Today, 30 October 2008

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    10 1 TODAY Thursday October 30, 2008 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking
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    Lock icon How it's fared for cabbies
    838 1  -  LEONGWEEKEAT THAT 30<t SURCHARGE Most shrug their shoulders on news of its removal weekeat@mediacorp.com.sg WHEN it was first introduced in July, the 30-cent diesel surcharge for taxis attracted much flak, especially from passengers who regarded it as yet another form of price hike during already
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    Singapore residents indicted for illegal export
    519 1  -  TEOXUANWEI xuanwei@mediacorp.com.sg MYSTERY surrounds a Singapore firm named in an American court case in connection with allegedly unauthorised exports to China. For over a year, the company, Firmspace (Singapore), appears to have not had any business. But it has not laid off any employees
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      185 1 I THISISDANZWAR MfmA 8^ "V Wade Robson is on the I lookout for the best dance mtP group in Singapore. COLUMN Leonard Thomas Players-turned-managers like V Sundramoorthy and Fandi Ahmad once glittered on the field, but as coaches, they have yet to prove themselves, says our Sports Editor. Page 46
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  • NEWS
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      Lock icon Ex-political prisoner wins watershed vote
      513 3 AGENCIES MALDIVES PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION The troubled holiday destination celebrates the end of Gayoom reign MALE A former political prisoner swept to victory in the Maldives' first democratic presidential election yesterday, unseating Asia's longest-serving leader and sparking scenes of celebration. As the scale of his victory
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      Lock icon JUST WHO IS MOHAMED NASHEED?
      213 3 AGENCIES Known by his nickname, Anni, Mr Nasheed (picture) spent several years in prison in the '90s on charges ranging from immoral behaviour to unlawful assembly to terrorism. In 1996, Amnesty International called him a "prisoner of conscience", and repeatedly called for his release during
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      Two Nite Owls put to sleep
      478 4  -  LEONGWEEKEAT PUBLICTRANSPORT Four remaining services have routes amended, fares will also go up weekeat@mediacorp.com. sg EVEN though ridership has doubled within a year, the night-bus scene is set for a shake-up from tomorrow. SBS Transit will be withdrawing two night bus services, 7N and
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      Lock icon ONE ELLE OF A TIME
      92 4 DON WONG (From left) Chua Enlai, Elena Wang, editor-in-chief of ELLE Singapore Sharon Lim, and Denise Keller. The third ELLE Awards held last night at the Red Dot Museum was like the magazine itself-jam-packed with style. Some of the honours given out included Fashion Icon
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      MediaCorp's one-stop advertising hotline
      219 4 IN A move to offer even better service to its advertisers, MediaCorp has launched a one-stop hotline for all their enquiries. The MediaCorp Advertising Enquiries (MAE) hotline 6333 9888 which was launched yesterday, will operate from Mondays to Fridays (excluding public holidays), from 8.30 am to
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      Lock icon RECESSION RELIEF AT NTUC
      99 6 CHANNEL NEWSASIA NTUC Fair Price is extending its 5-per cent discount on 500 essential housebrand items like rice, milk and bread until the end of March. The supermarket chain said yesterday that more people are eating-in because of the current downturn, and extending the scheme will
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      LTA TAPS GLOBAL EXPERTISE
      107 6 The Land Transport Authority has signed a second Memorandum of Cooperation as part of plans to tap global industry expertise for the expansion of Singapore's land transport network. Its partnership with the Shanghai Construction Group (SCG) will see the two parties work on joint research and
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      HOW CAN THE TOUGH GET GOING?
      788 6  -  001 GIOK LING NEWS COMMENT WITH the world talking itself into a recession and people generally responding by tightening up on all expenditures, you do not need a soothsayer to predict that this is going to be the mother of all global meltdowns. The
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      Lock icon Baby boom in economic gloom
      510 8  -  TANHUILENG IN-VITRO FERTILISATION More couples seeking treatment, thanks to Government funding huileng@mediacorp.com.sg SOME families may be thinking twice about having a baby in the current economic downturn, but one group seems undeterred. Public hospitals have reported an increase of more than 60 per cent in
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      Quarter-million-dollar grant for research into diagnosing baby-killing disease
      359 10  -  ONG DAI LIN dailin@mediacorp.com. sg IT'S a genetic condition that can lead to fetal demise and can affect up to 75 per cent of the population in some countries. And while prenatal screening for alpha thalassaemia, a form of blood disorder, is
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      Spotting avian flu in minutes
      433 10  -  ESTHER FUNG RESEARCH FUNDING SPRING grant will help tech firms esther@mediacorp.com.sg FOR a farmer who suspects that bird flu has hit his stock, the day or two it can take for lab tests to confirm the disease can feel like a lifetime. A new test
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon 'Not a single house is intact'
      431 12 AGENCIES PAKISTAN QUAKE ZIARAT (Pakistan) A 6.4 magnitude earthquake struck yesterday morning in Baluchistan, killing at least 160 people and leaving an estimated 15,000 homeless. The death toll is expected to rise as reports arrived from remote areas of Baluchistan. Just hours later, a
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      Lock icon Syria protests to UN over US raid
      221 12 AFP DAMASCUS Syria on Tuesday protested to the United Nations (UN) Security Council over what it branded a barbarous United States helicopter raid on a village near the Iraqi border. Syria also decided to close two American institutions in Damascus. The Syrian government
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      Lock icon PAKISTAN SUMMONS US AMBASSADOR OVER AIR STRIKES
      100 12 .AFP Pakistan yesterday registered "a strong protest" with Washington's ambassadorto Islamabad over a number of missile attacks by United States drones inside its territory. "The US ambassador was called to the Foreign Office today and a strong protest was lodged on the continued
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    • GLOBAL ROUNDUP
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        Lock icon US SEEKS NEW OIL SUPPLIER TO HELP N KOREA DISARM
        112 14 AFP The United States, trying anew to keep North Korea's nuclear disarmament on track, has said it is in touch with other countries to replace Japan in supplying fuel oil to Pyongyang. Japan has refused to give fuel to North
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        Lock icon USTECH GIANTS MOVE TO PROTECT ONLINE FREEDOM
        130 14 AFP Google, Microsoft and Yahoo have unveiled a code of conduct aimed at defending online freedoms against attacks by oppressive regimes. A "Global Network Initiative" (GNI) bringing together Internet companies, human rights organisations, academics and investors commits the firms to "protect the freedom
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        Lock icon THAILAND CONFIRMS ASEAN SUMMIT RELOCATION
        94 14 AFP Thailand has moved a December summit of South-east Asian nations to Chiang Mai, a government spokeswoman said yesterday, as protests drag on in Bangkok. Originally scheduled for Bangkok, the 14th annual Association of South-east Asian Nations (Asean) summit will now take place in Chiang
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        Money politics at Umno's core
        377 16 MALAYSIAN POLITICS KUALA LUMPUR Senior Umno party leaders have said money politics is now so deeply rooted in the party, it would be hard to stamp it out completely. "We are trying our best, but it seems we can't deal with it completely. It is
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        Lock icon Anwar demands inquiry into helicopter deal
        177 16 CHANNEL NEWSASIA KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim has demanded a royal commission to be set up to investigate the alleged irregularities in the purchase of 12 military helicopters to replace the country's aging fleet of Nuri helicopters. This came one day after
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        Lock icon YOGA MAY BE BANNED FOR MUSLIMS:CLERIC
        142 16 AFP Muslims in Malaysia may be barred from the ancient practice of yoga if they engage in Hindu "religious elements" during the exercise, a top Islamic cleric said yesterday. Mr Harussani Zakaria, from Perak, said the National Fatwa Council would soon release a decree,
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        Lock icon MAN ATTACKS WIFE FOR NOT GETTING HIM NEW SPOUSE
        132 16 AFP A 57-year-old Malaysian has assaulted his wife and threatened to shoot her after she failed to secure him a young second wife. The local police chief in Kuantan, Mr Mohamad Haris Daud, said the man, a security guard, forced his
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      Retaliation by supporters unlikely
      551 19  -  RACHEL LIM EXECUTION OF BALI BOMBERS Terror expert only expects mob violence rachell@mediacorp.com.sg DESPITE warnings of possible terror attacks ahead of the November execution of the three "Bali bombers", a retaliatory attack by their supporters is unlikely, said a wellknown security expert. Ms Sidney Jones, a
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      Lock icon INDONESIAN 'JI MILITANT' FACING TERROR CHARGES
      135 19 AFP An Indonesian militant linked to the Jemaah Islamiyah (Jl) network who was arrested last week is to face terror charges. Mr Rusli Mardani, who is also known as Wahyu Ramadan, will be charged under Indonesian weapons possession and antiterror laws, police spokesman Abubakar
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      Lock icon SBY'S RELATIVE EMBROILED IN GRAFT SCANDAL
      103 19 AFP A relative of Indonesia's President was yesterday named as a suspect in the corruption scandal engulfing the central bank while a former governor was jailed for five years. Mr Burhanuddin Abdullah was convicted by the anti-corruption court in Jakarta of embezzling US$lO.3 million
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      Lock icon ANTI-OBAMA DVD RELEASED IN EDITIONS
      112 20 AP Readers of three Ohio newspapers, along with papers in Florida and Nevada, are finding an antiBarack Obama DVD in editions this week. Citizens United, a conservative advocacy group, plans to release a 95-minute film in the five swing-state publications to highlight the Democratic presidential
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      Lock icon OBAMA SET FOR 30-MINUTE 'INFOMERCIAL'
      115 20 AFP Mr Barack Obama geared up yesterday to deliver a pres-idential-style address to the nation in the final stetch of his White House campaign against Mr John McCain. Mrobama's3o-minute, prime-time television pitch was being taken out at a cost estimated by media analysts at up
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      Lock icon Republicans say McCain likely to lose
      394 20 AGENCIES WASHINGTON Republicans have launched a damage-limi-tation strategy as they privately concede that they will lose the White House in a landslide victory to Mr Barack Obama. In Oregon and North Carolina, where incumbent Republican senators are fighting for their political lives, advertisements being
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      Lock icon More American kids have kidney stones
      263 22 THE NEWYORKTIMES NEW YORK Kidney stones, once considered a disorder of middle age, are now showing up in American children as young as five. While there are no reliable data on the number of cases, pediatric urologists and nephrologists across the United States say
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      Lock icon More eggs found contaminated
      373 22 AFP MELAMINEWOES Supermarkets across China pull eggs off shelves BEIJING Supermarkets across China pulled eggs off their shelves yesterday as officials indicated that far more of them were contaminated with the toxic chemical melamine than initially reported. The problem emerged over the weekend when Hong Kong
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      Lock icon A Taiwanese 'Bermuda Triangle'?
      414 23 AP PLANE CRASH TAIPEI A two-seater Taiwanese fighter jet disappeared last week during routine training over the Taiwan Strait. Debris and body parts were found the next day, but authorities are at a loss to explain what happened. The Oct 20 crash revived decades-old speculation: Are
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      Lock icon Taiwan plans military exchange with China: official
      265 23 AP TAIPEI Taiwan is considering the first-ever contact between its military and the People's Liberation Army of China but has set no timetable for such meetings, a senior Taiwanese defence official said yesterday. Defence Ministry spokeswoman Lisa Chi's comments were a step further
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      It takes two hands to clap
      482 24  -  Caroline Lim ■Anne Lee DISCIPLINING CHILDREN Teachers need to earn their respect too Letter from I REFER to "Different strokes required" (Oct 29), and would like to highlight that not only are students of current times different from those of yesteryears' but that teachers
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      THE TEMPER TANTRUM
      231 26 Everyone who has raised a toddler has probably been confronted at some point by a full-blown temper tantrum. Usually, a firm hand will discourage such violent behaviour, but sometimes not. I knew one family that had a three-year-old boy who was still throwing the most terrible fits
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      Lock icon PLAN FOR THE LAYMAN
      429 26  -  CHONGCHEEWAH I SAY Road usage policies should be transparent and easily understood I LIVE in Bukit Panjang, where the Land Transport Authority (LTA) has defined a bus lane all the way to Upper Bukit Timah Road. Though I understand the rationale behind bus lanes, I can't
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      POINT OF VIEW
      97 26  -  ChanChong Leong I refer to vWe are a power service provider' and Tariff revision no benefit to power generation companies' (Oct 28). I commend both Singapore Power and Energy Market Authority for their replies. While their explanations are clear as to who undertakes what role in the
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      5 24 HAVE YOUR SAY. news@ newstoday.com.sg
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      64 24 VOICES ON RADIO Caning, writing of lines, deprivation of f\f\f\ recess, detention I 1 class How should I^l the children of today be disciplined? Are the traditional ways deemed too harsh and stifling? Or perhaps parents should stop molly coddling their little ones? Tune in to Talkßack on g3BLive from
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      89 28 THE ORIGINAL Saving All My Love For You (1985) Before Whitney Houston, female R&B singers took their template from Dionne Warwick and Aretha Franklin. One was elegant and delicate, the other was bold and brassy. Houston Warwick's niece, by the way combined those elements into a four-minute ballad,
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      299 28  -  CHRISTOPHERTOH THE PLUS LIST The top 10 influential sounds of the last 25 years j christophertoh@mediacorp.com.sg MAKING a list about the most influential artistes in popular music is a bit of a chore. If you get right down to the root of it, your list
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      79 28 IT'S LIST WEEK! ALL WEEK LONG, WE'RE DOING IT BY NUMBERS. THE ORIGINAL Little Earthquakes (1992) True, Sarah McLachlan started the whole female singer-with-piano movement, but Amos made it okay to be raw, emotive and deeply personal about it. Songs like Crucify, Silent All These Years and Me
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      92 28 THE ORIGINAL Everything Counts (in Large Amounts) (1983) Despite its largely upbeat melody, this has been considered the first "industrial pop hit", and paved the way for the harder industrial bands that would follow. THE COPYCATS Nine Inch Nails, KMFDM, Metro Station, Pet Shop Boys THE ORIGINALS AEROSMITH
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      106 28 THE ORIGINAL Baby One More Time (1998) Forget her unstable personal life and her equally unstable family, when Britney exploded onto the scene 10 years ago with Baby One More Time, she broke the industry's template on what made a star. With the catchy beats and sexy jail-bait
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      93 30 THE ORIGINAL Off the Wall (1979) Okay, we're going to break away from our timeline, because this album featuring hits like Rock with You, Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough and She's Out of My Life shaped the way R&B would sound forever. Music rag Blender called it
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      82 30 THE ORIGINAL The Bends (1995) With this album, Radiohead wed Britpop with hard rock, spawning a new generation of mopey rockers. In 2006, Britain's The Observer listed it as one of "the 50 albums that changed music", saying: "Thorn Yorke popularised the angst-laden falsetto (which) became a much-copied idea
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      69 30 THE ORIGINAL Definitely Maybe (1994) Say what you like about them, Oasis brought retro rock back to the fore in a big way with Definitely Maybe, but amped it up to a new level, by merging the melodic style of The Beatles with the brash sound of The Who.
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      57 30 THE ORIGINAL Orinoco Flow (1988) Born Eithne Patricia Ni Bhraonain, Enya was a driving force in the late '80s, often credited for helping the New Age music movement along in a big way. Thanks to her, we now have all those airy fairy singing that often makes no sense.
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      81 30 THE ORIGINAL ft ifl IsS'.-v jfiVl The Joshua Tree (1987) 4J Taking the three elements of their previous sound the chiming echoing guitars, thudding bass and ambient key- x boards U2 fashioned an album that had focussed scope, sonic exploration and lyrical depth to boot, making this their best-selling
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      193 32 AGENCIES THE convicted felon suspected in the slayings of Oscar-winner Jennifer Hudson's mother, brother and nephew was arrested after police allegedly found crack cocaine in his car in June, but the authorities did not return him to prison on a parole violation, according
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      549 32  -  MAY SEAH BOOGIE NIGHT Wade Robson is popping and locking into town for a Danz War may@mediacorp.com.sg IF YOU were born to boogie, this is your chance to get up close and personal with one of the legends of the contemporary dance scene. Dance prodigy Wade Rob
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      106 34 GOLDEN Village Multiplex will increase ticket prices for its Gold Class halls beginning today. Weekday prices from Monday to Thursday are now $28, up from $25. Weekend prices from Friday to Sunday, as well as those for public holidays, eves of public holidays
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      583 34 CD REVIEWS BYCHRISTOPHERTOH FMS.H.E. S.H.E This is the 11 th release from the Taiwanese threesome called S.H.E. It's also a concept album of sorts it's a pretend radio station, so the girls do some be-tween-song natter. But while previous S.H.E. albums tended to be straightforward affairs,
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      814 38  -  CHIN HUILIN THE FRENCH RIVIERA The French Riviera may be renowned as the lap of luxury, but scratch a little deeper and there's romance of a different kind traveller@newstoday.com. sg RELAXING on the French Riviera is not something visitors here choose to do; it is the entire raison
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      128 39 Explore the Cote d'Azur with the Nice Riviera Pass. The ticket gives tourists free access to guided theme tours, museums and historic sites; as well as free gifts and discounts in shops and restaurants. It covers the cities of Nice, Antibes, Biot, Cagnes-sur-mer and Monaco. In Nice,
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      563 41 Brought to you by ROYAL CHRISTMAS BALL WITH SPARKLING CASTLE NIGHTS A fairytale comes to life at the Sleeping Beauty Castle.The highlight is the Christmas Ball, a dazzling stage show with colorful pageants, elaborate costumes and soaring music.Visitors can join the fun by twirling along with the royal
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      199 42 Mozart libertine is short and wooden? WHEN Mozart wrote the tale of the incorrigible lothario, Don Giovanni, who carries off women, chances are he envisioned a grandiose production filled with dramatic effects, impassioned scenes and larger-than-life characters. He probably did not expect those larger-than-life characters to be a mere 60cm
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      589 43 NATURAL WONDER Matsue city's website lists forecasts of best sunsets in the coming week A SMALL Japanese city with no prominent industries believes it has hit upon a novel resource to boost its fortunes in tough economic times the sunset. Matsue, a city of
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      275 46 AFP BUENOS AIRES Argentinian football legend Diego Maradona (picture) looks set to cap a remarkable comeback from a near fatal heart attack four years ago by being named coach of the national side on Tuesday. Maradona, who turned 48 today,
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      357 47 AFP BASKETBALL Celtics kickstart new campaign with an emotional opening ceremony and win NBA 2008-09 Boston Celtics go Cleveland Cavaliers 8s LOS ANGELES The Boston Celtics raised their National Basketball Association (NBA) championship banner in a stirring pre-game ceremony, then sealed an exciting victory over the
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      244 47 AGENCIES English Premiership Newcastle United 2 West Brom 1 NEWCASTLE Joe Kinnear picked up the bottle of water on the table in front of him and gave it a wistful look. "Shame it's not champagne," said Newcastle United's interim manager, after choreographing the
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      727 48  -  SHAMIR OSMAN FAIRWAYS, GREENS AND SWINGS He #s a golfing magician, but his form's spluttered since Woods' injury shamir@mediacorp.com.sg HE'S hit a ball backwards over his own head, towards the cup. He's even made a ball skip across water. Golf superstar Phil Mickelson was already tipped for
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      176 48 BLOOMBERG MADRID Golfer Severiano Ballesteros is showing signs of improvement, five days after a third brain operation to treat a malignant tumour. The Spanish golfer, 51, is displaying a "favourable trend", although he needs to remain in an intensive care unit, Madrid's La Paz
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      200 49 AFP NEW DELHI Opening batsman Gautam Gambhir struck a career-best unbeaten 149 to propel India to 296-3 on an ill-tempered first day of the third Test against Australia yesterday. Gambhir put on 130 runs with Sachin Tendulkar (68) and also shared 139 runs with
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      601 50  -  MILTON TAN SINGAPORE FOOTBALL Poor in the beginning, Albirex have been lighting up the league since June NTUC Income-Yeo's S-League 2008 Balestier Khalsa v Albirex Niigata Toa Payoh Stadium, 7.45pm sports@newstoday.com. sg IN THE opening half of the NTUC IncomeYeo's S-League 2008 season, Albirex Niigata
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      331 50 MILTON TAN NTUClncome-Yeo's S-League 2008 Dalian Shide v Gombak United Queenstown Stadium, j.^spm GOMBAK United have been charging up the table since the mid-season transfer window ended, and it is amazing no one has yet soundedout their top scorer, Gabriel Obatola (picture), as a
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      373 56 THAI STOCK EXCHANGE THEY had hoped that this time it would be different but for Singapore-listed brewer Thai Beverage (Thaißev), the hangover is just as bad the second time around. The Thai drinks company's Singapore listing came about in May 2006 after anti-alcohol street protests by
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