Today, 17 April 2009, Afternoon Edition

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    20 1 TODAY Friday April 17, 2009' www.todayonline.com' we set you thinking TODAY Friday April 17, 2009 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking
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      in the news
      96 1 O C 2 The captured Somali -J \J pirate who held a merchant ship captain hostage will be brought to New York to face trial, a US official said yesterday. tZA Hamburg eliminated ■J^T Manchester City to reach the Uefa Cup semi-finals yesterday, surviving a 2-1 loss
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      She did it not once, but twice
      776 1  -  LOHCHEEKONG DBS ON AWARE CHIEF cheekong@mediacorp.com.sg AS OBSERVERS reacted with surprise to DBS Bank's declaration that it did not support employee Josie Lav's appointment as president of a local women's advocacy group, the bank yesterday further revealed that it was "reviewing the matter
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      208 1 *****888] J Mediacorp Advertising Enquiries I A PUBLICATION OF MICA (P) 233/10/2008 NEWS HOTLINE 6822 2268 ADVERTISE 6333 9888 Fair Price Great savings and OfferS inside! J I _V%I I 111 I Jw\ 1 i|l II I I lI VI Why look for fun elsewhere when the all-new BKTorjsyTurvy is
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      98 1 j**"^ The three awards which Today won for r Young Journalist, Journalist and News Story «M9<^ of the Year— reflect the emphasis Today places MUm^ on attracting young talent and giving them 1 I B f\Jf the opportunity to shine; nurturing established LMk m I 1 talent to produce their
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  • NEWS
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      WHAT'S GOOD FOR THE GOOSE ...
      635 2  - WHAT'S GOOD FOR THE GOOSE CONRAD RAJ Isn't for the gander? DBS has other multi-taskers too, besides Aware's president editor-at-large conrad@mediacorp.com.sg ONE might wonder if there is more than meets the eye, in DBS Bank's disapproval of Ms Josie Lav Meng Lee's appointment as president of Aware. The bank said
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      Lock icon Exco opens up, but old guard still want EGM
      379 2  -  ZULOTHMAN zul@mediacorp.com.sg A STATEMENT on Wednesday outlining the new-guard leadership's plans, followed yesterday by detailed CVs of the 11 members mostly unknown faces may have gone a tiny way towards mending the rift with older members of the Association of Women
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      Faster and cheaper
      555 3  -  LEONGWEEKEAT CIRCLE LINE Fares same as for North-East Line, when five stations open on May 28 weekeat@mediacorp.com. sg WHEN the first five stations of the Circle Line swing into operation two days early on May 28, you would shave as much as two-fifths off the time it
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      Lock icon Raffles Hotel to have new owners again?
      318 3  -  TEOXUANWEI xuanwei@mediacorp.com.sg A BRITISH newspaper report has sparked off talk that Singapore's Raffles Hotel could change owners yet again, for the second time in four years. Citing unnamed hotel industry sources, the Times of London reported yesterday that Fairmont Raffles Hotels International (FRHI)
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      Lock icon A hat-trick for Today journalists
      1130 4  -  ALICIA WONG MEDIACORP NEWS AWARDS Reporters Ansley Ng Shamir Osman and lan De Cotta impress international panel alida@mediacorp.com.sg IT WAS an event to salute their own achievements but yesterday, Today senior reporter Ansley Ng acknowledged the "brave men and women" who help journalists do a
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      Lock icon Beacons of hope
      208 6 TEOXUANWEI WHEN the red button is hit, an SMS alert is sent to all community leaders in the area who will then rush to the scene to ascertain if anyone needs help. As part of its efforts to get the community involved in fighting crime, the police
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      Loan sharks beware
      374 6  -  TEOXUANWEI ILLEGAL MONEYLENDING Police to use mobile CCTVs to curb syndicates 7 harassment xuanwei@mediacorp.com.sg SOON, police will have eyes round-the-clock at "hotspots" for this "public menace": Illegal moneylenders who splash, paint or scrawl osPs (owe money, pay money) on walls. Against the backdrop of a doubling in
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      Lights on for Lumiere
      309 8 DBSS PROJECT Flats priced at $378,000 to $575,000 at second launch of the week JUST days after the well-attended launch of The Peak@Toa Payoh by developer Hoi Hup, another housing project Pare Lumiere in Simei will be launched on Saturday. Both projects come under the Design,
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      Lock icon First underground oil facility
      215 8 CHANNEL NEWSASIA WORK on Singapore's first underground oil storage facility (picture) is finally underway after an eight-month delay. Jurong Town Corporation (JTC) has appointed Hyundai Engineering, which has similar construction experience in Taiwan and Korea, to build the first phase of tunnels and caves under Jurong
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      Three more in the dock for hiring 'phantom workers'
      273 10  -  ONG DAI LIN dailin@mediacorp.com.sg FROM serving coffee, they now face the prospect of serving jail time for employing "phantom" workers. Three coffeeshop operators were charged yesterday with falsely declaring the number of local workers on their payrolls so as to inflate
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      Lock icon Hired despite MOM rejection
      371 10  -  ONG DAI LIN MING Yl TRIAL dailin@mediacorp.com.sg FOR days, the Subordinate Courts heard how Ren Ci Hospital founder Shi Ming Yi's former personal aide worked without a permit for more than three years. Now, it has been revealed that Ming Vi hired Australian citizen Raymond Yeung
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      Lock icon When mum takes flight
      394 12  -  LOHCHEEKONG PART-TIME CABIN CREW JetstarAsia recruits ex-inflight attendants as airline expands cheekong@mediacorp.com.sg LOW-COST carrier Jetstar Asia thinks it has found the solution that would not only help it manage costs under the current challenging circumstances, but also make a "contribution to society" in the words of
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    • SINGAPORE ROUNDUP
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        MORE FUNDS FOR NEEDY STUDENTS AT NUS AND NTU
        93 12 Academically strong but financially needy students from the Nanyang Technological University (NTU) and National University ofSingapore(NUS)can look forward to another source of assistance following a combined gift of $3.5 million from the estate of the late Mr Foo Hee Lim. The
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        TUCKING IN FORACAUSE
        140 12 The 1,400 guests attending this year's May Day Dinner on April 29 will leave with a full stomach and the knowledge that all proceeds from the function will be channelled to the national labour movement's U Care fund a first according to the National Trades Union Congress.
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      Lock icon Before we collaborate ...
      192 14  - Before we collaborate HASNITA A MAJID in VIETNAM CHANNEL NEWSASIA hasnita@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE will assess a country's ability to absorb the transfer of ideas and knowledge before deciding whether to collaborate on joint projects. And if a country is not serious about knowledge transfer, the Republic will be reluctant to work
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      48 14 WEETECKHIAN The engine compartment of a Mercedes taxi was destroyed after it caught fire as it was moving along Upper Thomson Road yesterday Firefighters from the Singapore Civil Defence Force managed to put out the fire in 5 minutes, after arriving at the scene at about 4.13pm.
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      United we can
      331 14 FIGHTING CRIME S #pore M #sia Brunei should tackle online threat together, saysShanmugam SINGAPORE'S capabilities to deal with the legal challenges posed by new media platforms will need the help of its neighbours and vice-versa. Just as legal frontiers expand when countries become more inter-connected, Singapore, Malaysia
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon I'm a Nicaraguan now ...
      386 16 I'm a Nicaraguan now AGENCIES EX-PM THAKSIN BANGKOK Thailand's fugitive former leader Thaksin Shinawatra now has a Nicaraguan passport, complicating efforts to extradite him, as the Thai authorities pressed ahead yesterday with a search for his supporters accused of leading violent riots in Bangkok. The Nicaraguan government announced on Wednesday
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      Lock icon Police look into £Red Shirt' deaths
      198 16 AFP BANGKOK The Thai police said yesterday that they are investigating reports that two men whose bodies were found gagged and bound in Bangkok's main river were antigovernment protesters. Violent street protests raged in Bangkok on Monday, leaving two dead and 123 injured, but
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      Lock icon Msia opposition member quits
      346 19 AGENCIES GRAFT ALLEGATIONS Paves way for another by-election KUALA LUMPUR A senior member of opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim's party resigned from his state seat yesterday following an investigation into alleged corruption, paving the way for another by-election. Mr Mohamad Fairus Khairuddin, Deputy Chief Minister in Malaysia's
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      Lock icon Back at work after scandal
      145 19 THE MALAYSIAN INSIDER MALAYSIAN politician Elizabeth Wong returned to work yesterday, two months after she disappeared from the limelight when semi-nude photos of her surfaced. Sporting a new short haircut, black suit and blackrimmed spectacles, the 37--year-old reported to work at the Selangor state secretariat,
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      Lock icon Federal Court rules against Perak Speaker
      180 19 THE MALAYSIAN INSIDER PUTRAJAYA The Federal Court ruled yesterday that Perak Speaker V Sivakumar did not have the power to suspend Chief Minister Zambry Abd Kadir and six Barisan Nasional (BN) executive council members from attending the state assembly. The ruling clears the way
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      Lock icon 'MIC will remain'
      260 21 AP MALAYSIAN POLITICS Party will not pull ministers out of Najib's Cabinet KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia's only ethnic Indian Cabinet Minister will not pull out of the new government, an official said yesterday, ending fears of a showdown with Malay majority leaders over complaints of marginalisation. The Malaysian
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      Lock icon Don't twist facts, govt warns bloggers
      273 21 If someone says A is corrupt, he has to prove the corruption If he can't, he has to answer to the authorities. So one should be careful when discussing the personal matters of others, as this ministry is playing a role in safeguarding stability.
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      Lock icon Terengganu Umno backs Chief Minister
      181 21 THE MALAYSIAN INSIDER KUALA TERENGGANU United Malays National Organisation's (Umno) wings and divisions in Terengganu are giving their full backing to the state's Chief Minister Ahmad Said, amid speculation that several Barisan Nasional (BN) assemblymen were planning a no-confidence vote against him. The New Straits
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      Lock icon Voters brave militants
      492 22 AFP INDIAN ELECTIONS Maoist rebels launch attacks in eastern states RANCHI (India) For many Indians, voting yesterday was a gesture of defiance against Islamic militants, tribal guerrillas and Maoist rebels intent on disrupting the world's largest democratic exercise, where some 714 million people are eligible to cast
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      Lock icon New lawyer for Mumbai 'attacker'
      205 22 .AFP MUMBAI —An Indian court yesterday appointed a new lawyer to represent the only militant suspect captured during last year's attacks on Mumbai. Mr Abbas Kazmi was tasked with the defence of Pakistani Mohammed Ajmal Kasab, a day after the high-profile trial started in disarray
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      Lock icon THREE RISKY PROCEDURES
      674 24 THE DAILYTELEGRAPH NEWS COMMENT Drastic measures are needed to get rid of Pakistan's vcancer before it starts plaguing the world MICHAEL NAZIR-ALI THE President of Pakistan has warned that a "cancer" is eating away at his country, one which requires radical surgery. In fact, the patient needs
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      Lock icon OBAMAS MADE $4M LASTYEAR
      114 26 AGENCIES Tax returns released by the White House show that United States President Barack Obama and his wife Michelle made US$2.7 million ($4 million) last year. While that is far more than the US median household income of about $50,000, it is also far less than
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      Lock icon South of the border, Obama talks drugs
      422 26 AFP US-MEXICO TIES Übama makes tirst visit to Latin America, as officials crack down on border trade WASHINGTON United States President Barack Obama travelled to Mexico City yesterday, as his administration stepped up efforts to tackle Mexico's vicious drug war which has threatened
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      Lock icon Aceh almost rebuilt, reconstruction agency leaves
      174 28 AFP BANDA ACEH Indonesia's tsunami reconstruction agency wound up work in devastated Aceh province yesterday, more than four years after deadly waves killed 168,000 people. The headquarters of the Aceh-Nias reconstruction agency (BRR) was officially closed in a low-key ceremony, ending its responsibility for
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      Lock icon China to build new ships, planes
      314 28 AP WEAPONS OF WAR BEIJING China's navy will move faster to build large combat warships, next-generation aircraft and sophisticated torpedoes in a modernising overhaul for fighting in an era of information technology, its commander in chief said. Sophisticated weapons are key to winning a
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      Lock icon UN inspectors leave N Korea
      122 28 AP SEOUL United Nations nuclear experts left North Korea yesterday amid an escalating standoff over the regime's recent rocket launch. Inspectors from the International Atomic Energy Agency left the main site in Yongbyon north of Pyongyang after removing seals and surveillance cameras, a diplomat close
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      Lock icon Tree growing in man's lung nipped in the bud
      141 30 RUSSIAN surgeons found a 5-cm fir tree growing inside a man's lung as they operated on him for suspected cancer. The amazing discovery was made when they opened up 28-year-old Artyom Sidorkin (picture) to remove what they thought was a serious
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      Lock icon Snakes on a plane ... starring baby pythons
      143 30 Snakes on a plane starring baby pythons MELBOURNE Four baby pythons escaped from a container aboard a passenger plane in Australia, leading to a search that forced the cancellation of two flights. Twelve non-venomous Stimson pythons were being transported on Tuesday from Alice Springs to Melbourne. They were placed in
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      Lock icon US agency rapped for spying on Americans
      275 30 AGENCIES NATIONAL SECURITY WASHINGTON The United States Justice Department has reined in electronic surveillance by the National Security Agency (NSA) after finding out that the agency had improperly accessed American phone calls and emails. The problems were discovered during a review of the
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      Lock icon Suspect 'faces trial in US'
      386 36 AGENCIES PIRACY FIGHT Youth faces maximum sentence of life in prison WASHINGTON The captured Somali pirate who held a merchant ship captain hostage will be brought to New York to face trial, a United States official said yesterday. The suspect, identified as Abduhl Wal-i-Musi, was
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      Lock icon Suicide jump from plane over Arctic
      150 36 AP CAMBRIDGE BAY (Nunavut) A passenger on board a charter flight in northern Canada forced open the aircraft's door and leapt to his death, police said yesterday. A police officer said the incident took place while the aircraft was at 7,000 m on Wednesday
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      Lock icon PIRACY: THE NEW WARFARE
      713 37  -  ROBERT FOX GUARDIAN CAPTAIN Richard Phillips and the crew members of the Maersk Alabama are on their way home to a heroes' reception following their liberation from Somali pirates on Easter Sunday. Capt Phillips gave himself up as a hostage to get the crew released. In
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      146 37 DON'T TURN A BLIND EYE TO DENGUE.^^ I Ignore the possible causes of Dengue in your home, and you could put the well-being of your child at risk. You may also need to deal with the I2KCI aaa\\\ MM a\aaWm^w*^Mm disruption to your family's life m W\ and experience many
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      127 38  -  Lucia Macs Letter from 1 HAVING once lived in Singapore, I'm disappointed at how the authorities have reacted to the Geylang Serai food poisoning cases that culminated in a couple of deaths and a miscarriage. Although it was stallholder Sheik Allaudin's poor food preparation practices that led to
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      265 38  -  Raymund Koh Joo Guan COMMUTER SAFETY Letter from I REFER to the report about the serious accident between a tour bus and an SBS Transit double-decker bus along Selegie Road on Tuesday at around 10am ("Bus-ted",Aprills). The entire front left portion of the
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      204 38  -  Roland Mah Kah Eng Letter from I REFER to "Sailors to carry weapons?" (April 14). I am a certified public accountant and the auditor for more than 10 shipping companies and my clients in the industry tell me there is no use arming the crew
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      104 38  -  Huang Wenwu Letter from I WAS reading at a bookstore but was interrupted when a kid cried out: "That is my one!" I shuddered. Where did she pick up such grammar? One wonders if we've made any progress from 20 years ago, when I recall such
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      254 40  -  DR JAMES DOBSON J c Tl BY EACH CHILD IS UNIQUE We talked last time about the flighty, disorganised children who absolutely refuse to do assigned schoolwork. Let me share some thoughts about that underachieving child. First, these children are not intrinsically inferior to their hard-working
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      779 40  -  TABITHAWANG BUDGETTAI-TAI I've learnt my lesson: Home is where the safe food is voices@mediacorp.com.sg HONG Kong starlet Ella Koon was recently nicknamed "hell's chef after the dishes she whipped up in celebrity food show Beautiful Cooking caused the guest judges to throw up. Later,
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      171 38 HAVE YOUR SAY. email voices@mediacorp.com.sg or visit www.todayonline.com/voices A sale as big as our new A3BO. Perth fr J536 Melbourne r J74B Frankfurt JIO9B Brisbane fr i74B Sydney (r i74B London ,JIO9B Sale ends 20 April 2009. J^^ Travel 1 7 April 31 July 2009. g^ Jsl fe^^. Fordetailsortobookvisitqantas.com K^^.
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      804 42  -  PHINWONG MALADJUSTED plus editor phin@mediacorp.com.sg Sure, we're kind. Kind of rude that is. A FEW weeks ago, I caught a performance of Wild Rice's The Importance of Being Earnest. And I must say I was fascinated by the dialogue. Unfortunately, not all of it was written
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      PRESIDENTIAL SUITE
      80 42 Is the Esplanade big enough to hold some of Singapore's finest talents? Sure looks like it. Hosted by Adrian Pang, the inaugural President's Command Performance is a gala event honouring Singapore's finest infields such as singing, literature. fashion, and music. Among those showcasing their talents are Iskandar Ismail,
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      542 44  -  MAYO MARTIN SINGAPORE INTERNATIONAL FILM FEST Oliver Stone on Dubya, the Ultimate putz' mayo@mediacorp.com.sg IT IS now Barack Obama's turn at the White House, but Oliver Stone is not done taking potshots at the United States President's predecessor, George W Bush. To laughter from a rapt audience
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        60 46 The Singapore Chinese Orchestra will hold a concert featuring the best traditional classical musicians from Japan tonight, 7.30pm, at the Esplanade Concert Hall. These include shakuhachi masters Hozan and his son, Shinzan, as well as two pieces from composer Isao Matsushita. Also on board is renowned taiko drum
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        STEPTO DANCE
        88 46 In celebration of International Dance Week 2009, Maya Dance Theatre presents STEP UP!, a dance participation programme, on April 25 from 2.30pm to 8.30pm atApsara Asia's Dance Studio (No 2 Kampong Kapor Road). Features dance classes at $5 per class (or four classes at $15), workshops focusing on
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        FILM FESTIVAL UPDATE
        49 46 Selling out fast at the Singapore International Film Festival: Semi-autobiographical melodrama Fireflies in the Garden starring Julia Roberts, criticallyacclaimed coming-of-age film The Wackness with Ben Kingsely and Famke Janssen and the retrospective of thought-provoking Israeli director Amos Gitai who is known for his complex political work.
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      442 46  -  MAYO MARTIN MEMBERS ONLY Sing Theatre introduces delights of French theatre mayo@mediacorp.com.sg IT ISN'T easy promoting French theatre in a country where everyone's into English plays and American musicals. But for the past three years, that's exactly what Nathalie Ribette (picture) has been doing with her small
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      Everybody loves Rachel
      476 48  -  PHINWONG CONCERT REVIEW: RACHELYAMAGATA Intimate, glorious and sublime easily one of the most charming gigs in years plus editor phin@mediacorp.com.sg It is often said that the funniest comedians are serious and dark in real life. The opposite is true of Rachel Yamagata (picture). The half Japanese, half
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      Roam in Rome
      186 48 IN THE highly anticipated movie, Angels Demons, Tom Hanks (picture) reprises his Da Vinci Code role as academic-cum-adventurer Robert Langdon, who has to race around Rome uncovering clues that could prevent a disaster of cataclysmic proportions. To commemorate the movie, Sony Pictures Releasing International is holding an
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      345 50 LOVE SONGS ÜB4O Admittedly, I didn't know that ÜB4O had any love songs, barring their cover of Sonny and Cher's Got You Babe, but this album has proven me wrong. The reggae band, best known for their' Bos hits like Red Red Wine (left out of
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      603 50  -  CHRISTOPHERTOH CD REVIEWS BY THISISTHEONE UTADA I USED to think of female Japanese popsters as nothing more than pretty faces, often with lithe or curvaceous bodies, and, erm, little else (and yes, I'm talking about their wardrobe choices here). So, I was a little sceptical about
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      682 45 Q GREENER U M m M CHOICE 'IP™ -> H lk^ 9 91 t 4 V mm. m "VlOr© hCiJisK-E. .4* D.I.V. made easier GoingGREEN! VISITTHE r We'd all like to live a little greener. Sometimes, it seems as if protecting HKJ Q Q X I the earth and leading
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      124 48 ÜBUDDHA VIHARA SOCIETYIf Course of Diploma in Buddhism (One Year Course in English) I Lecturer: Yen. Dr. Galle Udita Maha Nayake Thero (The Chief Monk of Spore) T4V l/f/w^m\*M Classes will commence in June: K\sy*^>>M^a??ai/J 0730|>m 0930|>m (weekdays) t^^H Registration is now open! I Application can be obtained from: /5C\
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      1052 52 ONMEDI AC OR P CHANNEL iij 9. N* 9. A. C. 0...? S LEAGUE 2009 6.00 AM Entertainment Tonight 3.00 Ex-WivesClub 11.00 Sing Tel Grid Girls On Tour VASANTHAM GOLD SAFFC VS Super Reds s -3° Prime Time Morning 4.00 KyIeXYII 11.30 Survivor XVIII :Tocantins Uthama Puthiran rh I 9.30
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      Lock icon City have no luck against Hamburg
      513 54 AFTERNOON LATEST Elano hits woodwork twice once in each half UEFACUP Quarter-final, Second Leg Manchester City 2 Hamburg 1 (Hamburg advance to the semi-finals 4-3 on aggregate) MANCHESTER Hamburg eliminated Manchester City to reach the Uefa Cup semifinals yesterday (this morning, Singapore time), surviving
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      Lock icon Arsenal's injury crisis mounts ahead of important clash with Chelsea
      261 54 AFP FA CUP SEMI-FINAL Arsenal v Chelsea LONDON Arsenal suffered another injury blow ahead of tomorrow's FA Cup semifinal against Chelsea after coach Arsene Wenger revealed that teenaged left-back Kieran Gibbs had a groin problem. Gibbs deputised for Gael Clichy
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      Lock icon Paddlers rocked ahead of worlds
      549 55  -  LOW LIN FHOONG SINGAPORE SPORTS Medal hopes hang by a thread as doubles ace Yang Zi is struck with meningitis linfhoong@mediacorp.com.sg THEY were Singapore's big medal hope at next week's World Table Tennis Championships in Yokohama, Japan, but it looks as if the men's doubles
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      Lock icon McLaren's Dennis drives away from F1
      261 55 "AP LONDON McLaren chief executive Ron Dennis (picture) relinquished all Formula 1 roles yesterday amid the fallout from a lying scandal that could lead to the team being banned from the world championship. The 61-year-old Dennis' resignation is part of a restructuring of the
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      Lock icon Wrestlers get ready to rumble here
      280 56 TANYO-HINN TANYO-HINN MORE competitions are in the pipeline to grow the profile of wrestling in Singapore. The sport is one of 26 that will feature at the inaugural Youth Olympic Games, which the Republic will host from Aug 14-26 next year. Just seven months
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      Lock icon The hard work begins
      562 56  -  SHAMIR OSMAN SINGAPORE HOCKEY Sengkang stadium opens as national team gear up for World Juniors "We have a young team with an average age of 17 or 18, but the plan is in place, now the only thing is for us to put in the work,"
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      Lock icon Gombak United stuck in a rut
      227 56 ASDWIGHT GOMBAK United suffered their first defeat of the Great Eastern-Yeo's S-League 2009 season last week when they went down 2-1 to Brunei's DPMM. The Bulls were hoping to get back to winning ways last night and climb to the top of the standings
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      Lock icon All calm at SAFFC
      671 57  -  ASDWIGHT GREAT EASTERN YEO'S S-LEAGUE 2009 SAFFC v Super Reds Jalan Besar Stadium, 7:3opm, live on Ch 5 sports@newstoday.com.sg IT HASN'T been all smooth sailing for SAFFC so far this season in their bid for a fourth straight title. The champions have lost two of their
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      111 56 S.League SAFFC Super Reds Fri, 17/04/09 7.30pm E Cup Arsenal Chelsea Sun, 19/04/09 12.15 am ECup Manchester Utd Everton Sun, 19/04/09 11.00pm E Premier, E League Champ, German, Italian, Spanish, J League and X League matches are also on sale. For more details, please check Singapore Pools website. Qualifying Sat,
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      51 56 SPORTS ON TV TODAY 7.30 am NHL Playoffs, Ch 117 4.30pm Tennis Monte Carlo Masters, Ch 22 TOMORROW iam Golf Verizon Heritage, Ch 26 2.25 am Bundesliga Schalke v Energie Cottbus, Ch 27 7am NHL Playoffs, Ch 117 SPO«TS ON RADIO 6.35am-ii.3spm Sports Zone Minutes Hourly Sports updates live on
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      543 58  -  TREVORTAN HEADSET REVIEW RAZER CARCHARIAS GAMING HEADSET has the cutting edge on audio positioning and sound effects trevor@mediacorp.com.sg after a five-hour gaming session. In fact, the Carcharias feels and looks like those DJ headphones, with its metallic honeycomb mesh on both its earpieces. Of course, the
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      Lock icon RIM, HTC get touchy
      340 58 HEDIRMANSUPIAN CRACKBERRY heads can now get touchy-feely with Research in Motion's (RIM) Storm smartphone (picture), the first touch-screen-based Blackßerry. Its 3.25-inch screen differs from that of other smartphones, thanks to RlM's Sure Press feature that makes the screen "clickable", providing a subtle form of tactile feedback.
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      Lock icon Sony's latest Walkman goes 'wireless'
      168 60 rREVORTAN HATE those wires on your headphones that always seem to get in the way when you're listening to music? Sony's latest Walkman W series, the NWZ-W202, is here to untangle that knotty problem. Shaped like a wireless headphone (picture), the compact, foldable MP3 player
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      758 60 Cheap and good, too! BEATTHE BUDGET WITH the global financial crisis in full bloom, it's no wonder gadget lovers like us want to get the best bang for our buck. However, be careful not to compromise too much on performance and quality or you might actually have to spend more
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      69 58 111 l Available on HTC Dream. l T^Hnill— 7 OBAM China deploys extra troops a on g nbet border extra soldiers along Tibet's international border as part of ramped-up security measures ahead of the 50th anniversary of a I HTC Dream is available only I at Sing Tel retail shops.
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      183 62 I. AGENCIES UNITED States Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner refrained from labelling China a currency manipulator, backtracking from an assertion he had made in January. In its first report on foreignexchange policies since Mr Geithner became Secretary, the Treasury said while the yuan remains
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      341 62 AP US ECONOMY Fed survey of banks sees some sectors stabilising WASHINGTON There are some faint signs the steep plunge in economic activity in the United States that began last year is starting to level off. The Federal Reserve's latest survey of business conditions nationwide found
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      187 64 BLOOMBERG NEW YORK JPMorgan Chase, the second-largest United States bank by assets, reported profit that beat the estimates of analysts as fixed-income trading revenue rose to a record. Bad loan provisions climbed as more consumers defaulted on debt. First-quarter earnings fell 10 per cent to US$2.l4
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      429 64  -  NGBAOYING MONEY MIND baoying@mediacorp.com.sg EVEN as Singapore hotel occupancy rates fall on the back of lower travel demand, some 10,000 new rooms are coming on stream between now and 2012. Is a situation of over-supply developing and how will the hospitality sector cope? Mr Robert
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      273 66  -  KELVIN CHOW kelvinc@mediacorp.com.sg AMID escalating legal disputes over residential tenancy matters, two companies have jointly launched an insurance plan for landlords of private homes and HDB flats. Known as rent protection insurance, the scheme is the first of its land sold in Singapore, Jardine
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      228 66 SEMBCORP MARINE SEMBCORP Marine's group president and chief executive officer, Mr Tan Kwi Kin, 70, will retire at the end of this month after 43 years with the oil rig maker. This is "in line with the group's succession plan and leadership renewal process", the
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        118 66 CHANNEL NEWSASIA Mobile One's first quarter earnings rose about 10 per cent to $41.9 million compared to a year ago, largely in line with analysts' expectations. The telco said the increase was due mainly to a tax adjustment arising from the reduction of the
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        79 66 CHANNEL NEWSASIA Singapore-listed healthcare group, Raffles Medical, has posted a 28-per-cent increase in net profit for the quarter ended March to $7.8 million. The company attributed the performance to growth in its hospital and clinic services. Revenue rose 7.6 per cent
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      279 67 KELVIN CHOW STARHUB AMID heightened public scrutiny of corporate salaries, Star Hub shareholders yesterday grilled the telco's board about directors' fees. It was a topic that caused many to sit up during the annual general meeting attended by about 100 investors. "This is not a common
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      330 67  -  CHEOWXINYI cheowxinyi@mediacorp.com.sg MAINBOARD-LISTED China Sky Chemical Fibre could end up with a new boss due to the credit woes of its current chief executive officer Huang Zhong Xuan. The nylon fibre maker flagged this possibility yesterday, when it revealed that creditors might forcibly
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        86 68 US MARKETS Stocks higher Wall Street hesitated, then rallied yesterday, lifted by better-than-expected profits from JPMorgan Chase and a drop in new US jobless claims that fuelled hopes for an economic rebound. The Dow Jones Industrial Average climbed 94.46 points to 8,124.08, the Nasdaq composite vaulted 43.64 points to
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        77 68 Crude at U5549.98 Oil prices swung higher yesterday, in tandem with a Wall Street rally amid growing hopes for a rebound in the recession-hit US economy. New York's main futures contract, light sweet crude for delivery next month, rose 73 US cents to close at U5549.98 a barrel.
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        50 68 Solid gains European stock markets posted solid gains yesterday. Britain's FTSE 100 jumped 84.58 points to 4,052.98, France's CAC 40 rose 52.44 points to 3,038.18 and Germany's DAK gained 59.67 points to 4,*****. The national benchmark indexes rose in all of the 18 western European markets, except Iceland.
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        135 68 ESTHER FUNG It was a Thursday evening with a difference. At 6pm yesterday, Temasek chief executive officer Ho Ching (front row, in red pants) and her successor Charles 'Chip' Goodyear, started a 5.6 km walk in the Esplanade Drive area that lasted an hour and 15
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        387 68 AP AFTERNOON LATEST WASHINGTON Commercial banks and investment firms borrowed less over the past week from the Federal Reserve's emergency lending programme, a hopeful sign some credit stresses are easing a bit. The Federal Reserve said yesterday that commercial banks averaged US$4B.5 billion
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        136 68  -  ESTHER FUNG esther@mediacorp.com.sg SHIPPING giant Neptune Orient Lines (NOL) expects its full-year loss to be "significantly worse" than financial analysts' current estimates on the expectation that operating conditions will continue to be "adverse". NOL, in a statement to the Singapore Exchange late yesterday,
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        309 68  -  CHEOWXINYI cheowxinyi@mediacorp.com. sg TWO months of strong home sales may have sparked hopes of resilience in certain parts of the property market here, but the sector is still plagued by problems, said a CIMB-GK Securities report yesterday. A supply overhang due to default threats from
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