Today, 20 April 2009

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    10 1 TODAY Monday April 20, 2009 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking
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    in the news
    226 1 Q At 68 he was scuba diving O and powerboating ...then he was hit by a car driven by Shin Min executive editor Lim Hong Eng. Mr David Pattiselanno speaks exclusively to Today. A Reporter Roxana Sabieri T was sentenced to eight years in jail, though Iranian
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    Lock icon Slumdog star: Yours for $444,000?
    382 1 AGENCIES MUMBAI The father of Slumdog Millionaire star Rubina Ali has offered to sell her for £200,000 ($444,000), it has been claimed, saying he had been given only a small amount of money despite the success of the film. Mr Rafiq Qureshi, who lives in
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    Any job should do ...
    625 1  - Any job should do ESTHER NG COPING WITH THE RECESSION Flexibility will impress future employers, Gan tells youth who raise discrimination concerns estherng@mediacorp.com. sg AS A fresh graduate, do I really have to accept a blue-collar job? This plaintive question sent via SMS by a participant in the audience, who
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    Med school: Culling for quality
    774 1  -  NEOCHAICHIN chaichin@mediacorp.com.sg WHILE plans are underway for a third medical school here, this month, young aspirants with sterling A-level results will undergo perhaps the most crucial interview of their lives so far for admission to the National University of Singapore's Yong Loo Lin School of
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      320 2 THINK SUCCESS. THINK MDIS KM Ranked top tier of America's Best Colleges (Western Regional Universities) ,^||OfiCG fnl by the US News World Report from 2001 2009 illlOl'' 1 j-fc Oklahoma City University Cll^'" Ranked 11th in Great Schools, Great Prices ots^&" MASTER OF ARTS [Programme Code: MAMC] ■SIHHSHII'EiEEi'SIIH'IBI jBA. Commences
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  • NEWS
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      Lock icon 'I just have to live with it'
      668 3  -  ESTHER NG TODAY EXCLUSIVE Once a pilot, diver, sailor now his adventures are limited to Facebook estherng@mediacorp.com.sg HE MADE the perfect poster boy for active ageing. In his late 60s, Mr David Pattiselanno would be diving off the Great Barrier Reef, if he
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      Lock icon Eight years' jail for spying
      397 4 AFP, THE DAILYTELEGRAPH US-IRANIAN JOURNALIST But Iranian President makes rare intervention TEHRAN In a rare intervention in judicial proceedings, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad called yesterday for fair treatment of United States reporter Roxana Saberi, who was sentenced to eight years in jail as an American,
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      More than a numbers game
      499 6  -  LOHCHEEKONG AWARE SHOWDOWN cheekong@mediacorp.com.sg EVEN as both factions are reportedly gathering support for the May 2 showdown in which members will vote on a no-confidence motion in the new Exco the power tussle at Aware could require more than just sheer numbers, with its constitution
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      THE NEW EXCO SPEAKS ...
      297 6 THE NEW EXCO SPEAKS On former Aware president Constance Singam who has quit as adviser of the society: Acknowledging Ms Singam's concerns listed in her resignation email, Ms Josie Lau said: "Constance has a wealth of ideas and perspectives and her resignation is a loss to Aware and women in
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    • SINGAPORE ROUNDUP
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        Lock icon BODY OF MAN FOUND IN SINGAPORE RIVER
        114 8 I CHANNEL NEWSASIA The police have recovered a body of a man from the Singapore River. They have established it to be of the man in hismid-3oswho fell into the river near Coleman Bridge in the wee hours of Saturday. Search operations were
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        SIA FLIES INDIAN RHINOCEROS IN FROM US
        113 8 Singapore Airlines Cargo on Saturday flew in an Indian rhinoceros a threatened species from Oklahoma City Zoo in the United States. The 19-year-old female rhino, named Mary (picture), will be quarantined for one month before visitors are allowed to view her at an
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      Lock icon 'Keep your options open'
      372 8  -  LOHCHEEKONG LEASE BUYBACKSCHEME 178 applications so far; first cash payout next month cheekong@mediacorp.com.sg IT WAS planned with the elderly in mind, so the new lease buyback scheme was made simple enough for most to understand. But Singaporeans like Ms N N Chong didn't want to take
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      Lock icon Big demand sees Pare Lumiere sales open 2 days early
      214 8  -  LOHCHEEKONG CHANNEL NEWSASIA APPLICATIONS were only supposed to open tomorrow but the overwhelming response to the Housing and Development Board's (HDB) latest housing project in Simei under the Design, Build and Sell Scheme (DBSS), prompted developer Sim Lian Group to
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      Lock icon Game show contestant roped in for Sondhi shooting probe
      384 10 AGENCIES BANGKOK Thai police said yesterday they have asked a contestant on a television game show to help identify a vehicle used in an attempt to assassinate a leading political activist. The contestant had appeared in a leading Thai quiz programme,
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      Lock icon BN must contest by-election: Dr M
      366 10 THE MALAYSIAN INSIDER MALAYSIAN POLITICS If not the opposition has already won: Former PM Mahathir KUALA LUMPUR Dr Mahathir Mohamad has urged Barisan Nasional (BN) to drop the idea of not contesting the Penanti by-election in Penang. To do so, he said, would be
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      Don't mention Abdul Razak Baginda, TV stations told
      235 10 KUALA LUMPUR Four private Malaysian television stations have been ordered not to name political analyst Abdul Razak Baginda when reporting the Altantuya Shaariibuu murder case, according to a Malaysiakini report. Media Prima Berhad the owner of the four TV stations gave a
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      Lock icon Tackling the Afghan influx
      141 12 AFP JAKARTA Indonesia will work closely with Australia to tackle the influx of migrants arriving on both countries' shores, said Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono yesterday. There are now 2,000 migrants in Indonesia, he added, 600 of whom arrived between January and April, mostly from Afghanistan.
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      Lock icon 3,000 flee war zone
      375 12 AGENCIES WAR ON TAMIL TIGERS COLOMBO Nearly 3,000 civilians escaped from Sri Lanka's war zone and sought shelter with security forces, the Defence Ministry said yesterday, as troops stepped up an offensive against cornered Tiger rebels. The troops were trying yesterday to establish main road access
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      Lock icon N Korea renews nuclear threat
      274 12 AFP SEOUL North Korea renewed a threat yesterday to "bolster its nuclear deterrent" while lashing out at the United Nations Security Council for condemning the communist state's April 5 rocket launch. RodongSinmun, the North's ruling communist party-pub-lished newspaper, denounced the UN action as a double-stand-ard
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    • EYE ON ASIA
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        Lock icon SUICIDE STRIKE TARGETS PAKISTANI ARMY, KILLING 27
        96 14 AP Pakistan A suicide car bomber attacked an army convoy at a checkpoint near the Afghan border, killing at least 27 people. A deputy of Pakistan's top Taliban leader took responsibility for Saturday's bombing and said more would follow until the United States
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        Lock icon THE PHILIPPINES WORRIED ABOUT AILING ITALIAN HOSTAGE
        84 14 AP The Philippines The Philippines has deployed more than i,ooo troops to help secure the release of Italian EugenioVagni, the last Red Cross worker held by militants, aftertwo hostages, Filipino Mary Jean Lacaba and Swiss Andreas Notter, walked free from months of captivity.
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      Lock icon A unique problem
      384 14 AFP INDIA'S EUNUCHS NEW DELHI India's one million eunuchs face a unique dilemma every election season do they stand in the men's or women's queue at polling stations or stay away altogether? In the past, eunuchs the term used for cross-dressers, pre- and post-operative transsexuals have largely
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      Lock icon Review policing at protests: Watchdog
      144 16 AGENCIES LONDON The head of Britain's police watchdog called for a national debate on how officers maintain public order following a flood of complaints over the G2O protests. Britain's Independent Police Complaints Commission said it has received 90 allegations of police mistreatment. Police are investigating
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      Lock icon US to vastly expand its DNA database
      139 16 AFP WASHINGTON United States federal and state law enforcement agencies are dramatically expanding their collection of DNA, including in their databases not only people convicted of crimes but also those who had simply been arrested or detained, said The New York Times. The
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      Lock icon Somali pirates go scot-free
      256 16 AGENCIES GULFOFADEN Nato forces toothless to prosecute hijackers NAIROBI (Kenya) Nato forces rescued 20 fishermen from pirates who launched the latest attack in the Gulf of Aden, but let the seven Somali hijackers go because they had no authority to arrest them. The release underscored the
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      Lock icon They laughed as he lay dying
      280 17 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH UNHELPFUL HELPLINE SYDNEY A dying teenage boy lost in dense bushland outside Sydney was ridiculed by emergency service operators during his frantic calls for help. David Iredale, 17, became separated from his friends during a three-day bush walk in the Blue
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      Lock icon Did she rape and kill girl?
      194 17 AP TRACY (California) Callers filled with disbelief have inundated the phone lines of Tracy police. Veteran homicide and sex-crime researchers say they cannot recall a case quite like it. Even the investigators themselves initially said "no way". A woman was accused not only of
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      Lock icon Seven hospitals turn away heart attack victim
      182 17 AFP TOKYO A 65-year-old man died of heart failure in Japan after seven hospitals refused to admit him, officials were quoted as saying last Friday in the latest case of emergency wards turning down patients. An ambulance rushed the man across the city
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      ABOUT PEOPLE, IDEAS AND OPPORTUNITIES
      479 18 This year's Singapore Maritime Week creates much buzz among the international maritime community with its wide spectrum of events and congregation of leading maritime personalities The fourth Singapore Maritime Week shines brightly for a 11 in the shipping industry despite these gloomy economic times. Highly-anticipated
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      ALL HANDS ON DECK FOR CHARITY
      139 18 At the sound of the bell rung by Mrs Lim Hwee Hua, Minister in the Prime Minister's Office and Second Minister for Finance and Transport, the usually tranquil Raffles Marina burst into a hive of activity last Saturday as participants of the Singapore Maritime
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      SMW 2009 KEY EVENTS
      104 19 SINGAPORE MARITIME WEEK REGATTA Date: April 18 Venue: Raffles Marina SEA ASIA 2009 CONFERENCE AND EXHIBITION Date: April 21 to 23 Venue: Suntec International Convention Exhibition Centre 3RD SINGAPORE MARITIME LECTURE Date: April 21 Venue: Suntec International Convention Exhibition Centre SINGAPORE INTERNATIONAL MARITIME AWARDS GALA DINNER
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      THINK MARITIME, THINK SINGAPORE
      589 19 From weathering the economic storm to meeting environmental challenges, pertinent maritime issues will be raised at Singapore Maritime Week 2009 In this economic climate, there is no better time to demonstrate confidence and resilience. The Singapore Maritime Week 2009 offers a back-to-back line-up of international conferences,
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      90 10 LEGRIA from Spanish wore/"Al leg ria" meaning "joy or cheer" IHoaii d\/\lnd JbttbiLt Sat2s-Sun 26 April2oo9, Warn Bpm, Fort Canning Centre www.holisticliving.sg A Festival of Fun, Entertainment and Therapy to Re-Energise, Reconnect and Reflect Over 50 exhibitors featuring healing health therapies, natural environmental products, healing crystals and jewellery, and delicious
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      302 11 1 8 1 o A/AediaCorp Channel l fe^r m Every Wednesday j| w**\ 25 March"29 APril 09 jk fc I ill 10.30pm on Channel 8 I was once so ashamed of my pigmentation problems H 1 that I hid all the mirrors in my house. I stayed at home all
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      450 13 THE UNIVERSITY H™P OF ADELAIDE THE UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDEWEEK EDUCATING THE LEADERS OFTOMORROW PI? «n Diverse activities A fjjMk to mark University's Adelaide Week ffVflU^V 23 -26 April 2009 This week, the university •Mr HenrvGoh. Sa|es Director °f C|ear Message from the Vice- Chancellor r i i o ii Channel
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      7 16 Look out for LEGRIA in tomorrow's TODAY
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      304 17 r A member of m Wonder how you can •jHr^ L career milestone? J& jggt Discover at PSB Academy. The University of Newcastle, Australia is widely known for its sterling reputation in academic and research excellence. Its researchers care about making an impact on the world, especially in the fields
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      POINT OF VIEW
      36 20 As a nation in which workers contribute a great deal to nationbuilding, how about a day off on Labour Day (May i) for all foreign workers in recognition of this? Chan Siew Leong
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    • Whats wrong with todays kids?
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        Teacher in top boys' school set poor example
        334 20  -  TrinaTan KerWei Letter from I WAS at the McDonald's outlet in Marine Cove on April 14, from about 4.30pm to 5.30pm. During that time, a group of between 10 and 20 secondary school boys in Victoria School (VS) uniform entered together with
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        Students left trash on a bus
        203 20  -  Xu Huifong Letter from ON APRIL 13, when I got onto SBS Transit bus service 12 opposite Temasek Junior College, I saw three students two girls and a boy standing near the exit door. They were eating snacks from a plastic bag with chilli
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        'Students verbally abused us'
        99 20  -  Tan Hong Boon Letter from ON SATURDAY, while my friends and I were at a football field near Queenstown Primary School, we were harassed by some boys, a few of whom were wearing T-shirts stating "Yuan Ching Secondary School". They erected goalposts behind ours and intruded
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      I SAY THE ABCS OF HAWKER HYGIENE
      382 21  -  Subana Hall There are no grey areas: Food is either clean enough or it is not SO, IT is not just the dismal economy we are up against, it seems; there are other issues, too. First, there is the on-going and deeprooted confusion
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      FOCUS ON THE FAMILY
      190 21  -  BY DR BILL MAIER GOOD MANNERS FOR KINDERGARTEN CHILDREN You know, good manners and social graces don't happen by accident. They're skills that people develop, and what better time to learn them than when we're young? Why not start now teaching your children how to be
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      57 20 |jy Available on iPhone iPod Touch. fcjfr HotNews (118) _^^»^^^^3lk^ \ift^ Singapore (21) j3 World (43) R^. Comment (1) IKQ^||l Bytf Voices (16) IT Busi"es! "4I y jnn^ iPhone is available only W^m at SingTel retail shops. For the latest news on the go. Read it online or offline. It's
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      59 21 HAVE YOUR SAY. email voices@mediacorp.com.sg or visit www.todayonline.com/voices Mf li r^= I Wi=l I IMI 18/I I \Kr >^^B^^k^« Jfl food court in this award-winning precinct! \mmt r *-YllC S©ttlH§ I Gfe^^iirig^rft^fflD I Savour over 300 food *oiSotft ftB^. p a fVt SM)© and cool alfresco l tfftVi* Vt (Refer
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      Chew on this, people
      963 22  -  MAY SEAH TELEVISION EAT TV Radioactive soup and sauteed maggots these two chefs take cooking to extreme levels may@mediacorp.com.sg IF YOU thought cooking was for subservient, barefoot little Nyonyas, or grandmothers squatting complacently over their pestles and mortars, it might be time to wake up and
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      Lock icon HERE'S TO THE FUTURE
      125 23 Turning 18 is a big moment in anyone's life, so the grand old dame of Singapore's night life scene, Zouk, pulled out all the stops on Saturday night. The theme, Light Years Ahead, celebrated not only good ol' dance music but offered a wink towards a
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    • PLUS IN ADDITION
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        THE EASY RIDER COMES TO TOWN
        145 24 Fans of Easy Rider rejoice! Peter Fonda, the star and producer of the iconic counter-culture 1969 film will be riding into town and upping the street-cred ante at the Singapore International Film Festival's Silver Screen Awards at the end of the week. The 69-year-old
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      The return of Rex
      408 24  -  GENEVIEVELOH OLD SCHOOL CINEMA genevieveloh@mediacorp.com.sg WHEN the lights in one of Singapore's most popular cinemas dimmed after the last screening of Jaws 3-D in 1983, few people thought the curtain of the iconic Rex Cinema on Mackenzie Road would be raised again. Since it opened its
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  • sports
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      Lock icon Wembley pitch 'a disaster'
      317 26 AP WEMBLEY Arsene Wenger had some harsh words for the Wembley grounds crew after Arsenal's 2-1 loss to Chelsea in the FA Cup semi-final, calling the pitch "a disaster" and "laughable". While Wenger refused to blame the loss on the playing surface, some Arsenal fans questioned
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      529 27  -  TANYO-HINN SINGAPORE SPORT Former team-mate backs pool champ's move to Singapore yohinn@mediacorp.com.sg TOP Taiwan-born pool ace Wu Chia Ching's recent decision to take up Permanent Residency in Singapore caused an uproar in his native country, incurring the ire of the Taiwan Pool and Billiards Association. Nicknamed
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      414 29  -  TANYO-HINN SLING HD NETBALL SUPER LEAGUE 2009 Preliminary Final Stingrays 32 Mannas 31 yohinn@mediacorp.com.sg THE Stingrays and Marlins will meet on Saturday to decide who the top netball side in the country is. Yesterday, the Stingrays earned their spot in the Grand Final
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