Today, 16 September 2009, Afternoon Edition

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    22 1 TODAY Wednesday September i 6, 2009 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking TODAY Wednesday September i 6, 2009 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking
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      in the news
      216 1 2 Some top hotels here are without their top chefs after they were summoned by CPIB for help with a graft probe involving sharks'fin. 4 If the Central Committee gnores precedent and does not name Chinese Vice-President Xi Jinping to a powerful military post, it could signal
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      champions league
      67 1 A A Christiano Ronaldo finds 1 Ithe back of the net twice to help Real Madrid beat FC Zurich. A A AC Milan beat Marseille 1 Ito bounce back from their disappointing start to the season. A C An off-form Chelsea scrape through to beat Porto in their
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      Worry over more staying jobless longer
      724 1  -  LINYANQIN yanqin@mediacorp.com.sg UNEMPLOYMENT may have stabilised, and the job market shrank less than expected in the second quarter, but one worrying figure stands out: The number of resident job-seekers who stayed unemployed for 25 weeks or more, even as job vacancies increased. The number
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      They are spice in the S pore mix
      671 1  -  LEONGWEEKEAT NEW IMMIGRANTS PM: Frictions inevitable but foreigners add value, and we'll help them blend in weekeat@mediacorp.com.sg SOME have griped about foreign service staff not understanding basic instructions such as "chilli" or "no chilli". Others lamented about new arrivals not serving the
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      Lock icon Top chefs feel heat over fishy dealing
      526 2  -  ANSLEYNG ansley@mediacorp.com.sg GRAFT PROBE They are accused of taking bribes from supplier for orders of items like shark's fin SOME four and five-star hotels in the Orchard area are now without top chefs in their Chinese restaurants, after they were summoned to the
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      What they wanted to know...
      394 3  -  TEOXUANWEI NTU STUDENTS'UNION MINISTERIAL FORUM xuanwei@mediacorp.com.sg THEY had 50 minutes to engage the Prime Minister on issues related to the integration of foreigners in Singapore, but of the 13 questions raised at the NTU Students' Union Ministerial Forum last night, only two touched on the
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      Lock icon 'BE PREPARED FOR W-SHAPED RECOVERY'
      146 3 TEOXUANWEI The downturn looks to have bottomed out and signs of recovery are there, but Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong reiterated the warning that "it is going to be a long, hard climb back up". "The outlook is not bad, but please be psychologically prepared
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      NO ACTUAL IMPROVEMENT IN PRODUCTIVITY'
      168 4  -  LINYANQIN The figures appear promising. The decline in labour productivity eased to 6.2 per cent, after the accelerating decline since last year hit 15 per cent in Qi. And the growth in unit labour costs moderated to 2.1 per cent from 9.9 per cent. But
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      Lock icon Who after Hu?
      398 4 AGENCIES CHINA POLITICS BEIJING As the annual conclave of China's ruling Communist Party got under way yesterday, all eyes are on Vice-President Xi Jinping (picture). If the Central Committee ignores precedent and doesn't name MrXi to the party's powerful military commission at their four-day meeting, it could
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      Novel suggestions for exclusion orders
      419 6  -  ANSLEYNG CASINO CONTROL (AMENDMENT) BILL ansley@mediacorp.com. sg TO BAN or not to ban? At the reading of the Casino Control (Amendment) Bill yesterday, Members of Parliament (MPs) raised questions about who else should be considered in the exclusion orders. What about beneficiaries of private charities,
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      Please keep them out of casinos, request seven families
      333 6  -  ANSLEYNG ansley@mediacorp.com.sg AS AT the end of last month, the National Council on Problem Gambling (NCPG) has granted the wishes of seven families to keep their kin out of the upcoming casinos. Revealing this in Parliament yesterday, Minister for Community Development,
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      Lock icon Immunity for kids
      258 8 CHANNEL NEWSASIA PNEUMOCOCCAL VACCINATION IT IS a disease that can be fatal, but now, young children in Singapore will be immunised against pneumococcal disease. In what appears to be a turnaround, the Ministry of Health (MOH) will now include pneumococcal vaccination into the National Childhood Immunisation Programme
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      SHORTER WAIT FOR RENTAL FLATS
      114 8  -  LINYANQIN About 1,400 rental flats have been added to the stock since 2007, and the waiting time for one has dropped to 13 months from 21 months a year ago thanks to the HDB's efforts to manage supply and demand, said Parliamentary Secretary (National Development)
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      REVIEWOF MAINTENANCE ORDER
      101 8  -  ESTHER NG Levying stiffer penalties for spouses who default on maintenance and simplifying the process of enforcement are some suggestions the Ministry of Community Development, Youth and Sports (MCYS) has received from the public, said DrVivian Balakrishnan. MCYS is undertaking a review on the enforcement of maintenance
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      Lock icon BETTER TELEVISION CONTENT FROM MEDIACORP
      116 8 CHANNEL NEWSASIA Several initiatives are in place to improve the quality of local television content. Responding to questions by Nominated MP Calvin Cheng, Acting Minister for Information, Communication and the Arts Lvi Tuck Yew said the Media Development Authority (MDA) requires MediaCorp to outsource a
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      Copyright Tribunal gets more muscle
      348 11  -  LINYANQIN IN PARLIAMENT yanqin@mediacorp.com.sg TO REIN in commercial agencies and collecting societies which may impose unreasonable fees and terms on licensees, the Copyright Act has been tweaked to clearly define the Copyright Tribunal's powers to act as a check against them. Under amendments passed in
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      Lock icon $1m fund for care organisations launched
      314 11  -  ZULOTHMAN zul@mediacorp.com.sg IT WAS conceived last year by the Ministry of Community Development, Youth and Sports (MCYS) as a first stop for the disabled, the elderly and their families seeking advice, referrals and financial aid. Ten months on, the Centre for Enabled Living (CEL)
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      Eight's a lucky number
      281 12  -  NEOCHAICHIN ANTARCTICTREK SPONSORSHIP chaichin@mediacorp.com.sg SHE had approached IT security firm Kaspersky Lab to sponsor her expedition to Antarctica, but the offer made to Ms Sophia Pang Singapore's representative for the all-women Commonwealth Antarctic Expedition was eight times more than what she'd hoped for. The firm, which
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    • SINGAPORE ROUNDUP
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        Lock icon MODERATE HAZE YESTERDAY
        82 12 938 LIVE Singapore experienced moderately hazy conditions yesterday with a PSI reading of 55 at 4pm. The 24-hour reading was the highest so far this month. The National Environment Agency said this can be attributed to smoke haze from Sumatra, brought in by the prevailing southern winds;
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        FIRE SAFETYCHECKS FOR SOMECONDOS FROM JAN
        46 12 From January, condominiums tallerthan eight storeys, or 24m, will have to undergo compulsory fire safety checks once every year, it was announced at yesterday's Civil Defence Day Parade. The Fire Certificate Scheme only applies to commercial and industrial buildings currently.
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      He gets reformative training instead
      262 12  -  ONG DAILIN A TEEN who accidentally torched 54 vehicles at a car park in Gangsa Road has been spared reformative boot camp. Instead, he was given 30 months' probation by the Court of Appeal. S Scan Kriskumar, 18, was sentenced as a juvenile in April
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      RACING ACTION POWERED BY CANON
      154 13 Man of the moment: Paul-Henri Cahier Fi photographer Paul-Henri Cahier started his motor racing photography journey at the age of 14. His dedicated coverage of the Fi Championship throughout the years, with his trusted Canon EOS camera, has produced a famous collection of powerful and
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      Lock icon A BLAZING AFTERNOON
      56 14 PHOTO COURTESY TERENCE CHNG A Malaysian trailer caught fire at the BKE after the Bukit Panjang exit yesterday. The SCDF arrived at the scene at 2.50pm and extinguished the fire in 10 minutes using two waterjets. It sent down a fire engine, a red rhino and two
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      Fined for deducting workers pay
      212 14  -  ONG DAI LIN ERRANT EMPLOYER dailin@mediacorp.com.sg HE PAID the Bangladeshi worker a monthly salary of $1,000 when the construction worker started work in his company in March last year. But over a period of four months from April to July last year, Ke Koon Seng,
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      What weight do academic qualifications carry in PR applications?
      276 14  -  ONG DAI LIN FOR a skilled worker, how much weight does the Immigration and Checkpoints Authority (ICA) place on his educational qualifications when approving his permanent resident application? This was the question raised by Judge of Appeal V X Rajah during
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      Report: Israel, Hamas committed war crimes
      423 18 WAR IN GAZA NEW YORK A team appointed by the United Nations said both Israel and Hamas committed war crimes during Israel's three-week military offensive against the militant group in the Gaza Strip. Israel's military committed "grave breaches" of international law, including "wilful killing,
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      Lock icon H1N1 vaccine gets the green light
      184 18 AFP WASHINGTON US drug regulators approved a HINI vaccine yesterday, keeping officials on track to begin a mass vaccination campaign by next month, Health Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said. "I am pleased to report that today, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved applications
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      Lock icon Sonia shows how its done
      355 20 THEGUARDIAN INDIAN POLITICS Ruling party boss takes lead in austerity drive NEW DELHI Mrs Sonia Gandhi (picture), the president of India's ruling Congress party, underlined her government's austerity drive by forgoing her private army plane on Monday and taking a commercial flight to a party
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      Lock icon All the PM's men
      471 21 AFP JAPAN POLITICS TOKYO On the eve of taking power in Japan, the centreleft Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) has selected several key Cabinet ministers, according to media reports. DPJ chief Yukio Hatoyama is due to be voted in as Prime Minister at a special Parliament
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        Lock icon BIRTH DEFECTS ONTHE RISE IN BEIJING
        88 21 AP China The number of birth defects in China's capital has almost doubled in the last decade, the city's health bureau said. There were 170 cases for every 10,000 births last year, compared with 90 per 10,000 in 1997, it said. Dr Ren Aiguo,
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        Lock icon FLASH FLOODS KILL 38: OFFICIAL
        79 21 AFP Indonesia At least 38 people were killed in flash floods in a remote region of Sumatra yesterday, a provincial government spokesman said. The early morning floods hit six villages with about 2,200 residents in the remote coastal district of Mandailing Natal, 275 km south-west
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      Lock icon Arrest challenge thrown out
      107 22 AFP JAKARTA An Indonesian court yesterday rejected an attempt by an alleged financier of the deadly July bombings in Jakarta to overturn an order detaining him. Mohammed Jibril Abdurahman, 24, a radical publisher and alleged member of an Al Qaeda-linked group in Pakistan, had been jailed
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      Lock icon M'sia releases 5 ISA detainees
      444 22 AGENCIES JEMAAH ISLAMIYAH KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia said yesterday it has freed five alleged members of the Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) militant group, saying they have been rehabilitated during years in detention without trial. All five are Malaysians. JI, a regional outfit linked to Al Qaeda, has
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      Lock icon H1N1 spreads long after the fever stops
      232 23 AP SAN FRANCISCO When the coughing stops is probably a better sign of when an Influenza A (HINl) patient is no longer contagious, experts said after seeing new research that suggests the virus can still spread many days after a fever goes away.
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      Lock icon Breaking up is not so hard to do
      428 23 THE MALAYSIAN INSIDER TEXT MESSAGING KUALA LUMPUR Close to a quarter, or 22 percent, of urban Malaysians say they have broken up with someone via Short Message Service (SMS) while 20 per cent say they were dumped by their partners via SMS.
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      Lock icon Recounts at 10% of polling stations
      345 26 AFP AFGHAN ELECTIONS KABUL Ballots at 10 per cent of Afghanistan's polling stations will be recounted because of indications of fraud during controversial polls last month, the Electoral Complaints Commission (ECC) said yesterday. The ECC, which is backed by the United Nations, last week
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      Lock icon Rush for food ends in stampede
      201 26 AP KARACHI At least 18 women and girls died when a crowd waiting for handouts of flour swelled and panicked in Pakistan's most populous city, officials said. The stampede in Karachi came during Ramadan, a traditional time for charitable acts, including giving away food.
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      Lock icon Pakistani police foil militant attack on Karachi oil terminal
      178 30 AFP KARACHI Police have exchanged fire with gunmen on the streets of Pakistan's financial capital to thwart a suspected militant plot against a strategic oil terminal complex. Officials said yesterday the overnight Shootout in western Karachi came with security forces on
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      Lock icon US kills key Al Qaeda leader
      441 30 THE NEW YORK TIMES, AFP SOMALIA RAID NAIROBI —American commandos killed a top Al Qaeda commander high on the FBl's most wanted terrorist list in Africa in a daylight raid in southern Somalia on Monday, according to American and Somali officials. Western intelligence agents
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      Lock icon IS RACISM DRIVING PROTESTS?
      542 31  -  KERRY SHERIDAN AFP I A SOUTHERN conservative lawmaker breaks decorum and hollers "You lie", at the President of the United States in Congress. Protesters display guns at venues where the President is speaking. And a movement arises alleging that the President's birth certificate is forged. To
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      Lock icon NY to stamp out smoking at parks and beaches
      169 31 AGENCIES,THE NEWYORKTIMES NEWYORK-NewYorkCity'sfamous parks may be going smoke-free. The city's Health Commissioner Thomas Farley said on Monday that the next goal in Mayor Michael Bloomberg's anti-tobacco crusade is to ban smoking at city parks and beaches. The city has more than
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      Lock icon DNA tests to find killer
      336 32 AGENCIES ANNIE LE MURDER NEW HAVEN (Connecticut) As a pharmacology student in Yale University, Ms Annie Le spent a lot of time in a laboratory studying life at the microscopic level. Now, identifying her killer rests on lab work of a similar kind DNA testing.
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      Lock icon Heart attack fells wine-loving chef
      470 33 AGENCIES KEITH FLOYD: 1943-2009 LONDON Mr Keith Floyd, television's original celebrity chef, has died after suffering a heart attack. He was 65. Mr Floyd, who was born Dec 28,1943, was best known for his enthusiastic presenting style, dress sense and ever-present glass of wine. He
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    • GLOBAL ROUNDUP
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        Lock icon FBI ANTI-TERROR RAID IN NEWYORK
        87 33 AFP Federal agents raided homes in the New York city borough of Queens on Monday as part of a terror investigation deemed enough of a threat for key Republican and Democratic lawmakers to be briefed. The congressional briefings underscored the serious nature of the probe,
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        Lock icon IWASTORTURED: IRAQI SHOE-THROWER
        89 33 AP The Iraqi journalist who threw his shoes at former United States President George W Bush says he was tortured with beatings, whippings and electric shocks during his first few days in custody. Mr Muntadhar Al Zeidi was freed yesterday after nine months in prison fora protest
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      415 34  -  Dr Patrick Kee Letter from I REFER to the report, "Quality over quantity is the current agenda" (Sept 14). First, home palliative care is not "a slow medicine movement". It is competent and compassionate medical care care that is "high touch and low tech".
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      156 36  -  DR JAMES DOBSON I BY TAMING MEALTIME MADNESS If you've ever been around young kids at the dinner table, you know what a hassle it can be to get them to eat. The dinner table is a major battlefield of childhood, especially during the toddler years.
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      379 36  -  See Leong Kit HDB PRICES Letter from I REFER to "Loopholes now closed" (Sept 15). Sky-high prices of Housing and Development Board (HDB) flats will naturally push up private property prices. Thus this issue affects all Singaporeans, even those who aspire to own private
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      158 36  -  David Soh Poh Huat Letter from I REFER to "A loan for COYs?" (Sept 15). Mr Mah Bow Tan advised Singaporeans buying Housing and Development Board (HDB) flats to "shop around". Maybe the HDB is not aware of what is happening
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      142 34 HAVE YOUR SAY. email voices@mediacorp.com.sg or visit www.todayonline.com/voices nWe need to more I players like Noh I Alam Shah who dare to speak up. Read Phua Tzai Wei's views and more letters on the subject at www.todayonline.com/voices A* A t w V aßiMfc Bring cheer wherever you go with MARIGOLD
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      134 36 Calling all parents, school teachers and counsellors! Attention Deficit Hyperactivity .^^flfc^k Disorder (ADHD) and Anxiety Disorders are Jf common behavioural disorders affecting children. In Singapore, ADHD affects 5% of 1 school-going kids and over 10% of children suffer from Childhood Anxiety. Come to our public forum to find out more
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        1071 38  -  MAYO MARTIN INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS QuentinTarantino isn't afraid to take on Hitler or historical accuracy in Cannes mayo@mediacorp.com.sg THERE'S no question Quentin Tarantino is the biggest movie nerd on the planet. No, we're not talking about the former video rental store clerk-turned-Oscar-win-ning director's physical
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        289 40 AGENCIES OBAMATO KANYE WEST NEW YORK You know you've done something bad when the American President thinks you're a meanie. The Huffington Post reported that President Barack Obama called Kanye West a "jackass" during a CNBC interview on Monday, referring to West's behaviour at the MTV Video
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        431 42 THE NEW YORKTIMES PATRICK SWAYZE: 1952-2009 Dirty Dancing star dies at 57 after 20-month illness PATRICK Swayze (picture), the balletically athletic actor who rose to stardom in the films Dirty Dancing and Ghost, and whose 20-month battle with advanced pancreatic cancer drew wide attention,
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      233 40 Public Forums in English Mandarin It is estimated that more than 30m people around the world has dementia. In Singapore, there are currently more than 20,000 people, aged 65 years and above, with dementia. A diagnosis is an important first step towards receiving appropriate help and support. With early diagnosis
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      72 42 Students who successfully complete the Diploma may transfer onto 2nd year of the following programmes B.Sc Accounting Finance B.Sc Information Systems B.Sc Banking Finance Management B.Sc Business B.Sc Management B.Sc Economics B.Sc Mathematics B.Sc Economics Finance Economics B.Sc Economics B.Sc Accounting with Law Management B.Sc Management with Law The London
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      285 42 h I I 4 -©l9OO *****34 [fm.gv.com.sg I myj 'i^ J o ALIENS IN THE ATTIC** BLOOD TIES* i+MAND BLOOD TIES* i+MAND 12.00 A*UUM|9 n2oam 1.40 4.00 6.40 12.00 2.10 4.30 6.40 8.50pm 1130 am 200 430 940pm 2.20 4.40 7.00 9.20pm \nZZZ IMmmm G™«"'«"*m ALIENS IN THE ATTIC" ALIENS
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      968 43 TV LISTINGS ON MEDIACORP CHANNEL 9^.^.9}^.9^. f>. MICHAEL JACKSON HISTORY DANGEROUS ENCOUNTERS WORI DTOIIR S.ooAM Entertainment Tonight 4.00 Are You Smarter Than A sth (Premiere) p .1 nur\LL/iuun 530 p rimeTimeMoming Grader? I.OOAM Entertainment Tonight rytnOn AttaCK Munich (Encore) 9.30 The Rachael Ray Show 111 5.00 The Rachael Ray Show
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      232 44 AP MARSEILLE Filippo Inzaghi's (picture) double gave AC Milan a 2-1 victory over Marseille on Tuesday in the first round of the Champions League group stage, allowing his team to bounce back following a disappointing start to the season. Inzaghi opened the scoring in the
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      319 44 CHAMPIONS LEAGUE CHAMPIONS LEAGUE GROUPC Real Madrid 5 FC Zurich 2 ZURICH Cristiano Ronaldo scored twice from long-range free-kicks as Real Madrid beat FC Zurich 5-2 to open the Champions League group phase on Tuesday. The nine-time European champion coasted to a threegoal lead in the first-half,
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      230 45 CHAMPIONS LEAGUE CHAMPIONS LEAGUE GROUP D Chelsea 1 Porto o LONDON Nicolas Anelka gave Chelsea a winning start to its Champions League campaign by clinching a 1-0 victory over Porto in the Group D opener yesterday. On a rain-soaked Stamford Bridge pitch, the France forward struck
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      207 45 AP ISTANBUL Paul Scholes (picture) scored with 13 minutes remaining yesterday to give Manchester United a 1-0 win at Besiktas in the teams' opening Champions League Group B match. Scholes, who was sent off in the Premier League on Saturday, headed the ball into
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      583 46  -  SHAMIR OSMAN SINGAPORE SPORT He #s short of practice but ready to help the hockey team shamir@mediacorp.com.sg AFTER 11 months at Sandhurst, the British Army's officer training centre, lan Vanderput is back with the Singapore men's hockey team. The 21 -year-old only picked up a hockey stick
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      525 47  -  SHAMIR OSMAN SINGAPORE FOOTBALL Geylang still discussing transfer fee release date for Persija-bound Baihakki GREAT EASTERN-YEO'S S-LEAGUE 2009 Balestier Khalsa v Geylang United Toa Payoh Stadium, j.^spm shamir@mediacorp.com.sg WHILE the transfers of Tampines Rovers stalwarts Noh Alam Shah and Mustafic Fahrudin to Indonesian Super
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      532 48  -  TANYO-HINN ROADTOTHE OLYMPICS Olympic hopefuls have a forgettable start at venue for 2012 Games yohinn@mediacorp.com.sg THE journey to the 2012 Olympic Games has begun for five Singapore sailors. The quartet of Roy Tay, Terence Koh, Dawn Liv, Siobhan Tarn and Colin Cheng made a slow start at the
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      263 48 AFP KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia was jubilant yesterday after the country won a place on the Formula 1 grid in an alliance between Lotus, the government and entrepreneurs including Air Asia's flamboyant founder Tony Fernandes. "This is not only a dream, it is a reality.
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      120 49 The official race attire for this year's Standard Chartered Singapore Marathon on Dec 6 was unveiled at the New Balance flagship store at Novena Square yesterday. New Balance was the event's first apparel sponsors in 2002. To mark the new three-year deal, a specialedition finisher's T-shirt
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      68 44 SPORTS ON TV TODAY 7pm Baseball World Cup, Ch 113 gpm Cycling Tour of Spain, Ch 113 10.25pm Cricket Surrey v Warwickshire, Ch 110 TOMORROyy lam Baseball World Cup, Ch 113 2.45pm C League Inter Milan v Barcelona, mioTV Ch 61 2.45pm C League Liverpool v Debrecen, mioTVCh 62 2.45pm
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      367 46 I) c < V J| CPA s'ngSPQgß Every year, thousands of graduates aspire to pursue successful professional careers in the accountancy, banking and finance industries in Singapore. To further enhance their potential and demand in the local market, many strive to obtain the prestigious and widely recognised CPA Singapore designation
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      120 46 Ifff ANNAMALAI V^fi^ ISO 9001 H HMH INTERNATIONAL sI|JKJs UNIVERSITY SSa^ CERTIFICATION EDUCATION CONSULTANTS Annamalai University, India Quality And Student-friendly Distance Learning Programmes are on offer in SINGAPORE Contact seminars Examinations in SPORE Successful completion of 9 years in SPORE AMMAMAI Al Member Association of Commonwealth Universities ANNAMALAI Member of
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      468 50  -  KELVIN CHOW PICTURE COURTESY SMALL-AND MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISES SMEs optimistic about growth in the next 12 months kdvinc@mediacorp.com.sg SMALL- and medium-sized enterprises in Singapore are more becoming more optimistic about growth in the next 12 months, according to a survey by branding consultancy A S Louken (ASL) and
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        135 52 PrimaDeli's mooncake collection has something for everyone. This year, four refreshing new flavours take centrestage Cranberry Cheese, Milk Papaya, Green Tea Yu Zu and Espresso Chestnut. PrimaDeli is also adding two new sets to its festive gifts range. The Heavenly Mini Set features nine mini
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        58 52 Kordel's Evening Primrose Oil 1000mg, a general supplement suitable for women of all ages, is now retailing at a special price of $36.00 for 360 capsules and comes with a free trendy wrist bag. It is available at all Guardian, Unity Healthcare, Watsons and all
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        108 52 Are you fed up with applying many acne treatment creams that dry your skin? Try the Nexcare Acne Patch a skincoloured, transparent dressing which absorbs oil and pus while ensuring comfort. It also acts as a layer of protection to reduce the contamination of the acne
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        78 52 Clarke Quay's $15 Nett Set Lunch promotion is back, with more participating tenants this time round. Head to any of the 19 participating outlets to feast like a prince. Also, pamper yourself at the Spring Spa with a 15-minute treatment followed by a treat of local
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        124 52 From, Friday to Sept 27, head to the poolside alfresco restaurant Blue Potato at Swissotel Merchant Court and treat yourself to a barbecue buffet. Appetisers include the premium wood smoked salmon, mushroom salad and chilli cheese straws. Then choose from a variety of succulent
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      134 52 Not all of us can afford the luxury of staying in posh hotel chains. Even large multi-national companies are watching their budgets and cutting back on business travel. What more the average traveller who just needs a convenient location, a decent bed and bathroom, reasonably priced food
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      793 53  -  JOSEPH STIGLITZ THE GUARDIAN BUSINESS COMMENT For all Obama's talk of overhaul, the US has failed to rein in Wall Street WHAT went wrong? Have the right lessons been learned? Could it happen again? The anniversary of the Lehman Brothers' bankruptcy and the freezing of
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      140 54 BLOOMBERG THE United States Treasury Department and Citigroup have begun discussing how to sell the 34-per-cent stake that the government acquired in the rescue of the bank, sources said. The government, which owns 7.7 billion common shares after a recent preferred-stock conversion
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      552 54 AFP TRADE SPAT China takes the US to WTO to defuse trade tensions ahead of G 20: Analysts BEIJING China has hauled the United States before the World Trade Organization (WTO) in a bid to buy time and prevent a tariffs row from overshadowing top-level talks
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      192 56 AFP TOKYO -Japan Airlines (JAL) yesterday said it would slash 6,Boojobs and pursue a tie-up with a foreign carrier in a bid to return to profit in the face of turbulence unleashed by the global recession. The job cuts, which will
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      508 56 AGENCIES AUSTRALIAN TELECOMS Canberra plans to break up Telstra to allow more competition as country prepares for new network SYDNEY Australia yesterday announced shock plans to split up the country's largest telco Telstra in a bid to break its market stranglehold before spending As 43 billion
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      205 57 938 LIVE CREDIT CARD FRAUD THERE is no need to implement regulations for now to limit the liability of credit card holders whose credit cards have been misplaced, said Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong in a reply to a question in Parliament by Mr Lim Biow
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      345 57  -  ESTHER FUNG esther@mediacorp.com.sg A COMMITTEE set up by the Investment Management Association of Singapore (IMAS) is calling for an alignment of standards to help fund managers in their risk-assessment processes. A new IMAS survey on risk and performance practices among fund managers found
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      195 57 CHANNEL NEWSASIA TIGER Airways has seena 15-per-cent growth in business travellers since it started flying five years ago, and this group of passengers has helped the budget carrier achieve its significant milestone of carrying 10 million passengers in a shorter time span. Celebrating
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        77 58 The Bernanke effect Stocks climbed to new highs this year as retail sales gained the most in three years and Fed Chairman Bernanke said the country's recession was "very likely" at an end. The Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 56.61 points, or 0.59 per cent, to 9,683.41. The
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        54 58 Prices rally Crude oil for October delivery rose $2.07 to settle at $70.93 a barrel at 2:46pm on the New York Mercantile Exchange, the biggest increase since Sept. 8. Prices are up 59 per cent this year. Opec raised its oil demand forecast for this year and 2010
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