Today, 24 August 2009

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    10 1 TODAY Monday August 24, 2009 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking
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    in the news
    152 1 3 FBI director Robert Mueller has criticised Scotland's justice minister for releasing the Lockerbie bomber 6RSH, one of the largest distributors here of sports goods and a retailer of fashion abels is in an expansionist mood. ■"1 C 2 Rumours are rife that L\J Apple is poised
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    Lock icon Farewell, Mr Sunshine
    524 1 AP KIM DAE JUNG 1925-2009 SEOUL —Thousands of mourners filled the lawn outside South Korea's parliament yesterday for the state funeral of former President Kim Dae Jung, a long-time advocate of democracy and reconciliation, who won the Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts to reach out to
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    Lock icon Taliban cut off fingers of Afghan voters
    505 1 AGENCIES, THE GUARDIAN KANDAHAR (Afghanistan) Taliban militants cut off the ink-stained fingers of at least two Afghan voters in the militant south during the presidential election, the country's top election monitoring group said over the weekend. The two voters who had dipped their
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      Lock icon A NEW TALIBAN CHIEF
      230 2 AP The Pakistani Taliban appear to have appointed a new military commander known for his ruthless efficiency in staging attacks, including a hotel bombing and an assault on the Sri Lankan cricket team. Terror experts warned yesterday that the appointment of Hakimullah Mehsud, 28, (picture), could
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      Lock icon Its a mockery: FBI director
      873 3 AGENCIES, THE GUARDIAN RELEASE OF LOCKERBIE BOMBER WASHINGTON Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) director Robert Mueller has sharply criticised Scotland's justice minister for releasing the Lockerbie bomber saying it was an "inexplicable" act that "gives comfort to terrorists" around the world and makes a "mockery
      AGENCIES, THE GUARDIAN; PHOTOS: EPA, AFP  -  873 words
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      Lock icon Getting to know you
      460 4  -  ZULOTHMAN NEWCITIZENS Sharing sessions with new S #poreans aim to strengthen community bonding zul@mediacorp.com.sg EVEN when he was living elsewhere in the world, Singapore always held a special place in Timothy Alden's heart. He was first here as a six-month-old baby when his father was stationed
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      Lock icon Apec summit attack is 'unverified rumour'
      273 4 938LIVE "AN UNVERIFIED rumour" is how Law Minister K Shanmugam has described recent reports of an uncovered plot to attack the AsiaPacific Economic Cooperation (Apec) Summit when it is held in Singapore in November. The plot involving the summit, which United States President Barack
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      Lock icon Powered by sports and fashion
      640 6  -  CONRAD RAJ RETAIL GIANT RSH opens new stores in lon and Somerset@3i3 seeks to market more labels editor-at-large conrad@mediacorp.com. sg RSH, one of the largest distributors here of sports goods as well as a retailer of wellknown fashion labels such as Zara, Mango and Massimo
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    • SINGAPORE ROUNDUP
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        16,000 APPLY FOR 5,000 VACANCIES
        121 8  -  ONG DAI LIN The first person in yesterday's queue for the Resorts World at Sentosa job fair had arrived at the e2i building at 6.55am. And by the time the two-day recruitment exercise—the biggest the resort has launched so far had wrapped up, some 16,000
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        SECOND TIME LUCKY
        154 8  -  ONG DAI LIN She took part in the inaugural MediaCorpMarigold Sudoku Masters contest last year but did not win. Undaunted, SherlynToh Hui Hsian (picture, centre) entered the competition again this year to "challenge" herself. To her delight, the 15-year-old clinched the trophy in the secondary school individual
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      Lock icon According to plan...
      282 8  -  ONGDAILIN RACEAGAINST CANCER dailin@mediacorp.com. sg WHEN yesterday's early morning thunderstorm woke him, Dr Ang Peng Tiam's first thought was of the Singapore Cancer Society's fundraising marathon to be held a few hours later. "The first thing that came to my mind was not whether the windows were
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      132 5 The Heritage I The Harbourview I Golden Dragon Hotel I Bayview Hotel I Near Chong Nonsi BTS Sfofion I Hong Kong Hotel I Near Ferry Terminal I Kuah Town I Wanchai Business District I Dayview Hotel Georgetown Patong Resort1 I Peninsula Excelsior Hotel I Sunworld Dynasty Hotel I City Centre
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon Rising poverty may be on election agenda
      287 10 AFP KITAKYUSHU Tomoshi Okuda is a man of faith, not politics. But the Japanese pastor has seen enough new faces on his nightly rounds feeding the homeless to persuade him that something needs to change. With unemployment rising in the wake of the
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      Lock icon Blaze on the move
      334 10 AFP, THE GUARDIAN ATHENSWILDFIRES ATHENS—The authorities yesterday ordered the evacuation of an Athens suburb that is threatened by huge wildfires outside the Greek capital. Municipal officials said all 10,000 residents of Agios Stefanos, 23km north of Athens, have been instructed to leave their homes after the
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      Lock icon After Morakot, Chinese experts help rebuild Taiwan
      176 12 AGENCIES TAIPEI Three Chinese technicians have arrived to help Taiwan put up pre-fabricated houses two weeks after Typhoon Morakot ravaged the island, leaving hundreds dead or missing, officials said yesterday. The experts, from a private company in Shenzhen, southern China, arrived late on
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      Lock icon Crops fail as water dries up
      193 12 AGENCIES DROUGHT IN CHINA BEIJING The worst drought to hit parts of northern China in six decades has left nearly 5 million people short of water, while officials warn of another dry spell further south, state media reported yesterday. A total of 4.6 million
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      Lock icon Chinese police net 15,000 drink-drivers in a week
      177 12 AFP BEIJING Chinese police caught 15,000 people in the very first week of a crackdown on drinkdriving organised in part to appease a public angered by a series of fatal accidents, state media said yesterday. Drink-driving cases are concentrated in the nation's
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      Lock icon Condemn that report: Israel PM to Sweden
      177 13 AGENCIES ORGAN HARVESTING CLAIMS JERUSALEM Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has joined Israeli calls for the Swedish government to condemn an article in a Stockholm newspaper suggesting Israeli troops harvested the organs of Palestinians they killed. An official present at the weekly session
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    • GLOBAL ROUNDUP
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        Lock icon ACTIVIST FREED, BUT MAY FACE TAX CASE
        99 13 AP An activist Chinese lawyer was released yesterday, but he said the authorities were investigating possible tax charges against him. Xu Zhiyong has tackled some of China's most politically sensitive cases, most recently representing parents of children who fell ill last year after
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        Lock icon MALAYSIAN TRIBE STEPS UP PROTEST
        104 13 AFP Hundreds of Penan tribesmen armed with spears and blowpipes have set up seven blockades deep in the Borneo jungles, escalating their campaign against logging and palm oil plantations. "The forest was once our supermarket. Since these companies came in, life has been very hard
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        Lock icon RARETIGER KILLED, MOSTOF ITS BODY STOLEN
        95 13 AP A group of thieves killed an endangered tiger in an Indonesian zoo and stole most of its body. Police suspect the theft was motivated by the animal's valuable fur and bones. The remains of the female Sumatran tiger were found by staff on
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        Lock icon IRAN PARLIAMENT TO VOTE FROM AUG 30
        84 13 AFP Iran's Parliament will vote on President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's new Cabinet starting Aug 30. On Wednesday, Mr Ahmadinejad unveiled his 21-member cabinet, which includes 11 new faces with no ministerial experience, among them three women for the first time in the Islamic republic.
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      Lock icon With a power drill and pistol ...
      339 15 With a power drill and pistol THE GUARDIAN PRISONERABUSE CIA staged a mock execution to make detainees talk: Report WASHINGTON CIA interrogators threatened a captured Al Qaeda leader with a power drill and a pistol in what was described as a mock execution, according to a long-sup-pressed report due to
      THE GUARDIAN  -  339 words
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      Lock icon Oil industry protest fuels summer of discontent
      221 15 THE DAILYTELEGRAPH WASHINGTON Protests against Barack Obama are spreading across America like wildfire on a summer prairie, fuelled by an angry and fearful oil industry. They are venting their anger about his plans to tackle climate change. Known to its detractors as "Big
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      Lock icon Lutheran gay clergy vote tests mainline churches
      174 15 AP DENVER By voting last Friday to allow gays and lesbians in committed relationships to serve as clergy, the 4.7-million member Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) will either show how a church can stand together amid differences, or become another casualty of
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      Lock icon Beware of second H1N1 wave, warns WHO
      182 16 AFP GENEVA The World Health Organization is urging the world to brace for a second wave of the Influenza A (H1N1) pandemic as the heav-ily-populated northern hemisphere edges towards the cooler season when flu thrives. Influenza traditionally surges to its peak during the
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      Lock icon Apple to dish out a tablet?
      334 16 THE GUARDIAN NEW GADGET SAN FRANCISCO Rumours are rife that Steve Jobs is about to unveil a revolutionary touchscreen gadget. The company that makes the Mac computer, iPod music player and iPhone is reportedly poised to launch a tablet computer small enough to carry
      THE GUARDIAN  -  334 words
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      Lock icon Expert hits a royal flush
      221 16 AFP STOCKHOLM By rethinking the humble toilet, Indian sanitation expert Bindeshwar Pathak has found a way that can save water and lives in developing countries. For four decades, his Sulabh Sanitation Movement has equipped more than 1.2 million households with eco-friendly toilets and installed 7,500
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  • voices
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      Issuers differ on liability
      426 18  -  Kuo How Nam CREDIT CARDS Letter from President, Credit Counselling Singapore I REFER to the various discussions and letters on unauthorised transactions due to lost or stolen cards. The case for just how much liability a cardholder should bear for unauthorised transactions is not clear. Card
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      FOCUS® ON THE FAMILY
      153 20  -  DR BILL MAIER BY TEAMWORK IN DISCIPLINING KIDS One of the hardest parts about setting limits with your kids is figuring out what those limits should be. And it's important that you and your spouse agree. The worst thing you can do is to show a
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      Some share payments with clients, staff
      316 20  -  Arthur Ngiam JOBS CREDIT SCHEME Letter from President, Association of Management Corporations in Singapore I REFER to the report "Jobs Credits blues at condo" (Aug 18). The Jobs Credit Scheme is a 12 per cent credit towards the first $2,500 of each month's wages
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      Bus air-con was at full blast
      152 20  -  JenTeo Letter from THE air-conditioning in public buses is excessively cold especially on rainy days, making the journey extremely uncomfortable. Commuters who are otherwise healthy may even catch a chill. In contrast, the air-condi-tioning settings on MRT trains are much more optimal. This was
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      203 19 Ml BOX OFFICE gi I I Redeem your preview tickets to watch I I 111 ™E TIME TRAVELER'S WIFE tomorrow. I I Look out for more details in TODAY newspaper on 25 August 2009. H si HM^kr nl 11Tr—— i i fc? Hb ill *1K "i^ IM KfcM I gom~
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      Television evolution
      601 21  -  MAY SEAH THREEOFAKIND How Carrie Bradshaw's really Doogie Howser in Manolos may@mediacorp.com.sg THEY* say that history is cyclical. Well, television history is exactly the same. An extended study Today did on television shows and their characters (we watched YouTube clips and ate keropok) revealed interesting timelines and patterns
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      Lock icon A QUARTET OF QUEENS
      177 22 (GOLDEN GIRLS SEX AND THE CITY BIG BANG THEORY) A group of four friends of the same gender will always be a sitcom staple. In the 1980s, the trials and tribulations of four geriatric women in The Golden Girls were both heartwarming and funny. There was
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      MY HANGOUT DOESN'T SERVE MINORS
      195 22 OALLO 'ALLO FRIENDS HOW I METYOUR MOTHER) This study focuses on the choices of public rendezvous points for congregating and socialising through the years. With a World War II setting, Rene's cafe in 'Allo 'Allo provided sustenance for German soldiers seeking cognac, entertained the French
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      More crabby than flowery
      374 23  -  MAYO MARTIN THEATRE REVIEW |THE CRAB FLOWER CLUB Restaged Arts Fest hit feels like a complex multi-course dining experience mayo@mediacorp.com.sg IT HAS only been two months since Toy Factory's Singapore Arts Festival hit play has been simmering in the pot but The Crab Flower Club has
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      1041 24 TV LISTINGS ONMEDI AC OR P CHANNEL 0 9. 9. A. C. 0...? MISS UNIVERSE 2009 HUMAN SPIRIT EnCOre S.ooAM Entertainment Tonight 3.00 Growing Up II 11.00 Criminal Minds IV Addicted tO SuiTOQaCy r 5.30 Prime Time Morning 4.00 12th lAAF World MN LostV Lnannei 5,7.30pm gOO T h e
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  • sports
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      Lock icon Tottenham display belief
      593 25 AFP ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE Lennon the hero as Redknapp #s men show grit to win London derby LONDON Tottenham returned to the top of the English Premier League as Aaron Lennon's late strike clinched a 2-1 victory over London rivals West Ham at Upton Park yesterday. Even
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      Lock icon Owen ready to kick on after cool finish
      335 25 AFP MANCHESTER Michael Owen insists his first goal for Manchester United will be a springboard to prove the critics wrong. Owen opened his account for the Premier League champions in Saturday's 5-0 victory against Wigan at the DW Stadium when he came
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      Lock icon Chelsea reserves feel blue
      187 25 AFP LONDON Chelsea face an English FA investigation into a vicious brawl that marred a training ground friendly between the Premier League club's reserves and United Arab Emirates side Al-Ahli. The behind closed doors practice match at Chelsea's Cobham training base on Wednesday was abandoned after
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      Lock icon A first for Bai Xue and China
      219 26 AP BERLIN China's Bai Xue won the women's marathon world title in a time of 2 hours, 25 minutes and 15 seconds here yesterday. The 20-year-old surged ahead on the final kilometre to give her nation a first marathon world championship title and
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      Lock icon Barrichello lets it all out
      664 26 .AFP EUROPEAN GRAND PRIX With Massa in mind, Brazilian wins to end a five-year drought VALENCIA Brazilian veteran Rubens Barrichello claimed an emotional 10th Formula 1 victory yesterday when he drove his Brawn GP car through a perfectly-judged race in searing heat to win the
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    • Article
      Imperious Feng
      105 26  -  TANYO-HINN SINGAPORE'S No 1 female table tennis player Feng Tianwei has received an early birthday present. Feng, who turns 23 next Monday, clinched the women's singles crown at the U*****,000 ($175,693) KAL Cup Korea Open yesterday. At Seoul's Olympic Gymnasium Stadium, the world No 7 and tournament's top
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      Lock icon Bolt's off to the beach
      459 27 AP WORLD ATHLETICS C'SHIPS Tired superstar repeats Olympic feat and is now ready to party, Jamaican style BERLIN Only Usain Bolt can make a world championship gold medal look like a letdown. The Jamaican left the Olympic Stadium with three gold medals and the assurance
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      Lock icon After some soul-searching, Home are on a roll
      618 27  -  TANYO-HINN GREAT EASTERN-YEO'S S-LEAGUE 2009 Home United v Gombak United Clementi Stadium, tonight, 7.45pm yohinn@mediacorp.com.sg HOME United host fourth-placed Gombak in the S-League tonight eyeing revenge, after the Bulls beat them 2-1 in June. If Home do win, and go on finish
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      138 26 S.League Home United Combak Mon, 24/08/09 7.45pm E League Cup Norwich Sunderland Tue, 25/08/09 2.45am International Football Real Madrid Rosenborg Tue, 25/08/09 4.00am S.League Ceylang Tampines Tue, 25/08/09 7.45pm E League Cup Swansea Scunthorpe Wed, 26/08/09 2.45am E League Cup Nottingham Middlesbrough Wed, 26/08/09 2.45am E League Cup Preston Leicester
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      76 26 SPORTS ON TV TODAY Bam Baseball Little League: Caribbean v Japan, Ch 23 5.55pm Cricket England v Australia, Ch 110 7.30pm Hockey Poland v France, Ch 113 11.30pm Hockey Germany v England, Ch 113 TOMORROW 1.30am Hockey Netherlands v Spain, Ch 113 2am Baseball Little League: Latin America v Japan,
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      171 30 DOWJONES THE Singapore Exchange (SGX) has vowed to improve its regulatory mechanism to prevent fraudulent entities from raising funds in the market. "We are considering having all newly-listed companies appoint governance advisers for an initial period of two years post-IPO," SGX chief executive Hsieh Fu Hua
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      CLARIFY TAX FACTS
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        MARKETS CLOSE
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      273 32 THE DAILYTELEGRAPH THE world's largest accounting firm, PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), is being sued for up to US$2 billion ($2.9 billion) over its role as auditor to one of the feeder funds that channelled fortunes to disgraced fund manager Bernard Madoff, thus helping prop up his US$65 billion
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