Today, 11 November 2009, Afternoon Edition

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    20 1 TODAY Wednesday November n, 2009 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking TODAY Wednesday November ii, 2009 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking
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      in the news
      164 1 3 The Government is not likely to touch interest rates in dealng with the property market, but 'extreme tax policies' aren't ruled out, says the Finance Minister. 6 Former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra arrives in Phnom Penh, where he is expected to stay for 'two or
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      20 years on, Apec must take lead again: PM
      282 1  -  IMELDASAAD SINGAPORE Twenty years ago, 12 economies, including Singapore, Australia and the United States, came together to give free trade a push, amid worries of rising protectionist sentiments. Today, the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec) has grown and the same agenda has
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      Calling for outside help
      641 1  -  ESTHER FUNG SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES Firms want Govt to draw in foreign SMEs; dedicated funding arm also needed esther@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE It may be traditional to view them as unwelcome competition, but now a call has gone out for the Government to try to lure more
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      Lock icon CRICKET WORLD CUP HERE?
      75 2 mm AFP Should Singapore tap on the "cricket buzz" in Asia and the game's new 20-20 format and bid to host the "20-20 Cricket World Cup"?Thiswasa suggestion to the Economic Strategies Committee from Singapore Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industry. It would not only bring in
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      '7 or 8' areas to build our strengths in
      325 2  -  CLAIRE HUANG MAYWONG THARMAN ON ECONOMIC STRATEGY Finance Minister: Ecosystem of capabilities needed AND dairehuang@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE It has a "strongly facilitative business environment" well-rated by the World Bank and others, and its diversity of foreign and local firms is a "real
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      Lock icon TOILET BREAKS WON'T GO DOWN THE DRAIN
      66 3 LEONGWEE KEAT No opportunity goes to waste even a visit to the bathroom for Apec delegates activates a motion-activated installation that showcases how the Republic has met its water needs despite having limited resources. The installation is part of a series of interactive
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      Lock icon Govt unlikely to touch interest rates: Tharman
      169 3 ESTHER FUNG SINGAPORE The Government will "use every tool in our disposal in calibrated fashion" to prevent the boom-and-bust cycle of the property market, with "extreme tax policies" not ruled out. But it is unlikely to toy with interest rates or exchange rates,
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      Lock icon Roads affected, but traffic smooth
      243 4  -  NEOCHAICHIN SINGAPORE Save for minor congestion along Nicoll Highway towards Shenton Way at about Bam, it was a smooth ride to the office for Suntec City workers yesterday, the first day of road closures for Apec Leaders Week. The stretch of Temasek Boulevard towards Suntec's
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      Lock icon Tantalising taste buds
      384 4  -  NEOCHAICHIN APEC 2009 S #porean food with a twist on the menu chaichin@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Soto ayam with scallop mousse, rendang baked lobster, braised beef short ribs in five-spice sauce, cold appetiser of chilli crab with mango chilli salsa. These Singaporean dishes with a twist are what top
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      Lock icon South of the border, Korean warships clash
      214 6 AGENCIES SEOUL North and South Korea blamed each other yesterday for a clash of warships off their west coast. The clash is the first of its kind in seven years. South Korean President Lee Myung Bak called an emergency meeting of security ministers
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      Lock icon Ex-Thai PM flies in for 'two or three days'
      440 6 .AGENCIES THAKSIN IN CAMBODIA PHNOM PENH Ousted Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra arrived in Cambodia yesterday to start work as a government economic adviser, fuelling tensions between the two countries. Thailand vowed to seek the extradition of the fugitive billionaire and
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      Lock icon Degree programme for Indon maids
      591 8  -  ZULOTHMAN EDUCATED DOMESTIC WORKERS zul@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Her maid's dream to pursue a degree was realised over a dinner conversation. "My mother was talking to my maid one night, and found out she was well educated," recounted Madam Samira Siddique, 32. "After she found out, my
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      Lock icon 'He was a spouse to me'
      343 10  -  ONG DAI LIN SICC CIVIL SUIT dailin@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE She was going through a divorce at the time; he already had a wife in Malaysia. But Ms Kay Swee Pin and Mr Ng Kong Yearn pledged a long-term commitment to each other in January 1982
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      Hit-and-run case
      83 12 SINGAPORE A man suspected of drink driving was arrested after he sped off after colliding with a motorcyclist early yesterday. At about 3.20am yesterday, the 38 yearold car driver collided with the motorcyclist who was travelling along Jalan Sultan. The motorcyclist, 24, suffered multiple injuries. Instead of helping,
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      'I do not know what happened'
      240 12  -  ONGDAILIN dalin@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE He had told the court that he stabbed his 18--year-old girlfriend repeatedly because she was behaving intimately with another man. Yesterday, Pathip Selvan Sugumaran, 23, said his mind was blank when he stabbed Ms Jeevitha Panippan. Pathip told the High Court:
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      Lock icon Did debts drive him to his death?
      286 12  -  TEOXUAN WEI ESTHER NG ANG MO KIOTRAGEDY SINGAPORE If Mr Ng Chee Kiang had a debt problem, it did not manifest in very visible ways leading up to his alleged suicide and murder of his two young children on Saturday. While neighbours had
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      ANOTHER REASON TO HITTHE MALL
      80 14 NUS BUSINESS SCHOOL Singapore's first dog park within a mall will open its doors next year. Dogs will be allowed to exercise and playoff-leash under owners' supervision, at the 2,000-sq-ft park on the level -4 roof garden of nex, a new mall at Serangoon Central
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      Its top in Asia, say global deans
      308 14 It's also ranked 25th worldwide: Survey SINGAPORE It came in at No 3 in the region last year, but the National University of Singapore (NUS) Business School has gone two places better now it was voted the top-scoring business school in Asia in
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      $440,000 RAISED FOR NUS BUSINESS SCHOOL
      89 14 Thanks to 28 donors, a total of $440,000 was raised for financially needy undergraduates at the NUS Business School. Forty-two bursaries, each worth $2,500, were handed out to these students yesterday. They will be used to pay the students' tuition fees. The remaining 134
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    • SINGAPORE ROUNDUP
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        RUSSIAN PRESIDENT'S VISIT
        74 16 Russian President Dmitry Medvedev will be in Singapore on an official visit on Nov 15 and 16. Mr Medvedev the first Russian President to visit Singapore will be accompanied by a high-level delegation which includes ministers, government officials and businessmen. During his visit, Mr Medvedev will call
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        Lock icon MORE HIGHER CHINESE STUDENTS
        83 16 CHANNEL NEWSASIA More students are taking Higher Chinese at the O levels. Last year, they formed 27 per cent of O level Chinese candidates double the proportion from a decade ago. Education Minister Ng Eng Hen said the 2004 Chinese Language Review has succeeded in making
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      Lock icon Helping youth grow careers
      383 16  -  ONG DAI LIN YOUNG PROFESSIONALS dailin@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE It was the first convention that the 15 youth were organising and the goal was to attract 2,000 people. But the two-day Young Professionals Convention 2009 held last month drew only 600 people. At the debriefing session, the youth
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      110 2 Forum by Associate Professor Leonard Ang Medical Director Premium Lasik Surgery Clinic The Eye Cornea Transplant Centre Cornea Refractive Surgery Fellowship, Singapore Harvard Medical School, USA Cornea Fellowship, University of Pennsylvania, USA Cornea, Refractive Surgery Stem Cell Treatment Fellowship, Kyoto, Japan Dates: 13 Nov 2009 (Frij 7pm 19 Nov 2009
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      Lock icon Honouring the victims
      345 18 AP FORT HOOD MEMORIAL TEXAS One by one, President Barack Obama spoke the names and told the stories yesterday of the 13 people slain in the Fort Hood shootings, honouring their memories as he denounced the "twisted logic" that led to their deaths. "No faith justifies these
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      Lock icon Gunmen kidnap 3 workers in southern Philippines
      160 22 AP MANILA Gunmen in camouflage stormed a plywood factory and abducted three workers yesterday, a day after suspected Muslim militants beheaded a kidnapped schoolteacher on a nearby southern Philippine island, officials said. About 20 assailants broke through a wooden fence and took away
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      Lock icon Bomb threat averted...
      355 22 AP AFGHANISTAN 250 tonnes of ammonium nitrate seized by troops KABUL International troops and Afghan police seized 250 tonnes of ammonium nitrate fertilizer enough to make several hundred roadside bombs, the Taliban's most lethal weapon in what has been the deadliest year of the war, Nato announced
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      Lock icon MONSOON RAINS CLAIM 18 LIVES IN SOUTH THAILAND
      99 24 AFP A Thai girl playing in floodwaters on Sunday. Floods and mudslides in 10 provinces in southern Thailand have killed 18 people and affected more than 300,000 over the past five days, said the Interior Ministry yesterday. Ten of the deaths occurred
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      Lock icon US wants to be partner, not rival
      402 24 AFP OBAMA'S CHINA VISIT WASHINGTON United States President Barack Obama will make his first visit this weekend to China, in a bid to pursue a top, if abstract, goal reassuring the rising power that Washington wants to be its partner, not rival. Mr
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      Lock icon Support for Japan's govt drops: Newspaper poll
      169 26 AFP TOKYO Support for Japan's nearly two-month-old government has dropped to 63 per cent, amid a probe into Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama's political fund-raising records. The approval rating was down 8 points from last month for the government that ousted conservatives in a
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      Lock icon Third blast in as many days
      249 26 AP PAKISTAN ATTACK PESHAWAR A car bomb exploded outside a market in north-west Pakistan yesterday, killing 20 people in the latest attack by militants aimed at avenging an army offensive along the Afghan border. The blast was the third in as many days in
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      Lock icon Protests but work begins
      304 27 AFP S KOREAN RIVER PROJECT Environmentalists up in arms against $26.4b makeover SEOUL South Korea yesterday launched a US$l9 billion ($26.4 billion) project to dredge and restore its four major rivers despite protests over the feared environmental impact. Excavators started shifting soil to build temporary dams
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      Lock icon Koalas could be a thing of the past in 30 years
      158 27 .AFP SYDNEY Australia's koalas could be extinct in 30 years, conservationists warned yesterday, calling for the iconic creatures to be declared an endangered species. The Australian Koala Foundation said a recent survey indicated that numbers may have plunged by
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      Lock icon US recalls 1 million strollers after fingertip amputations
      135 28 AFP WASHINGTON The United States announced the recall of some 1 million baby strollers made by Britain's Maclaren (picture), saying they posed a risk of "fingertip amputation" to young children. The Chinese-manufactured strollers' hinge mechanism "poses a fingertip amputation and laceration hazard
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      Lock icon Japan to give $6.8b more
      304 28 AGENCIES AID FORAFGHANISTAN TOKYO Japan said yesterday it plans to provide up to US$5 billion ($6.8 billion) in aid to Afghanistan, effectively replacing its naval refuelling mission that supports United States-led coalition in the region in a commitment announced days ahead of President Barack Obama's
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      Lock icon Troops fight H1N1 amid war
      159 28 AP KABUL Hundreds of Afghan and international troops already battling a rising militant insurgency are facing a new fight recovering from the HINI flu, the virus that has left 11 people dead in the country. The Public Health Ministry said on Monday that 710 of
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      Lock icon Iraqi women marching forward
      279 30 THENEWYORKTIMES BAGHDAD The 50 women who called themselves the Lioness group became the first female graduates of Iraq's police officer training academy. The women joined 1,050 male classmates in what is called a step forward for Iraqi women. "Some people have a view of Iraqi women
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      Lock icon Choose Iran or Israel
      392 30 THE GUARDIAN AHMADINEJAD'S ULTIMATUM TO US ISTANBUL Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad effectively spurned US President Barack Obama's offer of renewed ties between Washington and Tehran on Monday night by making it conditional on the US abandoning support for Israel. He told a press conference in Istanbul
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      Lock icon Get married at the price of a vasectomy
      412 31 AFP INDIA'S MAOIST CAMPS JAGDALPUR A quick exchange of guns and a pledge to undertake a vasectomy is customary for India's Maoist "comrades" when they wed in their isolated forest hideouts. Between 10,000 and 20,000 heavily armed rebels are believed to be
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      177 31 .AFP BEIJING Nearly 70 flights were cancelled and more than 30 delayed at Beijing airport yesterday after the second major snow storm of the season blanketed the Chinese capital, airport officials said. Travel was severely disrupted in the morning as crews removed snow from runways
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      Lock icon When will it be time to draw the line?
      329 32 AP, THEDAILYTELEGRAPH REGULATING DNA USE IN ANIMALS LONDON British scientists began a new study yesterday to consider how human deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) is used in animal experiments and to determine what the boundaries of such controversial science might be. Although experts
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      Lock icon Telecom companies to aid 'state spying'
      373 34 THE DAILYTELEGRAPH BIG BROTHER BRITAIN Every call, email and Web click stored for govt to monitor LONDON The British Home Office wants communication firms to collect every phone call, text message, email and website visit and retain the data for a year for monitoring
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      Lock icon If you thought Rick Astley's songs were infectious ...
      233 34 If you thought Rick Astley's songs were infectious AFP SYDNEY An Australian student sparked fears of a new era of computer viruses yesterday after creating a worm which infects Apple's iconic iPhone with pictures of 1980s pop star Rick Astley. Mr Ashley Towns, 21, said he was trying to raise
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      302 36 THE GUARDIAN CHARGING FORONLINECONTENT SAN FRANCISCO Media mogul Rupert Murdoch says he will remove stories from Google's search index to encourage payment for online content. The 78-year-old told Sky News Australia that newspapers in his media empire including The Sun, The Times and Wall Street
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      215 36 AGENCIES WASHINGTON Democrats are hardening their stances on both sides of the abortion issue in a battle that may threaten plans to overhaul the United States healthcare system. More than 40 party lawmakers vowed to vote against a final Bill if it contains language the House agreed
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      Lock icon Funeral for nurse 30 years after she died
      385 40 'AP GRIEVING DADSAYSYESTO LONDON The body of a British nurse who died 30 years ago in Saudi Arabia was cremated on Monday after her father gave up his hope for a new investigation into her case. A funeral was held at a
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      Lock icon Policeman fired for YouTube video
      177 40 AP MOSCOW A Russian police officer who decried corruption among colleagues in his video blog has been fired and threatened with a lawsuit, Interior Ministry officials said on Monday. The allegations laid out on the Internet by Mr Alexey Dymovsky, who served in the Black
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      224 40 AP NEW YORK Of all the items set to go on the auction block this week at a midtown Manhattan hotel, there's one that would take some mettle to wear in public: A satin New York Mets baseball jacket emblazoned with the name
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      186 44  -  DR JAMES DOBSON BY THE" THE TERRIBLE TWOS Do the "Terrible Twos" really have to be so terrible? Just ask any two-year-old. The answer will most surely be "NO". If there is one word that characterises the period between 15 and 24 months of age, it
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      142 44  -  DS Pala Krishnan Letter from Head, Care and Counselling, National Kidney Foundation WE REFER to Mr Leong Sze Hian's letter "Means-testing for organ donor fund?" (Nov 10). We thank Mr Leong for supporting our Kidney Live Donor Support Programme and we understand and appreciate
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      178 42 HAVE YOUR SAY. email voices@mediacorp.com.sg or visit www.todayonline.com/voices /V\=DJj\CORP MediaCorp NewsHub TV Building, 2nd Floor, Caldecott Broadcast Centre, Andrew Rd, Singapore *****9 Tel *****6711 Fax *****352 mediacorpnewshub@mediacorp.com.sg Director DrChitra Rajaram General News Teo Chia Leen Mustafa Shafawi, Ben Tan Bhagman Singh, Derrick Paulo Julia Ng, Imelda Saad Business News MelvinYong
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      32 43 (f Join in the beauty investigations on Channel 8 every Saturday, 10:30pm. 7 Nov-12 Dec ;tr*» I I I 'llllH __r 4fl W v L____________- II Our customised ginseng hair treatments target:
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      48 44 Organised By: Official Partner: Media Relations: Supported By: Supported By: /S«E\ _«<*l T I?B II f l-l M KOREA tS)' TTie Embassy of the toO*?*:* .'.S.W.S.'T. Sgankation Republic of Korea •SSS4B! ™««,™.,i Official Radio Station: Official Sponsor: Official Airline: Official Hotel: Official Energy Drink: C^^ g£a^S(&» AS.ANAAmL.NES^ "WBulf
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        578 46  -  GENEVIEVE LOH REEL LIFE LESSONS How to survive a disaster movie genevieveloh@mediacorp.com.sg I HATE to be the one to break it to you, but we're all going to die. Yup you, me, your friends and family, that creepy neighbour with the glass eye, and the lady who
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        255 48 We asked five celebs which flick they're most likely to survive: Independence Day, Armageddon or The Day After Tomorrow ANDIECHEN (RIGHT) I think I could survive The Day After Tomorrow because it looks like it was shot in a studio! (Laughs) If the guy from Brokeback Mountain
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        105 49 Oh, I don't think I can battle the aliens! But I think I should be able to handle the climate change quite well. I'll improvise as I go. If there's a tsunami, I can just take a surf board and ride the wave to safety. Er, no,
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        291 50 THEDAILYTELEGRAPH THE DANISH GIRL Nicole Kidman and Gwyneth Paltrow towed in new film NICOLE Kidman and Gwyneth Paltrow are to play husband and wife in a new film about the world's first post-operative transsexual. Kidman will play Einar Wegener, the Danish artist who was born a man
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        175 52 AP THERE was a huge pop star, a tennis phenom, a top fashion designer, a key United States diplomat and three Beatle wives. But the biggest ovation at Monday's Glamour Women Of The Year awards, a star-studded affair in New York's Carnegie Hall, went
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        147 52 CHRISTOPHERTOH Today predicts which unlucky finalist will be sent home tonight on Singapore 1d01 He's pretty much a hit-and-miss, isn't he? His intimate performances sound the best but are boring to watch. His beatboxing is entertaining but there's also the fact that he's not the sharpest singer
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        449 54  -  PHINWONG Some good, cheap scares in this pop-cultural marker phin@mediacorp.com.sg IMMEDIATELY after the lights came on at the screening of Paranormal Activity, the woman seated next to me turned and asked, without a hint of knowing sarcasm: "Real or not, hah?" That alone should suffice as a
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        283 55 MOVIE REVIEW I 2012 IT IS the end of the world as we know it and guess what? We've seen it all before. The disaster movie cliches, incredulous plot and climatic ending are all here, executed by veteran doomsday director Roland Emmerich (The Day After Tomorrow, Independence Day,
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        398 56 2/5 MAYO MARTIN MOVIE REVIEW AMELIA LIKE the real-life exploits of Amelia Earhart, America's pioneering aviation heroine at the centre of this biopic, sitting through this movie is kind of like sitting through a long-dis-tance flight. But it's a 12-hour non-stop flight devoid of any turbulence,
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        205 57 THE DAILYTELEGRAPH TELL-ALL MOVIE JENNIFER Lopez has won a court order barring her first husband from distributing a tell-all movie with video of intimate moments between the two. But Ojani Noa, a chef and model who was married to Lopez for less than 11 months, said
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      760 59  -  lAN DE COTTA INTERNATIONAL FOOTBALL Captain Marvel's Thais hold no fear for new partnership and Bennett and Baihakki ASIAN CUP, GROUP EQUALIFIER Singapore vThailand National Stadium, Saturday7.4spm ian@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE It will probably be the biggest test they face since they've joined forces at the
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      169 59 The battle will most likely be in midfield. Thailand's build up is very good, especially moving into space. They will be doing a lot of running from midfield to break down our defence, we'll be doing a lot of counter-attacking and must make use of Aleksandar Duric's
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      92 59 Singapore face a crunch Asian Cup qualifier with Thailand on Saturday at the National Stadium, and SportsZone will go on the road "live" with The Philipmeister and MediaCorp senior reporter Shamir Osman discussing the key battles and potential match-win-ners with former Lions, officials and
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      457 60  -  TANYO-HINN 16TH ASIAN GAMES Singapore s Asian Games chief wants athletes to better 2006 record haul yohinn@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Three years ago, Singapore achieved a breakthrough performance at Asia's biggest multi-sport games. A record haul of eight gold, seven silver and 12 bronze medals from the 2006
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        116 60 AFP Russian tennis star Marat Safin has criticised Andre Agassi for the American's recent admission that he took drugs in the *****, and suggested that he hand back his titles and prize money. Agassi, 39, won eight Grand Slam titles and earned
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        101 60 AP The Portuguese Football Federation want their own doctors to determine if Cristiano Ronaldo is fit for national duty despite Real Madrid's protests that he is injured. The federation said in a statement that players from Spanish clubs must arrive in Portugal tomorrow
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      399 61 AFP FOOTBALLTRAGEDY German police confirm death was a suicide HANOVER German international goalkeeper Robert Enke (picture) has been killed after he threw himself under a train at a level crossing, police said on Tuesday. "There has been fatality at a level crossing at Neustadt am Rubenberge,"
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      100 62 EPA The sell-out gallery at Kingston Heath in Melbourne yesterday was nothing new for Tiger Woods. This, however, was merely a practice round for the Australian Masters. TV network helicopters circled overhead as Woods played nine holes in front of a sell-out crowd. Just another
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      527 62 AGENCIES ENGLISH FOOTBALL Dubious penalty spares Reds blushes as Benitez insists title's still in grasp ENGLISH PREMIERSHIP Liverpool 2 Birmingham City 2 LIVERPOOL Once again, Steven Gerrard rescued Rafael Benitez. Once again, Liverpool's defensive weaknesses were exposed in a helter-skelter match high on octane and carnage.
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      251 63 THE GUARDIAN Liverpool striker David N'Gog was accused of being a cheat last night as a controversial penalty salvaged a draw against Birmingham City on Monday (yesterday morning, Singapore time). The Reds were trailing 2-1 with 20 minutes remaining when the former Paris St Germain
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      193 63 AGENCIES LONDON Glasgow rivals Celtic and Rangers have won backing for their bid to join the Barclays Premier League from Tottenham coach Harry Redknapp. The long-standing Old Firm campaign to join the English setup was given a boost last week when both Everton's
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      513 64  -  ESTHER FUNG BEST BUSINESS PRACTICES Just Commodity is helping firms adopt modern ways esther@mediacorp.com.sg DOING business with small commodity companies is often steeped in old traditions, where an informal gentlemen's agreement carries more weight than formal legal contracts. This also means that convincing
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        85 66 Passengers of Royal Brunei Airlines now have more flexibility as the airline increases flight frequencies from Singapore, Jakarta, Manila and Jeddah. Singapore flights will operate 17 times weekly, with additional daytime flights on Monday, Friday and Sunday, departing Singapore at 4pm and arriving at 6.05pm. Also,
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        80 66 For the third year running, KFC and Pizza Hut, together with Yum! Restaurants International, will provide food to millions of people in over 70 countries through the annual World Hunger Relief campaign. You can help by visiting any KFC or Pizza Hut outlet till Nov
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        75 66 Glucerna SR is a scientifically-formulated nutritional supplement for people with diabetes. It contains a unique slow-release carbohydrate blend patented by Abbott, fructo-oligosaccharides and a healthy fat blend high in monounsaturated fatty acids. Glucerna SR is also tasty and helps you stay in control with diabetes. And now,
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        34 66 If you're a photography enthusiast, don't miss the chance to attend a workshop with world renowned photographer Bob Madden (left) on Saturday at Luxe Museum. Register at www.canon.com. sg/madden.
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        102 66 SingTel prepaid mobile customers now have something extra to smile about the easy Payphone Top-Up service. This service allows customers to topup their prepaid mobile phone accounts anytime at selected SingTel payphones islandwide using either coins or their ezlink card. After deciding which mode of top-up
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        82 66 Seiko's 2009 Premier collection takes dress (Clockwise from left) The Kinetic Direct Drive Moon Phase; Women's round case with small second hand; Women's oval case; The Premier Chronograph Perpetual. watch refinement to a new level. With two new calibres and no less than 18 new creations, the
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        115 66 Healthy, tasty and nutritious. Gardenia's new range of Cream Rolls is available in three flavours mango and passion fruit, chocolate and strawberry. Individually packed for convenience, they come with the Healthier Choice Symbol and are trans-fat free. Also, did you know that two slices of Gardenia
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      457 68 AGENCIES US ECONOMY US lenders were more conservative inQ3 in bid to bolster reserves WASHINGTON United States banks kept tightening lending standards for companies and consumers in the last quarter, the Federal Reserve said on Monday, helping to explain why central bank policy-mak-ers last week pledged to keep
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      201 70 AFP BRUSSELS The European Commission is on a collision course with France over when Paris will have to rein in spending. Sources said Brussels would issue an order today requiring France to manage its bloated deficit back within the European Union's recommended three per
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      410 70 BLOOMBERG CHINACURRENCY POLICY BEIJING China will keep the yuan from gaining against the United States dollar until exports from the world's thirdlargest economy revive, state researchers said yesterday. Policy-makers are unlikely to allow the currency to resume its appreciation this year after keeping it almost
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        112 72 AFP Indonesia registered growth at an accelerated rate of 4.2 per cent year-on-year in the third quarter, putting South-east Asia's biggest economy on course to achieve the government's forecasts of 4.3 per cent growth this year, third only to China and India in the G2O
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        116 72 AP Britain's second-largest banking group, Barclays, reported yesterday a 29-per-cent fall in net profit for the first nine months of the year as rising provisions for bad debts outweighed a strong performance in its investment banking arm. Barclays, one of the few British banks not to resort
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      186 72 THE GUARDIAN, BLOOMBERG LONDON Lloyds Banking Group, Britain's biggest mortgage lender, is planning another 5,000 job cuts as the takeover of HBOS claims more victims. The bank, which is 43 per cent owned by the British government, announced yesterday it would reorganise its group
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        PEOPLE'S FOOD Q3 PROFIT FALLS ON-YEAR
        93 73 Mainboard-listed People's Food said its third quarter net profit fell 59 per cent on-yearto 85.6 million yuan ($17.4 million), as a result of a decline in average sales prices due to increased competition. It added that its selling and distribution costs also increased by
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        101 73 Mainboard-listed engineering services firm PEC said its on-year net profit rose 34 per cent to $7.1 million for the first quarter ended Sept 30 on improved margins, despite a 4-per-cent dip in revenue to $106.9 million. The company said its order book reached around $170 million
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        100 73 Mainboard-listed supplier of aluminium alloy products, Midas, posted a 17.4 per cent rise in its third quarter net profit from a year earlier to $9.4 million. Revenue for the three months ended September edged up 3 per cent to $37 million. Midas said the
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      366 73 BLOOMBERG Q3 RESULTS SINGAPORE Singapore Airlines (SIA) posted its first back-to-back quarterly loss in at least seven years after the global recession caused a slump in passenger numbers. The world's largest carrier by market value had a net loss of $159 million in the three months
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      104 73 938LIVE SINGAPORE CapitaLand's serviced residence unit, The Ascott Group, has clinched a contract to manage a new premium serviced residence in Kuala Lumpur. It did not provide a value to the contract, which was awarded by a property developer under the Gapurna Group. The 143-unit
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      273 74  -  RACHEL KELLY rachel@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE The business council advising Apec leaders is pushing forward a growth agenda to make it easier for small and medium enterprises (SMEs) to do business within member economies. The small and medium enterprises
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      522 74  -  S RAMESH APEC 2009 rameshs@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec) forum has repeatedly shown itself to be useful in times of crisis. That is the view of ministers and academics at a symposium on Apec's 20 years of achievements, organised by Singapore's Institute
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      248 75 NG BAOYING SINGAPORE The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec) business community said a standard for financial regulation is essential to successful trade liberalisation. However, this should come only after the global economy has bounced back because to tighten regulations now could derail the recovery.
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      333 75  -  JONATHAN PEERIS 938LIVE ONLINESEARCH ENGINES jonathanpeeris@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE The next big wave of growth for Internet search giants Yahoo and Alibaba will be from Asia. There are ample opportunities for growth in emerging countries such as Indonesia, Vietnam and India, and not necessarily just in
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      96 75 DOW JONES NEWSWIRES SINGAPORE The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) reportedly intervened in the foreign exchange market yesterday. A person familiar with the matter told Dow Jones newswires that the central bank's intervention was to slow the Singapore dollar's rise. The MAS was said to
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          47 76 Mixed results The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 20.03 points (0.2 per cent) to 10,246.97, another high for the year. The Nasdaq composite fell 2.98 points (0.14 per cent) to 2,151.08 and the broad-market Standard and Poor's 500 index was down 0.07 points to 1,093.01.
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          72 76 Ida passes, prices drop World oil prices dropped yesterday as Hurricane Ida fizzled into a tropical depression. Crude oil for delivery next month fell 38 cents to settle at U5579.05 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange. FROM BROKERAGE RESEARCH AND AGENCY REPORTS Disclaimer: Readers should seek independent
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        482 76  -  TOM KRISHER AP ANALYSIS Opel sale may have placed new designs, key research in hands of rivals DETROIT When General Motors' board halted the sale of the company's European car business last week, no one was happier than the car maker's chief engineer. Engineers with
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