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    20 1 TODAY Thursday August 13, 2009 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking TODAY Thursday August 13, 2009 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking
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    in the news
    192 1 2 The international community has limited leverage over Myanmar due to the junta's close ties with its powerful neighbours, says Marianne Barriaux. 3 The barriers are up as Pasir Ris MRT station gets the first half-height platform screen doors in Singapore. ■"I Q RioTinto says China's 1O
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    Lock icon The inside man
    861 1  -  ANSLEYNG JAKARTA BOMBINGS JAKARTA He might not have been as infamous as Noordin Mohammed Top whom Indonesian police confirmed yesterday is still very much alive despite earlier reports to the contrary but RitzCarlton hotel florist Ibrohim was just as dangerous as South-east Asia's most wanted terrorist. For,
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    They joined this year, now they're out ...
    236 1  - They joined this year, now they're out CHEOWXINYI cheowxinyi@mediacorp.com. sg ALL three men were appointed to key positions only this year, but yesterday, Marina Bay Sands (MBS) confirmed all had resigned. The three are Mr Nigel Roberts, whose appointment as the president of the Singapore integrated resort (IR) was announced
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  • NEWS
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      Lock icon MYANMAR PROTECTED BY NEIGHBOURS
      523 2  -  MARIANNE BARRIAUX AFP NEWS ANALYSIS THE international community has limited leverage over Myanmar because of the ruling junta's close links with its powerful neighbours China, India and Thailand, said analysts. The reclusive state sparked global outrage when it extended the house arrest of democracy icon Aung
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      Indonesia's police blast media over coverage of terror raid
      280 3 THE police in Indonesia have criticised the dramatic media coverage of last week's terror raid in Central Java, which speculated that terrorist Noordin Mohammed Top had been killed in a Shootout with the police and caused confusion among the public. The
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      Lock icon Barriers up
      469 3  -  NEOCHAICHIN TRAINTRACK INTRUSIONS Work begins at Pasir Ris MRT; Singapore the first to have half-height screen doors on large scale chaichin@mediacorp.com.sg THE $126 million project to stop the number of train track intrusions has begun, with the first half-height platform screen doors going up at Pasir Ris MRT
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      Lock icon Bottled Newater, new thinking needed
      581 4  -  ONG DAI LIN ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS Reconsider if there are alternatives to avoid bottles being discarded dailin@mediacorp.com.sg THE übiquitous bottle of mineral water that many of us can't seem to do without especially in this heat has come under the spotlight following a rural Australian town's
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      Woman in bribery case appeals again
      348 6  -  ONGDAILIN dailin@mediacorp.com.sg WHEN she first pleaded guilty to bribery, she was handed a 10-month jail sentence last March. But unlicensed massage operator Gao Hua appealed, saying she had been forced to plead guilty by her previous lawyer. Justice Lee Seiu Kin then ordered a
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      Couple stole $16,000 worth of toiletries
      276 6  -  ONGDAILIN INTHECOURTS dailin@mediacorp.com.sg THEY had stolen toiletries to the tune of about $16,000 from supermarkets all over Singapore in eight months, and had 17 charges against them. But because Daniel Wong Chee Kian, 38 is a schizophrenic and his wife, 39-year-old 800 Lee Choo
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      Lock icon Crime spree earns him 18 months' jail
      408 6  -  ONGDAILIN dailin@mediacorp.com.sg A MAN was serving jail time for vandalism and loansharking activities. Yet he was able to apply for a Diners Club credit card and got it approved. It turned out that the real applicant for the credit card was the man's
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      HDB to launch another BTO project in Punggol
      247 8 DEMAND for new public housing in Punggol has been high for a couple of years now. But with oversubscription rocketing for the latest build-to-order (BTO) project in the estate, the Housing and Development Board is launching another development in the space of
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      Lock icon Find your lost stuff here ...
      432 8  - Find your lost stuff here ANSLEYNG FOUND AND UNCLAIMED PROPERTY OFFICE ansley@mediacorp.com.sg THE next time you lose something valuable and want to check with the police if anyone has found it, save yourself some time. The Singapore Police Force (SPF) has tweaked the way it handles found items, by setting
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    • SINGAPORE ROUNDUP
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        RECORD HIGH OF 2.11M VIEWERS FOR NDP
        92 10 This year's National Day Parade (NDP) kept viewers glued to their television sets in record numbers. The broadcast of the live celebration of the nation's 44th birthday on MediaCorp Channel 5, 8, U, Suria, Vasantham and okto achieved a reach of 45.3 percent,
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        WOMAN, 43, IS 10TH H1N1 VICTIM TO DIE
        92 10 A 43-year-old woman, found unconscious at home on Tuesday and sent to Changi General Hospital's emergency department, became Singapore's 10th HiNi-related death yesterday. The Health Ministry said she had a history of fever, cough and flu-like symptoms for more than a week.
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        ILLEGAL CIGARETTES CAN'T GET PAST CAR
        83 10 It is named "Car" and last week, it became the first dog to sniff out illegal cigarettes at the checkpoints in a joint operation by the Immigration and Checkpoints Authority and the Police K-gUnit. A search of a Singapore-registered vehicle uncovered 1,305 packets of
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      Lock icon Training to lead the pack
      281 10 938LIVL, CHANNEL NEWSASIA LEE KUANYEW SCHOLARSHIP Award recipients hope to brush up on leadership skills LEADERSHIP development that is what a senior military officer and a health ministry official are hoping to brush up on for the next 10 months. Lieutenant Colonel Ng Chad Son
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      Lock icon Fire hazels mount
      288 12 SCDFUPDATE ONE of the most easily preventable causes of fire is on the rise. Discarded items placed at common spaces such as corridors, lift lobbies, staircases and void decks caused 240 fires between January and June, an 11-per-cent increase from the same period last year. This was
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      FALSE ALARMS DOWN, PUBLIC EDUCATION EFFORTS WORKING
      190 12 The most encouraging statistic for the Singapore Civil Defence Force in its half-yearly update was the 'significant' drop in non-emergency calls and false alarms to its Emergency Ambulance Service (EAS). The number of calls in both categories dropped about 22 per cent. As
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      CHECKS UP 18%, BUT WARNINGS UP 78%
      196 12 The Singapore Civil Defence Force increased its enforcement checks by 18 per cent, but ended up issuing 78 per cent more warnings or 1,727 in total against fire hazards in the first six months of this year compared to the same period last
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  • WORLD
    • EYE ON ASIA
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        Lock icon NO REASON TO SCHEDULE ANOTHER POLL: COURT
        100 14 AFP Indonesia Indonesia's Constitutional Court yesterday rejected complaints of irregularities surrounding last month's presidential polls, saying it could find no reason to order another poll after challengers Megawati Sukarnoputri and Jusuf Kalla claimed millions of voters had been disenfranchised. "Based on all evidence
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        Lock icon FORMER MINISTER CLEARED OF CORRUPTION
        106 14 AP Malaysia The Kuala Lumpur High Court acquitted a former Cabinet minister yesterday of graft charges in a prominent case that became the showcase of the government's fight against corruption. The prosecution had failed to establish a case against Mr Kasitah Gaddam, the former Land
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      Lock icon Scramble on to reach landslide villages
      249 14 AFP CHISHAN (Taiwan) —Taiwan yesterday began airlifting nearly 1,000 people found alive in a cluster of villages flattened by muddy landslides to safety, as survivors recounted the horror of watching their homes vanish. The island-wide death toll from Typhoon Morakot hit 67 following Taiwan's
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      Lock icon She will fight verdict
      421 14 AFP AGENCIES SUU KYI'S EXTENDED DETENTION YANGON Democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi and her American co-defendant are to appeal against their convictions, lawyers said yesterday as Myanmar's junta continued to face a global wave of anger over her extended detention. Asean, of which Myanmar is
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        Lock icon PLANE CRASH KILLS ALL 13 A BOARD
        90 18 AP Papua New Guinea All 13 people aboard a chartered plane heading to a tourist region of Papua New Guinea were killed when the plane crashed while approaching the rugged terrain during bad weather, Australia's Prime Minister Kevin Rudd told Parliament yesterday. Papua
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        Lock icon MUMBAI SCHOOLS CLOSED OVER H1N1
        87 18 AFP India Indian authorities yesterday ordered all schools and colleges in Mumbai to shut for a week over fears about the spread HINI. The state government of Maharashtra has had the highest incidence of HINI in India, and two women, aged 63 and 53, have
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        Lock icon NEW LOOKS, NEW PROBLEM
        94 18 AFP China A group of Chinese women who travelled to South Korea for cosmetic surgery baffled immigration officers on their return home when their new looks did not match their passport photos. The 23 women, aged between 36 and 54, had bigger eyes, higher noses and
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      Lock icon 'China has no case against Hu'
      407 18 AGENCIES RIOTINTOCASE SYDNEY Anglo-Australian miner Rio Tinto said yesterday that China's move to "downgrade" the case against a detained executive by formally arresting him on lesser charges showed there was no evidence against him. Rio questioned the strength of the case against Stern Hu
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      Lock icon Conservatives reject rape claims
      483 20 AGENCIES MISTREATMENT OF DETAINEES IN IRAN TEHRAN Iran's Parliament Speaker yesterday denied allegations made by a defeated pro-reform presidential candidate that protesters detained after the disputed election were raped by their jailers, state media reported. Mr Ali Larijani told an open session of Parliament that a
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      Lock icon Wheel explodes as Iranian plane lands
      185 20 AFP TEHRAN A wheel on an Iranian plane exploded and caught fire as the aircraft made a hard landing in Isfahan city, state media reported yesterday, the latest in a series of air accidents. The accident occurred late on Tuesday when the plane from
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      Lock icon Pakistan's nuclear facilities on terrorists' radar
      351 22 THEDAILYTELEGRAPH ATTACKS ON BASES NEW DELHI Pakistan's nuclear weapon bases have been attacked by Al Qaeda and the Taliban at least three times in the last two years, it has emerged. The allegations, by a leading British expert on Pakistan's nuclear arsenal, increased fears
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      Lock icon TO SQUASH THE TALIBAN
      568 22  -  SAMIZUBEIRI AFP AFP NEWS ANALYSIS Pakistan roots for Karzai in upcoming Afghan election PAKISTAN is rooting for incumbent President Hamid Karzai to win the Afghan elections, hoping that polls will foster stability as a fierce Taliban insurgency spills between both nations, analysts say. Afghanistan and Pakistan
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      Lock icon Ratings to kill for?
      384 24 AP TVHOSTINTROUBLE Police suspect host of instigating murders to boost viewership SAO PAULO In one murder after another, the Canal Livre crime TV show had an uncanny knack for being first on the scene, gathering graphic footage of the victim. Too uncanny, say police, who are
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      Lock icon $94m London jewellery heist: 1 arrested
      354 24 AGENCIES, THE GUARDIAN LONDON Police in London say one man has been arrested over a daring heist that netted $65 million ($94 million) worth of jewellery. Scotland Yard says the suspect is not one of the two well-dressed men shown widely in CCTV footage
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      Lock icon PARIS JEWELLERY HEIST SUSPECT ARRESTED
      114 24 AFP Belgian police have arrested the Frenchman they think carried out an audacious jewellery robbery at an exclusive Paris store in May, local press reported yesterday. The 52-year-old suspect has been extradited back to France to face trial after being picked up in the northern
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      Lock icon Tourist 'attacks' Mona Lisa
      100 26 AP THE Louvre Museum in Paris says a Russian visitor hurled an empty terra cotta mug at the Mona Lisa. The canvas of the Da Vinci masterpiece was undamaged in the attack last week, though the mug shattered, a museum spokesman said on Tuesday. Small cracks
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      Lock icon Aspirin shows promise for colon cancer patients
      175 26 AGENCIES CHICAGO A study suggests colon cancer patients who took aspirin regularly reduced their risk of death from the disease by 30 per cent. It has long been known that people who took aspirin regularly were less likely to develop tumours of the
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      Lock icon Protests turn emotional
      401 26 AFP US HEALTHCARE Obama and team face abuse as they try to sell his health reforms WASHINGTON With a 9mm pistol holstered to his side, a man holding a placard bearing a quote about spilling the blood of patriots stood waiting for United States President Barack Obama
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      Lock icon OBAMA INVOKES MUM'S FIGHT AGAINST CANCER
      161 26 AFP Among the heart-rending tales invoked by United States President BarackObama as he pushes for healthcare reform, none is more poignant than that of his own mother's losing fight against cancer a decade and a half ago. "It's personal for me," Mr Obama said
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      Lock icon When two generations come of age
      679 30 AP GENERATION GAP 40 years after Woodstock, poll finds a gentler divide WASHINGTON Forty years ago, young Americans moved to music their parents despised, upended the conventions of their elders and, as the saying went, did not trust anyone over 30. These days? All
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      281 32  -  sabel Vadivu Govind IR WORK DEATH Letter from I REFER to "2nd death at IR construction site" (Aug 10). I commend the authorities for trying to improve safety at work-sites. But in line with these efforts, I believe there should be transparency on safety-related matters so that the
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      163 33  -  Andreja Baraba Letter from I REFER to "Our unpleasant return to Singapore" (Aug 12). A similar incident happened to me and my young children on Aug 7 at Changi Airport. I always hold the family's passports and at every airport, we always approach the
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      144 39 AGENCIES THE surrogate mother of Michael Jackson's seven-year-old son Blanket is a Mexican nurse, reported the Mirror. The paper also claims it has discovered that despite rumours, Jackson is his biological dad. According to the Mirror, Prince Michael Jackson 11, affectionately known as "Blanket",
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        86 39 FLORENCE +THE MACHINE TAKE surreal elementals of Heather Nova and mix that with the brash pop of White Stripes, and you'll get Florence The Machine's debut album. Songs like Kiss With A Fist, Rabbit Heart [Raise It Up), I'm Not Calling You A Liar and Girl With One all
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        104 39 FAN FAN ACCORDING to Fan Fan, this album is called F One as it represents her determination to reset her musical career and start anew after last year's "best of compilation, Faces Of Fan Fan. She's enlisted the help of award-winning producer Adia, as well as prominent musicians such
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      140 40 AP JENNIFER Hudson (picture) has a new role that of a proud mother. The Oscar winner, 27, gave birth to her first child, David Daniel Otunga Jr, on Monday. He is named after her fiance, David Otunga. The baby weighed 3.57kg. Hudson, who is also
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      368 40  -  CHLOE ANUGERAH2OO9 Sarah Aqilah surprises herself with the win chloechan@niediacorp.com .sg NO SURPRISES here as crowd and judges favourite Sarah Aqilah Jamil (picture) I walked away with the top prize at Tues- I day night's Anugerah 2009 finals. Well, I that's not true. At least one person was
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      900 42  -  JESSICAYADEGARAN MCT MARRAKECH MAGIC Be greeted with cheap food, endless shopping and intense experiences tmveller@newsto day.com.sg SMOKE rises like thin clouds above the Jemaa El Fna, the public square at the centre of Marrakech, Morocco. It is dusk, and white-robed food vendors tame hissing flames
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      151 46 UOBCARDMEMBER PERKS Head down to UOB Travel Planners'Natas preview sale, on until Aug 27, to enjoy exclusive deals. All-in, return airfares to Tokyo and Sapporo are $488. Couples save $200 when they book holidays to Australia and India with MediaCorp artiste Bryan Wong. Go this Saturday before 3pm
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      406 46 AP THE BIG APPLE NEW YORK is crazy for cupcakes. There are cupcake classes and cupcake tours, lines down the block at cupcake bakeries, a cupcake tea at a five-star hotel, and a cupcake truck with 6,000 followers on Twitter. Some date the cupcake craze to an episode
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      549 50  -  LEONARDTHOMAS SPORTS MATTERS sports editor leonard@mediacorp.com.sg Our football fortunes rest on Hassan, Hariss, Khairul fulfilling their potential GOALKEEPER Hassan Sunny, 25, collected his 19th cap last night in their friendly with China at the National Stadium, which they lost on penalties, while midfielder Hariss
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      515 50  -  SHAMIR OSMAN SINGAPORE FOOTBALL Fans roar at Kallang as Lions show signs of turning the corner NATIONAL DAY CHALLENGE Singapore i China i (China won 4-3 on penalties) shamir@mediacorp.com. sg IT WAS somewhat overdue, but Singaporeans finally stood up for the Lions in the 89th minute
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      199 51  -  lANDECOTTA Like all things Formula 1, nothing can be made official without Bernie Ecclestone's nod. So, beyond those who needed to know, no one had a clue if the Malaysian Grand Prix would revert to its previous start time of 3pm. This year's
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      196 53 AGENCIES CHASKA (Minnesota) It is five years since Tiger Woods last went a season without winning a major, but who can stop him this week? He has won his previous two events and his record in the season's final major, the US
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      267 57  -  DESMONDWONG CHANNEL NEWSASIA desmondwong@mediacorp.com.sg THE recent uncertainty in the global economy has affected the way consumers manage risk. And signs of a possible recovery from the current recession has led to a pick-up in Singapore's life insurance industry.
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      283 57  -  ESTHER FUNG AIROCEANTRIAL esther@mediacorp.com.sg IN THE ongoing trial of three former directors of Airocean charged with making a false statement, the defence lawyers turned their focus on what is considered proper disclosure by a firm when one of its officers is under probe. Proper disclosure is
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      154 57 MEDIACORP announced yesterday that Mr Daniel Yun, managing director of MediaCorp Raintree Pictures, has decided to leave the company to pursue other career interests. MediaCorp thanked Mr Yun who has been with the group for 18 years for his contributions and wished him well in his
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        67 58 18.scents I Hold DBS Vickers downgrades call from "Buy", citing disappointing Q2 '09 results. Cuts target price to 21 cents from 26 cents, based on 8X FYIO P/E ratio, after lowering FYO9-10 earnings forecasts by 30 per cent to assume lower revenue growth, weaker margins and higher distribution
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        60 58 $6.15 I Buy Nomura reiterates call, raises target price to $7 from $5.68 after increasing FYIO/11 earnings estimates by 10 and 13 per cent respectively, to factor in higher margin assumptions. Says firm's strong market position and consolidation in oilseed industry should help margins. Believes proposed Hong Kong listing
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        56 58 24.5 cents I Underperform CIMB downgrades rating from "Neutral" on valuation grounds and view that sales performance will remain weak. Notes Ql '10 earnings far below CIMB's FYIO forecast when annualised. Notes China-based maker of tower cranes expects challenging conditions for overseas sales. Keeps target price at 23 cents,
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        33 58 Disclaimer: Readers should seek independent financial advice before making any investment decision. Today cannot be held liable for any consequence arising from the use of this information.
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        5-DAY STI CLOSING
        16 58 Tuesday 2,597-3° A 1.88% Monday Closed Friday 2,549-35 2.00% Thursday 2,601.50 T 0.20%
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        26 58 Hang Seng 20,435.24 T 3.03% Nikkei 10,435.00 T 1.42% Shanghai 3,112.72 T 4.66% Seoul 1,565.35 T 0.88% Mumbai 15,020.16 T 0.36% Malaysia 1,180.54 0.48%
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        23 58 US$1 £1 i euro A$i RMi $1,447 ¥ioo $1,510 $2,384 HK$ioo $18.67 $2,050 RMB100 $21.18 $1,194 RS100 $2,995 $0,410 RPio,ooo $1,448
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      141 58 AP The United States government and Swiss banking giant ÜBS have reached a long-awaited agreement in a case over secret Swiss bank accounts for alleged American tax evaders, lawyers for both sides told a federal judge yesterday. The deal was announced during a telephone conference
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      159 58 AP WASHINGTON With the United States economy turning a corner, Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke and his colleagues opened a twoday meeting last night, where they will sift through data about how businesses and consumers are faring nationwide. So far, many barometers
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      Lock icon GIC's $255m Reit deal in South Korea
      104 58 BLOOMBERG THE Government of Singapore Investment Corporation (GIC) is buying two shopping malls in Seoul from E-Land Group for 220 billion won ($255 million) through a real estate investment trust, E-Land said. The South Korean retail company signed a contract on July 28
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