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Title Section39 2011-08-01 1 TODAY MICA (P) 057/10/2010 A PUBLICATION OF NEWS HOTLINE 6822 Monday August 1, 2011 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking Today MICA (P) 057/10/2010 A PUBLICATION OF NEWS HOTLINE 6822 2268 Monday August 1, 2011 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking39 words
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Article, Illustration243 2011-08-01 1 This year’s President’s Star Charity which is the last for outgoing President S R Nathan garnered a record S$6.44 million in donations at the end of the two-and-a-half-hour show which was telecast live yesterday. The amount has already surpassed the donations of previous years. ThePHOTO BY ERNEST CHUA - 243 words
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Article, Illustration483 2011-08-01 1 NG JING YNG - NG JING YNG jingyng@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Despite repeated warnings over the years that the sale of National Day Parade (NDP) tickets is illegal, tickets for the country’s 46th birthday bash next week are once again emerging on the Internet. A check by TodayPHOTO BY ERNEST CHUA - 483 words
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892 2011-08-01 1 TANYA FONG - TANYA FONG tanyafong@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Phone kidnap scams, which first surfaced here in 2007, have spiked sharply in recent years. According to the police, the number of such scams where victims receive calls from strangers demanding ransom for their next-of-kin or friend being successfully892 words
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HOT NEWS
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141 2011-08-01 2 A Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) full-time National Serviceman (NSF) was injured during a livefiring training yesterday. A statement from the Ministry of Defence (MINDEF) late last night said that Specialist Cadet (SCT) Percy Toh Cheng Kai, 21, was firing a 40mm automatic grenade launcher at141 words
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116 2011-08-01 2 SOURCE: SINGAPORE POLICE FORCE WEBSITE Remain calm and contact your family member immediately to confirm their safety. Should repeated attempts at contacting the person fail, seek police assistance immediately. Try to verify the authenticity of the caller’s claim by askingSOURCE: SINGAPORE POLICE FORCE WEBSITE - 116 words
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Article, Illustration456 2011-08-01 3 REUTERS WASHINGTON United States lawmakers were close to a lastminute US$3-trillion (S$3.6trillion) deal yesterday to raise the US borrowing limit and assure financial markets that the United States will avoid a potentially catastrophic default. “We’re very close,” said Senate minority leaderREUTERS - 456 words
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241 2011-08-01 4 NG JING YNG - NG JING YNG A website belonging to a Singapore company was hacked, in what seems to be the aftermath of the national football team’s aggregate victory over Malaysia in last week’s World Cup qualifying matches. In what appears to be241 words
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Article, Illustration586 2011-08-01 4 TAN YO-HINN - TAN YO-HINN yohinn@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE After outplaying ASEAN champion Malaysia last week, Singapore is hoping to continue the momentum against the likes of China, Iraq and Jordan in the third round of the 2014 World Cup Asian Zone qualifyingTODAY FILE PHOYO - 586 words
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Article, Illustration405 2011-08-01 6 AGENCIES BEIJING Tropical storm Nock-Ten left two people dead and caused economic losses of 377 million yuan (S$58 million) in China’s island province of Hainan, where it landed two days ago, the state-run Xinhua news agency reported, citing the provincial floodAGENCIES; REUTERS - 405 words
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529 2011-08-01 6 AP BEIJING Police shot dead four people yesterday in China’s far north-west, bringing the death toll to 11 in weekend violence in one of the country’s most troubled ethnic regions. The suspects died after more than 10 pedestrians and officers were injured inAP - 529 words
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Article, Illustration82 2011-08-01 8 The first getai show ever held on Singapore’s prime shopping belt drew a huge crowd yesterday. Getai shows are usually held in the heartlands during the Hungry Ghost Festival. Yesterday’s three-and-a-half hour show kicked off this year’s festival. Organised by Lex(s) Entertainment, the production cost wasPHOTO BY DON WONG - 82 words
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282 2011-08-01 8 DYLAN LOH - DYLAN LOH SINGAPORE The uncertainties in the global economy including the impasse over the United States debt talks could have a “major impact” on the Republic, Deputy Prime Minister Teo Chee Hean warned yesterday. While he still expects the Singapore282 words
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503 2011-08-01 8 ONG DAI LIN - ONG DAI LIN dailin@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Some 40 to 50 needy MalayMuslim families in the North-east district will receive attention from a dedicated team, which will ensure all available assistance is given to these households. The enhanced Wrap Around Care (eWAC) programme, launched yesterday by503 words
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Advertisement211 2011-08-01 3 PERK UP WITH GREAT DEALS! perks.mocca.com Sign up at perks.mocca.com to be among the first to enjoy the perks! /A=diaCorp m»cca perks COMMENT&ANALYSIS JOSTEIN GAARDER ANDTHOMAS HYLLAND ERIKSEN A BLOGOSPHERE OF BIGOTS 10 PANKAJ MISHRA A WAR ON MULTICULTURALISM 12 CHRISTOPHER HILL AMERICA’S FISCAL ISOLATIONISM 14 JAMES MACKINTOSH WHY SOROS211 words
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COMMENT&ANALYSIS
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Article986 2011-08-01 10 JOSTEIN GAARDER, THOMAS HYLLAND ERIKSEN - JOSTEIN GAARDER, THOMAS HYLLAND ERIKSEN Jostein Gaarder is the author of Sophie’s World and many other books. Thomas Hylland Eriksen is a professor of social anthropology at the University of Oslo. THE NEW YORK TIMES It is tempting to view Anders Behring Breivik, the self-described ChristianTHE NEW YORK TIMES - 986 words
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Article, Illustration1204 2011-08-01 12 PANKAJ MISHRA - The insidiousness with which crude prejudices about Islam have become respectable in Europe PANKAJ MISHRA Pankaj Mishra, the author of “Temptations of the West: How to be modern in India, Pakistan, Tibet and beyond,” is a Bloomberg View columnist based in Mashobra, India. The opinions expressedBLOOMBERG - 1,204 words
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Article, Illustration1018 2011-08-01 14 CHRISTOPHER HILL - The current budget war is reopening old divisions about America’s view of itself and the world CHRISTOPHER HILL Christopher R Hill, a former US Assistant Secretary of State for East Asia, was US Ambassador to Iraq, South Korea, Macedonia, and Poland, US special envoy for Kosovo, aPROJECT SYNDICATE - 1,018 words
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Article, Illustration1112 2011-08-01 16 JAMES MACKINTOSH - Hedge funds are going mainstream, making it harder to be a maverick JAMES MACKINTOSH James Mackintosh is the Financial Times’s investment editor. THE FINANCIAL TIMES LIMITED When George Soros (picture) rented a new office by Manhattan’s Central Park inTHE FINANCIAL TIMES LIMITED; BLOOMBERG - 1,112 words
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VOICES
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Article, Illustration378 2011-08-01 18 Jedidiah Tan - Letter from Jedidiah Tan I READ with great interest the apparent divide between Ms Grace Fu’s and Mr Tan Kin Lian’s thoughts on the issue of gambling. While the Senior Minister of State is now expressing her concern about the social backlash from the integratedTODAY FILE PHOTO - 378 words
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156 2011-08-01 20 Raymond Khong - Letter from Raymond Khong I AM a parent of a student at West Grove Primary, where it is common for parents to park along the road while waiting to pick up their children after school a daily occurrence at all primary schools. On one156 words
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372 2011-08-01 20 Kelvin Low - Letter from Kelvin Low IN 2000, I was diagnosed with cancer and had to undergo chemotherapy and radiotherapy. Prior to beginning treatment, my doctors advised me to store my sperm, which I did with Thomson Fertility Centre. Recently, I was informed that it372 words
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160 2011-08-01 20 PATRICIA LEE - LETTER FROM PATRICIA LEE LEE, CORPORATE AND MARKETING COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR, THOMSON MEDICAL In reply to Mr Low’s letter, we would like to confirm that no blood test was performed 11 years ago at the time of storage of his sperm sample. We have also160 words
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SINGAPORE
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227 2011-08-01 22 LYNDA HONG - Want to tour the kitchens of celebrity chefs? Now you can LYNDA HONG SINGAPORE Marina Bay Sands (MBS) has started a year-long food tourism project to attract more visitors from the region. The Asia’s Dining Destination Programme kicked off yesterday and visitors to MBS can tour the kitchens of some227 words
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140 2011-08-01 22 NG JING YNG - NG JING YNG After a four-month long refurbishment, Methodist Girls’ School (MGS) re-opened its auditorium yesterday and named it after Mdm Kwa Geok Choo, the late wife of former-Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew. The ceremony took place yesterday afternoon and140 words
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299 2011-08-01 22 CHANNEL NEWSASIA - CHANNEL NEWSASIA SINGAPORE Some of the presidential hopefuls were out and about yesterday, hoping to reach out to various groups of Singaporeans ahead of the Presidential Election. Dr Tan Cheng Bock met young Singaporeans at SCAPE where he visited a flea market299 words
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234 2011-08-01 22 Former Deputy Prime MinisterTony Tan, who has also put his name forward for the Presidential Election, said on his Facebook page on Saturday that he has received responses from almost 200 people to his poser which he had posted earlier234 words
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242 2011-08-01 23 MILLET ENRIQUEZ - MILLET ENRIQUEZ SINGAPORE New measures to safeguard conveyancing money from rogue lawyers will kick in today. With the new measures in place, the Ministry of Law said clients’ money in conveyancing transactions will enjoy a higher standard of protection. Cases of242 words
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Article, Illustration215 2011-08-01 23 SINGAPORE The police have arrested two men aged 23 and 32 who are believed to have stolen a dozen exotic stingrays valued at around $40,000 from an aquarium. Last Saturday, the aquarium owner found that the sliding windowPHOTO COURTESY SINGAPORE POLICE FORCE - 215 words
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WORLD
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155 2011-08-01 24 THE GUARDIAN Europe’s leaders have been warned to adopt a more “cautious” approach when discussing multiculturalism.The Norwegian chairman of the Nobel peace prize committee Mr Thorbjorn Jagland, has told them they risk inflaming far-right and anti-Mus-lim sentiment. He said leaders would be “playing withTHE GUARDIAN - 155 words
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Article, Illustration848 2011-08-01 24 Breivik in reality People who knew Norway gunman say his tale diverges sharply AP THE DAILY TELEGRAPH OSLO In the world according to Anders Behring Breivik, a seat on Oslo’s city council was once nearly in his grasp until he was sidelined by a jealous adversary. Nonsense, says the so-calledAP; THE DAILY TELEGRAPH; REUTERS - 848 words
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Article, Illustration343 2011-08-01 25 REUTERS TEHRAN An Iranian woman blinded with acid by her suitor for turning down his marriage proposal spared him at the last minute from being blinded too as punishment for his crime, Iranian media reported yesterday. Ms Ameneh Bahrami (picture) was anREUTERS - 343 words
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131 2011-08-01 25 AP TOKYO A strong earthquake has rattled north-eastern Japan in the early hours of yesterday, leaving seven people injured. No tsunami warning was issued. The Fire and Disaster Management Agency says the mag-nitude-6.5 earthquake struck at 3.54am yesterday off the coast of Fukushima, aAP - 131 words
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306 2011-08-01 26 AP MANILA The Philippines’ largest Muslim guerrilla group, the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF), has demanded the government halt any planned oil and gas explorations by foreign companies in vast southern areas, warning yesterday that energy projects would complicate peace talks. TheAP - 306 words
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142 2011-08-01 26 The percentage of ethnic Chinese Malaysians has declined by 1.4 per cent since 2000, according to last year’s population census, The Star reported. But Mr Nor Mohamed Yakcop, Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department, said that it is “purely arithmetic” and that the report142 words
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Article, Illustration139 2011-08-01 26 The Philippine Coast Guard and fishermen rescued 168 people who were on board a passenger ship that listed for three hours before sinking early yesterday amid heavy rain in the central Philippines, officials said. The steel-hulled M/V Asia Malaysia was heading from the central CebuPHOTO: REUTERS - 139 words
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156 2011-08-01 26 AGENCIES The controversial refu-gee-swap deal between Malaysia and Australia is set to be tested for the first time just a week after it was signed, AAP and Bernama reported. Fifty-four asylum-seek-ers on a boat intercepted yesterday in Australian waters, off theAGENCIES - 156 words
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347 2011-08-01 28 AGENCIES BENGHAZI (Libya) The credibility of Libya’s rebel National Transitional Council (NTC) suffered a blow when they were forced to acknowledge that Islamists within their ranks killed their chief battlefield commander last week. Their admission that Abu Obeida Al Jarrah Brigade wasAGENCIES - 347 words
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Article, Illustration153 2011-08-01 28 AP A suicide bomber blew himself up early yesterday at the gate of the police headquarters in Lashkar Gah in southern Afghanistan, killing at least 11 people in a city where Afghans took control of security less than two weeks ago. Helmand provincialAP; REUTERS - 153 words
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177 2011-08-01 28 AP The Syrian army raided cities across the country before dawn yesterday, killing at least 30 people most of them in the flashpoint city of Hama, where a barrage of shelling and gunfire left bodies scattered in the streets, activists and residents said.AP - 177 words
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137 2011-08-01 30 AP Two single-engine float planes collided as they flew near an Alaskan lake and one of them crashed and burned, killing the four people aboard, the authorities said. The second plane landed safely despite significant damage. The Cessna 180AP - 137 words
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137 2011-08-01 30 REUTERS At least seven people died yesterday when a riverboat collided with a barge and sank in the Moscow River, Interfax reported, citing an Emergencies Ministry spokesman. The private boat carrying 16 people sank after colliding with the river barge atREUTERS - 137 words
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Article, Illustration364 2011-08-01 30 AP GEORGETOWN (Guyana) Flight 523 from New York had just touched down and passengers were applauding the landing in the South American country of Guyana on Saturday when something suddenly went wrong. The Boeing 737-800 slid off the end of a rainy runway, crashed through aAP; REUTERS - 364 words
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Advertisement295 2011-08-01 27 HAPPY NURSES' DAY We thank alt nurses in the Intermediate and Long-Term Care sector for your dedication. “I ventured into home healthcare nursing mid-career. This move allowed me more time with my family while remaining dedicated to my job. In home healthcare nursing, we spend quality time with patients, attending295 words
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Advertisement43 2011-08-01 31 RISING When nations are up in arms... Get breaking news from the ground with an Asian perspective. Only one news bulletin unveils the many faces of Asia with all its distinctive nuances. Understand Asia. It is after all, our story. Weeknights at 7pm.43 words
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BUSINESS
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Article, Illustration316 2011-08-01 32 LINETTE LIM - But still 36 per cent off peak levels in 2008 LINETTE LIM linettelim@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Grade A office rents are on the rise, but are still some 36 per cent off its peak levels in 2008. This is according to Cushman Wakefield Research presentedBLOOMBERG - 316 words
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209 2011-08-01 32 SINGAPORE Keppel Corp’s subsidiary, Keppel FELS, is on track to deliver Scarabeo 9 a sixth-generation ultra-deepwater semi-submersible drilling rig to Saipem on time and with no lost-time incidents. In a statement yesterday, Keppel FELS said its work on the Scarabeo 9209 words
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244 2011-08-01 33 SINGAPORE A unit of Keppel Land subsidiary Keppel Land China has inked a tenancy agreement with Singapore education firm Lorna Whiston Creative Kindergarten Shenbei. In a stock exchange filing yesterday, Keppel Land said the school will take up 4,000 sq m244 words
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WEEKLY ROUNDUP (JULY 25 TO 29)
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Article30 2011-08-01 33 HANG SENG È 22,440.25 H NIKKEI È NIKKEI 9,833.03 2,701.73 SHANGHAI È È È 2,701.73 18,192.62 È AUSTRALIA 4,424.60 (-0.20%) MUMBAI 18,192.62 (-1.05%) MALAYSIA 1,548.81 (-0.20%) SEOUL 2,133.21 (-1.05%)30 words
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Article124 2011-08-01 33 STOCK CALLS Technical Sell s$12.86 CIMB says Singapore Airlines is a Technical Sell, based on charts. It says “this morning’s sharp fall following the gap lower suggests that prices are likely to be in the next wave lower to below S$12.86 in the medium term”. The house notes124 words
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Article, Illustration526 2011-08-01 36 Teenager smashes decade-long 1,500m world record AGENCIES SHANGHAI China’s Sun Yang (picture) broke Grant Hackett’s 1,500m freestyle world record last night to take the world swimming championships gold and stake his claim to succeed the Australian as king of long-distance swimming. The 19-year-old Sun clocked 14minAGENCIES; GETTY IMAGES - 526 words
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Article, Illustration421 2011-08-01 36 AP Ryan Lochte’s (picture) victory in the 400m individual medley on the final night of the world swimming championships was emblematic of the way the American has dominated this meet outshining Michael Phelps in the process. Lochte took his fifth gold yesterday clocking 4minAP; GETTY IMAGES - 421 words
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Article, Illustration127 2011-08-01 36 Sato Harunobu became the first ever Japanese to win the men’s Elite category at the 2011 Osim Singapore International Triathlon yesterday. The 32-year-old clocked 1hr 51min 59sec for the tridiscipline (swim-bike-run) Olympic event at the East Coast Park. Sato, who entered the running leg 2minPHOTO COURTESY DOUGLAS MEDIA - 127 words
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386 2011-08-01 37 TAN YO-HINN - TAN YO-HINN SINGAPORE Despite winning 16 world junior and youth titles the last seven years, the Republic’s sailors have not replicated these at the senior and Olympic levels. There is also a high drop-out rate. To address these, SingaporeSailing’s Olympic Pathway Taskforce,386 words
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Article, Illustration681 2011-08-01 37 Button gives McLaren second successive win as rivals slip and slide REUTERS FORMULA ONE HUNGARIAN GRAND PRIX BUDAPEST McLaren’s Jenson Button celebrated his 200th Formula One start by winning the Hungarian Grand Prix after a thrilling race decided by tyre choices in the slippery, wet conditions.REUTERS; PHOTOS REUTERS - 681 words
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Article, Illustration391 2011-08-01 38 REUTERS RIO DE JANEIRO Coach Laurent Blanc criticised France’s exclusion from the top European seeds for Saturday’s 2014 World Cup qualifying draw after they landed in the same group as champions Spain. France, World Cup winners in 1998 and runners-up in 2006, wereREUTERS - 391 words
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Article, Illustration691 2011-08-01 38 Players and official upbeat, but Capello warns of complacency GUARDIAN 2014 WORLD CUP QUALIFIERS LONDON Fabio Capello has warned England to “play every game like a final”, following the World Cup qualifying draw in Rio de Janeiro that placed them in Group H with Montenegro, Poland, Ukraine,GUARDIAN; GETTY IMAGES - 691 words
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Article, Illustration911 2011-08-01 40 ALYWIN CHEW - Cheryl Tay and gang are typical girls except for their rabid obsession with racing ALYWIN CHEW assistant sports editor alywinchewsc@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE She has a Hello Kitty air freshener in her car. That was the first thing that struck me when I sat inPHOTO BY ALYWIN CHEW - 911 words
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317 2011-08-01 40 AGENCIES LONDON Tottenham manager Harry Redknapp has confirmed his interest in Valencia midfielder Juan Mata. The 23 year-old has been widely linked with a move away from the Mestalla this summer with north London rivals Spurs and Arsenal reportedly leading theAGENCIES - 317 words
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Article, Illustration1085 2011-08-01 4 Orlando Gough - Can opera singers really sing pop and vice versa? Orlando Gough features@mediacorp.com.sg THE GUARDIAN WHY it is that opera singers sing in the way that they do? Are they in fact perfectly capable of singing in other ways, but have never been asked to? It seemsTHE GUARDIAN; Photos: Bloomberg - 1,085 words
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Article, Illustration543 2011-08-01 5 MAYO MARTIN - THEATRE REVIEW: INTO THE WOODS MAYO MARTIN ONCE upon a time, a certain prince of musical theatre by the name of Stephen Sondheim came up with the idea of a mashing up fairytales and putting forth the question:What really happens after “happily ever after”? The result was543 words
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Article, Illustration202 2011-08-01 5 You’d think this week would re-start a busy arts calendar with the opening of the Man Singapore Theatre Festival, but last week wasn’t to be overshadowed.We had a retrospective of Nanyang pioneer Liu Kang opened to the public; veteran playwright RobertYeo launched his memoir; and dance202 words
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Article372 2011-08-01 5 THEATRE Man Singapore Theatre Festival 2011 The highly-anticipated festival kicks off on Wednesday with two plays ChongTze Chien’s Charged and Huzir Sulaiman’s The Weight Of Silk On Skin as well as the launch of Chong’s new book and the forum titled On Race Can We Handle The Hard Truths?372 words
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Article, Illustration408 2011-08-01 7 The iconic music channel plans to resurrect old favourites and install new REUTERS MTV turns the big 3-0 today and, like many who approach such a milestone, has nostalgia on the brain. This not-unwelcome development was obvious at MTV Networks’ two-hour session at the Television Critics AssociationREUTERS - 408 words
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Article, Illustration476 2011-08-01 9 Architect behind the Gherkin says he has finished designing strangely shaped edifices THE DAILY TELEGRAPH AS the architect of such curvaceous London landmarks as “the Gherkin” and the City Hall building described as a “glass testicle”, it is something of a Damascene conversion, but Ken ShuttleworthTHE DAILY TELEGRAPH - 476 words
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