Today, 10 July 2013, Afternoon Edition

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    Lock icon IMF trims global forecast as emerging markets lag
    750 1 THE NEW YORK TIMES WASHINGTON Many major emerging economies have weakened since the spring, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said in the latest update to its economic forecasts, while advanced economies including the United States and Europe continue to trudge along with
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  • hot news
    • Article
      US ‘deeply concerned’ by new MDA licensing rules
      588 2  -  FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION ONLINE TAN WEIZHEN tanweizhen@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —About three weeks after a group of global technology giants criticised the Media Development Authority’s (MDA) new licensing scheme for online news sites, the United States government has also weighed in on the issue,
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    • Article
      55 Merlion Park protesters warned over illegal gathering
      365 6  -  FOREIGNERS ‘SHOULD NOT IMPORT DOMESTIC ISSUES’ AMANDA LEE leeguiping@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE The police have taken action against 55 people involved in the illegal protest at Merlion Park on May 8 following the Malaysian general election earlier that month. The Ministry of Home Affairs
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    • Article
      ‘Appropriate action’ taken in probe into rate-rigging
      635 8  -  MAS can’t impose specific fines as it doesn’t regulate rate-setting activities says Lawrence Wong ERRANT TRADERS DISCIPLINED WONG WEI HAN wongweihan@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE The action taken by the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) against banks whose traders tried to rig benchmark interest rates is
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      Lock icon No charge for use of National Stadium for NDP: Sports Hub boss
      551 10  -  FREE FOR MAJOR MULTI-SPORTS EVENTS TOO IAN DE COTTA ian@mediacorp.com.sg S I N G A P O R E While the Singapore Sports Hub operators and the Minis- try of Defence (MINDEF) are still in talks over holding
      ARTIST’S IMPRESSION: SINGAPORE SPORTS HUB  -  551 words
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      Lock icon Shared aspirations, not policy, dominate NTUC Conversation
      596 12  -  BUILDING A NATION WITH HEART KOK XING HUI xinghui@mediacorp.com.sg S I NG A POR E In 2032, the Republic should be a country which respects every job and every worker. The mindset of how not studying hard will leave one working as a
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      380 12 1W? NANYANG J. ft. THE INNOVATIVE POLYTECHNIC Professional Development Centre Your Preferred Partner for Continuing Education and Training Revlsec l curriculum! Specialist Diploma in Health Promotion (4th intake) With changing demographics and corporate landscape, there is a growing demand for professionals in the area of health promotion to educate, plan
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  • comment & analysis
    • Article, Illustration
      Consumers, flex your muscles for Earth’s sake
      879 14  -  THE HAZE AND SUSTAINABLE BUSINESSES GUAN CHONG Guan Chong is a Marketing Lecturer with the School of Business at SIM University The seriousness of the haze this year has heightened consumer awareness about the importance of sustainable business. Questions of culpability surround plantation
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      Lock icon The future is in creativity, not mere productivity
      940 15  -  THE INNOVATION SERIES JACK HUGHES Jack Hughes is the founder of TopCoder, one of the Web’s leading communities of developers. 2013 HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL PUBLISHING CORP Organisations have nearly perfected the industrial model of managing work. For individuals, this model ensures that
      © 2013 HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL PUBLISHING CORP  -  940 words
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      Lock icon The political nightmare of a slowing China
      737 17  -  FRACTURED ELITE UNITY MINXIN PEI Minxin Pei is Professor of Government at Claremont McKenna College and a non-resident senior fellow at the German Marshall Fund of the United States. PROJECT SYNDICATE The recent financial turmoil in China, with interbank loan rates spiking to
      PROJECT SYNDICATE  -  737 words
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      127 14 Organisational structure will have to change to meet the new reality of creativity as a core component of value and continuous innovation as the mechanism that sustains it. JACK HUGHES 15 VOICES CHARGING FOR PLASTIC BAGS A TOUGH CALL 21 Ramadan Promotion JUMBO Delight 3 x Pasta *2x7” Pizza 3
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      167 15 j Years of Growing with the Nation W i V 05S 5f H Design collection by Dae Byn Lee Nottingham Trent University, UK I Think. Act. Make. Change NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY Extensive commercial links which enable students to work on live projects for top companies Bachelor of Arts (Hons) Fashion
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      304 16 I succeed because I dare to experiment lt*s my choice. Unleash your full potential with Kaplan’s wide range of part-time diploma programmes that you can complete in as short as 8 months. It’s your direct access to a well-recognised qualification and the first important step to your dream career. Part-time
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      148 16 SINGAPORE WORKFORCE SKILLS QUALIFICATIONS Upgrade Your Bartending Skills Attend our WSQ Bartender Training Programme 2 and receive WSQ Certification! Modules: 1 Provide Wine Service 2 Interact With Serve F&B Guests 3 Provide Specialty Coffee Service August Intake 5,6,7,12,13,14,15,16,19,20, 21, 22 23 August 2013 Duration 65-hour course 13 lessons of 5
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      118 17 BE o l lint mm i win M SS39 from one-way all-in fares from S$39 handling, phnom penh kuaia iumpur S$69 denpasar (bail), hong kong, yogyakarta $$99* perth, taipei, bangkok book by 15 jul 2013 and travel between 14 aug -14 nov 2013. tigerair.cor^ promotional fare shown is ‘or one-way
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      372 18 Photographic bonding Convention and Exhibition Centre. It didn’t matter whether or not you used Canon equipment, the event was open to anyone with an interest budding or passionate in photography. And if the quality of the photos was anything to go by, there certainly is a growing number of passionate
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      155 19 1. Members of EOS World (eosworld. canon.com.sg) enjoy a light moment. 2. A participant experiences Canon’s Retina Capture technology up close. 3. The judges of Canon PhotoMarathon XI (from left): Aloysius Lim, Mark Teo and Edgar Su. 1 4 2 4. Patience a participant awaiting the perfect moment to capture
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  • voices
    • Article
      Create new knowledge, not ‘regurgitate’
      365 20  -  FROM JACE LOI CHEN MIN It was an interesting “conversation” between National Institute of Education Associate Professor Ng Pak Tee and Boston College Professor Andy Hargreaves, in the article “Singapore should not be Finland” (July 9), about Singapore and Finland’s education systems. I felt that
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    • Article
      How can we expose abuse cases at childcare centres?
      176 20  -  FROM GRACE CHIAM The alleged abuse case at My First Skool is shocking because the childcare centre is among the better ones in Singapore. Is this only the tip of the iceberg in the childcare sector? I believe that the “right”
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    • Article
      Charging for plastic bags a tough call
      358 21  -  FROM JOSE RAYMOND Executive Director, Singapore Environment Council The Singapore Environment Council (SEC) shares Ms Rachel Wong’s concern, in “Tougher measures needed to curtail use of plastic bags” (July 8), about the long-term sustainability of plastic bag use. We agree that it is
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    • Article
      Discount from BYOB not enough
      127 21  -  FROM CHIN KEE THOU The call for “Tougher measures needed to curtail use of plastic bags” (July 8) is not feasible. Many consumers live in high-rise flats with common rubbish chutes, and they recycle these plastic bags into rubbish bags for disposal of both wet
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    • Article
      Is tax on tax equitable?
      149 21  -  FROM TONY LOKE YUE CHONG Our water utility bill contains a Sanitary Appliance Fee, a Waterborne Fee and a Water Conservation Tax. The PUB describes the first two fees as levies to offset the cost of treating used water and for operating and maintaining the
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      14 20 •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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      25 21 LETTER BYOB DAY SHOULD MEAN NO PLASTIC BAG DAY Scan the QR code or visit tdy.sg/ byob10june for the letter from Chlorin Chew Pei Wah.
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  • singapore
    • Article
      Naming children who default on maintenance ‘not a good solution’
      530 22  -  WELFARE OF ELDERLY PARENTS TAN WEIZHEN tanweizhen@mediacorp.com. sg SINGAPORE —The number of children defaulting on maintenance of their parents might be low currently, but a Member of Parliament (MP) yesterday asked if the Ministry for Social and Family Development (MSF)
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    • Article
      No reason to bar subsidiaries of public transport operators from City Direct services tender
      277 23 S I NG A POR E There is no reason a company related to the public transport operators, such as ComfortDelGro Bus, should be barred from taking part in tenders to run the City Direct bus
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    • Article
      Government has no plans to develop Pulau Ubin
      376 23  -  AMANDA LEE SINGAPORE —Several Members of Parliament (MPs) yesterday urged the Government to preserve iconic kampung buildings on Pulau Ubin, with one suggesting that the island could be gazetted as a place of cultural significance for the Republic. Pasir Ris-Punggol Group Representation
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    • Article, Illustration
      Lock icon Shooting for S’pore
      356 24  -  Amateur film-making contest ciNE65 II explores ideas on home and national identity COMPETITION ATTRACTS 166 ENTRIES MAY SEAH mayseah@mediacorp.com.sg SING A PORE In a celebration of all things Singapore, the winners of the ciNE65 II amateur film-making contest were announced yesterday evening during a ceremony held at
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    • Article
      No Visa cards for ComfortDelGro cabs from Monday
      193 24 SINGAPORE From Monday, commuters will no longer be able to use their Visa cards to pay for rides in ComfortDelGro taxis. In an email to its cabbies, the taxi operator said it was informed by Visa that it can no longer charge
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    • Article, Illustration
      Lock icon Wasabi – the secret to clean and fresh air
      627 25 Wasabi the secret to clean and fresh air More than just a culinary spice, the versatile green plant also works wonders as a steriliser BROUGHT TO YOU BY quietest models on the market. PRODUCED BY THE TODAY SPECIAL PROJECTS TEAM When you think of wasabi, the image of a green
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  • Page 22 Miscellaneous
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      370 23 HP recommends Windows 8. Touch is within reach. Make it matter. We believe in touch technology for everyone. With an eye-catching metallic design, the HP ENVY 4 TouchSmart Ultrabook™ packs Beats Audio™, a booming subwoofer, and graphics performance that will blow you away. The HP Pavilion 14 TouchSmart Sleekbook also
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      536 24 ■r r 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 pollution, maintaining a high level of public health and providing timely meteorological information, we strive to ensure sustainable development
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      170 25 Split Inverter Conditioner with Nano Titanium Wasabi Air Purifying Filter. Simply switch to silent mode at 21dB and you won’t hear more than a whisper. odours, it quickly destroys them. they repeatedly switch the power on and off to maintain room temperature. CONVENTIONAL ANTIBACTERIAL AGENTS NANO TITANIUM AGENTS ENVIRONMENTALLY-FRIENDLY AND
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  • health
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      Lock icon Patients keep her constantly on her toes
      568 26  -  More than 70 nurses recognisedfor their consistent and outstanding performance for the past three years IMPROVING THE PROFESSION’S IMAGE EVELINE GAN eveline@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —With more than 20 years of experience in the mental healthcare setting, 42-year-old nurse Yeoh Ai Lean has seen her
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      Lock icon A precious dose of art for cancer patients at KKH
      472 27  -  ASHLEY CHIA ashley@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Going for art therapy once a week has not only given breast cancer survivor Bee Bee Tan a hobby, it has also changed her perspective on coping with the illness. “It’s given me a lift spiritually,
      PHOTO: ERNEST CHUA  -  472 words
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  • china & india
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      Lock icon Cyber security tops agenda at US-China dialogue
      557 30 Both parties make proposals for cooperation, transparency on issue ‘key to future ties’ HIGH-LEVEL TALKS AGENCIES WASHINGTON United States and Chinese officials began formal discussions on cyber security on Monday, kicking off four days of talks to build cooperation and broach issues that
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    • Article
      Lock icon China’s point man to meet HK lawmakers for first time
      472 32 Next week’s meeting comes as calls for promised universal suffrage grow louder in the city ONE COUNTRY, TWO SYSTEMS BLOOMBERG HONG KONG China’s most senior official in Hong Kong will dine with lawmakers next week for the first time since
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    • Article
      Lock icon Beijing bans fishing in waters off N Korean coast
      254 32 REUTERS BEIJING China has banned its trawlers from fishing in waters off the eastern coast of North Korea due to a dispute over fuel supplies, the latest irritant in ties between the often uneasy allies. North Korea decided last month that
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    • Article
      Lock icon Coal pollution shortens life of northern Chinese: Study
      721 34 Those in the region die at least five years earlier due to emissions from energy genera tion say researchers HIGHER MORTALITY RATES ACROSS ALL AGE GROUPS THE NEW YORK TIMES BEIJING Southern Chinese have lived at least five years longer on average
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    • Article
      Lock icon MINISTER DEFENDS WORK ON ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
      281 34 REUTERS China’s Environment Minister said his ministry ranked among the world’s “four major embarrassing departments” but defended the agency, saying it was hampered by overlapping functions in government, state media said yesterday. The comments by Mr Zhou Shengxian are the latest in a string
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      410 35 Harvey Wurman MacBook Air All the power you want. All day long. The new MacBook Air features fourth-generation Intel Core processors with faster graphics, all-day battery life 1 and even faster flash storage 2 It's thin, light and durable enough to take everywhere you go and powerful enough to do
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  • world
    • Article
      Lock icon Afghan officials sceptical as US mulls complete withdrawal
      307 36 AFTERNOON LATEST REUTERS WA SHINGTON The United States is considering pulling out all its troops from Afghanistan next year but is far from making a decision, White House and Pentagon officials said yesterday, but Afghan officials expressed scepticism that President Barack Obama
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      Lock icon 150m in the air, Asiana crew sensed they were in trouble
      321 36 REUTERS SAN FR ANCISCO The pilot in charge of landing the Asiana Airlines Boeing 777 that crashed tried to correct its course when he saw it was off centre and too low as it approached the airport runway at
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      299 38 AGENCIES MOSCOW —National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden accepted Venezuela’s offer of political asylum, according to a posting yesterday on the Twitter account of a Russian lawmaker with close ties to the Kremlin. However, the tweet disappeared a few minutes later. Mr Alexei
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      372 38 PERSONALITY POLITICS DOW JONES SYDNEY —Mr Kevin Rudd has turned the tables on the opposition just two weeks after returning as Australia’s Prime Minister, with a new opinion poll showing he is steering the Labor Party closer to an election victory. A Newspoll survey published
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      700 39 AGENCIES CAIRO Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood yesterday rejected a new timetable announced by the military-backed interim leadership, which sets a fast track for amending the Islamist-draft-ed Constitution and holding new parliamentary and presidential elections by early next year. The quick issuing of
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      204 40 REUTERS Osama bin Laden lived in plain sight for almost a decade and was once even stopped for speeding but not apprehended, according to the report. The policeman involved did not recognise the fugitive and let Osama and his
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      506 40 AGENCIES ISL AMABAD —Pakistan’s judicial commission investigating the presence and killing of Osama bin Laden (right) held responsible state institutions and officials who failed to perform their duty, its chairman said yesterday, after the commission’s report was leaked to broadcaster
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      166 37 SINGAPORE PARENTING CONGRESS 2013 The annual Singapore Parenting Congress was successfully held on 6 July with over 2,000 parents and teenagers picking up tips from our distinguished speakers on managing the parent-teen relationship. I r i Mr Leng Chin Fai from Fei Yue Ms Iris Lin from Fei Yue Community
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      419 41 AFTERNOON LATEST REUTERS LONDON The United States owner of the New York Stock Exchange announced yesterday that it will take over the running of the London Interbank Offered Rate (Libor), the benchmark interest rate at the centre of a global rigging scandal, in
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      181 41 REUTERS SAN FR ANCISCO Microsoft will unveil tomorrow (Friday morning in Singapore) its biggest management reorganisation in at least five years to better compete in a world of mobile devices and Web-based services, according to technology blog AllThingsD. The changes will shift the duties
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      174 42 DOW JONES SINGAPORE —Singapore Press Holdings (SPH) filed a prospectus with the central bank yesterday for an IPO of up to S$554 million after a three-week delay, in a sign that recent volatile equities markets are on the mend. The company is seeking to list
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      380 42  -  NUR IDAYU SUPARTO SINGAPORE —Malaysia’s Minister of International Trade and Industry Mustapa Mohamed yesterday thanked Singapore companies for their robust investment in Johor’s Iskandar region, while urging them to explore opportunities in other parts of the country, saying the government would
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      512 43  -  MAKING A COMEBACK LEE YEN NEE leeyennee@med iacorp.com .sg SINGAPORE —As the Westin hotel chain puts together the finishing touches for its return to Singapore, the brand behind what was once the world’s tallest hotel acknowledges it has a challenge on its
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      209 45  -  KATHY CHENG SINGAPORE —Apple is giving away a host of its iOS apps and games for a limited time. The move is to celebrate the App Store’s fifth anniversary today, the company said. “From the 500 apps available at launch in 2008 to the more
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      532 46  -  spexScholarship athletes to train full-time in the quest for glory at major competitions LEVELLING THE PLAYING FIELD LOW LIN FHOONG linfhoong@med iacorp.com. sg SINGAPORE —The gripe had often been that Singapore’s athletes lost to rivals who could train and compete full-time in their pursuit of sporting
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      302 46  -  LOW LIN FHOONG SINGAPORE —Recipients of the spexScholarship (Sports Excellence Scholarship) who are serving National Service (NS) can be assured that they will not be dropped from the scheme while fulfilling their NS obligations. Instead, they will be given time
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      606 47  -  SSA to consider single local qualifier for Commonwealth and Asian Games TAN YO-HINN Deputy Sports Editor yohinn@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —Last month’s Singapore National Swimming Championship (SNSC) had been designated by the Singapore Swimming Association (SSA) as the only local qualifying meet for swimmers to make
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      381 47 AP SAINT-MALO (FR ANCE) German rider Marcel Kittel won yesterday’s 10th stage of the Tour de France in a sprint finish and Chris Froome stayed out of trouble to keep the leader’s yellow jersey. Kittel held off countryman Andre
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      447 48  -  FRIENDLY AGAINST INDONESIA LOW LIN FHOONG, DAN GUEN CHIN linfhoong@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE —Minister of State (Trade and Industry) Teo Ser Luck has issued a call to all fans of the Lions and the LionsXII: Turn out in full force at the Jalan Besar
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      389 48 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH LONDON —Ivan Lendl believes that Andy Murray should be considered the world’s leading tennis player after his historic victory at Wimbledon. Murray, who has also won Olympic gold and the US Open within the past 12 months, remained at No
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        66 50 REUTERS Everton have signed goalkeeper Joel Robles and defender Antolin Alcaraz. Robles, 23, is leaving Atletico Madrid on a five-year contract, having spent the second half of last season on loan at Wigan. Alcaraz, 30, has been a free agent since his Wigan contract
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        59 50 AP Chelsea have signed Australia international goalkeeper Mark Schwarzer on a free transfer from Fulham. Schwarzer, 40, signed a one-year contract, taking him through to the 2014 World Cup in Brazil —where he will likely play for his country. Schwarzer spent five years with London
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        67 50 AGENCIES United States striker Jozy Altidore is returning to the EPL after completing his transfer to Sunderland from AZ Alkmaar yesterday Altidore, 23, agreed to a four-year deal to leave the Dutch league for Sunderland in north-east England. He spent the 2009-10 season at
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        70 50 AP Inter Milan have confirmed the signing of striker Mauro Icardi in a co-ownership deal with Sampdoria. Icardi had been in pre-season training with Inter before the deal was finalised yesterday. “I hope to do my best for the team and the fans. I can’t
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      213 50 AFTERNOON LATEST AP MONACO Previously linked with Real Madrid, Manchester United and Chelsea, Colombia striker Radamel Falcao is confident that he has not made a mistake with his surprise move to promoted French club Monaco. Despite expectations that he would move
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        336 54 Does Disney really need the grief that comes with trying to launch an original franchise? QUICK DRAW REUTERS LOS ANGELES —With Star Wars, Marvel and Pixar primed to crank out barnburners for years, Disney execs have to be wondering whether it’s worth even attempting another
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        177 54 REUTERS LO S A N G E L E S —James Cameron has reached a new level of grumpy about bad 3D his latest targets being Man Of Steel, Iron Man 3 and the greedy studios who he says waste money converting them. This summer’s
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        298 56  -  Singapore vocal group to feature in slasher flick CAST APPEAL CHRISTOPHER TOH SINGAPORE —It has been an eventful time for a cappella group MICappella, ever since they launched their debut album, Here We Go, in May. And the popular Singapore vocal outfit are definitely going
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        336 57  -  CHRISTOPHER TOH SINGAPORE —Sarah Cheng-De Winne, the Singapore soul-pop singer-song-writer best known for her “delightfully soulful voice”, was among the established and rising stars named as the judge-determined Winners of The 12th Annual Independent Music Awards (IMA), the influential international awards programme for
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