Today, 15 December 2011, Afternoon Edition

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    40 1 TODAY MICA (P) 031/10/2011 A PUBLICATION OF NEWS HOTLINE 6822 Thursday December 15, 2011 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking AFTERNOON EDITION MICA (P) 031/10/2011 A PUBLICATION OF NEWS HOTLINE 6822 2268 Thursday December 15, 2011 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking
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      919 2 More great gifting deals with DBS/POSB Credit and Debit Cards SURE-WIN SPEND DIP (Now till 23 Dec 2011) Spend a min. of S$200 and redeem a dip card for one of the following gifts: A pair of CAT 1 tickets to UKUfck AMeiZING World Tour 2012' worth S$456 S$100 Resorts
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    Lock icon Circle Line train services disrupted again
    700 1  -  SUMITA SREEDHARAN sumitas@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE The number of service disruptions on the Circle Line in the first 10 months of this year has already equalled the total experienced by commuters last year, according to figures from the Land Transport Authority (LTA). The number of disruptions
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    Once abroad, hard to return?
    742 1  -  Despite incentives, some foreign-trained S’pore doctors prefer to work overseas NG JING YNG jingyng@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE At a time when doctors are in short supply, young, bright Singaporeans who are medically-trained overseas such as Dr Jeremy Khoo are in demand. But Dr Khoo, who has been
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  • HOT NEWS
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      Economists trim S'pore growth outlook: Survey
      380 2  -  RYAN HUANG ryanhuang@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Economists have significantly wound back their forecasts for Singapore’s growth next year, with most private sector forecasters predicting that growth will slow to 3 to 3.9 per cent, according to a Monetary Authority of Singapore survey. This is a downward
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      Lock icon China pledges growth amid global gloom
      328 2 REUTERS BEIJING China pledged to guarantee growth in the face of an “extremely grim” outlook for the global economy next year, rounding off its annual policy-setting conference yesterday with a series of commitments to deliver economic stability. Laying out its blueprint for the world’s
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      Lock icon Deutsche: China may appoint yuan-clearing bank in S'pore
      256 2 AGENCIES HONG KONG The People’s Bank of China may let Singapore host a yuan-clearing bank, which will make it the second place after Hong Kong outside of the mainland to have one, according to Deutsche Bank. “To promote renminbi crossborder trade settlement
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      Lock icon Bangkok on alert for New Year bomb blasts
      433 3 AGENCIES BANGKOK The Thai police have named 10 sites in the capital that could become targets of bomb attacks during the New Year celebrations, and said they will tighten security in the areas. The Metropolitan Police Bureau said that government agencies, political
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      Lock icon Taiwan reduces conscription to four months
      166 4 AGENCIES TAIPEI The Defence Ministry in Taiwan said yesterday it will reduce the length of its compulsory military service, a move that is widely seen as a first step towards phasing out its decades-old military conscription policy. Currently, all men aged above 20 are
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      Car thefts faked by S'poreans: M'sian politician
      226 4 JOHOR An assemblyman has claimed that Singaporeans deliberately “dump” their cars in Johor and then make fraudulent police reports that their vehicles were stolen. The Malaysian media quoted Mr Tee Siew Kiong as saying that such incidents in which the Singaporeans would claim
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      Global IPO fund-raising down
      295 6  -  YVONNE CHAN yvonnechan@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE The capital raised through initial public offerings (IPOs) worldwide so far this year totalled US$155.8 billion (S$204 billion), down 45 per cent from the full-year amount for last year, according to a report by consulting firm Ernst Young. That is due in
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      Lock icon HK tops financial market development index; Singapore slips to fourth
      559 6  -  business”. AGENCIES, WITH ADDITIONAL REPORTING BY CHEOWXINYI AGENCIES SINGAPORE Hong Kong has become the first Asian finance centre to top an annual survey of global financial development, overtaking the United States and the United Kingdom, which are struggling to recover
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      Primary school kids arrested for allegedly stealing from elderly
      238 8 SINGAPORE Police have arrested two Primary School students, aged 11 and 12, suspected of stealing money from an elderly newspaper vendor. Police believe they stole twice from the woman at Blk 174, Yishun Avenue 7. The victim was manning her news-stand
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      Lock icon Coffeeshops to display prices of beverages clearly
      284 8  -  JOANNE CHAN joannechan@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Two in three coffeeshops here will now display the prices of beverages and drinks clearly. Consumer watchdog Consumers Association of Singapore (Case) has worked with two major coffeeshop associations to ensure that the prices are displayed. The two associations
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      Lock icon British students ‘turning to prostitution’
      509 10 AGENCIES LONDON Desperate British students, faced with rising costs on the back of government austerity measures, are turning to prostitution, gambling and other dangerous pursuits to fund their studies, support workers and student leaders said yesterday. The English Collective of Prostitutes, a welfare body for
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      Lock icon Top official assails UK over treaty veto
      250 10 AGENCIES LONDON A senior European official said on Tuesday that Britain’s demands for measures to protect its financial services industry at last week’s summit meeting were impossible to meet and directly responsible for the collapse of a Europe-wide agreement meant to help save
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      Lock icon UK Conservatives take poll lead after European Union veto
      424 10 REUTERS LONDON Britain’s Conservatives have overtaken the Labour opposition in an opinion poll for the first time this year, enjoying a bounce on the back of Prime Minister David Cameron’s veto of a new European Union (EU) treaty, the latest Reuters/Ipsos
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      Lock icon Body, guns found at Liege attacker's home
      340 12 AGENCIES LIEGE (Belgium) The body of a woman has been found in the garage of a grenade-lobbing gunman, bringing to four the number of people killed in an attack in the city of Liege, officials said yesterday. Liege Prosecutor Daniele Reynders said the
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      Lock icon Florence vendors shot by lone gunman
      268 12 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH ROME An Italian gunman with fascist sympathies went on a rampage in Florence on Tuesday, killing two African street vendors and wounding three others in broad day light before shooting himself dead. Gianluca Casseri, 50, caused panic when he opened fire
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      AirAsia chief says KL cheaper option for Qantas base in Asia
      203 14 KUALA LUMPUR AirAsia chief Tony Fernandes said yesterday that Qantas should base its proposed Asian operations in Kuala Lumpur instead of Singapore, The Malaysian Insider reported. “Singapore is the better business hub for sure, but the majority of Singapore
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      Lock icon Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen unveils commercial spaceship
      356 14 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH LOS ANGELES Mr Paul Allen, the Microsoft cofounder, has unveiled a plan for a commercial spaceship which could replace the Space Shuttle before the end of the decade. Mr Allen, 58, said he will build the world’s largest plane to
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      MF Global chief knew of customer fund misuse: Regulator
      467 16 WASHINGTON The regulatory arm of the CME Group has turned over interviews to the Justice Department that allege that former MF Global chief Jon Corzine knew that the now-bankrupt brokerage firm used customer money to lend to a European affiliate, a
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      Lock icon Japan, before and after the March disaster ...
      328 17 Japan, before and after the March disaster THE DAILY TELEGRAPH TOKYO Netizens can take a virtual walk through the devastation caused by Japan’s March 11 earthquake and tsunami following publication of a series of new digital images. A bank of interactive images covers 45,000km of roads including the worst-hit northeast
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      Lock icon Prince William, Kate to visit Singapore next year
      160 17 AP LONDON Buckingham Palace has announced that the royal family will tour the globe to celebrate Queen Elizabeth II’s 60 years on the throne. The palace said yesterday one of the biggest trips will be made by the Duke and Duchess of
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      184 4 AUT University, New Zealand’s third largest university, with the country’s second largest and fastest growing IT degree programme, is off ering the Bachelor of Computer and Information Sciences (BCIS) in IT Service Science and Networks and Security at PSB Academy, Singapore. The full-time degree programme develops both fundamental technical and
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  • COMMENT&ANALYSIS
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      Lock icon Another euro zone crisis only weeks away
      1099 18  -  To survive, it needs urgently to find some way of internally sharing the burden of its debts JEREMY WARNER Jeremy Warner, assistant editor of The Daily Telegraph, is one of Britain’s leading financial, business and economics commentators. THE DAILY TELEGRAPH You would not
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      Lock icon How Fox News is shaping the US election
      1237 20  -  And this is bad news for the Republicans JONATHAN FREEDLAND Jonathan Freedland writes a weekly column for The Guardian. THE GUARDIAN It used to be an iron maxim that voters’ most vital organ was neither their head nor their heart, but their
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      Facing a hard winter, can China find 'softness?
      743 23  -  SIMON TAY Simon Tay is chairman of the Singapore Institute of International Affairs and author of Asia Alone: The Dangerous Post-Crisis Divide from America. The coming winter looks difficult for China. Beyond the seasonal cold and even the thick air pollution in
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      Lock icon Hezbollah's hypocritical resistance
      713 24  -  It is destroying its own reputation by not backing Syrians’ popular revolt LARBI SADIKI Larbi Sadiki, a senior lecturer in Middle East politics at the University of Exeter, is the author of Rethinking Arab Democratization: Elections Without Democracy. THE NEW YORK TIMES Since the mid-1980s, the militant
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      99 18 COMMENTARY ONLINE The EU’s next economic crisis will be an interesting moment. With zero fiscal flexibility, persistent underperformance in many parts of the EU and an ever-widening gap between incomes in Europe’s core and its periphery, a stark choice will present itself: Let the euro area and the single European
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  • VOICES
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      HSA should review registration process for medical devices
      433 26  -  Letter from Huang Shoou Chyuan VENDORS of medical devices have complained recently that new regulations by the Health Sciences Authority (HSA) have increased business costs and would threaten our status as a regional centre of medical excellence. I did not take them
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      Public transport should be our strength, not Achilles’ heel
      210 28  -  Letter from Frederick Tay Han Choon I WAS among those affected by the Circle Line disruption yesterday. For over 20 minutes, no SMRT Corporation staff came to the platform at Holland Village Station to inform commuters of the train delay and
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      Here's a tip for better service from cabbies
      222 28  -  Letter from Morgan Wong THAT “Taxi drivers should be rewarded or penalised based on performance” (Dec 13) is a good suggestion indeed. Singapore should try out Australia’s system of taxi management. Have a national cab provider, which employs drivers on a basic
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      WARNING TO S-LEAGUE CHAIRMEN UNWARRANTED
      144 28  -  LETTER FROM M LUKSHUMAYEH I refer to the report “S-League chairmen warned” (Dec 9). It is not only surprising but shocking that the Football Association of Singapore (FAS) had warned the club chairmen that those who breach set guidelines and reveal confidential information to the
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      COVERED WALKWAYS TO BOOST HAWKER CENTRES' HYGIENE?
      127 28  -  LETTER FROM TEO KUEH LIANG I appreciate the in-depth analysis of the I Say piece “Key requirement for hawker centres is (Dec 9) and would add merely two points, on the infrastructure of the hawker centres to be built. The relevant authority should
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  • SINGAPORE
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      Lock icon ‘O’ Level N(A) and N(T) results out on Monday
      105 30 CHANNEL NEWSASIA SINGAPORE The results of this year’s Singapore-Cam-bridge General Certificate of Education (GCE) Normal (Academic) and Normal (Technical) Level Examinations will be released on Monday. School candidates may obtain their result slips from their respective schools from 2pm. Those who
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      Lock icon When young working adults expect a raise ...
      401 30 When young working adults expect a raise 7 in 10 expect raise of at least 25% after they obtain next level of qualifications: CHANNEL NEWSASIA SINGAPORE Even with the uncertain economic outlook for the coming year, seven in 10 young working adults are expecting pay increases of at least 25
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      GOING ON A BRAZILIAN HOLIDAY? SOON, YOU MAY NOT NEED A VISA
      144 30 You will soon be able to go for a holiday in Brazil without having to apply for a visa. Singapore and Brazil have signed an agreement which will allow ordinary passport holders from both countries to visit the
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      NVPC appeals for volunteers
      210 32 SINGAPORE In this season of giving, the National Volunteer and Philanthropy Centre (NVPC) has launched an appeal for more than 4,000 volunteers in the next three months to serve various social causes. These range from the elderly, children to the special needs and the animals. Volunteers
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      IT SALES MANAGER INVESTIGATED FOR MAKING FALSE POLICE REPORT
      131 32 Police are investigating a 33-year-old man for making a false police report claiming that he was robbed of close to S$5,000 at Blk 160 Mei Ling Street on Tuesday. The man, who works as an IT sales manager, claimed that he
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      Lock icon SAF servicemen commended for international counter-piracy efforts
      232 32 CHANNEL NEWSASIA SINGAPORE More than 250 Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) servicemen were commended for their contributions to international counter-piracy efforts in the Gulf of Aden. Minister of State for Defence and Education Lawrence Wong presented the SAF Overseas Service Medal to the 279
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      Ionescu’s hit-and-run trial expected to end on Jan 20
      308 37  -  CLAUDIA CRAIU BUCHAREST The trial of Silviu Ionescu, 51, the former Romanian Charge d’Affaires in Singapore, looks set to come to a close, according to court officials, one-and-a-half years after legal proceedings began. Ionescu is charged with killing a pedestrian and
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      Lock icon Earth Hour 2012: ‘I Will If You Will’
      245 37 CHANNEL NEWSASIA SINGAPORE Earth Hour will commence at 8.30pm on March 31 next year and the theme for Singapore will be “I Will If You Will”. For one hour, the community, businesses, celebrities and government agencies will be encouraged to switch off
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      Tan Jee Say pens his experiences
      237 37  -  TAN WEIZHEN tanweizhen@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Former presidential hopeful Tan Jee Say, who also contested in May’s General Election under the Singapore Democratic Party banner, has published a book of his experiences from the two elections. Titled A Nation Awakes, the 282-page book includes chapters written
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      Lock icon China urges better safety after string of fatal school bus crashes
      241 38 AP BEIJING China’s safety regulator is demanding immediate action to improve safety aboard frequently overloaded and badly maintained school buses following a string of accidents that have killed at least 34 children and two adults. Managers need to identify
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      291 38 REUTERS BEIJING China yesterday dangled the prospect of more trade and economic incentives for Taiwan ahead of elections there next month, but warned the pro-independ-ence opposition closer ties would be at risk if it did not change its stance. China has made little secret
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      385 39 AP BEIJING The police have sealed off a southern Chinese village and cut food supplies in an attempt to crush an uprising by villagers angered by government land seizures and the death of a man in police custody, residents said yesterday. The
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      157 39 BLOOMBERG HONG KONG China, the world’s biggest energy user, may resume approving new nuclear projects after the Cabinet endorses draft safety rules prepared by the Ministry of Environmental Protection, an industry association official said. “Technically, all conditions would be met after
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      120 39 AP China said yesterday it is increasing security around South Korea’s embassy in Beijing after it had a window broken, amid tensions over allegations in South Korea that a Chinese fisherman fatally stabbed a coast guard officer. South Korea’s news agency Yonhap said
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      212 41 BANGKOK POST BANGKOK Thailand’s ruling Puea Thai party expects to push the amnesty Bill through Parliament after the New Year and has reiterated that its passage is crucial to achieving national reconciliation. Puea Thai MP for Yasothon, Mr Pirapan Palusuk, chief
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      111 41 AGENCIES The military in Indonesia said it will shift its defence strategy and deploy troops from Java to areas near the country’s borders, reported the Jakarta Post. “The troops will be deployed to border areas, from Aceh and Kalimantan to Sulawesi and Papua,”
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      164 41 AP The Philippines relaunched an old United States Coast Guard cutter yesterday as its biggest and most modern warship to guard potentially oil-rich waters that are at the centre of a dispute with China. President BenignoAquino III witnessed the commissioning of the 3,390 tonne
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      174 41 REUTERS North Korean heir-apparent Kim Jong Un’s slicked-back, high-sided haircut is a fashion hit in Pyongyang, where young men are apparently queueing up for a similar cut. Jong Un, believed to be in his late 20s and known as the “Young General”,
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      308 42 AP KABUL Voicing cautious optimism, the top North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) commander in Afghanistan said on Tuesday that he is seeing signs of a possible lifting of Pakistan’s communications blackout imposed on the United States-led coalition after NATO airstrikes killed two dozen Pakistani
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      Lock icon Zardari's son groomed for power in Pakistan
      307 42 THE GUARDIAN ISLAMABAD Senior aides of Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari have said that he will remain out of Pakistan for up to two weeks following a “small stroke” eight days ago, raising fears of a long period of political instability in the
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      246 42 REUTERS PORT MORESBY Papua New Guinea’s deposed Prime Minister, Sir Michael Somare (picture), was reinstated yesterday by the Governor-General, who in turn was promptly sacked by a P a r l i a ment led by Mr Somare’s premiership rival, deepening a political crisis
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      320 43 REUTERS LONDON A British Parliamentary committee on Tuesday published a sequence of emails which raised questions about the story News Corp’s James Murdoch told to House of Commons legislators about what he knew about phone hacking allegations involving the now-defunct News of the
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      110 43 Polar adventurers, scientists and the Prime Minister of Norway gathered at the bottom of the world yesterday to mark the 100th anniversary of explorer Roald Amundsen becoming the first to reach the South Pole. Under a crystal blue sky and temperatures of -40 C, the group remembered
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      277 43 THE NEW YORK TIMES MOSCOW A high-ranking editor and a top executive from one of Russia’s most respected news publications were dismissed on Tuesday after an apparent conflict over coverage that appeared to highlight widespread anger with the results of parliamentary elections this month.
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      Lock icon ALLEGED HACKER OF GENE SIMMONS WEBSITE ARRESTED
      133 43 REUTERS A man accused of being part of the hacking group Anonymous was arrested on Tuesday on charges of attacking the website of Kiss frontman Gene Simmons. Kevin George Poe, 24, was arrested in Connecticut and ordered to appear in court in Los
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      230 45 AP WASHINGTON Texting, emailing or chatting, even hands-free, on a mobile phone while driving is too dangerous to be allowed, federal safety investigators in the United States declared on Tuesday, urging all states to impose total bans except for
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      332 45 AP DES MOINES (Iowa) Mr Mitt Romney is forced to defend his opposition to same-sex marriage. Mr Newt Gingrich endorses a pledge to be faithful to his wife. Mr Rick Perry runs an advertisement noting he is against gays serving openly in the
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      142 46 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH Mrs Sarah Palin has failed to find a buyer for her latest television show idea, in a further sign that her star is on the wane. The former Republican vicepresidential candidate’s reality television proposal focused on her husband Todd Palin’s career as
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      258 46 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH SYDNEY The minister in charge of Australia’s broadcasting standards has caused a furore by using the F-word live on national television. “If a tax goes down, fantastic,” said Mr Stephen Conroy, the Minister for Communications, before adding: “Excuse me.”
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      162 48 AGENCIES The contract that established technology giant Apple as a corporate entity in 1976 sold at an auction on Tuesday for US$1.59 million (S$2 million), 10 times its estimated price, and two months after the death of co-founder Steve Jobs. The document
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      98 48 Mr Jim Jordan smiles during the lighting of the ‘Snoopy House’ display on the lawn outside City Hall in Costa Mesa, California, on Tuesday. Mr Jordan had created the heart-warming Christmas display of Charles Schulz’s ‘Peanuts’ characters more than 40 years ago at his California home.
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      209 48 REUTERS NEW YORK If your preschoolers turn up their noses at carrots or celery, a small reward like a sticker for having just a taste may help them to eat previously-shunned foods, a British study said. Though it might seem
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      205 48 REUTERS NEW YORK Tanning beds have already been linked to an increased risk of the deadliest type of skin cancer and now new research shows that they can also raise the odds of developing the most common form of the disease. Scientists
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      175 50 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH The Italian authorities have decreed that thousands of “love padlocks” on a Roman bridge must be removed. It is a popular expression of undying love a romantic couple write their name on a padlock, fasten it to one of
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      285 50 AGENCIES NEW YORK A 50.6-carat pearl given to Elizabeth Taylor by her husband Richard Burton sold for a record US$11.8 million (S$15.4 million) on Tuesday as Christie’s International began a four-day auction from the late actress’ estate in New York. The drop-shaped
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      353 52  -  WONG SIEW YING siewying@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Property developers are likely to offer incentives to draw in buyers and boost sales amid tighter regulations by the Government and a slowdown in the economy, according to analysts. Singapore imposed unexpectedly last week a second round of
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      160 52 SINGAPORE Sing Holdings, a Singapore-listed company, has signed a sale and purchase agreement to acquire a freehold residential site at 2-8 Robin Road (picture) for S$52 million, it said yesterday. The collective sale deal was signed via its wholly
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      218 52  -  AVELYN NG SINGAPORE World oil prices may jump to US$150 a barrel if current investment levels are not maintained in the Middle East and North Africa. This is according to the International Energy Agency (IEA), which held its annual world energy outlook
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      212 54 REUTERS SINGAPORE Hedge fund RSR Capital is returning money to external investors and plans to change the fund’s strategy for a possible relaunch next year, said chief operating officer and founding partner Christophe Delorme. “We are still here. We will trade
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      186 54 BLOOMBERG LONDON Unemployment in the United Kingdom rose to a 17-year high in the three months through October, deepening concerns Britain is heading for another recession amid turmoil in the euro area. Unemployment as measured by International Labor Organization standards rose by 128,000 to
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      122 54 OVERNIGHT Euro-zone fears sink stocks, gold, euro Stocks, gold and the euro fell yesterday, as sky-high borrowing costs for Italy fed fears of Europe’s debt crisis spinning out of control. The Federal Reserve’s decision to do nothing new to support growth despite warning that Europe’s debt crisis could
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      191 56 AGENCIES BEIJING Chinese banks’ new loans edged down to 562.2 billion yuan (S$115.2 billion) in November from 587 billion yuan in October, the central bank said yesterday. However, the bank loans were still higher than the 550 billion yuan expected by analysts. This
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      243 56 AGENCIES LONDON Thomas Cook Group, Europe’s second-larg-est tour operator, plans to close about 200 outlets and potentially cut 1,000 jobs in the United Kingdom as it seeks to rebound from an annual net loss of £521 million (S$1.05 billion). Thomas Cook will
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      111 56 REUTERS China has introduced tougher rules for foreign-funded investment firms, including barring them from using loans obtained within China to finance their expansion, the International Business News reported yesterday. Under the rules issued by the Ministry of Commerce and China State Administration of
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      92 56 AGENCIES China will impose from today antisubsidy and anti-dumping duties on imports of vehicles made in the United States, the latest in a series of trade spats between the world’s two largest economies. The Commerce Ministry said yesterday the duties will be imposed
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      323 58 REUTERS PALO ALTO (California) Facebook launched a suicide prevention tool on Tuesday, giving users a direct link to an online chat with counsellors who can help, the company said. Friends are able to report suicidal behaviour by clicking a report option next to any piece
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      357 58 Rara for music New music site ‘will take on iTunes and Spotify’ music services THE DAILY TELEGRAPH LONDON Rara.com promises “music for the masses” with 10 million tracks and an easy-to-use interface. The service, which will come pre-load-ed on all HP devices, will offer an introductory three-month deal allowing users
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      196 62  -  SHAMIR OSMAN The Football Association of Malaysia (FAM) have lined up a bigger payout for the 2012 winners of the Malaysia Super League (MSL). The purse has increased from RM500,000 (S$204,500) this year to RM750,000 for next season, with a similar 50-per-cent increase for
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      188 64  -  TAN YO-HINN Scott Glen Sydney (picture) is on course to secure Singapore a spot in the men’s Laser Standard class at next year’s Olympic Games sailing competition in Weymouth. With only the top seven boats in the 74-strong silver fleet qualifying their respective nations for the
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      285 64  -  IAN DE COTTA ian@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE The Singapore Sports Council (SSC) will not resurrect their contract with SG Changi to build the Changi Motorsports Hub, even if the Japanese-based consortium manage to raise enough funds at the last minute. And the
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      238 69 THE GUARDIAN The Football Association have opened the disciplinary hearing into claims that Liverpool striker Luis Suárez racially abused Manchester United defender Patrice Evra. Suárez has been charged with abusing Evra, and referring to his “ethnic origin and/or colour and/or race” by the FA. The outcome
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      634 6  -  The judges for the 2012 Man Booker Prize can’t be accused of being lightweight this year even with Downton Abbey star Dan Stevens Sameer Rahim features@mediacorp.com.sg THE DAILY TELEGRAPH AFTER all the fuss about this year’s Man Booker judges being too lightweight a fuss
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      274 10 REUTERS HOLLYWOOD star Angelina Jolie’s directorial debut, In The Land Of Blood And Honey, picked up its first awards-season mention on Tuesday, as the Producers Guild of America announced that the film will be honoured with its Stanley Kramer Award. The award, named after the
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      310 10 REUTERS COULD this happen in Singapore too? United States regulators cracked down on excessively loud TV ads on Tuesday, implementing a Bill passed last year to quiet commercials to the same volume as the programmes they accompany. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has been fielding viewer
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      959 12  -  Damien Hirst doesn’t change his spots Carol Vogel feature s@mediacorp.com.sg THE NEW YORK TIMES JUST as the financial markets were heading for disaster in 2008, the British artist Damien Hirst snubbed his dealers and persuaded Sotheby’s here in London to sell 223 primarily new artworks.There were
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