Today, 19 April 2012

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    20 1 TODAY MICA (P) 031/10/2011 A PUBLICATION OF NEWS HOTLINE 6822 2268 Thursday April 19, 2012 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking
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    Lock icon Paid sex with minor: Green activist, ex-scholar among more men charged
    771 1  -  TEO XUANWEI xuanwei@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Four more men including an environmental activist, and an ex-grassroots leader who was also a former Government teaching scholar were charged in court yesterday for having paid sex with a minor who was touted on
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    Train breakdowns worsen exam fever
    750 1  -  NG JING YNG, AMIR HUSSAIN jingyng@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE With the universities starting their exams, some undergraduates like Ms Tan W J, 22, are sweating over the prospect of reporting late at the exam halls no thanks to the recent spate of MRT disruptions, the latest of
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      Of failed devices and questionable decisions...
      712 2  -  Third day of MRT inquiry sheds light on problems faced by train drivers during December breakdowns SUMITA SREEDHARAN sumitas@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE A faulty train was used as a rescue train, right after it had evacuated commuters on board. The faulty train then broke down before
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      Lock icon MOE revises English Language O and N-level exam formats
      557 4  -  NG JING YNG jingyng@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Reading out a speech or news report, editing grammatical errors and taking notes while listening to a passage these are some of the new features in the English Language O and N-level examinations from next year
      PHOTOS COURTESY ST ANDREW’S SCHOOL (SECONDARY)  -  557 words
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      COEs cross S$90,000 mark in 2 categories over supply fears
      378 4 SINGAPORE Driven by anxiety over a likely shrinkage in the supply of Certificates of Entitlement (COEs) in the second half of the year, COE premiums for cars rose sharply in the latest bidding exercise yesterday. COE premiums for small cars
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      MediaCorp bags record haul at New York Festivals
      417 6  -  MONICA KOTWANI monicak@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Asia’s leading media company, MediaCorp, has won a record haul of awards at this year’s New York Festivals International Television Film Awards. The company bagged two gold, five silver and two bronze awards, as well as 11 finalist
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      Think twice before pocketing a ‘find’; you may be breaking the law
      528 6  -  AMIR HUSSAIN SINGAPORE Finders are not always keepers, and a finder who dishonestly keeps his find may instead “find” himself in violation of the law, according to High Court Judge Steven Chong in a written judgment released on
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      Lock icon Suicides, bullying and bankruptcy blamed on Bo’s rule
      544 8 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH CHONGQING Mr Bo Xilai’s five-year reign as Communist Party chief over Chongqing, the world’s largest city, saw a string of officials in his administration commit suicide, the jailing or silencing of scores of his opponents, and a near bankruptcy
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      Lock icon BEIJING VOWS FULL PROBE INTO SCANDAL
      154 8 AGENCIES China’s ruling Communist Party yesterday pledged a thorough and transparent investigation into a political scandal that includes the suspected murder of British businessman Neil Heywood. A statement carried by the staterun Xinhua news agency came hours after British Prime Minister David Cameron held
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      Lock icon US quiet on frenzied hours with Chinese insider
      499 8 THE NEW YORK TIMES WASHINGTON On the evening of Feb 6, a vice-mayor of a major Chinese city who had a reputation as a crime fighter turned up at the American Consulate in Chengdu in an agitated state, telling a tale of
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      Lock icon Citigroup to make changes after shareholders vote against pay packages
      231 10 AGENCIES NEW YORK —Citigroup, in which the Government of Singapore Investment Corporation has a 3.86-per-cent stake, has become the first Wall Street bank to get a thumbs-down from shareholders over outsized executive pay. At its annual meeting on Tuesday, 55
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      Lock icon Buffett’s cancer puts spotlight on succession
      435 10 AGENCIES OMAHA Billionaire Warren Buffett said on Tuesday that he has been diagnosed with early-stage prostate cancer, but reassured his company’s shareholders that the condition is “not remotely life-threatening”. The announcement, however, was likely to intensify the already brewing debate about the succession plan
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      Lock icon KL tables amendments to printing laws as Najib continues reform push
      412 12 THE MALAYSIAN INSIDER KUALA LUMPUR A Bill that would ease restrictions on Malaysia’s newspaper industry was tabled in Parliament yesterday, continuing Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak’s reform push. The amendments to the Print­ing Presses and Publications Act (PPPA) will
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      Lock icon Syndicates ‘pimping underage girls via SMS’
      238 12 AGENCIES KUALA LUMPUR Syndi­cates in Malaysia are pimp­ing secondary schoolgirls in the Klang Valley area through mobile text mes­sages, the Star newspaper reported yesterday. The SMS solicitations offering teenaged girls in areas such as Kepong, Cheras and Pudu for a fee of about RM300
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      Lock icon RTM launches mobile TV as Malaysian polls loom
      279 12 THE MALAYSIAN INSIDER KUALA LUMPUR Radio Televisyen Malaysia (RTM) launched its mobile television service yesterday as the state broadcaster aims to reach out to younger viewers who favour cable TV or get their news online. According to The Malaysian Insider, RTM’s declining
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      9 2 >> WHY MINIMAL AND INADEQUATE INFORMATION ONTRAIN SERVICES? VOICES 23
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      270 8 Based on years of research and analyzing the success stories of countless past students, we’ve distilled the WINNING FORMULA of successful students. Q:So what does it take to be a successful student in Singapore today? My child can set clear goals My child is a self-directed learner My child uses
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      9 8 >> THE REAL STORY BEHIND BO XILAI’S FALL COMMENT 16
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      641 10 A public education service brought to you by Abbott Nutrition Cramming for exams places significant the well established routines of eating, EAT TO SCORE! pressure on both child and parent; this sometimes displaces resting and sleeping. Here are 3 simple tips to help your child Ensure regular meals, especially breakfast
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  • COMMENT & ANALYSIS
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      Lock icon Privatised, but not deregulated
      1242 14  -  Could or should London’s public bus transport model be the future for Singapore’s own? CHEOW XIN YI cheowxinyi@mediacorp.com.sg The striking red double-deckers are instantly recognisable almost anywhere in the world and 7,500 of them ply London’s streets ferrying more than six million passengers daily. But did
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      Lock icon The real story behind Bo Xilai’s fall
      922 16  -  WILLIAM PESEK William Pesek is a Bloomberg View columnist. BLOOMBERG It is the rare scandal that involves murder, corruption, Harvard University and comparisons to Jacqueline Kennedy. The Bo Xilai kerfuffle now mesmerising China offers all this and perhaps more: It could forever change
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      Lock icon Beware the Everyday Expert
      884 18  -  The social media explosion means that more content is reaching more people than ever before. Almost anyone can read a few articles on Facebook, publish a couple of blog posts and start calling themselves an expert. But that doesn’t necessarily mean you should listen. DANIEL GULATI
      lowing his recommendations. ¢ © 2012 HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL DISTRIBUTED BYTHE NEWYORKTIMES SYNDICATE; BLOOMBERG  -  884 words
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      Lock icon The war among women
      822 20  -  HADLEY FREEMAN Hadley Freeman is a Guardian columnist and features writer. THE GUARDIAN I am, the last time I checked, a woman. Yet despite having the general physical attributes of a female-type person, it seems I am lacking one central gene that is absolutely crucial to
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      46 14 LIFE INTHE BIKE LANE Could Central London’s 20-month-old bike sharing scheme provide a model for Singapore’s CBD? 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 visit http://tdy.sg/bikelife on your browser.
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      525 21 ChangiCity FRASERS CENTREPOINT MALLS 5 Changi Business Park Central 1, Singapore *****8 I Tel: +(65) *****088 Opposite EXPO MRT Station n 1 vt V-' .J -r.. y j .rf .?>; $0 '-An-' .Sm GRAND OPENING CELEBRATIONS 8 to 29 April 2012 Grow with us, we offer more in store. i>_.
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  • VOICES
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      Two misconceptions of ER I
      434 22  -  Letter from Lim Chong Yah Chong Ex-Chairman, National Wages Council PERMIT me to clear up two fallacies on Economic Restructuring I (ER I), now euphemistically termed Shock Therapy I (1979–81). One is that some learned and responsible opinion claimed that ER I was not successful.
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      CORRECTION
      56 22 The report “Sustainable wage policies preferred: SNEF chief” (April 18) quoted Minister of State (Manpower)Tan Chuan-Jin as saying that mandating a minimum wage or percentage wage growth could result in “a loss of competitiveness and jobs”. This is inaccurate. Mr Tan did not make the statement in his delivered
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      Aim for an inclusive, caring and more productive economy
      394 22  -  Letter from Ng Ya Ken IN THE report “Wage shock therapy ‘too risky’: Lim Swee Say” (April 14), the labour chief said that speeding up productivity enhancement and the innovation process is the real, sustainable solution to raising workers’ income. Many
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      Why minimal and inadequate information on train services?
      238 23  -  Letter from Chew Thian Chye AS A commuter who takes the train at Lakeside MRT Station, I offer my feedback and disappointment after a harrowing, exhausting experience on Tuesday morning. I was greeted by hordes of commuters at the station’s entrance. The
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      MRT INQUIRY SEEMS TO BE MOVING ON THE WRONG TRACK
      125 23  -  LETTER FROM RAYMOND LEE WENG FATT According to reports on the ongoing Committee of Inquiry (COI) proceedings into the MRT disruptions in December, there seems to be strong defensive undertones in the respective parties’ denials of any suggestion of shortcomings
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      Go flexi to ease transport congestion
      272 23  -  Letter from Julie Samuel Content Strategist (Work Life), Focus on the Family Singapore A RECENT Channel NewsAsia report said the Transport Ministry will set up an inter-de-partmental working group to promote flexible working hours and flexible travel habits. In light of the commuting issues
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      Kudos to some bus drivers, but more training needed
      361 24  -  Letter from Wong Hwee Lin IN LESS than a year, I have encountered four breakdowns and minor road accidents on SMRT buses. The experiences made me realise the need to highlight the good work of some of our Singaporean bus drivers
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      Lock icon Bus bays are for buses, not cars
      140 24  -  Letter from Michael Yee Kok Keong I AM concerned about the number of car drivers who park at bus bays to wait for someone. While I understand that it is convenient to stop at bus bays to drop off or pick someone up,
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      Switch on street lights during low visibility in the day
      149 24  -  Letter from Ng Chee Kheon I SUPPORT the suggestion that “LTA should promote public’s ideas” (April 2) to encourage the public to contribute ideas to improve our transport system and agree that the Land Transport Authority (LTA) should give reasons
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      Display cabby’s age so passengers can decide before boarding
      132 24  -  Letter from Vincent Lee The Land Transport Authority’s decision that “Cabbies can drive till they are 75 years old” (April 14) is worrying. Although they would have to pass a medical examination, extra driving test and occupational therapy evaluation, they would
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      Grass cutters instructed not to trim grass too aggressively
      189 25  -  Letter from Tan Nguan Sen Director, Catchment Waterways, PUB PUB, the national water agency, thanks Mr Tang Hung Kei for his letter “Tall grass, ferns cut all the way to stream” (April 11). The stream at Venus Drive channels water from
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      Lock icon A beautiful park that needs more shelter
      219 25  -  Letter from Eric Yong Wing Sang I GIVE my highest rating to the transformation of Bishan Park, whose beauty and tranquillity have found favour among residents. The improved dog runs, beautiful running tracks and workout facilities, conjoined with a modern lifestyle cafe and
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      BARRING FOREIGNERS FROM SOME LITTLE INDIA VOID DECKS IS ABOMINABLE, SAYS A READER
      160 25  -  LETTER FROM DANNY G TAN Together with many Housing and Development Board dwellers of an age before handheld electronic devices, I spent many happy hours playing in HDB void decks. I applaud the National Heritage Board’s effort
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      55 22 >> 33,000 TO ENJOY WAGE BOOST FROM NTUC PROGRAMME 28 A MILDER ER II IS WORKABLE 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/econtwo on your browser for a
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      43 23 HAVETAXI COMPENSATION FOR MRT FAILURES 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 visit http://tdy.sg/ cabvoucher on your browser for the letter from David Cher Chung Meng.
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  • SINGAPORE
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      Lock icon Developers to disclose extra details from May 18
      365 26  -  WONG SIEW YING, YVONNE CHAN siewying@mediacorp.com.sg AGENCIES SINGAPORE As part of moves to protect buyers, the Government is tightening rules to ensure developers reflect the size and layout of apartments more accurately. From May 18, the Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) will require
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      Pledge of support for fair employment practices
      273 26  -  S RAMESH SINGAPORE More than 1,900 companies have pledged their support for fair employment, said Minister of State (Manpower) Tan Chuan-Jin yesterday at the Conference on Fair Employment Practices. And when approached following allegations of unfair employment practices, more than 400 employers stopped
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      Lock icon SUCCESS OF HIGH-RISE SURVEILLANCE CAMERA PROJECT LEADS TO 40 MORE INSTALLATIONS
      175 28 CHANNEL NEWSASIA More surveillance cameras are being installed at over 40 locations to deter high-rise littering, after a pilot project introduced last year showed some success. The areas were generally cleaner after cameras were installed, said the National Environment
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      33,000 to enjoy wage boost from NTUC programme
      367 28  -  SARA GROSSE saragrosse@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE More than 15,000 workers here will see their wages go up by at least 10 per cent thanks to the National Trades Union Congress’ Inclusive Growth Programme which helps companies raise productivity through technology and process redesign. Since
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      Free Pap smear and mammogram subsidy
      178 28  -  ASHLEY CHIA ashleychiayl@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Women, aged between 25 and 69, will benefit from subsidised breast cancer and free cervical cancer screenings, as part of a collaboration between the National Healthcare Group (NHG) and Singapore Cancer Society. The society is offering free Pap smear and
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      Teen spared reformative training, put on probation for 30 months
      246 29  -  AMANDA LEE SINGAPORE A teen will be placed on probation for 30 months instead of undergoing reformative training after a High Court judge gave the young offender a second chance yesterday. Lorenzo Chia, 17, will also have to abide by
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      Lock icon Immigration offences to be managed by ICA
      270 29 CHANNEL NEWSASIA SINGAPORE Starting later this year, all immigration-re-lated offences will be managed by the Immigration and Checkpoints Authority (ICA). It will take over from the Singapore Police Force all investigations involving the harbouring and employment of illegal immigrants, announced the ICA at
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      Subway’s suit against Subway Niche dismissed
      189 29 SINGAPORE The suit by American sandwich giant Subway against Mr Lim Eng Wah, owner of local nonya kueh company Subway Niche, for infringing its registered trade mark, was dismissed by the High Court yesterday. In her 46-page judgment, Justice Judith Prakash wrote that the
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon Suu Kyi to leave Myanmar for first time in 24 years
      397 30 Opposition leader to visit Britain and Norway to prove she can ‘travel freely’ AGENCIES YANGON Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi (pic­ture) plans to travel to Britain and Norway in June on her first trip abroad in 24
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      Lock icon Angry N Korea threatens retaliation, third nuclear test expected
      398 30 AGENCIES SEOUL A bristling North Korea said yesterday it was ready to re­taliate in the face of international condemnation over its failed roc­ket launch, increasing the likeli­hood that the hermit state will push ahead with a third nuclear test. The North
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      189 31 AGENCIES BANGKOK Members of the House of Representatives deliberating Thailand’s charter amendment Bill were shocked yesterday when a photo of a half-naked woman appeared on a presentation screen. The woman was wearing a white shirt covering only the top half of her body, the Bangkok
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      158 31 REUTERS China summoned a diplomat from the Philippines for a second time yesterday to protest against Manila’s claim over an area of the South China Sea, a Foreign Ministry spokesman said as the stand-off between the two countries showed no
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      146 31 AP A Catholic priest in Vietnam was beaten unconscious by a group of “thugs” following the destruction of a house outside Hanoi that he intended to turn into an orphanage, the church said in a statement yesterday. The Hanoi Archdiocese
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      124 31 REUTERS Indonesia’s Aceh province elected an former rebel as Governor on Tuesday in a vote that marked another step in a path towards peace that has become a model for countries around the world facing low-level insurgencies. Former rebel
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      262 32 AP SHANGHAI Another 100,000 people may have to move away from China’s Three Gorges Dam due to the risk of disastrous landslides and bank collapses around the reservoir of the world’s biggest hydroelectric facility, state media said yesterday. The Ministry of Land Resources says
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      143 32 AP A Tokyo developer took visitors up the world’s tallest freestanding broadcast structure on Tuesday, a 634-m tower with special technology meant to withstand earthquakes that often strike Japan. The Tokyo Skytree is the world’s second-tallest structure behind the 828-m Burj Khalifa in Dubai,
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      126 32 AGENCIES In the wake of recent earthquakes in Indonesia, the National Disaster Management Agency, known as BNPB, has said that Jakarta did not have any standard operating procedures (SOPs) for responding to earthquakes, especially for high-rise buildings, The Jakarta Globe reported yesterday. “The government has
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      298 34 REUTERS LONDON Britain re-arrested a radical cleric once described as Osama bin Laden’s “righthand man in Europe” and said on Tuesday it would resume plans to deport him to Jordan, where he has been convicted in his absence of involvement in terrorist
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      321 34 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH NEW DELHI Young Bollywood actress Meenakshi Thapar (picture) was allegedly kidnapped and beheaded by two struggling actors in attempt to extort 1.5 million rupees (S$36,374) from her family. Thapar, 26, who had appeared in the Indian horror film 404 last year, met
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      178 36 AP A lawyer for Osama bin Laden’s three widows and their nine children said the family was expected to be deported from Pakistan to Saudi Arabia yesterday. Mr Mohammad Amir Khalil said the family was unable to leave on Tuesday
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      174 36 AGENCIES A mid-level Taliban commander in Afghanistan’s Paktika province was captured after marching up to a checkpoint brandishing a wanted poster with his own face and demanding the US$100 (S$125) bounty offered for his own arrest. Mohammad Ashan (picture) was wanted for organising
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      346 36 AGENCIES KABUL United States and North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) ties with Afghanistan, already tense, were dealt another blow yesterday, with photographs appearing in an American newspaper of US soldiers posing with the maimed bodies of dead Afghan insurgents. Senior US officials
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      314 38 AGENCIES UNITED NATIONS The wives of United Nations ambassadors from Britain and Germany targeted Syria’s First Lady on Tuesday with an online appeal to “stop your husband” in his year-long bid to quash a popular uprising that has left thousands dead.
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      203 38 AP Nearly a week after a ceasefire took effect, Syrian troops pounded a rebel stronghold yesterday as the country’s Foreign Minister met his Chinese coun­terpart in Beijing during the latest round of talks aimed at preventing the truce from unravelling. Despite the
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      302 38 AGENCIES MOSCOW Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah told WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange on Tuesday that his Syria-backed group had tried to act as a mediator in the Syrian conflict but failed to persuade the opposition to come to the negotiating table.
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      189 38 AP Egypt’s election commission has rejected the appeals of three main contenders for President, definitively removing the most polarising candidates from the race to become the country’s first elected leader since the ouster of Mr Hosni Mubarak. The commission’s
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      192 42 AP Nudity on the beach? Sure. Sex in the woods? No way. Nudists from around the United States have flocked to a section of the Wisconsin River shoreline for decades, confident that the police and prosecutors will not go after them. But the fun
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      147 42 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH One in four women in Britain have bought the wrong medica­tion after misdiagnosing them­selves on the Internet, and one in 10 has suffered unpleasant side effects as a result, according to a survey of 1,000 women conduct­ed by
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      397 42 AGENCIES ATLANTA An American kindergarten pupil who threw a tantrum at her small-town Georgia school was taken away in handcuffs, her arms behind her back, in an episode that is firing up the debate over whether teachers and police around the country overreact all too
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      312 42 THE GUARDIAN LONDON Thousands of documents detailing some of the most shameful acts and crimes committed during the final years of the British empire were systematically destroyed to prevent them falling into the hands of post-independ-ence governments, an official review has concluded. Those papers
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      271 44 THE NEW YORK TIMES NEW YORK Scientists may hesitate to link some of the weather extremes of re­cent years to global warming, but the pu­blic, it seems, is already there. A poll set for release yesterday shows that a large
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      91 44 REUTERS Geologists in Russia’s Chechnya region have discovered what they believe to be fossilised dinosaur eggs (picture). “We’ve found about 40 eggs so far, but the exact number has not been established,” said Mr Said-Emin Dzhabrailov, a geologist at the Chechen State University. He
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      174 44 AP It may take explosives to dislodge a group of cows that wandered into an old ranger cabin high in the Rocky Mountains, then died and froze solid. Rangers believe the animals had sought shelter during a snowstorm
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      132 44 AGENCIES Scientists have discovered a new shrimp-like species in a cave in south-eastern New Mexico in the United States, a few dozen miles from the Carlsbad Caverns National Park. Blind, about half an inch long and almost translucent (picture), the species of
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      99 46 Green Lodge, a freehold property at Toh Tuck Road, has been put up for collective sale with an indicative price of S$195 million. Green Lodge may be developed into a five-storey condominium at a gross plot ratio of 1.4, according to marketing agent
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      197 46  -  LINETTE LIM linettelim@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Zurich Insurance Group the world’s fifth-largest insurer has set up a subsidiary in Singapore, weeks after it received a licence from the Monetary Authority of Singapore to operate as a direct insurer. The subsidiary, Zurich Life Insurance (Singapore), will
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      122 46  -  DOW JONES CapitaMall Trust Management said yesterday its first-quarter distribution per unit edged up 0.4 per cent to 2.30 Singapore cents from a year ago, as higher rentals were offset by renovation works on one of its shopping malls. Gross revenue
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      109 46  -  DOW JONES Keppel Land said yesterday its first-quarter net profit surged 70 per cent on-year to S$141.9 million due mainly to higher contributions from some completed projects in Singapore and China. Revenue, however, slumped 52 per cent to S$170.2 million, as
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      316 48 AGENCIES LONDON HSBC Holdings, Europe’s largest bank by market value, will be the first European bank to list an international yuan-denominated bond in London as the capital seeks to become a hub to trade the currency. “It represents another step in London’s development
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      162 48 AGENCIES SINGAPORE Asian stocks rose after the International Monetary Fund raised global economic forecasts and strong demand at a Spanish bill auction on Tuesday soothed fears of a flare-up in the euro zone crisis. The IMF raised its 2012 global growth estimate
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      138 48 BLOOMBERG China’s home prices fell last month in a record 37 of 70 cities tracked by the government, as officials pledged to keep restrictions on property purchases that have sapped buyer demand. The eastern city of Wenzhou led declines
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      316 48 AGENCIES SAN FRANCISCO Yahoo! had its first sales gain in more than three years after customers spent more on Web advertising, giving an early boost to turnaround efforts by CEO Scott Thompson. First-quarter revenue, excluding sales passed on to partner sites, rose 1
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      173 50 AP SAN FRANCISCO Oracle CEO Larry Ellison wanted to compete against Google’s Android software in the smartphone market before deciding instead to sue his potential rival for copyright and patent infringement. Before backing off the idea, Mr Ellison said Oracle considered buying a smartphone maker, including
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      193 50 Samsung’s new Galaxy device is said to be unveiled in London because it is to be the official phone of the Olympics, said The Daily Telegraph, citing reports. Samsung has already confirmed it will make an Olympics-themed phone and online reports suggest that the Galaxy SIII will be that
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      704 56  -  Ronaldo’s agent Mendes wants to represent Singapore’s star midfielder and billionaire Lim will foot the bill TODAY EXCLUSIVE IAN DE COTTA ian@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE He has moved some really important pieces around the European football chessboard, with the likes of Cristiano Ronaldo, Nani, Pepe
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      533 56  -  LOW LIN FHOONG SINGAPORE Around 7,200 tickets were snapped up days ahead of the LionsXII’s Malaysian Super League (MSL) opener against reigning champions Kelantan on Jan 10, which the home team lost 2-1. The LionsXII have recovered
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      940 58  -  Currently starring in the S-League, Malaysia are striving to send 17-year-old Nazmi to Europe SHAMIR OSMAN shamir@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Malaysia 2 Arsenal 0. That result has faded into history, but even here, the late Mokhtar Dahari the man who scored both the goals that condemned Bertie
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      342 60 REUTERS MADRID The tactics of Jose Mourinho were questioned and there was sharp criticism here of hapless left-back Fabio Coentrao, after Real Madrid’s 2-1 loss away to Bayern Munich on Tuesday night (yesterday morning, Singapore time in the first leg of their Champions League
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      488 62 Bolt’s goal 9.4sec and 19sec ‘Insane Usain’ reveals his astonishing targets for the 100m and 200m at this year’s Olympic AGENCIES LONDON Triple Olympic champion Usain Bolt aims to “amaze” the world at this year’s Olympic Games here by running 9.4sec for the 100m and 19sec for the 200m. Jamaican
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      104 58 SPORTS FIXTURES S.League Home Team Albirex Away Team Match KickOff (Singapore date/time) Tampines Thu, 19/04/12 7.45pm For fixtures of all other S.League, UE Europe and German League, please visit Singapore Pools website. Bahrain Race MOTOR RACING Qualifying Final Sat, 21/04/12 7.00pm Sun, 22/04/12 8.00pm LIVE TELECAST AT LIVEWIRE(MARINA BAY SANDS
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      215 60 LCCI Level 3 Group DIPLOMA IN |C 10 mths LCCI Level 3 DIPLOMA IN 1(10 mths)I I LCCI Level 3 DIPLOMA W 1(10 mths) I LCCI Level 3 PRIVATE I j( 9 mths )l I LCCI Level 3 DIPLOMA (Ml l( 8 mths )l LCCI Level 3 CERT. IN I
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      104 62 Gladys Ow Producer (English News) Hetty Musfi rah A Khamid Reporter (NewsHub) Lim Hwa Meng Assistant Vice President (Technologies) I’M A ST R At MediaCorp, we bring you the very best in entertainment, news and lifestyle content across television, radio, newspapers, magazines, movies, digital and out-of-home media. Join us for
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      60 1 ARTS MUSIC MOVIES TELEVISION WINE DINE STYLE DESIGN HEALTH TECH TRAVEL CARS APRIL 19, 2012 A PUBLICATION OF HOW GREAT LOSS HAS CHANGED HIM FOREVER T2 COMMUNITY’S KEN JEONG ON BEING THE CRAZY ASIAN GUY T4 TRAVEL: DISCOVERING MELBOURNE’S INIMITABLE SOUL T8 ELVIN NG MANS UP AMANDA MEALING KNOWS WHAT
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        1319 2  -  Elvin Ng on how his father’s passing has forced him to grow up MAY SEAH may@mediacorp.com. sg ELVIN NG has changed.There’s a little more gravity to the boy next door. He’s still good-natured, but a little bit careworn around the edges.And he’s holding his breath, metaphorically speaking,
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        343 3 REUTERS A PAIR of African-American men expect to file a lawsuit against ABC television and the producer of reality dating shows The Bachelor and The Bachelorette charging racial discrimination, attorneys said on Tuesday. The class action, to be filed in federal court yesterday,
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        588 4  -  Ken Jeong doesn’t mind playing deranged characters because he’s really a mild doctor at heart Serene Lim serenelim@mediacorp.com.sg IT TOOK four cancelled interviews over two weeks before we finally managed to speak to Ken Jeong on Tuesday. Which didn’t exactly allay our fears that the fate ofTV’s cleverest
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        341 5 AP THE Parisian costume party featured a man in a dog collar, a dwarf, a nearly-naked nun and a rather well-known guest named Pippa Middleton, younger sister of the Duchess Of Cambridge. Middleton, 28, was in the headlines on Tuesday, with photographs of her
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        234 5 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH DANIEL Craig has defended product placement for Heineken beer in the upcoming James Bond movie Skyfall. The 007 star, 44, told The Huffington Post:“ We have relationships with a number of companies so that we can make this movie.The simple
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        554 6  -  Mealing wears the cargo pants in the action-packed Strike Back series May Seah may@mediacorp.com.sg NO QUESTION about it:Amanda Mealing is a woman on top. In the slick, actionpacked, globe-trotting series Strike Back, the English actress gets to wield the power of command over the show’s two very hunky
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        229 6  -  GENEVIEVE LOH IN CANCUN ANDREW Garfield, Emma Stone and Rhys Ifans swung into Cancun, Mexico, on Monday to promote the newest addition to the beloved Spider-Man franchise as they posed for cameras and spoke to Today about what to expect from The Amazing Spider-Man. While 28-year-old Garfield leapt
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        523 7 Taiwan director Tsai Ming-liang grew up in Malaysia listening to Lee Dai Sor WITH news of its closure at the end of the month, many have been reminiscing about pioneer radio service Redifussion. You can add to that award-winning filmmakerTsai Ming-liang (picture).
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        1359 8  -  The Victoria city’s real appeal lies in what you don’t see at first glance SERENE LIM IN MELBOURNE serenelim@mediacorp.com. sg I KNOW the type: Friends who once lived in Melbourne and now can’t stop themselves from raving and getting misty- eyed over the city since coming
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        222 10 Where to stay: The glamorous Crown Metropol is the latest baby under the Crown brand. Rooms are sleek and the hotel boasts a fabulous pool on the 27th floor with floor-to-ceiling windows overlooking the Yarra River and the city. Besides having an unbeatable location, Citadines
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        390 12  -  How to spend S$ 101 (you big spender, you) in a day TRAVEL 101 SERENE LIM YOU could say Mexico’s secondlargest city is a hotbed of rich Mexican culture.There’s tequila, Mexico’s sweet poison of choice, which is distilled not far from here; it’s also where the famed mariachi band
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        445 13 Travel deals and steals St Regis Sanya opens Iridium Spa The St Regis Sanya Yalong Bay Resort welcomes South China’s first resort Iridium Spa and is having a Massage At The Beachside promotion for visiting couples. You get a choice of Chinese massage or foot reflexology while enjoying
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      298 14  -  Harvest Fields Gourmet Berry Muesli makes a great start to any morning Brought to you by ANNETTE TAN food@mediacorp.com.sg Good quality muesli is one of the best things to have in your pantry when you have guests over for breakfast or brunch. It makes for an elegant, satisfying
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        95 15 At Style:Weddings’ signature bridal show, check out special wedding package deals and huntforthe perfect dress at fashion showcases by renowned bridal boutiques. MediaCorp artiste Tay Ping Hui shares what men really want at their wedding. Also, get a pair of free movie tickets when
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        34 15 The CHIJ Katong Convent Choir will present choral works of Asian origin, as well as European contemporary music. Today, 7.30pm, Esplanade Concert Hall. Tickets atS$20 from Sistic. www.esplanade.com.
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        67 15 This performance by Ole Khamchanla, Chan Sze-Wei and Jereh Leong explores dance memories in the conscious and subconscious mind as the dancers serachforthe moment where memory and technique become the basis for a dance without identity. Today and tomorrow, 8pm, Esplanade Theatre Studio. Free admission. Email raw@esplanade.com with
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        78 15 Join instructor Lim Peng Tatt in this Lohas Meridian exercise workshop. Involving simple movements and strokes, Lohas Meridian exercise helps de-stress, balance the five elements of the body, prevent common illnesses and pains and improve blood circulation. Suitable for participants of all ages. Today, 2pm to
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        57 15 An exhibition of the work of artists Chiam Shock Yuen, Claude Bencheikh, Ko Siew Luan, May Ho and Yip Lee Kheng, who share commonalities but have their own approaches to art. Until April 24,11am to 7pm except Sat, 11am to 5pm. Closed Sun PH. Societe Generale Gallery, Alliance
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        61 15 Three Singapore-based artists, Sarah Bridget, Rudy Djoharnaen and Erzan Adam present illustrations inspired by the popular philosophical novel Sophie’s World, in orderto spark discussion about living in Sophie’s shell and the seemingly regular world we live in. Until July 2, 11am, tcc
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        62 15 This exhibition features the multimedia artworks of several contemporary Indonesian artists, who take on everything from traditional wayang puppets to film, sculpture, painting and silkscreen printing, reflecting the themes and concepts related to myths and fables. Until June 1, 10am, Espace Louis Vuitton Singapore, Louis Vuitton Island Maison,
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      613 5 6311 9162 THE NOTEBOOK AND DEAR JOHN www.gv.com.sg m.gv.com.sg ADVANCE SALE STARTS TODAY! Book your tickets at www.gv.com.sg Watch it BIGGER, watch it BETTER in 3D at GVmax! ECO VEGAN FAIR at GV Yishun Visit the fi rst ever eco fair and stand to win movie passes! Admission is FREE!
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      68 6 CATHAY LIKE US ON facebook.com/cathaycineplexes I. follow us on cathay.com.sg twitter.com/cathay_cmemas AMANDA SEYFRIED N E In Cathay Cineplexes 19 April Snap here for full session listing Or log on to cathay.com.sg AMANDA SEYFRIED B N E ND ONE BELIEVES HER. NOTHING WILL STOP HER. m 'Intense' Tribute Canada "Chilling" Movie
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      84 7 V'T Based on a best-selling novel by David Foenkinos XAVIER RIGAULT AND MARC-ANTOINE ROBERT present audrey frangois tautou damiens Amelie, Coco Before Chanel A new romantic comedy about Love, Fate, and other Delicacies. Q© icaci/ IPG13IBRIEF COARSE LANGUAGE! OPENS TODAYS FROM THE TEAM THAT DROUGHT YOU 'THE LAST EXORCISM' REBECCA
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      195 16 ON MEDIACORP MEGA PIRANHA (PG-VIOLENCE) Channel 5, 8pm A mutant strain of giant ferocious piranha escapes from the Amazon to eat their way toward Florida. Stars Paul Logan, Tiffany and Barry Williams. SIX DEGREES CHINA (DEBUT) okto, 10pm Get straight to the heart of China’s major cities in a series
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      647 16 CHANNEL 6.00AM Unbeatable Banzuke 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 11.30 Great Ideas From JML 12.30PM Like My Own 1.00 India: A Love Story CHANNEL 2.00 The Chew 3.00 The Dr Oz Show 4.00 The Revolution
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      172 16 ON MEDIACORP JUST NOODLES Channel 8, 8pm Join host Kym Ng and guest artiste Romeo Tan as they scour Singapore for the cheapest and most popular curry mee stalls. VETTAI 2.0 Vasantham, 10.30pm What starts off as an operation, turns into a bloodshed of personal vendettas and gets dragged into
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