The Straits Times, 2 January 2005

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  • 519 1 NEW YORK THE world has shown unprecedented compassion and raised nearly US$2 billion (553.2 billion) for the countries hit by Sunday's tsunamis, the UN emergency relief coordinator said yesterday, but said logistical bottlenecks are a nightmare. The amount, which includes contributions from 40 countries
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    • 626 2  - BACK IN URNS, CASKET Bertha Henson As remains of three Singaporeans are flown home, a Land Rover driver delivering supplies to Thailand dies m an accident SUPERVISING EDITOR (HOME) FGDFGHFJKHLJ Covering the disaster In Singapore: Bertha Henson, Asad Latif, Tracy Quek, Teh Joo Lin, Jeremy Au Yong, Arti Mulchand, Tan
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    • 637 3  - KILLED ON MERCY MISSION Tracy Ouek Reme Ahmad Convoy leader Richard Fong dies after Land Rover flips a number of times along North-South Expressway m Kedah SINGAPORE MALAYSIA GJHKL;L' THE Singapore-registered Land Rover swerved suddenly, and flipped not once, but two or three times; spewing its cargo of clothes, surgical
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      848 4  - SAD HOMECOMING Teh Joo Lin Sandra Leong Funeral service held for Singaporean who died m Sri Lanka after her body arrived yesterday, ending a long wait for her family THE obituary notice was ready. The casket company informed. The minister had been alerted to perform the funeral service. For the
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    • 749 4  -  Azhar Ghani BANDA ACEH VKJLKJ'L' THE body of an 11-year-old Singapore schoolboy was identified among the earthquake rubble m Banda Aceh yesterday when his father recognised a scar on his son's little toe on the left foot. It was the only part of
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    • 525 4  - FOUR IN FAMILY MISSING Jeremy Au Yong Six-year-old girl the only one found among family holidaying m Phuket, She survived by clinging on to a sofa cushion ZOE Shiu, six years old, was m the sea when a shout came for them to get out of it. She and her
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    • 545 5  -  Asad Latif Singapore, Australia and Japan PMs confirm attendance, more expected to join SEVERAL regional leaders, including Singapore's Prime Minister I^ee Hsien Loong, have confirmed they will attend an emergency summit on Thursday to coordinate international relief efforts, boosting the chances that other world leaders
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    • 279 5 POLICE yesterday came to the rescue and helped clear the thousands of relief items donated at the Sri Lanka High Commission m Goldhill Plaza and the High Commssioner's residence m Andrew Road by the public. About 270 staff volunteers including police cadets spent
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    • 500 5  -  Carolyn Quek VHKL;KJ' $10 MILLION CALL them big-hearted Singaporeans. Some of the volunteers who have been turning up every day at Singapore Press Holdings' News Centre m Toa Payoh to help out with the tsunami relief effort are members of the public who just walked m from the
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    • 145 5 THE PSA is waiving all port handling charges m its Singapore terminals for ships sending relief supplies to countries hit by the killer tsunamis. Its spokesman said that shipping lines transporting such cargo through the Port of Singapore can contact PSA Singapore Terminals for the
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    • 207 5 SMALL-MINDED SPORE AN S NBKHJLK'LK' SOMEONE thought that the victims of the tsunami disaster could use a pair of red boxing gloves. Or perhaps a pair of roller skates that had seen better days. Among the clothes, canned food and medical supplies that were left at News Centre, there were
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    • 173 5 CONTAINERS emblazoned with the DHL logo have been arriving daily at the News Centre to be filled with relief supplies. The freight-forwarding company then sends them on to countries hit by the killer tsunamis, and it does this free of charge. DHL stepped
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    • 520 6  - Wong Kan Seng views destruction Tanya Fong Arti Mulchand In Phuket and Khao Lak r he says Spore officers will stay as long as they can do useful work PHUKET SINGAPORE HE GAZED at the ruins of Khao Lak Seaview Spa and Resort, a hotel where at least seven Singaporeans
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    • 422 6  -  Tracy Quek SINGAPORE is offering the use of its hospitals and medical facilities to those injured by the tsunami disaster. It is also willing to beef up hospitals m Batam and send more medical volunteers to countries badly hit by the tsunami
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    • 295 6  - Mourners grieve over nameless victims BANDA ACEH Latest death toll 144,194 INDONESIA: 100,000** SRI LANKA: 28,627 INDIA: 10,736 THAILAND: 4,500 EAST AFRICA: 137 MALAYSIA: 72 MALDIVES: 67 MYANMAR:S3 BANGLADESH: 2 Confirmed deaths m Indonesia number 80,428 but the Indonesian government expects the final toll to be more than 100,000. AS
      AFP; AP  -  295 words
    • 618 6  -  Chang Ai-Lien PHUKET THE diaper was still intact when rescuers plucked the baby from the carnage that is now Koh Phi Phi. No parents were there to claim the tiny body. Her photograph is one of many lining the plywood boards outside
      NIRMAL GHOSH; TERENCE TAN  -  618 words
    • 236 7 LONDON Phuket beach evacuated after girl who learnt about tsunamis m school raised the alarm A 10-YEAR-OLD British schoolgirl saved the lives of hundreds of people m Phuket by warning them that a wall of water was about to strike, after learning about tsunamis m geography
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    • 96 7 PORT BLAIR (INDIA) A woman who gave birth prematurely m the forests of an island while taking shelter from killer waves has named her baby Tsunami. The boy touched the hearts of hundreds of people who survived last Sunday's earthquake and towering waves, but his mother
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    • 101 7 PENANG The Malaysian Finance Ministry's Parliamentary Secretary, Datuk Sen Hilmi Yahya, nearly became a statistic last Sunday when he stood gawking at the waves m Penang. A tug from a villager saved Him from being swept away from the Kuala Sungai Burung beach. "I saw huge
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    • 80 7 LISBON Portugal is preparing to host a charity football match between its national team and a squad of players from the nations hit by the tsunami tragedy. The president of the Portuguese Football Federation, Mr Gilberto Madail, told Radio Renascenca the match would be held during
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    • 168 7 "They laid out their towel... and the lady, with her headphones on, resumed her sunbathing as if nothing had happened." Charles Vickson, a visitor from Hong Kong, who saw-tironzed European tourists return to sunbathing by the pool just minutes after the tsunamis hit Phuket's Laguna resort,
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      178 8 CVHGKH;K Some of the most powerful images of the South Asian earthquake and tsunami were taken m space. The apocalyptic before-and-after images show it took just minutes to change the face of the earth. PHOTOS: PHOTOS: THIS SET OF PICTURES SHOWS how last Sunday's tsunami wiped out much
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    • 553 9  - Hope and despair in the CITY OF CORPSES Arlina Arshad Some clamour to flee, while many take to 'adopting' Banda Aceh's orphaned kids BANDA ACEH HORDES of grief-stricken residents are camping at Pangkalan TNI AU Sultan Iskandar Muda airport m Banda Aceh, hoping to flee what has become a city
      STEPHANIE YEOW  -  553 words
    • 447 9  -  David Boey ON BOARD THE RSS ENDURANCE CRAMMED to the hilt with Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) vehicles and tonnes of medical and relief supplies, the RSS Endurance ploughs through increasingly rough seas with Singapore's biggest contribution to the quake relief operations. The 141-m Landing Ship Tank's
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    • 474 10  -  Salim Osman V.K. Raghunathan Central governments and NGOs battling to get aid to those who may soon die from lack of it JAKARTA CHENNAI RELIEF workers rushing millions of dollars of aid to the tsunamiravaged zones are battling bottlenecks, critical shortages and lack of coordination as they
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    • 91 10 THIS combo picture of Phuket's Chedi resort, taken on Dec 26, shows resort staff preparing for the day as the first swell of water edges towards the lawn of the resort (top), the arrival of the second and third waves engulfing the hotel restaurant and its
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    • 415 10  -  Paul Zach UNITED STATES IN CLEVELAND (OHIO) WHILE six-year-old Daniel Kushner of Cincinnati here m Ohio was raiding his piggy bank to donate US$lO (Ssl6) to the tsunami relief efforts, the United States government upped its aid pledge to US$35O million. The increase which followed
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    • 147 10 JAPAN TOKYO JAPAN pledged up to US$5OO million (SsB2s million) m grant aid for tsunami disaster relief yesterday, Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi announced, making the country the largest single donor to victims of the catastrophe. Mr Koizumi, m a statement, said Japan would extend the aid
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    • 360 10  -  Jason Leow CHINA CHINA BUREAU CHIEF BEIJING CFVHKH;JK.' IN THE biggest show of "big country" diplomacy m recent years and an extension of China's bid to nurture stronger ties with its neighbours, Beijing has emerged as one of largest international donors for the tsunami
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    • 610 12  -  Jeremy Au Yong Singaporeans usher m New Year on a quieter note with a prayer for tsunami victims "We all have to look in the mirror tonight and recognise how lucky we are." New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg who joined thousands of revellers crowded
      DESMOND WEE  -  610 words
    • 487 12 PATONG BEACH (PHUKET) PEOPLE held candles and white roses on the tsunami-hit island of Phuket, tearfully embracing as they grieved, m a poignant symbol of the mood which darkened New Year celebrations all over the world. In contrast to the usual revelry,
      Reuters; AP; AFP  -  487 words
    • 232 12 TAIPEI IN TAIWAN, where the New Year is a major holiday, celebrations went ahead as the authorities staged a countdown party at the world's tallest building, the Taipei 101 tower. Up to 200,000 revellers converged on the 508m-tall building for pop music
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    • 314 12 Hong Kong concert raises $6m for victims HONGKONG THOUSANDS of Hong Kongers attended a show by celebrities that raised US$3.B5 million (556.3 million) yesterday to help tsunami victims m southern Asia. Pop stars Andy Hui, Edmond Leung, Candy Lo and Jade Kwan performed m the two-hour show, broadcast live by
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    • 763 13  - Was there a third party involved? Arlina Arshad JILTED BY SMS ON HER WEDDING DAY before ceremony, bride gets IS whicl J 'He is mine. She is i fiance for damages, humiliation NKLUANG. MALAYSIA A FEW weeks before her wedding to Kedah footballer Hasmawi Hassan last month. Miss Norlida Abdul
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    • 1149 14  -  Tracy Quek Tracy Ouek Curator's persistence convinced Colombian artist Spore was right place to stage works TINY Singapore, with its young arts scene, was the last place on earth Colombian artist Fernando Botero would look for anyone who is interested m his
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    • 415 15 Ukraine PM quits... finally He stops short of conceding defeat m the presidential polls to Yushchenko KIEV UKRAINE looked with hope at the onset of the New Year after Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych resigned and all but admitted losing last weekend's historic presidential rerun vote. In tumultuous scenes on Kiev's
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    • 617 15  -  Paul Zach CLEVELAND(OHIO) 'Viktor Yushchenko thinks of his wife as one of the most precious treasures he has collected m recent years.' THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY WHEN Mrs Kateryna Chumachenko Yushchenko kissed her husband, Viktor, on his return from a dinner on the night
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    • worldfront
      • 108 15 BAGHDAD At least two roadside bombs targeted Iraqi security troops yesterday, a day after interim Prime Minister Iyad Allawi made an unusually strong warning to Iraq's neighbours to crack down on insurgents m their countries who were now heading towards Iraq. Iraqi officials have repeatedly accused Syria and
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      • 85 15 BUENOS AIRES Argentine police have arrested the owner of a Buenos Aires nightclub where at least 175 people, mostly teenagers, were killed m a blaze set offby fans tossing flares. The authorities said locked exits at the nightclub had sealed the fate of the club-goers. Police late
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      • 68 15 MANILA At least 11 people were killed and nearly 600 injured as Filipinos welcomed 2005 with daredevil revelry. Of the 11 deaths monitored by police m the last two weeks, seven were caused by firecracker-ignited fires, three by stray bullets and one by a firecracker blast, police
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    • 515 16  - Safe from quakes and terrorist attacks Lawrence Chung World's tallest building, Taipei 101, is not only sturdy, it also has the world's fastest lifts TAIWAN CORRESPONDENT TAIPEI CHARMED by the elevator girl's chirpy "Welcome aboard" greeting, passengers inside the spacious lift fitted with LCD screens hardly knew that they had
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    • 110 16 The exterior of Taipei 101 resembles bamboo segments, with eight storeys to each segment as the number eight signifies prosperous growth. The world's fastest lifts can carry up to 24 passengers each time from the fifth floor to the 89th-floor observatory m merely 37 seconds. Passengers of the
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    • 266 16 TAIPEI TAIWAN President Chen Shuibian yesterday described China's plans for an anti-secession law as a threat to regional security. "Despite all our efforts, the other side remains reluctant m giving up its military intimidation against Taiwan.. .and continues its sabre-rattling and suppression of Taiwan,"
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    • 216 16 HONGKONG THOUSANDS of protesters marched through downtown Hong Kong yesterday, accusing opposition lawmakers of sabotaging business deals and damaging the territory's image as a global financial hub. The crowd, which police said totalled about 2,000, slowly shuffled through the central business district. Some held a
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  • Page 16 Miscellaneous
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  • invest
    • 1325 17  -  Leong Chan Teik Experts look ahead and throw up some ideas on how best to make your money work for you m the new year HHVKJHN;M' SMALL is beautiful on the Singapore stock market. Cars here could get even cheaper.
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    • 304 17 Brian Tracy CHAIRMAN BRIAN TRACY INTERNATIONAL ONCE I attended the retirement dinner of a banker who had worked with many millionaires over the course of his career. In his address, he talked about the predominant characteristics of the self-made millionaires he had encountered. He
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    • 345 17 NEW YORK UNITED States stocks capped off a second annual advance that lifted benchmark indexes to their highest levels since mid-2001. Most of last year's gains came m the fourth quarter amid a drop m oil prices and the re-election of US
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    • 1031 18  -  Leong Chan Teik ME MY MONEY Restaurateur Mervin Goh buys no shares or real estate and splashes on his hobbies "I was raw as sashimi. I didn't have any relevant skills while my elder brothers, Sam and Don, had been working as sushi chefs
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      • 741 18 IN THE second of this threepart series, we touch on points to consider when buying a motor insurance policy and how you can avoid problems when making a claim. How premiums are set Case: Mr Mohd Ismail (not his real name),
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    • 612 19  -  Joyce Teo This is despite new rule raising cash down payment after Dec 31 IN THE last week of 2004, some HDB home buyers were rushing to beat the Dec 31 deadline to avoid paying an extra 2 per cent cash down
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    • 645 19 MY SPACE Retiree Irene Tan, 52, lives m a 570 sq ft studio apartment at St Martin's Drive, off Tanglin Road. She tells Crystal Chan how she created a Balinese-style living room. "I LIKE Balinese-style decor because it's soothing and makes me look forward
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    • 821 20 YOUR PERSONAL ADVISER Q MY BROTHER quietly married an Indonesian girl from Batam. Then he got a loan m Batam to service the house that she had bought. She also adopted her sisters child m Batam. There are no legal documents as
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    • 384 20 Be inspired to transform your financial state MUST READ MORE RAGS TO RICHES By Gail Liberman and Alan Lavine 255 pages Available at the National Library Ref no: 332.*****3 LIB -[BIZ] THIS sequel to Rags To Riches: Motivating Stories Of How Ordinary People Achieved Extraordinary Wealth serves up more remarkable
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      • IT HAPPENED Onasunday
        • 104 21 AN EARTHQUAKE which measured 9.5 on the Richter scale and caused huge tidal waves known as tsunamis occurred on Sunday, May 22, 1960, leaving death and destruction m its wake: More than 2,000 were killed, 3,000 injured, two million made homeless, and US$55O million worth of damage m
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        • 110 21 YET another earthquake of 8.5 magnitude on the Richter scale caused huge tidal waves on Sunday, Oct 13, 1963. The Kuirile Islands, north of Japan, were affected but no injuries were reported. Several centuries earlier, however, on Aug 14, 1281, a tsunami occurred m Japan at the time
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        • 109 21 AS RECENTLY as June 4, 2000, a quake of 7.9 magnitude destroyed over 1,000 homes and buildings m Bengkulu, Sumatra, and m three other regencies. Toll: 50 people dead and 500 injured. The quake, which occurred just past midnight, also shook parts of east and north Singapore, affecting
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        • 117 21 ON A Sunday morning of April 14, 1912, wireless operators Jack Phillips and Harold Bride aboard a liner picked up a wireless message from another liner, reporting "bergs, growlers and field ice" spotted. Ice, however, was quite common that time of the year m the North Atlantic and
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      • 3134 21 Scientists Knew, but what could they do? THE DAY THE EARTH SHOOK Researchers' warnings of an impending earthquake and tsunamis m the region had been brushed off. Then r when it happened, they didn't even have phone numbers to contact counterparts m other parts of the world. They were left
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    • 1274 23 Experts say they lead to more accurate and earlier diagnoses and, hence, better treatment J The problem with Alzheimer's treatment right now is we are waiting until folks are so demented before diagnosing them that the treatments are not as effective
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    • 305 24 thesundaytimes Feel, but give too "^T^^^W ROM Singaporean children emptying M I their piggy banks to multinational firms fiL^J chipping m, the world is witnessing com--9 passion for disaster victims not seen since B the days of famine relief. In a nod to Mi changing tastes m global mass culture,
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    • 206 24 "It has also to do with inner youth. I feel like a man of 40 or 42. 1 can also do the 100 metres m excellent time." ITALIAN PRIME MINISTER SILVIO BERLUSCONI, 68 who explained on Thursday why he went for a hair transplant and
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    • 918 24  - Giving in to the heady lure or the goggle box Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi THIS summer, friends who live a few kilometres from us m rural Montana m the western United States had to interrupt their dinner when a black bear suddenly came out of the trees. They went indoors to watch
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    • 1044 24  - Personal or private? It's complicated. no, complex William Satire The private/personal synonyms have much m common with complicated/complex. Within each pair is a subtle separation by connotation. IN HIS year-end news conference, United States President George W. Bush was asked if his relationship with Russian President Vladimir Putin, who has
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      1122 25 OH SH UT UP! F1 and can't drive FORMULA One star Ralf Schumacher drives worse than a woman, according to his wife Cora. "Ralf causes the sort of accidents you would expect from women drivers," she said. "There have been a number of little accidents when parking." Like Posh? MARGE
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    • 947 27  - PETULANT BRAT who needs to be curbed Rob Hughes HEART OF FOOTBALL Fergie, Sven need to put Rooney straight for his, club's and country's sake FROM an English perspective, Wayne Rooney was undoubtedly the stirring Man-Child of 2004. His talent is irresistible, his precocity startling, his ability to lead where
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    • 681 27 THE transfer window reopened yesterday for a month, with Southampton striker James Beattie the biggest name tipped for a move. Here is a look at the likely deals. ARSENAL Spending money: £5 million (5515.8 million). Linked with: Ledley King (Tottenham), Carlo Cudicini (Chelsea), Jussi Jaaskelainen (Bolton), Antti
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    • 692 28  -  Tay Cheng Khoon OUT OF WHACK IT WAS the day after Christmas when the hand of Yeo Guan Kai was bitten by the people he was trying to feed. The proverbial bite came m the form of a letter obviously drafted by someone
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    • 615 28  -  Marc Lim SOCCER: TIGER CUP Singapore are a decent side these days, cheer them into Tiger Cup final Spore v Myanmar National Stadium, 7-3Opm. Tickets available from noon. Grandstand: $10. Gallery: $6. Probable teams Singapore: Lionel Lewis, S. Subramani, Aide Iskandar, Baihakki Khaizan,
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      • 59 28 UNITED States sprinter Mickey Grimes has been suspended for two years after testing positive for the anabolic steroid norandrosterone. The 28-year-old former Pan-American Games 100 metres champion accepted the ban after an out-of-competition sample m May tested positive. It was the second doping violation for Grimes, a training
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      • 60 28 CHINESE basketball star Yao Ming missed a game for the first time m his National Basketball Association career on Friday, sitting out because of the flu. However, his team, the Houston Rockets, still beat the Milwaukee Bucks 105-90. Tracy McGrady had 42 points to help the Rockets
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      • 70 28 TENNIS legend Martina Navratilova has taken a swipe at critics who think her continued involvement on the women's circuit reflects poorly on tennis. The 48-year-old said on Friday that she gets annoyed when people think she is too old or that women's tennis is weak
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      • 70 28 THE Asian Games 2006 mascot, Orry the oryx, was unveiled m a ceremony m Doha on Friday night, m conjunction with the start of the 700-day countdown to the Games. A giant statue of Orry was also unveiled on the Doha waterfront, under the countdown marker to
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      • 80 28 TWO weeks after being sacked by tennis world No 2 Andy Roddick, Brad Gilbert was still unsure whether his former pupil had made the right decision. After joining forces with Roddick m June 2003, Gilbert coached the American to nine titles, including the US Open, and the
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      • 98 28 HIROSHI Masuoka's bid for a third Dakar Rally title got off to a dramatic start when he fell victim to thieves Said the Japanese driver, who won m 2002 and 2003: "On this kind of stage, you have everything to lose, especially with the high bumps, very sharp
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    • Article, Illustration
      326 29  - Peh Shing Huei Why he was great AFTER the retirement of Wong Peng Soon and Ong Poh Lim, he kept the Singapore flag flying m the highest reaches of world badminton during the *****. In 1964, he stunned every one, including himself, when he upset Denmark's Erland Kops to reach
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      251 29 CLOSE UP Age: 18. Height: 1.82 m. Weight: 75kg. Born: June 3, 1986. Birthplace: Manacor, Mallorca, Spain. Sport: Tennis. Career highlights: 2004: Idea Prokom Open, Sopot, singles champion. TATA Open doubles title (with Tommy Robredo). 2003: Croatia Open doubles title (with Alex Lopez Moron). ATP r dnKinys top
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    • 477 29 But bid cities are not allowed to attack rivals m Olympics' first debate LONDON The idea is to give each bid leader, each city y time to say why they have the right proposal It's a fair opportunity for everyone to state their
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      467 30 docsport Q play badminton every Saturday for two hours. After the game m the afternoon, I usually get a throbbing headache. When it is still tolerable, I ignore it. However, the pain sometimes becomes so unbearable that I have to take Panadol. Why do I have headaches after I play
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    • 754 30  -  Had too much to eat during the holidays? The Sunday Times finds out how you can get back m shape Carolyn Ouek CHRISTMAS is over. The New Year is here. You have eaten, drunk and made merry. And the weighing scale now tells you
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    • 181 30  -  We did a calorie count of the festive food you might have had over the festive season and how much exercise you now have to do to work it off. PARTY POOPER NO OF CALORIES EXERCISE One serving of Christmas pudding (small to large slice) 150-290 40 mins
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    • 234 30  -  Bryan van der Beek Leonard Yeo r 26, managing director Photos by Jennifer Chin, 24, senior bank officer Height: 167 cm Weight: 49kg Workout regime: I work out at the gym at least twice a week for about
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  • Obituaries
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      13 31 GOH SWEE ENG (MOLLY) Departed on 2 fan 1954 Dearly missed by family
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      49 31 7th Anniversary In Loving Memory Of GOH AH HUAY Departed 2.1.1998 While the ravages of time have dimmed my pain, Memories of you surface again again. In your memory, I wander to your resting place. Eternal rest for your soul, m silence I pray. Always remembered by loved ones.
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      54 31 jg 3rd Anniversary feZ In Loving Memory Of MRSRAMADEVI J BATAVIA Departed 2nd lan 2002 Your presence is ever near us. your love remains with us yet You were the kind of person Your loved ones never will forget. Always remembered by: Late husband, sons, daughter, daughters-in-law grandchildren and n
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      150 31 'Precious m the sight of the Lord is the death of his saints.' (Psalm 116:15) In Loving Memory Of YAP BOON KIAT, NATALIE Born: 18 May 1974 In Glory: 2 January 2003 Two years... Of excruciating pain and unceasing tears... Every moment... everyday... you are my desire; Today, as two
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      111 31 fiaiv fought a good fight, I lieu* finished the race. I haiv kept the faith. 2 Timothy 4:7 ROBERT ASUDHASAN PONNURAJOO Age: 50 was called home to be with the Lord on 31 December 2004. leaving behind loved ones. Wife: Perakasamal Robert Sons: Philip Raj Daniel Raj Daughter: Dena Jessica
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      158 31 TEOSIOKCHEE Age: 96 passed away peacefully on 1/ 1 /05. Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones. (Husband: Lim Huay Ann, deceased) otis: Daughters-in-law: Urn KhavThuan. deceased) fl.im Peng Hua. deceased; im Khay Hong Goh Sai Suan Lim Khay Guan, deceased) im Khay Hin Ng Soo Hoon im Khay
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      192 31 "The LORD is my Shepherd; I shall not want. Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell m the house of the LORD forever.' Psalm 23: 1-6 LOUIS SOH UP SOON Age: 73 was called home to be with the Lord
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      73 31 1% 6th Anniversary Tbevasam we cannot %zIL.. \=4 tfthelasswefaesoyeU,^* f 'Arid whtte she skevs \JI a peaceful sieetK^-y rrWtmmotyyr ■we shall always keep. Always remembered by Rajen X Husband R Karthigayan :Son t&sffi R Durga Dcvi Daughter V I Mother, Brothers, $l»ter« A lovdfon# »>—^ Prayers will bVheld oil 3
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      28 31 With Deepest Sympathy Heartfelt Condolences to The family of the late EDLYNYAPMEILI who passed away suddenly on 26 Dec 2004 From: The Management Staff of THE THOMSON CORPORATION
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      138 31 "In the Lord's own house shall I dwell forever and ever." Ps. 23.6 MARY LAU KIM HONG Age: 65 Passed away peacefully on 31 December 2004. Sadly missed by family and loved ones. Husband: Lurdu Nathan Son: Daughter-in-law: Terance Nathan Doris Lai Chai Sia Daughters: Sons-in-law: Elaine Nathan Lam Wai
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      106 31 M AGHALINGAM KRISHNAAMMAL I Ace: 77 (formerly from Jalan Sembawang Kechil) Passed away peacefully on 31 December 2004. Sadly missed by family and relatives. (Husband: Sethuraj Naidu, deceased) Sons: Daughters-in-law: S. Vijakumar K. Maiathi S. Udeh Kumar D. Chitra S. Nadarajan Lamya S. Ramachandran Lechimi S. Rajendran Kalyani Daughter: Son-in-law:
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  • gizmos
    • 56 32 THE U2 special edition iPod stands out with a jet black top face and a red clickvvheel. On the flip side are embossed signatures of the U2 band. Otherwise, it is similar to the white 20G iPod, which can store up to 5,000 songs and works for both
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    • 112 32 LIKE plasmas, LCD prices have also plummeted, although LCDs are still relatively more costly. However, LCD fans will point to the advantages of LCD over plasma (for example, better longevity, richer colours and no burn-in) to justify the higher price. Large-screen LCDs are even costlier
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    • 96 32 THIS is 3 unique sideways flip-out 5.1-megapix camera from Sony. It is simple to deploy and operate and the pictures taken are of high quality. The camera body design and the largish 2.5-inch LCD make it very easy to record still pictures and movie
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    • 67 32 NVIDIA'S GEFORCE 6600GT graphics card takes PC gaming to a new level. It supports Microsoft DirectX 9-OC and has 128MB DDR3 memory. A powerful graphics card like the GEFORCE makes a game come alive with smooth rendering of realistic graphics. It is available m two
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    • 80 32 THIS is Sony's version of the tablet PC, but on a much smaller scale. But even if this PC is tiny (500g, including battery), it is still a mighty package Intel Centrino 900-MHz CPU, 20G hard disk, up to 512M8 RAM, USB 2.0, memory stick, compact flash
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    • 335 32  -  Jeremy Au Yong Although not yet quite perfect, the i-Tech is certainly a clever solution to bulky foldaway keyboards, THE i-Tech Virtual Keyboard is a gadget virtually bursting at the seams with the "wow" factor. Practically everyone I demonstrated the keyboard to said the same
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    • 82 32 THIS pair of acoustic noise-cancelling headphones is the perfect companion for the U2 iPod. The sound quality is very good. However, the best feature is the noisecancellation feature, which reduces outside ambient noise drastically. The Bose is great for use on a plane, where the engine
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    • 81 32 EIGHT-MEGAPIXEL digital SLR cameras usually cost a bundle, easily more than $2,000 for the body alone. Olympus' E3OO 8-megapix camera is a budget-priced digital SLR. But it is not short on features normally found only m high-end cameras. One minor snag: the selection of Olympus digital lenses available
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    • 86 32 HITACHI'S DZ-MVSBOE DVD camcorder incorporates a DVD camcorder, a DVD recorder and a digital camera into one compact device. The media used is a recordable DVD, which is widely available and fairly cheap. To play back, simply plug it into the TV. While it may well
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    • 61 32 A DIGITAL phone with a 1.3-megapixel camera that allows nine consecutive shots m one go, an internal 262,000 2-inch TFT colour screen that swivels 180 degrees plus an external 65,000 colour TFT screen, MP3 downloads and video make this more of a multimedia tool than
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    • 72 32 PLASMA TV prices fell quite a bit last year. Now that 42-inch plasma TVs are common, attention is likely to focus on the larger 50-inch sets. Leading the pack is Panasonic's stylish 50-inch Viera whose picture and sound qualities are among the best. The Viera,
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      • 85 33 THE Los Angeles Police Department has been testing portable facial recognition software on the streets of LA. It's 'like a mobile electronic mug book", Captain Charles Beck told Wired.com. The software analyses the contours of suspects' faces using a camera attached to a hand-held computer. It then matches
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      • 86 33 Hotter Haif-B ioo) Pi; i \ci. K. Row i. inc FIND out what's on people's minds by visiting Google's Year-End Zeitgeist site. Using billions of search engine queries, Google has identified the terms most searched for on its site. Heading the list for the most popular term m
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      • 74 33 THE sixth Harry Potter book is already dominating the bestsellers' list at Amazon, even though it's not due out till next year. Advance orders have propelled Harry Potter And The Half-Blood Prince to the No. 1 spot at the online retail giant. J. K. Rowling's fifth book m
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      • 76 33 A COMPANY has launched a tour guide system that uses cellphone technology to show visitors around New York City. Wired.com reports that the system uses the voices of Sigourney Weaver and Jerry Stiller, taking users through the Lower East Side, Lower Manhattan and the World Trade
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      • 63 33 JAPANESE officials are debating the pros and cons of allowing the use of power lines for high-speed Internet access m their country. Talks with a study group are planned for early this year, a communications ministry spokesman said. If the group finds no technical problems with the
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    • 949 33  -  Jeremy Au Yong EPL highlights, music videos, movie trailers... all make for great viewing on mobile phone What you need to know What is 3G? Very simply, 3G is a network the nuts and bolts that let one mobile phone communicate with another. Specifically, 3G is
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    • 598 33  -  Serene Luo WHENEVER he has to work late, information technology manager Daniel Eastwood, 26, often sends his girlfriend an apology to her mobile phone. But it is not your usual text or picture message. He sends WSSUP messages animated multimedia messages customised with his own voice
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  • geny
    • 872 34  - Body piercings gone wrong Carolyn Ouek Infections and scars mar some teenagers' attempts to be trendy FIRST came the swelling. Then, Ms Sarah Quah's right ear started oozing yellow pus. The infected area later swelled up into a ball about the size of a 50-cent coin. But she refused to
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      271 34 Lion Boy by Zizou Corder Puffin books This book is about a boy named Charlie Ashanti and his extraordinary adventure to find his parents. He comes home one day to find his parents, Doctor Aneba Ashanti and Professor Magdalen Start, gone. Using his ability to communicate with cats,
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    • TEEN CONFIDENTIAL
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      • 356 34 Q am a 16-year-old guy who recently sat for the GCE O-level examinations. After the exams, I worked on my social skills and got very close to this girl, who is also 16. I spend a lot of time with her and
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        39 34 Ms Carol Balhetchet from the Singapore Children's Society has been counselling families and their children since 1992. She is director of the society's Youth Development Centre m Toa Payoh, where she works on issues relating to teens.
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  • talk
    • 106 35 A weekly roundup of the most interesting Web discussions by Singaporeans. Online call for help SINGAPOREANS are logging on to online forums, sharing ways to aid the victims of the killer tsunamis. Some like meander and iisanything have put up posts with information on where and how to donate.
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    • 76 35 NEWS that Singaporeans might have to pay an admission fee of $100 a day into casinos built here has generated debate. Drawer wonders "who would want to go m and play" if a person has already lost $100 even before he has stepped into the casino. The
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    • 169 35  -  Foo Toon Tien INBOX I LIVE m a Housing Board estate m Serangoon Avenue 2. 1 enjoyed taking walks m the estate to smell the fresh air m the morning and evening but not anymore. Now I am frequently assailed by the stench of dog
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    • 287 35  -  Alvin Tan Kia Seng SOB-STORY scams are common even over here m China, m the more developed coastal regions. The modus operandi is the same: some sob story followed by persistent pleas for help m some way or other. I have even encountered
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    • 251 35  -  Shen Shi'an I AM a vegan, one who chooses not to use animal products. Suspecting fast-food restaurant Mos Burger's corn soup to contain milk-based cream, I asked one of the staff at the Toa Payoh branch. To my surprise, the reply was a quick
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    • 210 35  - Why not ban tobacco sales? Christopher Teo Kian Lam ON A recent Saturday morning, I was enjoying my breakfast and having a good time reading The Straits Times at a neighbourhood coffee shop. That was until a middle-aged man occupied the table next to mine. Soon he was puffing away.
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    • 1190 36  -  Wong Kim Hoh FILLED with almost-naked girls m suggestive poses, the Jeffrey Chung 2005 calendar is the most scandalous m town. Not surprisingly, "sleazy" is the adjective most commonly hurled at the modelling agency owner. The label doesn't bother him. The 37-year-old bachelor says: "I've been
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      • 672 4  -  They aced the PSLE when they were 12. Now check how far the top grades have brought them m their young adult lives Sandra Leonq IT IS a familiar December story so-and-so, aged 12, makes newspaper headlines and appears beaming on TV for topping that year's Primary
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      • 572 4 DR SHIAU EE LENG, 35 Then: She scored four A stars and was a top student m 1981 Now: Family physician with her own practice AT THE age of four, Shiau Ec Leng read the Encyclopaedia Britannica and Chinese classics like The Legend Of Water
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      • 504 4 TAN YEE NEE, 27 Then: PSLE score of 287, top student m 1989 Now: Freelance instructional designer and national basketball player NEWSPAPER articles of 1989 PSLE top student Tan Yee Nee show a gawky, bespectacled 12-year-old clad m a white Nanyang Primary School uniform
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      • 75 5 PHOTO: PHOTO: DESMOND FOO MARKS MAN: Being able to enter Raffles Institution, which fostered an intellectual climate, allowed Mr Mohamad Farid Harunal Rashid to channel his creative energy m the right ways. TRIUMPHANT: Jessica Soo's cheering classmates giving her a lift. GOOD JOB: Mohamad Farid Harunal
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      • 470 5 MOHAMAD FARID HARUNAL RASHID, 26 Then: PSLE score of 285, top student m 1990 Now: House officer at the paediatric department at XX Women's and Childrens' Hospital HIS parents could not afford the fees to independent school Raffles Institution even though he had topped
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      • 478 5 JESSICA SOO, 25 Then: PSLE score of 284, top student m 1991 Now: A legal associate with a law firm FOUR A stars and an aggregate of 284 that's an accomplishment which Jessica Soo lists on her resume when applying for internships and jobs. All she
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      • 524 5 LIM MING JiNG, 18 Then: PSLE score of 288, top student m 1998 Now: Did her A levels at Raffles Junior College. Awaiting her A level results and has applied to study economics at various US universities LEE SYN Vl f 17 Then: PSLE score
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      • 225 6 'I talk to this mole so much I feel like it has its own personality. If it had a little mouth, I'd let it talk to you' American model Cindy Crawford 'He told me that if this mole isn't removed, I might lose my life. He said I
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      • 733 6  -  Teo Cheng Wee It may seem a big fuss over a small thing, but some people believe it could have a lot to do with health and wealth GRAPHICS: CINDY Crawford and Marilyn Monroe may have upped the sex appeal of moles, but having one on the
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      • 712 8  - Foreign exchange Sherwin Loh It's not just money that's being remitted. Foreign workers here are going back with used cellphones too MEDIA REPORTER DID YOU KNOW?: SIM cards can store 250 contact numbers and3oSMSes. Anything beyond that is stored m the phone's memory itself. Going rates Average prices of popular
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        166 8 SO YOU bought a new mobile phone, switched SIM cards and intend to sell your old cellphone. But have you made sure that all information, from contacts to personal SMSes, have been deleted? Many people assume, wrongly, that by switching SIM (Subscriber Identification Module) cards, all data would
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      • 420 26 Three Singapore chefs are putting our little island on the Western culinary map. Lifestyle catches up with them THANKS to Kristy Choo (right), the people of Los Angeles are learning to have their cakes small. Everywhere m the city, Americans serve their sponges and cheesecakes almost
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      • 791 28 CRAVES RAVES On the first anniversary of Foodie Confidential, Lifestyle celebrates the highs and lows of eating lunch with Singapore's movers and shakers The weirdest of all hands down was American writer Jerry Hopkins, who put his wife's placenta m a blender, whipped it into pate and ate it with
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