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Title Section22 2010-03-10 2 afternoon edition TODAY MICA (P) 160/10/2009 A PublICAtIon of nEWS HotlInE 6822 2268 Wednesday March 10, 2010 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking22 words
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Article, Illustration530 2010-03-10 2 AGENCIES JAKARTA One of the alleged masterminds of the 2002 Bali bombings, Dulmatin, is believed to be among three suspected militants killed in two raids yesterday. The raids were linked to an ongoing operation against militants who are said to have set up a terrorAGENCIES; AFP - 530 words
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566 2010-03-10 2 ALICIA WONG - ALICIA WONG alicia@mediacorp.com. sg SINGAPORE He has often heard the request to be less stringent with Medisave. Yesterday, the “gatekeeper” to these funds announced a significant increase to the withdrawal limits to encourage the “quiet revolution” in healthcare he hopes to achieve. Health566 words
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Article, Illustration508 2010-03-10 2 AftERnoon lAtESt bendtner the hat-trick hero; Champions league looks a possibility on current form AGENCIES LONDON By the end of this demolition of Porto that was both brutal and beautiful, Arsenal supporters were chanting “ole’’, their thoughts perhaps racing forward to a European climax inAGENCIES; AFP - 508 words
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IN PARLIAMENT
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MOH ROUNDUP
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Article105 2010-03-10 3 IMELDA SAAD More Medisave for rehab The daily Medisave withdrawal limit for day rehabilitation services will be raised from $20 to $25. For patients after suffering a stroke or fracture, access to good rehabilitative care near their homes would make “a significant difference” to their “recoveryIMELDA SAAD - 105 words
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122 2010-03-10 3 The Health Ministry is spending $46 million over the next four years to expand its early intervention services for special needs children. Most of it will go to training and recruitment, especially of psychologists and speech, language and physiotherapists. The aim is to gear122 words
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Article122 2010-03-10 3 ALICIA WONG To plug the “gaps” in the follow-up care of mentally ill patients, the Ministry of Health will add another $57 million for mental health initiatives, on top of the $123 million it committed in 2007, said Health Minister Khaw Boon Wan. Part ofALICIA WONG - 122 words
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122 2010-03-10 3 SINGAPORE With El Nino casting its hot, dry spell on the region and contributing to fires here and abroad, the air quality in Singapore has slipped into the moderate range for the first time in four months. Yesterday’s 24-hour Pollutant Standards Index (PSI) stood122 words
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139 2010-03-10 4 LEONG WEE KEAT - LEONG WEE KEAT Romania’s Ministry of Justice is seeking access to the evidence and statements presented at the Coroner’s Inquiry into the hit-and-run accident involving its Embassy car, its economic counsellor and acting Charge d’Affaires Alexandru Nicolae Coseru told reporters yesterday. Dr Ionescu, who has139 words
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Article, Illustration522 2010-03-10 4 LEONG WEE KEAT - coroner’s inquiry LEONG WEE KEAT weekeat@mediacorp.com. sg SINGAPORE With his diplomatic immunity waived by his government, Romanian embassy driver Marius Trusca recounted yesterday the events leading up the moment he handed over the embassy car to Dr Silviu Ionescu on the night of DecERNEST CHUA - 522 words
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273 2010-03-10 5 AFP SINGAPORE The Republic remains the least corrupt of 16 major Asia-Pacific investment destinations, in a justreleased business survey. It topped the annual poll by the Political and Economic Risk Consultancy (Perc) with a score of 1.42, followed by Australia in second placeAFP - 273 words
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Article, Illustration650 2010-03-10 7 ZUL OTHMAN - singapOre institute Of technOlOgy ZUL OTHMAN zul@mediacorp.com. sg SINGAPORE Although it is not officially the Republic’s fifth university, Singapore Institute of Technology (SIT) president Professor Tan Chin Tiong seems certain on the direction his six-month old organisation should take. In an interview with MediaCorp,PHOTO COURTESY SIT - 650 words
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365 2010-03-10 9 JEREMY KOH - In JEREMY KOH jeremykoh@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE The Republic has a “long way to go in raising English standards”. This was the candid assessment from Education Minister Ng Eng Hen in Parliament yesterday as he announced the setting up of a new English Language Institute of365 words
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Article274 2010-03-10 9 JEREMY KOH SINGAPORE School fees for the upcoming Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD) will be higher than those at the three existing local varsities. Set at around $11,000 per academic year initially, it will go up once facilities are built up.JEREMY KOH - 274 words
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Article, Illustration66 2010-03-10 11 Five fire engines were dispatched toTampines service road, towards Buangkok east drive, shortly before noon after a forest fire broke out in the area. a total of 12 water jets were set up to bring the blaze under control. no one was injured from thePHOTO COURTESY NGYONG KHOON - 66 words
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Article356 2010-03-10 11 SHAFFIQ ALKHATIB - caBBie assaulT case SHAFFIQ ALKHATIB shaffiq@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE A British national was sentenced to two months’ jail yesterday after he pleaded guilty to voluntarily causing hurt to a taxi driver. The District Court heard that electrical engineer Jamie Rae Hislop and two of his friends boarded356 words
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Article314 2010-03-10 11 TEO XUANWEI SINGAPORE In view of the “increasing concern of foreign syndicates targeting Singapore” for electronic fraud, a High Court yesterday sent a message that such offences “do not pay and should not pay”. Ghana national Essien Emmanuel was not the mastermind behind a counterfeitTEO XUANWEI - 314 words
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Article231 2010-03-10 13 ESTHER NG - Pay-TV serVice ESTHER NG estherng@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE The Media Development Authority (MDA) has told MediaCorp it is looking into the breakdown of SingTel’s mio TV service, which was down for three days from last Monday to Wednesday. “We have asked SingNet to submit a detailed231 words
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257 2010-03-10 13 SINGAPORE Singapore funnyman Mark Lee intends to set up his own production company, Huang Production, in January next year after his contract with controver-sy-ridden director Jack Neo’s firm expires at the end of this year, according to Chinese language media reports. Mr257 words
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SINGAPORE ROUNDUP
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142 2010-03-10 16 In all, 50,240 Singaporeans have checked the Registers of Electors. The registers were open for two weeks ending Monday for voters to check their details. The Elections Department said of the 50 who submitted claims, most wanted their details updated. Another 15142 words
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Article, Illustration155 2010-03-10 16 Public transport operator SMRT will put on trial what it calls South-east Asia’s first full low floor, easy access bus. This will allow passengers to board and move to the back of the bus easily and quickly. The Euro 5 Mercedes-Benz Citaro O530 is alsoPHOTO COURTESY SMRT - 155 words
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113 2010-03-10 16 Officers from the Immigration and Checkpoint Authority uncovered an attempt to smuggle in 2,150 cartons of cigarettes, which would have drawn duties totalling some $165,000. The cigarettes were found hidden within the undercarriage of a Malaysian lorry that pulled up at the Woodlands Checkpoint in the113 words
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155 2010-03-10 16 A Swiss national who had failed to declare that he had 58 gold coins in his possession when he arrived at Changi Airport on March 2 has been fined $3,000. The Subordinate Courts said Theveraja Thambirajah, 46, will spend three weeks in jail if155 words
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Article58 2010-03-10 16 Shell, Caltex and ExxonMobil have raised their pump prices by 4 cents a litre. Shell initiated the latest round of increase at 2pm yesterday. Caltex followed suit an hour later, and ExxonMobil raised pump prices at 3.30pm. Following the hike, 98 grade petrol cost $1.94 a58 words
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91 2010-03-10 16 SHAFFIQ ALKHATIB The man who became the first person charged with offences committed in a Singapore casino has had his $15,000 bail extended. Taxi driver Loo Siew Wan will next appear in Court 17 at 2.15pm on April 8, when a pre-trial conference onSHAFFIQ ALKHATIB - 91 words
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Article, Illustration220 2010-03-10 17 AFP CANBERRA Indonesia’s president was handed Australia’s highest civilian honour yesterday as he arrived for a historic visit expected to help bury tensions and fight people-smuggling and extremism. President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono was greeted by a 21-gun salute and a military band as he flewAFP - 220 words
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Article340 2010-03-10 17 MyanMar eLecTIOn AFP YANGON Myanmar’s military government will appoint the body that oversees the country’s first elections in two decades, state media said yesterday as the regime gave the first details of new laws for this year’s polls. The move adds to international concerns aboutAFP - 340 words
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Article246 2010-03-10 19 RePORT caRD especially in terms of protecting foreign students: Report AP CANBERRA A review of Australia’s international education sector released yesterday called for tougher national accreditation and improved protection for foreign students. The federal government commissioned the review of the nation’s third-largest export industry worthAP - 246 words
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163 2010-03-10 19 AGENCIES BANGKOK Thailand’s government yesterday agreed to impose the Internal Security Act ahead of protests this weekend, vowing to use “all means” to stop violence by backers of ousted Premier Thaksin Shinawatra. The security act will be imposed from March 11 to 23.AGENCIES - 163 words
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Article314 2010-03-10 21 HIgH-speed raIl travel THE DAILY TELEGRAPH SHANGHAI Passengers will be able to travel by train from London to Beijing in just two days on trains that travel almost as fast as aeroplanes under ambitious new plans from the Chinese. China is in negotiations toTHE DAILY TELEGRAPH - 314 words
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Article, Illustration569 2010-03-10 21 Brought to you by This MDIS-UOB programme will open up more opportunities MELODY TAN HO SIEW Chin (right) is an engineer by training while Veronica Njo (left) was an aspiring IT professional. Their desire to broaden their career horizons led them to the BachelorMELODY TAN - 569 words
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EYE ON ASIA
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93 2010-03-10 21 Indonesia AFP The sacked head of Indonesia’s anti-corruption commission had appealed against his 18-year jail sentence for murder, his lawyer said yesterday. Former Corruption Eradication Commission chief Antasari Azhar, 56, was found guilty by a South Jakarta court last month of organising the murder ofAFP - 93 words
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Article, Illustration95 2010-03-10 21 philippines AGENCIES Philippine talk show host Kris Aquino (picture) has apologised after she provoked a fellow celebrity into launching a campaign against her brother Benigno, who is running for President in the May 10 elections. Showbiz celebrity mum Annabelle Rama had complained about the wayAGENCIES - 95 words
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Article, Illustration320 2010-03-10 23 asTrOnauT TraininG THE GUARDIAN BEIJING China could launch its first woman into space as early as 2012, and the candidate will be chosen from the first batch of Chinese women qualified to fly fighter jets. They are, of course, in peak physical condition, with the flying skillsTHE GUARDIAN; AFP - 320 words
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GLOBAL ROUNDUP
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104 2010-03-10 25 AP, THE GUARDIAN The British government is proposing that all dogs in Britain be compulsorily microchipped so that their owners can be more easily traced under a crackdown on dangerous dogs. Many pets in the United Kingdom are already fitted with microchips. The devicesAP, THE GUARDIAN - 104 words
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107 2010-03-10 25 THE GUARDIAN Britain is to give 42 million condoms to South Africa in response to a request for an extra billion as part of an Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) prevention drive before the 2010 World Cup, the government will announce today. The requestTHE GUARDIAN - 107 words
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102 2010-03-10 25 AFP Twenty-one years after he accidentally drove over a child and fled, a Saudi man turned himself in saying nightmares had plagued him ever since, a local newspaper said yesterday. Yahya Al Asmari, 38, walked in to the office of the NationalAFP - 102 words
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Article, Illustration105 2010-03-10 25 AFP South Korean researchers yesterday launched an environmentally friendly public transport system using a “recharging road” with a vehicle sucking power magnetically from buried electric strips. The Online Electric Vehicle (OLEV) went into service at an amusement park but if the prototype proves successful, thereAFP - 105 words
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Article294 2010-03-10 28 IsraelI-PalestInIan talks aFTeRnOOn LaTesT Israel announcement catches visiting Us party off-guard BLOOMBERG JERUSALEM United States Vice-President Joe Biden condemned an Israeli plan to build new houses in East Jerusalem, saying it threatened to undermine a US effort to restart the Israeli-Palestinian peace process that had broughtBLOOMBERG - 294 words
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Article, Illustration80 2010-03-10 28 AFP schools were closed, roads were blocked and power was knocked out on Monday as normally balmy Barcelona and the surrounding region of north-eastern spain was hit by its heaviest snowfall in 25 years. snowfalls of up to 50cm were forecast for the worst affected areas ofAFP - 80 words
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Article398 2010-03-10 29 gReaT shakes no, just heavier casualties in more built-up epicentres AP WASHINGTON First the ground shook in Haiti, then Chile and now Turkey. The earthquakes keep coming hard and fast this year, causing people to wonder if something sinister is happening underfoot. But experts say itAP - 398 words
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178 2010-03-10 29 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH LONDON A convicted rapist in Britain who posed as a teenage boy on the Internet to lure a vulnerable college girl before raping and killing her has been jailed for a minimum of 35 years. Peter Chapman,THE DAILY TELEGRAPH - 178 words
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176 2010-03-10 29 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH LONDON A British hairdresser gave birth to a baby girl just three hours after being told she was pregnant by doctors. Ms Belinda Waite, 21, had been to her local hospital several times during the past nine months. She saidTHE DAILY TELEGRAPH - 176 words
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Article490 2010-03-10 32 sINGLe PareNTHooD My son’s a citizen, but I don’t qualify for relief because I don’t have a marriage cert Name withheld on request I AM a 34-year-old living in Singapore with a 20-month-old son. I am a single parent by choice. I became a citizen490 words
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Article, Illustration161 2010-03-10 34 DR BILL MAIER - BY DR BILL MAIER Building a child’s self-esteem When is the time to start developing your child’s self-esteem? How about on the day he’s born? Every time a doting mother looks down at her child and smiles, she’s building his budding self-image. You can see your161 words
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Article327 2010-03-10 34 John Lucas - aIr POLLuTIOn More frequent updates would give a more realistic picture of air quality here Letter from John Lucas FOR the past two days, the air quality on the East coast has been excruciatingly bad, yet the National Environment Agency’s Ambient Air Quality327 words
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Article147 2010-03-10 34 Lionel Lee - Letter from Lionel Lee, executive director, action for aids Singapore I refer to the report “HIV testing, treatment in Singapore should be free: Nobel laureate” (March 8). In the report, I was quoted as saying that “free treatment subjects the healthcare system to abuses and ‘may not translate to147 words
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Article61 2010-03-10 34 TiaTraazil - Letter from Tia TiaTraazil Why are we still surprised to hear about Jack Neo’s or Tiger Woods’ affairs? When a married man woos a woman, the woman has a choice to say yes, I am willing, or no thank you, you are married. We need61 words
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Article, Illustration167 2010-03-10 36 GENEVIEVE LOH - Buddy MOVIe GENEVIEVE LOH genevieveloh@mediacorp.com.sg KEVIN Smith may be too big for his airplane seat, but the hefty director is apparently a fan of whambam action. Smith’s latest film Cop Out is a buddy-cop action-comedy. That’s right, the man who brought us cult favourites like Clerks, Chasing167 words
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Article, Illustration914 2010-03-10 36 Bruce Willis and Tracy Morgan team up to fight crime in Cop Out and end up BFFs TRANSCRIPT COURTESY WARNER BROS What was it like working with each other? TRACY MORGAN: Well, working with Bruce, first of all, he’s a real cool dude, down to earth. And just going toTRANSCRIPT COURTESY WARNER BROS - 914 words
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Article, Illustration221 2010-03-10 40 KATRINA BROOKE LAM - MoVIe reVIeW Green Zone KATRINA BROOKE LAM katrinab@mediacorp.com. sg AT FIRST glance, Green Zone seems like your average actionthriller starring a gun-toting, brow-furrowing Matt Damon. Bourne visits the Middle-East. But unlike The Bourne Supremacy and The Bourne Ultimatum, with which it shares director Paul Greengrass, Green Zone221 words
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Article, Illustration340 2010-03-10 42 GENEVIEVE LOH - MOvie revieW KaiJi GENEVIEVE LOH genevieveloh@mediacorp.com. sg BASED on Fukumoto Nobuyuki’s hit manga series which has sold more than 11 million copies, Fujiwara Tatsuya (Light of Death Note fame) is the titular Kaiji who never quite seems to find steady employment thanks to his eccentricity and340 words
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Article272 2010-03-10 43 chrISTOPher TOh - MOVIe reVIeW cOP OUT chrISTOPher TOh I HAVE a confession to make: I love Kevin Smith movies. Even Jersey Girl, which everybody else hated. Here’s the thing: This isn’t a Kevin Smith movie. Not quite, anyway. Yes, it’s directed by the dude, but it’s the first272 words
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Article, Illustration209 2010-03-10 43 KaTrIna BrOOKe LaM - MOVIe reVIeW nOdaMe canTaBILe KaTrIna BrOOKe LaM FOR fans of the hit manga-turned-television series of the same name, Nodame Cantabile is a sil-ver-screen dream come true, its musical tale brought to life by the same actors from the popular TV show. The rest of us can209 words
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Article, Illustration655 2010-03-10 45 LEONARD THOMAS - Point of vieW Berbatov and ronaldinho have this match to spark their season LEONARD THOMAS executive sports editor leonard@mediacorp.com.sg THERE is no part of Dimitar Berbatov’s right foot that cannot make a pass. It means the Manchester United striker has the extraordinary ability to open upAP - 655 words
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166 2010-03-10 45 LOW LIN FHOONG SINGAPORE The 2013 SEA Games could be headed to Myanmar, with Myanmar’s Minister for Sports, Brigadier General Thura Aye Myint, recently confirming plans to host 373 sports events in the country’s new capital Naypyidaw, according to reports. Singapore withdrew as hostsLOW LIN FHOONG - 166 words
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Article144 2010-03-10 47 Wayne Rooney will be fit for tonight’s crunch Champions League second-leg tie against AC Milan, said Sir Alex Ferguson. “He is fit,” the Manchester United manager said of Rooney. “There is rapid improvement from Saturday morning because on Friday evening I didn’t think he had144 words
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Article64 2010-03-10 47 GERRARD'S NO LOUT Liverpool’s Steven Gerrard is expected to escape a Football Association charge for flicking a “V-sign” at Wigan. The FA, it is understood, accept Liverpool’s version of events that Gerrard was not gesturing at referee Andre Marriner for his 82nd-minute booking, but that he was making the point64 words
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Article68 2010-03-10 47 BUT PIENAAR IS AGENCIES South Africa star Steven Pienaar was banned from driving for 12 months by a British court yesterday after pleading guilty to a drunkdriving offence. The 27-year-old Everton midfielder, was found to be nearly twice the legal limit after he was breath-tested by police in Liverpool inAGENCIES - 68 words
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Article, Illustration488 2010-03-10 47 afTeRnOOn LaTeST controversial offside decision from first leg proves decisive AFP chaMPIOnS LeaGUe Bayern Munich 2 Fiorentina 3 (Bayern win 4-4 on away goals) FLORENCE Bayern Munich booked their place in the quarterfinals of the Champions League last night despite losing 3-2 to aAFP - 488 words
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Article297 2010-03-10 49 AFP engliSh PReMieRShiP Portsmouth 0 Birmingham 2 PORTSMOUTH Birmingham did their best to make amends for their FA Cup exit at the hands of Portsmouth by sending the crisis club nearer relegation with a 2-1 victory at Fratton Park here last night. Cameron Jerome’s doubleAFP - 297 words
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Article, Illustration299 2010-03-10 50 SHAMIR OSMAN - aSian FOOTbaLL aFc chaMPiOnS League, gROuP c SAFFC vSuwon Samsung Bluewings Jalan Besar Stadium, 7.30pm SHAMIR OSMAN shamir@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE They beat SAFFC twice in last year’s AFC Champions League, winning 2-0 in Singapore and 4-1 in Korea with their flowing football, and Suwon Samsung Bluewings areDON WONG - 299 words
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Advertisement207 2010-03-10 45 Be a part of Singapore's leading Montessori Programme Now available in 8 countries worldwide GLOBAL Montessori Plus A\ V > Offered by the national award winning Global Indian International School, the Global Montessori Plus programme is a proven, innovative model for kindergarten education, incorporating the best of Montessori practices and207 words
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Advertisement426 2010-03-10 47 BIOGLAN DP MS F DETERM/NE r» BE WHAT COLOR SHOULD THE NEXT SQUARE BE? 54 JLJ w t CALCULATE THE ANSWER TO THE BELOW MATHEMATICAL QUESTION: 230 H00 I HS X 2 m >c Answer the above questions and stand to walk away with: 0 A Trip to Hong Kong426 words
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Miscellaneous78 2010-03-10 47 SPORTS ON TV TOday 7.25pm Football SAFFC v Suwon Samsung Bluewings, Ch 24 TOMORROW 3.40am EPL Burnley v Stoke, Ch 27 3.45am Champs L Man Utd v AC Milan, mioTV Ch 61 3.45am Champs L Real Madrid v Lyon, mioTV Ch 62 8am NHL Rangers v Devils, Ch 117 8.45pm78 words
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Article, Illustration370 2010-03-10 59 MILLET ENRIQUEZ - tOshKa hOldinGs enterraise MILLET ENRIQUEZ emelita@mediacorp.com. sg SINGAPORE Growth potential for hair transplants in Asia is big and this has prompted Japan-based company Toshka Holdings to expand its reach to Singapore. Toshka’s executive chairman and chief executive officer Nobuo Morishita (picture) believes younger Asians370 words
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Advertisement101 2010-03-10 54 What should you look for when you hire? Hire on Merit. Be a Fair Employer. Ability and skill are basic qualities that make a good employee. Hiring on merit means looking at whether a person can do the job well. It is not about the wrinkles on the face or101 words
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Article80 2010-03-10 53 Modest movement Wall Street stocks posted modest gains amid cautious trading on the one-year anniversary of the beginning of the market’s rebound from its lows last year. The Dow rose 11.86 points (0.11 percent) to end at 10,564.38 after closing on a flat note a day earlier in80 words
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Article89 2010-03-10 53 slight slip Oil prices slipped under pressure from a stronger US dollar and ahead of weekly data on petroleum inventories in the US, the world’s largest energy consumer. Analysts said the sell-off came in response to a firmer US dollar, which makes dollarpriced oil more expensive for buyers89 words
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Article66 2010-03-10 53 Tentative trade Stocks ended the day with little change in a bout of cautious trading due to uncertainty over Europe’s economic outlook and poor earnings reports. London’s FTSE 100 index inched down 0.08 per cent to 5,602.30 points, the Paris CAC 40 index edged up 0.17 per cent66 words
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315 2010-03-10 53 Imagine everyone in China on the same video conference call BLOOMBERG SAN FRANCISCO Cisco Systems, seeking to boost sales to phone carriers, yesterday introduced an Internet router that will let Web users download movies, songs and data faster to computers and mobile devices. The CRS-3 router can transmit voice, dataBLOOMBERG - 315 words
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650 2010-03-10 53 AFTernOOn LATesT Fitch warns of dire effect of not mapping austerity plan THE DAILY TELEGRAPH LONDON Fitch Ratings has delivered a serious blow to the credibility of the United Kingdom government’s budget plans, warning that Britain risks a loss of investor confidence and erosionTHE DAILY TELEGRAPH - 650 words
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Article304 2010-03-10 54 JO-ANN HUANG - Raising stakes Overseas Union Enterprises deal struck at $11 per share JO-ANN HUANG joannhuang@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Indonesian conglomerate Lippo has raised its stake in property group Overseas Union Enterprises (OUE) to some 88.52 per cent in a deal worth $957 million. Through its investment arm304 words
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167 2010-03-10 54 GEORGINA JOSEPH SINGAPORE The Singapore job market is set to boom in the coming months as companies are expected to resume hiring after the Chinese New Year festive period, according to online recruitment network JobsDB.com. Based on data compiled by the firm, thereGEORGINA JOSEPH - 167 words
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241 2010-03-10 54 SINGAPORE The ongoing economic recovery will likely spur more financing needs by small and medium enterprises (SMEs) this year. And they will likely come from businesses that support the integrated resorts in the first half of 2010, said Standard Chartered’s general manager of SME241 words
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189 2010-03-10 55 CHRIS HOWELLS SINGAPORE The Islamic insurance, or takaful, market is expected to see strong growth this year but the industry is fraught with challenges that includes low market penetration and a lack of Syariahcompliant investment opportunities for takaful players. Industry executives said they wantCHRIS HOWELLS - 189 words
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Article258 2010-03-10 55 RYAN HUANG - FurniTure indusTry RYAN HUANG ryanhuang@mediacorp.com. sg SINGAPORE Singapore’s furniture exports took a dip last year, down 4 per cent to some $4.7 billion from the previous year. However, industry players remain optimistic about the long term prospects for the sector and attributed the decline to the tough258 words
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Article455 2010-03-10 56 chIna’s reserVes Forex chief cautions small appetite for precious metal, allays Treasuries AGENCIES BEIJING China’s appetite for gold purchases may be limited, the country’s chief foreign-ex-change regulator suggested yesterday as he offered soothing words about Beijing’s role as an investor in United States Treasuries.AGENCIES - 455 words
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Article116 2010-03-10 56 AGENCIES SEOUL South Korea’s Samsung Heavy Industries has won a contract to build a floating gas platform for Royal Dutch Shell worth up to US$5 billion ($7 billion). The country’s leading shipyard said yesterday the LNGFPSO (Liquefied Natural GasFloating Production Storage and Offloading) unit wouldAGENCIES - 116 words
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172 2010-03-10 56 AGENCIES BEIJING China is considering whether to inject more capital into China Investment Corp (CIC), the country’s US$300 billion ($420 billion) sovereign wealth fund, the chief foreign-exchange regulator Yi Gang acknowledged yesterday for the first time. “We are still studying future investment in CICAGENCIES - 172 words
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Article, Illustration181 2010-03-10 57 The new Bio-Magnetic Air Reflexology Sole from Owell Bodycare may just be what you need, if you often have tired feet. This pair of shoes houses dozens of air pockets that ensures good ventilation as you walk. Its patented acupressure massage sole pad, which181 words
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Article, Illustration147 2010-03-10 57 Have you visited the supermarket lately? The attractive and fresh new lookof Marigold Peel Fresh packs probably stopped you in your tracks. The modern makeover builds on the key elements of Marigold Peel Fresh’s visual identity, including the familiar bright green logo and exotic photography evoke147 words
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Article, Illustration197 2010-03-10 57 It’s been a long day. You’re tired, moody, and somewhere in your mind, you crave your comfy bed during your journey home. But as soon as you return, you inevitably ignore your body’s call to recharge, and find yourself turning on the computer197 words
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Article, Illustration82 2010-03-10 57 Is your BMI above 25? Attend next Monday’s public seminar “Four Steps to Losing Big” and listen as Dave Nuku the Biggest Loser Asia Blue Team trainer and regional fitness manager of Fitness First offers tips and shatters weight loss myths. Held at Hotel Rendezvous,82 words
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121 2010-03-10 57 Toshiba Singapore scored two notable firsts when it became the first company in Singapore to join the international EPEAT green electronics rating programme, and also became the first company in Singapore to achieve a Gold level rating. “This is a significant milestone for Toshiba, to121 words
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Article442 2010-03-10 58 GreeK crIsIs Papandreou to call onObama to help fight speculators AGENCIES WASHINGTON Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou was set to call on United States President Barack Obama yesterday (this morning, Singapore time) to help Europe combat speculators, whom he blamed for rocking financial markets and threatening aAGENCIES - 442 words
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292 2010-03-10 58 AGENCIES NEW YORK Reducing the United States Federal Reserve Bank’s US$2.3 trillion ($3.2 trillion) balance sheet too quickly through sales of assets would risk a sudden increase in long-term interest rates, a top official at the central bank has warned. Mr BrianAGENCIES - 292 words
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Advertisement259 2010-03-10 60 FOOD CORNER ADVERTORIAL Just how international is Singapore? Jade Seah's latest food show seeks out authentic international cuisine in the heartlands In an all-new food programme Real Deal For A Good Deal, host Jade Seah searches the streets of Singapore for foreign friends who offer their cuisine at the best259 words
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Advertisement486 2010-03-10 61 OCBC EasiCredit Let's talk about how a son's selfless love has made a touching reunion possible. Bringing smiles to loved ones "My dream was to take my 90year-old mother to Kuching, Sarawak, to visit her 95year-old brother one last time. I was most grateful to OCBC for approving the EasiCredit486 words
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