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    10 1 TODAY Monday May 18, 2009 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking
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    218 1 The Congress Party's victory £v in India's elections has turned the spotlight on its star campaigner Rahul Gandhi, heir to the Nehru-Gandhi political dynasty and a likely Premier in waiting. 4 With the increasing unemployment rate and a projected fall in GDP, the tripartite partners government, employers
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    Lock icon Battle ends, joy erupts
    594 1 AGENCIES SRI LANKACONFLICT Rebels lay down arms, ending bloodbath on the beaches COLOMBO Thousands of Sri Lankans poured onto the streets of the capital, dancing and setting off fireworks, as the embattled separatist Tamil Tigers declared they had decided to silence their guns ending a quarter-century
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    Lock icon H1N1 gains foothold in west Japan
    382 1 AGENCIES KOBE There are fears that the influenza A (H1N1) virus has gained a foothold in the western part of Japan, prompting the country's cabinet to hold an emergency meeting today. Prime Minister Taro Aso has urged the country to remain calm, as health
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      Lock icon Rahul Gandhi, PM-in-waiting?
      503 2 AFP INDIAN ELECTIONS Critics and supporters hail him as the architect of Congress' resounding victory NEW DELHI The Congress Party's resounding victory in India's month-long elections has turned the spotlight on its star campaigner Rahul Gandhi, heir to the Nehru-Gandhi political dynasty and a likely Premier in
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      Lock icon CONGRESS PARTY MAKES DECISION ON FINAL LINEUP
      152 2 AGENCIES The Congress party held talks yesterday to finalise a coalition government, a day after its resounding victory. With 205 seats 61 more than 2004 India's grand old party ran up its best tally in 18 years. Latest results and leads indicate the
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      471 3 AP AUNG SAN SUU KYI YANGON (Myanmar) Detained pro-democ-racy leader Aung San Suu Kyi is innocent of charges levelled against her by Myanmar's ruling military, her lawyer said yesterday, as she prepared for her trial today. She faces five years in Insein prison, if found
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      Lock icon Slow recovery prompts review
      573 4  -  PEARLFORSS CHANNEL NEWSASIA EMPLOYMENT GUIDELINES pearlmaria@mediacorp.com.sg WITH the increasing unemployment rate and a projected fall in GDP in Singapore, the tripartite partners comprising the government, employers and unions have issued updated guidelines to help companies lower costs and save jobs. Some green shoots may have appeared
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      SOME RECOMMENDATIONS
      160 4 Shorter work week Ask workers to take up to 50 per cent of their earned annual leave Implement the reduction in work week such that it does not exceed three days in a week and not last for more than three months at any one time, subject to
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      146 6 938 LIVE The Government unit Reach will be conducting a feedback exercise from today to May 29 to get Singaporeans to share their thoughts on President S R Nathan's address in Parliament. Mr Nathan will open the second session of the 11th
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      Lock icon Will there be a short-term policy shift?
      634 6  -  LOHCHEEKONG SECOND SESSION OF PARLIAMENT cheekong@mediacorp.com.sg WHEN President S R Nathan spoke at the opening of the 11th Parliament in Nov 2006 (picture), he pledged that no one would be left behind as Singapore chased the fruits of globalisation. But when he delivers
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      Lock icon PINK PARTY
      60 8 Nearly 2,500 people gathered at Hong Lim Park on Saturday, in varying hues of pink all in the name of celebrating love. That was the goal of organisers Pink Dot Sg.This was the first Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender event to be held at the Speakers' Corner since
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      Electoral integrity a hot topic
      744 8  -  NEOCHAICHIN PEOPLE'S ASSOCIATION DIALOGUE Youths quiz DPM Teo on gerrymandering, civil service neutrality chaichin@mediacorp.com. sg IN HIS own words, each day that passes is a day closer to Singapore's next General Election. And Deputy Prime Minister Teo Chee Hean took pains yesterday to assure 200
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      Smaller bills with new system
      422 10  -  NEOCHAICHIN COMMUNITY HOSPITALS chaichin@mediacorp.com.sg NO PATIENT will be worse off when the more nuanced subsidy system at community hospitals takes effect on July 1. In fact, about half of the patients will benefit, with some seeing their hospital bills subsidised an extra 20 per cent
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      Lock icon REMEMBERING AIDS VICTIMS
      67 10 WEETECKHIAN Guest of Honour, Nominated Member of Parliament Siew Kum Hong (right), and president of Action for Aids Ray Chan, lighting up a candle at the Singapore Aids candlelight Memorial 2009 at Ngee Ann Kongsi conference hall, Singapore Management University. The memorial was observed in more than
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      Lock icon 'Leave 3rd-world habits behind'
      373 12  -  ZULOTHMAN SINGAPOREOK Lim Swee Say: We can't merely depend on the Government to ensure hygiene zul@mediacorp.com.sg BUONA Vista constituency is hoping to be the first division to get all 198 of its eating establishments the Singapore OK (SOK) status. The timeframe? Three months, Minister in the
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      Church lifts sanctions on Joachim Kang
      249 12 HIS redemption is now complete. After his release from jail last year, and the end of his home detention scheme last month, Father Joachim Rang now has been restored fully to his duties as a priest. The decision had been made last week by
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      Lock icon Taliban poses threat to Karachi
      230 14 AP KARACHI Taliban fighters seeking money, rest and refuge from United States missile strikes are turning up in increasing numbers in Pakistan's largest city and economic hub, Karachi, according to militants, police officials and an intelligence memo. The Taliban presence in this southern port city,
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      Lock icon 1 million flee as battle gets intense
      441 14 AFP TROUBLE IN PAKISTAN PESHAWAR Pakistan's military said "intense" battles had broken out yesterday as it advanced on a key Taliban stronghold in a fierce offensive that has scattered more than a million terrified civilians. Ground forces entered Matta and Kanju towns in
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      Lock icon Thousands snub China
      348 15 AFP TAIWAN POLITICS Protesters take issue with policies they deem undermine Taiwan's sovereignty TAIPEI Tens of thousands of protesters marched through Taiwan's capital yesterday to protest against President Ma Ying-jeou's China-friendly policies, which they say have compromised the island's sovereignty. The march through central Taipei, which was
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      Lock icon Nepal parties inch closer to forming Maoist-free govt
      175 15 DPA KATHMANDU Nepal's two main political parties, the Communist Party of Nepal Unified Marxist Leninist (CPN-UML) and the Nepali Congress, announced yesterday that they have the majority necessary to form a new government without the Maoists. The announcement came after 32 politicians
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      Lock icon Spacewalkers pull off toughest Hubble repairs yet
      172 16 AP CAPE CANAVERAL (Florida) Spacewalking astronauts gave the Hubble Space Telescope a more commanding view of the cosmos by installing a new high-tech instrument, then pulled off their toughest job yet: Fixing a broken camera. Saturday's job was the most intricate performed by
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      Lock icon Second British MP suspended
      311 16 AP EXPENSES SCANDAL LONDON Any legislator in the ruling Labour Party who is found to have broken rules regarding their expense accounts must leave the government, Prime Minister Gordon Brown said in an article published in News of The World yesterday. In the article, he offered
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      Lock icon Islamists punished, women voted in
      383 17 AGENCIES KUWAIT ELECTIONS KUWAIT CITY Kuwaitis voted for change in the Gulf emirate's second poll in a year, giving women their first seats in Parliament and punishing Sunni Islamic groups, according to results released yesterday. Frustrated at political turmoil that has rocked the wealthy oil-rich
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      Lock icon Lloyds chairman steps down
      316 17 THE GUARDIAN LONDON Sir Victor Blank (picture) told the board of Lloyds Banking Group yesterday he intends to give up his role as chairman in a move that will allow him to avoid a potentially embarrassing showdown with investors at next month's annual meeting. The board
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      Lock icon Michelle Obama urges graduates to give back
      208 18 AP AFP MERCED (California) United States First Lady Michelle Obama praised graduates at California's smallest, youngest public university for their struggle to succeed, urging the jubilant members of her audience to give back to their communities. In her debut as a commencement speaker
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      Lock icon Gunmen free 53 inmates
      273 18 AP MEXICAN PRISON RAID MEXICO CITY An armed gang freed more than 50 inmates from a prison in central Mexico on Saturday including two dozen with ties to a powerful drug cartel in a daring raid that took just five minutes, a state governor said. The
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      Lock icon WHEN BENJAMIN MEETS BARACK
      1175 20 THEGUARDIAN NEWS ANALYSIS JASON BURKE and EWAN MACCASKILL IN WASHINGTON, RORY MCCARTHY IN JERUSALEM WASHINGTON United States President Barack Obama will today welcome Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu into the Oval Office at the White House. Leaving aside the usual five minutes for pleasantries and photo-taking,
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      Lock icon Clock ticking as Russia, US kick off nuclear arms talks
      220 21 AFP MOSCOW Russia and the United States open fresh nuclear disarmament negotiations this week. They are under pressure to strike a deal by year's end that experts say will have far-reaching consequences for world security. The talks mark the resumption,
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      DPM's replies brought relief
      140 22  -  Jennifer Guai AWARE SAGA Letter from I WAS filled with relief and optimism after reading Deputy Prime Minister Wong Kan Seng's response to the Aware saga. I consider myself a part of "conventional society" where a "heterosexual stable family is the norm and the building block
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      Was official response needed?
      267 22  -  Gavin Lee Letter from I WAS very disappointed with Today's decision to feature a four-page answer to the Aware saga from Deputy Prime Minister Wong Kan Seng. I believe civil society has shown unprecedented maturity over the past few weeks. First, the media caught wind of
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      Not fair to non-fans
      355 23  -  Ho SooYit Victor PAY-TV PRICES Letter from I REFER to "Cheaper EPL on TV?" (May 14) and am glad that the Media Development Authority commissioned a study last year to look at pay-TV in Singapore as the bidding war looms again for the English Premier League
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      Do more to curb 'red light jumping'
      171 23  -  Martin CConisbee Letter from I WITNESSED yet another case of "red light jumping" along East Coast Road on Thursday morning. In this case it was a taxi and it was at the Siglap Park Connector junction. This is the third case of "red
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      FOCUS® ON THE FAMILY
      163 23  -  BY DR BILL MAIER KEEPING TODDLERS BUSY You walk into the room and the first thing you see is lipstick all over the walls and furniture. And there in the middle stands your toddler grinning from ear to ear. You don't know whether to cry or
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        Lock icon Don't call her Auntie
        736 24  -  MAY SEAH SCREENQUEEN She's 36 and still hot so why is Ann Kok playing matronly roles? mayifpmediacorp.com. sg IF YOU know what's good for you, you won't call Ann Kok "auntie". It might lookas though the former sweetie-pie sexpot, who's fuelled more boob-job rumours than the
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      Lock icon Love finally
      163 26 Starring Farm Wong and Christopher Lee in wedding of the year for real CHRISTOPHER Lee couldn't wait and Farm Wong got emotional as the actors, both 38, tied the knot officially at the ShangriLa Hotel on Saturday morning. Said Lee: "It's great because in my group of friends,
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      All hail to the thieves
      390 27  -  MAY SEAH NEW ON TV Revenge is sweet with Timothy Hutton may@mediacorp.com.sg IF YOU have a revenge fantasy, Timothy Hutton is the man to call but don't bother unless it's about achieving justice for all. In Leverage, Hutton (picture) plays Nathan Ford, a former insurance
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    • PLUS ROUNDUP
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        LIGHT UP WITH COKE THIS MONTH
        85 27 Coca-Cola Singapore unveiled a new Coca-Cola Light ad campaign featuring musician Jeremy Monteiro and actress Noorlinah Mohamed. The pair will appear in a series of bus stop advertisements which will hit the streets on May 20. Coca-Cola Light is the also official beverage of
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        MUSIC IN THE CITY
        55 27 Ngee Ann City's Civic Plaza will be turned into a concert stage on May 27 for Music in the City, their new monthly performance programme. This month's show features three school bands from Temasek Junior, St Andrew's Junior School and St Stephen's School. The concert starts
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      Seeking life through death in Cannes
      251 28  -  MAYO MARTIN THE Cannes Film Market is chock full of directors, producers and film companies looking for financial deals to bring their movies to life. One local company is here looking for films about death. Upside Down Concepts and Media Group, one of eight
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      Lock icon Go, Yasmin, go!
      351 28  -  MAYO MARTIN TODAY EXCLUSIVE Malaysian director tackles S #porean teen triathlete #s tragic death for new film in CANNES mayo@mediacorp.com. sg YASMIN Ahmad's new film will soon be up and running. And it's based on one of the biggest tragedies to have hit Singapore sport, involving triathlete
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