Today, 20 November 2008

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  • COLUMN
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      Leonard Thomas
      37 1 Singapore’s football scene may have its critics, but the S-League must be doing something right, says our Sports Editor. Players are fitter and tougher, and Singapore is in contention for its third Asean championship title.
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  • COMMENT
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      Madam Secretary?
      27 1 Hillary Clinton is one smart, tough and cunning woman. But is she the best person for the job, asks The New York Times’ Thomas Friedman.
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  • SPORTS
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      Under investigation
      23 1 SEA Games gold medallists Mok and Chan could face disciplinary action for an alleged incident at Asian Beach Games last month.
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    BONUS FOR SMALL CARS
    12 1 COE prices for small cars plunge to $2.
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    Softening the blow
    766 1  -  Saving jobs with new guidelines on managing excess manpower ECONOMIC SLOWDOWN LIN YANQIN yanqin@mediacorp. com.sg AT ONE manufacturing company which is experiencing a downturn in its business, some employees are already working fewer days a week while others have been sent on training courses on workplace safety
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    NOL axes 1,000 staff as ‘last resort’
    450 1  -  CHEOWXINYI cheowxinyi@mediacorp. com.sg A THOUSAND jobs are to go at Neptune Orient Lines (NOL), South-east Asia’s largest container carrier, as demand for shipping falls. Fifty of the jobs are in Singapore about 6 per cent of NOL’s local workforce. Mr Ron Widdows, group
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    25 1 (2nd edition) afternoon edition afternoon edition Thursday November 20, 2008 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking A PUBLICATION OF MICA (P) 233/10/2008 hotline 6822 2268 ADVeRtiSe 6333 9888
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  • NEWS LATEST
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      Al Qaeda on Obama
      22 1 (2nd edition) Terrorist group’s No 2 calls US President-elect a ‘house negro’, says policy on Afghanistan is ‘doomed to failure’.
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  • BIZ LATEST
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      Dow hits 5-year low
      22 1 (2nd edition) US stocks sank to their lowest since 2003, propelled by growing concerns over the economy and US auto-makers.
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      Citi’s write-offs
      17 1 (2nd edition) Troubled bank will wind down seven failed investment funds currently worth US$17.4 billion ($26.6 billion).
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      UK: Lend, lend, lend
      19 1 (2nd edition) British Prime Minister Gordon Brown pledges extra measures to increase lending to firms and homeowners.
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      Car woes hit UK
      22 1 (2nd edition) Auto-makers in Britain take their cue from their American counterparts, asking the government for access to credit schemes.
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    Lock icon A WIN ON HIS 'SECOND COMING'
    20 1 (2nd edition) maradona, famed for his ‘Hand of god’, gets hero’s welcome in Scotland. GETTY IMAGES
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    Softening the blow
    766 1 (2nd edition)  -  Saving jobs with new guidelines on managing excess manpower ECONOMIC SLOWDOWN LIN YANQIN yanqin@mediacorp.com. sg AT ONE manufacturing company which is experiencing a downturn in its business, some employees are already working fewer days a week while others have been sent on training courses on workplace safety
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    Lock icon Obama lands health chief
    189 1 (2nd edition) BLOOMBERG WASHINGTON Former Senator Tom Daschle has accepted President-elect Barack Obama’s offer to become Health and Human Services secretary and lead the effort to revamp the United States healthcare system, a Democratic official familiar with the matter said. Mr Daschle was an adviser to Mr Obama
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  • NEWS
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      Lock icon Hope for diabetics
      649 2  -  Singapore team able to produce insulin in mice; humans next STEM CELL RESEARCH ONG DAI LIN dailin@mediacorp.com. sg EVERY morning when she arrived at work, she would scrutinise the 960 mouse embryonic stem cells in the laboratory. After seven years of labour, Dr Lim Sai Kiang can
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      Lock icon Indian Navy sinks pirate mother ship
      475 3 SOMALIA CRISIS AGENCIES MOGADISHU In the most significant blow yet to pirates terrorising the Gulf of Aden, an Indian warship destroyed a pirate “mother vessel” on Tuesday. News of the Indian Navy’s success came even as shipping groups continued to report a new surge
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      Lock icon PIRATES WANT RANSOM FOR SIRIUS STAR
      245 3 AGENCIES The bandits who seized the Sirius Star on Saturday have demanded a ransom. “Negotiators are on board the ship and on land,” a man identifying himself as Farah Abd Jameh, a member of the group that hijacked the Saudi tanker, said in an
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      Lock icon Israel won’t ease Gaza blockade
      263 4 ( 2nd edition) AP JERUSALEM Israel stood fast yesterday by its decision to clamp shut cargo crossings at the Gaza Strip, brushing off pleas to ease the blockade from United Nations chief Ban Ki Moon. Israel sealed the passages two weeks ago after a five-month-old truce between Israel
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      Lock icon Middleman driven by greed: Judge
      484 6  -  TEO XUANWEI xuanwei@mediacorp.com. sg FOR brokering similar illegal kidney-for-sale deals, he charged one buyer $60,000, and another with much deeper pockets $300,000. This brazen “inflating, without any apparent compunction”, of fees for arranging a kidney transplant for retail magnate Tang Wee Sung illustrated how some
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      $2 for small cars
      519 6  -  Historic low reflects soft car market, uncertain economic climate: Motor traders COE PRICES LEONG WEE KEAT weekeat@mediacorp.com.sg WITH barely three minutes left to the close of yesterday’s bidding, Certificate of Entitlement (COE) prices for small cars was $1. As bidding closed at 4pm, premiums inched up
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      Do they know about sex?
      731 8  -  Findings show women are ignorant about contraception, risks of getting pregnant SEXUAL RESPONSIBILITY SURVEY ALICIA WONG alicia@mediacorp.com.sg A 20-YEAR-OLD patient stepped into Dr Janet Lee’s clinic complaining that she had not had her period for six months. Upon examination, the doctor discovered that her patient
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    • SINGAPORE ROUNDUP
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        WORK-LIFE HARMONY: 'A KEY STRATEGY'
        129 8 Work-life harmony may not be foremost in the minds of employers as the economic uncertainty grows, but Senior Minister of State (Finance and Transport) Lim Hwee Hua urged companies to see it as a key strategy to retain talented employees. This would be especially pertinent
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        S’PORE APPOINTS ASEAN REPRESENTATIVE.
        119 8 Following the ratification of the Asean Charter by all 10 countries in the region, the Singapore Government has appointed its first permanent representative to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean). Mr Lim Thuan Kuan has been with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs since 1984 and
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        DO YOU KNOW THIS MAN?
        48 8 Police are appealing for the next-of-kin of 86-year-old Mr Yap Ling Ngoto come forward. MrYap passed away at Alexandra Hospital on Nov 13, at about 8.45am. The next-of-kin or anyone with information on the deceased can call the Police at 1800 255 0000.
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        TEEN CHARGED FOR ROBBING 9-YEAR-OLD
        57 8 A teenager has been charged in court for robbing a nine-year-old girl. Police arrested the 19-year-old for allegedly taking the victim’s pouch containing her handphone and ez-link card. He was said to have also slapped and punched her. Police said the incident happened at about
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        SIEMENS, WDA OFFER MECHATRONICS TRAINING
        87 8 Siemens has joined hands with the Workforce Development Agency to roll out a first-of-its-kind skills certification programme in Mechatronic systems. It will equip workers with the latest in operations, maintenance and design of integrated mechatronics designed and offered by Siemens Professional Education Berlin, the industrial
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      Lock icon A $10m leg up for 3D film industry
      322 10 938LIVE, CHANNEL NEWSASIA THE Government is setting up a fund of at least $10 million to support the growth of the 3D media industry. Dr Lee Boon Yang, the Minister for Information, Communications and the Arts, said the fund will support content
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      S’poreans can talk business in China
      438 10 mm Lee’s speeCh THEY may not be as fluent in Chinese as their counterparts in China. Still, for many ChineseSingaporeans, their mastery of Chinese as a second-language level will put them in good stead when doing business in the mainland. “Our bilingual education policy
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      Lock icon As buildings go up, so does the noise
      366 12 Despite tighter rules and fines, more Singaporeans are complaining about din from work sites CONSTRUCTION SITE NOISE CHANNEL NEWSASIA, 938LIVE THERE has been a steady increase in the number of complaints on noise from construction sites. In the first 10 months of
      CHANNEL NEWSASIA,; 938LIVE; BLOOMBERG  -  366 words
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      Lock icon A ‘bloo-print’ for public toilets
      378 12 CHANNEL NEWSASIA, 938LIVE A “bloo-print” that hopes to take Singapore’s toilet cleanliness and hygiene standards up a few notches: That’s the mission of the restroom Association of Singapore (Ras) as it launched the “Let’s Observe Ourselves” or LOO campaign. Only between 20 and 30 per
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      Going Full Throttle at the MocCarnival
      343 14 CARS, motorbikes, go-karts and the FHM girls. Yes, MediaCorp promises the complete package with the launch of its first multifaceted motoring event the Mocca Full Throttle MocCarnival this Sunday. Barely seven weeks after Singapore hosted the world’s first Formula One night race, the public
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      Lock icon LATERAL THINKER INKERS NEEDED
      904 14  -  There remains a lot of room for improvement in our education system as we strive to be an R&D hub news CommenT COMMENT AEKAPOL CHONG VI LAI VAN The writer is a fellow at the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies. His recent research includes the economics
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      Alleged bank robber also faces drug charge
      227 15  -  He is accused of consuming morphine before the attempted robbery at UOb’s city Plaza branch last week. TEO XUANWEI A MAN who allegedly tried to rob a bank last week by posing as a woman, was yesterday slapped with a fresh charge in
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    • Article
      7 arrested for using counterfeit credit cards
      252 15 ICA received information about a group of Sri Lankans suspected of entering Singapore for a shopping spree using fake credit cards. SEVEN Sri Lankans suspected of buying about $20,000 worth of goods using fake credit cards were arrested after a joint operation by
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      6 3 >> sea Piracy may RISE IN BADTIMES18
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      88 4 SINGAPOREANS CAN TALK BUSINESS IN CHINA. 10 u (Sun) 23 Nov pm Suntec City Tropics Atrium! (outside Mango) TPOSB POSB Biz. Reg. No. *****148A S' Happiness is rj n n 0 a nnn >*-Kuala Lumpur >*- Kuching* Kota Kinabalu from 33 from 45 VISIT JETSTAR.COM OR CALL 6622 0288 Jetstar*'
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      88 4 ( 2nd edition) SINGAPOREANS CAN TALK BUSINESS IN CHINA. 10 u (Sun) 23 Nov pm Suntec City Tropics Atrium! (outside Mango) TPOSB POSB Biz. Reg. No. *****148A S' Happiness is rj n n 0 a nnn >*-Kuala Lumpur >*- Kuching* Kota Kinabalu from 33 from 45 VISIT JETSTAR.COM OR CALL 6622 0288 Jetstar*'
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      176 10 a ‘bLoo-prINT’ For PUBLICTOILETS. 12 Enjoy exciting games and contests at the POSB Family Fair! 23 Nov (Sun), 1-6 pm Suntec City Tropics Atrium! (outside Mango) $POSB POSB Biz. Reg. No. *****148A Nov B "My cooking tastes excellent with frozen meat." Mary Chan, 59 Pasir Ris M m a Nt
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon On the offensive
      367 16 Former Prime Minister set to announce return from political wilderness THAI POLITICS DPA BANGKOK Former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra has decided to go on the political offensive and announce his return to Thai politics next month during another mobile television talk show before his supporters at the
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    • EYE ON ASIA
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        Lock icon POLICE PROBE SUSPECTED ‘TERROR’ STABBINGS
        116 16 Japan records.aFP Japanese police were investigating suspected “terror” attacks on former top pension bureaucrats yesterday after three people were stabbed on their doorsteps. Police were on high alert guarding top bureaucrats after a 61-year old former Deputy Welfare Minister and his wife were found dead
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        Lock icon IT'S HOSPITAL TO JAIL FOR EX-PRESIDENT CHEN
        118 16 Taiwan AFP Taiwan’s former President Chen Shuibian was released from hospital and sent back to a detention centre yesterday, as he entered the second week of a hunger strike to protest his arrest on graft allegations. Mr Chen left the hospital by ambulance
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      Lock icon Sea piracy may rise in bad times
      414 18  -  But maritime experts agree that the situation in Southeast Asia is under control MARITIME SECURITY JESSINTATAN jessinta@mediacorp.com.sg PIRACY off the coast of South-east Asian nations may get worse as bandits along the busy sea routes become desperate in increasingly hard economic times, suggests
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      Greater military transparency for China?
      267 18  -  JESSINTATAN jessinta@mediacorp. com.sg SEVERAL Western maritime experts have urged China to show greater transparency in its military capabilities and intentions. “The Chinese government needs to publish a lot more of what its military has to prevent people from imagining things,” Dr Norman Friedman, a strategist
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      Lock icon MARCHING TOWARDS CLOSER TIES
      111 20 China’s President hu Jintao (right) is on a landmark two-day visit to Cuba, where he called on President Raul Castro (left) and former President Fidel Castro. The Cuban leader sang in Chinese snippets of a song praising the late Communist Party leader Mao Zedong when Mr
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    • GLOBAL ROUNDUP
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        Lock icon COLLEGE STUDENTS' BONFIRE STARTED SANTA BARBARA BLAZE
        122 20 AP. A bonfire built by 10 college students caused a weekend wildfire in Santa Barbara that destroyed nearly 2,000 acres, 210 homes, including multimil-lion-dollar mansions, and injured more than two dozen people, the authorities said on Tuesday. The college group left the smouldering
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        Lock icon PROTESTS IN NEPAL OVER ALLEGED MAOIST MURDERS
        92 20 AFP Protesters in Kathmandu burned tyres and smashed car windows yesterday to protest the deaths of two young men who were allegedly abducted by the youth wing of Nepal’s ruling Maoists. Nepal’s former rebel Maoists now run the country after winning elections in
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        Lock icon PANAMA-COSTA RICA BORDER HIT BY QUAKE
        117 20 AFP. A major 6.2-magnitude earthquake shook western Panama early yesterday near the border with Costa Rica, the US Geological Survey reported. The epicentre of the quake was about 57 km west-southwest of David, the third largest city in Panama with an estimated population of
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      Lock icon Is he America’s first black Chief Justice?
      520 22 The Attorney-General pick is an anti-corruption crusader obama’s ChoICe AGENCIES WASHINGTON Mr Eric Holder, who is reported to be President-elect Barack Obama’s pick for United States AttorneyGeneral, is a veteran lawyer with a reputation for fighting corruption. The 57-year-old father of three (picture),
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      Lock icon Peter Orszag to be budget director
      212 22 AP WASHINGTON United States Presidentelect Barack Obama appears to have settled on Congressional Budget Office (CBO) chief Peter Orszag to be his Director of Office of Management and Budget, Capitol Hill Democrats said yesterday. It is among the toughest jobs in Washington, but Democratic
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    • Article
      Lock icon MADAM SECRETARY?
      668 22  -  Hillary Clinton is smart, tough and cunning. But is she the best choice? NEWS ANALYSIS THOMAS L FRIEDMAN THE NEWYORKTIMES SO PRESIDENT-ELECT Barack Obama is considering Hillary Clinton as Secretary of State. How should we feel about that? Mrs Clinton is a serious person. She is smart, tough,
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      Lock icon America’s first black Attorney-General?
      520 22 (2nd edition) Just like Obama, holder has a history of breaking barriers Obama’s ChOICe AGENCIES WASHINGTON Mr Eric Holder, who is reported to be President-elect Barack Obama’s pick for United States AttorneyGeneral, is a veteran lawyer with a reputation for fighting corruption. The 57-year-old father of three (picture),
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      Lock icon Peter Orszag to be budget director
      212 22 (2nd edition) AP WASHINGTON United States Presidentelect Barack Obama appears to have settled on Congressional Budget Office (CBO) chief Peter Orszag to be his Director of Office of Management and Budget, Capitol Hill Democrats said yesterday. It is among the toughest jobs in Washington, but Democratic
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      Lock icon MADAM SECRETARY?
      667 22 (2nd edition)  -  Hillary Clinton is smart, tough and cunning. But is she the best choice? NEWS ANALYSIS THOMAS L FRIEDMAN THE NEWYORKTIMES SO PRESIDENT-ELECT Barack Obama is considering Hillary Clinton as Secretary of State. How should we feel about that? Mrs Clinton is a serious person. She is smart, tough,
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      Lock icon Al Qaeda No 2 scorns Obama
      503 22 (3rd edition) Zawahiri uses racial slur, warns US President-elect on his stance on Afghanistan AFTERNOON LATEST AFP DUBAI Al Qaeda no 2 Ayman Zawahiri condemned United States President-elect Barack Obama as a “house negro” and warned him against sending more troops to Afghanistan, in a message
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      Lock icon US CONDEMNS INSULT
      99 22 (3rd edition) AFP The United States yesterday condemned Al Qaeda No 2 Ayman Zawahiri for calling US President-elect Barack Obama a “house negro”, saying it exposes his terrorist group’s anti-democratic values. “It’s just, you know, more despicable comments from a terrorist,” State Department spokesman Sean McCormack told reporters when
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      Lock icon MADAM SECRETARY?
      667 22 (3rd edition)  -  Hillary Clinton is smart, tough and cunning. But is she the best choice? NEWS ANALYSIS THOMAS L FRIEDMAN THE NEWYORKTIMES SO PRESIDENT-ELECT Barack Obama is considering Hillary Clinton as Secretary of State. How should we feel about that? Mrs Clinton is a serious person. She is smart, tough,
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      Lock icon Clients the targets
      468 25 British government wants men to pay for paying for sex CRACKDOWN ON PROSTITUTION AP, THE GUARDIAN LONDON The British government wants to make it illegal to pay for sex and is considering a plan to name and shame men who visit prostitutes a move critics say would
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    • GLOBAL ROUNDUP
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        Lock icon FRENCH EX-PM ORDERED TO APPEAR BEFORE COURT OVER SMEAR CAMPAIGN
        117 25 AFP Former French Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin is to appear in court in connection with an alleged smear campaign that targeted President Nicolas Sarkozy. The order drawn up by judges required MrVillepin to explain his alleged “complicity” in slander.
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        Lock icon US ESCAPED CONVICT ASKS TO BE LET BACK INTO JAIL
        120 25 AP American Chad Toy’s escape from a western Kentucky jail wasn’t what shocked his jailers, it was his plea to be let back in. “When I rang the bell at the jail and told them who I was, they were
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        Lock icon SKINNY MODELS A 'TURN OFF' IN ADVERTISING: RESEARCH
        121 25 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH Skinny models are actually a turn off for consumers in TV commercials and other advertising, new research in Australia has shown. In a study by psychologist Phillippa Diedrichs at the University of Queensland, a series of ads for underwear,
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      283 44  -  Dreamworks CEO says all films will be made in 3D 3DX FESTIVAL GENEVIEVE LOH genevieveloh@mediacorp.com. sg HOLLYWOOD has indeed come to town, with Tinseltown’s biggest brass gracing the cinema halls of Golden Village VivoCity, all in the name of 3D. The five-day 3DX: 3D
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      359 60  -  Mok and Chan alleged to have broken team rules at Asian Beach Games TODAY EXCLUSIVE TANYO-HINN yohinn@mediacorp.com.sg Today understands that the two triathletes who represented Singapore in the men’s and women’s events at the 1st Asian Beach Games in Bali last month are under probe over an
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      485 60  -  TANYO-HINN NATIONAL bowling star Jasmine YeongNathan will receive $10,000 from the Singapore Bowling Federation (SBF) for becoming the first Singaporean to win the prestigious QubicaAMF Bowling World Cup title last week. The cash award will come from the SBF’s bowlers fund,
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      258 60 BLOOMBERG ANNIKA Sorenstam (picture), the top earner in women’s golf history, is sticking with her decision to quit even as her diminishing stock portfolio keeps her awake at night. The 38-year-old Sorenstam, the only female golfer to make US$22 million ($33.5 million) in prize money, said
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      697 61  -  S-League generally in good health, now to woo the fans SPORTS MATTERS LEONARDTHOMAS sports editor leonard@mediacorp.com.sg SO MANY like to criticise it. They describe the standard of the game as poor, they complain where are the stars. For many others, pictures of the rivalry and passion of the
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      271 61 AFP KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia yesterday ruled out meeting “unreasonable demands” made by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) in return for keeping their headquarters in the country. Malaysia, who have been home to the football governing body since 1965, previously said they would not bid
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      683 62  -  saffC out to clinch s’pore Cup for Bok after he missed out on the individual accolade SINGAPORE FOOTBALL MILTON TAN sports@newstoday.com. sg IT WAS the biggest surprise of the 13th NTUC Income-Yeo’s S-League Awards. Many were surprised when SAFFC boss Richard Bok missed out on
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      256 62 MILTON TAN RHB Singapore Cup 2008, third-fourth place match Young Lions vTampines Rovers Jalan Besar Stadium, 7.45pm YOUNG Lions head coach V Sundramoorthy faces a selection headache going into tonight’s RHB Singapore Cup third-fourth place match against Tampines Rovers at the Jalan Besar
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      495 63 Row with clubs after Walcott injury INTERNATIONAL FOOTBALL THE GUARDIAN BERLIN England coach Fabio Capello insisted on Tuesday he has no problem with Premier League managers looking after their players. The Italian had decided to make injured players report for duty if there was any doubt
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      317 63 (2nd edition) AFTERNOON LATEST AFP INTERNATIONAL FRIENDLY Germany 1 England 2 BERLIN A header from England captain John Terry (picture) six minutes from time sealed a 2-1 win over Euro 2008 runners-up Germany in a friendly in the Olympic Stadium yesterday (this morning, Singapore time). A first-half
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      255 63 (2nd edition) AFP INTERNATIONAL FRIENDLY Greece 1 Italy 1 PIRAEUS (Greece) Italy coach Marcello Lippi broke Vittorio Pozzo’s record of 30 consecutive matches without defeat yesterday (this morning, Singapore time), as the Italians came away from Karaiskaki Stadium with a hard fought 1-1 draw
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      357 64 premiership clubs’ over-reliance on foreign talent cited INTERNATIONAL FOOTBALL THE GUARDIAN BERLIN Oliver Bierhoff offered a warning to England on Tuesday (yesterday morning, Singapore time) that the future success of the national team will hinge on Premier League clubs stemming the flow of foreign
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      302 64 (2nd edition) A win on his second coming’ AFTERNOON LATEST AFP INTERNATIONAL FRIENDLY Scotland 0 Argentina 1 GLASGOW Diego Maradona’s first match as coach of Argentina ended with a 1 -0 win over Scotland at Hampden Park here yesterday (this morning, Singapore time). Maradona, who as one of football’s greatest players inspired
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        65 b1 NOL 99 cents Sell Citigroup cuts NOL target price to 90 cents from $1.10 but keeps call following news of container shipper’s cost-cut-ting plan. It notes rapidly deteriorating industry outlook and lack of earnings visibility given economic volatility. Says outlook for profitability next year is grim. “The global slowdown, credit
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        61 b1 TRUMP DRAGON DISTILLERS 27 cents Buy UOB KayHian starts Henan liquor producer with target of 36 cents. Expects sales of its brand Siwu to remain robust. “Both insatiable consumption of Chinese liquors and a huge population will drive the sales growth of Trump Dragon’s liquor products.” Average sales growth of
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      502 b1  -  LOH CHEE KONG cheekong@mediacorp.com.sg AS THE slump in demand for state land continues, the Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) opened applications yesterday for two sites on the reserve list. Prior to yesterday, only one out of the 20 sites on this year’s reserve list on
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        84 b1 (2nd edition) US stocks sank and benchmark indexes slid to their lowest levels overnight since 2003 on growing concern over the financial system and survival of the nation’s car industry. Fourteen companies in the Standard Poor’s 500 Index fell 20 per cent or more as US government
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        71 b1 (2nd edition) Oil prices dropped overnight as weak energy demand and the global credit crunch pressured the market. In New York, light sweet crude for delivery next month slipped US 77 cents to close at US$53.62 a barrel. The bearish sentiment was backed by the latest
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        91 b1 (2nd edition) European stock markets closed sharply lower with losses of 4 per cent and more after worse-than-expected US inflation and housing data hit already weak sentiment. The mood was reflected by European Central Bank President Jean-Claude Trichet, who said in an interview that the world is experiencing
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      481 b1 (2nd edition) Policy-makers last month predicted contraction through mid-2009, were prepared for record rate cut AFTERNOON LATEST BLOOMBERG WASHINGTON Federal Reserve policy-makers last month predicted the United States economy will contract through the middle of next year, with some prepared to lower interest rates
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      171 b1 (2nd edition) BLOOMBERG WASHINGTON Chrysler CEO Robert Nardelli told Congress his firm studied a prearranged bankruptcy before dismissing the idea as unworkable and approaching the United States government for money to survive. In recounting the deliberations, he spotlighted the industry’s objections to a so-called prepackaged bankruptcy as championed
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      93 b1 (2nd edition) AP WICHITA (Kansas) Airplane maker Boeing says it plans to cut about 800 positions at a facility in Wichita next year. The Chicago-based company says the reductions are a result of some programme ending and a delay in a United States Air Force tanker replacement program.
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        98 b3 Keppel Offshore Marine, a subsidiary of Keppel Corporation, said it has won $340 million worth of contracts. The deals were for the conversion of a floating storage and offloading vessel, the construction of an internal turret, the refurbishment and outfitting of a semi-submersible multi-serv-ice
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        157 b3 The Singapore Exchange (SGX) yesterday said it would cut fees for trading representatives and launch a new training programme to encourage growth and development of the community. SGX said that application and registration fees will be cut from $4,050 to $300 from Dec 1. The
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        146 b3  -  KELVIN CHOW Companies based in Singapore place high value on attractive tax policies when deciding where to locate their operations, a recent survey by KPMG showed. Among the 20 Singapore-based firms polled as part of a larger global study, tax
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        145 b3 UBS Wealth Management said yesterday it has hired three senior executives to beef up its team in Singapore. Ms Irene Tan (picture) joins as a managing director, while Mr Jonathan Ng and MrOng Lay Khiam join as executive directors. It
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      177 b3 (2nd edition) THE DAILY TELEGRAPH LONDON The Bank of England has issued a warning to Prime Minister Gordon Brown that it may reconsider further interest rate cuts if he cuts taxes too far on Monday. In the minutes to its meeting this month, at which it cut
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      327 b7 BLOOMBERG HONG KONG McDonald’s, the world’s largest restaurant company, will increase investment in Asia next year to boost customer numbers as the recession forces people to cut living expenses. “People are trading down and we’re capitalising on that,” Mr Tim Fenton, McDonald’s president
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      259 b9 AGENCIES HONG KONG The Chinese and Macau governments were partly to blame for Las Vegas Sands’ decision to stop work on a huge casino project, the United States gaming giant’s president said. Sands announced last week it will suspend building a 6,400-room
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