Today, 16 April 2010, Afternoon Edition

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    48 1 TODAY MICA (P) 160/10/2009 A PUBLICATION OF /AEDIACORP NEWS HOTLINE 6822 2268 Friday April 16, 2010 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking AFTERNOON EDITION TODAY MiCa (P) 160/10/2009 a PubliCation of neWS Hotline 6822 2268 friday april 16, 2010 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking APRIL 16, A PUBLICATION OF
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      421 1 UOB CARDS. FOR THE LOVE OF FOOD. UOB CHEF'S CREATION. NOW, 25 TOP CHEFS CREATE A MENU JUST FOR YOU. The UOB Chef's Creation is now bigger than ever. Twenty five of Singapore's finest chefs have come together to create a menu exclusively for you. Just S$68++ for lunch for
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    What diplomatic immunity, sir?
    491 3  -  ESTHER NG estherng@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Does suspended Romanian diplomat Silviu Ionescu even have diplomatic immunity? Two weeks after the Coroner found that he had knocked down three pedestrians last December, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) contends that Dr Ionescu hardly has a case under the Vienna
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    ‘Restore employer CPF contribution’
    696 3  -  labour chief makes call; jitters persist TEO XUANWEI AND S RAMESH xuanwei@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE First, the Manpower Minister on Sunday urged companies that were doing well to restore any salary cuts. Now, labour chief Lim Swee Say has gone a step further by calling for “some form”
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    S’pore must continue to transform itself: PM Lee
    922 3 excerpts of prime minister lee Hsien loong’s interview with Charlie rose WASHINGTON Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong says Singapore is on a good platform today compared to five years ago as it has weathered crises like the economic downturn and Sars. But
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    IN ATRANSLATION OF AN INTERVIEW WITH ROMANIAN NEWSPAPER LIBERTATEA, DR SILVIU IONESCU SAID:
    149 3 on facing 13 charges: “If I were to be judged in Singapore, I would hang. I know, for drunk-driv-ing accidents, Singapore condemns you to death by hanging.” on finding out he was on the interpol red notice
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      97 3 iTODAY on iPhone For the latest news updates on the go. El Download the latest version of the application from your device's App store. neWS Hotline 6822 2268 CoMMent&analySiS eaSing SPa ConSuMerS’ fearS 20 SiMon tay on inveStorS taking riSkS in aSean 22 WilliaM PeSek tHe joy of (not Having)
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      33 6 V- LOCK IN MOISTURE. BLOCK OUT EXTERNAL AGGRESSIONS. LIU YIFEI International Actress Pl/l!l: I'! UJII' WAl'l:!i M" /W-jXldAim S \RNI SKIN NATURALS Aqua Defense CHECK OUT THE LATEST 1Fair Price 1 PROMOTIONS INSIDE!
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    Lock icon BLOODY CLASHES IN JAKARTA
    109 7 Hundreds of indonesian demonstrators descended yesterday on City Hall to demand that Jakarta’s public security force be disbanded following bloody clashes over a muslim tomb that left three dead and 156 wounded. Some threw rocks at a billboard bearing the photo of Jakarta’s governor. more than
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    Conduct of pay TV operators under investigation
    251 7  -  ALICIA WONG SINGAPORE The Media Development Authority (MDA) is investigating the conduct of pay-TV operators over the issue of exclusive content. StarHub and SingTel are the two main pay-TV operators here. “MDA is concerned about reports that operators have rushed into locking up
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      96 7 GARNIER AQUA DEFENSE NON-STOP INTENSIVE MOISTURIZING ESSENCE Instantly and deeply replenishes moisture to skin dehydrated by external aggressions (UV rays, pollution and air-conditioning). Fruit waters form an invisible moisture barrier to protect against external aggressions. ft «> /$i" I Aqu< Skin is hydrated, smooth and protected all day long. ■vi
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    Lock icon ‘Permanently disabled’ taxi driver sues Govt
    550 8  -  LEONG WEE KEAT lEoNG WEE KEat weekeat@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE A 65-year-old taxi driver, who was involved in a collision with a Ministry of Defence (Mindef) landrover, has sued the Government in the High Court after the accident left him paralysed from the neck down. Mr
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    Lock icon New safety risks hit Toyota, Mazda
    329 8 AGENCIES TOKYO Further trouble for Japan’s auto industry emerged yesterday as embattled giant Toyota suspended worldwide sales of its Lexus GX 460 sport utility vehicle and Mazda announced a recall of 90,000 cars. Toyota, the world’s biggest car-maker, cited concerns over a possible risk
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      166 9 r ront ey &'A A* -J BB| M IMHfei A Prime Waterfront Condominium That Offers You Luxury You Can Afford Situated at the water's edge of scenic Bedok Reservoir, your home at Waterfront Key opens out to stunning views of serene waterscape and invigorating greenery. With an array of exceptional
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    Lock icon JMI base gives huge thrust to S'pore motorsports
    411 10 PATWANT SINGH SINGAPORE The best drivers in the world of Motor Sports descended on Singapore in the inaugural Singapore GP in 2008. Two years on, the country has shifted into higher gear, with more high octane action to follow when a permanent
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    Lock icon H1N1 vaccine yours for less
    170 10 SHARON SEE AND NG LIAN CHEONG SINGAPORE As a new three-in-one flu vaccine becomes available by the end of this month, clinics have lowered prices for the current pandemic H1N1 vaccine. The last batch of H1N1 vaccines will expire by April next year. The price
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    Lock icon I didn’t want to hurt him: Teen in taekwondo inquiry
    353 10 NG JING YNG SINGAPORE A teenager whose kick to his opponent’s headguard in a taekwondo competition last July led to the latter’s death told a coroner’s inquiry yesterday that he had not intended to hurt the youth who died. During
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      525 11 central RIVERFRONT SHOPPING. RIVERSIDE DINING -A -ft.. V ■A > Sn. f/ S-/ ~vv V* 0 O 0 A-w m Lv tV/ >2 Blossoms by the River Now to Sun 16 May '10 HANAMI BAR CENTRAL RIVER PROMENADE Now to 2 May (Fri to Sun from 7-11 pm) For the
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    Maid fed me drugs, says 79-year-old
    331 12  -  indonesian charged with putting drugs into her employer’s food NG JING YNG jingyng@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Her Indonesian domestic helper confessed to putting tablets into her soup which made her drowsy, 79-year-old Mah Ah Choo told a court yesterday. Mdm Mah said her helper, Windri Hartatik,
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    Lock icon 754,000 have filed their tax returns
    154 12  -  SHAFFIQ ALKHATIB SINGAPORE Almost 80 per cent of taxpayers or 754,000 people had filed their returns by midnight on Wednesday and more are expected to have done so by midnight last night, the deadline for the submission of all hard copies. The Inland Revenue
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    Lock icon AHEAD OF TIME
    51 12 the apple ipad is yet to be officially released in Singapore but parallel importers are already selling them at several shopping malls. the much-hyped tablet computer retails at uS$499 ($670) in the united States but costs $950 to $1,600 in stores here. SiM yi Jin SIM YI
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    To widen pool of doctors, cast net overseas: Khaw
    302 12  -  CLAIRE HUANG SINGAPORE Hospitals are not looking at big numbers in Singapore’s move to attract overseas medical students by offering them pre-employment grants, Health Minister Khaw Boon Wan said last night. He had raised the idea last month as a measure
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      109 12 GO INDONESIA! Return Flight 2N Hotel Tax from SGD BANDUNG Grand Seriti Boutique Hotel Galeri Ciumbuleuit Hotel Arion Swiss-Belhotel JAKARTA Aston Marina Ancol Swiss-Belhotel Mangga Besar Ibis Jakarta Slipi YOGYAKARTA Cakra Kusuma Hotel Mutiara Hotel Malioboro The Cangkringan Jogja Villas and Spa BALI Wina Holiday Villa Mercure Kuta Hard Rock
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      131 13 Standard Cg Chartered tftpli 1 HM"* I. A\>1 Jssr LwwrjR Mf 1 Km vHM -I r Mi V' Y fc\. P%1 v[-gV *>*?■ P£ -1 W-jSs&Z$*" >-.?%■ *_*>, -Jlv-TXjy^v* I Can a bank really stand for something? Can it balance its ambition with its conscience? To do what it must.
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    All abuzz about Bumble Bees
    477 14  -  NEO CHAI CHIN chaichin@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE No traffic jams or peak hour taxi surcharges. From as early as next month, tourists and locals alike could be journeying from Fullerton Heritage or Marina Bay Sands to Clarke Quay via a new river taxi service for about $5
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    ROUND-THE-CLOCK SHUTTLE BUS SERVICE
    177 14  -  There will be a 24-hour Marina Bay Sands shuttle bus from the airport, running at intervals of 15 minutes during peak periods and 30 minutes during off-peak periods. Local transport company Sun-GeeTravel has invested $5 million to buy and retrofit 20 buses that come with special
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    ‘Weeks’ before Battlestar reopens
    254 14  -  IMELDA SAAD SINGAPORE It may take weeks or longer before Universal Studios Singapore (USS) reopens its popular ride, the Battlestar Galactica. The roller coaster was shut down on March 25 due to a “technical glitch”. Universal Studios has kept mum about the nature of the glitch
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    Workers here ‘open to offers’
    251 14  -  LEONG WEE KEAT SINGAPORE More than one in two workers here “are open to offers”, according to a survey by global professional services company Towers Watson. Of 1,022 employees polled, 51 per cent said they are willing to switch organisations when suitable job opportunities arise,
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      383 15 explore WITH OCBC CARDS Let's talk about V travelling in style with OCBC Cards. 17-18 April 2010 11.00am 9.30pm Suntec City Convention Centre Hall 602 Admission is free Charge to your OCBC Card at the Travel Fiesta 2010 and you could go on your holiday with a chic new luggage
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    Lock icon Al Jazeera exit was ‘mutual’ decision
    226 16 ALICIA WONG SINGAPORE It was a “mutual” decision between Al Jazeera and SingTel for the broadcaster to drop out of the latter’s pay TV service. Its contract with SingTel was coming to an end, and in view of the low number of subscriber households,
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    Lock icon ROBOT TIGERS ROAMING OUR STREETS—TO RAISE FUNDS
    118 16  -  CLAIRE HUANG More than 5,000 Singapore Polytechnic freshmen—with two robotic tigers in tow hit the streets yesterday to raise funds for the President’s Challenge. The two robots are the brainchild of eight students from the polytechnic’s school of mechanical and aeronautical engineering. The
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    400 NURSING STUDENTS TO VOLUNTEER AT YOG
    100 16  -  SHARON SEE Some 400 nursing students are chipping in for the inaugural Youth Olympic Games in August by volunteering as paramedic assistants. Thefirstbatchfrom Nanyang Polytechnic are learning during a three-day training course from paramedics from the Singapore Armed Forces Military Training Institute howto
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    CHARITY DINNER RAISES $350,000 FOR COMCHEST
    113 16  -  HOEYEEN NIE A charity dinner organised by the World Gourmet Summit yesterday raised more than $350,000 for Singapore’s Community Chest. This is the tenth year the dinner has been held, and in all, some $2.9 million has been raised. The money will go towards
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      166 17 v- **r 9 *r w m9 JSI 4: if F&B POSITIONS*AVAILABLE IN RESORTS WORLD™ SENTOSA Work in a place like no other. Resorts World Sentosa is hiring people for over 60 F&B outlets and major events. Only Singaporeans and Singapore PRs are invited to apply. Supervisor Captain Guest Services Officer/Hostess
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    Lock icon Letting it all go to waste
    866 18  -  Choosy Singaporeans mean less-than-perfect produce is thrown out ONG DAI LIN Ong dai lin dailin@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Some people press and squeeze fruits when choosing what to buy, while some food retailers keep food solely for display, and throw them out at closing time. These
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    $48,000 worth of counterfeit music CDs seized
    161 18 SINGAPORE Police arrested five men, aged between 25 and 53, during simultaneous anti-piracy raids on Wednesday. More than 3,000 packets of counterfeit music CDs with an estimated street value of $48,000 were seized. Officers from the Intellectual Property Rights Branch of the Criminal
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  • VOICES
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      Conflict of interest?
      239 20  -  MC members shouldn’t sit on en bloc sales committee Letter from Florence Tan WITH en bloc fever back on the bill, an important point for the authorities to take note of is that often, members of the Management Committee (MC) are the same people who sit on
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      Town Council mindful of lift upgrading cost
      145 20  -  Letter from Lee Boon Leng Services Executive Manager, Corporate Services Bishan-Toa Payoh Town Council I REFER to Mr Chin Kee Thou’s letter “Downsides to lift upgrades” (April 13). The Town Council has been mindful to keep the cost of the Lift Upgrading Programme
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      FOCUS® ON THE FAMILY
      175 22  -  BY DR JAMES DOBSON APPRECIATING NATURE When you teach your child about the natural world, you can start in your own backyard. Teaching children to appreciate nature is one of the most enjoyable tasks of parenting. It is also one of the simplest. Children are naturally
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      A question of relationships, not just retrenchment
      281 22  -  letter from Sujata dwivedi I REFER to “Retrenched? Don’t look for excuses” (April 13). Most of the points the writer has brought forward are personal unfounded fears faced by people and relationship issues that need to be worked upon. In a job-loss scenario,
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      Why is it so hard to cancel my credit card?
      231 22  -  letter from Juffrey yusoff APPLYING for a credit card is hassle-free, but cancelling one is a different story. We see banks setting up booths everywhere to attract people to apply for a credit card. You just need to fill up
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      1156 20 have your say email your letters to voices@mediacorp.com.sg join the community www.todayonline.com/voices WHAT’S SINGAPORE TALKING ABOuT? With the price of a COE shooting up, have cars become luxuries? Would you still buy a car? Join host Ashraf Safdar with this week’s guests PTC chairman Gerard Ee, former NTuC Income CEO
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  • COMMENT&ANALYSIS
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      Easing the fears of spa consumers
      676 24  -  it’s puzzling why Case won’t include an insurance scheme in its accreditation criteria Thousands have lost money because of the recent spate of unfortunate closures. While the sum involved might not be as significant as that seen in the motor vehicle or private education
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      Nothing ventured, nothing gained
      842 26  -  When it comes to doing business in Thailand, it is crucial to manage risk rather than avoid it Those who were looking at Thailand with interest have not been put off. Maybe Singaporeans are not so averse to risk after SIMON TAY The writer is chairman
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      Lock icon The joy of (a lack of) sex
      869 28  -  Why Japan’s demographics may be a source of economic strength WILLIAM PESEK The writer is a Bloomberg News columnist. The opinions expressed are his own. BLOOMBERG Comedians are going to have a field day with the newly-formed Sunrise Party of Japan. Not a
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      326 24 HOW PROFESSIONAL TRADERS TRADE AND WHAT THEY KNOW AND WHY AMATEUR TRADERS ALWAYS GET BEATEN Attending Conrad's Wealth Academy Trader Programme (WAT) certainly turned my trading into a constant flow of income. Conrad's teaching is informal, direct clear. No dream selling is ever done, instead it is just pure financial
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon Thai government ready for talks with Red Shirts
      310 32 AFP BANGKOK The Thai government urged Red Shirt protesters yesterday to return to the negotiating table, after deadly weekend clashes in Bangkok’s historic district. The army cleared hulks of abandoned armoured personnel carriers splashed with anti-government slogans from the streets, while cleaners
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      Lock icon A cloud of chaos
      426 32 drifting ash from volcanic eruptions in iceland disrupts europe air travel AFP LEONG WEE KEAT REYKJAVIK A huge cloud of ash from an Icelandic volcano drifted over northern Europe yesterday, forcing the closure of vast swathes of international airspace and the cancellation of hundreds of flights.
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      Lock icon BN names Hulu Selangor candidate
      379 32 AGENCIES HULU SELANGOR Barisan Nasional (BN) has named P Kamalanathan (picture) as its candidate for the Hulu Selangor by-election, following days of jostling between political allies Umno and the MIC over who would contest the seat. The Malaysian Indian Congress (MIC) had wanted to field
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      Lock icon Fireworks for late Kim
      99 34 AFP SEOUL North Korea marked the anniversary of its late founder Kim Il Sung’s birthday yesterday, following mass promotions for top brass and a fireworks and light display in Pyongyang in honour of the ruling dynasty. Official media in the communist state reported a festive mood
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      Lock icon WARSHIP'S STERN RAISED
      74 34 a giant floating crane lifting the stern of a South Korean corvette out of the sea yesterday, nearly three weeks after it mysteriously exploded and sank with dozens of sailors trapped within. Salvage workers found the bodies of 25 crew members in the retrieved portion of the
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      Lock icon More than 2,000 pulled out of China quake rubble
      278 34 AGENCIES XINING Rescuers with shovels and bare hands clawed through rubble yesterday to hunt for survivors of a quake in a remote area of China which killed 617 people and left thousands homeless. Up to 2,000 people may have been rescued
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      SINGAPORE SENDS CONDOLENCES AND AID
      221 34 Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong’s message to China’s PremierWen Jiabao: “I am deeply saddened to learn about the loss of lives and terrible destruction caused by the earthquake in Yushu County in Qinghai on the morning of April 14. “On behalf of the Government of
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      Lock icon MICROSOFT OPENS PROBE AFTER REPORT
      91 36 AFP Microsoft is investigating a report of harsh conditions at a factory in China that makes its products. The United States-based National Labour Committee said the factory in Dongguan city recruits hundreds of “work-study students” aged 16 and 17, who work 15-hour shifts, six or
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      Lock icon WHALE MEAT ILLEGALLY SOLD IN SEOUL
      114 36 AP A study released on Wednesday offers evidence that whale meat from Japan is being served illegally at sushi restaurants elsewhere. The study by the Oregon State University’s Hatfield Marine Science Centre looked at 13 pieces of mixed whale meat sashimi purchased from an
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      Lock icon Chinese cyber-attackers target Australian network
      272 36 AP SYDNEY A company in Australia came under a cyber-attack from China that was intense enough to slow traffic on part of the country’s second-largest broadband network, company officials said yesterday. Among companies affected were Australian Associated Press (AAP), the national news agency, and the
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      Lock icon ‘Very tired’ sailor caused Great Barrier Reef crash
      213 36 AFP SYDNEY Australian officials yesterday said a “very tired” sailor’s simple navigation errors caused a cargo ship to run aground and badly damage the Great Barrier Reef. A preliminary report into the April 3 incident, which saw tonnes of oil and threatened
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      Lock icon Polling machines: Analysts fear worst
      343 42 AFP MANILA Filipinos are preparing for a historic election in which they will vote using machines for the first time but there are rising fears the experiment could fail and trigger deep political chaos. More than 82,000 automated machines will be used for the May
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      Lock icon US eye on Anwar case
      281 42 AFP WASHINGTON The United States will continue to scrutinise the sodomy trial of Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim despite the improving relations between the two countries, a US official said on Wednesday. “Let’s be clear that the two sides try not to avoid the issues
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      185 42 AP CALCUTTA Aid workers distributed rice, dried fruit, water and tarpaulin sheets for temporary shelter yesterday to the victims of a ferocious cyclone that killed at least 119 people and demolished tens of thousands of mud huts in northeastern India. Rescuers cleared hundreds of uprooted trees
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      172 44 israeli officials say Scuds could alter strategic balance with Hezbollah AP JERUSALEM Israeli defence officials said they believe Hezbollah has Scud missiles that could hit all of Israel, in remarks that came a day after Israel’s President accused Syria of supplying the Lebanese guerrillas with
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      85 44 protesters holding a banner which translates as ‘is he worthy of a king’s burial?’ during a demonstration yesterday over a decision to bury president lech Kaczynski this Sunday in the historic Wawel castle. The move sparked protests and cracked the grieving nation’s unity. More than 40,000 people
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      329 44 58 economists sign protest letter AFP LONDON More than 50 economists from around the world have signed a letter attacking the economic plans of Britain’s opposition Conservatives, as politicians geared up yesterday for a televised debate. Academics from Britain, the United States,
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      92 46 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH Formula 1 racer lewis Hamilton’s luxury Mercedes sports car impounded by police after his recent reckless driving incident in australia will go under the hammer for charity this week. the auction in Melbourne also includes the police report filed
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      89 46 AGENCIES Primark, a major British clothing retailer, has stopped selling padded bikini tops for children as young as seven after a front-page tabloid story criticised the store. the £4 ($8.50) bikinis also angered children’s advocates and top candidates in the country’s
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      95 46 AP Police say an eight-year-old in Pennsylvania handed out more than 60 small bags of heroin to his classmates before his teacher discovered them. the third grader brought the bags to turner Elementary school on tuesday. at a news conference on Wednesday, the
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      304 46 THE GUARDIAN NEW YORK For a woman who until last July was a fairly unknown governor of Alaska, existing on an official income of US$125,000 ($172,000) a year, Mrs Sarah Palin (picture) has acquired some pretty impressive trappings of celebrity and influence. She now commands
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      126 46 Former israeli prime Minister Ehud Olmert was named as a key suspect in a massive real estate scandal in Jerusalem after a court yesterday lifted a gag order on the case, the local media reported. They said Mr Olmert, a former Mayor of Jerusalem,
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      428 46 Breakthrough could reduce chance of hereditary diseases AGENCIES LONDON Devastating inherited diseases could be prevented using a pioneering fertility technique to swap DNA between eggs, scientists said. The breakthrough opens up the possibility of avoiding a range of disorders which can lead to early childhood death. These
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      Lock icon Raddy rallies the Lions
      767 48  -  S’pore head coach plans europe trip to fuel drive to top of the asean heap SHAMIR OSMAN shamir@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE After missing out on the lofty goal of qualifying for the 2011 Asian Cup finals for the first time last month, the Republic’s footballing Lions have been
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      Lock icon Hendri-Hendra show goes on
      216 48 LOW LIN FHOONG SINGAPORE Men’s doubles pair Hendri Saputra and Hendra Wijaya kept Singapore’s flag flying in the round of 16 at the Yonex Sunrise Badminton Asia Championships in New Delhi yesterday. The duo are Singapore’s sole remaining representatives in the tournament. The rest of the
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      422 49  -  Bowler scoops rookie of the year award in US LOW LIN FHOONG linfhoong@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Bowling ball in hand, kegler Jazreel Tan was poised to make her debut for defending college champions Wichita State University at the 2010 United States Bowling Congress Intercollegiate Team Championships at El
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      Lock icon MOE opens six more JSAs
      270 49 ADHE SARARIANY ANDI DJOHAR SINGAPORE Bowling and artistic gymnastics are the two latest sports to be offered at the Republic’s Junior Sports Academies (JSA) for primary school pupils. The Singapore Sports School will host the bowling JSA, in addition to those for table tennis, swimming,
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      Lock icon Shahrir still hoping for a Youth Games slot
      307 49 LOW LIN FHOONG SINGAPORE The Republic’s fastest schoolboy, Shahrir Mohd Anuar, has been left out of the Singapore Athletic Association’s (SAA) 16-strong provisional squad for the inaugural Youth Olympics, but the 17-year-old is still hoping for a call-up. The Raffles Institution (Junior
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      WHAT THEY SAY
      637 50 I thought the scheme, Junior Centre of Excellence (COE) is an excellent exercise. I was very impressed by the quality and dedication of coaches. The level of technical efficiency is highly commendable. It is good to see the FAS developing young players at the seven- to eight-year-old
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      FAS plan one of the best: Blatter
      739 50  -  With the support of the Government and sponsors, the sky’s the limit for Singapore football KOH MING JIE sports@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE On Wednesday, the Football Association of Singapore (FAS) unveiled their comprehensive Strategic Plan for the next six years with the aim of bringing
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      Lock icon Brazil’s great young hope
      454 53 neymar gives five reasons why every Brazilian wants him at the World Cup AP aFternoon latest SAO PAULO Forget about Ronaldinho, Brazilians really want young sensation Neymar in the World Cup. Neymar scored five times in Santos’ 8-1 trashing of Guarani in the round of 16
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      Lock icon Woods to tee it up in two weeks
      275 53 AFP CHARLOTTE (North Carolina) Tiger Woods, who finished fourth at the Masters in his first tournament in five months, will tee it up again in a fortnight at the Quail Hollow Championship. Woods committed this morning (Singapore time) to the tournament, which
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      Lock icon Ronaldo, van der Vaart help Real keep title hopes alive
      478 53 AFP primera liga almeria 1 real madrid 2 MADRID Real Madrid showed they have not waved their white flag in the title race, bouncing back from their demoralising “El Clasico” defeat to Barcelona with a 2-1 win at Almeria this
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      43 48 Your Sporting fix football todaY 7.25pm S-league Woodlands v Gombak (Ch27) tenniS 4.30pm atp Monte Carlo Masters (Ch22) CriCket 10.30pm ipl Punjab v Deccan (Ch111) golf tomorrow 4.15am uSpga Verizon Heritage (Ch26) SportSzone minuteS Sports updates live hourly on 938Live (6.35am to 11.35pm)
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      315 55  -  CONRAD RAJ editor-at-large conrad@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE The search for a new chief executive for YTL Pacific Star, the manager of Singapore-listed Starhill Global Reit, is over. The Kuala Lumpur-based group has picked Mr Ho Sing, 44, the brother of Temasek chief executive Ho Ching,
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      60 55 wednesday 11,123.11 p 0.94% tuesday 11,019.42 p 0.12% Monday 11,005.97 p 0.08% friday 10,997.35 p 0.64% thursday Close 11,144.57 (+0.19%) nyse top 5 by voluMe naMe vol priCe Change Citigroup 1.5b 4.81 q 2.43% bank of america 239m 19.48 p 0.41% ford Motor 159m 13.76 p 3.07% general electric
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      9 55 oil $85.51 (-0.4%) È gold $1,160.40 (+0.01) Ç
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        88 55 stocks rebound US stock markets were up yesterday as the major indices batted off concerns about Greece’s debt woes and an unexpected rise in US jobless claims. After spending much of the day in the red, the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 21.46 points (0.19 per cent) to
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        64 55 stocks rise European stock markets edged higher yesterday. In London, the the benchmark FTSE 100 index rose 0.5 per cent to 5,825.01 points. In Paris, the CAC 40 added 0.2 per cent to finish at 4,065.65, while in Frankfurt the DAX edged up 0.21 per cent to 6,291.45
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        29 55 prices dip Oil dropped 0.4 per cent yesterday. Crude oil for May delivery lost 33 cents to settle at US$85.51 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange.
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      435 55 BLOOMBERG SAN FRANCISCO Google Inc, owner of the world’s most popular search engine, reported profit that fell short of some analysts’ estimates, a sign that online advertising may not be rebounding as fast as some had anticipated. Net income in the first quarter rose
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      274 57  -  JONATHAN PEERIS Jonathan peeris jonathanpeeris@mediacorp.com.sg JONATHAN PEERIS SINGAPORE The Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority (Acra) said it will implement several initiatives to encourage voluntary compliance from companies. Through these initiatives, Acra hopes to inculcate a culture of voluntary compliance among companies which have, to date,
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      326 57 Us miner peabody ups the ante for world’s biggest exporter of pulverised coal AGENCIES SYDNEY United States firm Peabody Energy yesterday raised its takeover offer for Australia’s Macarthur Coal to A$4.07 billion ($5.2 billion) from a previous A$3.56 billion in an attempt to deliver the
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      SINGAPORE-CHINA FTA PRAISED BY BOTH SIDES
      87 57 Singapore and China have welcomed progress made under their bilateral free trade agreement. Officials meeting for the first review of the China-Singapore Free Trade Agreement noted the continued progress in boosting flows of goods, services and investments between the two sides. They also reviewed
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      19 new funds from Carmignac
      145 57 SINGAPORE European independent asset management firm Carmignac Gestion has registered 19 funds here as of March 1, targeted mainly at professional clients. Observers said the move reflects the growing confidence of European firms and investors on Singapore and its role as the gateway to markets
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      236 57 JONATHAN PEERIS SINGAPORE Retail sales increased 4.8 per cent in February compared to a year ago. However, if motor vehicles were excluded, sales in the sector rose an impressive 20.1 per cent on-year. Yet, on a month-on-month basis, retail sales fell 5.5 per cent
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      Lock icon The dragon soars, will rates follow?
      396 58 China’s Q1 Gdp surges 11.9% on-year; all eyes on Beijing for move on interest rates and yuan AGENCIES BEIJING China’s economy grew at the fastest pace in almost three years in the first quarter of the year, highlighting overheating risks that may prompt the
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      208 58 AGENCIES KUALA LUMPUR The Malaysian Institute of Economic Research (Mier) said yesterday it could be difficult for Malaysia to attain developed country status by 2020, even as it raised the country’s economic growth forecast for this year to 5.2 per cent from 3.7 per cent.
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      Lock icon A step closer to world’s largest IPO
      153 58 AGENCIES SHANGHAI Agricultural Bank of China (ABC) has selected underwriters for its planned listing in Hong Kong and Shanghai, bringing it closer to what is widely expected to be the world’s largest initial public offering. ABC is the only one among China’s big
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    1053 62  - Police line please cross Los AngeLes excLusive TELEVISION Southland stars reveal the perils of filming a cop show ‘home video’ style MAY SEAH in los angeles SOUTHLAND is not a slick procedural about shiny, pretty officers who always get their man. Nor is it a comedy about corpulent constables who
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      499 66 Monga stars Ethan Juan and Mark Chao prove that ‘pretty’ isn’t all they can do MAY SEAH MEETING Ethan Juan and Mark Chao in person, you’d never think that the impeccably well-mannered, refined Taiwanese pretty boys could ever play a pair of gregarious gangsters. In their latest
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      266 68 Vampire romance books in annual list of ‘challenged books’ of worried US parents AP STEPHANIE Meyer, the hottest author for young people since J K Rowling, has a new link to the creator of Harry Potter: A place high on the list of books most complained about
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      Back with a bang
      328 68  -  Anugerah Skrin 2010 is set to shake up the local drama industry in English, too Erika Cleo Foo erikacleo@mediacorp.com.sg POPULAR talent competition Anugerah Skrin, held by MediaCorp TV’s Suria channel, is back in search of the next big thing. This year, there will be a twist:
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      301 74  -  It’s time to celebr8 8 Days is turning 20 MAY SEAH SINGAPORE’S favourite entertainment-and-lifestyle English weekly 8 Days has a birthday coming up, and because it’s a real milestone, you and a whole bunch of celebrities are invited to the party. To celebrate two decades of gossip, music,
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      Blonde, but no bimbo
      586 75  -  Big Bang Theory’s Kaley Cuoco would rather talk to horses than live in the ‘weird little world’ that is Hollywood May Seah in Los Angeles may@mediacorp.com.sg KALEY Cuoco may be the blonde bombshell of the average geek’s dreams especially after gracing the cover of Maxim last
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