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  • 15 1 TODAYONLINE.COM WE SET YOU THINKING TODAY yVI bdiaCorp SATURDAY, 13 APRIL 2013 MICA (P) 093/06/2012
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  • 810 1  -  Despite setback MAS retains 1-3 per cent growth forecast SINGAPORE ECONOMY WONG WEI HAN, DAVID BOTTOMLEY wongweihan@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE The economy contracted in the first quarter on the back of continuing struggles by the manufacturing sector, confounding many analysts, who expected it to head
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  • 41 1 BOY WHIPS UP STORM AT MASTERS China’s boy wonder Guan Tianlang shoots a solid 73 to finish three shots behind Tiger Woods in the first round of the US Masters. SEEPAGE24
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  • 829 1  -  SUMITA SREEDHARAN sumitas@mediacorp.com.sg ADDITIONAL REPORTING BY WOO SIAN BOON SINGAPORE —From the start of this month, civil servants can like some of their peers in the private sector occasionally call in sick without having to produce a medical certificate
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    • 31 1 FRESH OUT OF NS WITH A S$90,000 DEBT, HE STARTED HIS OWN HEALTH PRACTICE AND TURNED INTO AMILLIONAIRE BY HIS 30SSATURDAY PEOPLE 12 CARS AND QUEENS page 30 SEE PAGE 24
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  • hot news
    • 640 2  -  Applications atPunggol View exceed demand, less than half of places taken up at Dazhong MINISTRY OF EDUCATION KINDERGARTENS KOK XING HUI kokxinghui@mediacorp.com.sg ADDITIONAL REPORTING BY AMANDALEE SING A PORE —The first registration exercise for Ministry of Education (MOE) kindergartens concluded yesterday with demand exceeding the
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    • 684 4  -  But households will have to pay rent and obtain a Temporary Occupation Licence to stay on LAND DEVELOPMENT EUGENE NEUBRONNER eugenen@med iacorp.com. sg ADDITIONAL REPORTING BY WOO WOO SIAN BOON SINGAPORE —Contrary to online speculation and some media reports, the authorities yesterday clarified
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    • 398 6 AVIAN FLU CHANNEL NEWSASIA SINGAPORE —The Agri-Food Veterinary Authority of Singapore (AVA) said that Singapore is currently free from bird flu and assured that poultry and poultry imports sold here are safe for consumption. But it has stepped up its monitoring and
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    • 597 6 AGENCIES SHANGHAI —A report on the first three patients in China to contract a new strain of bird flu paints a grim portrait of severe pneumonia, septic shock and other complications that damaged the brain, kidney and other organs. All three died.
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    • 379 6 CHANNEL NEWSASIA SINGAPORE —As part of efforts to improve public sector procurement practices, the Ministry of Finance (MOF) is developing an online test to be taken by key officers involved in the procurement process, including the approving authorities. The
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    • 773 8  -  In the lead-up to Malaysia’s 13thgeneral election on May 5, TODAY’S team of reporters will visit the country’s small towns and rural areas to uncover the issues on the minds of the voters. MALAYSIAN GENERAL ELECTION AMIR HUSSAIN IN SELANGOR amirhussain@mediacorp.com.sg KL A NG
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    • 361 8 AGENCIES KUALA LUMPUR As Malaysia’s political parties gear up for the general election next month, more big names from the ruling Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition have announced their decision to drop out of the race. Former Home Minister Syed Hamid Albar, a
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    • 547 10 MALAYSIAN GENERAL ELECTION AGENCIES KUAL A LUMPUR —The Pakatan Rakyat (PR) opposition coalition became embroiled in another sex scandal yesterday, after a purported sex video involving a prominent leader of one of the PR’s component parties emerged on the Internet. The scandal comes barely a
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    • 552 11 AGENCIES SEOUL —United States Secretary of State John Kerry dismissed as “unacceptable by any standard” weeks of bellicose warnings of impending nuclear war by North Korea and said Washington would never accept the reclusive state becoming a nuclear power. Mr Kerry,
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    • 129 9 TOKYO 5/f7GHPDRE ED 13 mjp> 2013 Sands Expo* and Convention Centre* Marina Bay Sands, 10AM to 10PM Tickets available at the venue on 12-14 Apr, 9.30AM to 9.30PM ADMISSION FEE; ADULT S$25.00 CHILD S$10.00 Online Ticketing Ends 8 Apr 2013 ORGANISERS muse group EVENT HIGHLIGHTS > o Imported Japanese Show
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    • 400 10 Making a Difference Towards a Liveable Sustainable Future At the National Environment Agency, the work we do touches the daily lives of all Singaporeans. By protecting Singapore’s resources from k pollution, maintaining a high level of public health and providing timely meteorological information, we strive to ensure sustainable development and
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    • 263 10 2nd Singapore 2013 Investing fora Secure future 13 th -19 th April 2013 www.sias.org.sg/siw2013 Learn from leading financial and investment experts! Watch online video interviews from 15th 19th April. Participate via online quizzes stand to WIN* prizes! To find out more, visit www.sias.org.sg/siw2013 DATE PROGRAMME TITLE PRESENTER 15th Apr OVERVIEW
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    • 297 11 X ■im Wm nm mm AM as #S SB? ■V/ 58 16* w. > r Enjoy the best of Sydney and Brisbane on one terrific fare. Fly Singapore-Sydney-Brisbane or Singapore-Brisbone-Sydney from only $818 economy Qantas lets you enjoy more of Australia for less. Enjoy the iconic sights of Sydney and
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  • saturday people
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      1474 12  -  Taking on a S$90,000 debt right out of NS, Dr Tan See Leng was a millionaire by his 30s. Meet the family physician who also happens to be a savvy businessman and CEO THE ST REGIS PERSPECTIVES CONRAD RAJ Editor-at-Large conrad@mediacorp.com.sg Most young doctors join an established hospital
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  • voices
    • 568 14 Given the rapid pace of change and the growing population, callers on Thursday’s episode of VoicesTODAY discussed in the post-show, online segment how new migrants can contribute to the Singapore culture, excerpted below VickneshRajamohan: The Singapore culture has always revolved around three important things: We
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    • 88 14 We reported, in “NUS to send more undergrads abroad” (April 11), that the National University of Singapore hopes that, by 2015, at least 2,000 of its undergraduates will have some form of overseas exposure by graduation. This is incorrect. NUS hopes that, by 2015, at least 70 per cent
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    • 534 15  -  ISAY MUTHHUKUMAR PALANIYAPAN The tedium was getting unbearable. I had been repeatedly lifting my ET (entrenching tool) stick and striking the soil to create my “improvised bed”. Though we had worked hard for three hours, progress was slow. “Why do we need to do
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    • 198 14 Catch the repeat telecast of VoicesTODAY at 6.30pm today on Channel 5. LETTER DIALECTS ARE A PART OF OUR HERITAGE, IDENTITY Scan the QR code using the reader app on your smartphone, or you can visit tdy.sg/dialect13april for the letter from Jeraldine Phneah Jia Lin. Corne 0 visit the For
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    • 14 14 •HAVEYOURSAY email your letters to voices@mediacorp.com.sg JOIN THE CONVERSATION facebook.com/todayonline READ MORE LETTERS todayonline.com/voices
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    • 20 15 So, why do we serve NS? Has the ethos of NS changed after 45 years? Email your views to voices@mediacorp.com.sg
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  • singapore
    • 205 16 CHANNEL NEWSASIA SINGAPORE SingTel has launched a new mobile phone cashless service that will allow people to pay for things using digital currency. Called mCash, users apply for an account and pay to top it up. For now, the money from the account can
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    • 535 16  -  Trial programme focuses on customised care plans and has shown good results HOME CARE FOR SENIORS LOUISA TANG louisatangqr@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Depressed after his wife died from cancer and having exhausted their savings and assets on her medical care, 65-year-old Chng Peng
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    • 174 17 SINGAPORE The police have arrested three men for alleged involvement in a series of loan shark harassment scams which saw 10 people cheated of at least S$18,000. The three men, aged between 18 and 26, will be charged in court today
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    • 167 17 Signalling, track faults cause train delays between Tampines, Pasir Ris SINGAPORE The stretch between the Tampines and Pasir Ris MRT stations was hit by travel delays yesterday due to signalling and track faults. According to an update on SMRT’s Twitter feed at 8.25am, a train service disruption occurred between the
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    • 380 17  -  AMANDA LEE leeguiping@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE A former senior investigation officer from the Land Transport Authority (LTA) who produced a false receipt for his purchase of a motorcycle had his fine doubled after a High Court judge allowed an appeal by the Public
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  • world
    • 600 18 NGO denounces allegations made by former DAP leader, asks him to show evidence MALAYSIAN GENERAL ELECTION THE MALAYSIAN INSIDER K UA L A L U M P U R Non-government organisation (NGO) Bersih has slammed the Democratic Action Party (DAP)’s former Vice-Chairman Tunku
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    • 641 20 WORLD’S BIGGEST CARBON POLLUTER AP WASHINGTON China, the world’s largest producer of carbon dioxide, is directly feeling the man-made heat of global warming, scientists concluded in the first study to link the burning of fossil fuels to the rise
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    • 534 21 REUTERS YANGON A Muslim businessman, his wife and an employee have been sentenced to prison after an altercation at their gold shop led to anti-Muslim riots in Myanmar in which at least 43 people were killed last month. Shop owner Tun Tun
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    • 36 20 m 4 f feel i/iudicated; its mt true that Singapore has m stiaytvuj talent. Kit Chm, Judjt W Premieres 24 April, Wednesday 8pm /AediaCorp meradio.sg/thefinalone #TheFinal1Sg f MediaCorpChS oupfjui icu uy. mda Media Development Authority Singapore
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    • 349 21 Cabin Crew Recruitment Day Our customers mean the world to us. We’re looking for customer service professionals who genuinely care, to join our amazing team. With your passion, positivity and commitment to safety you will help us make travel enjoyable for our customers. Our Cabin Crew are selected for their
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  • business
    • 298 22 SINGAPORE DBS, ranked the world’s top bank for mobile apps strategy, has announced that its virtual credit card DBS One.Tap is now available to all subscribers with NFC-enabled smartphones from all three mobile operators in Singapore.
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    • 310 22 Fall in ad revenue bites hard even as property division continues to shine CORPORATE EARNINGS SINGAPORE—Publishing and property group Singapore Press Holdings (SPH) yesterday warned of challenges ahead as it reported a 15 per cent slump in second-quar-ter net profit from the corresponding period
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    • 294 22 AGENCIES MUMBAI —Heliconia, an affiliate of the Government of Singapore Investment Corporation (GIC), will be acquiring a 2.6 per cent stake in India’s Kotak Mahindra Bank for 12.96 billion rupees (S$294 million), the South Asian lender said yesterday. Kotak Mahindra Bank
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  • sports
    • 648 24 Chinese teen Guan Tianlang wows all on Masters debut as he records one-over-par 73 77TH MASTERS THE GUARDIAN AUGUSTA —Guan Tianlang walked on to the 18th green to a round of applause and walked off it, a few moments to a standing ovation
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    • 356 24 AGENCIES SHANGHAI —Felipe Massa’s renaissance continued as he set the fastest time in practice for the Chinese Grand Prix yesterday and put his Ferrari team-mate Fernando Alonso in the shade once again. Massa earned praise from his Formula 1 team for an “incredible” performance as
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    • 601 25  -  Republic’s SEA Games hopes boosted with first international titles LOW LIN FHOONG linfhoong@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —If there is a case for more support for their sport in Singapore, the Republic’s wrestlers certainly have produced one. After funding for the sport here was cut recently, national wrestlers Leonard
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    • 334 25  -  CHARLES ONG SINGAPORE —Thineshwaran Krishnakumar must have thought the gold medal was his as he bore down on the finish line during yesterday’s “B” Division Boys 2,000m steeplechase final at the National Inter-School Track and Field Championship. After all, he led from the start and led by
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      72 25 NBA Knicks 111 Bulls 118, Thunder 116 Warriors 97 Europa League quarter finals 2nd leg FC Basel 2 Tottenham 2 (4-4 agg; Basel win 4-1 on penalties); Lazio 1 Fenerbahce 1 (Fenerbahce win 3-1 agg); Newcastle United 1 Benfica 1 (Benfica win 4-2 agg); Rubin Kazan 3 Chelsea 2
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    • 754 26  -  THE BIG MATCH CHELSEA V MANCHESTER CITY COMMENTARY BY ADRIAN CLARKE sports@mediacorp.com.sg Adrian Clarke, TODAY’s EPL analyst, is a former Arsenal midfielder, who has played at every level of English football. Now an experienced sports journalist, he writes for many publications worldwide.
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    • 230 26 AP NYON (SWITZERLAND) —The conclusion to this season’s Champions League could be a tantalising all-Spanish El Clasico showdown between Real Madrid and Barcelona, or an allGerman affair between Bundesliga rivals Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund. At yesterday’s draw at UEFA headquarters
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    • 550 28  -  CYCLING PHILIP GOH Deputy Sports Editor philipgoh@mediacorp.com.sg KUALA LUMPUR After securing their first stage win in an International Cycling Union (UCI) event in their last outing, it is no surprise the OCBC Singapore Pro Cycling Team will tackle the Tour de Filipinas which starts
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    • 74 28 Team Aberdeen Singapore won their first race of the Singapore-leg of the Extreme Sailing Series, but remain bottom of the standings in the eight-boat regatta, with 83 points. After 11 of 32 races, Alinghi of Switzerland lead with 122 points, followed by Oman’s The Wave,
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    • 367 28  -  DAN GUEN CHIN S I N G A P O R E Sitting pretty at the top of the Malaysian Super League (MSL) with a four-point lead, and unbeaten in their last five matches, the LionsXII should be feeling confident of their chances
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  • Page 26 Miscellaneous
    • 70 26 EPL AND FA CUP FIXTURES AND TV TIMES Today Arsenal v Norwich (Mio TV Ch102, 10pm)Reading v Liverpool (Ch103, 10pm) Everton v QPR (Ch104, 10pm) Aston Villa v Fulham (Ch105, 10pm) Southampton v West Ham (Ch106, 10pm)FA Cup semi-final 1: Millwall v Wigan (Ch111, 12.10am) Tomorrow Newcastle v Sunderland (Ch
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    • 62 27 YOUR BREATH OF FRESH AIR Morning V Joe Vernetta welcome you to a naughty morning with lovely spells and funny smells. So put on your pants, buckle up and try not to spill that coffee. THE GOLD BREAKFAST SHOW Joe Augustin Vernetta Lopez Weekdays 6 10am Tune in to win
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    • 14 28 TVTIMES The LionsXII-Negeri Sembilan match will be shown live on StarHub Ch201 at 7.30pm
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    • 43 29 GET IN GEAR FAB CARS AND MOREATTHE TOKYO AUTO SALON SINGAPORE 30 WHAT IS ART THE ARTS MANIFESTO AIMS TO SHED SOME LIGHT 36 SATURDAY, 13 APRIL 2013 MUNCH ON THIS SINK YOUR TEETH INTO SOME OF OUR ISLAND’S MOST SUCCULENT BURGERS 32
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      • 632 30  -  WITH CARS, QUEENS AND STARS, THE TOKYO AUTO SALON SINGAPORE PROMISES SOMETHING FOR ALL SCOTT MARSH scott@mediacorp.com.sg It isn’t often that one sees a long queue outside the Marina Bay Sands Convention Centre at 9.30am on a Friday, but given that it was the first day of the
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        516 31  -  The Mercedes-Benz E 63 AMG super-sedan finally gets the poise to match its considerable power MERCEDES-BENZ E 63 AMG DERRYN WONG features@mediacorp.com.sg BA RCELON A In 1986, AMG built a W124 E-Class with a 5.6-litre V8 engine shoehorned into its presumably groaning engine bay. That car was known
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        320 31 The E63 AMG is available in a number of variants and this is the most complex and costly one on sale in Europe: The E 63 AMG S 4M ATIC Estate. “S” means it’s the higher -grade, sportier model. Just in case 557bhp and 720Nm of torque isn’t
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    • food
      • 1618 32  -  One girl’s quest to find the best burgers in Singapore BURGER BONANZA GENEVIEVE LOH genevieveloh@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —It’s no big secret that I’m a short ickle girl with a big man’s appetite who is a devout devourer of our uniquely Singaporean cuisine. Yet, as much as a
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      • 506 34  -  The revamped Hai Tian Lo continues to offer value-for-money dim sum in a less scenic location FOOD REVIEW: HAI TIEN LO ANNETTE TAN SINGAPORE —Hai Tien Lo used to enjoy a stunning perch on the 37th floor of the Pan Pacific Singapore, where one could
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      • 455 35  -  Spring Court is proof that oldies are often goodies FOOD REVIEW: SPRING COURT ANNETTE TAN SINGAPORE —Spring Court is the oldest and longest-running Chinese restaurant on the island. Established in 1929 by the late Ho Lok Yee at Great World Amusement Park, it now sits in an historic
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      • 442 35  -  DON MENDOZA SINGAPORE —This year, stalwart gastrofest World Gourmet Summit (April 16 to 26, www.worldgourmetsummit. com) celebrates its 17th instalment with yet another showcase of top talents and quality dining. That’s 13 visiting master chefs, 18 partner restaurants and chefs and 11 hosting establishments
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    • culture&lifestyle
      • 506 36  -  A new video, alternate versions in other languages released as arts manifesto gains traction ARTS MANIFESTO MAYO MARTIN mayo@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —The much-talked about arts manifesto released by members of the arts community is slowly gaining traction, with the number of signatories breaking the 700 mark a week
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      • 211 37 SINGAPORE —If you’re thinking of travelling through the city in style, all you have to do is make sure you are downtown today and next weekend. We are, of course, talking about Style magazine’s current campaign, called Thru The City In Style, which was launched in
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    • 100 34 r 'ft I Premieres on Toggle Eve Sunday 14 April, 7pm OVE... S AND OTHER PftAD HABITS STARRING Zoe lay Chen Han Wei Kym Ng Ian Fang Kimberly Chia George Young Carmen Soo Irene Ang SL. LOVE and Other Bad Habits is a light-hearted, sometimes heartfelt look at love through
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    • 804 36 FROM THE MASTERS OF COMEDY THAT BROUGHT YOU LOVE ACTUALLY, MR. BEAN'S HOLIDAY, BRIDGET JONES’S DIARY AND LES MISERABLES “ABSOLUTELY BRILLIANT. THE British romantic comedy is backi” THE FUNNIEST BRITISH FILM IN YEARS" ROSE BYRNE SIMON BAKER ANNA FARIS RAFE SPALL MINNIE DRIVER BRIDESMAIDS THE MENTALIST WHAT S YOUR NUMBER?
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    • 31 37 CATHAY Inspiring Minds, Realising Dreams CATHAY MOTION PICTURE AWARD S 2013 78 seconds IN 78 hours visit us 0 www.cmpa.com.sg REGISTRATION CLOSES ON 12th MaV Best Motion Picture wins $15,000 cash
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    • 87 37 HOW TO PLAY Fill in the grid so that every row every column, and every 3x3 box contains the digits 1 through 9 .DIFFICULTY LEVEL: YESTERDAY’S SOLUTION COPYRIGHT UCLICK EARTH IS A MEMORY WORTH FIGHTING FOR 1 wr 3 11 RISE QF THE PLANET OF THE APES^/l T O C
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  • 830 1  -  By JOHN MARKOFF InternatIonal Weekly Imagine taking a college exam, and, instead of getting a grade from a professor a few weeks later, clicking the “send” button when you are done and receiving a grade back instantly, your essay scored by a software program. Now
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