Today, 24 November 2010, Afternoon Edition

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    22 1 AFTERNOON EDITION TODAY MICA (P) 057/10/2010 A PUBLICATION OF NEWS HOTLINE 6822 2268 Wednesday November 24, 2010 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking
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    Lock icon Seoul wakes up to a new, old reality
    648 1 Pyongyang's choice of civilian targets shakes citizens in South Korea's capital AGENCIES THE GUARDIAN SEOUL The surprise artillery attack on an obscure island held by South Korea since the Korean War in the 1950s sent shockwaves through a civilian population in Seoul
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      89 1 iTODAY on mobile phones For the latest news updates on the go. D Download the latest version of the application from your device's App store. BUSINESS LATEST COMMENT&ANALYSIS WHILE AMERICAN WORKERS STRUGGLE, COMPANIES EARN RECORD PROFITS B2 US FED MULLED MORE RADICAL REFORM B1 EUGENE K B TAN IT’S UP
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      Crime situation not worsening, police efforts adequate: Shanmugam
      657 2  -  Cases of rioting with youth involvement dropped from 205 in 2005 to 112 last year ZUL OTHMAN zul@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Neighbourhood Police Posts (NPPs) were once hailed as the way to bring police and community together, and with the current concern about gang
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      Lock icon POLICE REVIEWING NEW POWERSTO NIPGANGS INTHE BUD
      168 2  -  ZUL OTHMAN The plan is to intervene upstream. And there may already be some ideas the Ministry of Home Affairs is considering as it reviews the need for additional police powers to tackle the issue of youth gangs in Singapore. One example could
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      Youngest member of Downtown East group remanded
      194 2  -  SHAFFIQ ALKHATIB SINGAPORE Police have completed their investigations into the youngest member of a group believed to be involved in the Downtown East murder. Sixteen-year-old student Louis Tong Qing Yao will now be remanded for a psychiatric evaluation at the Changi Prison Complex
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      Scholarship application testimonials did not contain past offences: MOE
      530 3  -  Hwa Chong teachers omitted information because they thought he'd learnt from mistake NG JINGYNG jingyng@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Thinking that the student had learnt from his mistake and had undergone counselling, teachers omitted his past peeping offence and public caning punishment from his
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      HOWTOTELL IF SOMEONE IS INTO CHILD PORNOGRAPHY
      217 3  -  NG JINGYNG Spending an excessive amount of time online and being evasive about one’s activities are some tell-tale signs that a person could be indulging in child pornography, according to psychiatrists whom MediaCorp spoke to. Schoolteachers who notice behavioural changes, such as an
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      Lock icon 'Several lapses' at Thomson Fertility Centre
      269 4 NG JINGYNG SINGAPORE In addition to handling two assisted-repro-duction processes specimens at a single time, other lapses at the Thomson Fertility Centre included using the same lab instrument, a pipette, twice and not having a second person to counter-check at every critical step of
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      Ex-M1 employee under probe for embezzlement
      221 4 SINGAPORE The police are investigating possible criminal embezzlement of $2 million worth of handsets by a former employee of telco M1. The money was allegedly then used to buy Porsches, luxury watches and a $200,000 live stingray. Mr Matthew Yeo Kay Keng, a former
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      Mandatory counselling for children of divorcing parents?
      290 6  -  LEONG WEE KEAT SINGAPORE Any proposal to make counselling mandatory for children caught in the throes of their parents going through a divorce should be studied carefully, cautioned Minister for Community Development, Youth and Sports Vivian Balakrishnan yesterday. Counselling might not be needed
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      Parents Act sparks debate on role of the State in the family
      530 6  -  LEONG WEE KEAT LEONG WEE KEAT weekeat@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Opposition by a sole Nominated MP to proposed changes to the Maintenance of Parents Act yesterday sparked off a lively debate about the role of the State in the family.
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      Molester gets stiffer sentence
      369 8  -  Justice Rajah agreed that the district judge’s sentence did not “adequately reflect the heinousness of the offence”. What made it more aggravating was that Al-Habib, who had a history of other offences involving deceit dating back to 1979, had committed the current offence through hoodwinking the
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      Judge: Did appellants know cigarettes were illegal?
      373 8  -  Justice V K Rajah noted, however, that the four men were acting under the instructions of two Singaporean ringleaders whom they did not know before the incident and who agreed to pay them $30 to $40 each for helping to repack the cigarettes.
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      Drop in number of drug abusers arrested
      205 10  -  ZUL OTHMAN SINGAPORE The number of drug abusers arrested is on the decline, Minister of State (Education and Home Affairs) Masagos Zulkifli said in Parliament yesterday. The number arrested fell from 1,925 in 2008 to 1,883 last year. A total of 1,328 have
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      Loan-shark harassment cases fall this year
      300 10  -  S RAMESH rameshs@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE There has been a drop in the number of harassment cases involving loan sharks between January and October this year. The number of cases fell about 8.4 per cent to 13,848 compared to 15,120 over the same period last year.
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      226 2 The fastest path to a DEGREE ONE YEAR FAST TRACK DEGREE Creating Learning Opportunities for Everyone BACHELOR OF ENGINEERING RMIT UNIVERSITY V BACHELOR OF BUSINESS VICTORIA UNIVERSITY V MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION j VICTORIA UNIVERSITY (MECHANICAL ENGINEERING) (AEROSPACE ENGINEERING) Accredited by Engineers Australia 2 residential visits to the RMIT University
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      286 3 JETSTAR'S TRINITY SALE! Meet the people, experience the culture and savour the cuisine. Shwedagon Pagoda, Yangon Singapore MediaCorp Artiste, Joanne Pel m K V ONE WAY ALL-INCLUSIVE SALE FARES FROM SINGAPORE TO PHNOM PENH for it* YANGON GUILIN 58 s 88 For travel from 16 January to 28 January 2011
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      51 4 Today has given Singapore and Singaporeans a different perspective for the past 10 years I have enjoyed its crisp, easy reading and alternative, forthright views of news and opinions. My hope and best wishes for Today to serve Singaporeans for many more years ahead. Dr R Theyvendran, PBM, secretary-general, MDIS
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  • VOICES
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      The real issue here ...
      330 12  - The real issue here Letter from Quek Soo Beng THE revelations about Mas Selamat’s escape evoke more distress and disbelief than disappointment. What his relatives did was wrong but not totally unexpected. The crime merely affirms that “blood is thicker than water”, a fact which has nothing to do with
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      Are teachers screened too?
      172 12  -  Letter from Gurmit Singh Kullar WHILE it is understandable a fugitive would turn to his family for refuge, it is positively shocking that Mas Selamat received the most help from a trainee teacher. This revelation has perhaps shaken our trust in those who are expected to
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      OpenNet's condo outreach
      265 14  -  Letter from Tiong Onn Seng Project director, OpenNet WE REFER to the letter “New cabling brouhaha ‘could be a communication problem’” (Nov 18). Mr Francis Zhan of the Association of Management Corporations in Singapore had asked whether “OpenNet had failed to commu- nicate effectively with the various
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      It's a question of supply
      585 14  -  Letter from Hazel Pua for the Reform Party TWO measures of affordability were offered by National Development Minister Mah Bow Tan in his commentary “Are HDB flats affordable?” (Nov 12). The first was the housing price-to-income ratio (HPI), which compares median house price to annual
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      167 12 have your say email your letters to voices@mediacorp.com.sg join the community www.todayonline.com/voices >> IT’S UP TO YOU AND ME www.jcu.edu.sg JCU SINGAPORE Master of .Business Administration international Tourism Hospitality Management Half of Australia's Top Ranked Tourism Researchers Worldwide are from JCU** Ranked among the top 4%* of universities in the
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      110 15 Standard Chartered 4 r i i Can a bank really stand for something? Can it balance its ambition with its conscience? To do what it must. Not what it can. As not everything in life that counts can be counted. Can it not only look at the profit it makes
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  • COMMENT & ANALYSIS
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      It's up to you and me
      1027 16  -  The terrorist threat stems as much from the act itself, as how society deals with its aftermath EUGENE K BTAN The writer is assistant professor of law at the Singapore Management University School of What would you do if your relative, an alleged terrorist
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      PHOTO JOURNEYS WITH Cliff lim
      447 17 Brought to you by Canon ASK Canon photography expert Cliff Lim what makes a good photograph and he would have you know that having a good camera is half the battle won. In his opinion, a good photograph comprises of three elements brightness, colour and
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      Lock icon Ireland's paradise lost
      747 18  -  The Emerald Isle offers the most potent cautionary tale of the Great Recession ROSS DOUTHAT The writer is an Op-Ed columnist with The New York Times. THE NEW YORK TIIMES For an American tourist weaned on Gaelic kitsch and screenings of The Quiet Man, the landscape of
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      Lock icon Bust is better than bailout for Irish patient
      866 20  -  Ireland could just close its banks such a small country doesn’t need its own finance industry any more than it needs its own MATTHEW LYNN The writer is a Bloomberg News columnist and the author of “Bust”, a forthcoming book on the
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      Change Japan? Perhaps Kan can
      762 22  -  Mindsets need resetting. Inputs and perspectives from outsiders must be increased. The role of Carlos Ghosn in turning around Nissan’s fortunes is the prime example. SIMON TAY The writer is chairman of the Singapore Institute of International Affairs and was an invited speaker at the
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      Lock icon It's not water under the bridge
      488 24 Cambodian govt to probe cause of stampede that killed 378 at water fest AGENCIES PHNOM PENH Cambodia has set up an inquiry to determine the cause of a stampede on a bridge on Monday night that killed at least 378 people during the annual
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      SINGAPORE SENDS CONDOLENCES TO CAMBODIA
      98 24 President S R Nathan has written to King Norodom Sihamoni of Cambodia, extending his condolences for the deaths at a stampede in Phnom Penh during the Water Festival on Monday. Mr Nathan said he was “saddened to learn about the tragic stampede that caused great
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      Lock icon Suu Kyi reunited with younger son
      392 26 AP YANGON Myanmar's pro-de-mocracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi was reunited yesterday with her younger son she last saw a decade ago, in an emotional moment at the Yangon airport 10 days after she was released from detention. Mr Kim Aris, 33, was granted
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      Lock icon Air pollution 'at unsafe levels' in Asian cities
      304 26 REUTERS SINGAPORE Air pollution in major cities in Asia exceeds the World Health Organization’s (WHO) air quality guidelines and toxic cocktails result in more than 530,000 premature deaths a year, according to a report released yesterday. The Health Effects Institute (HEI) an
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      Lock icon Swiss likely to expel convicted foreigners
      217 26 REUTERS ZURICH Switzerland is holding a referendum on Sunday and looks set to approve the easier expulsion of foreigners who have committed crimes in the latest sign of growing hostility to immigration in the Alpine state. Voters are likely to back the automatic deportation
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      Malaysians 'lose $96.6 million every month at Singapore's IRs'
      228 28 JOHOR BARU Every month, Malaysians gamble away some RM230 million ($96.6 million) at Singapore’s two integrated resorts, said a Malaysian state assemblyman. The claim was made by Malaysian Chinese Association organising secretary Tee Siew Kiong, who came up with the figure
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      Lock icon DEATHS AT A FUNERAL
      54 28 Pakistani villagers look at the broken cover of a sewage tank where 14 people were killed in the Buner district of the Swat Valley in Pakistan yesterday. The concrete cover of the sewage tank collapsed during a funeral, causing people to plunge to their deaths, according
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      Lock icon Video shows NZ mine was hit by huge blast
      310 28 AP GREYMOUTH The breakdown of a rescue robot and the release of video footage showing the huge power of a blast that ripped through a New Zealand coal mine, leaving 29 men missing, sent hopes for their survival plummeting yesterday. Relatives
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      DPM TEO CALLS ON AUSTRALIAN PRIME MINISTER JULIA GILLARD
      121 28  -  S RAMESH Singapore’s Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Defence Teo Chee Hean called on Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard in Canberra yesterday. Singapore’s Ministry of Defence said both sides reaffirmed the close bilateral relations between the two countries, of which
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      Lock icon AUSTRALIA SMASHES DRUG CARTEL
      119 28 AP The Australian police have arrested 34 people and seized 6,000 cannabis plants in the biggest series of drug raids in the history of Victoria state. Police Deputy Commissioner Ken Jones said yesterday that the ongoing operation has successfully smashed a cartel that has raked in
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      Lock icon ■ MALAYSIAN PUBLIC TOILETS FLUNK CLEANLINESS TESTS
      111 28 MALAYSIAN PUBLIC TOILETS FLUNK CLEANLINESS TESTS AP Malaysia’s public toilets are still flunking the government’s cleanliness tests despite public awareness campaigns, an official said on condition of anonymity yesterday. The official with the Housing and Local Government Ministry said the authorities found that half of more than 5,700 toilets in
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      Lock icon So much for secret peace talks — Taliban leader' was an imposter
      285 29 So much for secret peace talks Taliban leader' was an imposter THE NEW YORK TIMES KABUL For months, the secret talks unfolding between Taliban and Afghan leaders to end the war appeared to be showing promise, if only because of a certain insurgent leader at the table: Mullah Akhtar Muhammad
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      Lock icon NAPLES' STREET LANDFILLS.
      100 29 A woman pushing a baby stroller makes her way through uncollected trash in the Italian city of Naples. More than 10,000 tonnes of trash have piled up in and around Italy’s third-biggest city as available dumps are near saturation point and the only existing incinerator is still
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      Lock icon WikiLeaks to release 3m secret US documents
      318 29 THE DAILY TELE GRAPH WASHINGTON The WikiLeaks website has announced plans to publish nearly 3 million more secret United States documents in its next mass release of confidential material. “Next release is 7x the size of the Iraq War Logs. Intense pressure over
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      Lock icon Germany to scrap conscription by next July
      178 30 AP BERLIN Germany’s Defence Minister announced on Monday the nation will end conscription in July next year and switch to a slimmed-down volunteer military service of some 185,000 troops focused on missions abroad. The reforms are aimed at realigning the German army to
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      Lock icon Fewer slots for UK private colleges
      427 30 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH LONDON Tens of thousands of foreign students will be barred from studying at private colleges in Britain to help slash immigration and curb the growing abuse of the system. Home Secretary Theresa May will launch a review of student visas amid
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      Lock icon Judaism finds home in Indonesian city
      487 32 THE NEW YORK TIMES MANADO (Indonesia) A new, 19-metre-tall menorah, possibly the world’s largest, rises from a mountain overlooking this city in the Sulawesi region of eastern Indonesia, courtesy of the local government. Flags of Israel can be spotted on motorcycle taxi stands, one
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      Lock icon Man convicted ofTwitterjoke to file appeal
      217 32 THE GUARDIAN LONDON A man convicted of “menace” after sending a message via Twitter to his girlfriend in frustration at the possible closure of a local airport due to snow is to appeal file an at the High Court. The tweet 27-year-old Paul Chambers
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      Lock icon 11 detained in 3-nation anti-terror sweep
      138 34 AP BRUSSELS Federal prosecutors said yesterday 11 suspects have been detained in an anti-terror sweep in Belgium, the Netherlands and Germany. They were suspected of either planning a possible attack in Belgium or of involvement in recruiting for an alleged Chechen terror group, the
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      Lock icon Qantas to return two A380S to service
      234 34 AP SYDNEY Qantas said yesterday it would put two of its six superjumbos back into service this week but will keep A380s off routes from Australia to the United States, while it investigates whether the extra thrust used to power those flights puts
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      Lock icon A $4-6M BOTTLE
      63 34 A tequila bottle called ‘The Diamond Sterling’ and having 4,100 brilliant-cut diamonds and 2.380kg of pure platinum has been made in Mexico. Its designer Fernando Altamirano says it has been valued at around US$3.5 million ($4.6 million). With the sale of the bottle, Mr Altamirano hopes to
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      Lock icon PRINCE WILLIAM CONFIRMS WEDDING IN APRIL
      122 34 AGENCIES Britain’s Prince William is to marry his fiancee Kate Middleton on April 29 next year at London’s Westminster Abbey. April 29 falls on a Friday and the British government has designated it as a bank holiday. Mr Jamie Lowther-Pinkerton, Prince William’s private secretary,
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      Lock icon DOGS ARE SMARTERTHAN CATS: SCIENTISTS
      124 34 THE DAILYTELEGRAPH Dogs are cleverer than cats because their friendliness has helped them develop bigger brains, scientists at Oxford University claim. It was often thought the feline pet was smarter because it needed less attention but researchers have discovered that cat brains are smaller because
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      165 28 Office 2010 Tips and Tricks Part 3 of 5 Make quicker and better-informed business decisions. Create powerful data insights and visuals fl Microsoft Excel 2010! Sparklines are small charts in a worksheet cell that provide a clear and compact visual representation of your data. You can use them to show
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      267 34 LANXESS SNYO CLASSIC, presents Distinguished Mentor and Guest Soloist Stewart Rose, French Horn player, is a native of New York City. He is Principal Horn with the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, the Orchestra of St. Luke's and the New York City Opera Orchestra. For the 2010-2011 season, Mr. Rose has joined
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      666 36  -  Yeo and Elfi fluff their lines in opening baton exchange to end dream TANYO-HINN yohinn@mediacorp.com.sg GUANGZHOU It was a gamble that went horribly wrong but there will be no finger pointing within the Singapore men’s 4x100m relay team, after their dreams of reaching the final of
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      121 36  -  PHILIP GOH SINGAPORE All six of Singapore’s kayakers have made it through to their respective finals at the Asian Games. Geraldine Lee won her K1 500m semi-final yesterday in 2min 1.35sec, while Irene Chua earned her place in the final of the K1 200m event after coming third
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      117 36  -  PHILIP GOH SINGAPORE The Republic’s Shayna Ng is in third place after yesterday’s first block of eight matches in the women’s Masters bowling competition at the Asian Games. The 21 -year-old won four of her eight matches, compiling a total of 1,783 pinfalls. She is 80
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      565 38  -  Little about Low and Tan's spat as sailors let their hair down and talk of the 2012 Olympics LOW LIN FHOONG linfhoong@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE If anyone thought their mood would have been dampened after the public spat between their former chief and
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      415 38 SINGAPORE Not many Singapore schoolboys can say they have been to three of the top stadiums in the English Premier League in England, all in the space of five days. That’s exactly what Mohd Zulhimi Mohd Yaacob, Seah Si Hao and Arwin Rajan
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      767 39  -  Upcoming preschool skills programme will be the building block for future athletes IAN DE COTTA ian@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE It is a programme fundamental to the development of preschool children in top sporting nations like Australia, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, Canada and the United States. Young children between
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      189 40 AP ROME AS Roma rallied from two goals down to beat last season’s runner-up Bayern Munich 3-2 and take a big step toward advancing from its Champions League group. Bayern, which had already advanced and has now won the group, lost its 100-per-cent record despite going ahead
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      181 40 AP AUXERRE AC Milan secured a spot in the knockout phase of the Champions League on Tuesday with a 2-0 win at Auxerre after second-half goals from Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Ronaldinho. Milan claimed only its second win in five Champions League matches but its eight points has
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      280 40 AP AFTERNOON LATEST AMSTERDAM Cristiano Ronaldo (picture) took his scoring record for the season to 18 goals in 19 games as Real Madrid hammered Ajax 4-0 last night to claim top spot in Group G of the Champions League. Karim Benzema, deputising in attack for the
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      313 41 Typical Arsenal doing everything but score AFTERNOON LATEST BRAGA (Portugal) Matheus scored twice in the last seven minutes to give Braga a surprise 2-0 win over Arsenal in the Champions League last night as the English powerhouse again failed to make its class tell on the scoresheet. Matheus broke clear
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      186 41 AP LONDON Chelsea came close to another embarrassing result against Slovakian side Zilina last night before a second-half turnaround secured the English champions a 2-1 victory at Stamford Bridge and top spot in Group F of the Champions League. The decision by under-pressure
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      52 36 ASIAN GAMES ON MEDIACORP CH 5 TODAY 12pm Athletics Live 2pm Basketball Men’s quarter-final 3.30pm Diving Women’s Springboard 1m 5pm Athletics Women’s Pole Vault final, Men’s Decathlon: High Jump and 400m, Women’s 100m Hurdles final, Men’s Discus Throw final, Men’s Long Jump final, Men/ Women 200m, 800m final, Men’s 110m
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      186 40 Annual Mani Retreat J. 1 \rOrganiser: Ocean of Dharma Society A Prayer Dedicated to World Peace, An End of Calamities Epidemics, And Prosperity Well-being of the Nation. tHe 100million! mani Recitation Retreat Iff in 2 0 10 SINGAPORE 4-day Grand Prayer with Over a Thousand Participants! Led by His EminenceThritsab
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      205 41 What A Great Night! The S-League celebrated 15 years of professional football in a grand fashion at the St James Power House with Guest-of-Honour, Mr Zainudin Nordin, Mayor for Central District Singapore and President of Football Association of Singapore, on Sunday 21 November 2010. Congratulations to all winners of the
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    670 42 ENTERPRISE KAI Square allows businesses to be in command and control of their security Reprinted from SPRINGnews November 2010 issue. Published by SPRING Singapore. SINGAPORE An innovative product is more likely to gain traction compared to one that is already developed this is the mindset Dr Neo Shi
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      165 42 Singapore UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA LAS VEGAS SINGAPORE CAMPUS CONTINUING EDUCATION AND TRAINING (CET) CENTRE WSQ Diploma in Tourism The Workforce Skills Qualifications (WSQ) Diploma in Tourism (MICE Events) and (Hospitality) are offered through the University of Nevada Las Vegas (UNLV) Singapore Campus in cooperation with the Singapore Workforce Development Agency
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      262 43 SINGAPORE The Ministry of Manpower (MOM) may have recalibrated the S Pass criteria to raise the skills profile of the foreign workforce but that does not mean paper qualifications are all that count. The quality of work in some occupations such as cooks, cultural
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      52 43 TUESDAY CLOSE 3,126.30 (-2.03%) Monday Friday Thursday Wednesday 3,190.92 3,197.37 3,215.22 Closed q q p 0.20% 0.56% 0.10% UNCH TOP 5 BY VOLUME NAME VOL PRICE CHANGE Genting SP GoldenAgr Gallant TopGlobal HLH 230,306 77,043 1.950 0.685 0.305 75,797 65,363 60,834 0.015 4.88% 4.20% 19.61% UNCH q q p
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      29 43 È HANG SENG È È È 22,896.14 (-2.67%) NIKKEI Closed (unch) SHANGHAI 2,828.28 (-1.94%) AUSTRALIA È 4,589.07 (-1.17%) MUMBAI 19,691.84 È (-1.33%) MALAYSIA 1,487.53 (-1.04%) SEOUL 1,928.94 (-0.79%)
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      21 43 US$1 £1 €1 ¥100 A$1 RM1 Rp10,000 HK$100 RMB100 RS100 1.300 2.070 1.768 1.555 1.281 0.418 1.453 16.73 19.53 2.857
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        62 43 Outperform $1.32 Macquarie maintains rating and raises the price target to $2.00 from $1.50 as it upgrades the 2011 and 2012 earnings estimates by 15 and 12 per cent, respectively. The house says Osim is a multi-year growth story with expected 33 per cent earnings CAGR over next 5
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        87 43 Buy 30.5 cents Kim Eng starts coverage with a 75 cents price target, saying the company’s land bank in Bintan is grossly undervalued. The house says Bintan’s previous lack of critical mass had stalled progress of the company’s land sales, but the rapid completion of key developments like
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      406 43  -  JO-ANN HUANG joannhuang@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE The battle among banks here both local and foreign to acquire mortgage customers is intensifying as expectations gain ground that the Government will announce new measures to cool the residential property market. Malaysian bank CIMB, for instance, is offering to charge private-home
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      291 44 REUTERS LONDON The Bank of England was slow in “fessing up” to mistakes made ahead of the financial crisis and will have to win trust by showing it can take unpopular decisions, Britain’s financial watchdog said yesterday. Financial Services Authority CEO Hector
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      55 44 TUESDAY CLOSE 11,036.40 (-1.27%) Monday 11,178.60 q 0.22% Friday 11,203.50 p 0.20% Thursday 11,181.20 p 1.57% Wednesday 11,007.90 q 0.14% NYSETOP5BYVOLUME NAME VOL PRICE CHANGE Citigroup 383.7m $4.10 q 1.91% Bank of America 197.6m $11.09 q 1.86% Ford 96.3m $15.70 q 3.09% Regions Financial 72.8m $5.21 q 2.62% General
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      13 44 È FTSE100 5,581.28 (-1.75%) È È DAX 6,705.00 (-1.72%) CAC40 3,724.42 (-2.47%)
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      8 44 È OIL US$81.25 (-US$0.49) GOLD US$1,379.10 (-US$0.60)
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      23 44 US$1 $1.312 US$1 £0.633 US$1 €0.747 US$1 ¥83.150 US$1 A$1.027 US$1 C$1.022 US$1 HK$7.759 All figures correct as at 8am this morning
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        106 44 US È NASDAQ 2,494.95 (-1.46%) S&P500 1,180.73 (-1.43%) È Hit by Korean tension US stocks sank as investors dumped risky assets on escalating tensions in the Korean peninsula and as euro zone debt worries mounted. The unexpected flare-up increased investor anxiety. The CBOE Volatility Index, Wall Street’s fear
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        77 44 Edge towards US$80 Oil prices slipped in choppy trading as fears of an escalating euro zone crisis and Korean tensions triggered a rally in the US dollar, though buyers returned when oil fell to a session low near US$80, which limited losses. Oil bounced off lows and briefly turned
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      407 44 REUTERS WASHINGTON A weaker economic outlook prompted United States Federal Reserve officials to consider more radical steps to aid the economy before settling on US$600 billion ($775 billion) in bond purchases earlier this month. Minutes released on Tuesday of a Fed meeting showed a resolute but
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      272 45 THE NEW YORK TIMES WASHINGTON The nation’s workers may be struggling, but American companies just had their best quarter ever. American businesses earned profits at an annual rate of US$1.659 trillion ($2.18 trillion) in the third quarter, according to a Commerce Department report released yesterday.
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      CITI TO TAKE UP 250,000 SQ FT AT ASIA SQUARE
      131 45  -  GEORGINA JOSEPH Demand is burgeoning for Grade A new office space in Singapore. Citibank Singapore has agreed to lease more than 250,000 sq ft of office space at Asia Square, which will house the United States bank’s new corporate office
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      TAMPINES SITE ATTRACTS $187.6M TOP BID
      102 45 TAMPINES SITE ATTRACTS $187. 6M TOP BID The Housing and Development Board (HDB) has closed the tender for a residential development site in Tampines Avenue 8 after receiving six bids. The highest bid of $187.6 million came from joint bidders Hoi Hup Realty, Sunway Developments and SC Wong Holdings. That
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      105 45 THE NEW YORK TIMES SAN FRANCISCO A federal jury yesterday awarded Oracle US$1.3 billion ($1.7 billion) in damages in its copyright infringement case against rival SAP. The decision was a victory for Oracle, which had asked for US$2 billion from SAP for making thousands of copies
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      191 45  -  JONATHAN PEERIS Singapore consumer prices rose 3.5 per cent from a year earlier last month, slowing slightly from the previous month, but analysts said inflation might perk up again this month and next because of holiday demand. Economists polled by
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      496 48  -  Presented by Must savour WITH OCBC CARDS Tis the season to stuff your face with some tasty and healthy turkey Karman Tse STAR INGREDIENT TURKEY Christmas is just around the corner. That means it’s time to shelf that diet for some serious festive feasting. Turkeys spring to mind.
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      Made with turkey by Singapore Marriott Hotel
      96 48 1 Spiced turkey, potato, watercress and harissa yoghurt pizza A light pizza that will not bust your diet plans, this spicy pie is a balanced meal of carbohydrates, protein and fibres. 2Thai style turkey and papaya salad This salad has everything you love
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      41 48 OCBC EXCLUSIVE 15% OFF TOTAL BILL AT MARRIOTT CAFE The offer is not applicable on Thanksgiving, eves of, and on, Public Holidays (valid till Dec 31, 2010) 320 Orchard Road, Singapore *****5 Call 6831 4605 for reservations Terms and conditions apply.
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      42 49 WAIT ’TIL YOU SEE THE STEAK FRITES. T18 NOVEMBER 24, 2010 A PUBLICATION OF BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER HITS THE BIG SCREEN. T6 FROM CRACK DEALER TO HIP HOP MOGUL THE JAY-Z STORY. T2 KANYE WEST’S NEW ALBUM GETS A THUMBS UP.
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      1140 50  -  Jay-Z is a multi-millionaire CEO, a 10-time Grammy winner and is married to Beyonce. Not bad for a boy who was selling crack on the streets when he was 12 Guns were everywhere. You didn’t have to go far to get one. Simon Hattenstone features@mediacorp.com.sg THE GUARDIAN THE
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      242 54 REUTERS SHE started the modern, pop culture craze for all things vampire, and now stake-wielding, butt-kicking Buffy is getting the reboot in a new Hollywood movie, said producers on Monday. BuffyTheVampire Slayer, about a teenage girl who learns her destiny is to chase and kill
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      421 54 REUTERS KANYE West’s public spats with an American talk show and Taylor Swift have polarised opinions about him, but critics were unanimous about the rapper’s new album:They love it. West’s My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, released this week, is winning raves in the United States
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      129 56 FAIR GAME: The Bourne Identity director Doug Liman’s political drama was inspired by the experiences of real-life CIA officer Valerie Plame (Naomi Watts), whose career was destroyed and her marriage tested when her covert status was exposed by a White House press leak. Alongside Watts is Sean Penn
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      527 62  -  Project Hope 2 raises $568k for charity with the help of a little star power May Seah may@mediacorp.com.sg LAST Friday, MediaCorp organised Project Hope 2, a charity show raising funds for the victims of the Mentawai tsunami and the Mount Merapi volcanic eruption, broadcast live on Suria and
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      447 63 Adult star claims he threatened her; Sheen says she just wants to be 'rich and famous' REUTERS HE’S in the news again. Two And A Half Men star Charlie Sheen on Monday sued a porn actress, saying she tried to extort US$1 million ($1.3 million)
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      333 58  -  MOVIE REVIEW: THE WHITE RIBBON M18, 144 min GENEVIEVE LOH AUSTRIAN writer-director Michael Haneke, whose penchant for ambiguity, finger-wagging and the provocative worked so incredibly in 1997’s Funny Games and 2005’s Cache, is back with his disturbing-yet-fascinating shades of grey in the award-winning The White Ribbon. Set in
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