're "shocked, shocked, about the mess they didn't create GRETCHEN MORGENSON MY HYPOCRISY meter konked out last week. It started acting up on Wednesday, spinning wildly as executives from the nation's leading credit-rating agencies testified before Congress about their non-roles in the credit
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      363 48 HONG KONG CLSA Asia-Padfic Markets, the regional brokerage unit of Credit Agricole SA, has asked 500 senior bankers and executives to accept pay cuts of as much as 25 per cent next year to avoid getting rid of jobs. The voluntary salary reduction
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      455 48 FINANCIAL FALLOUT They are looking forward to the biggest fee boom since Enron and World Com NEW YORK Defence lawyers are bullish on Wall Street. A rising number of defendants and suspects in government probes of collapsed financial firms may yield the biggest fee bonanza for the
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      332 50 AP IPO Company plans to sell 80 million shares to Thai investors if successful BANGKOK Hundreds of people demonstrated outside Thailand's stock exchange yesterday to protest plans by the country's largest beer maker to list its shares on the market. They said the move
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      270 50 THEGUARDIAN AFTERNOON LATEST BUDAPEST Hungary's ruling Socialist party yesterday gave its support to a financing deal with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) which the government plans to sign and which may lead to painful spending cuts. "The Socialist parliamentary group gives a mandate (to the
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      165 50 THEGUARDIAN LONDON A collapse in tax revenues will send British government borrowing soaring above £60 billion ($l4O billion) this year, it emerged last night. Prime Minister Gordon Brown is preparing to tear up his "golden rule" on debt in order to fund a
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        194 51 BLOOMBERG The Hong Kong franchisee of Krispy Kreme Doughnuts is going into liquidation two years after starting business, adding to the list of retailers going bankrupt in the city. Five of the seven Hong Kong stores closed on Sunday night, with the two outlets at
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        168 51 DOWJONES Terria, a consortium bidding to build a part govern-ment-funded broadband network in Australia, yesterday lost another partner. Australian Capital Territory-based Internet provider, TransACT, has withdrawn its support for the group, which is led by Singapore Telecommunications' Australian unit, Optus. Terria chairman Michael Egan said in
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        143 51 AGENCIES Nine major American banks will receive US$l25 billion ($lBB billion) in capital injections this week from the US government, a Treasury official said yesterday. "We executed the agreements for the nine institutions late last night (Sunday night), so the money will go out
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      267 51 AFP AFTFRNOON I ATF«;T MADRID European Central Bank (ECB) president Jean-Claude Trichet said yesterday that another cut in interest rates is "possible" next month, against a backdrop of untold turmoil on the global markets as fears of a world recession bite deeper. "I consider it possible
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          123 52 Down on late losses Stocks tumbled in the last half hour of trading after shifting between gains and losses all day, pulled lower by commodity producers as investors speculated a global recession will damp demand for fuel and metals. The Standard Poor's 500 Index slipped 27.85 points, or
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          90 52 Hit 17-month lows Oil prices sank to 17-month lows overnight amid rising worries that a global recession will sap energy demand. New York's main contract, light sweet crude for December delivery, fell US$O.93 to close at U5563.22 a barrel. At one point, the contract fell as low at
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          90 52 Late rally trims losses European stocks fell for the fifth day on recession fears, but managed to trim losses late on. The London FTSE index, which earlier in the day had plunged more than 5.0 percent, escaped with a loss of just 0.79 per cent at 3,852.59 points,
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        460 52 BLOOMBERG AFTERNOON LATEST Germany's biggest bank loses big on equity derivatives trades DEUTSCHE Bank, Germany's biggest bank, lost more than US$4OO million ($604 million) on equity derivatives trades as stock markets headed for their biggest rout since the *****, two people with direct knowledge of the matter
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        258 52 BLOOMBERG WASHINGTON, DC Sales of new houses in the United States were unexpectedly rising before credit markets froze this month, having rebounded froma 17-year low thanks to a drop in prices. Purchases increased 2.7 per cent in September to an annual rate of 464,000
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        211 52 THE DAILYTELEGRAPH FRANKFURT Germany was gripped by share fever yesterday as the price of Volkswagen tripled at one stage after Porsche disclosed it was on its way to seize control of Europe's biggest motor vehicle manufacturer. Short sellers galloped into the market snapping up
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