Today, 24 February 2011

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  • 20 1 TODAY MICA (P) 057/10/2010 A PUBLICATION OF NEWS HOTLINE 6822 2268 Thursday February 24, 2011 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking
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  • 383 1  -  Banks revise full-year forecast MILLET ENRIQUEZ emelita@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Inflation last month hit a 25-month high of 5.5 per cent a surge which caught analysts off-guard. While the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) had said last week that inflation was expected to reach between 5 and 6
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  • 165 1  -  SAIFULBAHRI ISMAIL Premiums for Certificates of Entitlement (COE) are on the move again after a brief respite during the Chinese New Year holidays. The latest bidding exercise saw prices for the larger cars category going up by S$8,600 to S$62,000. The
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  • 554 1 AGENCIES CHRISTCHURCH Hopes of finding earthquake survivors in Christchurch faded yesterday, as a national State of Emergency was declared and an overnight curfew imposed on the city centre. New Zealand rescue teams combed rubble for survivors late into the
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  • NEWS
    • 636 2 AP SAVED BY ...A DESK When Mrs Ann Bodkin (picture) was pulled out of the rubble of a collapsed building yesterday, 24 hours after the 6.3-mag-nitude earth- quake struck Christchurch, rescue workers applauded spontaneously. Mrs Bodkin was rescued from the Pyne Gould building in central
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    • 16 2 The picture used on Page 1 (Feb 23) showed the Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament.
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    • 481 3  - Singapore Christchurch flights resume WAYNE CHAN waynechan@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Flights between Singapore and Christchurch resumed yesterday with the first Singapore Airlines (SIA) flight carrying passengers who had been stranded here. Flight SQ 297D was expected to touch down in Auckland at 6am today before going on to Christchurch. A second flight,
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    • 230 3 SINGAPORE Contingents from the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) and the Singapore Civil Defence Force have joined search-and-rescue efforts in Christchurch. The SAF’s 116-strong team has begun providing humanitarian aid and conducting rescue operations, together with the New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) and local authorities since
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    • 840 4  -  A S$400 hong bao and differences over party’s objectives also cited as triggers for departures TEO XUANWEI xuanwei@mediacorp.com.sg ADDITIONAL REPORTING NG JINGYNG SINGAPORE The mass resignations from the Reform Party (RP), which have cast a shadow over RP’s preparations for the coming
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    • 455 4  -  JOANNE CHAN SINGAPORE Should Budget 2011 be called an election Budget? Yes, according to Finance Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam, but only because it is a Budget of a Government thinking of the long-term interests of Singaporeans. Pundits and observers had said the S$3.2billion
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    • 275 6  -  CHEOW XIN YI SINGAPORE With reunion as one of its central themes, It’s a Great Great World has also brought together real-life families at the cinemas to reminisce about the nowdefunct Great World Amusement Park Groups of extended families have been seen heading
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    • 430 6  -  TEO XUANWEI xuanwei@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE When several spas folded more than a year ago leaving thousands of customers stranded with fullypaid packages fingers were pointed at the banks over the lack of consumer protection in terms of credit card instalment payments. Now, the banks
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    • 135 8 The Health Sciences Authority (HSA) has warned members of the public not to take three health products being sold as traditional medicines. They are: Majun Dua Istimewa, Raja Maajun-Jerat Dan Seret Angin and Horkut Chooi Foong Hor LokTan. The products were
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    • 168 8  -  SHAFFIQ ALKHATIB A scuba-diving instructor was fined the maximum S$10,000 for bringing in a puppy from Malaysia without a licence. Eugene Yeo Jiedong, 29, bought the Golden Retriever for about S$1,500 from a dog breeder in Kuala Lumpur on Nov 15
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    • 123 8 On Aug 26 last year, electricity supply to Bishan and Ang Mo Kio was disrupted. MRT services to 13 stations were also affected. The cause was damage to a 66kV electricity cable caused by an earthworks contractor. Soon Yong Trading, which caused the
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    • 763 8  -  COMMENTARY ONG DAI LIN dailin@mediacorp.com.sg Ong Dai Lin is a reporter with MediaCorp NewsHub. In January, National Development Minister Mah Bow Tan announced that the Government was considering tougher measures to deter first-time HDB flat buyers from repeatedly not selecting a flat
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  • VOICES
    • 483 10  -  Why no maternity leave, despite having worked for employer for more than 90 days? Letter from Jeslin Neo THREE weeks ago, I was unceremoniously retrenched by my employer, a travel company. I was three months pregnant. Having joined this company last September and placed on
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    • 339 10  -  Letter from Png Gek Huat Nelson RECENTLY, Dr Vivian Balakrishnan, the Minister for Community Development, Youth and Sports, noted that the total fertility rate of married couples is two. I believe the Government could do more to give incentives to
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    • 349 12  -  Letter from Lee Guanwen I REFER to the article “A mini-city growing in a campus”, (Feb 8). The makeover calls for car parks A and B at the main academic blocks to be converted into landscaped courtyards. Electric buses, bicycles and a light
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    • 300 12  -  Proposed road will cut through haven in Clementi Letter from Chow Bee Lin IN RESPONSE to residents’ request to resolve peak-hour traffic congestion along Jalan Lempeng Road, the Land Transport Authority (LTA) has decided to build a road that cuts through an unspoilt bird sanctuary right
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    • 179 12  -  Letter from Colonel Desmond Tan Director, Public Affairs Ministry of Defence WE REFER to Mr Leow Zi Xiang’s letter, “Remuneration for overseas ICT?” (Feb 21). Operationally Ready National Servicemen (NSmen) may be required to serve their In-Camp Trainings (ICTs) over
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  • Page 10 Miscellaneous
    • 34 10 VOICES ON Should families with more than two children get priority in Primary 1 registration? Tune in to TalkBack on 938Live from 8.15am to 8.45am tomorrow. Call us at *****938 and share your views.
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  • COMMENT&ANALYSIS
    • 1002 14  -  The South’s wrenching choice: Should it deny its starving populace food aid to induce a regime collapse? CHRISTOPHER HILL Christopher Hill, a former US Assistant Secretary of State for East Asia, was US Ambassador to Iraq, South Korea, Macedonia, and Poland, US special envoy
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    • 934 16  -  Who wants to be remembered as having presided over one of history’s greatest monetary failures? MATTHEW LYNN Matthew Lynn is a Bloomberg News columnist and the author of Bust, a book on the Greek debt crisis. The opinions expressed are his own.
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    • 738 17  -  RICHARD HARTUNG Richard Hartung is a consultant who has lived in Singapore since While it’s well known that non-profit organisations (NPOs) do good work, what may be surprising is just how big an impact they have on the economy. Research by the
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  • WORLD
    • 318 18 AGENCIES RIYADH Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah yesterday unveiled a series of benefits for citizens estimated to be worth about 140 billion riyals (S$47.6 billion), as the oilrich nation warily watches the unrest spreading around the Middle East. The King ordered 40 billion riyals
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    • 514 18 AP TRIPOLI The streets of the Libyan capital of Tripoli were relatively quiet yesterday, even as Italy’s Foreign Minister said as many as 1,000 people have been killed in the country since protests against the fourdecade rule of Colonel Muammar Gaddafi began a week ago. Col
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    • 200 19 AP REUTERS ATHENS Greek police clashed with protesters yesterday as thousands of workers marched to Parliament to protest against austerity policies aimed at helping the country cope with a huge debt crisis. Riot police fired several rounds of teargas and flash
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    • 259 19 REUTERS NEW DELHI At least 100,000 trade unionists marched through the Indian capital yesterday in a protest against high food prices and unemployment, piling pressure on an administration under fire over corruption scandals. The demonstration was the biggest in New Delhi in years and
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    • 112 19 REUTERS A lawmaker from Japan’s ruling Democratic Party is set to step down from a senior government post as he is unhappy with unpopular Prime Minister Naoto Kan’s management of the government, public broadcaster NHK reported yesterday. Mr Kenko Matsuki, a parliamentary
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    • 334 20 A call to sustain China protests AP REUTERS BEIJING A renewed call for Middle Eaststyle democracy protests in China urged citizens to take an afternoon stroll at arranged locations each weekend and demanded that the authorities release activists who apparently remained in custody yesterday. Letters posted online by the unidentified
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    • 350 20 REUTERS BANGKOK Thailand’s anti-government Red Shirts will respect the result of a coming election, providing the polls are fair, and see no reason to stage a protracted protest, their leader said yesterday. The movement, which has held paralysing, at times
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    • 176 21 AP BEIJING China’s highest court has approved the execution of four men convicted in a series of murders in the restive western region of Xinjiang described as acts of “terrorist violence”. The four were accused of killing nine people in three separate incidents between August and
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    • 354 21 THE NEW YORK TIMES BLOOMBERG SUZHOU —When Apple released its annual review of labour conditions at its global suppliers last week, one startling revelation stood out: 137 workers at a factory in Suzhou in China’s eastern Jiansu province had been poisoned
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    • 99 21 AP China's state media says 33 officials have been punished for spending nearly US$100,000 (S$127,680) in public money on a two-week visit to Europe. The officials from the salt business administration bureau in the southern island province of Hainan were among 515 public
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    • 285 22 AP CHICAGO Former White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel has been elected Mayor of Chicago, easily overwhelming five rivals to take the helm of the third-largest city in the United States as it prepares to chart a new course without the retiring Richard Daley.
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    • 281 22 AP PHOENIX A jury in the United States convicted an Iraqi immigrant of second-degree murder on Tuesday for running over and killing his daughter in a case termed an “honour killing” by prosecutors who said the father carried out the attack because
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    • 289 22 AP PORTLAND A congressman in the United States said on Tuesday that it was “unprofessional and inappropriate” to send pictures of himself wearing a tiger costume to staff members. Representative David Wu, who was born in Taiwan, said on ABC’s Good Morning America that the
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    • 354 23 AP NEW YORK Americans often take pride in ways their nation differs from others. But one distinction lack of a nationwide policy of paid maternity leave is cited in a new report as an embarrassment that could be redressed at low cost and without harm to employers.
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    • 57 23 High school students in the Philippines formed a giant yellow ribbon yesterday during activities to mark the 25th anniversary of the country’s Edsa People Power Revolution that toppled the dictatorship of President Ferdinand Marcos. The yellow ribbon was used as a symbol of the opposition
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    • 232 23 THE NEW YORK TIMES BRUSSELS Google faced new accusations on Tuesday that it was blocking a smaller European search service by restricting the use of its powerful system to attract advertisers. A French company, 1plusV, which owns Ejustice.fr, one of three European companies that have
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    • 383 24 THE NEW YORK TIMES REUTERS CHICAGO Spending 50 minutes with a mobile phone plastered to your ear is enough to change brain cell activity in the part of the brain closest to the antenna. But whether that causes
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    • 272 24 BLOOMBERG NEW YORK Mammograms are more likely to miss new tumours in women who have had breast cancer before than in those without a history, according to a study published on Tuesday in the Journal of the American Medical Association.
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    • 119 24 THE GUARDIAN REUTERS LONDON A previously unknown novel by British children’s writer Enid Blyton has been discovered by archivist Hannah Green, according to a charity which bought a collection of the bestselling author’s manuscripts at an auction last September. Mr Tumpy’s Caravan, a 180-page fantasy story
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    • 321 24 FAILURES OF A SUCCESSFUL MAN "If a former underachiever like me can become a success in life, then there's absolutely nothing stopping you from achieving the same level of result in your life as well" ADAM KHOO For the very first time, Adam Khoo reveals some of the darkest hours
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  • SPORTS
    • 479 26  -  Football legends Pele and Cantona to arrive next week SHAMIR OSMAN shamir@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE It is official. Widely regarded as the greatest to play the game, Pele (picture) will visit Singapore from March 3 to 5, accompanied by Manchester United legend Eric Cantona. MediaCorp revealed the
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    • 171 26  -  IAN DE COTTA SINGAPORE Eight-time champions SAFFC chalked up their second straight win in the 2011 Great Eastern-Yeo’s SLeague, putting away Tanjong Pagar United 2-1 at the Choa Chu Kang Stadium last night. The Warriors are now level on points with leaders Albirex after two matches,
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    • 241 26 REUTERS MILAN AC Milan’s suspended midfielder Gennaro Gattuso has been advised not to travel to London for next month’s Champions League last 16 return leg match with Tottenham Hotspur after headbutting Spurs assistant coach Joe Jordan. “I wanted to watch the
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    • 777 27  -  But the pack just can’t wait to spoil the fun SHAMIR OSMAN shamir@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE When the curtain comes up on the HSBC Women’s Champions 2011 at the Tanah Merah Country Club this morning, there is little doubt all eyes will be trained on
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    • 97 27 Reigning US Open champion Paula Creamer took time out of her preparations for the HSBC Women’s Champions at the Tanah Merah Country Club to meet six of her most ardent Singapore fans at an exclusive skills clinic organised by TaylorMade-adidas Golf yesterday. The fans from the Singapore Ladies
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    • 258 27  -  IAN DE COTTA SINGAPORE Former national swimmer Mark Chay has swapped his swimming trunks for hockey sticks as the new chief executive officer of the Singapore Hockey Federation (SHF). The Olympian, who won gold in the 200m at the 2001 SEA Games, and was
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    • 598 28  -  Sports Council’s S$18m for youth sports a message to NSAs to get serious LOW LIN FHOONG linfhoong@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —There is no better time to be a young athlete, judging from the Singapore Sports Council’s (SSC) grant of S$18.18 million for youth development to
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    • 228 28  -  LOW LIN FHOONG SINGAPORE Youth paddlers Isabelle Li and Clarence Chew have made the senior ranks. So impressed were the Singapore Table Tennis Association (STTA) with their performances in the Youth Olympic Games here last August, that the association promoted them to national team, joining
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    • 543 29 After win in Copenhagen, Ancelotti eyes fourth spot in Premiership AGENCIES CHAMPIONS LEAGUE, LAST 16, FIRST LEG FC Copenhagen 0 Chelsea 2 COPENHAGEN Carlo Ancelotti hailed Chelsea’s “fantastic” forwards and said he thought he now had control of the best strike force
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    • 291 29 REUTERS MUMBAI Ricky Ponting (picture), captain of World Cup holders Australia, will be charged after allegedly damaging a television set in the dressing room following his dismissal during his side’s victory over Zimbabwe. The International Cricket Council (ICC) told Reuters yesterday that they
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    • 366 29 BLOOMBERG SYDNEY Christchurch may not be able to host the 2011 Rugby World Cup matches following Tuesday’s earthquake that killed at least 75 people, the region’s leading rugby official said. “Right now it doesn’t feel like we could host very much at all,”
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  • Page 29 Miscellaneous
    • 72 29 S.LEAGUE: CRUCIAL WEEK FOR 2 CLUBS Will title bidders Home win today after the draw? Can defending champion Etoile win again tomorrow? [p yi. Always play with care. [responsibly! Do not bet illegally. No person under the age of 18 years shall be allowed to purchase a ticket or to
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  • INVEST
    • 675 5  -  COMMENTARY PAUL HO Paul Ho is fund manager of United Asia Consumer Fund. Most of you must have read about the growing income levels of Asians in the past few years from research reports or from the media. However, the impact of the rising affluence in
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  • BUSINESS
    • 277 3  -  JONATHAN PEERIS jonathanpeeris@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Wilmar International, the world’s largest listed palm oil firm has announced that its fourth-quarter net profit fell 27.9 per cent to US$318.6 million (S$406.9 million), as a surge in raw material cost and tight controls on cooking oil prices
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    • 229 3 SINGAPORE Sembcorp Marine, the world’s second-largest offshore rig-builder, said its fourth quarter net profit fell 19.5 per cent to S$239.4 million due to lower sales. The company said its revenue in the October-December period fell 26.8 per cent to S$982.9 million, as there
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    • 226 3  -  STELLA LEE SINGAPORE The water treatment firm, Hyflux, said it has posted its best profits ever, chalking up an 18-per-cent rise in net profit to S$88.5 million for the financial year ended Dec 31, 2010. Revenue also came at a record S$569.7 million, up 9
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    • 398 2  -  RYAN HUANG ryanhuang@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE The potential licensing of junket operators this year could give a big boost to Singapore’s gaming sector, said analysts who forecast Singapore’s casino market will rival Las Vegas by the end of this year and overtake
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    • 437 2  -  JO-ANN HUANG SINGAPORE Property developer Guoco– Land’s latest Tanjong Pagar project holds new promise for the fading business district, overshadowed by the Marina Bay area’s swanky Marina Bay Financial Centre. GuocoLand’s S$3 billion project along Peck Seah Street and Choon Guan
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      • 67 1 Hold $3.31 UOB Kay Hian upgrades CapitaLand to Hold, keeps target price at S$3.70; sees value emerging after stock corrected 11.5% in past year and underperformed the FSSTI by 20%; it has an entry price at S$3.15. UOB says 4Q core earnings “in line with expectations” except portfolio gains
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      • 55 1 Outperform $1.18 Credit Suisse upgrades Hi-P to Outperform, raises target to S$1.40; says 4Q10 results, with revenue +102% on-year/+20% on-quarter at S$343.8m, and net profit +715% on-year/+8.0% on-quarter, at S$35.9m, ahead of consensus. Balance sheet strong at S$211m net cash (S$174m at end 3Q). Management announced dividend of
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    • 687 1 REUTERS HONG KONG Hong Kong will substantially increase land supply for residential use this year and issue up to HK$10 billion (S$1.64 billion) of inflation-linked bonds to ease the sting of rising prices but analysts expect property prices, the biggest contributor to rising living costs in
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    • 499 6  -  Alt-rockers The National on their growing fanbase and the joy of cooking KEVIN MATHEWS ALTHOUGH American rockers The National have been around for over a decade, it was in 2010 that they exploded into everyone's consciousness. The five-piece band from Cincinnati, Ohio, released their fifth studio album
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        209 8  -  Relooking a classic record CHRISTOPHER TOH Internationalist Powderfinger (1998) AFTER two albums that received favourable reviews back home, Australian alternative rock band Powderfinger released this one, which despite its name, didn’t do much for them overseas. The band had returned to the studios with American producer Nick
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      • 184 8  -  KEVIN MATHEWS POST-PUNK music has been enjoying a revival on both sides of the Atlantic since the turn of the century with bands like The Libertines, The Strokes, Interpol,Arctic Monkeys,The Killers, Franz Ferdinand,The Editors and Bloc Party carrying that flag. For fans of the original post-punk era,
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      • 105 8  -  KEVIN MATHEWS FANS of hard rock will know that L.A. Guns was the original incarnation of megaselling band Guns N’ Roses. Released in 1999, this album gained some modicum of interest for being the only L.A. Guns album to feature singer Jizzy Pearl, with production by
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      • 98 8  -  KEVIN MATHEWS WHILE it’s sometimes difficult to distinguish between one American Idol runner-up from another, Bowersox, to her credit, has recorded her original country music material. One caveat though, Bowersox specialises in country music of the neutered, sterile Nashville variety largely commercial and soulless. But since
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    • 200 10 R&B singer now free to talk to ex-girlfriend Rihanna without annoying her REUTERS A COURT order was lifted on Tuesday that had prevented R&B singer Chris Brown from coming into close contact with his ex-girlfriend Rihanna since a violent altercation two years ago. A Los Angeles
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    • 134 10 REUTERS KIEFER Sutherland, who saved the world for eight seasons on 24, will star in a drama pilot from the creator of Heroes who also once saved the world by saving the cheerleader. Touch centres on a father who discovers that his autistic, mute son can
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    • 387 15 1 Cin(T)a Film Screening Directed by Sammaria Simanjuntak, this Indonesian film tells of a love story between two characters: Cina, a spirited 18-year-old college freshman, and Annisa, a 24-year-old senior whose fame and beauty have left her lonely.They both love God but they can’t love each other
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