Today, 26 January 2012, Afternoon Edition

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  • 22 1 AFTERNOON EDITION TODAY MICA (P) 031/10/2011 A PUBLICATION OF NEWS HOTLINE 6822 2268 Thursday January 26, 2012 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking
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  • 853 1  -  TEO XUANWEI, NEO CHAI CHIN xuanwei@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Former Singapore Civil Defence Force Commissioner Peter Lim and former Central Narcotics Bureau director Ng Boon Gay had been arrested under the Prevention of Corruption Act, the Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau (CPIB) confirmed yesterday in response
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  • 541 1 Rates to remain near zero until late 2014; more stimulus a possibility REUTERS WASHINGTON United States Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke said yesterday the central bank was ready to offer the economy additional stimulus after it announced interest rates would likely remain near zero until
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  • HOT NEWS
    • 441 2 AGENCIES WASHINGTON United States President Barack Obama proposed using half the money the US will save from the end of its wars in Iraq and Afghanistan into highspeed rail lines and repairs to the nation’s creaking roads and infrastructure. He began his
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    • 298 2 AP TAXES Mr Obama said the wealthy should pay their fair share in taxes, arguing that anyone who makes more than US$1 million (S$1.27 million) should pay a minimum tax rate of at least 30 per cent. EDUCATION Pushed measures for college affordability and called
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    • 471 2 Japan’s first trade deficit since 1980 raises debt doubts REUTERS TOKYO Japan logged its first annual trade deficit in more than 30 years last year, calling into question how much longer the country can fund its huge public debt without relying on fickle foreign investors. The
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    • 426 3  -  SUMITA SREEDHARAN sumitas@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE The Chinese New Year holidays might be over, but some food stalls are still trying to cash in on the festive mood by keeping prices higher than usual. Traditionally, food outlets that stay open during the
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    • 289 4 iPhone 5 will have bigger screen, says Foxconn source AGENCIES AFTERNOON LATEST SAN FRANCISCO The next iPhone will be released sometime in the summer, and will come equipped with a bigger 4-inch screen, but will not closely resemble the iPhone 4 or 4S, according to
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    • 487 4 THE NEW YORK TIMES LONDON The economies of Britain and Germany surprised economists yesterday, but in different ways. While official data showed the British economy shrank more than expected in the fourth quarter, raising concern about another recession, a closely followed business confidence index in
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    • 371 6  -  TAN WEIZHEN tanweizhen@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Mr Ong Z M was resting at home with his family on Tuesday night when the power supply tripped, putting out all his electrical appliances and plunging his house in darkness. This happened after his 60-year- old father’s iPhone
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    • 403 6 AP DAVOS President Barack Obama has adopted a new strategy declaring, for the first time, that the United States has a national security interest to protect the nation’s economic goods against terrorists, criminals and natural disasters in all corners of the globe. The
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    • 3 3 WAMpIFRA INCQC 2012
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    • 344 3 COMMENT &ANALYSIS HOT NEWS 4 ‘INFLATION WILL STAY ELEVATED IN NEAR-TERM’ WORLD 20 RICH ASIANS STRAINING WORLD FISH STOCK: UN WHYSINGAPORE HAS THE CLEANEST GOVERNMENT MONEY CAN BUY 8 WILLIAM PESEK INDONESIA’S AAA ASPIRATIONS 10 JONATHAN LAURENCE HOWTO INTEGRATE EUROPE’S MUSLIMS 12 w I r 3 That’s what you get
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    • 207 4 Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information REALISE YOUR HIGHEST ASPIRATIONS with one of the world’s fastest-rising universities. NTU. Master’s Programmes by Coursework Application for August 2012 Intake A fast-rising global university, Nanyang Technological University (NTU) has been consistently ranked among the world’s top 1% of universities. In 2011,
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    • 169 5 m CHANGl airport Singapore for making us the world's most awarded airport 6 Business Traveller Awards in 2011 Best Airport in the World World Travel Awards 2011 World's Leading Airport Travel Weekly China 2011 Best International Airport Conde Nast Traveller 2011 (India) Best Airport Travel Trade Gazette (Asia) 21 st
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  • COMMENT&ANALYSIS
    • 1057 8 BLOOMBERG EDITORIAL BLOOMBERG Singapore’s Prime Minister, Mr Lee Hsien Loong, isn’t often taken publicly to task. But when you make S$3.1 million annually to run a country, people tend to expect results. When they don’t get them, the aggrieved masses turn
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    • 940 10  -  The return to investment-grade status is a fresh start, but serious obstacles still lie in the country’s way WILLIAM PESEK Tokyo-based William Pesek is a Bloomberg View columnist. BLOOMBERG It is a rare economic story that involves Facebook, God and credit ratings. Leave it to Indonesia to
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    • 918 12  -  JONATHAN LAURENCE Jonathan Laurence, an associate professor of political science at Boston College, is the author of The Emancipation of Europe’s Muslims: The State’s Role in Minority Integration. THE NEW YORK TIMES Two weeks ago, dozens of cars were set alight in the French city
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    • 219 8 Combine Your Passion for Education and Business Make a difference fo the lives of children Yulili, MindChamps Education Success Coach, Top Female Achiever for 2007,2009 2010 "After managing my family business for more than 15 years and possessing a BA in Early Childhood Family Education, I wanted to start my
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    • 396 10 NGEE ANN-ADELAIDE EDUCATION CENTRE k The Ngee Ann Kongsi THE UNIVERSITY "/ADELAIDE A PARTNERSHIP SINCE 1998 Nursing is an art BACHELOR OF NURSING (POST-REGISTRATION) A top ranking degree from a Group of 8 Australian University Aims to develop critical thinking and leadership skills Applied learning in Singapore healthcare context with
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    • 326 12 Money Smart Investing For Everyone. Smart Investing. Understanding Risks. Managing Your Money. Do you have young children or aged parents who depend on you financially for their well being? How will they be provided for if you are no longer around or no longer able to work? How do your
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  • VOICES
    • 296 14  -  Letter from Gilbert Goh THE report “Allegations of ‘serious personal misconduct’ against SCDF commissioner, CNB director” (Jan 25) is a shocking revelation. It is not yet known if the two cases are related or how long the corruption, if any, went on before coming
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    • 167 14  -  LETTER FROM DENIS DISTANT Effective this month, new rules were intro­duced for trading in specified investment products on the Singapore Exchange. As a result, some investors who trade online in ordinary shares on Bursa Malaysia through local brokerages are being rejected, though they
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    • 105 14  -  LETTER FROM ROBERTO PREGARZ Automated teller machines are convenient, though, as reported recently, there is a lack of security. It is easy to notice the Personal Iden­tification Numbers and bank statements of other users on the screen, because there are often several ATMs next to each other,
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    • 241 15  - To help people with disabilities Letter from Bryan Chow Weng Keong IT IS heartening to read, in the report “We can do more to help people with disabilities” (Jan 14), of a recent survey’s findings that Singaporeans are more accepting of the disabled in society. This proves that recent public
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    • 191 15  -  Letter from Michael Palmer Member of Parliament, Punggol East Constituency I THANK Mr Paul Fernandez for his letter “The Speaker should be from a GRC” (Jan 20). The Speaker of Parliament is not appointed by the Government but elected by all Members of the House.
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    • 131 15  -  Letter from Nik Ady Arman Second Secretary (Political), High Commission of Malaysia IN HIS commentary “Anwar verdict: What Najib now faces” (Jan 20), Mr Yang Razali Kassim seems to have joined the bandwagon in implying that Anwar Ibrahim’s recent court case was politically motivated.
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    • 47 14 BANK SAYS IT COULD HAVE RESPONDED BETTER, LISTS ANTIFRAUD MEASURES Get a QR code reader app from your smartphone’s app store (simply search for “QR reader”) and scan the code using the app, or you can visit http://tdy.sg/OCBCletter0126 on your browser for the letter from OCBC Bank.
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    • 345 15 SPEAKER OR NOT, AN MP MUST DO MOREOUTSIDE THE HOUSE Get a QR code reader app from your smartphone’s app store (simply search for “QR reader”) and scan the code using the app, or you can visit http://tdy. sg/speakerletter0126 on your browser for the letter from S Ganesamoorthy. NDON ERTH
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  • SINGAPORE
    • 526 16  -  NG JING YNG jingyng@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Amid the growing competition among universities, the Nanyang Technological University (NTU) has introduced a scholars programme which it hopes will help “attract the creme de la creme of postsecondary students”. The NTU University Scholars Programme, which was announced yesterday,
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    • 301 16  -  TAN WEIZHEN SINGAPORE One important mission that Chinese clan associations have today is to help new immigrants integrate with Singapore society, said Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong yesterday. These clan associations, set up years ago to help ease Chinese settlers into
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    • 208 18 CHANNEL NEWSASIA SINGAPORE The Ministry of Education will release the posting results for the 2012 Joint Admissions Exercise (JAE) and the Joint Polytechnic Special Admissions Exercise (JPSAE) on Monday at 8am. Students can obtain their results via the JAE-Internet System,
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    • 34 18 President Tony Tan and his wife Mary attending thanksgiving service for the 150th Consecration Anniversary of St Andrew’s Cathedral yesterday. PHOTO BY WEE TECK HIAN PHOTO BY WEE TECK HIAN
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    • 188 18 CHANNEL NEWSASIA The Government has appointed Mr Stanley Loh Ka Leung as Singapore’s next Ambassador to China and Mr Chan Heng Wing as the next High Commissioner to Bangladesh. Mr Loh joined the Administrative Service in 1995. Between 1997 and 2000, he served as
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    • 349 19  -  TEO XUANWEI xuanwei@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Despite repeated orders from the Law Society of Singapore, a lawyer took nearly two years to issue a receipt to a client. For that, Mr Leonard Loo Peng Chee will have to go before a Court of Three Judges
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    • 278 19  -  ALVINA SOH SINGAPORE Two men were placed on probation yesterday for breaking into the Tanjong Pagar Railway Station and defacing a Malayan Railway (KTM) train carriage with spray paint last March. Full-time national serviceman Gan Kwang Chuen, who pleaded guilty to two
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    • 137 19  -  ALVINA SOH SINGAPORE —A 53-year-old man was yesterday charged with allegedly peeping at a woman in the female toilet of Kallang MRT station. Choo Ah Lui, a part-time delivery man, faced various charges, including criminal trespassing and insulting the modesty of the 26-year-old woman.
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  • WORLD
    • 207 20 AP BANGKOK A Thai Cabinet member under United States sanctions for alleged business deals with Zimbabwe strongman Robert Mugabe is now in charge of promoting Thailand’s national image. Dr Nalinee Taveesin, previously Thailand’s trade representative, was named a Cabinet minister in the Prime
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    • 109 20 AP During the nuclear crisis last year, the Japanese government believed that, in the worst-case scenario, tens of millions of people might need to leave their homes, according to a report obtained by AP. But officials feared widespread panic and kept the
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    • 389 20 AP MANILA Rising wealth in Asia and fishing subsidies are among factors driving overexploitation of the world’s fish resources, while fish habitat is being destroyed by pollution and climate change, United Nations marine experts said on Tuesday. Up to 32 per cent of
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    • 210 20 THE MALAYSIAN INSIDER PETALING JAYA The Obedient Wives Club (OWC) of Malaysia courted controversy again yesterday with the launch of a sex education campaign to mark Prophet Muhammad’s birthday next month. OWC president Fauziah Ariffin said the 12-day event, aimed at reversing moral
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    • 293 21 AP BEIJING Deadly clashes between ethnic Tibetans and Chinese security forces have spread to a second area in south-western China, the government and an overseas activist group said yesterday, as the United States expressed grave concern over the violence. The group Free Tibet said two
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    • 220 21 THE NEW YORK TIMES BEIJING China’s government has thrown billions in recent years into building a topnotch research establishment, hoping to keep its best scientists and lure back those who are abroad. Now comes a hint that the effort is beginning
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    • 185 21 REUTERS Industry sources have said inspections ordered by European authorities on the Airbus A-380 superjumbo had revealed the existence of more cracks on a wing component. Airbus insists the A-380 remains safe to fly. The inspections were ordered last week after two
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    • 92 21 BLOOMBERG RETURNS BECAUSE OF CRACKED WINDSCREEN A Cathay Pacific Airways Airbus A-330 plane with 311 passengers on board returned to Hong Kong on Jan 23 after detecting a cracked windscreen about 15 minutes after taking off. Passengers on the flight to Singapore were placed on another jet,
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    • 277 22 BLOOMBERG SAN FRANCISCO MetLife and Prudential Financial were accused of “massive fraud” in a whistle-blower lawsuit filed in Illinois, alleging they failed to turn over unclaimed life insurance funds to the state. Total Asset Recovery Services, a Michigan-based company that researches unclaimed funds held by
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    • 132 22 AGENCIES Delta Air Lines rerouted as many as eight transpolarflights between the United States and Asia on Tuesday as the most powerful solar radiation storm since 2003 hit Earth. Planes were sent farther south, lengthening trips by about 15 minutes, to avoid
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    • 143 22 BLOOMBERG Chemicals used in consumer products including rain gear, stainresistant carpeting, microwave popcorn bags and fast-food packaging appear to limit children’s dis-ease-fighting immune responses, a study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association found. The research by Danish investi-
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    • 122 22 AP A heart that was dropped on the ground while being transported to a Mexico hospital has been successfully transplanted into a 28-year-old hairstylist. Ms Erika Hernandez doesn’t yet know that her new heart made national news when a medic stumbled and the plastic-wrapped
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    • 252 23 AP CAIRO Thousands of Egyptians rallied yesterday to mark the first anniversary of the country’s uprising, with liberals and Islamists gathering on different sides of the capital’s Tahrir Square (picture) in a reflection of the political divides that developed in the country in the year
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    • 310 23 AP JERUSALEM Israel is putting together a plan for a national investment fund that would tap an anticipated natural gas bonanza to fuel both an export-geared economy and provide a nest egg of US$10 billion (S$12.7 billion) in under a decade for
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    • 265 23 AP HADITHA (Iraq) The lone marine convicted in his squad’s killing of two dozen unarmed civilians in one of the Iraq War’s defining moments escaped jail time on Tuesday after defending his order to raid homes in Haditha as a necessary
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    • 178 24 AGENCIES MOSCOW WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange (picture), under house arrest in the United Kingdom, is set to host a new television talk show on an English-language cable channel controlled by the Russian government. The World Tomorrow will debut in March and will be
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    • 388 24 AP LOS ANGELES Google announced a plan on Tuesday to link user data across its email, video, social networking and other services, saying it will create a “beautifully simple and intuitive” user experience. But critics raised privacy concerns like those that helped kill
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    • 117 24 AGENCIES A New Zealand judge yesterday denied bail to Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom, while a fifth suspect was arrested in the Netherlands as part of the copyright infringement case against the website. A United States Justice Department official said Andrus Nomm, 32, a citizen
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  • BUSINESS
    • 587 26 And analysts say iPhone-maker’s stock should be worth much more AGENCIES AFTERNOON LATEST NEW YORK Apple briefly surpassed Exxon as the most valuable United States company after an excellent quarter, though the oil company has regained the lead at the market’s close. Apple’s
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    • 291 26 REUTERS WASHINGTON HSBC is under investigation by a United States Senate panel in a money-laundering inquiry, the latest step in a long-running American effort to halt shadowy money flows through global banks, according to sources familiar with the situation and a company securities filing. The
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      55 26 WEDNESDAY CLOSE 12,757.00 (+0.64%) Tuesday 12,675.75 q 0.26% Monday 12,708.82 q 0.09% Friday 12,720.48 p 0.76% Thursday 12,623.98 p 0.36% NYSE TOP 5 BY VOLUME NAME VOL PRICE CHANGE Bank of America 247.2m $7.35 p~0.82% Corning 60.5m $13.05 q 10.74% Xerox 54.2m $7.81 q 9.92% Ford 53.6m $12.93 p~0.86%
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    • 13 26 È FTSE100 5,723.00 DAX Ç È DAX 6,421.85 (+0.04%) CAC40 3,312.48 (-0.31%)
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    • 11 26 US$1 s$1.270 US$1 £0.639 US$1 €0.763 US$1 ¥77.750 US$1 A$0.944
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    • OVERNIGHT
      • 68 26 Buoyed by Apple Big profits from Apple and a promise from the US Federal Reserve to keep rock-bottom rates for at least two more years powered the US stock market higher. Buying picked up after the Federal Reserve said it would keep interest rates near zero through at
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      • 61 26 US crude gains, Brent falls Crude oil futures rose as investors cheered a plan by the US Federal Reserve to keep interest rates low at least through late 2014, in a move aimed at helping speed the slow economic recovery. US crude rose 45 US cents to settle at
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    • 272 26 REUTERS CHARLOTTE (North Carolina) United States Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner sought to calm fears that the Obama administration’s bank reforms were hostile to the US financial industry, saying yesterday the reforms were “tough where they need to be tough”. Mr Geithner, speaking to the
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  • DIGITAL
    • 342 28 THE GUARDIAN LONDON Smartphones are becoming pervasive: Ninety per cent of Singaporeans have phones that can browse the Internet and run apps, and nearly half of American mobile users do too. Yet smartphone brands can rise and fall in the commercial blink of an
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    • 831 28 Who have got their act together? BEST BRAINWAVE WORST DECISION BIGGEST STRENGTH BIGGEST WEAKNESS WHAT DOES THE FUTURE HOLD? RISING OR FALLING? APPLE Making the iPhone a completely touchscreen-based device, with a really good Web browser, that could also run apps. Despite being relatively expensive, the iPhone has attracted a
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  • SME
    • 660 29 ForYokogawa, winning the Singapore Quality Award means an opportunity to improve SINGAPORE “It was a great honour for Yokogawa to win the Singapore Quality Award (SQA) in 2011,” says Mr Lai Ah Keow, the company’s managing director. “But more than the recognition that comes with
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  • SPORTS
    • 573 30  -  Mat Zan’s team boast star striker Forkey, who could face a LionsXII side without Baihakki IAN DE COTTA ian@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Fighting injuries and suspensions, the LionsXII face their biggest test so far in the Malaysian Super League (MSL) when they take on reigning FA Cup champions
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    • 363 30  -  SHAMIR OSMAN SINGAPORE After an opening day defeat to Kelantan, they are on an unbeaten threematch run, collecting seven points out of a possible nine. V Sundramoorthy’s LionsXII are picking up momentum in the Malaysian Super League (MSL) but face
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    • 542 31  -  As the 2012 season prepares for a grand launch tonight, big guns bank on new foreign faces SHAMIR OSMAN shamir@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE The fans have snapped up every available ticket for the two home games, the media have given ample coverage of the team’s exploits even
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    • 331 31 QPR, Chelsea warn fans to behave THE DAILY TELEGRAPH LONDON Queen’s Park Rangers and Chelsea have warned fans to behave at Saturday’s FA Cup fourth round tie when England captain John Terry will come face-to-face with Anton Ferdinand, the player he is accused of racially
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    • 259 31 AGENCIES NYON (Switzerland) Topflight clubs across Europe recorded net losses of €1.6 billion (S$2.6 billion) in 2010, a €400-million increase on the previous season, and registered total debts of €8.4 billion, European football body UEFA announced yesterday. The 30-per-cent increase in losses across the
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    • 619 32 World No 1 two matches away from defending his title as Sharapova flexes her muscles TENNIS Australian Open AP MELBOURNE Appearing ill for much of the match, defending champion Novak Djokovic held on to beat David Ferrer 6-4, 7-6 (7-4), 6-1
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    • 261 32 REUTERS MELB OURNE Kei Nishikori’s Australian Open adventure came to an abrupt halt against Andy Murray yesterday, but the fleet-footed Japanese was pleased with a “fantastic” week and promised to come back stronger. The slim-built 22-year-old had set himself a target of making the top
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    • 238 32 AFTERNOON LATEST AGENCIES MILAN Edinson Cavani’s double sent holders Inter Milan tumbling out of the Italian Cup as Napoli won 2-0 yesterday (this morning, Singapore time) to set up a semi-final with Siena. Napoli had won just two of their last six Serie A
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    • 532 33 And the Reds go marching on Bellamy returns to haunt his former club as Liverpool book their first Wembley appearance for 16 years AP AFTERNOON LATEST LIVERPOOL Craig Bellamy’s second-half equaliser against his former club sent Liverpool into the League Cup final yesterday (this morning, Singapore time) as the Reds
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    • 272 33 AP MADRID Barcelona held off a spirited Real Madrid fightback to salvage a 2-2 draw yesterday (this morning, Singapore time that was enough to see it through to the Copa del Rey semi-finals. Madrid dominated a frantic, up-tempo game early on, but still had
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    • 190 33 THE GUARDIAN LONDON Manchester United assistant manager Mike Phelan has confirmed that Patrice Evra will not be spared from playing at Anfield on Saturday. United’s FA Cup fourthround tie with Liverpool will be the first time they have faced their old rivals since Evra
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    • 129 33 THE GUARDIAN Everton have agreed a fee to sell winger Diniyar Bilyaletdinov to Spartak Moscow, the Premier League club have announced. The move marks a return to his home country forthe 26-year-old Russian, who moved to Goodison Park from Lokomotiv Moscow in August 2009. He
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    • 584 34 Ghana and Mali struggle to wins as Nations Cup gets off to a slow start REUTERS MALABO (Equatorial Guinea) Goals and fans were thin on the ground at the Nations Cup as Ghana and Mali kicked off their campaigns with single-goal
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    • 73 32 SPORTS FIXTURES For fixtures of all German and A League, please visit Singapore Pools website. FOR FULL LIVE TELECAST SCHEDULE AND VENUE DETAILS, PLEASE VISIT SINGAPORE POOLS WEBSITE. Always play with care. Do not bet illegally. No person under the age of 18 years shall be allowed to purchase a
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    • 62 1 ARTS MUSIC MOVIES TELEVISION WINE DINE STYLE DESIGN HEALTH TECH TRAVEL CARS JANUARY 26, 2012 PRAYING FOR A HIT CAN SEASON 3 OF GLEE BRING BACK THE MAGIC? LIKE DUH, SAYS THE CAST T2 A PUBLICATION OF WAS FASSBENDER TOO NAUGHTY FOR OSCAR? T4 SINGAPORE BANDS TO STORM CANNES T5
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      • 1089 2  -  After a spluttering Season 2, can Glee regain its initial charm and magic? SERENE LIM serenelim@mediacorp.com. sg I HAVE a love-hate relationship with Glee. At the risk of sounding terminally uncool, I admit I was a convert after watching the first couple of episodes in Season 1. There
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      • 721 4 Feel-good films like Hugo and The Artist pick up the most nods, while darker movies like J Edgar and Shame are snubbed AGENCIES A GROUP of movies offering personal redemption and hope swept up Oscar nominations on Tuesday, led by Martin Scorsese’s colourful Hugo with
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      • 360 5  -  CHRISTOPHER TOH CANNES is best known for its film festival, but this weekend, some Lion City rockers have promised to rock the seaside city with a smorgasbord of Singapore pop music. Pop-rock band The Professionals, rockers Youthwreck and Zero Sequence, R&B outfit Sixx, guitarist Randolf
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        1851 6 They say ancient Mayans predicted that the world would end in 2012, but in Guatemala, their descendants have more immediate concerns THE GUARDIAN ON TOP of the hill the old man and his wife were standing next to the altar they had made, muttering words into the
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        834 8  -  The Portuguese archipelago Madeira is trying to lure younger tourists with sub-aquatic adventures Andrew Purvis features@mediacorp.com.sg THE DAILY TELEGRAPH WAITING in the indigo depths, 30.5m below our dive boat, Beicolas (meaning “Big Lips” in Portuguese) must have heard us coming. As we reached the encrusted handrail of
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        463 9  -  How to spend S$ 101 (you big spender, you) in a day TRAVEL 101 SERENE LIM FOUNDED by Cesar Augustus around 16 BC, the third largest city in Portugal is nicknamed the “Rome of Portugal” for the magnificent splendor of its many baroque churches. But the Catholic capital of
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        201 9 Travel deals and steals Celebrate Australia Day visit Down Under from S$628 TO CELEBRATE Australia Day, Qantas is offering return economy airfares to Australia starting from S$628 to Perth, from S$868 to Melbourne and Sydney, and S$ 1, 128 to Christchurch. Book by Jan 31 and travel by
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      442 10  -  Treat your family to this classic tang yuan recipe with a twist Brought to you by ANNETTE TAN food@mediacorp.com.sg Many of us have memories of grandmothers or aunties making tang yuan or sweet glutinous rice balls from scratch, kneading hot water into rice flour to yield chewy balls
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    • THINGS TO DO
      • 107 11 The period between the 1930s and 1960s is said to be the Golden Age of Mexican cinema, encapsulating the heartbeat of a nation on the brink of modernity. Reflecting localised realities and fantasies, films from this era reflectthe idealistic search for a uniquely Mexican
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      • 95 11 Orchard Central celebrates Chinese New Year and Valentine’s Day with a lineup of carnivals, promotions and giveaways. Visit the Love Carnival Market Place for sweettreats and gifts. Spend more than S$250 at the mall to get an instant-win QR (Quick Response)code for a chance to
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      • 59 11 Check out a wide array of Tibetan, Nantong Porcelain and Scholar’s Four Jewels artworks atVivoCity, and buythem as gifts orto spruce up your home. There will also be live Chinese painting sessions and calligraphy demonstrations. Until Feb 19,10am to 10pm, VivoCity Central Court A and B,
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      • 124 11 Don’t miss the festive decorations at Resorts World Sentosa (RWS). The rotating Golden Dragon atthe Bull Ring is a sign of good fortune while the Auspicious Dragon at The Forum may just be yourticketto a big hong bao. Spend S$38 for a chance to
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        • 113 11 Targeting female students aged 17 to 21, this hands-on workshop led by distinguished professors from MIT, Wellesley College and the Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD) aims to demonstrate howfun and interesting it can be to design and build innovative solutions that improve
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        • 148 11 Feb 15 marks the 70th anniversary of the fall of Singapore to the Japanese in World War II, an event that the people, regardless of race, language or religion, survived and emerged from as a stronger nation. In line with the occasion, the Preservation of Monuments Board
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    • 893 4 Golden Village^ t 6311 9162 www.gv.tom.sg Q m.gv.com.sg VISA 1 EBB JOURNEY 2: THE MYSTERIOUS ISLAND** 1.50 4.20 6.45 9.10pm V_ JOURNEY 2: THE MYSTERIOUS ISLAND* 11.45am JOURNEY 2: THE MYSTERIOUS ISLAND -3D** 12.40 2.55 5.10 7.25 9.40pm THE VIRAL FACTOR*** MAND 1.00 2.15 3.45 4.45 6.35 7.15 9.15 9.45pm
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    • 33 11 SUDOKUplus DIFFICULTY RATING: HOWTO PLAY The rules are easy. Fill in the grid so that every row, every column, and every 3x3 box contains the digits 1 through 9. COPYRIGHT UCLICK YESTERDAY’S SOLUTION
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    • 62 12 ON MEDIACORP POINT OF ENTRY II (PG) Channel~5, ~8pm The~latest~case~of~drug~smuggling~sees~Dynesh~going~ into~deep~cover~to~find~out~the~mastermind. SAVING GAIA V Channel~NewsAsia, ~5.32pm In~Indonesia, ~cyclists~aim~to~clear~the~smog~over~Jakarta~ while~the~world’s~largest~fleet~of~electric~buses~is~about~ to~hit~the~streets~of~Shenzhen, ~China. ON~SINGTEL~MIO~TV KUNG FU PANDA 2 mio~TV~Video~on~Demand~(Latest~Blockbusters), Available~Now, ~Anytime~on~Demand In~ Kung Fu Panda 2, ~Po~is~now~living~his~dream~as~The~ Dragon~Warrior, ~protecting~the~Valley~of~Peace~with~ his~friends~and~fellow~kung~fu~masters, The~Furious~ Five. ~But~Po’s~new~awesome~life~is~threatened~by~ the~emergence~of~a~formidable~villain, ~who~plans~to~ use~a~secret, ~unstoppable~weapon~to~conquer~China~ and~destroy~kung~fu. Also~starring~Angelina~Jolie~and~ Jackie~Chan. With~Chinese~subtitles. THE
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    • 382 12 ~6.00AM~ Ninja~Warrior ~6.30~ AM~Live! ~9.00~ The~Ellen~DeGeneres~Show~IX~ ~10.00~ The~Dr~Oz~Show ~11.00~ America’s~Cup~Magazine~ Television~Series: ~America’s~ Cup~Uncovered~ ~11.30~ Great~Ideas~From~JML ~12.30PM~ Lifeline~II ~1.00~ Fighting~Spiders ~2.00~ Covert~Affairs ~6.00AM~ Golden~Age~Talentime~2011 ~7.00~ Good~Morning~Singapore~~ ~10.00~ The~Unforgettable~Memory~ ~NOON~ Foodie~Dash~~ ~1.00PM~ News~8~At~One~~ ~1.30~ Tuesday~Report~ ~2.00~ BLUFF~ ~2.30~ God~Of~Fortune~ ~3.30~ Judge~Bao~—~The~Seven~ Heroes~and~Five~Gallants~ CHANNEL ~3.00~ The~Dr~Oz~Show ~4.00~ The~Ellen~DeGeneres~Show~IX~ ~4.45~ Planet’s~Funniest~Animals~VIII ~5.00~ Don’t~Forget~The~Lyrics~IV: ~6.00~
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    • 92 12 ON MEDIACORP MAKING OF DANCE DANCE DRAGON (Debut) Channel~8, ~8pm Go~behind~the~scenes~of~Dance Dance Dragon, ~a~ film~about~Mother~Loong~and~her~desire~to~have~a~ grandchild. ~However, ~none~of~her~three~children~plan~to~ have~any~offspring. Things~change~when~the~Loongs~find~ a~newborn~boy~on~their~doorstep~on~the~first~day~of~the~ Year~of~the~Dragon. The~movie~stars~Kym~Ng, ~Dennis~ Chew~and~Bryan~Wong, ~among~others. I SHOULDN’T BE ALIVE HIKE INTO HELL CANYON okto, ~9pm A~21-year-old~woman~ and~her~dog~ are~on~a~walk~ to~a~nearby~ village~via~ the~Grand~ Canyon. ~But~ they~take~a~ wrong~turn~along~the~way. With~little~supplies, ~she~and~ her~dog~manage~to~survive. ~Find~out~what~happened.
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