Today, 28 August 2006, Afternoon Edition

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    14 1 TODAY /A=diaCorp fresfsf share your free newspaper MICA(P) 192/07/2006 Monday August 28, 2006 todayonline.com
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  • AFTERNOONEDITION
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      Lock icon US plane that crashed 'took wrong runway'
      137 1 -AFP LEXINGTON (Kentucky) A US regional passenger jet that crashed early yesterday in Kentucky, killing 49 people and leaving one survivor, apparently took off from the wrong runway, a federal official said. Comair Flight 5191, bound for Atlanta, Georgia, crashed soon after its
      -AFP; AF  -  137 words
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      The ethnic difference
      766 1  -  TAN HUI LENG NUH team finds out how gene affects drug dosage needed by patients of different races huileng@newstoday.com.sg SINGAPORE doctors have solved the puzzle of why Indian, Chinese and Malay patients need different dosages of the com-monly-used anti-clotting drug warfarin to achieve the same effect, raising
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      Lock icon Florida orders evacuation, Mississippi alert
      246 1 -BLOOMBERG FLORIDA has ordered the mandatory evacuation of visitors in the Florida Keys as Hurricane Ernesto, the first named Atlantic storm this year, tracked towards the Gulf of Mexico from the Caribbean. A hurricane watch may be issued for the Keys later in the day,
      -BLOOMBERG  -  246 words
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      34 1 hot news 2 Singapore news 4 world news 10 voices 18 business 26 succeed 28 plus 30 eatout 37 Iv radio listings 38 classad 39 sports 40 we set you thinking ll y^ffl mffl
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  • hot news
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      Lock icon Haze seems worse ...
      372 2  - Haze seems worse CHRISTIE LOH but PSI reading indicates 'good' air quality christi e@newstoday.com.sg HOT, grey air covered parts of the island yesterday, prompting many Singaporeans to complain about the smell of smoke in the air and the worsening haze. Yet, according to the Pollutant Standards Index (PSI), the air
      WEETECK HIAN  -  372 words
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      Lock icon INDONESIA'S SITUATION
      205 2 -AGENCIES JAKARTA- Indonesian Forestry Minister Malem Sambet Kaban yesterday urged local administrative heads to play a more active role in preventing land-clearing by fire, blamed for the haze blanketing the region. Ground and forest fires on Sumatra and Borneo have resulted in the choking haze, prompting regional calls
      -AGENCIES  -  205 words
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      Lock icon Another M'sia-S'pore train derails
      190 2 -AGENCIES SOUTHBOUND train services were disrupted following the derailment of the Kuala Lumpur-Singapore Express Sinaran Petang train on Saturday. Operator Keretapi Tanah Melayu Berhad (KTMB) said the incident happened at about 5.25pm near Gemas-Air Kuning in Negeri Sembilan, when five passenger coaches with about 156 passengers
      -AGENCIES  -  190 words
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      Lock icon BLURRING LINES FOR A CLEARER PICTURE
      943 3  -  WAYNE SOON Mainstream media, online citizen journalists need not lock horns; collaborate to show fuller diversity of views ONE school of thought argues that alternative media citizen journalism and online commentary will grow to become an important competitor to traditional mainstream media. Another school,
      TODAY FILE PHOTO  -  943 words
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      288 3 YOU tOO Cflll T63p """'^S'"" 1 BIG returns H Mr Lee Yew Wai won the First Runner-Up title after making an amazing 179% profit on his portfolio at the first Options Trading Championship, a global event hosted by Dr Clemen Chiang's Freely Business School and supported by six US Options
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  • singapore news
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      Lock icon Fruit of bonding
      392 4  -  CHRISTIE LOH Rivervale residents meet new citizens and PRs at ward's durian party christie@newstoday.com.sg ONE man's durian is another man's sweaty sock. But the squeamish braved the fruit's strong smells yesterday, during a void-deck party for new immigrants and their neighbours in Sengkang. "It's a bit smelly,
      KOH MUI FONG  -  392 words
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      Lock icon GOVERNMENT LAUNCHES OVERSEAS SINGAPOREAN PORTAL
      200 4 CHANNEL NEWSASIA SINGAPORE is tapping the Internet to stay connected with its 140,000 citizens abroad. The Government launched the Overseas Singaporean Portal on Saturday and wants it to eventually be driven by this diaspora. The portal is meant to help them keep up with the
      — CHANNEL NEWSASIA  -  200 words
    • SINGAPORESNIPPETS
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        TWO MEN IN EXPLOSION INCIDENT SOUGHT
        118 4  -  SHERALYN TAY POLICE are looking for two males believed to be involved in a loud explosion heard yesterday at an open field between the Seletar Expressway Woodlands Avenue 1 exit and the Rosewood condominium. According to eyewitness reports, two males were seen scrapping the
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        Lock icon RECORD ATTENDANCE AT BRIDGE RUN
        99 4 CHANNEL NEWSASIA MORE than 60,000 runners pounded across the Benjamin Sheares Bridge yesterday, a record attendance forthe Safra Sheares Bridge Run and the Army Half Marathon. For the first time, 12 foreign armies took part. The half-marathoners 16,000 in all enjoyed a more exciting 21km
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      Lock icon Rehab offer expires
      351 6 938 LIVE, CHANNEL NEWSASIA A day before Saturday closing, only half of Subutex addicts had signed up ABOUT 2,000 Subutex drug abusers as of Saturday had signed up for the Ministry of Health's (MOH) voluntary rehabilitation programme only about half the total number of known Subutex abusers
      — 938 LIVE,; CHANNEL NEWSASIA  -  351 words
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      Lock icon An amazing race ... to save the earth
      339 6  - An amazing race to save the earth SHERALYN TAY sheralyn@newstoday.com.sg INSTEAD of petrol-guzzling sports utility vehicles, the 400 contestants in this Amazing Race-style ecochallenge scooted around Singapore on foot, by bus or by train. The inaugural Incredible EcoChase event the grand finale to Green Transport Week drew twice the expected
      PHOTO COURTESY OF SINGAPORE ENVIRONMENT COUNCIL  -  339 words
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      Lock icon Jewel Box set to grow anew
      466 8 CHANNEL NEWSASIA Spores second most visited attraction eyes expansion only a year after $8m facelift THE Jewel Box, located at the former cable car station atop Mount Faber, is set to expand to cope with the increasing number of local and foreign visitors, said
      – CHANNEL NEWSASIA; WEETECK HIAN; DON WONG  -  466 words
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      8,400 hearts given over 2 days
      211 8 SHOPPERS at Millenia Walk over the weekend got the chance to give their hearts, literally, to any of five charities. They dropped origami hearts folded using the red paper cut-out from SingTel's fullpage advertisements in Today into five boxes representing each of this year's
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      Lock icon Student volunteers urged to look at broader picture
      269 8 CHANNEL NEWSASIA STUDENT volunteerism may be up, from 17 per cent in 2002 to 25 per cent today, but when it comes to thinking of new ideas to solve community problems, a significant number still have a crutch mentality. At the inaugural
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  • world news
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      Lock icon Foreigners flee Jaffna
      514 10 —AGENCIES 12 Tigers killed as army repels rebel attack, says military spokesman TRINCOMALEE (Sri Lanka) Clutching pillows and hastily-gathered belongings, the first foreign nationals to be evacuated from Sri Lanka's besieged northern Jaffna Peninsula arrived yesterday at an eastern port as the Sri Lankan military said it
      —AGENCIES; AP  -  514 words
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      Lock icon 49 killed in Kentucky plane crash
      221 10 -AFP WASHINGTON A passenger plane crashed early yesterday after take-off at an airport in Lexington, Kentucky, killing 49 people in the worst US air accident in nearly five years, the airline's president said. The plane, bound for Atlanta in Georgia, was carrying 47 passengers
      -AFP  -  221 words
    • GLOBALROUNDUP
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        Lock icon FREED KIDNAP TEEN REFUSES TO SEE PARENTS
        73 10 -AGENCIES The Austrian teenager who was held captive for eight years in a basement refuses to see her parents, police said in Vienna yesterday, asthey worked to give Natascha Kampusch time to adjust to the outside world. Police arenowtakingthe cue from psychologists to
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        Lock icon AUSTRALIA WILL NOT INTRUDE ON REGIONAL AFFAIRS
        77 10 -AP Australia's newly-expanded police and military forces will not interfere in regional affairs without an invitation. Justice Minister Chris Ellison said yesterday. Prime Minister John Howard last week announced an expansion in the number of security forces that would be sent to foreign
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        Lock icon PHILIPPINES' FEAR OF ATTACKS DURING 911 ANNIVERSARY
        67 10 -AP Philippine police fear bombings during the fifth anniversary of the 911 attacks as an intelligence report warns that two explosive experts from an Al Qaeda-linked group have arrived in the capital. The two experts belong to the Rajah Solaiman Movement, a small
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        MALAYSIA HOPES UN WILL ACCEPT ITS PEACEKEEPERS FOR LEBANON
        72 10 Malaysia has urged the United Nations to let its soldiers join the UN peacekeeping force for Lebanon, despite Israel's opposition to troops from Muslim nations without diplomatic ties with Tel Aviv. Malaysian troops "will not take sides and will do the
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        Lock icon HK SINGER LODGES COMPLAINT WITH M'SIAN POLICE OVER PHOTO INCIDENT
        65 10 -AP A Hong Kong pop star who was secretly photographed in a changing room backstage in Malaysia has lodged a complaint with the country's police, a newspaper reported yesterday. Ms Gillian Chung, a member of female duo Twins, filed the
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      Lock icon Iran determined to produce nuclear fuel: Larijani
      219 12 -AGENCIES TEHRAN Iran is determined to produce nuclear fuel despite the demand by the United Nations (UN) Security Council to halt enrichment of uranium, the country's top nuclear negotiator Ari Larijani said on national radio yesterday. "Production of nuclear fuel is one of
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      Lock icon Rioters rampage and defy curfew
      483 12 —AGENCIES Killing of Pakistan ethnic leader leads to violent protests QUETTA (Pakistan) Following the killing of one of Pakistan's leading ethnic nationalist leaders Nawab Akbar Bugti in a military operation, authorities clamped an indefinite curfew on Quetta, the provincial capital, and also deployed army contingents
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    • GLOBALROUNDUP
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        Lock icon THAI 'SERVICES' RELOCATE
        95 15 -AFP Violence in southern Thailand had triggered the creation of a "mini Thailand" across the border in predominantly Muslim Malaysia, where sex services are available. The Star newspaper reported yesterday. Malaysians used to flood across the border to the Thai town of Golok for sex and entertainment,
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        Lock icon GIGOLO WANNABES CHEATED
        93 15 -AFP Malaysian men are being conned by newspaper ads supposedly searching for male gigolos to service Western and Middle Eastern women, newspapers reported yesterday. The New Straits Times said men were in debt with loan sharks so as to pay deposits to a recruitment agent who promised
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      • Article
        ORAL SEX ORDEAL IN THE PARK
        71 15 A stroll at a reservoir park in Kuching turned out to be a nightmare for a salesman when he was robbed and stripped by five men late on Friday night. He was forced to perform oral sex on three of them, the New Straits
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      Lock icon The bunny that keeps on going
      520 15 -AFP 3 blondes and an ageing playboy that's Hefner at 80 BEVERLY HILLS At 80, Hugh Hefner, the famed founder of the adult media empire Playboy, sings praises of three shapely young women who share his bed and his life and to whom he
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      Lock icon Going the distance for his livelihood
      637 16  -  VENESSALEE Prize money from races all over the world is what this Kenyan lives on venessa@newstoday.com.sg MR BENJAMIN Lagat is a globetrotting athlete with a business plan. The 28-year-old Kenyan participates in endurance races in South-east Asia but only runs in events with modest
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  • Voices
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      isay A MATTER OF HEART, NOT PASSPORT
      807 18  -  CHENG YOKE WAH SO MUCH has been said about the immigrant debate by "true-blue" Singaporeans that I am compelled to give my viewpoint as a Singapore Permanent Resident (PR) here for over 20 years. I came to Singapore as a teenager to study
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    • Be mindful of holes in the immigration net
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        Studies needed on impact of foreigners
        145 19  -  HENRY LIM Letter from ONE aspect of immigration is the social cost to Singapore with more foreigners moving here. Some 30 years ago, the Government liberalised policies to allow more foreign maids to work here, to encourage more married women to return to the
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        Educate S'poreans on the positives
        158 19  -  ONG LIP HUA Letter from I WOULD like to highlight a possible loophole: Employers can offer one-year contracts to lowerwage foreign professionals up to their foreign talent quota, and not renew the contracts to save on the annual wage increment. Contracts offering the previous year's
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        Screen migrants to weed out terrorists
        257 19  -  LIONEL DESOUZA Letter from THE recent terrorist activities in the United Kingdom in which British-born and second-genera-tion immigrants with links to Al Qaeda were detained for planning to blow up nine aeroplanes provide food for thought in our push to promote immigration. I have
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        Stressed out citizens create bad perception
        210 19  -  NELSON QUAH Letter from ONE reason why Singaporeans migrate to Australia is the perception that they will have a better quality of life an observation gleaned when they are there on vacation. Another reason is that senior citizens seem better respected and cared for,
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      FOCUS ON THE FAMILY
      241 20  -  DR JAMES DOBSON THE PRESSURE TO CONFORM You know, it's always been interesting for me to observe the "herd" instinct in teenagers around the world. There's just a remarkable sameness to their culture today, no matter where you go. In Australia, Russia, Latin America, and the
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    • Is the system fair?
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        Inflexible rules blind us from some who genuinely need help
        147 20  -  JULIE CHIA Letter from IT IS heart-rending to read about the plight of Ms Jacqueline Lim, "Unable, so why not 'disabled'?" (Aug 25). I whole-heartedly empathise with her frustration and helplessness. I reckon it is time National Council of Social
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      • Letter
        ... while some parkin disabled lots even if they're able-bodied
        136 20  - while some parkin disabled lots even if they're able-bodied EVELYN CHWEE Letter from WHILE Ms Jacqueline Lim, being a genuine candidate, faces problems in getting a handicap parking label, my next-door neighbour, a healthy family of four, has a valid handicap parking label. Why? Because their elderly parents had registered
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      CHEAH: THEBABYPUSH
      3 20 CHEAH: THE BABYPUSH
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      Time to flush out the insincere
      150 20  -  JEFFREY LAW LEE BENG Letter from I AGREE with Mr Ace Kindred Cheong's views, "Punish false accusers of charity groups" (Aug 25). There have been occasional complaints against some charity organisations. It is true that there are "black sheep" in every society and voluntary
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    • Polygamy no solution to boost birth rates
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        Adds to long-term financial burden
        177 22  -  ANG JIN YEE Letter from I REFER to Mr Ong Kean Hin's letter, "1 Spore wife +1 foreign wife more babies" (Aug 25). Although this is a suggestion worth considering in helping to boost the national birth rate, not all parties will stand to benefit
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      • Letter
        Why not allow women 2 husbands?
        71 22  -  JOSHUA CHUA Letter from I'M GOING to assume that letter writer Ong Kean Hin wrote that tongue firmly in cheek. What an audacious suggestion. In that same sentiment, let women also have two spouses (better still, one in every port!) so she can carry
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        Maid-wife idea offensive in nature
        311 22  -  HASUNDASHAMSUDIN Letter from THE writer mentioned that the "high cost of living is a real stumbling block in having a larger family". To make ends meet, both husband and wife have to work and earn a living, leaving the management of their home and children
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        1 to nurture + 1 to bring bacon home
        167 22  - 1 to nurture 1 to bring bacon home BERNADETTECHONG Letter from INSTEAD of the men, women should be allowed to have two husbands. Under Mr Ong's proposal, what would happen if the wives both get pregnant and give birth at the same time? They would be unable to take care
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      When marital status doesn't matter
      293 24  -  JOLENETAN All rape, marital or not, is difficult to prove, but criminalising it gives court option to prosecute Letter from I REFER to Mr Jimmy Ho's Aug 24 letter in which he doubts the need for marital rape to be criminalised. I agree that there
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      They're not meeting stations
      178 24  -  DAWN LOW Letter from Senior Manager, Corporate Marketing and Communications SMRT Corporation Ltd I REFER to the letter "Nonpassengers shouldn't wait at crowded stations" by Junaidah Begum (Aug 24). We thank the writer for highlighting the situation at City Hall station. We share her view that
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    • SHORTTAKES
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        DONT LEAVE HOME WITHOUT YOUR HELMET
        89 24  -  PAUL WALLACE On Aug 12, while cycling along Mandai Road/Aye at about 7.10 am, I was hit by a vehicle. While the investigation is ongoing and I am still recovering from my injuries, I wish to sincerely thank all those who stopped to render
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        FLYERS CAN BE HELPFUL, TOO
        131 24  -  CHI HAN-HSUAN I refer to the letter "Front door flyers bad news" (Aug 23). The most immediate way for businesses to reach out to customers is often through flyer distribution. I appreciate the fact that businesses are incurring costs to promote their services to us.
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        MPH STAFF WENT BEYOND THE BOOK
        141 24  -  OSCAR LEE SHINGKIAN I would like to commend the service provided by the staff of MPH on two occasions. On Aug 15,1 had an MPH book voucher that was expiring, but I was also keen to get a book that would be launched after
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      124 22 CATHERINE LIM AN\ USES 'ow/er sad in a loud voice To the twelve men in the jury, 'Shall we find guilty this woman With her legs so long and curvy? And prevent her from returning To her lovely condo so private, Where she lives all by herself Except for a
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      524 23 A. snap up fp.bb admissions to Malaysia's most bvcitim^ destinations toi>av! This International Youth Day, Tourism Malaysia and the Singapore Tourism Board are partnering to take you on a journey of exploration and discovery.Take the opportunity to exchange new ideas and learn new cultures. Witness the differences that set you
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      538 26 -AGENCIES Maker of MP3 player says it is open to amicable solution but doesn't name targeted firms SINGAPORE'S Creative Technology is open to an "amicable solution" with any of the many companies using its patented Zen technology without a licence, a company spokesman
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      156 26 -AP KUALA LUMPUR South-east Asian nations hope a proposed major railway project linking Singapore to southern China will be ready by 2015 to facilitate the flow of goods and people across the region, an official said on Saturday. The Asian Development Bank has provided
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      178 26 YOU CAN 'GO GREEN BE HAPPY' WITH JURONG POINT TILL SUNDAY IN CONJUNCTION with the "Go Green Be Happy" campaign, Jurong Point is searching for the happiest family, who will take home $5,000 in cash. At least three family members who think that they know their family inside out,
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      209 27 -AGENCIES MULTI-FINELINE Electronix (M-Flex), which makes electronic parts for Motorola, said on Friday in New York that its attempt to withdraw a takeover bid for MFS Technology was denied by Singapore's Securities Industry Council (SIC). M-Flex decided to withdraw
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      252 27 TODAY BUSINESS DESK CUSTOMERS of United Overseas Bank (UOB) had a rude shock yesterday afternoon when they found that they were unable to withdraw cash from the automated teller machines of Singapore's second-largest bank. The glitch, which intermittently affected UOB's system from
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        679 28  -  DR MARY CHERIAN Wisdom is undervalued; an education in it will give kids a lifelong, much-needed skill SUCCEEDwith succeed@newstoday.com.sg IMAGINE a public auction of educational goals. Almost without a doubt, the highest bid would be for intellectual growth. Creativity and knowledge would also fetch high prices.
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        123 28 Is passion at work an overrated virtue for success? MS ELIM CHEW, CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER AND FOUNDER OF 77TH STREET: Passion at work is critical for success. Without passion, the only incentive to keep you going is money and work will become a dreaded chore. You go to work
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        598 29  -  LEE U-WEN Top gaming expert Prof Nareyekis all set on pushing the limits of gaming in Singapore u-wen@newstoday.com.sg THE infrastructure is in place and billions of dollars have been committed to fuel the red-hot digital media industry here. But too few Singaporeans are willing to step up to
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        239 29  -  SHERALYNTAY I Practical Stress Tips www.mindtools.com STRESS it drives some people on and drowns others. Either way, it is a part of life and it is even more so in fast-paced Singapore. Stress management website www.mindtools.com offers a comprehensive look at stress and how to cope with it. Download
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        65 30  -  ABDUL HAKIM YUSOFF WRI+ES: WHAT the producers have to understand is that audiences here are not like those in America and Malaysia, who vote for the best singers. Singaporeans vote for the good-looking ones with the best personality. If American Wo/winner Ruben Studdard had been
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        84 30  -  NUR LIYANA MOHD AKBAR WRI+ES: DID the judges not pass Joakim through the earlier rounds? Did they not consider his apparent lack of talent or were they hoping for a miracle? It is not Joakim's fault that his fans are so loyal and supportive. It
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        99 30  -  HENRY LIM LI SHUN WRI+ES: THE latest Idol advertisements come with the reminder: "This is a singing competition". And co-host Gurmit Singh has repeated this reminder on recent shows. Unfortunately, all this comes a bit too late in view of the fact some very talented
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      1247 30  -  Jeanine Tan JOAKIM GOMEZ HAS BECOME THE SPORE IDOL CONTESTANT THAT EVERYONE LOVES TO HATE WHATS BEHIND ALL THE MALICEP FROM one episode of Singapore Idol to the next, Joakim Gomez lives in "seven days of fear". On his blog, that's how the 18-year-old ITE student described his experience
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      540 32  -  ZAFARANJUM zaf ar@newstoday.com.sg JUDGING by her age, you might not guess that 23-year-old Singaporean Lovleen Kaur Walia (picture) is a household name in India. But thanks to daily soaps like Mamta (Mother's Love) and Astitva (Existence), Lovleen has established herself as a bona fide star in Bollywood's TV
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      347 34  -  Elisa Chia CONCERTREVIEW by Chyi Chin World Tour 2006 TAIWANESE rocker Chyi Chin took a 4,000-strong audience on a walk down memory lane on Saturday night as he revisited hit songs from his 20 years in music. At the beginning of his three-hour
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      420 34  -  ASHRAFSAFDAR Singer Yunyu Ong says her success came by accident ashraf@newstoday.com.sg THOUGH her career remains in its infancy, singer Yunyu Ong is clearly making music under Lady Luck's watchful eye. "Most musicians perfect their art on stage, then get airplay, then start selling albums," the Singaporeanborn, Sydney-based
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        424 36  -  ZAFARANJUM Talent show winner Sarwar Ahuja took the fast track to Bollywood zaf a r@newstoday.com.sg TWO year ago, about a million Indians threw their hats into the ring for a chance to become a Bollywood star. Zee Cine Star Xi Khoj, a nationwide talent hunt on India's
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        463 37  -  AMYVAN Savour seasonal seafood served up Chinese-style f ood@newstoday.com.sg NOT many of us have the chance to taste true-blue Shanghainese food in Singapore. Now diners can head to Yanqing's Shanghai Kitchen at Bukit Timah Road to have a bite of this special cuisine. Together with friend and
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      1681 38 ITIfTEI 58TH ANNUAL HERE'S TO HEALTH FRONT BUILDING BRANDS PRIMETIME U(Y\v, 11 Channel 8, 10.30pm Arts Central, 9.30pm IT^i^lJk East Meets West EMMY AWARDS SmU$Q j.j In this instalment, host Evelyn Tan gives tips on This week on Front, W M^\^ Channel News Asia, 9.30pm, 12.30 am Channel 5, Bam
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      536 39 ARIES (March 21 -April 19) LIBRA (Sept 23 Oct 22) H Take an interest in what the younger people Your emotions will be difficult to control today, in your life are up to. You will learn a valuable p>^ Deal with matters one at a time and don't let lesson.
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      829 40 -AP TENNIS US Open of Arthur Ashe Stadium, posters of US Open champions decorate the otherwise spartan hallways leading to the door Andre Agassi will step through to reach centre court for the final time. There, on a wall between photos of Pete Sampras and Andy
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      478 41 ■AFP Team waste several chances to beat Villarreal keeper, Robinho comes close to ending deadlock MADRID Real Madrid's bid to end the glory days of arch rivals Barcelona got off to a stuttering start yesterday (early this morning Singapore time) with a frustrating
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      290 41 -AFP AKRON (Ohio) Tiger Woods birdied the fourth playoff hole to beat Stewart Cink here yesterday (early this morning Singapore time) in the US$7.5 million ($11.84 million) World Golf Championships Bridgestone Invitational. The two had finished regulation tied at 10-under-par 270.
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      169 41 -AFP DUBLIN (Ohio) Lorena Ochoa posted a flawless seven-under 65 here yesterday (early this morning Singapore time) to capture her third LPGA title of the season, the US$l.l million ($1.73 million) Wendy's Championship for Children. Ochoa, who started the day with a two-stroke lead,
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      1051 42  -  DARREN LAI He thought he was on track for stardom, but Gombak's striker simply ran out of luck darren@newstoday.com.sg HE CAME off the same production line as Newcastle United's new signing Obafemi Martins and like the latest striker on Tyneside, he played for Nigeria's under-17,
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      1068 43  -  DARREN LAI Former Singapore coach will take over at Bishan after tonight's clash NTUC INCOME-YEO'S S-LEAGUE 2006 Home United v Sengkang Punggol darren@newstoday.com.sg ZSOLT Bucs' career as coach of Home United is about to come to an end. The former S-League Player of the Year, who
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      516 44  -  TANYO-HINN Tanah Merah's Garden Course also gets the thumbs-up from LPGA chief yohinn@newstoday.com.sg WORLD No 1 Annika Sorenstam and American teenage sensation Michelle Wie are two of the biggest names in women's golf. Sorenstam has previously tried to compete in US PGA
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      278 44 —AFP LONDON International Cricket Council (ICC) chief executive Malcolm Speed believes that umpire Darrell Hair's Test career could be over after the controversy of the past week. Hair offered to quit top-level cricket in return for US$5OO,OOO ($790,000) after the ball-tampering furore which led to
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      751 45 -AFP Brazilian wins first race, as Alonso fends off Schumi to claim second place FORMULA 1 Turkish Grand Prix ISTANBUL Brazilian Felipe Massa scored his maiden victory as defending world champion Fernando Alonso fended off a fierce challenge from Michael Schumacher in a dramatic Turkish Grand Prix here
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      334 46 LONDON Premiership footballers are storing stem cells from their newborn babies to use in case of their own careerthreatening sports injuries, according to the Sunday Times newspaper. Arsenal's French international striker Thierry Henry is known to have stored stem cells for his children's future use,
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      537 46 -AGENCIES Gunners beaten, Cole and Reyes still want out but team boss insists he'll get it right ENGLISH PREMIERSHIP Man City 1 Arsenal 0 LONDON In a bid to deflect some hard criticism against his young side, Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger quickly vowed his sluggish team would get
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      206 46 LONDON Tottenham goalkeeper Paul Robinson (picture) claimed yesterday the club were wrong to sell Michael Carrick to one of their rivals, reported Sky Sports. The England midfielder joined Manchester United in a deal that could go as high as £18.6 million ($55.5 million), but Robinson
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      539 47 -AGENCIES Blues' big stars return to engineer a slick away win ENGLISH PREMIERSHIP Blackburn 0 Chelsea 2 BLACKBURN Chelsea forwards Frank Lampard and Didier Drogba scored a goal apiece to silence the club's critics and rejoin the Premiership title race after a 2-0 win at Blackburn
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      119 47 -AFP BERLIN Germany's Michael Schumacher will retire at the end of the season, according to Formula 1 boss Bernie Ecclestone. The 37-year-old Schumacher, a seventime Formula 1 world champion, is expected to announce his decision in Monza on Sept 10. "Michael is always competitive but he has
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      106 47 The Blacks Midnight 7s, which kicked off on Saturday, saw 22 teams put together 17 hours of pulsating rugby action over the weekend. There were a total of 58 games played, as well as a Midnight Moment; where each team sent one representative for a match
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        116 47  -  -DARREN LAI THE Young Lions may have finally snapped their four-match losing streak, but their chase for top spot in the NTUC Income-Yeo's S-League 2006 took another hit when they had to settle for a 2-2 draw with Balestier Khalsa at the Toa Payoh Stadium last night. Kengne
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        51 47 THOMAS Gravesen fears he will run out of time before a transfer from Real Madrid to one of the five British clubs chasing him can be completed. Gravesen told BBC Sportthat Celtic and four English Premiership sides Newcastle, Bolton, Middlesbrough and his old club Everton were in for
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        77 47 THE mayor of Taiwan's capital yesterday said he lodged a protest against China for seizing national flags from two of Taipei's delegates at an international sports tournament in Thailand. Chinese sports officials seized the Taiwanese flags from two Taipei swimming champions attending the International Children's
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        59 47 ROY Keane was introduced to Sunderland's players as their next manager, BBC Sport reported yesterday. Black Cats chairman Niall Quinn and Keane are thought to have met the squad at training ahead of their game against West Brom today. The 35-year-old is not believed to have
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        66 47 TAIWAN'S veteran Wang Ter-Chang kept a cool head yesterday to win a playoff and clinch the US$3OO,OOO ($474,285) Brunei Open. Wang defeated Australia's David Gleeson in the second hole of the sudden death shoot-out after the pair finished tied at 16-under-par 268. Singapore No 1 Mardan
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